A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water and air, second-hand smoke and a lack of adequate hygiene, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Such unsanitary and polluted environments can lead to fatal cases of diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia, and kill 1.7 million children a year, the WHO said in a report.…

A national talent hunt camp to scout physically-challenged cricketers is scheduled to start in the BKSP cricket training ground in Savar from Wednesday. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS), Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) are organising the camp, which is the third of its kind.…

Four of the 12 containers, which were seized from Chittagong port on Sunday had Tk 69 crore worth cigarettes, liquor and television sets – imported from China under false declarations. They include two crore sticks of cigarettes, 1,089 televisions and 16,117 bottles of liquors, Moinul Khan, directorate general of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate said. The two consignments were…

    HC asks to close all Hazaribagh tanneries The High Court has asked the authorities concerned to immediately close down all the tanneries located in the capital's Hazaribagh. An HC bench of Justice Syed Refat Ahmed and Justice Mohammad Selim came up with the order on Monday after hearing a petition. Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) filed the petition. Fida M Kamal,…

PM Hasina reaches Jakarta Jakarta : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on a three-day official visit to join the Leaders' Summit of Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), a grouping of nations having coastlines with the world’s third largest ocean. Indonesian minister for female empowerment and children protection Yohana Susana Yembise and Bangladesh…

Amir Hossain, the Acting Editor of the daily sun, has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 73. The Acting Editor of the daily sun, Amir Hossain breathed his last at Apollo Hospitals Dhaka around 12:00 am on Monday. He left behind his wife, a daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn him. Amir Hossain was born in Madaripur on December 29, 1944. The first Namaz-e-Janaza of Amir Hossain…

Having a moneyplant or a cactus in your verandah is so predictable. More and more plant lovers are waking up to a more exciting — if bizarre — gardening option. Welcome to the world of carnivorous plants, which you've probably read about in school. Now, nurseries are selling them by the dozen to enthusiastic gardeners. They need little care, have to be watered from time to time and…

The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday cancelled a petition asking review of its judgment that upheld a High Court (HC) order for destroying the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) building. The three-member bench led by chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha dismissed the plea. On November 8 last year, the SC released the full text of its verdict in which the apex court upheld…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Jakarta on Monday on a three-day official visit to Indonesia to join the Leaders' Summit in Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA). The IORA is an international organisation consisting of 21 coastal states bordering the Indian Ocean. During the visit, Sheikh Hasina will also arrange bilateral meetings with…