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Sramik Dal leader found dead

2014-11-07 00:00:00

COMILLA, Nov 6 (UNB): A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal, the lobour wing of BNP, was found dead at Boalmari village in Daudkandi Upazila Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Mokhlesur Rahman,45, president of Boalmari union unit Sramik...

5 Jamaat-Shibir men held in Ctg

2014-11-07 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Nov 6 (BSS): Police in separate drives arrested five activists of Jamaat-Shibir from different areas of Lohagara Upazila last night. Abu Bakar, sub-inspector (SI) of Lohagara thana, said police arrested five activists of Jamaat-Shibir from different areas of Lohagara...

Three- day remand for arrested JMB leaders

2014-11-07 00:00:00

SIRAJGANJ, Nov 6 (UNB): A court here placed Thursday five suspected members of banned Islamic outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including its chief coordinator, on remand for three days in two cases. Senior Judicial Magistrate Sadia Sultana passed the order...

Engineer Jabbar killed my brother, says PW

2014-11-07 00:00:00

A prosecution witness (PW), also family member of a Liberation War victim, accused Thursday war crimes accused engineer A Jabbar of killing eleven people, including his elder brother Sakha Nath Kharati on May 22, 1971 in collaboration with Razakar militia,...

AL, different bodies stage anti-hartal demos in city

2014-11-07 00:00:00

The ruling Awami League (AL), its associate bodies and other socio-cultural organisations staged demonstrations in the city Thursday denouncing the hartal (total shutdown) called by Jamaat, reports BSS. In the morning, anti-hartal public rallies, human-chain programmes and processions were organised...

Blow to Obama as Republicans seize Senate

2014-11-06 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (agencies): Republicans rode a wave of voter discontent to seize control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a punishing blow to President Barack Obama that will limit his legislative agenda and may force him to make...

Results of US vote for Senate

2014-11-06 00:00:00

Republicans secured a majority in the US Senate and strengthened their hold on the House of Representatives in midterm elections Tuesday. Here are the results of the vote, based on partial results and media projections: Senate: The Republicans captured at...

Heavy clashes at Jerusalem mosque compound

2014-11-06 00:00:00

JERUSALEM, Nov 5 (agencies): Israeli police clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians inside Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound Wednesday after Jewish nationalists announced plans to visit the site despite weeks of soaring tensions. The compound, which is holy to both Jews and...

Gunmen kill 5 in attack in eastern Saudi Arabia

2014-11-06 00:00:00

RIYADH, Nov 5 (AP): Saudi authorities arrested six people on Tuesday in connection with a shooting in the east of the kingdom the previous night that left five people dead and was apparently aimed at the country's Shiite minority. The...

Strike in Kashmir protests army killings of 2 men

2014-11-06 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Nov 5: (AP): Shops and businesses are closed in Indian-controlled Kashmir after separatists called a strike to protest the killings of two men by army soldiers two days ago. Paramilitary soldiers in armored vehicles patrolled deserted streets Wednesday...

news digest

2014-11-06 00:00:00

Car crash kills 16 in Egypt CAIRO, Nov 5: Egyptian officials say at least 16 people, most of them students, were killed in a car crash involving their bus, a fuel tanker and two other vehicles on a highway north...

DSE

2014-11-06 00:00:00

China sets price for cotton subsidy scheme

2014-11-06 00:00:00

BEIJING, Nov 5 (Reuters):  China will pay farmers subsidies of US $330 per tonne of cotton harvested this crop year outside its top producing region, potentially slowing a drop in output in the world's No.1 consumer of the fibre and...

Gold plumbs another four-year low

2014-11-06 00:00:00

LONDON, Nov 05 (AFP): Gold prices dived Wednesday to a fresh four-year low, as demand was dented by the soaring dollar after Republicans cruised to victory in US midterm elections, dealers said. At about 0855 GMT on the London Bullion...

Oil prices extend losses

2014-11-06 00:00:00

SINGAPORE, Nov 05 (AFP):  Oil prices extended losses in Asia Wednesday as dealers looked ahead to the release of the latest US supply report after a sell-off in the previous session owing to price cuts by Saudi Arabia. US benchmark...

Wide promotion of raised-bed technology underscored

2014-11-06 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Nov 5 (BSS): Substantial and sustainable promotion of raised-bed technology in the farming field has become an urgent need for boosting crop production to feed the gradually increasing population. Sharing his expertise Dr Israil Hossain, Chief Scientific Officer of...

22 held in Benapole while returning from India

2014-11-06 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, Nov 5 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 22 Bangladeshi nationals while entering the country through Putkhali border point here on Tuesday night, after going to India illegally. The arrestees hail from different areas of Jessore, Narail,...

JGF opposes setting up of Rooppur nuke plant

Our Correspondent | 2014-11-06 00:00:00

PABNA, Nov 5: Jatiya Gono Front, a left leaning forum launched campaign against Rooppur Nuke Plant, the much-talked about project in the country. In a press conference held at the Pabna press club on Wednesday noon the leaders of the...

Boy commits suicide for failure in exam

2014-11-06 00:00:00

SHERPUR, Nov 5 (UNB): A boy who failed in the test examination for the 2015 year's SSC examination allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday night at Uttar Garkanda in Nalitabari upazila as he could not bear the pain of failing in...

5 killed in road accidents

2014-11-06 00:00:00

HABIGANJ, Nov 5 (BSS): Two people were killed as a hit a rickshaw van carrying vegetable at Digambar Bazaar on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bahubal upazila of the district this morning. The victims were Sukur Ali, a vegetable vendor, and...

Man killed in clash over fishing in Sunamganj

2014-11-06 00:00:00

SUNAMGANJ, Nov 5 (UNB): A man was killed and 30 others were injured in a clash between two rival groups over fishing in a water body in Sadar (South) upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Tafazzul Hossain,45, son...

Holy Ashura observed in districts

2014-11-06 00:00:00

Our Correspondent KHULNA, Nov 5: The holy Ashura was observed on Tuesday on the 10th Muharram commemorating the Karbala tragedy, in Khulna, Khalishpur and Daulatpur area of Khulna city as elsewhere in the country with due solemnity and religious fervour.  ...

Nilphamari farmers getting free fertilisers to recoup flood losses

2014-11-06 00:00:00

Our Correspondent NILPHAMARI, Nov 5: To recoup the losses that some farmers sustained in Aman cultivation during the last flood in Nilphamari district, the government is distributing chemical fertilisers and seeds free of cost to them for cultivating winter crops....

Modern technology to increase rice output emphasised

2014-11-06 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Nov 5 (BSS): Experts at the inaugural ceremony of a two-day training course today asked the poor and extremely poor farmers for adopting modern agriculture technologies to increase production of chemical-free hygienic rice. World Vision Bangladesh (WVB) under its...

Unidentified body recovered in M\\\'singh

2014-11-06 00:00:00

MYMENSINGH, Nov 5 (BSS): Kotwali Police recovered the floating body of an unidentified woman from the Brahmaputra river in Khagdador area here this afternoon. A towel was wrapped around the neck of the body and the criminals might have left...

News in brief

2014-11-06 00:00:00

4 drug addicts, 4 other peddlers jailed in Faridpur A mobile court in Faridpur on Tuesday convicted four drug addicts and four drug peddlers and sentenced them to imprisonment with various jail terms each on charge of taking drugs including...

vegetables

2014-11-06 00:00:00

Masakadza\\\'s ton boosts Zimbabwe

2014-11-06 00:00:00

KHULNA, Nov 5 (UNB): A brilliant century by Hamilton Masakadza guided Zimbabwe to 331 for 5 in 112 overs in the first innings at stumps on the 3rd day of the 2nd Test of the three-match Bashundhara Cement Series at...

BD must ensure disabled athletes\\\' participation at global stage: UK

2014-11-06 00:00:00

British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert Gibson has urged Bangladesh to rectify quickly whatever is necessary before Rio in 2016 to ensure participation of disabled athletes on the world stage, reports UNB. Expressing his disappointment, Gibson said that because of...

SA beat Australia in first T20 int’l match

2014-11-06 00:00:00

ADELAIDE, Nov 5 (AFP): Rilee Rossouw scored a breezy 78 to lead South Africa to a commanding seven-wicket victory over Australia in the first of three Twenty20 internationals on Wednesday. Rossouw, making his T20 international debut, smashed three sixes and...