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Tigers seal series victory, Shakib shines

2014-11-09 00:00:00

The Tigers on Friday beat Zimbabwe in the second Test match in Khulna and sealed a series victory, with one match yet to be played. And Shakib elevated himself to the height of legendary cricketers like Imran Khan and Ian...

They deserve maximum punishment

2014-11-09 00:00:00

Should the government allow the secretaries, who forged freedom-fighter certificates and rose to the peak of government job, to resign and get away with their crimes? The newspapers of November 07 highlighted this issue. These people should be given the...

Rising number of kidney patients

2014-11-09 00:00:00

The number of kidney patients is increasing everyday in our country.  Indiscriminate use of chemicals in food items is the prime reason for it. If the present trend of kidney diseases continues, it will be catastrophic. Every year, the second...

Bay of Bengal: Fighting against trans-national maritime crimes

Kamaluddin Bhuiyan and Md Jahangir Alam | 2014-11-09 00:00:00

Maritime security in the 21st century poses new challenges and needs more strategic mechanism to face these. Much importance has been given to internal and regional security by combating land-based trans-national crimes and terrorist activities. But maritime security remains less...

Dramatic forces of change sweep banking industry

Muhammed Ali concluding his two-part article | 2014-11-09 00:00:00

So far we haven't talked about profit or revenues. Because we believe, we need to have first the full picture of the landscape where we operate in. Once we are abreast with the overall scenario, we would be able to...

Prospect of aromatic rice production in Barind tract bright

2014-11-09 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Nov 8 (BSS): Prospect of aromatic and fine quality rice production in vast Barind tract is very bright as it is endowed with many native fine and aromatic rice varieties, which have enormous demands both at home and abroad....

2 bodies recovered from rivers

2014-11-09 00:00:00

SAVAR, Nov 8 (UNB): Police recovered the decomposed body of a young woman from the Dhaleshwari River at Tetuljhora union parishad in Savar of Dhaka district on Saturday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately. Local...

Ensuring right to information for quality education stressed

2014-11-09 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Nov 8 (BSS): Speakers at a views-sharing meeting have stressed for ensuring Right to Information (RTI) of all citizens to ensure quality education for all side by side establishing good governance and accountability. 'Gano Swakhkhorota Avijan' and 'Polli Shahittya...

Solar power plant gains popularity in Panchagarh

2014-11-09 00:00:00

PANCHAGARH, Nov 8 (BSS): Solar power plant is gaining popularity in five upazilas of the district as it gives uninterrupted power supply costing less. About five thousand families of rural areas under Boda, Debiganj, Tetulia, Atwary and Sadar upazilas of...

4 killed in road accidents

2014-11-09 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Nov 8 (UNB): Two people, including a minor girl, were killed and 15 others injured in separate road accidents in the city and Godagari Upazila on Friday. In the city, a minor girl was killed in a road accident...

OMS creating positive impact in Gaibandha

2014-11-09 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Nov 8 (BSS): Fortified Atta selling under government's Open Market Sale (OMS) programme continues at Gaibandha Municipality creating positive impact to the poor. The government has been conducting the OMS programme in the municipality area for the last few...

300 eye patients get free treatment in Rangpur

2014-11-09 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Nov 8 (BSS): The Prime Bank Limited (PBL) with the assistance of Prime Bank Eye Hospital and Prime Bank Foundation provided free treatments to 300 poor eye patients of Badarganj upazila here at a day-long free eye camp on...

Housewife commits suicide in Jhalokathi

2014-11-09 00:00:00

JHALOKATHI, Nov 8 (UNB): A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of a room at her residence at Court Road area in the town on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Jhimu Akter, 26, wife...

Clinker-laden vessel sinks in Rupsha

Our Correspondent | 2014-11-09 00:00:00

KHULNA, Nov 8: A cargo vessel MV Safina-E-Makka loaded with 880 tonnes clinkers sank in Rupsha river early Friday. Master of the cargo vessel Nannu Mia said that the vessel loaded with clinker from a mother vessel at Mongla and...

Week-long Rash Mela begins in Rangpur

Our Correspondent | 2014-11-09 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Nov 8: A week long Rash Mela, one of the biggest festivals of the Hindu community has begun at Mahiganj Pareshnath temple premises under Rangpur city Friday afternoon. Assistant High Commissioner of India, stationed at Rajshahi Mr. Sandwip Mitra...

News in brief

2014-11-09 00:00:00

Minor boy drowns in Thakurgaon A minor boy drowned in the Lachhi river in Pirganj upazila in Thakurgaon on Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Fahim,3, son of Shahiduddin, a resident of Rice Mill Para of the same upazila....

Photo: NARAYANGANJ: A farmer preparing a seedbed

2014-11-09 00:00:00

MUNSHIGANJ: A farmer preparing a field for cultivation

2014-11-09 00:00:00

Photo: SUNAMGANJ: Activities in three land ports

2014-11-09 00:00:00

US wheat posts first weekly loss since Sept

2014-11-09 00:00:00

CHICAGO, Nov 8 (Reuters): Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures dropped for the fourth day in a row on Friday as US exporters struggled to compete in an export market laden with supplies from around the globe, traders said. Corn...

Gold extends slump in turbulent week

2014-11-09 00:00:00

LONDON, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): Gold prices hit a four-year low, hit by persistent dollar strength, while crude oil plumbed multi-year troughs on fears over Saudi price cuts and plentiful supplies. A rebounding greenback makes dollar-priced commodities more expensive for buyers...

Chicago agricultural commodities close mixed

2014-11-09 00:00:00

CHICAGO, Nov 8 (BSS/Xinhua): Agricultural commodities futures closed mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) yesterday, with corn and wheat falling, and soybeans rising. The most active corn contract for December delivery fell 3.75 cents, or 1.01 per cent,...

Global Commodity Prices

2014-11-09 00:00:00

Modi set for first cabinet reshuffle

2014-11-09 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Nov 08 (BSS/AFP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on Sunday expected to carry out the first major reshuffle of his cabinet since storming to power in May, with the key defence portfolio likely to go to a...

Russia says US is welcome to mediate Ukraine crisis

2014-11-09 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Nov 08, 2014 (BSS/AFP) - Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov said Saturday that US involvement in resolving the conflict in Ukraine would be a "step in the right direction", after meeting with his US counterpart John Kerry in Beijing....

Obama doubles US troops in Iraq

2014-11-09 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): President Barack Obama on Friday unveiled plans to send 1,500 additional troops to Iraq to help Baghdad government forces strike back at Islamic State jihadists, roughly doubling the number of US soldiers in the country. The...

Qaeda kills \\\'dozens\\\' after Yemen gets government

2014-11-09 00:00:00

SANAA, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): Al-Qaeda claimed its militants killed "dozens" of Shiite rebels in Yemen on Saturday, hours after the formation of a new government intended to take the strife-torn country out of crisis. The cabinet was formed shortly before...

EU foreign affairs chief calls for Palestinian state

2014-11-09 00:00:00

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP):  The European Union's new foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini on Saturday appealed for the establishment of a Palestinian state, saying the world "cannot afford" another war in Gaza. "We need a Palestinian state...

Tunisia Islamists avoid backing presidential candidate

2014-11-09 00:00:00

TUNIS, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party, which came second behind its secular rival in landmark parliamentary polls last month, said Saturday it was not backing any candidate in a forthcoming presidential election. The party, which won 69 out...

Sri Lanka rejects UN accusations over war crime probe

2014-11-09 00:00:00

GENEVA, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP):  Sri Lanka on Saturday angrily rejected accusations by the UN rights chief that it was sabotaging a war crimes probe into the country's brutal separatist war, calling the charges "extremely regrettable." UN High Commissioner for Human...