Domestic credit flow maintained a steady rise with going up by 1.7 per cent in September, according to the latest report of Bangladesh Bank (BB).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday handed over Bashundhara Cement Test and One-Day Series trophies to Bangladesh national cricket team for whitewashing visiting Zimbabwe in both versions of the game. She handed over the two trophies to the skippers of Bangladesh...
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 Kong leader Leung Chun-ying said...
The Appellate Division has scrapped a High Court verdict that ordered the acquittal of former minister Nazmul Huda and his wife in a bribery case. Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha gave the order Monday which means the case will again go...
Criticising a local research firm, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Monday said now the world's most influential research organisations are branding Bangladesh as the new emerging economic power. The Commerce Minister passed the remarks while speaking as the chief guest...
CHITTAGONG: Three people were killed and three others injured when a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Sarkarhat in Anwara upazila on Monday. Two of the deceased were identified as Gias Uddin, 35, the driver of the CNG auto-rickshaw and...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India said that if Bangladesh wants to buy excess electricity from India, India was ready to sell, according to news received in Dhaka. "India was ready to sell 100 MWs of electricity from the plant...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Monday alleged that the current government has got crazier and more repressive to annihilate the opposition. “When people have got fed up with the brutal and despotic acts of the illegal regime...
Foreign investment in stock market showed steady rise in November with total turnover increasing by 29.88 per cent compared to that of in October. The DSE data released on Monday showed the total turnover by foreign investors in November rose...
Senior journalist Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury, died in a city road crash on Saturday night, was laid to rest in Azimpur graveyard (new) on Monday night following his Namaj-e-janaza at the National Press Club (NPC). His 1st Namaj-e-janaza (funeral prayer) was...
India has inched closer to settling a long-simmering border dispute with Bangladesh, possibly signaling a softer line from nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi than when he was in opposition. On Monday, a parliamentary committee urged the government to table a...
MUMBAI, Nov 30 (Reuters): India has scrapped a rule mandating traders to export 20 per cent of all gold imported into the country, in a surprise move that could cut smuggling and raise legal shipments into the world's second-biggest consumer...
BERLIN/LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters): Subdued food price inflation in Europe is unlikely to pick up any time soon, adding to the pressure on mainstream grocers as they struggle with changing shopping habits and competition from discounters. Prices paid in Europe...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30 (Reuters): Pakistan has launched a state-of-the-art system to help farmers calculate their crop losses to extreme weather more accurately and support the government in tackling hunger and malnutrition. Late last month, the United Nations Food and Agriculture...
WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (AFP): The top US shopping "holiday" saw a surge this year in online sales with smaller crowds in stores -- but Black Friday still brought some of its trademark shopping mall pandemonium. Businesses usually offer deep discounts...
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RANGPUR, Nov 30: With the advent of winter the quilt makers in the district are now passing busy time stitching quilts and blankets. They are working day and night to meet the demand of customers. There are over 300 quilt...
A BSS report says: Speakers at a huge human chain and rally programme have stressed for concerted efforts of all with a changed mindset to ensure equal women rights and dignity by preventing all sorts of repressions against women. A...
BENAPOLE, Nov 30 (UNB): A jute mill worker was killed as a bus rammed his bicycle in Rajghat Industrial area at Noapara in Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abdus Samad Molla,55, a worker...
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GOPALGANJ, Nov 30 : A day long first National Workshop-2014 on Combined Agriculture Development Project (Marketing Component) of Pirojpur-Gopalganj-Bagerhat was held at Circuit House conference room in Gopalganj town on Saturday. The workshop was organised by Pirojpur-Gopalgnaj-Bagerhat Combined Agriculture Development...
MOULVIBAZAR, Nov 30 (UNB): A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself failing to bear slander of stealing money at Biswanathpur village of Jafrannagar union in Juri upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mahmud Ali, 50, a...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 30 (BSS): In addition to creating mass awareness about reasonable use of both surface and underground water, emphasis should be given on integrated water resource management for reducing the pressure on groundwater table in the drought-prone area. Besides,...
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MAGURA, Nov 30: A meeting on political empowerment of women was held in Magura on Sunday. Non government organisation Rova foundation and Democracy Watch Under Aparazita project jointly arranged the meeting at Magura Sadar upazila agriculture office auditorium. Magura deputy...
GAIBANDHA, Nov 30 (BSS): Speakers at a function stressed the need for creating awareness among the common people to check child marriage to build a better society. "Incidents of child marriage are still happening in the society before the age...
NARSINGDI, Nov 30 (UNB): A court here on Sunday convicted three people and sentenced them to death for killing a schoolboy in 2010. The convicts are-Alamgir, Shambhu Charan Das and Manir Hossain of Madhabdi in Sadar upazila. The court also...
JAMALPUR, Nov 30 (BSS): The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has fixed a target to cultivate Boro paddy on 1, 27,716 hectares of land in seven upazila of the district after harvesting Aman. DAE office sources said of the total,...
SUNAMGANJ, Nov 30 (UNB): Police arrested a union parishad (UP) chairman from Traffic Point area in the district town in connection with a graft case on Saturday night. The arrestee was identified as Delwar Hossain, chairman of Mollapara union parishad...
Elderly man found dead in Thakurgaon Police recovered the body of an elderly man from a crop field at Gogar-Majhtola village in Ranishangkail Upazila in Thakurgaon on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Dariman Ali,65, a resident of the village....
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