YouTube to launch ‘video downloads’
YouTube is to release a new feature on its mobile apps that will allow videos to be downloaded for a “short period”. Set for a November launch, the new service means people will be able to save videos...
View ArticleFrance charges Rwandan doctor over genocide
French judges have charged a Rwandan doctor for planning to “commit the crime of genocide” in 1994, a judicial source said, after Kigali issued an international warrant against him. Eugene Rwamucyo is...
View ArticleGene map helps trace spread of MERS virus
Researchers in Britain and Saudi Arabia yesterday said that gene profiling of the MERS virus had provided insights, but no answer, as to how the mysterious microbe spreads. Reporting online in The...
View ArticleIndia’s new central bank chief orders surprise rate hike
India’s new central bank governor yesterday surprised markets with a bold decision to hike interest rates on fears of rising inflation, triggering sharp falls on the stock market. Reserve Bank of India...
View ArticleSeveral injured in clashes in Indian Kashmir
Several people, including an AFP photographer, were injured yesterday in Indian Kashmir when government forces thwarted a procession to a southern town reeling under curfew, police and witnesses said....
View ArticleProof of alien life?
A team of British scientists is convinced it has found proof of alien life, after it harvested strange particles from the edge of space. The scientists sent a balloon 27km into the stratosphere, which...
View ArticleA record to break
In his blinding speed to beat the deadline before the poll code of conduct comes into force, an Indian state minister Gopal Bhargava laid the foundation of 2,551 projects in eight hours in one single...
View ArticleSyria submits chemical details to watchdog
Syria has begun supplying details of its chemical arsenal, the world’s chemical weapons watchdog said yesterday, as rebels agreed a truce with jihadists in a key border town. A senior official also...
View ArticleSumon sings for Felani
Singer-songwriter and Trinamool Congress lawmaker Kabir Suman has composed a song in memory of Felani Khatun, the Bangladeshi teenager shot dead by the BSF while she was crossing the India-Bangladesh...
View Article3 drown in Buriganga
Three teenaged boys, including two students, drowned in the river Buriganga in two separate incidents yesterday. Deceased Sajal Chandra Das, 17, was a class-IX student, Subham Chandra Das, 18, a...
View ArticleIllegal arms: worries for CHT
The availability of illegal firearms among members of different regional organisations in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) has contributed to the deterioration of law and order in the region in recent...
View ArticleMoscow asks for ‘planet hacking’
Russia is pushing for next week’s landmark UN climate science report to include support for controversial technologies to geoengineer the planet’s climate, according to documents obtained by the...
View ArticleBangladesh ready to show the way
More than two dozens of well-known and promising researchers have gathered in Dhaka for a week-long brainstorming session to understand better how to cope up with the changing climate. Learning from...
View ArticleLower courts get 124 new asst judges
President Abdul Hamid has recently appointed 124 assistant judges as per the recommendations from a, increasing the total number of lower court judges to 1,660. The commission made the recommendations...
View ArticleIndian rights group to seek compensation for Felani
A human rights group in Indian state of West Bengal is going to file a writ petition, seeking compensation for the family of Bangladeshi teenage girl Felani Khatun who was shot dead by the BSF. Rights...
View ArticlePM hopeful of AL’s win in next polls
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday firmly said people would again vote Awami League to power as they want peace and development in the country, not terrorism, militancy, corruption and money...
View ArticleChanged RPO must ensure free, fair polls
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday asked the government as well as the Election Commission to bring some changes to the RPO to ensure a free and fair election. They alleged that the EC had...
View ArticleAid for farmers, pride for country
Since the 1980s, farmers in the country have been applying Guti urea to their crops for increased yield and low production cost. They have been successful in this endeavour, but for that they have to...
View Article18 win HSBC-Star junior climate awards
Eighteen winners out of 1,500 schoolchildren bagged awards yesterday in the first-ever Junior Climate Champions competition, organised jointly by the HSBC and The Daily Star. The awards were presented...
View ArticleJatrabari flyover ready to serve
The much-awaited 10-kilometre-long Jatrabari flyover is set to open for public from early next month. “We are going to open the main flyover for public use from early October,” Md Abu Alam Shahid Khan,...
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