BARGUNA, Oct 21 (BSS): Light-trap, an environmentally sound method for detecting harmful insects, is helping the farmers in different areas of the district during the current Aman season. This eco-friendly 'light-trap' method as an alternative to pesticides control, getting popular...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-22 00:00:00
KHULNA, Oct 21: Two foreign ships loaded with fertilisers were impounded at Mongla port. The High Court ordered to impound the ships in a transaction case filed by traders of Chittagong Port, Mongla Port sources said. Normal activities of the...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 21 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion here today stressed the need for protection of the rivers and their tributaries for the sake of ensuring sound ecosystem and biodiversity. They viewed most of the cities and towns were built...
RANGPUR, Oct 21 (BSS): Experts at a farmers' field day have stressed for expanded adoption of the 'Short duration Aman rice-mustard/potato-mug bean-parija rice' newer cropping pattern to get four crops annually from the same land. They suggested the farmers for...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-22 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Oct 21: A five-day festival in observance of the 124th death anniversary of Baul-sage Lalon Shah ended Monday night at Chheuria village near Kaliganga River under Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia. Mystic singer Lalon Shah Fakir was born in 1774...
PANCHAGARH, Oct 21 (UNB): A peanut trader was beaten to death by some miscreants in Bhogpara area of Marea Bamonhat union of Boda Upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Zahirul Islam, 25, son of Arman Ali, a...
JESSORE, Oct 21 (BSS): A young man was allegedly chopped to death by some miscreants in Bockchar-Muroli area of the district town last night. The deceased was Tarikul Islam, 26, son of Mojaher Ali of Bockchar- Hustala area of the...
BOGRA, Oct 21 (UNB): A local leader of Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal was crushed under the wheels of a truck on Bogra-Rangpur Highway at Palsa in sadar Upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Krishna Kamol, 35, coordinator of district...
Schoolgirl found hanged in Narayanganj Police recovered hanging body of a schoolgirl from her house at Radhanagar village in Kalapahari union of Araihazar upazila in Narayanganj on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Sazeda, 14, a class VII student...
TEHRAN, Oct 21 (AFP): Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said Tuesday his country was at war with "terrorists" threatening the region and intent on dividing Muslims, as he met top officials in key ally Iran. As mainly Shiite neighbours, Iran...
LONDON, Oct 21 (AFP): Prince William's wife Kate Tuesday made her first public appearance since her second pregnancy was announced as she welcomed Singaporean President Tony Tan to Britain for his state visit. Kate, who has been suffering from severe...
YANGON, Oct 21 (AP): Myanmar's government said Tuesday that a general election planned for late 2015 would be held on schedule, countering rumors that the vote could be postponed. Tin Aye, chairman of the Myanmar Union Election Commission, made the...
NEW DELHI, Oct 21 (AFP): India wants to resolve its border row with China but will not compromise on territory, the country's new national security advisor said Tuesday, after a tense stand-off between troops on the disputed border last month....
HONG KONG, Oct 21 (AFP): Hong Kong authorities and pro-democracy protesters Tuesday held their first talks aimed at ending weeks of rallies that have paralysed parts of the city, after its leader ruled out major reforms. Chief executive Leung Chun-ying,...
MOSCOW, Oct 21 (AFP): Russian and French experts were investigating Tuesday a plane crash at a Moscow airport which killed the CEO of French oil giant Total, Christophe de Margerie, whose private jet struck a snowplough on takeoff. Russian investigators...
PRETORIA, Oct 21 (AP): Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Judge Thokozile Masipa delivered the ruling on Tuesday after reviewing prosecution arguments for a tough sentence as well as the defense...
ISTANBUL, Oct 21 (agencies): Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu unveiled Tuesday details of a sweeping security reform branded as repressive by critics, saying those in possession of banned objects at protests would face up to four years in jail. The...
Car bombs kill at least 12 in Baghdad Shiite area BAGHDAD, Oct 21: Two car bombs exploded in a Shiite area in northeast Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, security and medical officials said. The blasts in a...
Jail super Mahabubul Alam and jailer Joynal Abedin of Laxmipur District Jail have been suspended on various charges of irregularities, according to a news agency.
Monira Munni | 2014-10-22 00:00:00
Exports to Japan dropped by 4.36 per cent during the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the first in five years, as industrial tragedies and yen devaluation ate into export earning. Shipment to the market of the Asian economic...
Eminent columnist, poet, litterateur and a veteran of the historic Language Movement of 1952 Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury will be decorated with this year's PIB-Sohel Samad Memorial Award. The three-member jury board headed by Prof Dr Sakhawat Ali Khan nominated him...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman has urged the global stakeholders to create clear and standard definitions on 'green projects and green bond.' He observed that there is no clear and standard definition yet on the two concepts. "So,...
A gunman shot and wounded a Canadian soldier standing guard at a war memorial in the country's capital Wednesday, then entered Parliament, where numerous shots rang out, police and witnesses said. People fled Parliament by scrambling down scaffolding erected for...
FE Report | 2014-10-22 00:00:00
Malindo Air has apologized to all its passengers 'who have been adversely affected and inconvenienced' by the recent delays and rescheduling of its flights. Mr. M. Gunasekar, country manager, Malindo Air- Bangladesh, in a press release made available to the...
An outlawed party leader was shot to death by his rivals at Charulia village in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam alias Jadu alias Sumon, 32, regional commander of banned ‘ML Jano Juddho’...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-10-22 00:00:00
Garment exporters have planned to bring together manufacturers, global brands, retailers, investors, experts and policymakers at a platform this year to help expedite export. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has planned to hold a 3-day long Apparel...
Two left leaning parties -- Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) -– have threatened to call a countrywide hartal if the government does not shun its plan to raise the prices of gas, liquid fuel and...
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