Brahmanbaria, Dec 16 – Miscreants attacked the Victory Day programme at the Zilla Parishad premises on Monday and vandalised photos of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Read More »
by Philippe van Parijs on 16th December 2019 @pvpbrussels For the free-market Tory right, Brexit is a means towards a beggar-my-neighbour buccaneering adventure—not ‘future relations’ to which the EU27 can agree. Read More »
Joanne Serrieh, Al Arabiya English A mass grave dating back to 2016 has been discovered in Iraq containing the remains of 643 civilians believed to be victims of the Saqlawiyah massacre, about 5 kilometres north of Fallujah, in Anbar Governorate. Read More »
Police have clashed with demonstrators in parts of the Indian capital, Delhi, during protests over a controversial new law on migrants. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 16 – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has described her bail denial by the apex court in Zia Charitable Trust graft case as ‘unprecedented’, said her sister on Monday. Read More »
London (AP/UNB) — Chinese television pulled coverage of Arsenal’s Premier League match against Manchester City on Sunday after Mesut Ozil, a forward for the London club, criticized Beijing’s brutal mass crackdown on ethnic Muslims in the country. China is the Premier League’s most lucrative overseas broadcast market, with the rights sold for $700 million in a three-year deal that runs ... Read More »
Paris (AP/UNB) — Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain moved seven points clear at the top of the French league with a resounding 4-0 win at 10-man Saint-Etienne on Sunday. Midfielder Leandro Paredes scored his first PSG goal before Mbappe’s brace took his club career tally to a whopping 102 a few days before his 21st birthday. An eventful ... Read More »
Barcelona (AP/UNB) — With Real Madrid facing defeat three days before its “clásico” at Barcelona, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois came to the rescue against Valencia — at the other end of the field. The Belgium goalkeeper abandoned his own goal and joined teammates for a corner kick Madrid had earned five minutes into stoppage time while trailing by a goal at ... Read More »
Milan (AP/UNB) — Cristiano Ronaldo is back to his imperious best. The Juventus forward scored twice on Sunday to help the Bianconeri to a 3-1 win over Udinese in Serie A. Leonardo Bonucci scored the other goal. Ronaldo also hit the post late on.It was the fourth successive match Ronaldo has scored in, with the Portugal international having a fantastic ... Read More »
Cary (AP/UNB) — Georgetown goalkeeper Tomas Romero stopped Virginia’s Axel Gunnarsson in the seventh round of penalty kicks to give the Hoyas their first NCAA men’s soccer championship Sunday night. The teams fought through two scoreless 10-minute overtime periods after finishing regulation tied at 3, leaving penalty kicks to decide the game. Both teams made their first six penalty kicks, ... Read More »
Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India’s capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held a silent protest in the northeast on Monday to protest a new law giving citizenship to non-Muslims who entered India illegally to flee religious persecution in several neighboring countries. Read More »
A farmer was killed in an elephant attack in Boalkhali upazila on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Rupon Das, 55, son of Jatindra Das of Joystyapura village in the upazila. Read More »
বিএনপির মহাসচিব মির্জা ফখরুল ইসলাম আলমগীর রাজাকারদের তালিকা সম্পর্কে বলেছেন, এটা বিএনপিকে হেয় করতে করা হয়েছে। তিনি প্রকৃত তালিকা প্রকাশের দাবি জানান। মহান বিজয় দিবস উপলক্ষে আজ সোমবার শেরেবাংলা নগরে বিএনপির প্রতিষ্ঠাতা জিয়াউর রহমানের সমাধিতে ফুল দিয়ে শ্রদ্ধা জানানোর পর সাংবাদিকদের তিনি এসব কথা বলেন। Read More »
বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিব মেডিকেল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (বিএসএমএমইউ) হাসপাতালে চিকিৎসাধীন বিএনপির কারাবন্দী চেয়ারপারসন খালেদা জিয়ার সঙ্গে দেখা করে তাঁর স্বজনেরা বলছেন, এখানে সে কীভাবে বাঁচবে। এ ছাড়া খালেদার ঠিকমতো চিকিৎসা হচ্ছে না বলে স্বজনরা দাবি করছেন। Read More »
রবিবার সংশোধিত নাগরিকত্ব আইনের বিরুদ্ধে হওয়া মিছিল নিয়ন্ত্রণে পুলিশের ভূমিকার প্রতিবাদে শিক্ষার্থী ও অ্যাক্টিভিস্টরা সারারাত বিক্ষোভ করেছে। Read More »
By Matt McGrath BBC’s Environment correspondent Delegates from developing countries have reacted angrily to what they see as attempts to block progress at the COP25 meeting in Madrid. One negotiator told the BBC that the talks had failed to find agreement on a range of issues because of the blocking actions of some large emitters. Read More »
Savar (Dhaka), Dec 16 – President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial marking the 49th Victory Day. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 15 – Marking the 49th Victory Day of the country, the artistes of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra (Free Bengal Radio Centre) reunited and performed at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on Sunday. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 15 – Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that government agents infiltrated BNP to create confusion and misguide the party’s rank and file. Read More »
Comilla, Dec 15 – Burglaries at two bank branches as well as an ATM booth in the district in a span of only six months have created panic among clients. Burglars took away Tk 20.33 lakh from the two bank branches and the ATM booth in the last six months, sources said. Read More »
by Sahana Ghosh on 13 December 2019 • Scientists are exploring the use of satellites to track ocean acidification in the Greater Caribbean, the Amazon Plume and the Bay of Bengal. • Under a European Space Agency funded project, researchers at IISER-Kolkata are merging satellite data and on-ground observations to monitor the health of coastal Bay of Bengal in the ... Read More »
Mymensingh, Dec 15 – Field day was observed at the Sutiakhali area of Mymensingh Sadar by Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) to increase rice yield through irrigation and fertilizer management. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 15 – The nation is set to celebrate the 49th Victory Day on Monday with elaborate programmes to pay deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country during the Liberation War in 1971. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 15 – Five more victims of Keraniganj plastic factory fire succumbed to burn injuries yesterday. Among the five, four at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), and another one died at his home after release from the hospital on the day of the fire, raising the death toll to ... Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 15 – Bangladesh recorded yesterday its lowest temperature of this winter so far after the mercury fell to 8 degrees Celsius at Tetulia Upazila in Panchagarh at 6 am. Tetulia Upazila is located at the foot of Himalayas. Read More »
Rome (AP/UNB) — Gennaro Gattuso has his work cut out for him as Napoli’s new coach. The Partenopei conceded an injury-time winner in a 2-1 loss at home to Parma on Saturday in Gattuso’s debut. Gattuso was hired midweek to replace the fired Carlo Ancelotti — his former coach at AC Milan — but couldn’t prevent Napoli from extending its ... Read More »
People except Bangladesh citizens to be sent back, he says Dhaka, Dec 15 – Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said that India is not pushing anybody in inside Bangladesh rather some people in connivance with middlemen are entering the border because of socio-economic pull factors. Read More »
Melbourne (AP/UNB) — High emotions, fierce hugs from Tiger Woods, this time as a winner both ways in the Presidents Cup. Woods capped off a big year that began with his 15th major at the Masters by playing and leading his U.S. team to another victory in the Presidents Cup on Sunday at Royal Melbourne. The first playing captain in ... Read More »
Madrid (AP/UNB) — A disputed decision not to award a late penalty may have cost Barcelona the Spanish league lead entering Wednesday’s “clásico” against Real Madrid. Barcelona was held to a 2-2 draw at Real Sociedad on Saturday, giving Madrid a chance to go into the midweek match at Camp Nou Stadium with a two-point lead if it beats Valencia ... Read More »
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