Workers at South Korea's two largest automakers went on a limited strike Friday to press their demands for wage reforms, their unions said. Unionists at Hyundai Motor Co. and its subsidiary Kia Motors Corp. downed tools for four hours. They...
In separate incidents, three people, including a woman and her son, were electrocuted in Pabna and Rajshahi districts on Thursday and Friday. In Pabna, the woman and her son died from electrocution at Saragopalpur village on the outskirts of the...
Royal Bank of Canada on Friday reported a bigger-than-expected increase in quarterly earnings, driven by strong results from its wealth management and capital markets divisions. Canada's largest bank, as widely expected, also boosted its quarterly dividend by about 6 per...
Bangladesh can manufacture Refused Derived Fuel (RDF), alternative to coal, from soiled plastics currently disposed off as municipal garbage in the landfill sites in a large quantity. According to a latest baseline survey on the potential of RDF, the country...
A paramilitary soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with militants who entered Pakistani territory from Afghanistan on Friday, the military said. The incident happened in Muslam Bagh sector in southwestern Baluchistan province near the Afghan border. ’About 70...
The Pentagon violated US law when it controversially swapped a soldier held in captivity for five years in Afghanistan for five Taliban detainees without giving lawmakers sufficient notice, congressional investigators found Thursday. The Pentagon used $988,400 of its wartime funding...
The deputy commander of Colombia’s Armed Forces will head a military commission in charge with negotiating a bilateral ceasefire with the FARC. General Javier Florez will lead the commission of military personnel meeting first with FARC in Cuba on Friday....
National Guard troops withdrew Thursday from a US town gripped by nearly two weeks of protests over the fatal police shooting of a black teenager, as new details emerged about the white officer who pulled the trigger. Demonstrations in the...
New budget airline Jetstar Hong Kong said Friday it has sold a total of six of its aircraft because it is taking longer than expected to get a licence to operate. The airline, which is a joint venture between Australia's...
The BNP has alleged that the prime minister is trying to influence the trial of the Aug 21 grenade attack case with her statements. Criticising the prime minister’s statements on Aug 21, BNP chairperson’s Adviser Khandker Mahbub Hossain said Friday,...
Prime minister’s IT Adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy has alleged that the BNP is a party of terrorists and said it should be brought to justice. “As I've said repeatedly, the BNP is a party of terrorists. They should be...
India's cabinet Wednesday cut the minimum export price for onions by 30 per cent, relaxing some of the curbs imposed on overseas shipments in the past two months to augment domestic supplies and rein in soaring prices. Exports will now...
There has been a marked decline in import through Bangladesh's largest land port, Benapole, during the last financial year. Stakeholders offer many reasons for this happening -- volatile political situation before the last national polls, a slowdown in business, bumper...
Language movement veteran Abdul Matin has not regained consciousness even two days after a brain surgery. “He hasn’t regained consciousness yet. But doctors are saying his condition has improved a little compared to Thursday,” Matin’s political colleague Mafijur Rahman Laltu...
Students of Green University in Mirpur have blocked the Rokeya Sharani in Agargaon after one of their colleagues was reportedly killed by a microbus. The victim’s identity is yet to be ascertained. Kafrul Police Station OC Abdul Qayum said the...
The Jahangirnagar University has suspended 16 Bangladesh Chhatra League activists over a factional clash and acts of vandalism at the Maolana Bhashani Hall. Proctor Tapan Kumar Saha said the decision had been taken at a Syndicate meeting Thursday night. It...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Aug 21: Speakers at a view exchange meeting emphasised the need for proper health management system in order to ensure healthcare facilities for the ultra-poor people at village and grassroots levels. They also called for making Upazila...
BNP is planning to announce a programme protesting the government’s move to restore parliament’s power to impeach Supreme Court judges. “The party high command is thinking to announce action programmes against the government’s attempt to restore the power of removing...
KISHOREGANJ, Aug 21 (UNB): Three people killed and 10 others were injured as a bus rammed an auto-rickshaw in Boratia area on Dhaka-Kishoreganj highway in Pakundia upazila on Thursday morning. Among the deceased, two were identified as Shopon, 55, a...
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CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Aug 21: State Minister for Textile and Jute Mirza Azam MP on Wednesday said, the government is committed to save the silk industry. He said this while visiting the sericulture nursery at Bholahat in Chapainawabganj district today morning. During...
SYLHET, Aug 21 (UNB): A young man was shot dead and 19 others were injured in a clash between two rival groups over land-related dispute at Asampur village in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj district on Thursday. The deceased was identified...
KHULNA, Aug 21 (UNB): Farmers in 10 districts under Khulna division are now facing difficulties in processing harvested jute plants for lack of water in absence of adequate rainfall in the current monsoon. Talking to UNB, a number of cultivators...
KHULNA, Aug 21 (UNB): Farmers in 10 districts under Khulna division are now facing difficulties in processing harvested jute plants for lack of water in absence of adequate rainfall in the current monsoon. Talking to UNB, a number of cultivators...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Aug 21: Two unnatural deaths took place in separate incidents in Dacop Upazila of the district Wednesday. One of the deceased was identified as Krishna Pada Das (35), son of Dataram sarder of village Ramnagor Thakurbari and...
NARSINGDI, Aug 21 (BSS): Speakers at a mothers gathering here said mothers can play vital role for eradicating school dropouts and ensuring quality primary education to their children. They were addressing the programme titled "role of mothers for quality primary...
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PABNA, Aug 21: A mother and her son died from electrocution in Shara Gopalpur village under Ishwardi municipality area in Pabna Thursday. The deceased were identified as Lili Begum, 50, wife of Abdus Sattar and her son Ramzan Ali, 30,...
GAIBANDHA, Aug 21 (BSS): Overall flood situation in chars and Brahmaputra river basin under four upazilas of the district worsened further as the water level of the river rose in last 24 hours till this morning. The officials of Bangladesh...
A Correspondent GAZIPUR, Aug 21: A total of Tk 10.80 billion budget for Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) was announced at Nagar Bhaban of the city for the 2014-15 fiscal year Monday. Mayor of GCC Prof MA Mannan announced the budget...
Tk 25m narcotic items bulldozed in Joypurhat Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) destroyed seized smuggled narcotic substances worth Tk 25 million by crushing them under bulldozer in a limestone field in Joypurhat Wednesday. The border force destroyed the narcotic...
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