Our Correspondent | 2015-01-04 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Jan 3: A mother gave birth to three baby boys by caesarean operation on Saturday morning at Sadar Hospital, Jhenidah. The mother along with her kids is keeping well. Shefali Khatun (25), wife of Sagar Mia, a truck driver-cum-owner...
Youth's body recovered in Habiganj Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth aged about 30 from Bahula village near Habiganj Saturday morning. Being informed, a police team from Sadar thana rushed to the spot and recovered the hanging body...
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3 (AFP): A teenage Pakistani girl and an Indian woman were killed as troops traded fire along their tense border on Saturday, the latest in a series of deadly clashes, officials said. The incident, which also left 11...
COLOMBO, Jan 3 (AFP): Sri Lanka's main opposition presidential candidate narrowly escaped a stoning by suspected pro-government activists at a rally, but at least 20 of his supporters were seriously injured in the attack days ahead of the vote. Rocks...
PANGKALAN BUN, Jan 3 (AFP): Indonesia pledged Saturday to investigate flight violations by AirAsia, as search teams found two big parts of the airline's plane that crashed into the sea last weekend with 162 people on board. The country's transport...
KANO, Jan 3 (AFP): Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have kidnapped 40 boys and young men in a remote village in northeast Nigerian Borno state on New Year's Eve, residents who fled the isolated settlement said on Saturday. Scores of Boko...
WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (agencies): North Korea was hit with more sanctions on Friday designed to impede access to the U.S. financial system in the wake of a cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, which the Obama Administration has said was supported...
Al-Qaeda suspect dies days before US trial: lawyer NEW YORK, Jan 3: A Libyan accused over the 1998 Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Africa died on Friday, days before he was to stand trial in New York, his lawyer...
NEW DELHI/BANGALORE, Jan 3 (Reuters): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ramped up his target for solar energy as he bets on renewables to help meet rising power demand and overcome the frequent outages that plague Asia's third largest economy,...
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA, Jan 3 (Reuters): When federal investigators first identified signs of corruption at Petrobras in 2009, Dilma Rousseff insisted Brazil's state-run oil company had nothing to hide. "Petrobras has one of the most accurate accounting standards in the...
MUMBAI, Jan 3 (Bloomberg): Tata Steel Ltd. (TATA) restarted one of its biggest iron ore mines in India, four months after the nation's top producer was ordered to suspend operations pending lease renewal. The company Thursday began mining at its...
LONDON, Jan 03 (AFP): Oil prices extended their slide this week, kicking off the new year with 5.5-year low points, as tepid eurozone demand offset a pick-up in the US economy. The dollar strengthened, hitting demand for commodities like crude...
HABIGANJ, Jan 3 (BSS): Sylhet District emerged unbeaten champions in the Youn Tigers Under-14 Cricket beating Moulvibazar by 80 runs in the final held Saturday at the Habiganj Adhunik Stadium. Batting first after winning the toss Sylhet district team cheaply...
CHITTAGONG, Jan 3 (UNB): Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Red team clinched the CJKS Confidence Cement Ist Division Cricket League title qualifying the right to play in the Premier Division League from next season beating Young Star Blues by 18 runs at...
The 23rd National Karate Championship began Saturday at the Shaheed Suhrawardy National Indoor Stadium at Mirpur with Hasan Khan and Unai Chak winning the gold medals on the opening day, reports UNB. Men's Singles Kata, Hasan Khan of Bangladesh Ansar...
League leader Prime Bank Cricket Club will play Dhaka Abahani Limited in the last super league match to confirm its maiden title of the prestigious Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Cricket at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city Sunday,...
Mirpur Cricket Club, Kathalbagan Green Crescent Club and Lalmatia Club registered win in their respective Group-B matches of the Dhaka Metropolis 2nd Division Cricket League at three different venues in the capital and its adjoining areas Saturday, reports UNB. The...
WELLINGTON, Jan 3 (AFP): Fifteen wickets fell in a bowlers' blitz Saturday as Sri Lanka ended the first day of the second Test in Wellington at 78-5 in reply to New Zealand's first innings 221. Sri Lanka's response in their...
CAPE TOWN, Jan 3 (AFP): Faf du Plessis hit a solid half-century as South Africa made steady progress on the second day of the third and final Test against the West Indies at Newlands Saturday. South Africa were 135 for...
MADRID, Jan 3 (AFP): La Liga leaders Real Madrid face one of their toughest tests since embarking on a 22-game winning streak back in September when they start 2015 with a trip to Valencia Sunday. Los Che have reason to...
SYDNEY, Jan 3 (AFP): Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson missed training Saturday citing hamstring soreness, throwing into question whether he will be fit for the fourth and final Test against India, reports said. Johnson, 33, has bowled long spells during...
LONDON, Jan 3 (AFP): Manchester City's recent emergence as a genuine footballing power started with FA Cup success in 2011 and, if manager Manuel Pellegrini has his way, it will continue with another triumph at Wembley in May. The current...
Sangakkara joins elite 12,000-runs club WELLINGTON, Jan 3: Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara joined an elite group of cricketers Saturday when he became only the fifth to make 12,000 runs in his career. The prolific 37-year-old left-hander reached the milestone...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2015-01-04 00:00:00
With a sustained growth rate of 6.7 per cent over 2000-2012 (World Bank, 2013), South Asia is emerging as the second fastest growing region in the world. Financial pundits predict that the growth will continue at 6-8 per cent until...
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