SANA, Dec 7 (Reuters): A woman, a 10-year-old boy and a local al Qaeda leader were among at least 11 people killed alongside two Western hostages when U.S.-led forces battled militants in a failed rescue mission in Yemen, residents said...
KARACHI, Dec 7 (AFP): A revamped version of Pakistan's JF-17 jet fighter took centre stage at a defence exhibition in Karachi this week as the restive nuclear-armed state looks to boost its role as a military exporter on the world...
GOMA, Dec 7 (AP): Suspected Ugandan rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have killed 14 people with machetes and axes, authorities said Sunday, despite efforts by the army and UN peacekeepers to stop such massacres. The overnight attack in...
Maldives leader cuts short tour to tackle water crisis MALE, Dec 7: Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen cut short his trip to Malaysia to deal with a drinking water crisis in the honeymoon islands' capital that triggered unrest on the streets,...
Hosts Bangladesh clinched the Islami Bank Men's Junior AHF Cup Hockey crown with all-win record beating Oman 4-0 goals in the final match at Maulana Bhashani National Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB. With the day's result, Bangladesh earned...
Abahani Ltd retained the second slot beating Brothers Union by 69 runs in the Walton Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Cricket League at Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah Sunday, reports UNB. After the 9th round matches, Prime Bank Cricket...
Former cricketer Ahsan Zaheer has died at the age of 60, reports Cricinfo. Zaheer's hundred for Barisal against Comilla in the National Cricket Championship final in 1975 made him the first batsman to score a century in a competitive match...
Muggers have snatched Tk 9 million from a bKash agent at gunpoint in Dhaka's Mirpur, police say. Rupnagar Police Station Sub-Inspector Motlubur Rahman said several youths attacked a car carrying a bKash agent and a mobile phone company staff in...
Md Bayazid Khan | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh has been providing huge facilities for education of the students. Some good efforts of the government towards building educated nation are initiatives like supplying free books to primary and secondary level students, ensuring free education for girls, implementing free...
Masum Billah | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
When a school welcomes all students irrespective of their caste, creed, colour, religion, ethnicity and country and they are allowed to participate in all aspects of school life we can call that the school offers inclusive education to the students....
In last week’s Education page, the first paragraph of the article ‘Let us listen to respected teacher economist Nurul Islam’ by Muhammad Quamrul Islam contained a sentence: I remember how he taught us circular flow of economy in 1st year...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Dec 6: A field day workshop and exchange of opinion on 'Conservation Agriculture' was held at Kashipur Government School playground at Alipur under Durgapur upazila on Friday morning. Speakers in the workshop emphasised on the way of increasing over-all...
RANGAMATI, Dec 6 (BSS): Cultivators have brought more than 1,000 hectares of land under tobacco farming in different areas in the Chittagong hill districts ignoring widespread campaign by the government and NGO organizations against tobacco cultivation. Tobacco cultivation in the...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a brainstorming session Sunday on replacing Soviet-style central planning with a 'Team India' concept that would give federal states a greater role in developing Asia's third-largest economy. Although he won a huge election mandate...
RU Correspondent | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Dec 6: Gono Shilpi Sangstha, a cultural organisation of the Rajshahi University (RU) unit observed its founding anniversary at the campus with much enthusiasm and fanfare. To mark the anniversary it organised a two-day long festival with different...
FARIDPUR, Dec 6 (BSS): Following the fall of Jessore cantonment, the killer Pakistani army started retreating to rear headquarter at Faridpur after crossing the river Madhumati along the Kamarkhali-Magura border. The butchers with vain efforts as the last try for...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
TANGAIL, Dec 6: Wheat cultivation target has been set up by Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Tangail this year and DAE Tangail is hopeful of exceeding the target. DAE Tangail said this year wheat cultivation target of 12 upazilas of...
GAZIPUR, Dec 6 (UNB): A car driver was killed and a woman, passenger of the vehicle, injured when a truck collided with the car in Kaliakoir Bypass area on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as...
Law Minister Anisul Huq Sunday said the proposed amendments to the ‘International Crimes (Tribunals) Act’ will be placed before the cabinet meeting soon for its approval. “The proposals for amending the ICT law will be placed before the cabinet meeting...
RANGPUR, Dec 6 (BSS): The migratory birds have started arriving to the water bodies, beels, haors, marshy lands and major rivers in northern Bangladesh from the Himalayan and Siberian regions giving a descent look to the nature. The number of...
Hanging body of a man found in Rajshahi village Local police found the body of a man hanging from a branch of a tree in a mango orchard in Bodarpara village under Charghat upazila of Rajshahi Friday morning. Quoting the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
MAGURA, Nov 6: World Human Dignity Day was observed in Magura. Bangladesh Dalit and Excluded Rights Movement Magura unit took different programmes in observance of the day Friday. They brought out a rally in the town in the morning. Later,...
SUNAMGANJ, Dec 6 (BSS): Five persons were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Syedpur-Noapara village under Jagannathpur upazila of the district Friday morning. The clash took place between the two rival groups to establish supremacy in the...
JOYPURHAT, Dec 6 (BSS): A youth was killed by some miscreants on the bank of river Srinadi of Vadsa area of the district town on Friday evening. The victim was Al-Amin, 25, son of Ibrahim Hossain of Shantinagar area of...
ADEN, Dec 6 (agencies): UK-born US journalist Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie have been killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a failed rescue bid. Saturday's operation was carried by joint US and Yemeni special forces in...
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