RAJSHAHI, May 12 (BSS): There is no alternative to bring all the mango farmers under requisite training for promotion of modern technologies for making the mango harvesting and marketing process safe and hygienic, Agricultural scientists and extension officials at a...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-13 00:00:00
PABNA, May 12: Five-day programme marking the 154th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore concluded at Beer Mukhtijuddah Rafiqul Islam Bakul Mukhta Monch premises in Pabna Tuesday. The five-day celebration featured discussions on the life of the poet, cultural functions on...
BAGERHAT, May 12 (UNB): Shipping though the Meghna-Ghashiakhali channel of the Kumarkhali River thrives again as the authorities are allowing a limited number of vessels to ply the route during high tides on an experimental basis, one month ahead of...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-13 00:00:00
PABNA, May 12: A 2-year old girl was strangulated to death at Chhaikola village under Chhaikula union in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna Tuesday morning. Police caught a neighbour in connection with the incident. The deceased was identified as Humaira Akter...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-13 00:00:00
JESSORE, May 12: The additional director general of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and also south-east regional commander, Brigadier General DSM Shahidul Islam told journalists that smuggling of cattle decreased sharply following steps taken by the Indian government to check such...
RANGPUR, May 12 (BSS): One person was killed by lightning in village Ghatabeel under Ramnathpur union of Badarganj upazila here this afternoon, police said. The deceased was identified as Amal Chandra, 40, son of Budaru Chandra of the same village....
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-13 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, May 12: One person was killed in a road accident on Gopalganj-Kotalipara Highway at Konagram village area under Gopalganj Sadar upazila of the district this morning. The deceased was identified as Alok Mondal (20), an easybike driver, son of...
KHULNA, May 12 (BSS): A nine member task force was formed here recently to lunch anti- polythene drives in Khulna by first week of June. The taskforce has been entrusted with the responsibility of taking action against the polythene traders,...
RANGPUR, May 12 (BSS): Speakers at a huge students-mothers' rally today vowed for freeing Eluari union under Fulabri upazila in Dinajpur from the curse of child marriage side by side ensuring hundred percent birth registrations. Fulbari Area Development Programme (ADP)...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-13 00:00:00
PABNA, May 12: Stipends were distributed among 280 students of different institutions by Pabna Textile Engineering Institute (PTEI) on Tuesday. In this connection, a discussion meeting was held at the Pabna Doyel Centre of the district town on Tuesday. Chairman...
Worker killed in Barisal road accident A worker was killed in a road accident at Gariarparh area in the city this morning. The deceased was Monir Hossain, 30, son of Monu Mollah of Kasipur-Tilak village under Sadar upazila. Police said...
In a battle of two lowly teams, bottom ranked Team BJMC forced Chittagong Abahani to play 1-1 draw in the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier Football League at the Bangbandhu National Stadium in the city Tuesday, reports UNB. With the day's outcome,...
CHITTAGONG, May 12 (UNB): The Dokhina First Inter-University T20 Cricket Tournament, organised by the Chittagong Divisional Sports Association (CDSA), began at the Divisional Women's Sports complex here Tuesday. Newly elected Mayor of Chittagong City Corpo- ration AJM Nasiruddin inaugurated the...
The 3rd edition of the country's biggest franchisee based cricket extravaganza Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will begin in December this year, reports BSS. However, the dates of the league matches are yet to be confirmed but it is expected to...
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Tuesday announced a 32-member preliminary national squad for the two FIFA invitational friendly matches scheduled to be held on May 30 and June 2 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city, reports BSS. The first...
The 18th 1st Division Kabaddi League will begin on May 17 at the Kabaddi Stadium in the city, reports BSS. A total of 12 clubs will compete in the eight-day meet, organised by the Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation. The top two...
Modhumoti Bank Limited (MMBL) participated in the third Microsoft Projukti Cup Six-A-Side Cricket Tournament-2015 at the Clemon City Club Cricket Academy in the city recently, says a press release. A total of 32 teams, including bank and corporate house, took...
RANGPUR, May 12 (BSS): Agriculture experts at a training here have stressed the need for enhancing production of tuber crops and changing food habit to reduce pressure on rice as well as meet nutritional demand of the growing population. The...
NARSINGDI, May 12 (BSS): Cultivation of melon (Bangi) is gaining popularity in the district due to its good market price and less risk in production. Good yield of Bangi brings a substantial amount of money for the farmers. Bangi is...
FE Report | 2015-05-13 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith called on the businesses on Tuesday for enhancing their ability to sustain and compete in the market without support of the Supplementary Duty (SD). He said there will be some 'crisis' in tax system in future,...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-05-13 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith, it seems, has been in a dilemma over the issue of revising downward the rates of profit offered to the holders of the government's savings tools (Sanchayapatras). Being under pressure from two opposing groups, he could...
Salahuddin Ahmed, a former Bangladesh minister and joint secretary general of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who had remained missing for over two months, says he does not know how he surfaced in this mountainous state capital of Meghalaya on Monday morning....
A blogger was hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers in Bangladesh on Tuesday, the third killing of a critic of religious extremism in the Muslim-majority nation in less than three months, report agencies. The Sylhet Ganojagoron Mancha called a half-day...
An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale with its epicentre in Nepal also hit Bangladesh, India and Afghanistan on Tuesday afternoon followed by an aftershock, according to the US Geological Survey, report agencies. The fresh quake killed at least...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved the 'Regional Submarine Telecommunication Project, Bangladesh with an outlay of over Tk 6.60 billion (660.64 crore) aiming to connect Bangladesh with the 2nd submarine cable to meet the...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-05-13 00:00:00
The government has backtracked on its plan to establish a fuel supply company (FSC) with dominance of a private firm for import and supply of furnace oil to country's oil-fired power plants, said officials. State Minister for Power, Energy and...
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