Armed Forces' Day will be observed as usual on November 21, an ISPR press release said, according to a news agency.
JESSORE, Nov 19: Engineer Nurul Islam, father of slain Dr Shamrukh Mehzabin Sumi, Wednesday urged the Prime Minister to ensure the trial of his daughter’s alleged killers. Speaking at a press conference at Jessore Press Club also expressed his concern...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Nov 18: Academic and administrative activities are facing serious setback in a good number of government primary schools in the district due to lack of headmasters. According to Rangpur District Primary Education Office sources; there are 1,412 government primary...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Nov 18: Harvesting of transplanted Aman has just started in Nilphamari district amidst acute labour shortage. Labour shortage has been created as huge number of labourers of the district has shifted their workplace to the southern districts of Jaipurhat,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
MAGURA, Nov 18: A bumper production and high price of Aman paddy have brought smile on the faces of Aman farmers in Magura. Newly harvested Aman paddy has started to appear in the market. Farmers in the district are happy...
MANIKGANJ, Nov 18 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a young man from a boarding house in bus stand area of sadar upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Rakibul Islam Rakib, son of Niamat Ali, a resident...
CHANDPUR, Nov 18 (UNB): A minor girl was killed in a road accident at Balakhal Bazar on the Chandpur-Comilla Highway in Hajiganj upazila on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Naushin,6, daughter of Abul Hasim, a resident of Gobindapur...
BENAPOLE, Nov 18 (UNB): Three Bangladeshi teenagers including a girl returned home through Putkhali border on Monday night after serving one year in an Indian jail. Border Security Force (BSF) handed them over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at night....
BARISAL, Nov 18 (BSS): Police recovered the body of a hotel manager from 'Hotel Greenbag' at Vatarkhal area in the city this morning. The victim was Mizanur Rahman, 55, of Patharhat area under Mehendiganj upazila. Being informed, police rushed to...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
JESSORE, Nov 18: Writer, researcher and environment activist Benzin Khan in a press conference urged the government to stop cultivation of genetically modified BT brinjal for the sake of a healthy nation. The government has already selected a total of...
MUNSHIGANJ, Nov 18 (BSS): A 15-day 'Plastic Surgery Camp' Was inaugurated here on Monday aimed at providing plastic surgery treatment to the patients. A group of 12 plastic surgery specialist doctors from the Netherlands, led by Dr Johana, will operate...
The lawyer for BNP chief Khaleda Zia has cited the quashing of a case against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as he urged for dismissal of a corruption case against her at the Supreme Court. An Appellate Division bench, led by...
One held with 1.5 kg hemp in Bogra Officials of Narcotics Control Department in a drive arrested a young man along with 1.5 kg hemp from Endonail Bridge area in Adamdighi upazila in Bogra on early Monday. The arrestee was...
The Bangladesh government does not have complete official accounts of the military revolts taking place between 1975 and 1981. There is also no record of the number of casualties in these incidents. The matter came to light on Wednesday when...
Begum Rokeya University Teachers’ Association on Wednesday declared their Vice Chancellor Dr AKM Nur-un-Nabi ‘persona non-grata’ on the campus for his alleged irregularities in promotion of teachers and autocratic behavoiur. Association leaders said this at a press conference at Rangpur...
Leading telecom operator Grameenphone (GP) Ltd is going to provide better services to their customers in Mymensingh. This was promised by the high officials of Grameenphone at a press conference held in Mymensingh Club ON Wednesday, according to a news...
JERUSALEM, Nov 18, (AFP): Two Palestinians armed with a gun and meat cleavers burst into a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday and killed four Israelis before being shot dead in the bloodiest attack in the city in years. It was a...
YANGON, Nov 18 (AFP): Myanmar's powerful army has told parliament it opposes changing a junta-drafted constitution that bars opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president, days after US President Barack Obama called for it to be amended. Military...
BANGKOK, Nov 18 (AFP): The Thai cabinet Tuesday endorsed a bill to regulate protests, including banning the occupation of state buildings, after years of political turmoil marked by repeated rounds of demonstrations. Colourful mass rallies, marches and occupations-including of Government...
NEW DELHI, Nov 18 (AFP): Hundreds of armed supporters of a controversial guru clashed Tuesday with baton-wielding police who tried to storm his fortified ashram and arrest him in northern India, officers said. Police fired tear gas and water cannon...
TUNIS, Nov 18, (AFP): Tunisia holds its first multi-candidate presidential election on Sunday in the final stage of a post-revolution transition that has set it apart from the turmoil of other Arab Spring states. Twenty-seven candidates are in the running,...
Blast kills senior Islamist politician in Yemen SANAA, Nov 18: A car bombing on Tuesday killed a leading member of Yemen's powerful Sunni Al-Islah party whose supporters have been battling Shiite militias, a security official said. Al-Islah assistant secretary general...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
Dhaka's residents can taste fresh vegetable as much as over 10 per cent of the demand through rooftop gardening. Experts and officials said more than 10,000 hectares of space can be brought under rooftop gardening. From such gardening, the city...
SINGAPORE, Nov 18 (AFP): Oil prices extended their losses in Asia Tuesday after Japan's economy slumped into recession, while prospects for an OPEC output cut dimmed, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for December delivery fell 37 cents to...
LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters): Gold jumped 1.5 per cent to a 2-1/2 week high above $1,200 an ounce on Tuesday as the dollar softened against the euro, due partly to better-than-expected German economic data. Spot gold was up 1.4 per...
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