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Khaleda to visit Jamalpur Sept 25 to help flood victims

2014-09-09 00:00:00

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit the flood-hit Jamalpur district to meet the victims and distribute relief materials among them on September 25. “The BNP chairperson has a plan to visit Jamalpur district to distribute relief materials among the flood-stricken...

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2014-09-09 00:00:00

A promised bridge on Naboganga river still remains elusive to villagers

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

JHENIDAH, 8 Sept: Thousands of people of some villages under Porahati union in Jhenidah Sadar upazila and Udaypur village of Jhenidah municipality have long been suffering severely for absence of a bridge at Udaypur-Baroikhali ghat over the Naboganga River. Banker...

Law Minister resorts to lies in 16th amendment bill: Fakhrul

2014-09-08 00:00:00

BNP accused Monday Law Minister Anisul Huq of resorting to falsehoods by providing distorted information in the ‘The Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Bill, 2014’ about the annulment of parliament’s power to remove judges.  “The Law Minister Sunday told parliament that Ziaur...

Skirmish before Titumir College blocks traffic

2014-09-08 00:00:00

Traffic has stopped on the Gulshan-Mohakhali road after Government Titumir College students vandalised cars in front of the institution, according to a news agency. After a brief march, students began vandalising cars on the road around 6:15pm Monday. Some students...

Suspend loan realisation from flood victims: MRA

2014-09-08 00:00:00

The Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) on Monday advised all microcredit operating agencies to suspend loan realisation programmes from clients in the flood affected areas for at least two months, in consideration of their plight. This was part of a 4-point...

Walton opens exclusive showroom at Mirpur

2014-09-08 00:00:00

An exclusive showroom of country’s leading brand Walton has been opened on Kalshi Road in the capital’s Mirpur area. Famous film actor Ilias Kanchan, also the executive director of Walton, inaugurated the exclusive showroom by cutting a ribbon on Saturday,...

Destiny distributors demand restoration of MLM license

2014-09-08 00:00:00

Distributors of fraudulent multi-level-marketing (MLM) company Destiny on Monday demanded that the license of the company be restored, allowing its businesses to resume. Addressing a press conference organised by Destiny Distributors Forum (DDF) at Dhaka Reporters Unity, they noted that...

FF certificates of 5 senior officials to be revoked

2014-09-08 00:00:00

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Monday officially sought cancellation of freedom fighter (FF) certificates of five senior government officials who arranged the recognition for themselves prior to retirement, intending to avail various benefits earmarked for those who fought to liberate...

European envoys visit adaptation projects

2014-09-08 00:00:00

Three European envoys on Monday emphasised the importance of an international agreement to tackle climate change. The three envoys --- British High Commissioner Robert W Gibson, French Chargé Babou Kamichetty and German Chargé Dr Ferdinand von Weyhe --- were  visiting...

PM receives \\\'Tree of Peace\\\' memento from UNESCO

2014-09-08 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday received a special memento from UNESCO in recognition of her outstanding contribution to promotion of girls' and women's education. UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova presented the memento titled "Tree of Peace" to the Prime Minister...

Report on defence services’ overspending in FY2011 placed

2014-09-08 00:00:00

The Defense Division spent at least an additional Tk 6.23 billion in the 2010-11 fiscal on top of its final allocation, according to an appropriation report of the Defense Services. Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday placed the report in...

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2014-09-08 00:00:00

Ceasefire is holding, more steps needed in Ukraine

Gareth Jones and Gabriela Baczynska of Reuters from Kiev/Donetsk (Ukraine) | 2014-09-08 00:00:00

The presidents of Russia and Ukraine said on Saturday that a ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists was holding up fairly well and they discussed urgent humanitarian aid for the shattered region. Residents and combatants in eastern Ukraine...

UGC cautions examinees, parents over universities

2014-09-08 00:00:00

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has cautioned admission-seekers and their parents against pursuing higher education on 48 campuses of 12 private universities in Bangladesh, according to a news agency. The universities are-- Darul Ihsan University, Prime University, Southern University, Northern...

Abe steals a march on China with South Asia tour

Serajul Quadir and Ranga Sirilal of Reuters in Dhaka/Colombo | 2014-09-08 00:00:00

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flew to Bangladesh this week for a two-stop tour of South Asia as the globe-trotting leader asserts Tokyo's interest in a region where it has ceded influence to China. Abe becomes the first Japanese prime...

UN failed to protect civilians during Sri Lanka\\\'s bloody war end, says report

Nita Bhalla of Reuters in New Delhi | 2014-09-08 00:00:00

The United Nations failed in its mandate to protect Sri Lankan civilians caught up in the final phases of the Indian Ocean island's bloody war, a new report has said. Sri Lanka's civil conflict ended in May 2009 in cataclysmic...

Putul wins WHO Excellence Award

2014-09-08 00:00:00

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has nominated the daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Saima Hossain Putul for the South Asia Award for Excellence in Public Health. Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim made the disclosure at a press...

Modi to launch plan for every Indian household to have bank account

Rajesh Kumar Singh of Reuters from New Delhi | 2014-09-08 00:00:00

Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised last week to provide a bank account for every Indian household when he launches a major initiative that could save billions of dollars in welfare spending and help mend strained state finances. India has grown...

Kamol Sarker enchants people with his magic tunes of bamboo flute

Our Correspondent | 2014-09-08 00:00:00

JHENIDAH,  Sept 7: Kamol Chandra Sarker, 71, a pipe-maker and piper-man of Kumiradah village under Shailkupa upazila in Jhenidah is playing bamboo flute and enchanting people at home and abroad with the sweet cadence of his musical instrument. Kamol started...

2 drown in Bogra

2014-09-08 00:00:00

BOGRA, Sept 7 (UNB): A five-year-old child and a college student drowned in separate incidents in Adamdighi upazila and Sonatala upazila respectively of the district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Mashrafee, 5, Son of Mamun Hossain of Palanpara...

2 villages brought under rural electrification network in Chuadanga

2014-09-08 00:00:00

CHUADANGA, Sept 7 (BSS): Electricity supply programme under rural electrification programme was inaugurated in two villages in Alamdanga upazila of the district here Saturday. The villages are Ruitonpur and Hafania. Whip of parliament of Jatiya Sangsad Solaiman Haque Joardar formally...

Man crushed to death by train in Nilphamari

2014-09-08 00:00:00

NILPHAMARI, Sept 7 (UNB): A mentally retarded middle-aged man was crushed to death under the wheels of a running train near Chilahati railway station in Nilphamari on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, 50, son of Delwar Hossain,...

Flood causes colossal damage in Kurigram

2014-09-08 00:00:00

KURIGRAM, Sept 7 (UNB): Serious flooding of three straight weeks caused extensive damage to the agriculture, fisheries and infrastructure sectors in the district. The flood damaged properties worth Tk 15 billion in the three sectors, records of the Water Development...

Over 6 thousand Bay fishermen given ID cards to check piracy

Our Correspondent | 2014-09-08 00:00:00

KHULNA, Sept 7: Morelgong Upazila Fisheries Department has issued over 6 thousand identity cards to local fishermen in a bid to check piracy in Sundarbans and in the Bay. Without the ID cards provided by the administration no fisherman will...

BMDA implementing drinking water supply project in Barind

2014-09-08 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Sept 7 (BSS): The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has been supplying arsenic-free drinking water among people in some parts of the dried tract for around last 18 years. So far, the BMDA has installed more than 1000 water...

Construction of 5 schools completed in Panchagarh

2014-09-08 00:00:00

PANCHAGARH, Sept 7 (BSS): The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) Panchagarh has completed construction works of five two-storied primary school buildings in Debiganj upazila of the district at the cost of Taka 25 Million. Debiganj upazila engineer M Saiful Islam...

News in brief

2014-09-08 00:00:00

Woman electrocuted in Rajshahi An old woman was electrocuted in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Hasina, 50, wife of Nurul Islam of Dharampur village of the upazila. Police said Hasina received an electric shock...

International Literacy Day today

2014-09-08 00:00:00

The International Literacy Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the world today (Monday),reports UNB.  The theme of this year's day is 'Literacy and Sustainable Development'. The International Literacy Day was first celebrated on September 8, 1966.

27 held in Cox\\\'s Bazar while going to Malaysia

2014-09-08 00:00:00

COX'S BAZAR, Sept 7 (BSS)- Members of Coast Guard and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 27 persons and seized their vessel as they made attempt to go to Malaysia through sea route illegally.  Members of Coast Guard and BGB conducted...