Joy set to join campaign
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, yesterday said he would not contest the next parliamentary election but would help the Awami League in electioneering to ensure the party’s...
View ArticleField test delayed
Regulators’ foot-dragging has failed scientists in field-testing Vitamin A-enriched rice, better known as “Golden Rice”. A year passed by since the researchers sought approval for a “confined field...
View ArticlePromotion spree in civil admin
Excessive promotions and upgradation of the posts of cadre officials have left the civil administration in an awful state. The number of officials here is three to four times greater than the posts...
View ArticlePhilippine army ‘surrounds rebels’
Philippine forces have killed or captured nearly 100 of the Muslim guerrillas who have held scores of hostages for a week in a southern city, as the government pushes ahead with an offensive to retake...
View ArticleFive killed in China chemical plant blast
Five people have been killed in an explosion in a plant in China’s northeastern Liaoning Province, local authorities said on Sunday. The explosion occurred on Saturday in a small private chemical plant...
View ArticleEgypt police warn Islamist protesters
Egypt’s interior ministry on Saturday issued a new warning to Islamist protesters, pledging to crack down if demonstrators block roads or obstruct traffic. The ministry statement came a day after...
View ArticleIsrael not to supply weapon systems to Pakistan
With its defence ties with India growing at a rapid pace, Israel on Sunday asserted that it will not supply any weapons systems and military hardware to Pakistan, saying the policy in this regard was...
View ArticleJapan launches ‘affordable’ rocket
Japan has launched the first in a new generation of space rockets, hoping the design will make missions more affordable. The Epsilon rocket is about half the size of Japan’s previous generation of...
View ArticleEgypt arrests two Gaza fishermen
Egyptian naval forces opened fire at Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza Strip’s southern coast and arrested two of them, the Islamist movement Hamas that rules the Palestinian enclave said. Hamas...
View ArticleUAE leads Gulf front against Egypt’s Islamists
More than six months ago, Dr. Mahmoud al-Jaidah was asked to step out of line as he transited through Dubai en route home to Qatar. He has been held ever since, allowed to visit his family once a month...
View ArticleModi blames govt, praises army
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Sunday slammed the Centre for mishandling the border troubles with Pakistan and China, while strongly defending the role of Army and calling it a ‘symbol of...
View ArticleJapan set to become nuclear-free
Japan is to start the process of switching off its last working nuclear reactor yesterday for a scheduled inspection with no restart in sight due to public hostility towards atomic power. The move will...
View ArticleThe secrets of Rudolf Hess
When the bidding ended for lot 171 in a US auction room last week, the $130,000 (£82,000) offer was insufficient to secure its prize – a small, ripped, buff folder marked “Most Secret” with the word...
View ArticleRussia doesn’t share US values in Syria
President Barack Obama says a US-Russian agreement offers a chance to destroy Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons and promises to end the threat they pose to Syrians and the world. But the two powers...
View ArticleNext polls as in other democracies
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government would follow the practice of other democratic countries in holding the next general election. She made the comment at a meeting with a British...
View ArticleJS observes int’l day of democracy
The Jatiya Sangsad yesterday held a discussion to observe International Day of Democracy amid a boycott by BNP-led opposition lawmakers. The ruling Awami League-led lawmakers strongly criticised the...
View Article10 killed in road crashes
At least 10 people, including five of a family, were killed and seven others injured in road accidents in Moulvibazar and Thakurgaon districts yesterday and Saturday night. Witnesses said a...
View Article75pc hike in salaries
The government yesterday announced the 8th Wage Board Award for journalists and other staff of newspapers and news agencies, raising their basic pay by 75 percent. The new pay structure is effective...
View ArticleCriminals kill Ctg trader
Only a day after the killing of a businessman in Chittagong city, another trader was brutally hacked to death by unidentified criminals in the port city early yesterday. The dead is Tajul Islam, 32, a...
View ArticleMKA for ‘formal import’ of cattle
Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir yesterday said cattle smuggling-related crimes at the border would be stopped if India took the initiative to formally export cattle to Bangladesh. Any incomplete...
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