NEW YORK, Feb 8 (AFP) : With one year under his belt, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella has made strides in changing the focus of the technology giant that some feared was turning into a dinosaur. Nadella, who took over...
SEOUL, Feb 8 (Xinhua): South Korea's auto exports declined last month as Japanese currency's weakness hurt competitiveness of local carmakers in overseas markets, a government report showed Sunday. Auto exports slid 2.8 per cent from a year earlier to 249,675...
BEIJING, Feb 8 (AFP): China's monthly trade surplus rose 88 per cent to reach a record 367 billion yuan ($59 billion) in January, as the country's imports plunged and exports fell sharply on sluggish demand, data said Sunday. Exports from...
LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters): Meetings of G20 finance ministers and EU leaders top and tail this week with Greece's fate uppermost in policymakers' minds and global turbulence caused by diverging monetary policies and cheap oil coming a close second. The...
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8 (AFP): Pakistani exports to the European Union increased by more than a billion dollars after a landmark trade deal last year which made its products more competitive, the commerce minister told AFP. The EU signed a law...
FRANKFURT, Feb 8 (Reuters): US automaker Ford will roll out six new models in Russia this year, Chief Executive Mark Fields was quoted as saying, despite the country's sagging economy and rising tensions over the conflict in Ukraine. Russia's currency...
KINSHASA, Feb 8 (AFP): Sales are down and business is slow -- small entrepreneurs in the Democratic Republic of Congo are bearing the brunt of an official clampdown on mobile Internet services and text messages. On a normal day, between...
A last minute goal by Faizat enabled Malaysia Under-23 team to clinch the six-nation Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football title shocking hosts Bangladesh by 3-2 goals in a nail-biting final at the crowd-packed floodlit Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city...
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has placed faith in his World Cup first-timers, believing that if they can combine well with the senior players in the side, the team will be in a good position over the coming weeks, reports Cricinfo....
KARACHI, Feb 8 (AFP): Afghanistan hope to follow the World Cup giant-killing blueprint drawn up by fellow outsiders Ireland when they make their debut at the game's showpiece tournament. Ireland defeated mighty Pakistan to reach the Super Eights stage at...
Top order batsman Shadman Islam hit a brilliant unbeaten ton saw Dhaka Metro to score 238 for 4 in 91 overs against Barisal Division on the first day of 3rd round National Cricket League held Sunday at the Khan Shaheb...
After losing two unofficial warm-up matches to Australia XI, Bangladesh want to return to winning streak as they face strong Pakistan in the first official practice match scheduled to be held today (Monday) at the Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney,...
KARACHI, Feb 8 (AFP): If there is one team among the top eight at the World Cup which could either crash out embarrassingly in the first round or romp to the title, it's Pakistan. The talented yet unpredictable side are...
Police Line Dinajpur beat Tush Vandar RMP Government High School by 2-0 goals in a match of the First Security Islami Bank National School Hockey competition that began in Dinajpur, reports BSS. In the day's other matches at the same...
SYDNEY, Feb 8 (AFP): Australia are peaking at the right time for a crack at their fifth World Cup triumph and will go into this month's tournament at home on top of the rankings. Under the attacking coaching of Darren...
Pakistan lose opener Hafeez ahead of WC SYDNEY, Feb 8: Pakistan opener Mohammad Hafeez was Sunday ruled out of the World Cup after suffering an ankle injury, in yet another blow to the team before the mega-event. The 34-year-old suffered...
Shahabuddin Rajon | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
The importance of education is indisputable. The problem is that the international community's credibility in promising universal education has been compromised. We no longer live in the age of the nomadic pastorals. Neither do we belong to solely agrarian society...
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful. —Thich Nhat Hanh First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to...
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Feb 7: For hundreds of years, female farm labourers of Barind region are being discriminated over payment of their salaries. Still, a huge number of female farm labourers remained unemployed during the off-season of farming. Though underpaid and discriminated,...
BENAPOLE, Feb 7 (UNB): Robbers looted Tk 0.15 million from a shop injuring three people blasting crude bombs in Rajarhat of Jessore district on Friday night. The injured were identified as Shawkat Ali, 50, a wholesale trader, his son Ashikur...
RANGAMATI, Feb 7 (BSS): Cultivators in Rangamati are happy with a bumper production of watermelon here this season. Over 1,500 tonnes of watermelon are apparently produced on 700 hectares of land at different places under 10 upazilas of the district...
RU Correspondent | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 7: Prof Farukuzzaman, Chairman of Department of History, Rajshahi University (RU), passed away on Friday at 9:10pm at the age of 60, said a press release of the university. Following a heart attack he was taken to...
RANGPUR, Feb 7 (BSS): Cultivation of fruits on commercial basis has been continuing to increase bringing fortune to thousands of the common people, small and marginal farmers in recent years in the northern districts. Repeated bumper production with lucrative price...
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Feb 7: Uttara EPZ, situated in the northern region of the country in Nilphamari district, is flourishing rapidly. Both investment and export in the EPZ has increased substantially. The EPZ sources said total investment in the first half of...
FARIDPUR, Feb 7 (BSS): A comprehensive programme to produce Boro paddy, the major food crop of the district has been taken up by the District Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in the current season. The transplantation of the Boro seedlings...
GAIBANDHA, Feb 7 (BSS): Agri-experts at a function here on Thursday advised farmers to use the latest and sustainable agri technologies for boosting agricultural production and attaining food security. "Importance should be given to familiarize the farmers with modern agri-technologies...
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