Our Correspondent | 2015-02-04 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Feb 3: More than 16,000 transport workers of Rajshahi region remained jobless for more than a month due to uninterrupted blockade and hartals sponsored by opposition BNP and Jamaat. Failing to join their works, those labourers including the drivers...
MYMENSINGH, Feb 3 (BSS): A student was allegedly killed by some miscreants in Akua Bhangar Pool area of the district last night. The victim was identified as Mehdi Hasan Antor, 24, a first year student of East West University in...
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-04 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Feb 3: More than 400 small garments industries in Syedpur have been forced to discontinue their production due to prolonged blockade imposed by 20-party alliance. They had to do so as they use leftover cut piece cloths collected from...
COX'S BAZAR, Feb 3 (UNB): A suspected Yaba peddler was shot dead by his rivals at Alikhali village in Teknaf upazila on Tuesday morning. The victim was identified as Borhan Uddin ,17, son of Jamal Uddin, a resident of the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-04 00:00:00
MAGURA, Feb 3: Middlemen syndicate is dominating over price of mustard in Magura depriving the farmers. During a visit to Kachindi, Abalpur, Raygram and Kalinagar mustard was seen to be sold at Tk 800 to Tk 900 per maund. But...
RU Correspondent | 2015-02-04 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 3: The first year Honors classes for the academic session of 2014-15 at the Rajshahi University (RU) began today (Tuesday) amid tight security during the indefinite hartal and blockade programme across the country. The fresher were seen...
NARSINGDI, Feb 3 (BSS): Strawberry cultivation is gaining popularity in the district due to the economic prospect of the fruit. Nazrul Islam, inhabitant of Shallaad union of Belabo upazila, started strawberry cultivation two and half years ago. At present a...
RANGPUR, Feb 3 (BSS): Experts at a day-long orientation meeting here on Monday stressed for increasing production and use of bio-gas as alternative fuel to substantially save environment and resolve the energy problem in the country. The Department of Youth...
MIRSARAI, Feb 3 (UNB): A covered van driver and his helper were killed when their vehicle crashed into a roadside tree in Jamaler Dokan area of the upazila on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as driver Sohagh and his helper...
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-04 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Feb 3: Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) Jhenidah region has disbursed a total amount of Tk 1019.4 million in respect of crop loan, fish loan, farm loan and others in the district in the first six months of the current...
Minor boy trampled by elephant in Bandarban A minor boy was trampled by a herd of wild elephants in South Hangon area under Sadar upazila of Bandarban, Tuesday morning. The victim was identified as M Tareq, 4, son of Nurul...
NEW DELHI Feb 3 (agencies): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday attacked the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress for their alleged corruption, as he stepped up his party's campaign in the Delhi elections. "People who roam about with list of...
ROME, Feb 3 (AFP): Sergio Mattarella, a Sicilian constitutional court judge closely associated with the fight against organised crime, was sworn in on Tuesday as Italy's new president. Mattarella, 73, was elected by lawmakers on Saturday to succeed Giorgio Napolitano,...
PESHAWAR, Feb 3 (AFP): Four Pakistani troops were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb planted by the Taliban in a restive northwestern tribal area Tuesday, officials said. The bomb exploded in the village of Warmagai in Kurram, one...
MPs will hold a crucial vote later to decide whether to allow the creation of babies using DNA from three people, reports BBC. They will have a free vote on the technique, which is aimed at preventing deadly genetic diseases...
KIEV, Feb 3 (AFP): Fears grew Tuesday of an escalation in the mounting bloodshed in east Ukraine as the United States mulled arming Kiev and pro-Russian rebels ordered a mass mobilisation. At least 16 civilians and five government troops were...
2 bombs defused at Cairo International Airport CAIRO, Feb 3: Security officials in Egypt say police defused two bombs overnight at Cairo International Airport, as a separate blast this morning in downtown Cairo scared passers-by without wounding anyone. They say...
Manoj Kumar of Reuters in New Delhi | 2015-02-04 00:00:00
India's economy grew almost 50 per cent faster in 2013/14 than earlier thought, the government said on Friday after changing a formula, a reminder of the challenges that unreliable statistics present to Indian policymakers. In the year leading up to...
Clyde Russell of Reuters in Launceston, Australia | 2015-02-04 00:00:00
One worthy side-effect of the plunge in crude oil prices is that several Asian governments have ended costly fuel subsidies, but it's time to go further and impose higher taxes. The 58 percent drop in Brent crude since June last...
Mehrdad Balali of Reuters in Dubai | 2015-02-04 00:00:00
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, growing frustrated with hardline resistance to a nuclear deal with the West, has accused opponents of effectively "cheering on" the other side in Tehran's gruelling negotiations with world powers. Soon after his 2013 election victory over...
Mark Hosenball and Phil Stewart of Reuters in Washington | 2015-02-04 00:00:00
The United States has halted some counter-terrorism operations against al Qaeda militants in Yemen following a takeover of the country by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, US officials have said. The collapse of the U.S.-backed government of Yemen on Thursday left America's...
SINGAPORE, Feb 3 (AFP): Oil edged higher in Asia Tuesday, extending gains from the previous day after US firms cut drilling activity, but analysts doubt the rebound will be sustained as supplies still far outweigh demand. US benchmark West Texas...
BEIJING, Feb 3 (Reuters): China will continue to promote research into genetically modified crops while maintaining strict controls on safety of the technology, a top agriculture official said on Tuesday, underscoring Beijing's cautious approach towards biotechnology. The comments came after...
LONDON, Feb 3 (AFP): BP on Tuesday joined a list of energy giants planning to slash investment this year as tumbling oil prices bite into group profits. Spending in 2015 was expected to total about $20 billion (17.6 billion euros),...
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