The Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) was launched in Geneva on Tuesday to support local community-level initiatives in the areas of education, youth, women’s advocacy, public awareness and aimed at strengthening resilience against violent extremist agenda. It is...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three foreigners without stay permits from a flat at Moghbazar in the city on Tuesday. The elite force also arrested the flat owner for renting the flat to the foreigners without verifying their permits, according...
Yasir Wardad back from Bandarban | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
Good agronomical practices have opened up new horizon for the farmers of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Both the crop farmers and gardeners are 'appropriating' smart farm techniques, which are helping them to reap greater benefits. The farmers have brought diversity...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI Nov 17 (Reuters): India's central bank is in talks with the government to increase curbs on gold imports, Deputy Governor S.S. Mundra said on Monday, reflecting policymakers concerns that a jump in inbound shipments will worsen the country's...
SINGAPORE, Nov 17 (AFP): Oil prices slipped in Asia Monday but losses were limited by speculation that the OPEC cartel would be forced to cut output to prevent further big losses, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for December...
SINGAPORE, Nov 17 (AFP): Oil prices slipped in Asia Monday but losses were limited by speculation that the OPEC cartel would be forced to cut output to prevent further big losses, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for December...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Nov 17: The potato growers of Rangpur division are worried as they are facing severe crisis of quality seeds in the peak sowing season owing to scanty supply of it by Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC). Though the farmers...
SUNAMGANJ, Nov 17 (UNB): At least 30 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups over a road construction work in Bajnamahal area of Chatok municipal town Sunday afternoon. Quoting locals, police said armed followers of Yahhiah Abedin...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-18 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Nov 17: Two persons along with two cattle were killed in a road accident at Rajpat under Kasiani in Gopalganj district Monday. The deceased were identified as Rashida (60), wife of Mannaf Munshi and Laila, (7) daughter of Mangal...
RANGAMATI, Nov 17 (BSS): Two minor boys drowned at Kaptai lake of Vandaripara area under Borkal upazila of the district on Sunday evening. The victims were identified as Sakib, 7, son of Sabuj Miah and Mamun, 6, son of M...
THAKURGAON, Nov 17 (BSS): Speakers at the concluding ceremony of a two-day training course here today stressed for proper selection of beneficiaries and coordination among all concerned to make the social safety-net programmes successful. They said the government's comprehensive social...
RANGPUR, Nov 17 (BSS): Speakers at a day-long nutrition fair today stressed for ensuring child nutrition for their proper physical, mental and psycho-social growth through using locally available food ingredient instead of procuring from market. Fulbari Area Development Programme (ADP)...
FARIDPUR, Nov 17 (BSS): An extensive Rabi crop cultivation programme has been taken up in the district by the Department of Agricultural Extension(DAE) in the ensuing Rabi season to meet the requirements of district particularly the winter vegetable which has...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 17 (BSS): Conservation of natural resources has become an urgent task for addressing the adverse impacts of climate change that has been acknowledged as a major threat to the region in the present context, scientists and researchers say....
JAMALPUR, Nov 17 (BSS): Jamalpur Railway Police recovered a body of an unidentified man aged about 40, from beside the railway track in Jamalpur sadar upazila of the district today. According to Railway Police sources, local people found the body...
Robbers loot two houses in Satkhira Robbers looted cash, motorbike, gold ornaments and other valuables from two houses at Dhandia village in Patkelghata in Satkhira on Sunday. Local people said a gang of 10-12 armed robbers broke into the house...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the jail authorities to impart prisoners with proper training for their correction and make them worthy citizens of the country. In a message marking Prison Week-2014, the premier said, "Do not consider jails...
SYDNEY, Nov 17 (AFP): Chinese President Xi Jinping Monday vowed never to use force to achieve Beijing's goals, including in maritime disputes, just days after US President Barack Obama warned of the dangers of outright conflict in Asia. In an...
MOSCOW, Nov 17 (AFP): Russia expelled several Polish diplomats for spying on Monday, deepening the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War as the EU eyed fresh sanctions against Moscow over the violence in Ukraine. Fresh bloodshed in Ukraine between...
SYDNEY, Nov 17 (AFP): Thousands of rapturous supporters Monday flocked to hear a public address by Narendra Modi on the first visit by an Indian prime minister to Australia in 28 years, many declaring their love for him. Modi, who...
KATHMANDU, Nov 17 (AFP): Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has rejected the use of a bulletproof car provided by rival India for next week's summit of South Asian leaders in Kathmandu, a Nepalese official said Monday. Sharif "will be bringing...
The National Garment Workers Federation has demanded the reopening of the closed Hamim Sportswear and permission to form a trade union.The federation and workers raised the demand at a press conference Tuesday at its Topkhana central office. The Federation has...
KABUL, Nov 17 (AP): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has missed his own deadline for naming a Cabinet as he undertakes a major overhaul of his country's government, which officials and analysts say has long suffered from a focus on patronage...
BEIRUT, Nov 17 (agencies): The killing of US aid worker Peter Kassig has sparked global horror, with President Barack Obama condemning his beheading by the Islamic State jihadist group as "an act of pure evil". Kassig's family said it was...
Baghdad car bombs kill at least 12 BAGHDAD, Nov 17: Two car bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing at least 12 people and wounding at least 29, security and medical officials said. One exploded on a main...
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