A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver, who fell unconscious after taking tea, suspected to be mixed with sedative, at a tea stall on the Nabharan-Satkhira road in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Monday night, died at Jessore Medical College Hospital (JMCH)...
Most Asian stock markets rose Wednesday, tracking gains on Wall Street as investor optimism mounted ahead of a highly anticipated Federal Reserve decision on whether to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. Japan's Nikkei 225...
Police arrested three alleged terrorists along with a foreign-made pistol and three hand bombs from Shangkorpasha village in Abhoynagar upazila of Jessore district on Tuesday night. The arrestees were identified as Shanto Roy, 28, son of Narayan Chandra Roy, Simanto...
President Adul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to late Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. The President and the Prime Minister separately placed wreaths on the coffin...
Japan assembled four fighter jets to intercept Russian aircraft, which briefly violated its airspace, the defence ministry was reported as saying Wednesday. The plane entered Japanese airspace off the coast of the northernmost main island of Hokkaido, the Kyodo and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has provided Tk 0.50 million for the treatment of ailing veteran singer and artiste of war-time radio station Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra Lucky Akhand. "The Prime Minister provided the financial assistance today for the medical treatment...
THAKURGAON: The district unit of Bangladesh Chemists and Druggists Association (BCDA) went on a strike Tuesday demanding release of the owner of a drugstore. Sources said officials of Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) last Wednesday morning arrested Tulen Chandra, owner...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif along with his wife and high officials from the Iranian foreign ministry has arrived Dhaka in a special flight from Beijing Wednesday. Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque received him at the airport. This is...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
BOGRA, Sep 14: Though the Aus growers achieved a bumper production of the off-seasonal crops, they are seen frustrated over low prices in all twelve upazilas of Bogra district. Department of Agriculture Extension source said, farmers of the district get...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
PABNA, Sept 14: The sweet smell of ripe palmyra, locally called taal, fills the air in rural areas of the district during the ongoing Bangla month of Bhadra (mid-August to mid-September), the peak time for ripening of the popular fruit....
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Sept 14: Sarkertari bailey bridge on Gaibandha-Fulchhari-Shaghata Road at Sarkertari area under Badiakhali union of Sadar upazila has turned vulnerable due to plying of heavy vehicles. Now, the condition of the bridge has become so pitiable that it may...
NILPHAMARI, Sept 14 (UNB): Two workers, including a woman, of a wig factory sustained burn injuries as a fire broke out at the factory at Uttara EPZ on Monday. The injured workers, identified as Yeakub and Asia, were admitted to...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Sept 14: Pilot project of ultra-short duration Parija variety paddy cultivation has been proved successful in Nilphamari district. Sources said the short duration paddy cultivation as a part of three paddy crops in a year on the same land...
TANGAIL, Sept 14 (UNB): Two people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between two trucks at Kudimdhalla in Mirzapur upazila early Monday. The deceased were identified as Joynal Abedin, 45, a cattle trader, and Jamshed Ali,...
Five shops gutted in Shariatpur At least five shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Kodalpur Market under Gosairhat upazila of the district last night. Fire brigade sources said the fire originated from oven of a bread factory...
Four players are sharing lead in the points table with 5 points after the 6th round games of the Tangail International Rating Chess tournament now being held at the Bangabandhu Auditorium in Tangail Press Club, Tangail, reports BSS. They are...
The 1st BKSP Judo Cup competition was inaugurated Monday at the BKSP in Savar. State Minister for Youth and Sports Biren Sikder, MP, formally inaugurated the two-day meet as the chief guest, reports BSS. A total of 15 teams from...
Gold and bronze medal winning archery team returned home Monday after participating in the just concluded 5th Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa, reports BSS. Bangladesh Archery Federation vice presidents M Shoyeb Chowdhury and Anisur Rahman Dipu, general secretary Kazi Rajib...
Azad Sporting Club and Dhaka district won their respective matches of the Aarong Dairy Federation Cup Women's Kabaddi Monday at the Kabaddi Stadium in the city, reports BSS. In the day's matches, Azad SC beat Faridpur district by 36-11 points...
Gold and bronze medal winning archery team returned home Monday after participating in the just concluded 5th Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa, reports BSS. Bangladesh Archery Federation vice presidents M Shoyeb Chowdhury and Anisur Rahman Dipu, general secretary Kazi Rajib...
RANGPUR, Sept 14 (BSS): The submerged plants of flood tolerant rice varieties survived inundation for up to two weeks and resumed normal growth after recession of the floodwater in the country's flood-prone areas this season. The inundated plants of flood...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 14 (BSS): Grassroots farmers have become happy over expected yield and market price of summer beans as its harvesting has started in the vast Barind tract this season. Large numbers of farmers are now engaged in bean cultivation...
As part of a company-wide business transformation programme, Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi based international airlines, is deploying SAP's state-of-the-art, cloud-based solutions across its human resources, finance and procurement and supply management functions, says a press statement in Dhaka. The technology...
RANGPUR, Sept 14 (BSS): The present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken massive steps for increasing fish production to achieve complete self-reliance on fish within its current tenure. Fisheries experts said this at a ceremony organised by...
FE Report | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur have agreed to integrate private recruiters with the existing G to G (government to government) arrangement to speed up manpower recruitment from Bangladesh. As part of the step, a Memorandum of Understanding on G to G-plus...
Siddique Islam | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
Industrial credit disbursement recorded a significant rise by more than 30 per cent in the last fiscal year (FY), 2014-15, despite political turmoil and inadequate supply of gas and power, officials and bankers said. The disbursement of industrial credit, including...
FE Report | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
Nearly 14 million people across the world were forced to migrate temporarily or permanently from their home last year for political struggle, inter-state warfare, civil war, overseas employment or other reasons. The global refugee population has reached from 10.5 million...
FE Report | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
CMC Kamal Textile Mills Limited, a listed company on the stock market and non-listed Alif Unitex Limited, have decided to go for merger, said a web post on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Monday. The board of directors of the...
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