Very recently I was on my way to Dhaka WASA (DWASA) office at Kawran Bazar from New Eskaton to lodge a complaint since dirty sewerage water is gushing out from most of the DWASA manholes. Besides, surface drains are totally...
Land grabbing is rampant in our country as the prices of land are skyrocketing and most of the time the ruling party people are directly involved in it. The unscrupulous people often target government lands and grab it using muscle...
We congratulate the government for its firm action of cancellation of freedom-fighter certificates of four top bureaucrats. We believe the punitive action will not end here. Departmental action as well as criminal cases should be instituted against them. At the...
Sharjil M Haque | 2014-09-24 00:00:00
Not too long ago, a friend shared a post on Facebook from Euromonitor International titled "Top 5 fastest Growing Key Emerging Economies in 2014". This writer was happy (and definitely not surprised) to see that Bangladesh had made the 4th...
An Algerian jihadist group has released a video that appears to show the beheading of French tourist Herve Gourdel, who was seized Sunday. Jund al-Khilafa, an ally of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Iraq, had set a...
SANAA, Sept 23 (AFP): President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi warned Tuesday of "civil war" in Sunni-majority Yemen and vowed to restore state authority as Shiite rebels appeared to be in near-total control of the capital. "Sanaa is facing a conspiracy that...
HEBRON, Sept 23 (AFP): Israeli troops on Tuesday killed two Palestinians in the West Bank suspected of the murders of three Jewish teenagers in June, which sparked events leading to the bloody war in Gaza. The killings, during a raid...
DUBAI, Sept 23 (AFP): King Hamad has set a November 22 date for Bahrain's first parliamentary elections since a Shiite-led uprising rocked the Sunni-ruled Gulf state in 2011. The main Shiite opposition group Al-Wefaq, which made slender gains in the...
GAUHATI, Sept 23 (AP): Landslides and flash floods triggered by two days of heavy rain have killed at least 28 people in India's remote northeast. Officials said Tuesday that 14 people have been killed in northern Meghalaya state. Another 14...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (AP): The U.N. General Assembly on Monday approved a resolution strengthening the rights of more than 370 million indigenous peoples worldwide who remain marginalized and impoverished seven years after the adoption of a U.N. declaration aimed...
KABUL, Sept 23 (AP): Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai used his farewell speech on Tuesday to take one last swipe at the United States, capping a long-testy relationship with the accusation that America hasn't wanted peace in Afghanistan. The only...
Explosion at Chinese fireworks factory kills 12 BEIJING, Sep 23: An explosion at a fireworks factory in southern China killed 12 people and injured 33 others, the local government said Tuesday. Two people were also missing following Monday's blast, which...
Bangladesh Hockey team tasted their first win in the 17th Asian Games beating Singapore 2-1 in the Pool A third match at the Seonhak Hockey Stadium, Incheon, South Korea Tuesday, reports UNB. In the day's match, Pushkor Khisa Mimo scored...
Belarus in New York on Wednesday expressed its interest to provide US$15 million to Bangladesh as long-term assistance for the development of its RMG sector, including training of workers. Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail V Myasnikovich expressed the interest during a...
Zimbabwe A team were trailing by 167 runs with four wickets in hand against Bangladesh A in the first innings on the second day of their 2nd four-day match at Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah Tuesday, reports UNB....
Defending champion RTV made a good start in the Kool-BSJA Media Cup Six-a-Side Football Tournament beating New Age by 2-0 goal in one of the nine opening day's matches at the BFF Artificial-Turf in city's Motijheel Tuesday, reports UNB. State...
Bangladesh champions Sheikh Russel KC will play strong Rimyongsu Club of North Korea in their do-or-die last Group B match of the AFC President's Cup at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka today (Wednesday), reports UNB. The match will...
INCHEON, Sept 23 (AFP): Chinese swimming superstar Sun Yang stormed past his rivals to an emphatic 400 metres freestyle win Tuesday as the Asian Games was rocked by its first positive drugs test. The world and Olympic champion hit back...
INCHEON, Sept 23 (BSS): Silver medalist Bangladesh woman's cricket play their first match against Nepal in the quarter-final of the Asian Games cricket schedule to be held today (Wednesday) at Yeonhai Cricket ground. Bangladesh eves have been in Games village...
Indian High Commission in Dhaka is organising a business conclave Thursday that will coincide with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign launch in New Delhi. The Indian High Commission in Dhaka will host the event at its Indira...
NEW YORK: Expressing Bangladesh's firm commitment to low-carbon, climate-resilient development path, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday said the large carbon emitting countries should make robust voluntary commitments to match countries like Bangladesh. She also said that Bangladesh would never exceed...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-23 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Sept 22: Asia's one of the largest 300-year-old banyan trees under Kaliganj Upazila in Jhenidah is on verge of destruction due to negligence by the authorities concerned. The original tree generated in the mud wall of a local porter...
FARIDPUR, Sept 22 (UNB): Unidentified miscreants vandalised four idols of Hindu gods and goddesses at a household temple at Garua village in Bhanga upazila on Sunday. Local people said the miscreants attacked the house temple at the village in the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-23 00:00:00
TANGAIL Sept 22: Flood and excessive rain caused a colossal damage to corps in 12 upazilas of the district. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Tangail sources said around 2 lakh 17 thousand 851 farmers in 12 upazilas of the district...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 22 (UNB): A gang of robbers shot a minor girl to death at her residence at Charandeep Pathan Para in Boalkhali upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Shamima Akhter, 6, daughter of Abu Taher. Police said...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 22 (BSS): Speakers at a meeting in Rajshahi underscored the need for enhancing investment towards the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector for bolstered economy and freeing the nation from the vicious circle of poverty. Terming the SME...
The Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) has said the instrument being used to test foodstuff for formalin contamination is meant for detection of formalin in the air. The state-run scientific research organisation has submitted a report on...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-23 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Sept 22: Police recovered the body of a cattle trader from Nankarer Bazar area at Mithapukur Upazila in Rangpur district Monday noon. The deceased was identified as Osman Ali (50) of Telipara village under the upazila. He has been...
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