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\\\'Social awareness can ensure marketing of formalin-free fish\\\'

2014-10-29 00:00:00

NARSINGDI, Oct 28 (BSS): Speakers at a function stressed for creating social awareness to ensure marketing of formalin-free fish in the local market to save people from wrath of many deadly diseases. They made the comment while addressing a function...

Rangpur newsmen demand arrest of attackers on TV journos

Our Correspondent | 2014-10-29 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Oct 28: Journalists of Rangpur working in different local and national print and electronic media formed a human chain today (Tuesday) in front of Rangpur Press Club in the city  demanding immediate arrest and punishment of the attackers who...

Tribunal censures BNP for making Nizami a minister

2014-10-29 00:00:00

Censuring the previous BNP-Jamaat alliance government (2001-06) for picking war crimes convict Motiur Rahman Nizami as its cabinet member, the International Crimes Tribunal -1 in its verdict on Wednesday observed that it was in fact a slap on the faces...

Sanitation month observed in Gaibandha

2014-10-29 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Oct 28 (BSS): National sanitation month-2014 is being celebrated in all the seven upazilas of the district from October 15 with a call to achieve 100 percent sanitation coverage target by 2015 through stopping the open defecation. To celebrate...

T-Aman harvest starts in Jessore

Our Correspondent | 2014-10-29 00:00:00

JESSORE, Oct 28: Farmers of the district have started harvesting of T-Aman paddy of current season in the district with much enthusiasm and happy mood as they are getting reasonably high price against the crop. Official sources said Department of...

Law and order body meet in Faridpur held

2014-10-29 00:00:00

FARIDPUR, Oct 28 (BSS): The monthly meeting of the district law and order committee to review the law and order situation in the district was held yesterday in the conference of the Deputy Commissioner(DC), Faridpur. The meeting chaired by DC...

5-day Kartiany Puja celebrations begin in Magura today

Our Correspondent | 2014-10-29 00:00:00

MAGURA, Oct 28: The 64-year old Kartiany Puja a 5-day festivity of the Hindu community starts tomorrow (Wednesday). The Puja will end on Sunday. Shatish Majhi of Nanduali area in Magura town initiated the Puja for the first time in...

Man held while fleeing with wife\\\'s body

2014-10-29 00:00:00

GAZIPUR, Oct 28 (UNB): Police arrested a young man from the city's Chhayabithi area on Tuesday morning while he was trying to flee with the body of his wife after killing her. The arrestee was identified as Rafiqul Islam, a...

Seedlings distributed in Jamalpur, Sherpur

2014-10-29 00:00:00

JAMALPUR, Oct 28 (BSS): Horticulture department, a wing of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) distributed 40 thousand seedlings among the farmers in Jamalpur and Sherpur districts till October 28. Jamalpur horticulture office sources said, under the post flood rehabilitation programme...

Housewife commits suicide in Rajshahi

2014-10-29 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Oct 28 (UNB): A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Poba upazila of the district on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Halima Khatun, 45, wife of Janbong at Panshail village of the upazila. Family sources...

News in brief

2014-10-29 00:00:00

2 arrested with pistols in C'nawabganj Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested two alleged arms traders along with two pistols and 14 rounds of bullet from Sonamasjid area in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj Monday. The arrestees...

Photo: LAXMIPUR: A farmer gourds from his garden

2014-10-29 00:00:00

Photo: SYLHET: Labourers storing natural stones

2014-10-29 00:00:00

Tunisians shun Islamists in vote for stability

2014-10-29 00:00:00

TUNISIA, Oct 28 (AP): Tunisia's well-organised Islamists have been defeated in parliamentary elections, paying the price for the turbulent years they ruled after the Arab Spring that saw the rise of terrorist groups in this North African nation. Voters sought...

Afghan president seeks Chinese investment

2014-10-29 00:00:00

BEIJING, Oct 28 (AP): Afghanistan's new president is visiting Beijing to seek Chinese help in rebuilding his country and boosting regional stability. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday and also plans to urge potential investors...

Thousands mark one month of Hong Kong protests

2014-10-29 00:00:00

HONG KONG, Oct 28 (agencies): Thousands of people in Hong Kong have turned up for a rally outside the city's government headquarters to mark one month of protests. Clutching umbrellas, adopted as a protest symbol, they observed 87 seconds of...

Indian top court slams failure to form Delhi govt

2014-10-29 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Oct 28 (agencies): India's top court slammed top officials Tuesday for dragging their feet in forming a new government in the national capital more than eight months after the last administration resigned in chaos. New Delhi, a city...

Ebola : US isolates troops, Australia slaps visa ban

2014-10-29 00:00:00

The US military has started isolating soldiers returning from an Ebola response mission in West Africa and Australia became the first rich nation to impose a visa ban on the affected countries amid global anxiety about the spread of the...

news digest

2014-10-29 00:00:00

Victim’s body found from sunken South Korean ferry SOUTH KOREA, Oct 28: The first body found in three months was being recovered Tuesday from the sunken South Korean ferry, increasing the official death toll to 295, officials said. The government...

Photo: Policemen stand guard in front of spectators watching

2014-10-29 00:00:00

Photo: Iraqi Army personnel take part during an intensive security deployment

2014-10-29 00:00:00

JS body for realistic license fees for CNG stations

2014-10-29 00:00:00

Parliamentary standing committee on the ministry for power, energy and mineral resources on Wednesday recommended introduction of realistic license fees for the compressed natural gas (CNG) refuelling stations, an official release said, according to a news agency.      

BCB XI concede defeat in Acharya Memorial Trophy

2014-10-29 00:00:00

Visiting Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) XI suffered 2nd consecutive defeat in the SK Acharya Memorial Challenger Trophy losing to Karnataka XI by five wickets the 2nd Campus of Jadavpur University at Salt Lake in Kolkata Tuesday, reports UNB. BCB XI...

Waqar warns hurt Australia will bounce back

2014-10-29 00:00:00

ABU DHABI, Oct 28 (AFP): Pakistan coach Waqar Younis Tuesday warned his team to be prepared for a backlash from wounded Australia in the second Test. Pakistan thrashed Australia in the first Test by 221 runs in Dubai Sunday. They...

Faldo Series B’desh Golf Championship begins

2014-10-29 00:00:00

Faldo Series Bangladesh Championship-2014, the qualifying golf meet of the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final, began at the Kurmitola Golf Club in the city Tuesday, reports UNB. Senior Vice-president of Bangladesh Golf Federation (BGF) Major General Mizanur Rahman Khan inaugurated...

T&T Club beat Swadhinata

2014-10-29 00:00:00

T&T Club, Motijheel earned a facile 4-0 goal victory over the Swadhinata Krira Chakra in a match of the Bengal Group Metropolis Senior Division Football League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Tuesday, reports UNB. Rubel made a...

MSC lose points in premier div football

2014-10-29 00:00:00

Mohammedan Sporting Club lost their valuable points as they played out to a goalless draw with Young Redsun Club in the Sheikh Kamal Nitol Tata Premier Division Football League Tuesday at district stadium in Khulna, reports BSS. In the day's...

Richardson backs timing of bowling crackdown

2014-10-29 00:00:00

The ICC's chief executive David Richardson has defended the timing of the recent clampdown on illegal bowling actions, which has resulted in Saeed Ajmal and other spinners being suspended months before a World Cup, reports Cricinfo. Ajmal's loss could hamper...

German World Cup winners fill Ballon d\\\'Or list

2014-10-29 00:00:00

ZURICH, Oct 28 (AFP): Current laureate Cristiano Ronaldo faces competition from six German World Cup winners with Tuesday's announcement of the 23 nominees for the Ballon d'Or world footballer of the year. Spain's La Liga dominated the FIFA list with...

Srinivasan looks to strengthen support base

2014-10-29 00:00:00

With less than a month to go for the board elections, N Srinivasan, the BCCI's sidelined president, is working to strengthen his support base in the east zone, a region that could be important in the forthcoming election, reports Cricinfo....