SAVAR, Dec 28 (BSS): A youth was killed in a road accident at Ashulia Unique Bus stand on the Ashulia-Abdullahpur road here this morning. The victim was Salauddin, 27, from Kabirhat area of Companyganj upazila in Noakhali district. Police said...
RANGPUR, Dec 28 (BSS): Speakers at the concluding ceremony of five-week training course here on Saturday asked the Ansar-VDP members for achieving self-reliance through various income generation activities to accelerate uplift. The District Ansar-VDP office organised the training course for...
Our Correspondent GOPALGANJ, Dec. 28: Farmers of Gopalganj district are expecting a bumper production of winter vegetables this season due to favourable weather conditions and help from local agriculture offices. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Gopalganj has fixed a production...
GAIBANDHA, Dec 28 (BSS): A basic training for the newly recruited paralegals has been continuing at the training centre of a non government organization (NGO) at Kanchipara under Fulchhari upazila in the district since December 22. Friendship, a reputed national...
BENAPOLE, Dec 28 (UNB): A boy died through suffocation after a piece of meat got stuck in his throat at Jhumjhumpur in Jessore district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Al Amin,12, son of Kalam Molla, a resident...
Two hemp traders convicted in Faridpur A mobile court today convicted two persons and awarded one year rigorous imprisonment to each for trading eight kilograms of hemp(Ganja) near Shariatullah bazar area in Faridpur. According to official sources, on the basis...
Two hemp traders convicted in Faridpur A mobile court today convicted two persons and awarded one year rigorous imprisonment to each for trading eight kilograms of hemp(Ganja) near Shariatullah bazar area in Faridpur. According to official sources, on the basis...
KABUL, Dec 28 (AFP): NATO formally ended its war in Afghanistan on Sunday, holding a low-key ceremony in Kabul after 13 years of conflict that have left the country in the grip of worsening insurgent violence. The event was arranged...
ROME, Dec 28 (agencies): Hundreds of passengers were trapped on a burning car ferry off Greece on Sunday, pleading to be rescued by a flotilla of nearby ships that battled storm conditions in open water to try to reach them....
PARIS, Dec 28 (AFP): Heavy snowfall in the French Alps left some 15,000 drivers stranded overnight into Sunday, forcing many to pass the night in their cars and prompting officials to open emergency shelters. The snow and ice hit as...
COLOMBO, Dec 28 (AFP): Sri Lanka's main Muslim party Sunday quit the government and pledged support to the opposition in a move seen as the biggest setback yet to President Mahinda Rajapakse's re-election bid. The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader...
ZAGREB, Dec 28 (AFP): Croatians cast ballots on Sunday to elect a president under the cloud of a deep economic crisis, with incumbent Ivo Josipovic seen as the frontrunner as he sought a second term leading the EU's newest member...
Eight Palestinian ministers to head to Gaza Monday GAZA CITY, Dec 28: Eight Palestinian unity government ministers are to travel to Gaza from its West Bank base on Monday for only the second time since its formation in June, a...
BENGHAZI, Libya, Dec 28 (AFP): More storage tanks were ablaze Today at one of Libya's main oil terminals after a rocket attack by Islamist militiamen, officials said as the UN denounced attacks on oil installations. The rocket was fired on...
KIEV, Dec 28 (AFP): Moscow promised yesterday to resume shipping coal and provide electricity to Ukraine for the first time in three years despite Kiev's failure to guarantee energy supplies to Russian-occupied Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin's unexpected decision was...
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures hit their highest in over a month on Friday, notching their biggest weekly gain in eight weeks as fears of floods disrupting supplies in the world's second-largest producer outweighed earlier losses....
SYDNEY, Dec 28 (Reuters): Copper futures edged higher last week after losses in the previous two days, as market participants attempted to get a feel for demand amid a brightening US economic picture and a dimming one for China, the...
The government has decided to make the provision of three-day training for insurance agents (IAs) and financial associates (FAs) mandatory for the development of the country's insurance sector. The Insurance Development Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has already issued a circular under...
Sweden has been urged to expand its trade and investment in Bangladesh. Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) President Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury made the appeal while Swedish Envoy John Frisell called on her at her JS...
Officials concerned have been directed to ensure appropriate steps for transparent and accountable management of Waqf property. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Religious Affairs Ministry gave the directive from a meeting held in the city on Sunday, reports BSS. "In...
DUBAI, Dec 28 (Reuters): Saudi Arabia's 2015 state budget assumes an oil price close to current levels of around $60 a barrel for Brent crude, a shift from past budgets which were based on prices well below market levels, analysts...
HANOI, Dec 28 (Xinhua): Vietnam is expected to post an economic growth rate of 5.98 per cent in 2014, the country's General Statistics Office said on Saturday. The office said in its monthly statistical report that the country's gross domestic...
BEIJING, Dec 28 (Xinhua): The Chinese government has been authorised to ease investment rules in three new free trade zones (FTZs) after top legislature gave the go ahead during a bi-monthly meeting on Sunday. The new zones will be located...
MOSCOW, Dec 28 (AFP): Their international competitors may be cheering tumbling oil prices, but the collapse in the rouble has meant major financial turbulence for Russian airlines who have expenses in foreign currencies. The rouble has slumped by 40 per...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government, inclined to strengthen strategic ties with China, will follow the economic giant as its development model. She made the statement when Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on her at Ganabhaban Sunday...
Shakib Al Hasan has said that his forthcoming three-week stint in the Big Bash League (BBL) with Melbourne Renegades will considerably help his preparation for the upcoming World Cup, reports Cricinfo. He is likely to leave for Australia on January...
Both the matches of the Young Tigers Under-18 National Cricket Competition ended in a draw on the 3rd and last day of the meet at separate venues Sunday, reports UNB. Dhaka Division South team drew with Rangpur Division at the...
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