FARIDPUR, Jan 7 (BSS): Brisk preparations are afoot to hold the fortnight long pollimela (village fair) under the style of Jasim Pollimela commemorating the 112th birth anniversary of great folklore poet Jasimuddin will begin here on January 10 at village...
RANGPUR, Jan 7 (BSS): Cultivation of highly profitable lemon has been expanding fast bringing fortune to hundreds of farmers, common people and distressed women everywhere in Rangpur region in recent years. After getting repeated bumper production with lucrative price round...
2,000 kg jatka hilsa seized in Munshiganj The Coast Guard in a joint drive seized 2,000 kg hilsa fry (jatka) from three passenger launches in Dhaleswari River in Munishiganj early Wednesday morning. Mohammad Shahjadha Khasru, a fisheries official of Munshiganj...
Vladimir Soldatkin of Reuters in Moscow | 2015-01-08 00:00:00
Russia's 2014 oil output hit a post-Soviet record high average of 10.58 million barrels per day (bpd), rising by 0.7 per cent helped by small non-state producers, Energy Ministry data showed on January 2. Oil and gas condensate production in...
Paul Lienert of Reuters in Las Vegas | 2015-01-08 00:00:00
Germany's Daimler AG wants to reset consumers' expectations about self-driving cars with its futuristic Mercedes-Benz F 015 concept, unveiled January 05 evening at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. "Anyone who focuses solely on the technology has not...
Shihar Aneez and John Chalmers of Reuters in Colombo | 2015-01-08 00:00:00
In a measure of how far presidential election on January 08 (Thursday) in Sri Lanka has become a knife-edge contest, diplomats here have been checking the rules in case of a dead heat: according to a 1981 act, the rival...
The US military said on January 6 it had received 18 complaints of civilian casualties in air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, but concluded that 13 of the cases were not credible and was still reviewing...
SANAA, Jan 7 (agencies): At least 33 people have been killed and 62 others injured by a car bomb blast outside a police academy in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, officials say. The vehicle exploded beside dozens of cadets and people standing...
HONG KONG, Jan 7 (AFP): Hong Kong Wednesday announced new proposals for how the city should choose its next leader but made clear that candidates would still be screened-the key issue behind more than two months of mass protests. More...
SHEBAA, Jan 7 (AFP): A Syrian man and a six-year-old boy died in the cold as a major storm dumped snow and rain on Lebanon, the local Red Cross agency said on Wednesday. "We have transported the bodies of two...
One of eight new planets spied in distant solar systems has usurped the title of "most Earth-like alien world", astronomers have said, reports BBC. All eight were picked out by Nasa's Kepler space telescope, taking its tally of such "exoplanets"...
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 (AFP): Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday reimposed a detention order on the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, court officials said, the latest in a tussle over his custody that has strained ties with India. Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi,...
Kuwait detains ex-MP critical of Sisi visit KUWAIT CITY, Jan 7: Authorities in Kuwait have detained a former liberal opposition lawmaker for allegedly insulting the Gulf state's ruler and criticising a visit by the Egyptian president, his lawyer said on...
FE Report | 2015-01-08 00:00:00
Industries minister Amir Hossain Amu Wednesday hit out at refiners for securing a High Court injunction, thus delay the implementation of a law for promoting vitamin-fortified oil use. The government passed the 'Edible Oil Fortification with Vitamin A Act in...
FE Report | 2015-01-08 00:00:00
The World Bank on Wednesday said the low-income and developing countries could get a better fiscal space from the gain of the lower fuel oil price in the global market as the price declining trend will continue during the year...
Bangladesh cricket team head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe's primary target is to reach the second round of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, to be held in Australia and New Zealand from next month, reports UNB. "We must go to the...
World-famous Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan's Melbourne Renegades beat Hobart Hurricanes by 37 runs in the Big Bash League T20 Cricket at Bellerive Oval in Hobart, Australia Wednesday, reports UNB. Sent in to bat first, Melbourne Renegades scored a fighting...
Country's celebrated golfer Siddikur Rahman clinched the 5th Summit Open Golf title scoring total (70+65+71) 206 with 10 under par at the Kurmitola Golf Course in the city Wednesday, reports UNB. Two international professional golf title winner Siddikur, who was...
The Mir First Ever Corporate Football Fiesta, powered by International Turkish Hope School, will begin tomorrow (Friday) at International Turkish Hope School, Uttara in the city, reports BSS. The six-a-side tournament participated by sixteen renowned companies split into two groups...
KARACHI, Jan 7 (AFP): Pakistan included inexperienced leg-spinner Yasir Shah in the 15-man squad for next month's World Cup Tuesday, hoping the newcomer fills the gap left by Saeed Ajmal who withdrew due to an illegal bowling action. Ajmal, who...
COLOMBO, Jan 7 (AFP): Sri Lanka's selectors provisionally picked sling-arm fast bowler Lasith Malinga for the World Cup on Wednesday, hoping the spearhead will recover fully from ankle surgery four months ago. The 31-year-old, the only bowler in history to...
Bangladesh finish 5th in Int'l Weightlifting Bangladesh finished 5th in three international weightlifting competitions -- 2nd International Cup, 17th Asian Youth and Asian and Arab (Youth and Junior) -- securing two silver and one bronze medals held at the Al...
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