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10 hurt in JCD infighting in Sylhet

2015-01-04 00:00:00

SYLHET, Jan 3 (UNB): At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two factions of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in Bishwanath Upazila Saturday. Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bishwanath Police Station, said convener of the upazila JCD...

BJP\\\'s procession foiled in Bhola

2015-01-04 00:00:00

BHOLA, Jan 3 (UNB): Police on Saturday foiled the procession of Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) activists brought out in the district town demanding the withdrawal of a 'false' case against their chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partha. Witnesses said the BJP men...

Mohiuddin urges BCL to safeguard country\\\'s sovereignty

2015-01-04 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Jan 3 (BSS): Former city mayor and president of Chittagong city Awami League (AL) ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury today called upon the BCL leaders and activists to work together for safeguarding the sovereignty and independence of the country. "The BCL...

4 Jamaat-Shibir men held in Sylhet

2015-01-04 00:00:00

SYLHET, Jan 3 (UNB): Police arrested four activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir while they were holding a 'clandestine meeting' from a hotel in Darga Gate area of the city on Friday night. The arrestees were...

Photo: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed speaking

2015-01-04 00:00:00

Photo: BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi speaking

2015-01-04 00:00:00

Law enforcement can reduce road crashes by 50pc: Experts

2015-01-04 00:00:00

There should be increased focus on proper enforcement of the existing traffic rules in the country as it can help reduce road accidents by 50 per cent and improve road safety significantly, according to experts, reports UNB. They also stress...

Arrange shelter, edn for all children: PM

2015-01-04 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday directed the Social Welfare Ministry to take steps to ensure shelter and education for the country's all children, including orphans and street urchins, reports UNB. "I don't want to see any child passing days...

Tripura CM for close watch along BD-India border

2015-01-04 00:00:00

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to strengthen its watch along the Bangladesh-India border together with other paramilitary and state security forces, reports UNB. The chief minister, accompanied by senior security and civil officials...

31 arrested in Satkhira while entering BD

2015-01-04 00:00:00

SATKHIRA, Jan 3 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained on Saturday 31 people, including five human traffickers, while entering Bangladesh illegally through Dhopadanga border in Debhata upazila. The detained human traffickers are Shafiqul Islam, 25, Yead Ali, 50,...

Let\\\'s Clean up Country Day observed

FE Report | 2015-01-04 00:00:00

Thousands of volunteers participated in a clean-up programme in around 40 districts across the country on Saturday. The young volunteers cleaned filth and dirt at open places, residential areas, roads, educational institutions, parks, rivers, and other public and private establishments,...

News in Brief

2015-01-04 00:00:00

Deal signed for high rise bldgs for city cleaners With a view to constructing buildings for conservancy workers of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), an agreement was signed between LGED and Navana Construction Limited at the Chief Engineer of LGED office...

weather

2015-01-04 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at a few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Dhaka and Khulna divisions until 6pm today (Sunday). Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary...

Photo: National Professor Dr MR Khan

2015-01-04 00:00:00

Photo: Newly-appointed chairman of Power Development Board (PDB)

2015-01-04 00:00:00

Bus owners assoc suspend Dhaka bound transport from districts

2015-01-04 00:00:00

DMP imposes ban on holding any meeting in Dhaka from 5.00 pm today

2015-01-04 00:00:00

Krishak League leader killed in bomb attack

2015-01-04 00:00:00

Quality education and skills development, key to prosperity

Abu Afsarul Haider | 2015-01-04 00:00:00

Students of primary and secondary grades began the new year 2015 with sheer happiness on their faces on getting free new textbooks in their hands. The programme initiated by the government since 2010 is surely laudable and this year alone...

Teaching and being a teacher

Md Jamal Hossain | 2015-01-04 00:00:00

Teaching is perhaps one of noblest tasks that human beings perform. Teachers are the architects of a nation. Teachers teach and prepare the best human capital for our society. In this regard, schools, colleges, and universities are the workshops where...

People of Rangpur char areas suffering from paralysing cold

Our Correspondent | 2015-01-04 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Jan 3: The people of different char areas in Rangpur district are in serious trouble as bone chilling cold has paralysed their normal life. The extreme poor people especially the low income groups are the worst sufferers as their...

One commits suicide in Sylhet

2015-01-04 00:00:00

SYLHET, Jan 3 (UNB): A young man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his room in Sayedpur area of Majortila in the city on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Jaber Ahmad, 32, son of...

Honey farming going on using bee boxes in Nilphamari

Our Correspondent | 2015-01-04 00:00:00

NILPHAMARI, Jan 3:  Technology for harvesting honey by utilising bee-keeping boxes is becoming popular in Nilphamari district. As the mustard plants blossomed with yellow colours, the bee farmers are putting boxes near the mustard farmland where the bees make beehives...

Youth killed in Rangamati road accident

2015-01-04 00:00:00

RANGAMATI, Jan 3 (BSS): A youth was killed and three others were injured in a road accident in Kalabagan area on the Rangamati-Chittagong highway here on Friday. The deceased was Abdul Khalekh, 27, son of Mohammad Miah of Purba Charandip...

Maize farming increases in Rajshahi region

2015-01-04 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Jan 3 (BSS): Cultivation of maize both in rabi and kharip seasons in Rajshahi region, especially Barind tract and Chalan Beel areas, has been increasing gradually as the farmers are showing more interests towards the farming. The farmers got...

Schoolteacher chopped to death in Barisal

2015-01-04 00:00:00

BARISAL, Jan 3 (UNB): A schoolteacher was chopped to death by rivals over a land dispute in Wazirpur upazila of the district on Friday night. The deceased was indentified as Bipul Chakrabarti, 42, a teacher of WB Institution and a...

MGHS celebrates 160 years of founding

2015-01-04 00:00:00

MAGURA, Jan 3 (BSS): Magura Government High School (MGHS), a renowned educational institution of the district, has celebrated its 160 years of founding Friday with much enthusiasm and festivity. The school, established in 1854, has produced many luminaries in its...

DAE takes measures to protect seedlings from cold

2015-01-04 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Jan 3 (BSS): Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has taken up pre-cautionary measures to protect the seedlings of Boro paddy from cold injuries due to ongoing cold wave and dense fog in the district. DAE official sources said the...

DMCCI distributes 300 blankets in Rangpur

2015-01-04 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Jan 3 (BSS): Dhaka Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DMCCI) in cooperation with Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) distributed 300 blankets among the cold-hit distressed people here today. The DMCCI distributed the blankets, as part of...

KAMPS holds seminar on kidney disease awareness in Noakhali

A Correspondent | 2015-01-04 00:00:00

NOAKHALI, Jan 3: More than 20 million of people in Bangladesh are affected by kidney diseases while five people are sustaining untimely death every hour being affected with this disease, speakers told a discussion meeting at the auditorium of Noakhali...