GENEVA, Sept 4 (AFP): One person commits suicide every 40 seconds-more than all the yearly victims of wars and natural disaster-with the highest toll among the elderly, the United Nations said Thursday. In its first report on suicide, the UN's...
WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (AFP): American and Iranian officials will resume negotiations in Geneva this week as they seek to hammer out a full nuclear deal ahead of a November deadline, US officials said Wednesday. The US team led by Deputy...
Eight possible treatments, two vaccines for Ebola: WHO GENEVA, Sept 4 (AFP): Eight experimental treatments and two vaccines for Ebola were on the table Thursday as 200 health experts met in Geneva Thursday to discuss how to end the world's...
Abdur Rahman Chowdhury | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
President Obama in a press conference on August 28 stunned the audience by admitting that his administration did not yet have a strategy to deal with ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. On the following hours his staff...
Alamgir Hossain | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
Every year many districts of Bangladesh witness flooding as the water levels in important rivers cross their danger marks at several points. It is almost an annual phenomenon in the country crisscrossed by scores of big and small rivers. In...
The land-locked countries, having no access to sea or ocean through their borders, do clearly know the pains of its absence. Against this backdrop, the Bay of Bengal could be justifiably billed as one of the greatest gifts of nature...
Bangladesh began their World Hockey League mission in a well manner beating Sri Lanka 3-2 goals in the first round Men’s zonal opening match at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium Friday, according to a news agency. Goalkeeper Asim Gope turned the...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh's poor ranking in the indexes of knowledge economy, innovation, education and ICT (information and communication technology), as measured by a study of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), in the Asia-Pacific region has come as a rude shock to the...
M. Mizanur Rahman | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
Developing countries now think less about poverty eradication, universal primary education and so many things that have been primarily focused in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In Bangladesh, with the growth trend of more or less 6 per cent annually,...
It is indeed alarming to see the way the river banks are being grabbed and rivers polluted indiscriminately. We are totally unaware about the disastrous consequences we are inviting unknowingly by creating havoc on Nature. Very often we see the...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has found no foul play in the Padma Bridge project. No wonder! The common people didn't expect that ACC would find anything. Due to their inactive role we see that the country's corruption graph is rising...
Soon two cricket Test match series between Bangladesh and the West Indies will start and the cricket loving people of our country will closely follow the matches. The expectation of the people is not very high from the Tigers as...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
An alphabetical letter is a mere written sign. It carries a meaning, good or bad, only when joined with others. Likewise, a meaningful sentence in any language might give the ignorant the impression of a magical mumbo-jumbo. To him or...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam reviewing the work | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
According to World Health Organization (WHO), health is a state of complete wellbeing --- physical, social, mental and spiritual. It is not just the mere absence of diseases. And young people's health is often complex, and it requires a holistic...
KINGSTOWN, Sept 4 (AFP): West Indies and Bangladesh commence a two-Test series at the Arnos Vale Stadium in St Vincent Friday with the hosts heavily favoured to extend their dominance over the visitors from the preceding limited-over matches. The visitors...
Bangladesh will go head-to-head against visiting Sri Lanka in the opener of the first round Men's one of the three zonal matches of the World Hockey League today (Friday) at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium (MBHS) in the city, reports UNB....
KARACHI, Sept 4 (AFP): Pakistan's chief of selectors and manager Moin Khan Thursday called for bold steps to lift the team's performance ahead of next year's World Cup following a disastrous tour of Sri Lanka. Pakistan lost the two-match Test...
IM Minhazuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy still maintained solo lead in the points table of the 40th National B Chess Championship 8.5 points after the 10th round Games now being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room, reports BSS. CM...
HARARE, Sept 4 (AFP): Faf du Plessis hit his third century in four games as he carried South Africa to 271 for six in the final game of a one-day triangular series on Thursday. Du Plessis paced his innings superbly...
Jewel Rana scored a brace as Bangladesh Under-23 team blanked Bangladesh Police Athletics Club by 3-0 goals in the practice match held Thursday the Rajarbagh Police Line ground, reports BSS. Apart from Rana's two goals in the 55th and 75th...
DUESSELDORF, Sept 4 (AP): Angel di Maria set up three goals and scored the fourth himself as Argentina trounced Germany 4-2 in their friendly game Wednesday to get a small measure of payback after losing to the host in the...
NEW YORK, Sept 4 (AFP): Serena Williams roared back from an early deficit to defeat Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 6-2 Wednesday and book a US Open semi-final clash with Ekaterina Makarova. Playing in her first Grand Slam quarter-final of 2014, world...
Five more teams win in School Handball Five more girls' division matches of the Polar Ice Cream 22nd School Handball Tournament (boys' and girls') were decided Thursday at the Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali Handball Stadium. On the day's girls'...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
Bangladeshi consumers are having no benefit from the significant fall in edible oil prices in the global market as prices of the commodity are still higher in the domestic market. Prices of edible oil, both palm and soybean, have been...
Sonia H Moni | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
The prices of garlic, both local and imported varieties, rose substantially over the past few days in the wholesale and retail markets, mainly due to rise in import prices of Chinese garlic, traders said. "The Chinese garlic price was $650...
Balazs Koranyi and David Mardiste of Reuters from Tallinn | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
The United States plans to fight Islamic State until it is no longer a force in the Middle East and will seek justice for the killing of American journalist Steven Sotloff, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday. He added that...
FE Report | 2014-09-05 00:00:00
Speakers at a seminar opined Thursday that new Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) of European Union (EU) will have a negligible impact on Bangladesh's export to the EU market except a little effect on readymade garments sector. Presenting a keynote...
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