Dr Seyed Ali-Mohammad Mousavi, secretary general of D-8, a forum of eight developing Muslim nations, on Tuesday called on Finance Minister AMA Muhith at his office. Mousavi discussed with the finance minister the next D-8 summit scheduled in Turkey in...
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PABNA, Aug 25: Missing Jubo League leader of Pabna district unit, also a businessman found dead in Pabna. After two days of missing the police found the body of the victim from Sharatganj area of Chatmohar Upazila in he district...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 25 (BSS): After the Savar in Dhaka, the second largest artificial insemination laboratory of the country has been constructed by spending around Taka four crore at Rajabari under Godagari upazila of the district aimed at improving cattle varieties...
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KHULNA, Aug 25: Acid violence Control Tribunal of Bagerhat Judge SM Solaiman on Sunday sentenced 3 people to 14 years' imprisonment each in an acid throwing case on a housewife in Bagerhat. The judge also fined the convicts Tk. 50,000...
Another message from Our Correspondent adds: BGB members arrested seven persons including two women from Horhaddah border area of Satkhira on Sunday afternoon while they were trying to go to India illegal way. The detainees are Sarwar Gazi (45) son...
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MAGURA, Aug 25: Newly harvested jute has started to come to the market. But farmers in the district are disheartened as present rate of jute does not cover even their production cost. According to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)...
BNP’s Dhaka city unit will hold its scheduled rally protesting the move to re-empower parliament to impeach judges in front of the Jatiya Press Club on Wednesday. Besides, the 20-party alliance will form a human chain programme at the same...
MOULVIBAZAR, Aug 25 (UNB): Two people, including a schoolgirl, were killed and 15 others injured as a bus overturned at Baruna in Sreemangal upazila on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Nila Begum,14, class VIII student of Bhairab High...
RAMALLAH: Abbas formally announces deal with Israel on Gaza ceasefire. Earlier, a long-term ceasefire in Gaza that the Palestinians say was agreed with Israel will go into effect at 1600 GMT Tuesday, an official in Ramallah told AFP. The agreement,...
PANCHAGARH, Aug 25 (UNB): Cultivation of lotkon (Baccaurea ramiflora or Burmese grape) has changed lot of a good number of farmers in Pachagarch. The growers have got a good harvest of the oval yellowish fruit in the district this season....
SIRAJGANJ, Aug 25 (UNB): A housewife was chopped to death allegedly by her husband over dowry at Utra Hajipur village in Raiganj upazila early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Munni Khatun,25, mother of one child and wife of Shariful...
A proposal for setting up an exclusive tourist zone (ETZ) in Cox’s Bazar is going to be considered by the Cabinet Economic Affairs Committee at its Wednesday’s meeting. The proposed ETZ will be implemented under public-private partnership. According to official...
MADARIPUR, Aug 25 (BSS): A businessman was electrocuted at Khagdi village under Sadar upazila of Madaripur Monday noon. The victim was Moazzem Mridha, 56, of Purba Ghatmajhi village of the upazila. Police said Moazzem died on the spot as he...
KUSHTIA, Aug 25 (UNB): Police recovered the body of an alleged robber with the throat slashed from a field at Shehala in Daulatpur upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam Fida,40, son of Pocha, a resident...
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NILPHAMARI, Aug 25: To provide uninterrupted electricity supply to agriculture and industries a 100mw electricity generating plant is to be build very shortly in Syedpur. Sources said in this regard all preparations have been completed in last December. At present...
RAB nabs one with counterfeit currency notes Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man in possession of fake currency notes amounting to Tk72,000 and 2,000 forged notes of Indian rupees from Paradise Para in Tangail Sunday afternoon. The...
Accusing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia of making comments on the National Broadcasting Policy without going through it, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday advised her to speak against yellow journalism instead of opposing the policy. “She (Khaleda) didn’t even...
TEHRAN, Aug 25 (AFP): Tehran will "accelerate" arming Palestinians in retaliation for Israel deploying a spy drone over Iran, which was shot down, a military commander said on Monday. Iran, which does not recognise the existence of Israel, has confirmed...
BANGKOK, Aug 25 (agencies): Thailand's coup leader was formally endorsed as prime minister by the nation's revered king Monday, in a step towards forming a government to oversee sweeping reforms in the politically turbulent kingdom. Army chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha,...
SYRIA, Aug 25 (Reuters): Islamic State militants stormed an air base in northeast Syria on Sunday, capturing it from government forces after days of fighting that cost more than 500 lives, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human...
GAZA CITY, Aug 25 (AFP): Violence reverberated across Gaza on Monday with four Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes as Egypt proposed a new ceasefire that would open key crossings into the blockaded territory. Since an earlier ceasefire arrangement collapsed...
PARIS, Aug 25 (agencies): France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls presented the resignation of his government to the president Monday, Francois Hollande's office said in a statement. The statement said a new government would be formed Tuesday in line with the...
China's Xi hails Mugabe as renowned leader, old friend BEIJING, Aug 25: China's President Xi Jinping on Monday hailed Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe-a pariah in the West-as a renowned African liberation leader and an "old friend" of the Chinese people. The...
David Dolan and Tiisetso Motsoeneng of Reuters from Johannesburg | 2014-08-26 00:00:00
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