LAXMIPUR, Dec 1 (UNB): Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from Joksin Bazar area in Sadar upazila on Monday morning. Local people spotted the blood-stained body lying along the side of a road in the area and informed...
FARIDPUR, Dec 1 (BSS): The battle of Chandhat in the War of Liberation in 1971 in Nagarkanda thana of the district between the Mukti Bahini and the Pakistani occupation army is a glorious event in the annals of our great...
JAMALPUR, Dec 1 (UNB): A motorcyclist was crushed to death under a truck on the Jamalpur-Dewanganj highway in Melandah upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified Billal Hossain, 23, son of Bulu Sheikh, resident of Charpara village of Melandah...
BENAPOLE, Dec 1 (UNB): Only eleven days into her marriage, a woman was beaten to death allegedly by her husband and in-laws over a dowry-related feud in Kharki area of Jessore Sunday. The deceased was identified as Rekha, 15, wife...
RANGPUR, Dec 1 (BSS): Farmer Lal Mian of village Char Patrokhata under Chilmari upazila of Kurigram has achieved bumper yield of 4.5 tonnes paddy of the flood tolerant BINA dhan11 rice per hectare even after sustaining 24-day submergence at a...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-02 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Dec 1: The World AIDS Day-2014 was observed in a befitting manner in Gopalganj today (Monday). Health Department, Gopalganj brought out a colourful rally and chanting slogans. The rally paraded through the main roads of the town. Doctors, nurses,...
Man electrocuted in Narail A man was electrocuted at Muldair-Goshpara village under Sadar upazila of Narail Monday morning. The victim was identified as Manjel Mollah, 35, son of Yakub Mollah of Echhapur village under Sharsha upazila of Jessore district. Police...
HONG KONG, Dec 1 (agencies): Thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists forced the temporary closure of government headquarters Monday after clashing with police, defying orders to retreat after more than two months of sustained protests in the Chinese-controlled city. Hong...
MAIDUGURI, Dec 1 (agencies): Two explosions ripped through a market in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Monday, witnesses said, nearly a week after two female suicide bombers attacked the same area, killing more than 45 people. "A middle-aged woman...
RAIPUR, Dec 1 (AFP): Maoist rebels killed 13 police and wounded another 12 in an ambush in a remote part of central India on Monday, two senior officers said. The troops were carrying out an operation deep in a forest...
KUNDUZ, Dec 1 (AFP): A suicide attack at a funeral in northern Afghanistan killed at least nine people on Monday, officials said, underlining nationwide insecurity as NATO troops end their 13-year war this month. The blast followed a series of...
TAIPEI, Dec 1 (AFP): Taiwan's cabinet resigned en masse Monday after the ruling party suffered a massive defeat at the island's biggest ever local elections. The Beijing-friendly Kuomintang (KMT) had their power slashed across Taiwan at the key polls Saturday,...
Family of Thai princess stripped of title BANGKOK, Dec 1: The family of the wife of Thailand's Crown Prince have been stripped of an honorific title, police confirmed Monday, after three of her relatives were caught up in a high-profile...
Khawaza Main Uddin | 2014-12-02 00:00:00
Needless to say Bangladesh is blessed with great potential to prosper. And more often than not, the leadership fails the country in reaching anywhere near the homegrown goals and expectation of economic advancement. Despite resilience and hard labour to change...
Faizan Usmani | 2014-12-02 00:00:00
The irregular supply of energy like gas and electricity is negatively affecting the local businesses and trading in. There is also our inability to generate new business ideas and solutions, worsening the energy and other economic and financial crises. Thus...
A two-day conference on "Responsible Business Conduct in Poverty Alleviation through Financial Inclusion, Green Banking and CSR" held at the Bangladesh Bank Training Academy in the city appears to have focused on more issues than such a conference can do...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-12-02 00:00:00
In the United States, there are billboards on highways in some of the states warning reckless drivers: "The man or the woman you might kill while driving a car may be your own father or mother." Such a message has...
Pamelia Khaled | 2014-12-02 00:00:00
Criminal activities, including armed robbery, have of late become common in the capital. There has been an increase in criminal activities since the beginning of 2009 in areas like Gulshan, Banani and Uttara of the capital where residents, expatriates and...
Bangladesh Bank high officials feel complacent about high foreign exchange reserve, school banking, SME loan, agro loan success etc. etc. BB has become members of many international agencies so as to curb money laundering, illegal monetary transaction etc. Anti Corruption...
I was saddened to learn that Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury, the renowned journalist of the country passed away (Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun). He is present in my thoughts and prayers, even though I was not personally known to him....
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has lost its effect and respect and has become a stooge in the hands of the ruling class which is a sad state of affairs. The corrupt people know, if they are with the ruling...
It is indeed surprising that despite the onset of winter, load shedding continues which is really alarming. We wonder, what will happen when summer comes! According to government claims, our power production increased a lot. But in reality we are...
M. Serajul Islam | 2014-12-02 00:00:00
Zaglul, M Ziauddin, Bangladesh Ambassador to the US, Iqbal Mahmud, a common friend and I spent a long evening at the house of his daughter Ontora in Virginia over a dinner little over a month ago. We reminisced about friends...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2014-12-02 00:00:00
The bicycle and bicycle spares industry in a big scale is a recent development in the industrial domain of Bangladesh. According to a World Bank report Bangladesh: Diagnostic Trade Integration Study, 2013, the growth of this industry in the country...
FE Report | 2014-12-02 00:00:00
The BAIRA, the apex body of private recruiters, has warned of punitive action against its members, if found involved in irregular migration. The tougher announcement came at a press conference at its office in the city on Monday following alarmingly...
Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim, who scored 11 runs in the Bashundhara Cement ODI series (77 runs in the 4th, 33 runs in the 3rd, 27 runs in the 2nd, and 65 runs in the 1st match), was adjudged player of...
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