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Congrats, Sakib!

2014-08-20 00:00:00

Sakib has topped the list of test all-rounder players. The news will surely boost the morale of the banned ace-cricketer of Bangladesh and create sympathy for him among the cricket lovers of our country. Hopefully, it will increase his chances...

Price rise of eggs

2014-08-20 00:00:00

All of a sudden, the price of eggs has increased in the local market. Even just before Eid, the price of a dozen of eggs was Tk 80 to 90 but now the eggs are being sold for Tk 100...

What makes an institution

Dhiman Chowdhury | 2014-08-20 00:00:00

Accumulation of productive capital assets is only a proximate cause of prosperity; the real cause is progressive institutions. There is little to argue about grandiose projects (steel mills, petrochemical plants, land reform, public health programmes and free education) unless a...

Unforgettable Mosharraf Bhai

Rahman Jahangir | 2014-08-20 00:00:00

Possibly it was in 1998 when this writer was waiting at the departure lounge of Bangkok's Don Muang Airport to board a plane for Kuala Lumpur. He was to attend an in-service training in the New Straits Times for a...

Digital Bangladesh to make life hassle-free

Abdullah Mohibuddin from Waterloo, Canada | 2014-08-20 00:00:00

On the 1st day of each month I sit with the computer to pay all monthly bills through online. Here in Canada, every bank has set up their internet banking. Internet banking is convenient, easy and 100 per cent secure....

Open and closed registers for ships

F R Chowdhury | 2014-08-20 00:00:00

Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)-82, every state that has ships plying with its flag should maintain a register of these ships keeping necessary particulars so that it can exercise its jurisdiction and control...

DSE

2014-08-20 00:00:00

Rangpur vegetable farmers switching to pheromone trap from pesticides

Our Correspondent | 2014-08-20 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Aug 19: A good number of farmers at different villages under Mithapukur Upazila in the district are producing vegetables using eco-friendly pheromone trap instead of harmful pesticides and they are getting financially benefited by using the trap at lesser...

Prof Muzaffer, Dr Swadesh get BB Award

2014-08-20 00:00:00

Professor Muzaffer Ahmad and Dr Swadesh Ranjan Bose were given Bangladesh Bank Award 2013 posthumously on Wednesday for their lifetime and distinct contribution to the economy and the development of the country. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith handed a...

Farmers planting

2014-08-20 00:00:00

4,800 urban slum families to get housing facilities in Rajshahi

2014-08-20 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Aug 19 (BSS): More than 4,800 urban slum families are getting housing facilities in Rajshahi city in phases for elevating their living and livelihood condition. The underprivileged households, who have lands but not capacity to construct house, are getting...

Woman commits suicide in Chandpur

2014-08-20 00:00:00

CHANDPUR, Aug 19 (UNB): A newly-wed woman allegedly committed suicide at her father's residence at Nayergaon village in Matlab (South) upazila on Monday. The victim was identified as Jyotee Begum, 19, wife of Ziaur Rahman of Nandikhola village in the...

Water level in major rivers rises in Gaibandha, creates flood situation

2014-08-20 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Aug 19 (BSS): Water level in all the major rivers except the Teesta flowing through the district rose sharply in last 24 four hours till this morning due to on rush of hilly waters from the upstream and incessant...

Housewife\\\'s hanging body found in Ctg

2014-08-20 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Aug 19 (UNB): Police recovered hanging body of a housewife from her residence at Arefin Nagar under Bayezid police station in the city on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Lipi Begum,23, wife of Murad Mia. Swapan Saha,officer-in-charge...

3 killed in road accidents

2014-08-20 00:00:00

JESSORE, Aug 19 (BSS): One bank employee was killed and five others were injured in a road accident in Hatbila area on Jessore-Khulna Highway under Sadar upazila here today. The deceased was identified as Abdul Gaffar, 50, of Shakharigati in...

Duck rearing creates silent revolution in Satkhira

2014-08-20 00:00:00

SATKHIRA, Aug 19 (UNB): With a large number of people being engaged in rearing ducks, a silent revolution has been created in poultry industry of the south-western district of Satkhira. Many people are now opting for duck rearing as it...

Woman beaten to death over land dispute

2014-08-20 00:00:00

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Aug 19 (UNB): A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her neighbours over a land-related dispute at Chowdala village in Gomostapur upazila on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Firoza Begum,65, wife of Ishaq Miah, a resident...

Online training on outsourcing begins in Faridpur

2014-08-20 00:00:00

FARIDPUR, Aug 19 (BSS): A five day long free advanced training workshop titled 'Training of Trainers'(TOT) on online for the outsourcing aspirants and free lancers organized by the Information and Communication Technology(ICT) Division of the government in collaboration with district...

News in brief

2014-08-20 00:00:00

Journo hurt by miscreants in Barisal A local journalist sustained stab injuries in an attack by miscreants at Kalibari in Barisal Monday midnight. The injured was identified as Pulok Chaterjee, bureau chief of the daily Samakal in Barisal and general...

Russia may ban car imports if West applies new sanctions

Daniel Thomas in London and Tim Bradshaw in San Francisco | 2014-08-20 00:00:00

Russia may tighten retaliatory sanctions against Western nations to include a ban on car imports, if the United States and the European Union impose additional sanctions on Moscow, daily newspaper Vedomosti reported this week. The impact of the measure on...

China eyes trade route deal with Mongolia

Ben Blanchard and David Stanway of Reuters | 2014-08-20 00:00:00

China expects to sign agreements to give landlocked and resource-rich Mongolia easier access to Chinese territory for its exports when President Xi Jinping visits the country this week, a senior diplomat said on Monday. Mongolia, nervous about over-dependence on its...

India calls off diplomatic talks with Pakistan

Rajesh Kumar Singh of Reuters in New Delhi | 2014-08-20 00:00:00

India called off on Monday peace talks with Pakistan, giving a jolt to renewed diplomatic efforts between the two nuclear-armed neighbours and adding to the troubles of Pakistan's beleaguered government. The move came nearly three months after Pakistani Prime Minister...

Backed by US strikes, Iraq Kurds claim capture of strategic dam

Ahmed Rasheed and Michael Georgy of Reuters | 2014-08-20 00:00:00

Iraqi Kurdish forces said they recaptured Iraq's biggest dam from Islamist militants on Monday, as the United States launched air strikes to secure what has become a vital strategic objective in fighting that threatens to break up the country. An...

Israeli air strike hits Gaza

2014-08-20 00:00:00

JERUSALEM, Aug 19, (agencies): Israeli air strike hits open ground in north Gaza. Israel Tuesday ordered the military to respond after three rockets from Gaza struck the south as the two sides were observing a 24-hour truce, an Israeli official...

Sri Lanka will refuse entry to UN investigators

2014-08-20 00:00:00

COLOMBO, Aug 19, (AFP): Sri Lanka will not grant visas to UN investigators probing war crimes allegedly committed during the island's decades-long separatist conflict, President Mahinda Rajapakse said Tuesday. Sri Lanka has refused to accept the authority of the UN...

Karzai calls for end to Afghan election impasse

2014-08-20 00:00:00

KABUL, Aug 19, (AP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed Tuesday for the two men vying to succeed him to end their dispute over election results and save the country from further violence and economic decline. Afghanistan has been paralysed for...

India court orders release of 14-year hunger striker

2014-08-20 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Aug 19 (AFP):- An Indian court Tuesday ordered the release of a woman who has staged a 14-year-long hunger strike to protest human rights abuses in the country's remote northeast, her lawyer said. Irom Sharmila, known as the...

Islamabad braces for possible clashes

2014-08-20 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19, (agencies): Islamabad braced for possible clashes after opposition politician Imran Khan pledged to lead his supporters in a march on the Pakistani capital's heavily guarded government district, in a high-stakes bid to depose the prime minister. Khan,...

Delhi police arrest two over hotel rape allegation

2014-08-20 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Aug 19, (AP): Indian police have arrested two men accused of raping a nurse at one of New Delhi's top luxury hotels, a senior officer said Tuesday, days after the prime minister used a high-profile speech to condemn...

Dozens arrested in Ferguson after night of violence

2014-08-20 00:00:00

FERGUSON, Aug 19 (AFP): Protesters in Ferguson shot at police and threw rocks and Molotov cocktails in a new spasm of violence late Monday in the St Louis suburb that left six wounded and led to 31 arrests, police said....