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0.074m agro-inputs assistance cards distributed in Khulna

Our Correspondent | 2014-09-23 00:00:00

KHULNA, Sept 22: The distribution programme of agro-inputs assistance card among the marginal farmers is going slowly for the second time in Khulna. The card distribution programme started on August-5. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said that the target was...

Preparations for Durga Puja progressing fast in Gaibandha

2014-09-23 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Sept 22 (BSS): Preparations for holding Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu Communities in the country, are progressing fast throughout the district as the commencement of the annual event draws nearer. The 4-day long festival of...

4 get life term for double murder in Sherpur

2014-09-23 00:00:00

SHERPUR, Sept 22 (UNB): A court here on Sunday convicted four people, including three siblings, and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing two people in 2001. The convicts are-Sayedul Islam, Samedul Islam and Shahidul Islam alias Buidda-three sons...

70 passenger coaches under repair in Syedpur

Our Correspondent | 2014-09-23 00:00:00

NILPHAMARI, Sept 22: To carry increased number of railway passengers in the ensuing Eid-ul-Azha Syedpur Railway Workshop has undertaken a scheme to repair and renovate 70 passenger coaches on an urgent basis. At present the repairing works are going on...

Sugarcane vendor stabbed to death in Comilla

2014-09-23 00:00:00

COMILLA, Sept 22 (UNB): A sugarcane vendor was stabbed to death allegedly by an unidentified miscreants at Police Line Choumohoni area in the city  Sunday. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately. Although the police detained the...

Unity, development of women for eradicating violence stressed

2014-09-23 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Sept 22 (BSS): All sorts of repressions and violence against women could be eradicated through ensuring unity among the backward rural womenfolk and their development, speakers said at a daylong women grand rally said. Fulbari Area Development Programme (ADP)...

News in brief

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Youth's hanging body recovered in Sunamganj Police recovered the hanging body of a 15-year-old boy in Chanpur village of Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Matin Mia, son of Muktar Mia of the village. Local...

Photo: JAMALPUR: An old farmer carrying a bunch of jute

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Photo: SYLHET: A seller of pottery items

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Photo: PIROJPUR: Hectic buying and selling of Aman saplings

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Shiite rebels hold Sanaa govt offices after Yemen peace deal

2014-09-23 00:00:00

SANAA, Sept 22 (agencies): Shiite rebels guarded government offices and army bases in the Yemeni capital alongside troops on Monday after a UN-brokered peace agreement aimed at ending a week of deadly fighting. Sunday's hard-won deal, signed by the president...

Doubts and distrust over Afghan power deal

2014-09-23 00:00:00

KABUL, Sept 22 (agencies): Secret election results and an uneasy power-sharing deal have raised fears that the legacy of the US-led intervention in Afghanistan will be a government that lacks the legitimacy or strength to avert the risk of a...

Myanmar peace process at \\\'crucial\\\' stage

2014-09-23 00:00:00

YANGON, Sept 22 (AFP): Myanmar's efforts to secure a historic ceasefire agreement with ethnic armed groups are "at a crucial moment", the government's chief negotiator said Monday, at the start of a fresh round of negotiations. The government has made...

Thousands of HK students on strike for democracy

2014-09-23 00:00:00

HONG KONG, Sept 22 (AFP): Hong Kong students Monday began a week-long boycott of classes, gathering in their thousands for what democracy activists say will be a wider campaign of civil disobedience against China's refusal to grant the city unfettered...

Jihadists urge killing of citizens from US-led coalition

2014-09-23 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, Sept 22 (AFP): The Islamic State group called on Muslims to kill citizens of Western countries taking part in the US-led anti-jihadist coalition by any means, in a statement posted online on Monday. "If you can kill a disbelieving...

Polish president swears in new government

2014-09-23 00:00:00

WARSAW, Sept 22 (AFP):- Poland's president on Monday swore in the government of incoming Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, calling on her to prepare the country for a debate on eurozone membership. Kopacz took over this month as head of government...

news digest

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Pakistan appoints new spy chief ISLAMABAD, Sep 22: Pakistan's army on Monday named a new chief to head the country's premier intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, which is also known by its acronym ISI. Maj. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar was...

Photo: IRAN: Iranian soldiers march past President Hassan Rouhani (L)

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Photo: GAZA STRIP: Relatives of Palestinian immigrants

2014-09-23 00:00:00

B\\\'desh eliminated

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Bangladesh's long cherished dream to reach the 2nd round of the 17th Asian Games Football was shattered after they were beaten 2-1 by upper-ranked Hong Kong in their last Group B match at Hwaseong Sport Complex Main Stadium in Incheon,...

BD meet S\\\'pore in Asian Games Hockey today

2014-09-23 00:00:00

INCHEON, Sept 22 (BSS): Bangladesh national hockey team meet Singapore in their third group A match of the 17th Asian Games Hockey schedule to be held today (Tuesday) at the Seonhak Hockey Stadium. Earlier, Bangladesh suffered a massive 0-8 goal...

United, Friend Social play goalless draw

2014-09-23 00:00:00

sDhaka United Sporting Club and Friend Social Welfare Organisation split points when their match ended in a goalless draw of the Bengal Group Senior Division Football League Monday at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the...

United, Friend Social play goalless draw

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Dhaka United Sporting Club and Friend Social Welfare Organisation split points when their match ended in a goalless draw of the Bengal Group Senior Division Football League Monday at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the...

Abahani, Brothers drop points

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Dhaka Abahani Ltd and Brothers Union Club dropped points as their respective Airtel Under-18 Football matches ended in draw at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB. Brothers Union split points with Uttar Baridhara Club after their...

China beat Pakistan

2014-09-23 00:00:00

INCHEON, Sept 22  (AFP): China narrowly beat Pakistan 1-0 Monday to join Hong Kong and Uzbekistan in clinching a place in the Asian Games men's football knockout round. Chang Feiya took the ball to the Pakistan byline, cut in and...

China\\\'s women romp to gymnastics team gold

2014-09-23 00:00:00

INCHEON, Sept 22 (AFP): China's women gymnasts delivered a performance of ruthless elegance to storm to a crushing victory in the Asian Games team event Monday, as North Korea pipped Japan to silver. A day after a patchy peformance saw...

Kool-BSJA Media Cup Football begins today

2014-09-23 00:00:00

The Kool-BSJA Media Cup Six-a-Side Football Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association (BSJA) and sponsored by Square Toiletries Limited, will begin today (Tuesday) at the BFF Artificial-Turf in city's Motijheel, reports UNB. Twenty-five teams from print and electronic media,...

WC 2022 won\\\'t take place in Qatar : Zwanziger

2014-09-23 00:00:00

BERLIN, Sept 22 (AFP): Qatar will not host the World Cup in 2022, according to Theo Zwanziger, the German member on the executive committee of world football's governing body FIFA. "I think that at the end of the day the...

Ri grabs third lifting gold for N Korea

2014-09-23 00:00:00

INCHEON, South Korea, Sept 22 (AFP): North Korea's Ri Jong-Hwa cried with joy and draped herself in the national flag as she continued her country's golden Asian Games weightlifting run by winning the women's 58kg class Monday. Following in the...

sports digest

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Olympic champ to give up full-time shooting INCHEON, Sept 22: India's lone individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra plans to leave full-time shooting after competing in his favourite 10m air rifle event in the Asian Games Tuesday. "Tomorrow will mark...