A day after her meeting with her advisers, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia sat with BNP vice chairmen and joint secretaries general Tuesday night to discuss the country’s latest political situation and work out the party’s next course of action and...
Transport strike in the Sylhet Division has been suspended till Nov 30 with owners and workers offering a respite. Transport Owner-Worker Resistance Committee Convenor Md Jamir Ahmed announced their decision Tuesday evening following a meeting with the administration. He said...
A severe crisis may be looming in the supply of jet fuel, as well as other types of fuel, against the backdrop of ongoing strike by workers in the country's river transport sector. This apprehension was expressed by the acting...
LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters): Gold fell on Monday as a short-covering rally that boosted prices from 4-1/2-year lows lost steam, with buyers still wary that rising stock markets, upbeat U.S. data and softening investment flows would spell further falls. The...
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures snapped a four-day losing streak on Monday as export demand picked up, with prices further lifted as investors covered short positions ahead of a US government report on its grains acreage. ...
CHICAGO: Nov 10 (Reuters): DuPont Pioneer, one of the world's largest seed companies, is refusing to give up on efforts to cultivate genetically modified crops in Chinese fields in the face of regulatory hurdles, even as rivals pull back. The...
LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters): Aluminium prices fell on Monday after data showed heavy exports of aluminium products from China, while nickel declined after inventories rose to a fresh record high. Three month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange fell for...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10 (Reuters): The Pakistani government has indefinitely postponed the sale of a stake in the country's largest energy firm, Oil and Gas Development Co Ltd because of weak investor interest, the top privatisation official told Reuters on Monday....
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RAJSHAHI, Nov 10: Despite a bumper production of Aman paddy in Rajshahi, farmers of the region are hopeful of getting a satisfactory price of their crop because of a high market price of paddy. There was sufficient rainfall this year...
Seeking accelerated efforts to address the burgeoning problem of antibiotic resistance, the World Health Organization Monday urged member states of the South-East Asia region to scale up national action plans to combat this daunting public health threat. “We must act...
KISHOREGANJ: The BNP-led 20-party alliance is all set to hold a public rally in the district town to be addressed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Wednesday. The local unit of the 20-party alliance is going to arrange the rally as...
The High Court has asked the education boards to explain why it would not be deemed illegal if they charge extra fees for the SSC examinations. The bench of Justices Kazi Reza-ul Haque and Abu Taher Mohammad Saifur Rahman issued...
The leaders of China and Japan have met for formal talks after more than two years of severe tension over a territorial dispute. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic...
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam has criticised war crimes convict Mohammad Kamaruzzaman's son for dubbing his father's conviction wrong. A special tribunal sentenced the Jamaat-e-Islami leader to death last year for war crimes including for killing of 120 people and raping...
The government signed Monday a Tk 87.08 billion agreement with a Chinese company for the river training works of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge project. Padma Bridge project director Shafiqul Islam and deputy chief engineer of Sinohydro Iyu Liushan inked the...
Marine vessel workers have called off the strike they had started three days ago after the shipping minister promised to meet their demands. Since Saturday, the workers went on an indefinite strike demanding safer waterways and that river routes be...
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RANGPUR, Nov 9: A section of dishonest brick kiln owners are collecting the topsoil of the land ceaselessly for making bricks at 8 upazilas in Rangpur district. As a result the fertility of arable lands of the region is under...
KHAGRACHARI, Nov 9 (UNB): A police constable was killed and at least 15 other policemen were injured as a police bus turned turtle in Alutia of the district town on Saturday evening. The deceased was identified as Abu Bakar, who...
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GOPALGANJ, Nov 9: A workshop with Local Government Institute (LGI) representatives on decentralised & participatory budget was held at Bangiyo Gano Unnayan Samity (BGS) conference room in Gopalganj town Saturday. Sushasoner Jonno Procharavizan (SUPRO) Gopalganj district unit organised the workshop....
BEIJING: President Abdul Hamid and his spouse Rashida Khanam Monday attended a banquet hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping at Olympic Park in Beijing. US President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and heads of state and government of...
An explosion was heard near an office of India's federal counter-terrorism agency in the city of Kolkata Monday, police and home office officials said. A senior police official investigating the incident said no trace of explosive had been found in...
KHULNA, Nov 9 (UNB): Dry fish processing is now at its peak in the Sundarbans as the char (shoals emerged from riverbed) areas here are bustling with the people involved in the industry. The fishermen and owners of several dry...
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NILPHAMARI, Nov 9: Bangladesh Army is going to establish a science and technology university in Syedpur, based on Private University Act 2010. Named Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology, the university is to be set up at Syedpur cantonment...
GAIBANDHA, Nov 9 (BSS): The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has taken an extensive plan to cultivate winter vegetables in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current season. DAE office sources said around 6,391 hectares of land...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 9 (BSS): Speakers at a reception ceremony here today urged the meritorious students to groom themselves properly to build a happy and prosperous Bangladesh. They termed the students as the future leaders of the nation and said they...
RANGPUR, Nov 9 (BSS): The nutrition promoters and health volunteers could play vital role in preventing malnutrition of lactating mothers, pregnant women, babies and children to further reduce maternal and neonatal death rates in building a healthy nation. Speakers said...
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MAGURA, Nov 9: A community policing meeting of Sreepur police station was held in Sreepur Upazila headquarters. Sreepur police station Community policing committee arranged the programme on Saturday at Sreepur degree college premises with a discussion meeting. Additional inspector general...
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