A man was killed and 10 other people were injured in road accident in Magura Sadar Upazila on Wednesday. The dead is Muktar Hossain, 45, a resident of Chandipur village in Jhenidah Sadar Upazila. Police said a Kamarkhali-bound bus crashed...
Rain communications of Chittagong with other parts of the country remained suspended as 3 bogies of a freight train derailed near Fouzdarhat Railway Station in the port city on Wednesday. However, none was inured. East Zone Divisional Railway manager Murad...
A man allegedly committed suicide over a family feud at Benapole union in Sharsha Upazila in Jessore district on Tuesday night. The dead is Sohrab Hossain, 45, son of Abdur Rehman, a resident of Gitapara village near Benapole Land Port....
The two openers Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes hit brilliant centuries as the Bangladesh opening stand reached 212 without loss of wicket in the third and final Test against Zimbabwe in Chittagong on Wednesday. Tamim Iqbal made his sixth hundred...
BNP Chairperson and 20-party alliance leader Khaleda Zia reached Kishoreganj town on Wednesday afternoon. Khaleda arrived in the district town to address a public rally there in the afternoon. The BNP-led 20-party coalition has organised the mass rally being held...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-12 00:00:00
Stocks witnessed sharp gain on Wednesday with key index of the major bourse crossing 5,000-mark again as the investors went for buying spree on large- cap stocks. The market opened with an upward trend which sustained till the market closure...
Bangladesh were off to a flier in the third Test against Zimbabwe with two centuries from openers Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes. The pair put up Bangladesh’s best opening stand as the Tigers surged to 213 without losing any wicket...
A doctor was killed and three other people were injured in a road accident in Boda Upazila in Panchagarh district on Tuesday. The dead is Samsuddin Ahmed, 92, a homeopathic doctor and resident of Bolrampur union under Atwari Upazila. Witnesses...
An alleged drug smuggler was killed in a clash with detectives at Shikri border point at Satkhira Sadar Upazila on Wednesday. The dead is Monir Hossain, 27, son of Rajab Ali, a resident of Kaliani Chhoighoria village of the Upazila....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated an infrastructure development project to build a 5.2-metre long flyover from Muradpur to Lalkhanbazar in Chittagong city, promising to extend it further to the airport in Patenga. She unveiled the plaque for the ‘Akhtaruzzaman...
Detectives unearthed a fake currency-making factory and arrested 2 people in Sabujbagh area in Dhaka city on Tuesday night. The arrested were identified as Md Alauddin, 44, and Md Mamun, 42. Acting on a tip-off, a special team of Detective...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized smuggled Indian clothes worth Tk 10 million in Manirampur Upazila in Jessore district on Tuesday night. Lieutenant Colonel Jahangir Hossain, commanding officer of BGB Battalion-26, said being tipped off, they launched a drive at...
Newly-appointed Ambassador of the Philippines to Bangladesh Vicente Vivencio Tejamo Bandillo on Wednesday met Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and discussed various bilateral issues. During the meeting, both the Foreign Minister and the Ambassador agreed to strengthen the economic ties...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed deep shock at the death of Professor Zillur Rahman Siddiqui. In a condolence message, the Prime Minister said Zillur Rahman Siddiqui, former vice chancellor of Jahangirnagar University, worked till his death for building...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia said that the Awami League-led government is an illegal one. She claimed that it was not elected to power by the voters. Launching a scathing attack on the government, Khaleda said: ‘This government is killer.’ She...
BEIJING: China and the US have unveiled new targets on greenhouse gas emissions, as the leaders of the two countries met for talks in Beijing. US President Barack Obama said the move was "historic", as he set a new goal...
Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan Wednesday said mobile courts will be launched across the country to prevent reoccupation of rivers already freed through eviction drives. The minister made the disclosure at the 27th meeting of the taskforce committee formed to prevent...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has urged the people to bear with the lack of public transport during the ongoing government crackdown on unfit vehicles and drivers without licences. He says the drive will continue throughout the year....
Bangladesh Women’s Football team will begin their campaign for the Third SAFF Women’s Championship 2014 taking on Afghanistan on Thursday at 2:30 pm (Pakistan Time) at Jinnah National Stadium in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan Television (PTV) will telecast all the matches...
The government has retired Joint Secretary Abul Kasem Talukder, who is among five top bureaucrats who took to fraud to secure fake freedom-fighter credentials. Public administration ministry's Senior Secretary Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury has confirmed bdnews24.com of the development. An...
A European spacecraft is on course for the first, historic landing on a comet. Scientists have now released the first pictures from the lander after separating from its "mothership", Rosetta. The mission will shine a light on some mysteries surrounding...
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit has endorsed a Beijing-backed route towards a vast free trade area in the region, its host Xi Jinping said on Tuesday, calling it a ‘historic’ step. The Apec meeting also saw a flurry of...
World leaders are gathering for wide-ranging talks in Myanmar in the country's biggest event since it emerged from military rule. Heads of Asian nations are expected to discuss territorial disputes in the South China Sea and the rise of Islamic...
A former Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka has said Khaleda Zia had denied the presence of terrorists and Indian insurgents in Bangladesh when she was in power, but Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has uprooted them. Veena Sikri, the only woman...
RANGPUR, Nov 11 (BSS): The farmers are expecting bumper production of flood-tolerant rice as its harvest continues with excellent yield rate now in the country after expanded and successful cultivation during this Aman season. In most areas, the growing plants...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-12 00:00:00
KHULNA, Nov 11: Female Assistance Programme under Woman and Child Affairs Ministry is working for legal aid to the distressed and victimised women. But the organisers are facing various problems including inadequate fund allocation and bad communication systems. 336 victimised...
GAIBANDHA, Nov 11 (BSS): Speakers at a function here on Monday stressed the need for creating much awareness among the common people to check child marriage to build a better society. "Incident of child marriage are still happening in the...
RU Correspondent | 2014-11-12 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Nov 11: The Science Workshop is the largest technical support centre for the pure science-based education-research as well as technical based activities in the Rajshahi University (RU). The departments of pure science and engineering faculties have been getting...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 11(BSS): Growers of the region, particularly the vast Barind tract, have become happy over getting satisfactory yield of BRRI-62, a zinc-enriched paddy variety, for the first time. The newly released paddy variety has started gaining popularity among both...
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