Dhaka WASA, WSUP sign MoU Dhaka WASA and WSUP (Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the WASA office of the city on Wednesday. Commercial Manager of Dhaka WASA Uttam Kumar Roy, WASH...
Weather is likely to remain dry over the country until 6:00 pm today (Friday), reports UNB. Day temperature may rise slightly and night temperature may fall slightly over the country, Met Office said. The country's highest temperature of 34.0 degrees...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2015-03-13 00:00:00
The unbending position of the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is making the prevailing political situation more critical. Foreign diplomats and donor representatives have expressed their concern. Initiatives both at local and foreigners' levels have been taken...
Abdur Rahman Chowdhury from Virginia, USA | 2015-03-13 00:00:00
As the talks between the US-led countries and Iran moved to a crucial stage the hawks in US political spectrum and Israel have become desperate to frustrate the process to reach an agreement. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in wanton...
Until recently, the Bangladesh stock market appeared to be immune to negative political developments. In contrast to natural and obvious response from other markets to political troubles, the stock trading here, on many occasions in the past, was found to...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-03-13 00:00:00
Microfinance has come into the limelight for quite a few decades but not so conspicuously before Prof. Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. A prestigious award like this however has shifted the focus...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-03-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh's rivers are dying, unwept. One feels seriously concerned about the rate of reduction of navigability of the country's countless rivers and rivulets once adored by tourists, especially the Bangalees coming from abroad. Many of our folk songs have their...
The Ekushe book fair at the Bangla Academy provides us with a wonderful opportunity every year to buy and collect books and enhance our reading habits. An array of books on all disciplines is on display there and we can...
The Tigers have achieved a rare feat by reaching the quarter finals of the current WC cricket by defeating England. Paceman Rubel took the last two wickets of England and ensured the Tigers went into the quarterfinals and it was...
The number of kidney patients in our country is rising. One in every seven persons in Bangladesh is now suffering from kidney ailments and annually around 50,000 people are dying from kidney failure and related kidney diseases. Poor people suffer...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-03-13 00:00:00
The women in Bangladesh have collectively triggered a radical metamorphosis over the last 2-3 decades. Their confident presence could now be felt in almost all sectors of national and social lives. To make a point, we can compare two spectacles....
New Zealand and Bangladesh face off in the 37th match of the Pool A match at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Thursday at 7.00 am (Bangladesh time). Both teams have already qualified for the quarter-final, and would like to end...
HAMILTON, Mar 12 (AFP): Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha said his team's philosophy of not fearing failure has been key to their progress into the World Cup quarter-finals. Bangladesh conclude their Pool A campaign in Hamilton Friday against table-toppers New Zealand...
HAMILTON, Mar 12 (AFP): Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza is unlikely to face New Zealand in the World Cup Friday as he struggles for fitness while he also faces the threat of suspension over slow over rates. The 31-year-old did not...
The Independence Day Gymnastic competition will be held on March 28 at the National Sports Council Gymnasium in the city, reports BSS. The day-long competition, organised by the Bangladesh Gymnastic Federation, will be held in senior (men's and women's, age...
HAMILTON, Mar 12 (AFP): New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum said Bangladesh's pace bowlers will pose a real challenge for his batsmen in the World Cup Pool A match in Hamilton Friday. Bangladesh's seamers took eight of the ten England wickets-with...
Rangpur Division clinched the eight-team Walton 16th National Cricket League title dethroning Dhaka Division after beating Dhaka Metropolis by 102 runs on the fourth day in a seventh and final round match of the four-dayer on the BKSP Ground -2...
Dhaka District Kabaddi League begins today (Friday) at the Kabaddi Stadium in the city, reports BSS. Dhaka District Sports Association Vice-president Abdur Rahim will formally inaugurate the two-day meet as the chief guest. On the opening day, Dhamrai Upazila Kabaddi...
The Independence Day Archery tournament will be held on March 27 at the Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Stadium (archery training centre), reports BSS. Organised by the Bangladesh Archery Federation, the tournament will be held on bamboo bow singles event. The interested...
Bangladesh A team, with Mohammad Sajib Ali and Mohammad Ismail, emerged champions in team category of the Runner Group 30th Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship after the 2nd and last round matches at the Kurmitola Golf Club in the city Thursday,...
Four final round matches of the First Security Islami Bank National School Football Championship were held Thursday at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city, reports UNB. On the day's matches, BAF Shaheen School and College, Rechi High...
Shaheed Smriti Ekadash edged past Shaheed Shajahan Smriti by a solitary goal in the lone match of the Sheikh Kamal Nitol Tata Barguna DFA League held Thursday at the Barguna Stadium, reports BSS.
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-13 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Mar 12: A bumper yield of potato has brought smiles on the faces of the growers under Rangpur region during the current season. Farmers are also getting good prices for the most popular vegetable. According to Department of Agriculture...
RANGPUR, Mar 12 (BSS): Speakers at an awareness building campaign have stressed the need for ensuring safe drinking water, hygienic sanitation and improved sewerage facilities to reduce water- borne diseases in rural areas for building a healthier nation. They were...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-13 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Mar 12: A three -day agro technology fair titled "Agro-technology Extension," organised by Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Jhenidah district and Sadar upazila in association with Mujibnagar Integrated Agriculture Development Project (MIADP) started on the district DAE premises on...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-13 00:00:00
MAGURA, Mar 12: Cotton mills owners in Magura have incurred a loss of Tk 20 million (2 crore) due to ongoing 'blockade and hartal'. According to Magura District Cotton Mills Owners Association, the number of cotton mills in the district...
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