Bangladeshis are among several hundred feared dead as two boats carrying illegal migrants capsized in the sea off a Libyan city. Reuters report, more than five hundred people are feared to have killed as the migrants’ boat capsized off the...
Chinese shares ended the week almost eight per cent lower after volatile trading that started on August 24 (Monday) with shock losses and spread fear to global markets. On Friday, the mainland’s benchmark Shanghai Composite closed up 4.8 per cent...
Police in Austria say the bodies of 71 people, believed to be refugees, were discovered in an abandoned lorry found near the Hungarian border on Thursday. The victims included 59 men, eight women and four children who are thought to...
Thailand on Friday said it values Bangladesh as a major sending country of high quality skilled, semiskilled and unskilled workforce, and will give active consideration to the issue of recruiting Bangladesh workers in Thailand’s relevant sectors. Lieutenant General Decha Punyaban,...
The fourth Namaj-e-Janaza of Jatiya Party (Zafar) chairman and also former Prime Minister Kazi Zafar Ahmed was held at Azad Masjid (mosque) in Dhaka’s Gulshan after Asr prayers on Friday. His elder son-in-law Syed Almas Kabir and grandson Ayman Kabir,...
A woman from Dinajpur’s Chirirbandar said she has been gang-raped after being ostracised for six months along with her entire family for allegedly appearing in a pornography video. The victim said she was returning home from a neighbour’s house around...
Three students of a girls’ madrasa in Manda upazila in Naogaon have been killed in electrocution and 20 others injured. Witnesses said the victims of the tin-roofed two-storey residential madrasa in Satihat area touched an electric wire linked to the...
A schoolgirl has allegedly committed suicide in Madaripur Sadar Upazila after being sexually harassed. The victim was identified as Azmeri Akhter Kiron, daughter of Siraj Matubbar of Pachkhola village and a Class-IX student of Pachkhola Muktisena High School and College....
Customs officials on Friday arrested a young man with 30 gold bars weighing about 3.5 kg from the Canopy-2 of Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in Dhaka. "Customs Intelligence officials and members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) also arrested Rafiqul...
Eight out of 54 Bangladesh nationals, who were traveling in one of the two migrants’ boats, died as the watercraft capsized in sea off a Libyan coastal city on Thursday. At least 200 other boat people, mostly Syrian refugees, are...
Moslem Uddin Ahmed | 2015-08-28 00:00:00
It was but only the tip of the iceberg when boatloads of people were sighted adrift in the Bay of Bengal. Now the entire body of the mammoth mass of ice has surfaced to pose a cosmic crisis-migration crisis, to...
B. K. Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata | 2015-08-28 00:00:00
Extraction, generation and distribution of electricity are fundamental aspects of an industrial sector having strategic implications for the performance of any economy - large, medium or small. Besides, a massive employment is vital to a country's power sector. According to...
Export of Bangladeshi fruits and vegetables to the European markets seemed to take off months back when local exporters resumed exporting following the withdrawal of a temporary ban on a variety of farm produces. But the cheer did not last...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-08-28 00:00:00
"Sudden Terror" is a breathtakingly emotional film on the hijacking of a school bus full of 'special' children. Imagine yourself as a hostage held in a bus on the busy road between Shahbagh and Katabon. The real-life stage enactment of...
Reyad Md. Tanvir | 2015-08-28 00:00:00
Every employer tries to keep the best pool of people for different jobs. They know how a pool of competent people can make an impact on the organisation. Some employers develop a process to keep them and they get the...
The Titas Gas Co. Ltd. does not issue bill payment certificates. No demand certificate has been issued at Uttara area, though Titas regularly issues yearly no-demand certificates. I do not know how the situation can be explained. Bill booths for...
Australia is coming on a tour to Bangladesh from September 28 to October 21, 2015. They will play two Test matches. The first Test match will be played at Zohur Ahmed Chouwdury Stadium, Chittagong and the second at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla...
The high interest rate in our country discourages new investors. While interest rate for fixed deposits was reduced from 13 per cent to 9 or 10 per cent, the rate of interest on loan has remained the same. It would...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-08-28 00:00:00
A rural landlord going to the nearby lower court in festive mood is a common spectacle in the novels by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The locale and time are set in Bengal either in the late 19th century or early 20th...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2015-08-28 00:00:00
"We are witnessing a young generation frustrated by the chronic mismatch between skills and work. The best answer to the economic downturn and youth unemployment is to ensure that young people acquire the basic skills and relevant training they need...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-28 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Aug 27: The fish cultivators of Rangpur district are facing severe financial losses as a huge quantity of fishes of ponds and other water bodies have been washed away by the floodwater from the river Teesta. According to affected...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-28 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Aug 27: Rajshahi city haat, the largest cattle haat (market) in Rajshahi, has not yet been geared up as less than one month is left for the holy Eid-ul-Azha. It is learnt, Rajshahi city haat is famous and one...
RANGPUR, Aug 27 (BSS): The raised plinths have again proved to be a real blessing for over 0.13 million (1.33 lakh) extremely poor families living in low-lying remote char areas on the Brahmaputra basin in effectively escaping the current floods....
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-28 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Aug 27: Boro farmers are sustaining huge losses in Nilphamari district due to abnormal low price of Boro paddy in the markets. At present the price of one maund (40 kg) of paddy is Tk 400 in the markets...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-28 00:00:00
BOGRA, Aug 27: The farmers of all twelve upazilas are expecting a bumper production of ginger following various government steps and favourable climatic conditions this season. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office source said, "We have set a target of...
RANGPUR, Aug 27 (BSS): Speakers at a human chain programme here have asked all for launching vigorous social movement to bring an end to all sorts of repression and violence against women. District unit of 'Karmojibi Nari (KN)' organised the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-28 00:00:00
MAGURA, Aug 27: Cultivation of sugarcane is gaining popularity in Magura. Farmers in the district are showing high interest in sugarcane cultivation. Reasonable price, loan facility and low production cost are the reason behind this. Agriculture Extension Department (DAE) Magura...
RU Correspondent | 2015-08-28 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Aug 27: Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) chalked out a day-long programme to celebrate the 12th founding anniversary of the university on September 1, said a press release. The day's programme will begin with the hoisting...
RANGPUR, Aug 27 (BSS): Speakers at a views-sharing meeting today said the mass media could play the most vital role in mobilising the common people for launching a vigorous movement in preventing corruption from the society. The mass media could...
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