Our Correspondent | 2015-02-05 00:00:00
MAGURA, Feb 4: World Cancer Day was observed in Magura Wednesday. Voluntary organization Rova foundation took different programmes to observe the day including a rally in the town. They arranged a discussion meeting at their own office in Magura town....
PATUAKHALI, Feb 4 (UNB): A construction worker died and another was injured from electrocution in Nabab Para of the district town on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mujaffar,22, son of late Adam Mallik of Dakkhin Muradia in Dumki upazila....
30 shops gutted by fire in Barisal At least 30 shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Bandar Bazar in Agailjhara upazila in Barisal on Tuesday night. Bandar Bazar Byabasaye Samiti vice-president Lokman Hossain said the fire erupted...
AMMAN, Feb 4 (agencies): Jordan has executed two convicts, including a female jihadist, following the killing of one of its air force pilots by Islamic State (IS) militants. The woman, failed suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi, and al-Qaeda operative Ziyad Karboli...
GAMBORU, Feb 4 (AFP): Chad said Wednesday it inflicted heavy losses on Nigeria's Boko Haram, killing "over 200" Islamist militants in a border town that it wrested from the rebels in a ground offensive. Nine Chadian soldiers were also killed...
BANGKOK, Feb 4 (Reuters): Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Wednesday that a general election planned for early 2016 to return Thailand to democracy would go ahead. "If everything goes according to our plan at the start of next...
Myanmar has accused a top UN official of interfering in its internal affairs. The statement from the foreign ministry referred to the visit last month of Yanghee Lee, the UN's special rapporteur on Myanmar, reports BBC. Ms Lee had highlighted...
TAIPEI, Feb 4 (AFP): At least 22 people were killed Wednesday when a turboprop passenger plane operated by TransAsia Airways clipped an overpass and plunged into a river in Taiwan, in the airline's second crash in just seven months. Desperate...
A commuter train has hit a vehicle at a level crossing north of New York City, killing at least seven people and injuring 12, officials say, reports BBC. The train, with about 800 passengers on board, hit the Jeep Cherokee...
DONETSK, Feb 4 (AFP): At least 12 people were killed in fighting between soldiers and pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, including four civilians who died when a hospital was hit in rebel stronghold Donetsk on Wednesday. A body lay under...
Road accident kills 10 in China at start of holiday travel BEIJING, Feb 4: Chinese state media say 10 people have been killed in an accident involving a minibus, on the first day the peak travel season started for the...
Dhaka Division maintained their top slot after the second round of four-day match Walton 16th National Cricket League beating Dhaka Metro by an innings and 24 runs on the fourth and last day at the Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium...
Newly-wed Bangladeshi professional golfer Siddikur Rahman expressed the hope that wedding bliss would drive him towards a victory in the Maybank Malaysian Open, the season's opening tournament of Asian Tour'2015, which begins today (Thursday) at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and...
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sought to justify its demand for a share of income from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) by saying that the scheduled tour to Bangladesh is "technically" Pakistan's home series, reports Cricinfo. According to the present...
The semifinal stage of Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament will begin when group A champions Malaysia face group B runners-up Singapore in the first semifinal schedule to be held today (Thursday) at the Sylhet District Stadium, reports BSS. Satellite...
NEW DELHI, Feb4 (Reuters): Cricket is just a game, but try telling that to the 22 players who will walk out for the India v Pakistan World Cup match in Adelaide on Feb 15. The Pool B contest was sold...
BARCELONA, Feb 4 (AFP): FC Barcelona voiced "surprise and indignation" Tuesday at prosecutors' call for the club and its former president to be tried for tax fraud over the signing of Brazilian star Neymar. In a judicial file released Monday,...
MUMBAI, Feb 4 (Reuters): International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive David Richardson predicted an open World Cup Tuesday, saying the associate members are well prepared to upset major teams in the tournament. Four second-tier nations-Afghanistan, Ireland, United Arab Emirates and...
Amir reprieve will encourage others to come clean: ICC MUMBAI, Feb 4: The reprieve given to Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir in a spot-fixing scandal will encourage corrupt players to come clean and help maintain the game's integrity, International Cricket Council...
Shah M Ahsan Habib | 2015-02-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) launched on January 29 its Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the period of January-June 2015. It followed a predictable approach which is to support the government's development goals by containing price rise, ensuring adequate private sector credit...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-02-05 00:00:00
Welfare of workers in Bangladesh has been a low priority issue for long. A large number of business houses in Bangladesh are yet to give the required attention to the welfare of the workers, especially the low-paid segment. Possibly that...
Satabdi Chakravorty | 2015-02-05 00:00:00
Bangladeshis are globally known for their boundless energy and innovations. Could anybody realise decades ago that there would be a class of entrepreneurs right here in the country venturing to build homes only on steel without using bricks, sands, cement...
The authorities have nearly completed the process for taking action against 30 multi-purpose cooperatives. Earlier 31 multi-level marketing (MLM) companies had their registrations cancelled on the ground of obtaining those on submission of false documents and papers. With the country...
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