Cellular phone operator Grameenphone (GP) and Wikipedia are going to arrange a campaign to enrich Bangla content in Wikipedia. The campaign was announced at a press conference titled "Wikipedia Regional Contributors Meet" on Monday at the Biswa Shahitto Kendro, said...
The deadline for an Iran nuclear deal has been extended to the end of June after talks in Vienna failed to reach a comprehensive agreement. UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said good progress had been made, but it was "not...
The World Bank (WB) has shown its interest to assist Bangladesh for the expansion of its trade. WB Country Director Johannes Zutt on Monday expressed it when he met Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed at his ministry office, according to a...
Foreign and External Affairs Ministers of the Saarc countries assembled in Kathmandu on Monday to participate in the 36th session of the Saarc Council of Ministers. The Saarc Foreign Ministers will discuss and try to reach concrete decisions on issues...
AMSTERDAM, Nov 23 (Reuters): Agriculture has helped make the Netherlands rich, but experts warn that the density of farms and the increasing number of animals in one of the most intensive agricultural sectors in the world make it vulnerable to...
Alexei Oreskovic, Julia Fioretti and Alastair Macdonald of Reuters | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
The European Parliament is preparing a non-binding resolution that proposes splitting Google Inc's search engine operations in Europe from the rest of its business as one possible option to rein in the Internet company's dominance in the search market. European...
Darya Korsunskaya of Reuters in Moscow | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
President Vladimir Putin said on November 20 Moscow must prevent a "colour revolution" in Russia and stop extremism, warning of the threat posed by illegal immigration and "radical" Internet sites that recruit youths. Putin's comments at a meeting of his...
Engen Tham of Reuters in Shanghai | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
China's latest interest rate cut is set to dent the profitability of domestic lenders, especially mid-sized banks, which are already suffering from higher bad loans and a slowdown in profit growth. The central bank unexpectedly cut rates late on November...
John Irish and Fredrik Dahl of Reuters in Vienna | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
World powers and Iran struggled on November 22 to overcome crucial differences that are preventing them from ending a 12-year standoff over Tehran's atomic ambitions, raising the prospect of another extension to the high-stake talks. US Secretary of State John...
Frank Jack Daniel and Sanjeev Miglani of Reuters in New Delhi | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a long list of pro-growth measures to implement over the next four months, but time may have already run out to breathe enough life into the economy to meet the tough 2014/15 fiscal deficit target...
The High Court (HC) on Monday asked the government to procure appropriate device to detect formalin in foodstuffs and fruits. An HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice M Khasruzzaman passed the order following a BCSIR report stating...
Paul Mooney of Reuters in Yangon | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
Myanmar President Thein Sein has denied that minority Muslim Rohingya are fleeing "torture" in western Rakhine state, telling the Voice of America Burmese Service such media reports were fabrication. According to the Arakan Project, which plots migration across the Bay...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Nov 23: Paddy collection from ratholes is going on in full swing across the district during the current Aman harvesting period. A large number of extreme poor people are engaged in recovering the grains which have been stored by...
THAKURGAON, Nov 23 (UNB): Three people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a bus at Bhulli on the Thakurgaon-Panchagarh Highway in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
TANGAIL, Nov 23: Radish growers of 12 upazilas of the district are hopeful of a bumper production of radish due to favourable weather condition high yielding variety of seeds and necessary agri inputs supply. Shariful Islam, sub-assistant of Department Agriculture...
GAIBANDHA, Nov 23 (BSS): Vast tracts of char land of four upazilas in the district have been brought under late variety Nazirshail paddy cultivation this year expecting bumper production against the high value crop. Office sources said Department of Agricultural...
JESSORE, Nov 23 (BSS): Dacoits killed a man at Pathan-Paikpara village under Bagherpara upazila of the district early this morning. The victim was identified as Awal Hossain, 35. Police and victim's family members said a group of dacoits numbering about...
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has resigned, the first major cabinet change after Obama's Democrats were routed in mid-term elections three weeks ago. Obama was to announce Hagel's resignation at a White House event at 11:10 a.m. on Monday. Hagel,...
NETRAKONA, Nov 23 (BSS): Mustard cultivation has been gaining popularity in all the ten upazilas of the district during the current season. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office sources said a total of 3,446 hectare of land have been brought...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
PABNA, Nov 23: A man was killed as he was beaten and chopped by the robbers when he tried to resist them at village Provakorpara in Chatmohar Upazila of Pabna early Sunday. Locals chased the robbers and caught one of...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 23 (BSS): Speakers at a meeting asked the field level agricultural officials and other staffs concerned to put in their best efforts to promote modern technologies for boosting agricultural production to feed the country's gradually increasing population. They...
NARSINGDI, Nov 23 (BSS): More than 1,000 poor families in 20 char villages of Sadar, Belabo and Raipura upazilas of the district have achieved economic self-reliance through vegetables farming during the last few years. Before taking up vegetables farming as...
PANCHAGARH, Nov 23 (BSS): Plantation of potato seeds is getting momentum and farmers are giving their full efforts to make all time record of potato farming in the district. The district administration is constantly monitoring the overall progress of potato...
Prisoner dies in Magura jail A prisoner in Magura jail died Saturday night from heart attack. The deceased was identified as Abdul Kuddus, 55, of village Niakat Hata under Mohammadpur Upazila of Magura. Magura district jailer Harunur Rashid said, Kuddus...
INDIA, Nov 23 (AFP): As armed police in bullet-proof vests patrolled the tense streets of India's only Muslim majority state, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Avatar Singh forecast victory for the Hindu nationalists in Kashmir's upcoming elections. "My godfather Modi Ji's...
MOSCOW, Nov 23 (agencies): President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published Sunday that Russia did not want to isolate itself behind a new Iron Curtain, which he said would be disastrous for the country. Asked if Russia wanted to...
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