Train services on the Comilla-Noakhali route was suspended as a bogie of a passenger train veered off the track near Laksam railway station on Saturday evening. Laksam railway station master Didarul Alam said five wheels of a bogie of the...
The 17th Asian Games came to a close Saturday, bringing an end to two weeks of intense competition, drama and controversy that shone a light on the best and worst of a region that will host the world's biggest events...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted the countrymen and the Muslim Ummah on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha to be celebrated in Bangladesh on Monday. The prime minister called upon the country's people to build a happy and prosperous Bangladesh...
President M Abdul Hamid greeted all including the countrymen on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha to be celebrated on Monday, according to a news agency.
The festival that began with Mahalaya ten days ago has come to a close amid the rhythm of Dhaks and the colour of vermillion. The biggest religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community ended Saturday with the immersion of idols...
Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader has apologised for the devastated traffic condition on Dhaka-Tangail highway ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha. He expressed regret over the authorities' failure to ease the commuters' suffering on the highway due to several accidents. Quader's reactions...
The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country Monday with due solemnity and religious fervour. On the occasion, the Muslims across the country will offer prayers in congregations and sacrifice animals...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) handed over the body of an Indian citizen, which was recovered from the Basia River in Bishawnath upazila of Sylhet, to the Indian authorities on Saturday, according to a news agency.
Train services on the Comilla-Noakhali route was restored after a two and a half hours halt on Saturday, according to a news agency.
Nilratan Halder | 2014-10-04 00:00:00
Hundreds of people, reportedly, have already fallen victim to what is known as 'agyan party' or 'malam party'. Understandably, the rationale behind naming them so is the substance they use in order to leave their targeted persons temporarily unconscious by...
Monira Munni | 2014-10-04 00:00:00
The US$ 24 billion apparel industry of the country not only contributes to earning the largest share of foreign currency and creates employment of tens of thousands of garment workers but also plays a significant role in developing other sources...
Iftu Ahmed | 2014-10-04 00:00:00
If lifting people out of poverty becomes one of the prime philosophies of Nobel Peace Prize, then Wal-Mart founder late Sam Walton was its pioneer and forerunner. Wal-Mart has lifted people out of poverty more than any other organization in...
Muhammad Zafor | 2014-10-04 00:00:00
Islam is not a religion in the ordinary sense of the term. Normally religion means strong belief in some fundamentals, with prescription to practice some rituals but without any well defined guidelines to be followed in practical life. On the...
Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled | 2014-10-04 00:00:00
Although Bangladesh's population consists mostly of Bengali speakers, it also contains a variety of ethnic groups mostly living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). The CHT an abode of about 800,000 tribal people forming 0.5 per cent of the total...
RAMADI, Oct 3 (agencies): The Islamic State group captured parts of the town of Heet, one of the last pro-government bastions in Iraq's western Anbar province, police sources said Friday. The jihadists used two suicide car bombs to launch a...
NEW DELHI, Oct 3(Reuters): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered Friday the first of many radio addresses he plans to make to mobilise support among ordinary people for his agenda of change. Modi used his maiden address to urge hundreds...
BENGHAZI, Oct 3 (Reuters): Renewed clashes in Libya's second largest city of Benghazi have killed at least 36 people and injured 71 others, military sources said Friday. A spokesman for the Libyan army's Special Force said that "a total of...
DONETSK, Oct 3(AP): A Red Cross worker was killed by shelling in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, the aid group said Thursday. The International Committee of the Red Cross said Laurent DuPasquier, a 38-year-old Swiss national, died when a shell...
YANGON, Oct 3 (AFP): Myanmar's plans to force stateless Rohingya to be identified as "Bengali"-a term seen as disparaging-for citizenship will leave those who refuse facing "indefinite detention" or deportation, Human Rights Watch has warned. The Rakhine Action Plan was...
BAMAKO, Oct 3 (AFP): Suspected Islamists killed at least nine United Nations peacekeepers from Niger on Friday in northeastern Mali, in the deadliest ever attack on the mission, military sources said. MINUSMA did not immediately hold any armed group responsible,...
HONG KONG, Oct 3 (AFP): Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying agreed Friday to open talks with pro-democracy protesters but he and his Chinese government backers made clear that they would not back down in the face of the city's worst...
Brazil presidential contenders spar in debate RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 3: Brazil's top presidential candidates aggressively attacked one another Thursday in the final debate ahead of this weekend's election, as new polls showed President Dilma Rousseff solidifying her lead in...
SINGAPORE, Oct 3 (AFP): The cost of oil rose in Asia today ahead of the latest US jobs report and after hitting multi-month lows a day earlier in response to key exporter Saudi Arabia cutting prices. US benchmark West Texas...
RANGPUR, Oct 3 (BSS): Experts at a farmers' field day yesterday called for enhanced cultivation and consumption of zinc-enriched rice to prevent deficiency of zinc, iron and vitamin-A of the children to ensure normal growth and increase disease resistant capacity....
RIYADH, Oct 3 (AFP): There is a whiff of sheep dung in the early evening air as the sun drops from sight and Ali Al-Shamrani ponders the market for his animals ahead of Saturday's Eid-Ul-Adha festival. "This year they are...
DEPOK, Oct 3 (AFP): Every year ahead of the Muslim feast of sacrifice, a showroom in Indonesia swaps cars for hulking cows costing up to $25,000 each, seeking to lure a wealthy elite increasingly keen on ploughing money into celebrating...
CHICAGO, Oct 3 (Xinhua): Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange was basically unchanged yesterday on mixed information. The most active gold contract for December delivery slipped 0.4 dollar, or 0.03 per cent, to settle...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-10-04 00:00:00
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) temporarily suspended sale of essential commodities through trucks three days before the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. This has caused utter disappointment among consumers. The suspension of sale of essential commodities at subsidised rates by the...
FE Report | 2014-10-04 00:00:00
Major religious festivals of the Muslims and Hindu pushed up vegetables for salad on Friday compared with a week ago, traders said. Prices of some spices increased further while other commodities' prices were static. Price of cucumber, tomato, carrot, chilli,...
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