Bangladesh will take on mighty South Africa, eying first-ever series victory, in their third and last match of their three-match National Polymer ODI Cricket Series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong Wednesday. The series deciding battle will begin at...
B K Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata | 2015-07-14 00:00:00
A new report envisions a nightmare scenario - only three of the climatic disasters could lead to global food shock. Food riots become inevitable as the price of basic crops skyrockets and stock markets experience terrible losses. The risk assessment...
M. Serajul Islam | 2015-07-14 00:00:00
The Islamic State (ISIS), despite the media hype in the US of possible attacks by it in the US cities during the 4th of July weekend that came and went without any incident, has been and continues to be a...
Bangladesh seems to have run out of steam in its quest for downsizing its population. Although the World Population Day-observed annually on July 11 -- reaffirms the human right to plan for a family, this country cannot be said to...
Wasi Ahmed | 2015-07-14 00:00:00
The post-Bali trade talks suffered a major setback in the absence of consensus over one of the key trade deals drafted at the Bali Ministerial Conference in December 2013. This came as a shock following the conclusion of the negotiations...
Ridwan Quaium | 2015-07-14 00:00:00
Pedestrians, rickshaws, rickshaw-vans, auto-rickshaws and other slower moving vehicles plying the country's highways are a common sight. Even kitchen and various types of open-air markets are also found along the highway sides. Since most of the highways in the country...
Finally the Tigers turned the table around and brought the high-flying Proteas down to earth. I was delighted by the remarkable 7-wicket victory. Hats off to the Tigers who came out of the gloom of recent defeats and won the...
Admission fees, monthly tuition fees and other fees charged by the schools should be guided by a standard policy and followed uniformly by all. What we find in reality is totally different. In absence of a clear-cut policy, amount of...
M S Siddiqui | 2015-07-14 00:00:00
Country risks, defined as the probability that changes in the business environment in another country where one is doing business, may adversely impact one's operation or payment for imports resulting in a financial loss. The country risk is a combine...
Anna Lartey | 2015-07-14 00:00:00
The year 2015 presents a unique opportunity for the global development community to build on and strengthen the momentum initiated by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Scheduling the launch of the post-2015 development agenda for September 2015 provides us with...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-14 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, July 13: Wih Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, approaching nearer, thousands of families from the municipality and six upazilas of Kushtia are flocking to the apparel stores of the district town everyday until midnight to buy...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-14 00:00:00
BOGRA, July 13: Hundreds of rural female artisans have achieved self-reliance in Bogra district including 12 upazilas by making fancy caps ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. They are passing busy time now to meet a huge demand of their handicrafts as the...
RAJSHAHI, July 13 (BSS): Utmost emphasis should be given on bringing all the children especially those belonging to the under-privileged families and living in the less-developed areas under primary education and its successful completion, speakers at a discussion here said....
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-14 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, July 13: Huge number of poor litigants got cost free legal aid in Nilphamari district. Sources said more than 2325 poor and vulnerable litigants were provided legal aid free cost by the Legal Aid Committee of Nilphamari district. Sources...
PIRGANJ, July 13 (BSS): The government distributed Tk 1,05,84,000 as various allowances among 1,215 beneficiaries in Pirganj upazila here during the last fiscal (2014-15). The Department of Social Service (DSS) distributed the allowances among physically challenged people and freedom fighters...
RANGPUR, July 13 (BSS): Over 0.13 million (1.33 lakh) extremely poor families, living on their raised plinths in low-lying remote char areas on the Brahmaputra basin, have been escaping current floods effectively like in the previous years. The plinths have...
RANGPUR, July 13 (BSS): Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu Sunday said the present government has been working for mainstreaming the physically challenged population to ensure their development. He said this while distributing books and Tk...
RAJSHAHI, July 13 (BSS): Responsive role of teachers, parents and leaders of influence has become an urgent need to ensure adolescent-friendly reproductive health services to all the target people for substantial and sustainable reduction of child marriage and child pregnancy,...
SYLHET, July 13 (UNB): A boy was killed as one of his friends hurled brick chips at him playfully in the Purakhai river in Jaintapur upazila on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Abdul Kadir Shahriar,12, son of Jahangir...
Net distributed among 350 fishermen in Gaibandha Fisheries Department distributed nets among 350 distressed fishermen in five upazilas of the district last few days. The objective of the distribution is to help the distressed and poor fishermen so that they...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced on Sunday a 14-member squad of Bangladesh Cricket Team for the first match of the two-match National Polymer Test Series against South Africa, with Mustafizur Rahman making his way in the team, reports UNB. The...
Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim raised his voice against the brutal killing of a 13-year- old boy in Sylhet. The cricketer is seen holding a placard read "Say no to child abuse." The photo was posted on his official Facebook...
An 80-member contingent of the Special Olympics of Bangladesh will participate in the 2015 Special Olympics Summer World Games to be held in Los Angeles, USA, from July 25 to August 2, reports UNB. The Bangladesh contingent which comprises 57...
RANGPUR, July 13 (BSS): The farmers of the district have already completed preparing seedbeds for expanded cultivation of flood-tolerant variety paddy during this Aman season after getting repeated bumper crops in the previous seasons. Excellent yield of flood-tolerant paddy has...
RAJSHAHI, July 13 (BSS): Enhanced fish production is seen as one of the effective means of meeting protein deficiency and poverty alleviation along with employment generation. Speakers made the observation while releasing fish fingerlings in Padma River in Shreerampur point...
Ismail Hossain | 2015-07-14 00:00:00
Eid shoppers now prefer to do shopping online before this Eid-ul-Fitr due to nagging traffic jam on streets, heavy crowd at shopping malls and boom in access to Internet. Apart from online marketers, famous local brands are also offering Eid...
Khairul Islam | 2015-07-14 00:00:00
The country's oldest private PSTN operator Worldtel Bangladesh Limited is likely to lose spectrum for its alleged involvement in "illegal" telephony services, sources said. Sources close to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said the Spectrum Management Division was asked...
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