RAJSHAHI, Nov 8 (UNB): Two people, including a minor girl, were killed and 15 others injured in separate road accidents in the city and Godagari Upazila on Friday. In the city, a minor girl was killed in a road accident...
GAIBANDHA, Nov 8 (BSS): Fortified Atta selling under government's Open Market Sale (OMS) programme continues at Gaibandha Municipality creating positive impact to the poor. The government has been conducting the OMS programme in the municipality area for the last few...
RANGPUR, Nov 8 (BSS): The Prime Bank Limited (PBL) with the assistance of Prime Bank Eye Hospital and Prime Bank Foundation provided free treatments to 300 poor eye patients of Badarganj upazila here at a day-long free eye camp on...
JHALOKATHI, Nov 8 (UNB): A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of a room at her residence at Court Road area in the town on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Jhimu Akter, 26, wife...
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KHULNA, Nov 8: A cargo vessel MV Safina-E-Makka loaded with 880 tonnes clinkers sank in Rupsha river early Friday. Master of the cargo vessel Nannu Mia said that the vessel loaded with clinker from a mother vessel at Mongla and...
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RANGPUR, Nov 8: A week long Rash Mela, one of the biggest festivals of the Hindu community has begun at Mahiganj Pareshnath temple premises under Rangpur city Friday afternoon. Assistant High Commissioner of India, stationed at Rajshahi Mr. Sandwip Mitra...
Minor boy drowns in Thakurgaon A minor boy drowned in the Lachhi river in Pirganj upazila in Thakurgaon on Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Fahim,3, son of Shahiduddin, a resident of Rice Mill Para of the same upazila....
CHICAGO, Nov 8 (Reuters): Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures dropped for the fourth day in a row on Friday as US exporters struggled to compete in an export market laden with supplies from around the globe, traders said. Corn...
LONDON, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): Gold prices hit a four-year low, hit by persistent dollar strength, while crude oil plumbed multi-year troughs on fears over Saudi price cuts and plentiful supplies. A rebounding greenback makes dollar-priced commodities more expensive for buyers...
CHICAGO, Nov 8 (BSS/Xinhua): Agricultural commodities futures closed mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) yesterday, with corn and wheat falling, and soybeans rising. The most active corn contract for December delivery fell 3.75 cents, or 1.01 per cent,...
NEW DELHI, Nov 08 (BSS/AFP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on Sunday expected to carry out the first major reshuffle of his cabinet since storming to power in May, with the key defence portfolio likely to go to a...
MOSCOW, Nov 08, 2014 (BSS/AFP) - Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov said Saturday that US involvement in resolving the conflict in Ukraine would be a "step in the right direction", after meeting with his US counterpart John Kerry in Beijing....
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): President Barack Obama on Friday unveiled plans to send 1,500 additional troops to Iraq to help Baghdad government forces strike back at Islamic State jihadists, roughly doubling the number of US soldiers in the country. The...
SANAA, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): Al-Qaeda claimed its militants killed "dozens" of Shiite rebels in Yemen on Saturday, hours after the formation of a new government intended to take the strife-torn country out of crisis. The cabinet was formed shortly before...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): The European Union's new foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini on Saturday appealed for the establishment of a Palestinian state, saying the world "cannot afford" another war in Gaza. "We need a Palestinian state...
TUNIS, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party, which came second behind its secular rival in landmark parliamentary polls last month, said Saturday it was not backing any candidate in a forthcoming presidential election. The party, which won 69 out...
GENEVA, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): Sri Lanka on Saturday angrily rejected accusations by the UN rights chief that it was sabotaging a war crimes probe into the country's brutal separatist war, calling the charges "extremely regrettable." UN High Commissioner for Human...
10 years after death, Arafat still Palestinian icon RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Nov 8: For decades, Yasser Arafat was the incarnation of the Palestinian fight for independence. Ten years after his death, he remains a national hero for a still stateless...
Magnum Cricketers maintained their all-wins run top slot beating Indira Road Krira Chakra by 5 wickets in a match of the Dhaka Metropolis First Division Cricket League at BKSP ground 3, Savar on Saturday, reports UNB. In the day’s match,...
ABU DHABI, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): Pakistan will be looking to maintain the winning momentum which gave them a long-awaited series victory over Australia when they face New Zealand in the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Pakistan achieved a...
The Marcel T20 Corporate Cricket Tournament 2014, organized by Udayachal Club, will begin on Friday (Nov 14) at the Dhaka Residential Model School & College ground in Mohammadpur, reports UNB. Planning Minister and ICC President AHM Mustafa Kamal will inaugurate...
LONDON, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has hit back at Luis Suarez's claims that he told his players to waste time in their 2-0 win at Liverpool last season. Mourinho's side travel to Anfield on Saturday looking to...
MONTREAL, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): Elite female footballers and the Canadian Soccer Association looked set for mediation in an attempt to resolve their dispute over the use of artificial pitches at next summer's Women's World Cup. The two sides have seven...
Panasonic Open Golf: Siddikur joint 2nd after 3rd round Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman stood 2nd jointly, overall 3rd, among 120 golfers after the third round of the Panasonic Open India 2014 at the Delhi Golf Club on Saturday. Rahil Gangjee...
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The government has taken an initiative to secure the Japanese employment market as Asia's economic powerhouse needs increased workers to rebuild its economy tattered by natural disasters, officials said. Japan needs about 75,000 foreign workers within next five years following...
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