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Environment certificate for oil tankers recommended

2015-01-19 00:00:00

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Forest recommended issuance of certificate from the environment department for the ships that transport crude oil inside the country, reports BSS. To overcome environment disaster that recently held in the Shela River in Sundarbans,...

LBA, Teesta issues to be solved soon: HT Imam

2015-01-19 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Jan 18 (BSS): HT Imam, political advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has expressed confidence that the much-awaited Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) and the Teesta water sharing issues would be solved soon. "I am confident that the Land...

Insiders withhold information to rob external shareholders

FE Report | 2015-01-19 00:00:00

Violation of reporting regulations is creating scope of dodging the disclosure of useful information that helps people concerned make investment and credit decisions. The observation was made at an international conference on 'Accounting for Capital Market Governance' in Dhaka Sunday,...

2nd phase of Ijtema ends with Akheri Munajat

2015-01-19 00:00:00

GAZIPUR, Jan 18 (UNB): The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims after Hajj, concluded Sunday with Akheri Munajat (Final prayers) attended by millions of people at Tongi off the capital amid a countrywide non-stop...

CSE dept at RU opens new sphere in IT education

Md Belal Hossain | 2015-01-18 00:00:00

As a second largest education institution in the country Rajshahi University (RU) has occupied a great place due to its education, research and scientific innovation and different other contributions to the nation. But, today it is not merely the second...

Doulatpur duck farm beset with multifarious problems

Our Correspondent | 2015-01-18 00:00:00

JHENIDAH, Jan 17: Regional Duck Breeding Farm (RDBF) at Doulatpur in Khulna is suffering from poor infrastructure, manpower shortage and fund crisis causing hazards to smooth running of the centre. At present, manpower is not employed according to the organ...

Farmers urged to enhance poultry farming, cattle rearing

2015-01-18 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Jan 17 (BSS): Speakers at a function here Wednesday urged the farmers to enhance poultry farming and cattle rearing to earn economical profit to change their socioeconomic condition gradually. "Farming of chicken, ducks and pigeon and the rearing of...

Prospect of commercial sugar beet farming bright

2015-01-18 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Jan 17 (BSS): Farming prospect of sugar beet, a non-conventional cash crop, commercially in different parts of the country has been detected as very much bright and that can contribute a lot address the sugar deficit of the country...

Student beaten to death in C\\\'nawabganj

2015-01-18 00:00:00

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Jan 17 (BSS): A student, who was beaten up by some miscreants on Thursday at Shibganj, succumbed to his injuries at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital last night. The deceased was identified as Rajan Ali Rocky, 15, a student of...

Inter-district robbers held in five dists

2015-01-18 00:00:00

SAVAR, Jan 17 (UNB): Police in separate drives arrested 10 alleged members of an inter-district robber gang from Dhaka, Narayanganj, Manikganj, Chittagong and Gazipur districts in the last 24 hours on Saturday. The arrestees were identified as Sultan, Dilu, Bachchu,...

Maize cultivation continues in northern region

2015-01-18 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Jan 11 (BSS): Cultivation of maize continues in full swing in the northern region where a target of producing over 1.34 million tonnes of the cereal crop has been fixed from over 0.19 million hectares land for this Rabi...

Blockade hits farmers, businesses, workers in Khulna

2015-01-18 00:00:00

KHULNA, Jan 17 (BSS): The continuous blockade of road, railway and waterway effected by BNP led 20-party alliances has hit farmers, exporters,domestic businesses and brought woes to transport workers in the city of Khulna. Huge number of farmers and vendors...

Doped by frauds, rice trader dies in Satkhira

2015-01-18 00:00:00

SATKHIRA, Jan 17 (UNB): A rice trader, whom a gang of frauds made unconscious by applying sedative to snatch his belongings, died at Satkhira sadar hospital here on Friday. The deceased was identified as Debashish Kumar Sardar, 45, a rice...

BSF shoots 2 youths on Benapole border

2015-01-18 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, Jan 17 (UNB): Two Bangladeshi young men were injured in firing by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Putkhali border here early Saturday. The victims-both cattle traders-were identified as Alam Hossain,23, son of Mizanur Rahman of Kagajpukur village, and...

Smuggled goods seized in Joypurhat

2015-01-18 00:00:00

JOYPURHAT, Jan 17 (BSS): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)-3, in several anti-smuggling drives, seized a huge quantity of smuggled Indian goods worth about Taka over 24 lakh from different areas of the district last night. The BGB team also...

Body recovered in Habiganj

2015-01-18 00:00:00

HABIGANJ, Jan 17 (BSS): Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from Lenjapara area near Shaestaganj Rail Station here this morning. Being informed, a team of railway police rushed to the spot and recovered the body. The police sent...

Photo: MUNSHIGANJ: A group of farmhands working

2015-01-18 00:00:00

Photo: SYLHET: An old man carrying bamboo-made winnows

2015-01-18 00:00:00

Photo: NARAYANGANJ: Female farm workers

2015-01-18 00:00:00

After SNB shock, \\\'Swiss Made\\\' may mean more expensive

Caroline Copley and Joshua Franklin of Reuters in Kreuzlingen | 2015-01-18 00:00:00

"Swiss Made" has traditionally stood for quality, precision and reliability. But after a shock move to scrap the cap on the franc, it could convey a less attractive message: Made more expensive. The decision by the Swiss National Bank, after...

Muslims protest weekly\\\'s prophet cartoon

2015-01-18 00:00:00

NIAMEY, Jan 17 (agencies): Muslim anger flared over a French satirical weekly's latest caricature of the Prophet Muhammad, with four people reported killed and dozens injured at a protest Friday in the West African country of Niger, and violent clashes...

Japan seeks closer maritime defence ties with India

2015-01-18 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Jan 17 (AFP): Japan's foreign minister used a visit to India Saturday to push for tighter maritime security ties between the two nations, as Tokyo seeks to shore up its relationships in Asia to counter an increasingly powerful...

Pope braves storm for emotional Philippine typhoon memorial

2015-01-18 00:00:00

TACLOBAN, Jan 17 (AFP): Pope Francis was forced Saturday to flee a fierce storm in the Philippines that killed a papal volunteer, cutting short a mercy mission to weeping survivors of a catastrophic super typhoon. Wearing a yellow plastic poncho...

Europe on high alert over terrorist threat

2015-01-18 00:00:00

Europe is on high alert following anti-terror raids and arrests of suspected Islamist militants, reports BBC. More than 20 people have been arrested in Belgium, France and Germany and Belgium has joined France in deploying troops alongside police. Security has...

1,000 villagers trapped by fighting in eastern Myanmar

2015-01-18 00:00:00

YANGON, Jan 17 (AP): Trucks were on standby Saturday to try to rescue more than 1,000 residents trapped in two villages in Myanmar's restive state of Kachin, where fierce fighting broke out between government troops and rebels, residents said. The...

Floods kill at least 176, displace 200,000 in Malawi

2015-01-18 00:00:00

BLANTYRE, Jan 17 (AP): Flooding in Malawi has killed more than 176 people, displaced at least 200,000 others, left homes and schools submerged in water and roads washed away by the deluge in the southern African country, the vice president...

news digest

2015-01-18 00:00:00

Officials say market bombings kill 9 around Iraq's capital BAGHDAD, Jan 17: Authorities in Iraq say two bombings targeting busy markets have killed nine people around the capital, Baghdad. Police say the first attack took place Saturday morning when a...

Photo: MOROCCO : Moroccan Royal Palace

2015-01-18 00:00:00

Photo: KEN01: Uganda People\\\'s Defence Force (UPDF)

2015-01-18 00:00:00

Rajshahi beat Dhaka South by 7 wkts

2015-01-18 00:00:00

Shakil Hossain Sajib's six-wicket haul spurred Rajshahi Division to win against Dhaka Division South by seven wickets in a three-day match of the Young Tigers Under-18 National Cricket Tournament at the Cox's Bazar ground-2 Saturday, reports UNB.  The day's other...