Our Correspondent | 2015-01-21 00:00:00
MAGURA, Jan 20: A cultural competition for children was held in Magura Monday. BRAC education programme arranged the competition at Magura Shilpakala Academy Magura. Additional deputy commissioner Md Shahadat Hossein was the chief guest in the inauguration ceremony of the...
FARIDPUR, Jan 20 (BSS): The cultivation of ground nut in the vast 'Char land' of the district embraced by the Padma, Madhumati and Kumar rivers has substantially changed the socio-economic life of thousands living there. According to official sources, only...
Our Correspondent | 2015-01-21 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Jan 20: Bagha thana police recovered a skeleton, presumably belonged to a student, from inside the sugarcane field of village Bharuapara under Bagha thana of the distrct. The sugarcane field belonged to one Abed Ali of the same village....
JAMALPUR, Jan 20 (UNB): A court here on Tuesday sentenced five people to death for killing a school boy in the district town in 2010. The condemned convicts are Fazle Rabbi Shishir, Saddam, Setu, Zakir Hossain and Miran, all are...
FARIDPUR, Jan 20 (BSS): An auto-bike driver was killed in a road accident in Harishava area of Faridpur town today. The deceased was identified as Sattar Pramanik, 65, of Dhalarpar area under Charbhadrasan upazila of the district. Police said the...
JESSORE, Jan 20 (UNB): An expatriate allegedly committed suicide by taking poison in Ghop Central road area of sadar Upazila early Tuesday. The deceased identified as Majedul Islam, 40, son of Akkel Ali, a resident of Charanda village in Magura...
15 shops looted in Jessore Robbers looted valuables worth Tk 0.4 million from fifteen shops at Kanta Bazar in Keshabpur upazila in Benapole early Tuesday. Police said a gang of robbers, numbering 15-20 attacked five nigh guards, early in the...
Bangladesh's fuel oil imports are expected to grow 15 per cent to 1.5 million tonnes in 2015, supported by increased demand for power generation, energy officials said on Tuesday, reports Reuters. The trend contrasts with Asia as a whole, where...
SINGAPORE, Jan 20 (Reuters): Gold held firm just below a four-month high on Tuesday, underpinned by safe-haven bids on market volatility stoked by uncertainty over Europe's economy and global growth worries. Traders were awaiting the European Central Bank policy meeting...
ABU DHABI, Jan 20 (AFP): The United Arab Emirates on Monday downplayed fears that the fall in oil prices could negatively impact the development of renewable energy projects. "Our interconnected energy landscape has evolved beyond the point where the price...
SINGAPORE, Jan 20 (AFP): Oil prices tumbled further in Asia Tuesday, with weak global demand and an oversupply dictating the trend for the commodity, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in February eased $1.26 to $47.43...
MUMBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters): Indian soyoil futures extended losses on Tuesday on higher imports of palm oil, while soybeans ended steady as thin supplies offset subdued export demand for soymeal. Rapeseed futures rose on an expected drop in production. At...
Touring Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team suffered their second consecutive defeat in the five-match Youth ODI series losing to hosts Sri Lankan Under-19 side by four runs in the 2nd match at Colts Cricket Club ground in Colombo Tuesday, reports UNB....
BRISBANE, Jan 20 (AFP): Resurgent paceman Steven Finn produced a career-best performance in one-day internationals as England thrashed India in the triangular one-day series in Brisbane Tuesday. India's decision to bat first backfired when they were dismissed for just 153...
Bangladesh Hockey team, ranked 30th, ended 3rd in the four-team Pool-B of the World Hockey League (Round-2) losing to their superior opponent 18th ranked Poland 0-5 in their 3rd and last pool match in Singapore Tuesday, reports UNB. In the...
NELSON, New Zealand, Jan 20 (AFP): Kane Williamson made a welcome return to the New Zealand side with an elegant century to set up a four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international Tuesday. Backed by lusty hitting...
The special self-defence women's karate training camp concluded Tuesday at the Sultana Kamal Women's Sports Complex in Dhanmondi, reports BSS. State Minister for Youth and Sports Biren Sikder, MP, handed over the certificates and crests to the participants as the...
Zakaria Solaiman and Hasib Hasan emerged champions jointly in the annual sports competition of the Dhaka University's (DU) Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall Sunday on its central play ground in the city, said a press release. Kazi Mehedi Al Amin became...
MELBOURNE, Jan 20 (AFP): Golden boys Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa fired holders Japan into the Asian Cup quarter-finals Tuesday as Iraq again owed a debt of gratitude to evergreen striker Younis Mahmoud. AC Milan's Honda ran riot in the...
Kalindi Krira Chakra notched 106-run victory over Sheikh Jamal Cricketers in the Dhaka Metropolis 2nd Division Cricket League on the City Club Ground Tuesday, reports UNB. Batting first after winning the toss Kalindi KC scored 223 runs for all in...
ODI captain Bailey banned for 1 game for slow over rate MELBOURNE, Jan 20:Australia one-day captain George Bailey will miss Friday's tri-series match against England in Hobart after receiving a one-game ban for his side's slow over-rate in Sunday's win...
KATHMANDU, Jan 20 (AFP): Fighting broke out in Nepal's parliament Tuesday, with Maoist lawmakers throwing chairs and injuring four security officers as tensions ran high before a deadline to approve a post-war constitution. Hours after parliament descended into chaos, police...
YANGON, Jan 20 (AFP): A senior US diplomat Tuesday criticised Myanmar's policies which impose severe restrictions on the Muslim Rohingya community in Rakhine, saying they "oppress" people in the strife-torn state. Violence between Buddhists and the Muslim minority community tore...
BANGUI, Jan 20 (AFP): Armed men kidnapped a female UN employee in the capital of the strife-torn Central African Republic on Tuesday, a day after two aid workers were seized, said a source with the UN force. The gunmen, who...
COLOMBO, Jan 20 (agencies): Sri Lanka's new government pledged Tuesday to devolve power to the country's Tamil minority, in a step towards national reconciliation six years after a controversial military offensive crushed a separatist rebellion. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, in...
LUSAKA, Jan 20 (AFP): One of the frontrunners in Zambia's presidential elections cried fraud just hours after polling stations opened Tuesday in a tightly contested race to replace Michael Sata, who died in office last year. Opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema,...
TEHRAN, Jan 20 (AFP): Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu signed a military cooperation deal with Iran on Tuesday that his Iranian counterpart touted as a joint response to US "interference". Shoigu is the most senior Russian military official to visit...
NEW DELHI Jan 20 (BBC): India's governing BJP party has named former senior policewoman Kiran Bedi as its candidate for chief minister in upcoming Delhi elections. The city will vote on 7 February and counting is due on 10 February. ...
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