BAGERHAT, Aug 12 (UNB): Forest officials and Bangladesh Coast Guard members in separate drives arrested nine deer poachers and four fishermen along with 12 kg venison, deer hides, traps, 16 bottles of pesticides and six trawlers from the Sundarbans under...
NATORE, Aug 12 (UNB): Three people were killed and five others injured when an oil-laden lorry rammed a human hauler on Bypass at Ramaigachhi of the district town on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Rafiqul Islam, 40, of Bagatipara...
GAIBANDHA, Aug 12 (BSS): Farming of Pariza paddy, an indigenous variety, is getting popularized to the farmers of the district year after year as the growers are earning economical profit from the cultivation. According to RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed non-governmental...
FARIDPUR, Aug 12 (BSS): A new variety of Aus paddy 'Nerica Muetent', being familiarized by the Agricultural Extension Department is showing high prospect in the district. According to official sources, in Bagat and Raipur unions of Madhukhali upazila some farmers...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 12 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion said formulation of time-fitting plan of action is needed for freeing the poor and extreme poor communities and other slum dwellers in the city from poverty and hunger. They said the existing...
A Correspondent | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Aug 12: A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband and the members of her husband's family at Pukuria Sanbandha village under Kansat union of Shibganj Upazila of Chapainawabganj district Monday night. The deceased was identified as...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Aug 12: Two persons were killed in lightning strike at Balakair and Borni under Gopalganj Sadar and Muksudpur Upazila in Gopalganj district Monday. The deceased's were identified as Aslam Mollah (35), son of Amzad Mollah of village Bolakair under...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, Aug 12: The Damurhuda Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mr Faridur Rahman in village Baghadanga of Karpashdanga union under Damurhuda Upazila of the district foiled an early marriage bid and saved a 14-year-old Madrasa girl from the attempt Monday. UNO...
Construction worker falls to death from building A construction worker died as he fell off the Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) Bhaban in Rajshahi on Monday. The deceased was identified as Ansar Ali, 55, son of late Afsar Ali of...
KARGIL, Aug 12, (AFP): Narendra Modi accused Pakistan Tuesday of waging a proxy war in Kashmir as he became the first Indian prime minister in nine years to visit Kargil, scene of a deadly 1999 conflict with Pakistan. Modi landed...
CAIRO, Aug 12 (agencies): Palestinian and Israeli delegations Tuesday were to resume "gruelling" negotiations in Cairo aimed at ending the Gaza conflict as Egyptian mediators raced to narrow gaps between the warring sides. In Monday's indirect talks, Israel's delegation pushed...
Amid BNP’s constant threats of launching a fierce movement, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Wednesday said the people of this country will not accept ‘genocide’ in the name of political movement. “Movement doesn’t mean killing people by setting fire...
CAIRO, Aug 12, (AFP): A year after a bloody Cairo crackdown, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has tightened his grip on Egypt, crushed the Muslim Brotherhood, jailed top opponents and turned the page on the Arab Spring, critics say. On August...
BAGHDAD, Aug 12, (agencies): Iraq's premier designate was gaining widespread support from countries hoping political reconciliation will undercut jihadists, as Iran Tuesday appeared to further dash Nuri al-Maliki's hopes of clinging to power. Washington urged Maliki's successor, Haidar al-Abadi, to...
MAIDUGURI, Aug 12 (AP): Military wives in the restive Nigerian city of Maiduguri have taken to the streets this week, burning tyres to prevent their husbands' deployment to fight Boko Haram. About 300 women and 500 children have for two...
Tripoli police chief assassinated TRIPOLI, Aug 12: Colonel Mohamed al-Suissi, chief of police in Tripoli, was gunned down by unidentified attackers in the Libyan capital's eastern suburbs on Tuesday, a security source told AFP. "Colonel al-Suissi was assassinated by a...
Edward Hadas of Reuters | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
The International Monetary Fund recently engaged in what has become an annual ritual. For the fourth year in a row, it reduced its forecast for world GDP growth. The 0.7 percentage point average decline from the earlier estimate to the...
Howard Schneider of Reuters from Washington | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
Employment growth at the largest U.S. companies has lagged far behind increases in revenue and operating profit since the start of the century, as firms reaped the benefits of globalisation, technology, and other ways to operate more productively, according to...
Hugh Bronstein of Reuters in Buenos Aires | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
Argentina on Monday called on Washington to intervene in a court case over the country's defaulted debt after a US district judge threatened the South American country with contempt for making what he called false statements. US Judge Thomas Griesa,...
Sui-Lee Wee of Reuters from Beijing | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
More than 150 economic fugitives, many of whom are corrupt officials or suspected of graft in China, are at large in the United States, Chinese state media said this week, citing a senior official from the public security ministry. The...
Ahmed Rasheed of Reuters from Baghdad | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
Islamic State militants have killed hundreds of Iraq's minority Yazidis, burying some alive and taking women as slaves, an Iraqi government minister said this week, as US warplanes again bombed the insurgents. Human rights minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani accused the...
Ben Hirschler of Reuters from London | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) faces new allegations that it bribed Syrian doctors and officials to boost sales of its medicines, following recent accusations of corruption in its non-prescription business in the country. The latest charges are laid out in an anonymous email...
Nita Bhalla of Reuters from New Delhi | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
The United Nations can conduct an effective investigation into reports of war crimes in Sri Lanka without visiting the country, said U.N. Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay, reacting to a government decision to deny investigators entry. Sri Lankan government forces...
A 15-member Bangladesh cricket team will leave Dhaka today (Wednesday) for West Indies to play three-match One Day International (ODI) series beginning August 20 without all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, hoping to play competitive matches, reports UNB. Tigers are heading towards...
HARARE, Aug 12 (AFP): An abrupt batting collapse did not prevent Zimbabwe avoiding an innings defeat against No 1-ranked South Africa as they reached 141 for seven at tea on day four of the one-off Test. Morne Morkel and Dane...
Bangladesh men's and women's teams Monday beat their counterparts in their respective 9th round matches of the 41st World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, reports UNB. In the open section, Bangladesh men's team beat Sri Lanka by 3-1 points while...
An all-round performance by Sathira Jakir enabled Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club to reach the final of the Metropolis Women's Cricket League beating Gulshan Youth Club by 99 runs in the first semifinal at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur...
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