TOKYO, Mar 11 - The biggest earthquake on record to hit Japan struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, ships, cars and farm buildings. The Red Cross in Geneva said the wall of water was higher than some Pacific islands and a tsunami warning was issued for almost the entire Pacific basin, though alerts were lifted fo

Dhaka, March 2 Grameen Bank managing director and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been relieved of his duties. Deputy general manager (protocol) of the Bangladesh Bank governor's secretariat A F M Asaduzzaman confirmed the sacking of Yunus to bdnews. Around 4:45pm on Wednesday, Asaduzzaman said, "Muhammad Yunus has been removed from the post of managing director of Grameen Bank." "I hope t

The awardees join the growing wave of discontent with Chairperson Hyun Byung-chulAwardees designated to receive the Republic of Korea Human Rights Awards, given by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) to honor the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10, announced their intent to refuse the honors Tuesday, charging that “the NHRCK is not qualified to

It has been 24 days today since the Hyundai Motor irregular workers’ union began its sit-down strike at the No. 1 Factory in Ulsan. It is the rare example of a long-lasting factory occupation, but the company has neglected efforts to resolve the situation. Little better has been the response from the Hyundai Motor permanent workers’ union. As such, it is difficult to see any signs of a smooth resolution. The

The UK authorities have arrested 10 Bangladeshis for illegally working in the United Kingdom and the detained will be deported soon. The information was released in a British High Commission press statement. The UK Border Agency detained the illegal workers between Aug 19 and Sept 15 as part of its nationwide crackdown to tackle illegal employment, sham marriages, bogus colleges, and organised immigr

For thirty-four years the nation observed the death anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with a demand for justice, but it is different this year, as justice has finally been done.Some historic developments in the judiciary in the past eight months gave this new dimension to observance of

A group of Korea Internet Volunteers (KIV) from National Information Society Agency (NIA) of the Government of Republic of Korea have arrived in Dhaka at BUET Internet Access Center.Team RAVIT4(Right Accurate Volunteer Information technology Teach) will to provide one month of voluntary service in BUET. They will mainly provide computer IT training on MS Office, Photoshop, web designing, flash and know