CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Dec 25 (BSS): An extensive Boro paddy cultivation programme has been taken in Chapainawabganj district for the upcoming season. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) sources said, a total of 47,281 hectares of land have been brought under the cultivation...
Our Correspondent JHENIDAH, Dec 25: Munshi Mohammad Meherullah, a noted poet, religious leader and social reformer was born at Ghopegram near Barobazar in his grandfather's home under Kaliganj upazila in Jhenidah on December 26, 1861. His parental home was in...
BARGUNA, Dec 25 (BSS): Fourteen persons, including executive engineer of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) of Barguna district, have been sued for illegally felling 300 valuable trees in the name of repairing flood protection embankment in Amtali Upazila. MBL, a...
NARSINGDI, Dec 25 (BSS): A three-day Digital Innovation Fair began at Moslehuddin Bhuiyan stadium in Narsingdi with a view to encouraging people to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to build "Digital Bangladesh" as envisioned by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina....
Satkhira house robbed of valuables Robbers looted valuables worth Tk 0.8 million from a house at Sultanpur in Satkhira early Thursday. Abu Bakkar Siddique, owner of the house, said a gang of armed robbers, numbering 7/8, stormed his house in...
Tea prices in Bangladesh rose for the seventh straight week at the weekly auction on Tuesday amid strong demand in the winter season, reports Reuters. Bangladeshi tea fetched an average 192.96 taka ($2.4) per kg compared with 192.04 taka at...
BANGKOK, Dec 25 (Reuters): Thailand's military government approved the sale of 247,000 tonnes of rice in an open tender on Monday, part of its continued effort to offload rice from huge stockpiles accumulated under the previous regime. The sale was...
MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters): Russia may fail to supply wheat to Egypt's state buyer GASC in January as its exports have been effectively suspended by informal government curbs, Arkady Zlochevsky, the head of Russia's Grain Union, said on Wednesday. Russia's...
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 25 (AFP): Kuwait has commissioned a new natural gas plant that will raise the energy-rich state's production capacity to more than 2 billion cubic feet a day, officials said on Wednesday. The new Liquefied Petroleum Gas plant...
RIYADH, Dec 25 (AFP): Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude exporter, on Thursday announced a 2015 budget with a huge $38.6 billion deficit due to the sharp decline in oil prices but still raised spending. A statement read on state-run...
GUWAHATI, India, Dec 25 (Reuters): India deployed military helicopters to hunt down tribal militants in the northeastern state of Assam on Thursday after rebels killed 75 people this week, the deadliest in the remote area in years. Assam has a...
DONETSK, Ukraine, Dec 25 (AFP): The latest push for peace in Ukraine appeared moribund on Thursday after initial talks failed to agree when the warring sides should meet again to try ending the eight-month pro-Russian revolt. Negotiations mediated by European...
HONG KONG, Dec 25 (AFP): Hong Kong police said Thursday they had arrested a dozen pro-democracy protesters after a night of clashes in the first sizeable rally since the last protest camp was cleared last week. Police used pepper spray...
SEOUL, Dec 25 (AFP): South Korea on Thursday ruled out the possibility that a recent string of cyber-attacks on its nuclear power operator could cause a malfunction at any of the country's 23 atomic reactors. The designs and manuals for...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Dec 25 (AFP): The leader of a banned Pakistani sectarian militant group who was set to walk free from jail is being held for two more weeks in a murder case, officials said Thursday. Malik Ishaq, the head...
Obama, Malaysian PM hit the links in Hawaii WASHINGTON, Dec 25: US President Barack Obama, on vacation in Hawaii, tends to golf with buddies and aides, but on Wednesday mixed things up, hitting the links with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib...
Ross Turner, the former ICC global development manager, will be the BCB's consultant to formulate its long-term strategic plan from 2015, reports Cricinfo. He is expected to arrive in Bangladesh next month to complete formalities for a role that will...
MELBOURNE, Dec 25 (AFP): Debutant Joe Burns will bat at number six and paceman Ryan Harris returns for Australia in the third Boxing Day Test against India, skipper Steve Smith said Thursday. Smith, who won his first Test as captain...
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Dec 25 (AFP): New Zealand and Sri Lanka are expecting a paceman's paradise when their two-Test series starts in Christchurch Friday. Aside from the prestige of a Test match, the first in eight years in the earthquake-ravaged...
MELBOURNE, Dec 25 (AFP): Captain M.S. Dhoni said Thursday sledging had nothing to do with India's losing performance in the series against Australia and he encouraged more of it in this week's third Test in Melbourne. Dhoni said he saw...
A 23-member contingent of Busan I'Park, a top-tier South Korean football club, arrived in the city Thursday to play a FIFA friendly against Bangladesh Premier League champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at Bangabandhu National Stadium Saturday, reports UNB. The friendly...
The Trust Bank 13th National Senior and Junior Taekwondo competition will begin today (Friday) at the National Sports Council (NSC) Gymnasium with the participation of 24 districts, associations, clubs and universities across the country, reports BSS. Major General M Mahfuzur...
Port Elizabeth, Dec 25 (AP): Temba Bavuma is set to become the first black African batsman to play for South Africa when the second cricket test against the West Indies gets underway at St. George's Park on Boxing Day. With...
LONDON, Dec 25 (AFP): While professional footballers in the rest of Europe sleep off their Christmas hangovers, the Premier League ploughs on regardless Friday with a bumper schedule of traditional Boxing Day fixtures. For the first time in the 2014-15...
Classical Chess Zia loses to Pourkashiyan Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman of Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Ltd lost to WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa of Iran in the 7th round match of the Al Ain Classical Chess Tournament held in Al Ain in UAE...
The country's overall gas production over the last one year has increased by about 154 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) to 2486 mmcfd in December last week from 2332 mmcfd in the first week of January 2014, reports UNB....
Southeast Bank Limited Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) at Head Office of the bank in the city. Shahid Hossain, Managing Director of Southeast Bank Limited and the President of HAAB Md....
The 27th edition of Industrial Trade Fair-2014 begins in Kolkata today (Friday) showcasing products of various countries, reports UNB. Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BNCCI) is hosting the fair with some 90 companies participating in it from Bangladesh...
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