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Vehicular movement on Padma Bridge will start by 2018, says Quader

2014-11-21 00:00:00

SHARIATPUR: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Friday said vehicular movement on the much-talked-about Padma Bridge will start by 2018. “The construction works on the Padma Bridge is continuing defying all odds. Vehicles will start plying the Padma Bridge...

Armed forces \\\'pride of nation\\\': PM

2014-11-21 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described the armed forces the "pride of the nation". She says her government wants to see the armed forces as efficient, modern and well-equipped. "We will do everything necessary to this end," she said at...

B Chy wants govt resignation, early polls

2014-11-21 00:00:00

President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury Friday urged the government to quit forthwith and arrange a credible general election. “An unprecedented anarchy has been created in the country following the January-5 election joined by only one...

Bangladesh thrash Zimbabwe by 87 runs with Shakib ton

2014-11-21 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG: An all-round performance by Shakib Al Hasan enabled Bangladesh to taste their first ODI victory in 2014 beating Zimbabwe by 87 runs in the first of the five-match Bashundhara Cement ODI series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong...

Detailed DSE Trading

2014-11-21 00:00:00

\\\'UP level holding tax collection needs supervision and monitoring\\\'

2014-11-21 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Nov 20 (BSS): Proper supervision and monitoring has become an urgent task for enhancing the collection of holding tax in Union Parishad (UP) level for making it self-reliant, speakers at a discussion meeting here said. They viewed own fund...

Throat-slit body found in Thakurgaon

2014-11-21 00:00:00

THAKURGAON, Nov 20 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a young man with the throat slashed from Dehan village in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Shamsul Haque,57, son of late Mohammad of the same village....

2 killed in road accidents

2014-11-21 00:00:00

PIROJPUR, Nov 20 (UNB): A bus helper was killed in a road accident in bus stand area of Bhandaria upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Sagor, 20, son Piyar Ali, a resident of Birkathi village in Kathalia...

Meeting on law and order held in Khulna

2014-11-21 00:00:00

KHULNA, Nov 20 (BSS): The law and order meeting was held today (Thursday) at the conference room of Khulna deputy commissioner office in the city. Law maker Mizanur Rahman Mizan asked the law enforcement agencies to take immediate drive against...

Mustard production target fixed at 0.63m tonnes

2014-11-21 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Nov 20 (BSS): The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing 0.63 million tonnes mustard from 0.55 million hectares of land during the current Rabi season in the country, official sources said. The fixed mustard...

Chatal workers back to work as husking mills start operation in Nilphamari

Our Correspondent | 2014-11-21 00:00:00

NILPHAMARI, Nov 20: As Aman paddy farmers started to sell paddy in the markets, husking mills have also started functioning in the district. As a result Chatal workers who were out of works also came back to works. There are...

Training on Right to Information Act held in Mymensingh

2014-11-21 00:00:00

MYMENSINGH, Nov 20 (BSS): Chief Information Commissioner Mohammed Faruk said every citizen of the country has the right to get information from all the public, autonomous and statutory organization as it has been recognized in the constitution. He said, it...

News in brief

2014-11-21 00:00:00

Lineman electrocuted in Jessore An electric lineman was electrocuted and another was injured in Monirampur upazila of Jessore district Thursday. The victim was identified as Abdus Salam Sardar 36, son of Hashem Ali Sardar of Buruli village in Keshabpur upazila...

Photo: MYMENSINGH: A \\\'gachhi\\\' (tree climber) preparing a date tree

2014-11-21 00:00:00

Photo: LAXMIPUR: About 300 artisans are engaged in making bamboo wares

2014-11-21 00:00:00

Oil up on speculation of OPEC cut, US stock build ignored

Barani Krishnan of Reuters in New York | 2014-11-21 00:00:00

Oil prices rose on November 19 after Libya's representative to OPEC fuelled hopes of an output cut, prompting traders to focus on next week's meeting of the producer group and ignore an unexpected surge in U.S. crude inventories. U.S. crude...

Hackers to probe cyber crime defences at British banks

Matt Scuffham of Reuters in London | 2014-11-21 00:00:00

In the next few months hackers will try to penetrate the cyber defences of Britain's major banks and steal information about millions of customers. But for once they'll be welcome. Banks are on red alert after cyber criminals obtained details...

Republicans savage Obama immigration executive order

2014-11-21 00:00:00

Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner has condemned US President Barack Obama's use of executive powers to force through immigration reform. The conservative leader said the action sabotages any chance of enacting cross-party reforms and damages the presidency itself....

Under Modi, Israel and India forge deeper business ties

Tova Cohen and Ari Rabinovitch of Reuters in Tel Aviv | 2014-11-21 00:00:00

At the U.N. General Assembly in New York last September, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set aside time for a critical meeting. But it wasn't President Barack Obama he was keen to see. It was Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi....

As debt piles up, Japan tries to lock in low borrowing costs

Takaya Yamaguchi and Hideyuki Sano of Reuters in Tokyo | 2014-11-21 00:00:00

Japan may borrow more debt over a longer horizon as the country steps up its already super-loose monetary policy to prop up economic growth and avoid slipping back into deflation. The plan is seen aimed at taking advantage of central...

Iran to resist \\\'excessive\\\' demands in push for nuclear deal

Fredrik Dahl and Parisa Hafezi of Reuters in Vienna | 2014-11-21 00:00:00

Iran said it would resist Western pressure to make what it considered to be excessive concessions in nuclear talks that started on November 18, highlighting obstacles that could prevent a historic deal being reached by a Nov. 24 deadline. US...

Indian police search ashram for explosives after bloody stand-off

2014-11-21 00:00:00

BARWALA, India, Nov 20 (AFP):  Indian police were Thursday scouring the ashram of a controversial guru for explosives after his arrest ended a bloody stand-off with thousands of followers and a long siege during which six people died. Police arrested...

French jihadists call for attacks on their homeland

2014-11-21 00:00:00

PARIS, Nov 20 (AFP):  A horrified France was grappling with a new reality on Thursday in which hundreds of its citizens are openly joining jihadist groups and directly calling for attacks on their homeland. A new video from the Islamic...

Iran nuclear talks hang in the balance

2014-11-21 00:00:00

VIENNA, Nov 20 (AFP):  A final round of talks on Iran's nuclear programme before a looming deadline hung in the balance Thursday as Britain expressed pessimism a deal could be done in time and foreign ministers stayed away. British Foreign...

UN peacekeepers facing \\\'complex challenges\\\'

2014-11-21 00:00:00

UNITED NATIONS, United States, Nov 20 (AFP):  Dozens of UN peacekeepers have been killed in northern Mali and kidnapped on Syria's Golan in recent months, while in South Sudan they shelter 100,000 civilians fleeing merciless fighting. Rarely have the much-vaunted...

24 feared dead as bus plunges into Nepal river

2014-11-21 00:00:00

KATHMANDU, Nov 20 (AFP):  At least 24 people were feared dead when a passenger bus plunged Thursday into a river in mountainous western Nepal, triggering a search operation for any survivors, police said. The bus, carrying at least 45 passengers,...

Teargas fired inside Nigeria parliament before key vote

2014-11-21 00:00:00

ABUJA, Nov 20 (AFP):  Nigerian security forces fired teargas on Thursday inside the parliament complex as opposition lawmakers, including the speaker of the lower house, arrived for a key vote on emergency rule in the northeast. The leader of the...

news digest

2014-11-21 00:00:00

Ebola death toll rises to 5,420: WHO GENEVA, Nov 20: The World Health Organization said Wednesday that 5,420 people had so far died of Ebola across eight countries, out of a total 15,145 cases of infection, since late December 2013....

India to pay Iran $400m frozen oil money

2014-11-21 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Nov 20 (Reuters):  India will soon pay a third tranche of $400 million to Iran ahead of a Nov. 24 deadline to an interim deal with six world powers that allows Tehran to recover part of its overseas...

Taiwan tightens crackdown on food fraud amid scandals

2014-11-21 00:00:00

TAIPEI, Nov. 20 (Xinhua): Taiwan's legislative authority passed new amendments to the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation after a third reading on Tuesday. The changes raise tenfold the maximum fine of 2 billion New Taiwan dollars (651 million U.S....