On its own motion, the High Court imposed a ban Thursday on all specialized hospitals, including the National Heart Foundation, implanting cardiac patients with date-expired 'rings', as part of the process known as stenting. Passing the interim order after taking...
BHUAPUR (Tangail), Jan 29 : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday inaugurated the Bangabandhu Cantonment near the Bangabandhu Bridge at Bhuapur in Tangail. She also unveiled a mural of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as well as the...
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RANGPUR, Jan 29: The farmers of Rangpur division are disappointed as the price of Aman paddy has decreased drastically in eight districts under the division due to acute transportation problem caused by prolonged blockade and shutdown. The farmers of the...
A BSS report says: Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu asked the students for devoting themselves to studies in acquiring proper knowledge to lead the nation in future. He was addressing a...
NARAIL, Jan 29 (BSS): At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups in Noapara village under Lohagara upazila of the district this morning. Police and locals said two groups of people of the village, led...
MYMENSINGH, Jan 29 (BSS): Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has started mechanised farming in the district for boosting production as well as ensuring food security in the current Boro season. DAE recently arranged a field day to disseminating the technology...
MUNSHIGANJ, Jan 29 (UNB): Bangladesh Coast Guard and Fisheries Department in a drive seized 500 kilograms of jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 centimetres in length) from two launches in the Dhaleshwari River in Munshiganj Thursday morning. Sadar upazila senior...
BENAPOLE, Jan 29 (UNB): Cultivation of 'Kulboroi' (a species of plum) brings bright prospect for the farmers of Sharsha upazila in Jessore due to the fruit's good profitability compared to the inputs. Several hundred farmers in the upazila have been...
BARGUNA, Jan 29 (BSS): Sunflower cultivation sees a gradual increase in the district as the nutritious oilseed brings good profit to the farmers. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office sources said a total of 737.65 hectares of land have been...
GAIBANDHA, Jan 29 (BSS): Boro farming is progressing fast in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current season amid much enthusiasm. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has set a plan to bring a total of 1,24,179 hectares...
CHUADANGA, Jan 29 (BSS): Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB), Chuadanga region, disbursed over Taka 467.4 million as agriculture and business loans among 6,985 clients in four upazilas of the district during the first six months of the current fiscal year. BKB...
Baby found in Sylhet tea garden A two-month-old baby was rescued by an auto-rickshaw driver from a tea garden in Jafflong of Sylhet Wednesday evening. Quoting locals, police said the driver heard the baby crying while he was passing through...
NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (Reuters, PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday fired India's highest-ranking diplomat and replaced her with India's ambassador to the United States, a day after a successful visit by US President Barack Obama. Modi's appointment of Subrahmanyam...
MOSCOW, Jan 29 (BSS/AFP): Europe prepared Thursday to draft even tougher sanctions against Russia over Ukraine as ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned against the danger of an increasingly isolated Kremlin fighting back. The last Soviet leader's words of caution came...
LAHORE, Jan 29 (BSS/AFP): The governor of Pakistan's central Punjab province resigned on Thursday, saying the country's political system had failed ordinary people and served "only the elite class". Mohammad Sarwar, a businessman who served as a British member of...
Lebanon, Jan 29 (Reuters): Two Israeli soldiers and a Spanish peacekeeper were killed Wednesday in an exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel, one of the most violent clashes between the two sides since a 2006 war. The soldiers were...
SEOUL, Jan 29 (Agencies): North Korea demanded an "absurd" $10 billion payoff and close to a million tonnes in food aid in 2009 in return for a hoped-for summit with Seoul, then-South Korean president Lee Myung-Bak said in a soon-to-be-published...
TRIPOLY, Jan 29 (Reuters): Jordan said Wednesday it had received no assurance that one of its pilots captured by Islamic State (IS) insurgents was safe and that it would go ahead with a proposed prisoner swap only if he was...
Indian police arrest editor over Charlie Hebdo reprint MUMBAI, Jan 29: Police have arrested and bailed the editor of an Urdu-language newspaper in Mumbai for reprinting a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed from satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo, police said...
SYLHET, Jan 29 (UNB): Bangladesh National Football team conceded a 0-1 goal defeat to Malaysia U-23 team in the opening match of the six-nation Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament at the houseful Sylhet District Stadium here Thursday. This is...
DUBAI, Jan 29 (AFP): The International Cricket Council Thursday approved the dates for major tournaments for the next four years, up to the 2019 World Cup in England. England will also host the 2017 Champions Trophy one-day tournament and India...
MELBOURNE, Jan 29 (AFP): Arch-rivals Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova set up a dream Australian Open final Thursday while Andy Murray ground down Tomas Berdych to give himself a fourth crack at winning the Melbourne Park title. Williams battled past...
Touring Bangladesh Under-19 team were trailing by 138 runs against Sri Lanka Under-19 side on the rain-interrupted 2nd day of the three-day First Youth Test at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Thursday, reports UNB. Hosts Sri Lankan youth team resumed their...
WELLINGTON, Jan 29 (AFP): Kumar Sangakkara's masterful double of a century and a world-record wicketkeeping performance inspired Sri Lanka to a 34-run win over New Zealand in their one-day series finale in Wellington Thursday. Even though it was a dead...
PERTH, Jan 29 (AFP): India and England clash Friday in Perth with the winners taking their place in the tri series final against Australia in the shadow of the looming World Cup. The hosts are enjoying extra time to prepare...
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