Sayed Kamaluddin | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
Henry Kissinger who had surprised the world by successfully carrying out negotiations with the Chinese leaders in total secrecy in 1971 under US President Nixon's direction for normalisation of Beijing-Washington ties, had made a special mention about the sophistication of...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
The Chief Election Commissioner announced the schedule of elections to Dhaka and Chittagong City Corporations at a press conference held on March 18, 2015. According to the schedule the elections to Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka South City Corporation and...
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding father, has passed away. Educated in Cambridge in the UK, Lee built his small island republic into one of the world's economic success stories. He led Singapore out of a short-lived union with the Malayan...
Wasi Ahmed | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
In the wake of the recent Oxfam disclosure on the widening gap between the rich and the poor, attributing the evil to wealth accumulation by only 1.0 per cent of the global population -- the global elite, countries in many...
Saleh Akram | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
While the power distribution companies BPDB and REB recommended rise in the wholesale and retail electricity tariff, deliberations at the public hearing at BERC on the issue indicated otherwise. On the basis of the information and statistics divulged by the...
The World Cup Cricket 2015 is coming close to a thrilling finale. Only three matches are left before we know who will be the new champions. India, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand are the teams which compete at the...
Despite smoking being widely known as injurious to health, many of us are reluctant to take the warning seriously and give it up. The smokers must realise the damaging effect of smoking and make up their mind to quit this...
I was deeply perturbed at the brutality of the members of the law-enforcement agencies against journalist Mizanur Rahman, who is stationed at Baufal upazila in Patuakhali disttrict. It is shocking that instead of penalising the guilty members of law-enforcement agencies,...
Montasir Sani | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
It is indeed commendable that Bangladesh has been able to manage a sustainable growth rate of more than 6.0 per cent for the last few years. If Bangladesh is able to increase the GDP (gross domestic product) growth rate to...
Rahman Jahangir in Bhubaneswar, India | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
The three-day international conference of experts on the Indian Ocean, held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India concluded on Sunday with the adoption of 'Bhubaneswar Declaration'. The Declaration calls for the creation of a special fund of the Indian Ocean Rim Association...
LAXMIPUR, Mar 23 (UNB): An alleged robber was injured in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Matabi in Sadar upazila early Monday. The injured was identified as Kabir Hossain. Police said on a tip-off that a gang of...
The fans who turned up at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to welcome the Bangladesh team back home from Australia waited from the afternoon till well into the evening on Sunday but couldn't catch a glimpse of their heroes, who...
Khonjonpur High School of Joypurhat emerged new champions in the First Security Islami Bank National School Hockey Tournament beating formidable Armanitola High School of Dhaka by 2-1 goals in a keenly contested final at the Moulana Bhasani National Stadium in...
Bangladesh under-23 football team head coach Lodewijk de Kruif said he is hopeful about his team's satisfactory performance in the AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers 2016 scheduled to be held on March 27-31 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city,...
Uttaran Juba Sangsad crushed Abul Hasnat Road Ekadash by 10-0 goals in the Dhaka City Corporation North and South Pioneer Football League on the Lalbagh Hazi Abdul Alim Eidgah ground Sunday, reports UNB. In the day's other matches, Mansoor Sporting...
Bangladesh Football Federation on Sunday announced a 23-member final squad of Bangladesh Under-23 team to play in the Group E matches of the AFC Under-23 Championship Qualifiers to be held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on March 27-31,...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Mar 23: Maize plants at different areas under Rangpur division have grown well, predicting a good yield of the crop during the current season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Rangpur sources, some 1,40,000 hectares of land...
The Danish Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation, Mr. Mogens Jensen along with a team of 14 delegates from Denmark including State Secretary for Development Policy visited Barisal on March 17 to see the LGED activities related to adaptation to...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Mar 23: Rajshahi Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has taken up an initiative to construct a water purification plant at a cost of Tk 4 billion (400 crore) in Rajshahi district with the financial assistance of Chinese government. The...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
PABNA, Mar 23: The work of Solar Power Panel at the cost of over Tk 10 million was inaugurated at Sujanagar municipality. Sujanagar Pourashava mayor Tofazzel Hossain Tofa inaugurated the work on Sunday. Executive engineer of the pourashava Nazmul Haque,...
RU Correspondent | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Mar 23: The day-long entrance training programme for the newly appointed teachers of Rajshahi university (RU) held Sunday, said a press release. Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, RU, organised the programme at the university senate building....
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Mar 23: A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband following a family feud at Dholaighat village under Taraganj upazila in Rangpur district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Tripti Rani (25), wife of Bijoy...
PANCHAGARH, Mar 23 (BSS): The newly constructed Gantur Ghat bridge on Pathraj river under Debiganj upazila of the district was inaugurated today. Advocate Nurul Islam Sujon, MP, formally inaugurated the 66 metre long and 6.85 metre wide bridge, by unveiling...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
TANGAIL, Mar 23: Department of Agriculture Extension sources said DAE Tangail set a target to bring a total 170082 hectares of land under Boro cultivation this year with the production target of 658811 tonnes of paddy. The cultivation target fixed...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
PABNA, Mar 23: Police recovered the hanging body of a housewife at Brikalinee village in Faridpur upazila of Pabna on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Moryom Begum (28), mother of two children and wife of Ruhul Ameen of...
Youth's body recovered in Sunamganj Police recovered a floating body of a youth in the Surma River in Chatak upazila on Sunday afternoon. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately. Chatak Police Station officer-in-charge Harun-ur-Rashid said a...
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