Photo: Onlookers thronged Ishwardi Railway Station

BDF meeting suffered setback earlier

The meeting of the Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) faced setback earlier also. The important meeting, whose main goal is fundraising for much-needed infrastructural development, was set to take place after the lapse of five years. The last BDF meet was...

14-party stages protests against violence

The ruling Awami League (AL)-led 14-party alliance Sunday formed human chains across the country in protest against the ongoing violence allegedly unleashed by the BNP-led 20-party combine. The alliance leaders and activists as well as allied professional groups formed human...

Gunfights\\\' not unique to BD: Asaduzzaman

State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will be arrested when the court gives the order, reports UNB. He said this while talking to journalists after a meeting with the Chief Justice at...

Enact anti-hartal law: Businesses

Businesspeople urged the government Sunday to enact a law against hartals (shutdown) and blockades that hurt the country's economy badly. "The government should frame a law against hartals and blockades for the sake of the country's economy," FBCCI President Kazi...

Govt postpones BDF meeting

The government postponed Sunday the Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) meeting scheduled for April 26-27, in view of the ongoing waves of political unrest, competent sources said. No fresh schedule was announced immediately. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was scheduled to inaugurate...

MCCI suggests central bank rates slash

The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has urged the central bank to ensure low cost credit to manufacturing and services sectors that are suffering immensely now due to the ongoing political blockades, violence and  instability. The chamber body,...

Indo-BD train now bombed

A train on the Bangladesh-India railway now came under petrol-bomb attack while five more people died from fatal burns and in reported gunfights with security men since early hours of Sunday amid escalating political unrest.                          In another development in cross-border...

TECs asked to follow PPR duly in govt purchases

The Public Procurement Rules (PPR) is not being properly followed in many government procurements, observed the Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU). Especially, it noted that the Tender Evaluation Committees (TECs) are not following the post-qualification criteria, specified in tender documents...

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Anti-govt leaflets at Secretariat found: Four detained

Police have found anti-government leaflets at Bangladesh Secretariat amid the ongoing BNP-led coalition's indefinite blockade aimed at bringing down the Awami League-led government. Four people were detained for their suspected involvement in distribution of the leaflets on Sunday afternoon from...

Youth\\\'s body recovered in city

Police recovered the body of a young man bearing bullet wounds from Taltala on the Shait Feet Road in the city's Agargaon area early on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Jasim, son of Abdur Razzak. Assistant publicity secretary Jamal...

Cabinet nods for creating Department of Telecommunications under Telecom Division

UP member slaughtered in Noakhali

Anatomy of Nigeria\\\'s $20b \\\'leak\\\'

In late 2013, Nigeria's then central bank governor Lamido Sanusi wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan claiming that the state oil company had failed to remit tens of billions of oil revenues it owed the state. After the letter was leaked...

Europe, US clash over how to confront Putin over Ukraine

Germany's Angela Merkel warned on February 07 that sending arms to help Ukraine fight pro-Russian separatists would not solve the crisis there, drawing a sharp rebuke from a leading US senator who accused Berlin of turning its back on an...

IS in Syria seen under strain but far from collapse

Islamic State's defeat in Kobani and other recent setbacks in Syria suggest the group is under strain but far from collapse in the Syrian half of its self-declared caliphate. Islamic State's high-profile defeat by Kurdish militia backed by US-led air...

Iran tells West Rouhani at risk if talks fail

Iran's foreign minister has warned the United States that failure to agree a nuclear deal would likely herald the political demise of pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani, Iranian officials said, raising the stakes as the decade-old stand-off nears its end-game. Mohammad...

Bank letter underpinning rescue deal was forged, admits Sahara

Indian conglomerate Sahara Group said on February 5 that a letter intended to support a $2 billion transaction with a US-based former broker was forged, dealing a major setback to the group's efforts to secure bail for its jailed boss,...

In oil price war, Gulf producers grab market share in Asia

Saudi Arabia's move to slash the price it charges in Asia for its oil this week to the lowest in more than a decade is the latest aggressive action by Gulf states to defend market share in the world's top...

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Works on Char Asariadaha power plant project start in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI, Feb 8: Isolated char villages under Char Asariadaha union of the district are going to be connected with electricity supply facilities within next six months. It is learnt, aiming at connecting the isolated houses and markets of villages under...

Body of a woman recovered in Gopalganj

GOPALGANJ, Feb 8: Gopalganj thana police recovered the body of a housewife from a fish enclosure in embankment at Gobra under Sadar upazila in the district Saturday. The deceased was identified as Sayma Akter Mita (22), wife of Mozahidur Rahman...

N-region students find business studies appealing

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 8: Business studies education at the Rajshahi University (RU), second largest campus of the country, has gained overwhelming popularity among the students for admission under Institute of Business administration (IBA) and Business Administration faculty. Until recent past...

One killed in Bandarban landslide

BANBARBAN, Feb 8 (UNB): A man was killed and two others were injured in a landslide while cutting a hill for road construction at Siddiqnagar in Bandarban Pouro area on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Zakaria, 40, a...

RMPs commit to reduce maternal deaths

RANGPUR, Feb 8 (BSS): The Rural Medical Practitioners (RMPs) at an orientation course today expressed their commitment for reducing maternal and neonatal deaths through ensuring nutrition of the pregnant women, mothers and babies. Fulbari Area Development Programme (ADP) of World...

Husband stabbed to death by wife

RAJSHAHI, Feb 8 (BSS): A housewife has reportedly stabbed her husband to death at Mohipara village under Durgapur Upazila of the district last night. Quoting locals police said seriously injured Tapash Panna, 35, was immediately rushed to the nearby upazila...

Farmers to produce 43,240 tonnes onion in Manikganj

MANIKGANJ, Feb 8 (BSS): Farmers and agriculturists are expecting that around 43,240 tonnes of onion would be produced in seven upazilas of the district during the current season. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office sources said a total of 4,324...

Mustard cultivation gains popularity in Panchagarh

PANCHAGARH, Feb 8 (BSS): Cultivation of mustard is increasing in the district every year as farmers are able to earn good profit from the crop. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) sources said a total of 1,629 hectares of land have...

Extreme poor brought under nutritional support

RAJSHAHI, Feb 8 (BSS): Around 19,000 slum poor and extreme poor families were brought under health and nutritional support programme aiming at bringing them out from the vicious circle of malnutrition in the city. The three-year scheme is being implemented...