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The great cabbage myth
10:03 AM, 07 Apr 2016 Thursday
It has been suggested recently that there are 26,911 words of European Union regulation on the sale of cabbage. The claim is not true, but it has a long and interesting history dating back to the US in the 1940s.
CUET closed for sine die
09:44 AM, 07 Apr 2016 Thursday
The academic and administrative activities of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) have been closed for an indefinite period following student’s protest.
Nokia to cut 14% of workforce
09:34 AM, 07 Apr 2016 Thursday
Nokia Oyj will reduce as much as 14 per cent of its workforce, cutting jobs across the globe as part of a plan to save more than $1 billion annually following its merger with networking hardware rival Alcatel-Lucent SA.
Trail in cyber heist suggests hackers were Chinese: senator
09:24 AM, 07 Apr 2016 Thursday
A Philippine senator said on Wednesday that Chinese hackers were likely to have pulled off one of the world`s biggest cyber heists at the Bangladesh central bank, citing the network of Chinese people involved in the routing of the stolen funds through Manila.
Acid thrown burns four of a family
09:02 AM, 07 Apr 2016 Thursday
Four members of a family have been badly burnt when unidentified miscreants threw acid on them at Dhaka’s Mirpur.
HC rejects Khaleda’s petition to scrap graft case
08:46 AM, 07 Apr 2016 Thursday
The High Court on Thursday rejected the petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking cancellation of the Zia Charitable Trust graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against her.
2 killed in Tangail ‘gunfight’ with RAB
08:34 AM, 07 Apr 2016 Thursday
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) claimed that two members of outlawed Sarbahara Party were killed and three others injured in a reported shootout with them in Tangail Sadar upazila around 1am Thursday.
JnU student hacked to death
07:28 AM, 07 Apr 2016 Thursday
A Jagannath University (JnU) student was hacked to death by miscreants at Sutrapur area in the capital on Wednesday night.
Police shot on garment workers: 50 more hurt
07:15 AM, 07 Apr 2016 Thursday
More than 50 people were injured by police shooting on Thursday morning.
Only 1 in 5 people tell the truth on Facebook: Study
06:35 AM, 07 Apr 2016 Thursday
Less than 20 per cent of people portray themselves truthfully on social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter, a new UK-based study has found.
Real Madrid slump to 0-2 loss at Wolfsburg
06:29 AM, 07 Apr 2016 Thursday
Real Madrid’s hopes of an 11th European title were left hanging by a thread as they slumped to a shock 2-0 loss at Germany’s Champions League novices VfL Wolfsburg in their quarter-final first leg on Wednesday.
Anushka enjoys dinner with boyfriend Kohli
06:20 AM, 07 Apr 2016 Thursday
Actress Anushka Sharma, who had been busy with the shoot of her upcoming movie Sultan, was spotted enjoying a late night dinner with her boyfriend and Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli at a high end restaurant in Mumbai’s upscale Bandra.
Vegetarian diet does not increase cancer risk
12:37 PM, 06 Apr 2016 Wednesday
Recently, a news report stating that a vegetarian diet can lead to increase in risk of colon cancer went viral. The story, published by news agencies was widely picked up by media organisations (including this one), leading to people questioning the diktat offered by doctors, that a vegetarian diet actually helps reduce cancer risks.
Cricket stadium in name of Darren Sammy
12:19 PM, 06 Apr 2016 Wednesday
Fresh from leading West Indies to victory over England in the World Twenty20 final in India, Captain Darren Sammy has been honored again - this time closer to home.
SC upheld death penalty for JMB man
11:59 AM, 06 Apr 2016 Wednesday
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) upheld the death sentence to Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) militant Masumur Rahman Masum on charge of bomb attack at Lakshmipur court in 2005.
Bangladesh’s Development Priority is to create more Jobs: WB
11:52 AM, 06 Apr 2016 Wednesday
The World Bank Group today endorsed a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) to help Bangladesh achieve its vision of reaching middle-income country status by 2021 from the current lower-middle income status.
Panama Papers: UAE president leads London property holdings
11:41 AM, 06 Apr 2016 Wednesday
The president of the United Arab Emirates owns London properties worth more than £1.2 billion (US$1.7 billion, €1.5 billion) through offshore companies revealed in the so-called Panama Papers, The Guardian reported on Wednesday (Apr 6).
Mental hospital is not so far
11:30 AM, 06 Apr 2016 Wednesday
Twinkle Twinkle little star,
You should know what you are,
And once you know what you are,
Mental hospital is not so far
Hearing on petition against Tarique’s acquittal 4 May
11:20 AM, 06 Apr 2016 Wednesday
The High Court on Wednesday fixed 4 May for the hearing of an Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) appeal against a lower court verdict in which BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman was acquitted in a money laundering case.
No threat to celebrate Pahela Boishakh : Monirul
11:09 AM, 06 Apr 2016 Wednesday
Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Monirul Islam said,There will no threat to celebrate the first day of Bengali month ‘Pahela Boishakh’.