TANGAIL, Aug 24 (BSS): Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup van at Acimtola on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila of the district at 11 am on Sunday. The deceased were identified as...
RANGAMATI, Aug 24 (BSS): Cultivation of ginger and turmeric on hills has become a vital factor for the tribal people to earn money which has brought a positive change in their life in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region. Most...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 24 (UNB): Fishes worth Tk 150 million have been washed away from different water bodies under the Muhuri Project due to the onrush of water from hills triggered by heavy rainfall over the last few days. Local people...
SYLHET, Aug 24 (UNB): A minor girl drowned in a waterlogged yard in Ahkalia area of Sylhet city on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Sadia, 5, daughter of Abul Kalam at Karipara area of Notun bazaar in the city....
MYMENSINGH, Aug, 24 (BSS): Construction of two school buildings in Sadar upazila has begun amid much enthusiasm to the students and the teachers. Ministry of Education is constructing the buildings at a cost of Taka 13 million under the supervision...
BARISAL, Aug 24 (UNB): An upazila primary education officer (UPEO) accused of various irregularities have been released of the charges against him. Division education officer Mahbub Elahi on Saturday confirmed that Sadar upazila primary education officer Mostafa Masud has been...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Aug 24: At least 40 persons were injured, 12 of them critically, in a clash between two groups centering on a football match at Shekir Bazar High School ground under Kotalipara Upazila in Gopalganj district yesterday (Saturday). The critically...
Lightning kills farmer in Faridpur A farmer working in crop field in Bhanga upazilla of Faridpur died as he was struck by lightning on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Johor Ali Sheikh, 28, son of Sohrab Ali sheikh of...
William James and John Irish of Reuters from London | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
European leaders face calls to take direct action against the Islamic State including in Syria after the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley, but politicians are reluctant to take the lead after previous missteps in the region. The release of...
Howard Schneider of Reuters from Jackson Hole (Wyo) | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
The Bank of Japan may have to pursue its aggressive monetary policy easing for "some time" to fully vanquish deflation, BoJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Saturday. Speaking at a global central banking conference here, Kuroda said the central bank's...
Aditya Kalra of Reuters from New Delhi | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
The government on Saturday ordered a review of activities at all state-owned hospitals to end what the health minister called systemic corruption, as part of the new administration's crackdown on malpractice in the healthcare sector. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 24 (Reuters): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign for a month during which a probe into the alleged poll rigging will be completed, even as 400 PTI protestors were booked for...
BENGHAZI, Aug 24 (AFP): Islamist militias openly challenged the legitimacy of parliament after announcing their seizure of Tripoli airport, plunging Libya's rocky political transition into a fresh crisis on Sunday. The militias, which the elected parliament branded as "terrorists", said...
TEHERAN, Aug 24 (agencies): Iran Sunday unveiled two missiles and two drones at a ceremony attended by President Hassan Rouhani. The Qadir (almighty) missile, with a range of 300 km, will be used for destroying marine targets, Xinhua reported. It...
SRINAGAR, Aug 24 (AFP): India's army clashed with suspected Pakistani militants in Indian Kashmir close to the disputed border between the two rival countries, leaving one soldier dead, a military official said Sunday. Soldiers encountered the militants-who had crossed the...
BEIRUT, Aug 24 (AFP): Islamic State jihadists advanced for the first time on Sunday into a military airport that is the last stronghold of the Syrian army in Raqa province, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
BAGHDAD, Aug 24 (Reuters): Bombings across Iraq killed at least 35 people in attacks that appeared to be revenge for an assault on a Sunni mosque that has deepened sectarian conflict. A bomb also exploded in the northern city of...
GAZA CITY, Aug 24 (agencies): Israel launched more air strikes on Gaza Sunday after taking its military campaign to a new level by flattening a 13-storey apartment tower following a warning to residents to evacuate. Palestinian militants kept up their...
Spanish police rescue helicopter crashes, three dead MADRID, Aug 24: A police helicopter carrying out a mountain rescue crashed in fog Sunday, killing all three crew members on board, regional emergency services said. The Guardia Civil helicopter went down near...
Mushfiqur Rahim, the Bangladesh captain, has said that his batsmen hardly made an effort as they went down in a humiliating 177-run loss to West Indies in the second One Day International (ODI), reports Cricinfo. He questioned the team's ability...
A 24-member Nepal Under-23 Football team will arrive in Dhaka today (Monday) to play SS Steel two international friendly matches against Bangladesh Under-23 team, reports UNB. The first match will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Bangladesh Army Stadium in...
Bangladesh will face host West Indies in the 3rd and last match of their three-match ODIs at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts today (Monday), reports UNB. The match will begin at 6:00 pm (Bangladesh Time). Bangladesh have already lost the...
Naogaon DSA finished third in the Walton Air Conditioner National Youth (U-19) Women's Handball Tournament crushing new-face Jamalpur DSA by 14-1 goal at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium Sunday, reports UNB. Shahnaz scored six and Soma...
HARARE, Aug 24 (AFP): Australia will make a late decision on captain Michael Clarke's fitness for Monday's triangular series opener against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club. Clarke tweaked his left hamstring during Australia's first training session Friday, but jogged several...
NEW HAVEN, Aug 24 (AFP): Reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova won her second WTA Connecticut Open title in three years Saturday, defeating Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova 6-4, 6-2 in the US Open warm-up event. Fourth-ranked Kvitova, the 2012 New Haven winner...
MANCHESTER, Aug 24 (AFP): Manchester City and Liverpool will renew their rivalry beneath the Etihad Stadium floodlights Monday in the first major head-to-head encounter of the fledgling Premier League season. When the teams last met, at Anfield in April, a...
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