Our Correspondent | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
MAGURA, Sept 8: Jute traders in Magura are facing hard time as Bangladesh Jute Mill Corporation (BJMC) is yet to pay their bill of Tk 20 million since last year. Magura jute traders sources said, 4 purchasing centres were running...
RANGPUR, Sept 8 (BSS): Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu today handed over a cheque of Taka 0.2 million to the widow of a RCC employee following the expiry of her husband....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed the need for undertaking focused, time-bound and result-oriented programmes by Bimstec to meet the hopes and aspirations of people in the region. “The activities of Bimstec should be time-bound and result-oriented ones to...
UNB reports: A mobile court here sentenced a youth to six months imprisonment for stalking a college girl at Bunagati village in Shalikha upazila in Magura Sunday. The convict was identified as Ashraful Alam, 18, son of Nur Mohammad, a...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 8 (BSS): With the good intension of protecting child labourers from risky and hazardous jobs many underprivileged working children are getting technical and vocational education under Privileged Children Education Programme (UCEP) in the city. Around 4,200 working children...
A Correspondent | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Sept 8: International Literacy Day-2014 was observed in Chapainawabganj Monday. Chapainawabganj district administration with the participation of different non-government organisations and educational institutions arranged different programmes on the occasion. A grand rally was taken out in the morning from...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
KHULNA, Sept 8: Three children, two of a family, drowned in separate incidents in Fultala Upazila of the district Sunday. The deceased was identified as Razibul (6), son of Rezaul Molla and Farhad Molla (4), son of Shahin Molla of...
FARIDPUR, Sept 8 (UNB): A policeman was crushed under the wheels of a bus in front of Karimpur Highway police station in the district town on Monday. The deceased was identified as Joynul Abedin, 45, an assistant sub-inspector of the...
NETRAKONA, Sept 8 (BSS): A court here today sentenced 14 persons to imprisonment for life for killing a youth at North Sangkarpur village under Durgapur upazila of the district in 2004. The court also fined them Taka 50,000 each, in...
A tug of war is going on between Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad and opposition leader Raushon Ershad over choosing the deputy leader of the opposition in parliament. Opposition chief whip Tajul Islam Chowdhury on Tuesday sent a letter to...
Drug addict commits suicide in Jessore A drug addict young man allegedly committed suicide failing to get money for purchasing drugs at Hajerali village in Jhikargachha upazila of Jessore district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Hafizur Rahman,...
Paul Taylor and Adrian Croft of Reuters from Newport (Wales) | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
NATO leaders emerged from a summit in Wales with a plan to protect eastern members from a resurgent Russia, a pledge to reverse the decline in their defense spending, and an embryonic Western coalition to combat Islamic militants in Iraq....
Roberta Rampton and Will Dunham of Reuters from Washington | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
President Barack Obama will explain to Americans and congressional leaders this week his plan to go on the offensive against Islamic State militants, who he said could eventually become a threat to the United States. Obama said he will make...
Zeba Siddiqui of Reuters from New Delhi | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
Indian drugmakers are fleeing a regulatory morass at home and moving some research and development to Europe and the United States as they try to boost margins by producing high-value drugs. India's $15 billion a year pharma industry, the world's...
Orathai Sriring and Pairat Temphairojana of Reuters from Bangkok | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
To make vacationing in a country still under martial law a little more attractive, Thailand's military junta is offering tourists from China free visas. Chinese are the biggest visitors to Thailand, accounting for 18 per cent of total arrivals in...
Fredrik Dahl of Reuters from Vienna | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
The UN nuclear watchdog said it has seen releases of steam and water indicating that North Korea may be operating a reactor, in the latest update on a plant that experts say could make plutonium for atomic bombs. North Korea...
LONDON, Sept 8 (AFP): Supporters of the United Kingdom began a fightback on Monday to stop Scotland voting for independence in next week's referendum after an opinion poll put the separatists ahead for the first time. The shock survey put...
BANGKOK, Sept 8 (AFP): Rights activists Monday renewed calls for an end to martial law imposed since Thailand's coup, accusing the military of overseeing a judicial "twilight zone" following their power grab. Army chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha introduced the draconian...
JERUSALEM, Sept 8 (Reuters): Scores of Palestinians rioted in East Jerusalem on Sunday after hearing that a youth from their neighbourhood had died of wounds suffered in a clash with Israeli police last week. Protesters in the neighbourhood of Wadi...
BAGHDAD, Sept 8 (Reuters): Islamic State fighters attacked a riverside town north of Baghdad on Monday with gunboats and a car bomb, killing 17 people and wounding 54, a security source said. The source said the attack on Dhuluiya, around...
MANILA, Sep 8 (agencies): A Philippine official says the president discreetly met with a Muslim rebel leader last week in Manila and both helped untangle thorny differences over a proposed autonomy law they hope will end decades of bloody rebellion...
SRINAGAR, Sept 8 (agencies): Authorities in India and Pakistan made frantic efforts Monday to pluck tens of thousands of people to safety from floods which have killed at least 350 people as desperate residents huddled on rooftops. Army and air...
British royal couple expecting second child LONDON, Sep 8: British royal couple the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William are expecting their second child, royal officials said Monday. The duchess is also being treated for severe morning sicknessThe couple's Clarence...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
Rice output increased by nearly 0.6 million tonnes to 34.365 million tonnes in the fiscal year (FY) 2013-14 -- an all-time high production recorded in the country. Rice production achieved a 1.77 per cent growth in the year compared to...
YANGON, Sept. 8 (Xinhua): India will resume buying rice from Myanmar after suspension for three years, offering to import 500, 000 tons of rice from the Southeast Asian country, said a Myanmar rice traders organization today. Prices for the rice...
LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters): Brent crude oil fell below $100 a barrel for the first time in 14 months on Monday as Chinese and U.S. data pointed to slower-than-expected growth in the world's top oil consumers. Weak economic growth combined...
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