A total of 141 students of different departments of University of Asia Pacific (UAP) have received ‘VC’s Honour List Award’ for their outstanding academic results in spring 2014 at its new city campus in Green Road in the city. UAP...
Police arrested two alleged drug traders along with 4,500 pieces of Yaba tablets at Kalamia Bazar under Bakalia Police Station in Chittagong on Friday. The arrested were Md Shah Alam, 30, hailing from Ukhia Upazila of Cox’s Baza and Imam...
The ‘Diamond Jubilee’ marking the completion of 75 years of Bangladesh Betar will be celebrated on December 16. On the occasion, Bangladesh Betar has taken a 4-day programme beginning on Dec 15. The inaugural ceremony of the ‘Diamond Jubilee’ will...
The body of actress Nayar Sultana Lopa has been dug out from her grave in Banani graveyeard in the city for re-autopsy. Her body was exhumed in the presence of an executive magistrate on Thursday afternoon. It was sent to...
At least three people were killed in separate road accidents in Mymensingh, Magura and Satkhira districts on Friday. In Magura, a microbus driver was killed and 10 other people were injured when a truck rammed into his vehicle at Jagla...
Miscreants abducted a young man and buried his body of 20 feet under the earth in a mustard field in Darikandi village in Titash Upazila in Comilla district after killing him. The deceased was identified as Ataur Rahman Selim, 25,...
A constable of traffic police was killed as a truck crashed into him on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Feni town on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mainul Hossain, 50. Sources at the highway police said the moving truck hit...
US stocks were little changed on Thursday, bouncing from initial losses after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi brushed off pressure for more immediate monetary policy action, saying the issue would be addressed early next year. Energy sector stocks were...
European shares were expected to rebound on Friday, recouping some of the sharp losses suffered in the previous session, as investors positioned for strong US jobs data, which would underpin expectations about growth in the world's largest economy. Futures for...
Asian shares drifted while the dollar marked time on Friday ahead of the key US jobs report later in the session that could help it retake ground lost to the euro overnight. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan...
Bus movement between Comilla city and 10 other districts came to a halt on Friday as a section of bus workers of Jangalia Bus Terminal in Comilla city went on strike demanding punishment of those involved in Thursday’s attack on...
The ringleader of a pirate gang was slaughtered at Mahespur village in Begumganj Upazila in Noakhali district on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Nasiruddin Nashu, 35, the chief of ‘Nashu Bahini’ and son of late Majibul Haque of...
Mobile operator Robi has introduced an 'electricity bill pay service programme' for the customers of Power Development Board (PDB) of Mymensingh region. The programme was inaugurated by General Manager (commercial) of PDB Engineer Abdur Rouf on Thursday at a function...
Early season cold is playing havoc with public health in Khulna amid outbreak of different types of disease when the winter has just set in. The situation has kept worsening day by day with the weather getting colder. Different cold-related...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested two women drug paddlers with 7 kilograms cannabis in a raid at BSCIC industrial town area of Munshiganj on Thursday. The arrestees were identified as Mun Mun Begum, 26, and Rashma Akhtar, 24. A...
A touch stone statue of Lord Bishnu, weighing about four maunds, was seized by police from Dakhin Kazi Kasba village under Munshiganj Sadar Upazila on Thursday. The statue was found when a group of workers were cutting earth at an...
Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) detained 10 activists of banned Islamist militant outfit Hizbut Tahrir when they brought out anti- government procession at city's Andar Killah area on Friday noon. Kotwali thana police recovered some anti- government leaflets and banners from...
Customs Intelligence officials on Friday seized 90 cartons of illegal foreign cigarettes and detained a Pakistani national at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in the capital. Sources at the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) said the Pakistani citizen, Yusuf,...
Sheikh Hasina believes since Bangladesh won independence despite fierce opposition from the global superpower US, it will not die if certain countries do not stand by it now. The prime minister believes difference of opinions with a country does not...
Accusing the government of shackling nation with a one-party rule, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Friday said democracy established in the country through the sacrifices of the blood of hundreds of martyrs is not safe yet. In a message, she said,...
INDIA: Militants hurling grenades stormed an army camp Friday in Indian Kashmir and killed 11 security officials, police said, ratcheting up violence in the Muslim-majority region which is voting in state elections. Six of the attackers also died in the...
Islami Andolan Bangladesh will protest over three months demanding punishment for former minister Abdul Latif Siddique for his anti-Hajj comments. The party’s chief Syed Mohammad Rejaul Karim announced the programmes Friday in Dhaka. The programmes include protest rallies, road marches...
NEW YORK: Thousands of protesters paralyzed streets in New York Thursday to condemn police killings of black suspects as details of a new racially tinged death emerged. It was the second night of rallies in America’s largest city of 8.4...
Brent crude fell close to $69 a barrel Friday, putting it on track for a second weekly decline, as cuts to official selling prices from Saudi Arabia reverberated across the market. Some analysts said the Saudi cuts to monthly prices...
The Greek prime minister has said the British Museum's decision to loan one of the Elgin Marbles to Russia is "an affront" to the Greek people. Antonis Samaras added: "We Greeks are one with our history and civilisation, which cannot...
The qulkhani of noted journalist Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury was held Friday after Asar prayers at Gulshan Azad Mosque in the city. Senior journalists, academicians, political leaders, cultural personalities including Food Minister Advocate Quamrul Islam, Editor of 'Daily Star' Mahfuz Anam,...
Aiming to give their relations a stronger footing, Bangladesh and Bhutan will renew their bilateral trade agreement Saturday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay witnessing the signing ceremony. The Bhutanese Prime Minister arrives in the...
Bangladeshi Muslim devotees intending to perform hajj next year will have to register their names online from December 15 to January 30, according to a government decision. The decision came from an inter-ministerial meeting chaired by Religious Affairs Minister Principal...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-05 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Dec 4: The cultivators of early variety of potato in Rangpur division are optimistic of attaining a good yield during the current season as a congenial weather condition has been prevailing in the region. With the hope to earn...
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