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Housewife\\\'s body found floating in river

Our Correspondent | 2014-10-15 00:00:00

GOPALGANJ, Oct 14: Gopalganj Thana Police recovered the body of a housewife floating in Madhumati river Monday. The deceased was identified as Lipika Mridha (22), wife of Nitish Mridha of village Rananagar under Gopalganj Sadar Upazila of the district. Thana...

Virus spoiling ginger farming in Nilphamari

Our Correspondent | 2014-10-15 00:00:00

NILPHAMARI, Oct 14: Various diseases including a kind of virus engulfed ginger crop in Nilphamari district. It is a routine phenomenon that ginger crop becomes vulnerable to various diseases every year particularly at the end of the rainy season. In...

Man\\\'s body found in Jessore hotel

2014-10-15 00:00:00

JESSORE, Oct 14 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a middle-aged man from a residential hotel in Monihar area of the district town on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Monirul Islam, 45, son of Dalil Uddin, a resident...

Substandard life-saving drugs put lives at stake

2014-10-15 00:00:00

NETRAKONA, Oct 14 (UNB): Inferior quality life-saving drugs are on rampant sale in the markets of all the 10 upazilas of the district, putting public health in serious hazards. Some second-rate medicine companies are manufacturing and marketing these low quality...

One stabbed to death by two brothers

2014-10-15 00:00:00

JAMALPUR, Oct 14 (UNB): A man was stabbed to death allegedly by his two brothers over a land-related dispute at Kalpa Para village in sadar Upazila on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Warez Ali, 40, son of late...

Reconstruction of 38 schools, college bldgs completed

2014-10-15 00:00:00

MYMENSINGH, Oct 14 (BSS): The government has completed reconstruction and renovation work of 38 government schools and colleges at the cost of taka 25.69 million during the last fiscal year in five upazilas of the district. Upazilas are Mymensingh Sadar,...

Awareness can minimise losses during disaster: Speakers

2014-10-15 00:00:00

FULBARI, Oct 14 (BSS): Speakers at a discussing arranged in observance of the International Day for Disaster Reduction- 2014 here yesterday stressed for creating awareness and early preparedness to minimise losses during disasters. The main objective of observance of the...

GO-NGO collaboration for reducing disaster risk underscored

2014-10-15 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Oct 14 (BSS): Speakers at a post-rally discussion have stressed for comprehensive GO-NGO collaboration involving common people and adopting proven experiences to reduce disaster risks in building a more disaster resilient community. Pirganj Area Development Programme (ADP) of World...

Maintaining standardisation of all consumer products stressed

2014-10-15 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Oct 14 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion here today unequivocally called for maintaining total standardization of all consumers products to ensure sound public health. They viewed substandard and adulterated consumer items always pose serious threat to the public health...

12 transferred over Chittagong money haul

2014-10-15 00:00:00

Twelve employees of the land acquisition (LA) section of the district administration have been transferred after a youth was arrested with Tk 5.8 million in the Chittagong court building. It is alleged that LA section Surveyor Shahidul Islam Murad was...

Boy killed in Bagerhat road accident

2014-10-15 00:00:00

BAGERHAT, Oct 14 (BSS): A minor boy was killed in a road accident at Mahiskhamar area on the Bagerhat-Mongla highway under Fakirhat upazila of the district this morning. The deceased was Ariful Islam, 7, son of Hamid Morol of Shibnagar...

Bangladeshi picked up by BSF

2014-10-15 00:00:00

A Bangladeshi was picked up by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Dharmagarh border under Ranisankail upazila of Thakurgaon district on Wednesday, according to a news agency.    

News in brief

2014-10-15 00:00:00

11 jailed for netting Hilsa in Meghna A mobile court here on Tuesday jailed and fined 11 fishermen for catching Hilsa in the Meghna River in Bhola defying the government ban. Sources said a joint team of police and Coast...

Singaporean state minister meets Khaleda

2014-10-15 00:00:00

Visiting Singaporean Senior Minister of State Masagos Zulkifli Bin Masagos Mohamad on Wednesday met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. The nearly 40-minute meeting that began around 7:40pm was held at the BNP chief’s Gulshan office, according to a news agency.    

Photo: BHOLA: A huge landmass

2014-10-15 00:00:00

Photo: COX\\\'S BAZAR: About 500 trees along Laboni point

2014-10-15 00:00:00

Kurdish town becomes symbolic heart of war against jihadists

2014-10-15 00:00:00

BEIRUT, Oct 14 (AFP): Few people had ever heard of Kobane before recent weeks, but the once-sleepy Syrian border town has become a crucial symbolic battleground in the fight against Islamic State jihadists. Desperate to preserve their hopes of autonomy...

Rab starts drive at Habiganj jungles again

2014-10-15 00:00:00

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Wednesday evening again started a drive at Satchhari jungles along the Indian border in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district to recover arms and ammunition. Sources at the Rab headquarters said the fresh drive...

Indo-Pak military talk on hotline amid Kashmir tensions

2014-10-15 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, Oct 14 (AFP): Senior Pakistani and Indian military officials spoke Tuesday by hotline after days of intense cross-border firing in the disputed region of Kashmir heightened tensions. At least 20 civilians have been killed and thousands of people on...

Hong Kong police in fresh assault on protest barricades

2014-10-15 00:00:00

HONG KONG, Oct 14 (AFP): Hong Kong police vowed Tuesday to tear down more street barricades manned by pro-democracy protesters, hours after hundreds of officers armed with chainsaws and boltcutters partially cleared two major roads occupied for a fortnight. In...

Cyclone kills 24 in east India, sparks fears of floods

2014-10-15 00:00:00

KOLKATA, Oct 14 (Reuters): The death toll from a powerful cyclone which battered India's eastern coastline rose to 24 Monday, as the storm weakened and moved inland, leaving a swathe of destruction and triggering fears heavy rains would bring flash...

N Korean leader reappears publicly with cane

2014-10-15 00:00:00

SEOUL, Oct 14 (AP): After vanishing from the public eye for nearly six weeks, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is back, ending rumors that he was gravely ill, deposed or worse.  Kim, who was last seen publicly at a...

British MPs vote to recognise Palestine as a state

2014-10-15 00:00:00

LONDON, Oct 14 (agencies): British lawmakers voted on Monday to recognise Palestine as a state, a move that will not alter government policy, but carries symbolic value as Palestinians pursue international recognition. Britain does not classify Palestine as a state,...

news digest

2014-10-15 00:00:00

Magnitude 7.4 offshore quake hits Central America NEW YORK, Oct 14: The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that a magnitude 7.4 underwater earthquake has struck off the coast of El Salvador. The quake, whose epicenter was in the Pacific Ocean...

Photo: GAZA STRIP : United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

2014-10-15 00:00:00

Photo: FRANCE : Employees work in a call centre in Romainville

2014-10-15 00:00:00

B\\\'desh face Jordan today

2014-10-15 00:00:00

Bangladesh U-16 women's football team will meet Jordan in the Group-B match of the AFC Under-16 Women's Championship 2015 Qualifiers at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city today (Wednesday), reports UNB. According to the revised schedule, Iran will...

Neymar scores all four as Brazil beat Japan 4-0

2014-10-15 00:00:00

Singapore, Oct 14 (AP): Neymar scored all four goals Tuesday to give Brazil a 4-0 victory over Japan in a friendly match. Playing at a neutral venue in Singapore, the Barcelona striker gave his team the lead in the 18th...

Wasim says young Pak players need more support

2014-10-15 00:00:00

KARACHI, Oct 14 (AFP): Former captain Wasim Akram Tuesday blamed a lack of international cricket and the absence of a system for developing young players for Pakistan's disappointing defeats in recent months. Pakistan lost the final one-day international against Australia...

Italy edge Malta, Croatia rout Azerbaijan

2014-10-15 00:00:00

TA' QALI, Oct 14 (AP): Italy labored to a 1-0 win at tiny Malta and Croatia crushed Azerbaijan 6-0 Monday as both squads remained perfect atop Group H of European Championship qualifying. Southampton forward Graziano Pelle scored on his international...