The US-led coalition against Islamic States has targeted 12 oil refineries in Syria during a third night of air strikes against the militants. The raids - carried out by US, Saudi and UAE aircraft - killed 14 IS fighters and...
Cyprus has launched a rescue mission for 300 people, thought to be Syrian refugees, stranded off the island's west coast. Most of the people on the small fishing boat are believed to be women and children. They were spotted 55...
Four men, accused in three different cases, have been shown arrested over the murder of 6 people at their flat at building in Gopibagh in the city 9 months ago. Detective police’s Inspector Abul Khayer Matubbar produced them before Dhaka...
India's space agency has released its first picture of Mars, taken by its satellite which entered orbit around the Red Planet on Wednesday. Part of its mission is to study the Martian atmosphere for signs of life. It is the...
Miscreants have vandalised five Durga idols in different puja pandaps in Kishoreganj district. They had been set up to celebrate the coming Durga Puja. Idols of these five Puja pandaps in Kishoreganj’s Batrish area were damaged on Wednesday night, police...
Many BNP leaders are covertly in touch with the government in a bid to break away from the party, Awami League leader Hassan Mahmud has claimed. ‘The split in the BNP is imminent. It is reflected in a recent book...
BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said that the 20-party alliance is still intact though a few of its ‘opportunist’ leaders quit the bloc at the instigation of the government through intelligence agencies. Without naming the...
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in bringing cleantech to developing countries could reap some $1.6 trillion (£980bn) over the next 10 years, as investors rush to tackle climate change. According to a new report from the World Bank...
Holy Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated on October 6 (Monday) as the moon of Holy Jilhajj month was not sighted in the skies of Bangladesh on Thursday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee, held...
The board of directors of Fareast Islami Life Insurance Company Ltd has recommended 40 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2013. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on November 3,...
The euro neared a 2-year low against the dollar on Thursday morning, as the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) spoke at a conference at the Bank of Lithuania. The single currency first started tumbling following comments Mario Draghi...
Dhaka Wasa on Thursday signed a deal with a South Korean company to implement a 150-million litre water project, aiming to supply water to the city’s Mirpur area. Dhaka Wasa managing director Engr Taqsem A Khan and senior executive vice...
Grameenphone Limited on Thursday introduced its first ‘Customer FIRST’ app with a mobile application for its employees to empower them to better serve as the organisation’s brand ambassadors. The Customer FIRST App is a simple and effective solution that empowers...
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has voiced deep concern over the government’s move to amend the Anti Corruption Commission Act 2013 to empower the police to investigate money-laundering and graft cases alongside the national anti-graft body. In a statement on Thursday,...
The United States has urged the Bangladesh government to consult with Bangladeshi companies and make them aware about US sanctions issues related to Russia to avoid any potential sanctions, according to a source at the Commerce Ministry in Dhaka. “Please...
Disagreeing with those who have branded Bangladesh a poor country, US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena said in Chandpur on Thursday that Bangladesh is a rich country and blessed with enormous potentials. The US diplomat said Bangladesh has many problems...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia goes to Tangail on Friday as she embarks on a tour of Jamalpur to address a public rally and distribute relief materials among the recent flood-hit people in the district, according to a news agency.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Thursday observed that the successful use of technology is one of the prerequisites for fair and free election. “The use of information technology (IT) has brought substantial changes in the electoral system....
The US Navy’s newest and most advanced P-8 marine aircraft will fly over international waters with Bangladesh’s recently inducted DORNIER-228 maritime patrol aircraft this week for the first time. The announcement came on Thursday as the US and Bangladesh navies...
Garment and knitwear factory owners on Thursday assured of letting the workers to go on vacation in phases from September 29 to October 2 to ease the nagging traffic snarl ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja. They also confirmed...
India has urged Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to invest there taking facilities offered to foreign investors under the ‘Make in India’ campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi unveiled the campaign in New Delhi on Thursday, calling upon local and foreign...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-25 00:00:00
JHENIDAH Sept 24: A construction project on 'Journalist Kangal Harinath Memorial Museum' is going on in full swing at Kumarkhali municipality of Kushtia in order to keep the memorials of the pioneer pressman alive. Kangal Harinath, a pioneer of country...
JOYPURHAT, Sept 24 (BSS): Farmers achieved expected yield of gourd this year in the district that prompted them to grow more gourd in future. The farmers look very happy with smiles on their faces having expected yield. Department of Agricultural...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-25 00:00:00
MAGURA, Sept 24: Erratic power supply is hampering Aman paddy cultivation in Magura. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Magura said, a total of 43560 hectares of land was brought under Aman cultivation in 4 upazilas of the district this year...
SATKHIRA, Sept 24 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a young girl from Chakla village in Ashashuni upazila on Tuesday noon. The deceased was identified as Asma Khatun, 22, daughter of Isak Ali of the village. Locals said they found...
FARIDPUR, Sept 24 (BSS): Cultivation of hi-breed tomato during summer has become popular particularly among the unemployed youths which led to be self-reliant. In village Bilmamudpur located in the outskirts of this district town unemployed youths Badruzzaman Bachchu Molla and...
SIRAJGANJ, Sept 24 (BSS): Three persons including a minor girl were killed and 19 others injured in a road accident at Goja Bridge area on the Hatikumrul-Banpara highway under Salonga thana of the district last night. One of the deceased...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-25 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Sept 24: Preparations for celebrating Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of Hindu community, have been progressing fast in the district as commencement of the festival getting near. The four-day festival will begin on October 1 with due religious...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-25 00:00:00
KHULNA, Sept 24: To make a bridge between productive and prospective entrepreneurs with the banking sector, to create direct connection with the bankers and entrepreneurs and to get easy loan an "SME entrepreneurs-bankers matchmaking programme was held here on Wednesday...
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