Five French climbers were found dead on Wednesday on Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain, with a sixth member of the group still missing, local authorities said. The six climbers, including one guide, had been reported missing since Tuesday evening after...
A Philippine commuter train rammed through a concrete barrier and rolled into a busy intersection on Wednesday, injuring scores of passengers and damaging vehicles, officials said. Rescuers removed injured passengers from the front car of the train and took them...
An Iranian mathematician working in the US has become the first ever female winner of the celebrated Fields Medal. In a landmark hailed as ‘long overdue’, Prof Maryam Mirzakhani was recognised for her work on complex geometry. Four of the...
Taking a swipe at those who always doubt the quality of the country’s present education system, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said nothing could be accomplished smoothly if a good job faces criticism before its start. ‘If anybody bites on...
France will deliver weapons to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic extremists in Iraq, President Francois Hollande announced on Wednesday. ‘In order to respond to the urgent need expressed by the Kurdistan regional authorities, the president has decided, in agreement with Baghdad,...
Turkey's crisis management agency says a New York Times reporter who was injured in a helicopter crash in northern Iraq has been brought to Turkey for treatment. An Iraqi military helicopter providing aid to people stranded on a mountain fleeing...
Poland's foreign minister has summoned the Russian ambassador to protest comments by nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who said Poland and the Baltics would be ‘wiped out’ in the event of a war between Russia and the West. Zhirinovsky, the leader...
A court in Kishoreganj on Tuesday convicted two people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a boy in 2010. They are Masum Billah, son of Saij Uddin, and Jewel Rana, son of Amir Hossain, both residents of...
A Bahrain court sentenced 14 Shiites to life in prison Wednesday over the death of a policeman in an anti-regime protest in the Gulf kingdom, a judicial source said. The 14 were found guilty of ‘premeditated murder’, possessing petrol bombs...
Ten civilians and three army technicians were killed on Wednesday when a bomb planted near a prison by presumed Al-Qaeda militants exploded in south Yemen, a security official said. The device placed in the Tibn area of Lahij province went...
Pakistan on Wednesday dismissed as ‘baseless rhetoric’ claims by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that it was waging a ‘proxy war’ in disputed Kashmir. India's Hindu nationalist leader made the remarks on Tuesday shortly before visiting Kargil, a remote area...
Thai police on Wednesday said up to 16 people were believed to have died when a building caved in during construction, as they issued arrest warrants for several people behind the project. Three bodies -- including those of a woman...
VTB Bank, a Russian lender facing Western sanctions, is in talks for a majority stake in the Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli, a VTB Group source said on Wednesday. ‘The transaction with Roberto Cavalli was implemented by VTB Capital's business...
China's bank lending slumped in July from June, the central bank said Wednesday, as demand for loans weakened amid struggles in the property sector, key to the world's second-largest economy. New yuan loans extended by domestic banks came in at...
Spain reported Wednesday the steepest slide in consumer prices in nearly five years, a potentially worrying development as the eurozone fends off the threat of a deflationary spiral. With Spaniards cautious about spending in an economy suffering a 24-per cent...
Banks will now be able to provide loan up to 50 per cent or highest Tk 4.0 million to a client for the purchase of car in place of the present limit of Tk 2.0 million. Bangladesh Bank (BB) on...
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has been referred to the public prosecutor for alleged misconduct over his government's purchase of shares in an oil and gas company, reports said Wednesday. O'Neill criticised the Ombudsman Commission's move as disappointing,...
The 13-day soft action programme of BNP-led 20-party alliance after month-long threat of strong movement by some of its top leaders including BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was nothing unusual as they ‘do not have any public support’, ruling Awami League...
Africans have long used technology developed abroad, but now a Kenyan cash transfer network which bypasses banks is being adopted in Europe. The M-Pesa mobile money transfer system which allows clients to send cash with their telephones has transformed how...
Japan's economy suffered its biggest quarterly contraction since the 2011 quake and tsunami as a sales tax rise slammed the brakes on growth, data showed Wednesday, throwing into question plans for another increase next year. The 1.7 per cent dip...
The Bank of England lowered its forecast for wages growth in Britain on Wednesday, placing a dampener on news of a further drop in unemployment. The bank edged up its growth forecast for 2015, but despite recent solid economic growth...
Garment Sramik Oikya Forum has asked the troubled Tuba Group to reopen all its five garment factories and pay the pending Eid bonuses to its workers. Addressing a news conference in Dhaka President of the Forum Mosrefa Mishu alleged that...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has greeted Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his election as the President of Turkey. In a message to Erdogan on Tuesday, she said, “Your resounding victory is a strong testament to the trust and confidence the people...
Taiwan's financial regulator on Tuesday said it had taken control of two small loss-making local insurers, and policyholders will be protected by the government. Financial Supervisory Commission Chairman Tseng Ming-chung named the companies as Global Life Insurance Co Ltd and...
Private mobile operator Airtel Bangladesh Limited has launched its 3G service in Manikganj through a colourful rally in the district town on Wednesday. M Khourshed Alam, Zonal Business Manager, North East Zone, Mohammad Sahid, Zonal Sales Manager, Md. Zahorul Islam,...
BNP senior leader Rafiqul Islam Miah Wednesday said the government ‘dared’ to formulate the ‘anti-people’ National Broadcast Policy, 2014 taking advantage of the division among journalists, according to a news agency. “If the journalists remain undivided, no government can take...
Dhaka city unit BNP convener Mirza Abbas on Wednesday warned that the government will be held responsible for the evolving situation if it tries to obstruct his party’s peaceful action programmes. “Our leader (Khaleda) hasn’t given us swords and shields...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will stage demonstrations across the country on Thursday protesting ‘repression’ on party’s central leader Dr Shafiqul Islam Masud and other party and Islami Chhatra Shibir leaders and activists in police custody. In a statement, party acting secretary general...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Ministry Wednesday suggested all the ministries to take approval from the district parishad concerned for transferring their officials to the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), according to news agency. It also asked...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
RANGPUR Aug 12: Jute processing at different upazilas in the district is seriously being hampered due to dearth of adequate water in the water bodies of the region. Jute was cultivated on 12,650 hectares of land in 8 upazilas under...
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