President of Garment Workers Oikya Forum Moshrefa Mishu was released on Thursday night, hours after her arrest from a agitation in the city’s Badda area. Officer-in-charge of Badda Police Station Abdul Jalil said they released Moshrefa Mishu around 8:30pm. The...
RANGPUR, Aug 6 (BSS): Experts at a farmers' field day have stressed for enhancing cultivation of Aus crop during the off-season to gradually replace cultivation of more irrigation water consuming and costly Boro farming to ensure food security. RDRS Bangladesh...
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NILPHAMARI, Aug 6: Cultivation of T-Aman is being obstructed due to non availability of water in the farmland as drought like situation is prevailing in the district. Already transplanted Aman seedlings are dying due to drying up of the farmland...
JESSORE, Aug 6 (BSS): Four million newborn babies die every year in the world and more than one million deaths can be avoided if the newborns are breastfed within one hour of their birth. According to a survey, conducted by...
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CHUADANGA, Aug 6: Cultivation of lemon is becoming popular among the farmers in 4 upazilas of Chuadanga district as it has proved more profitable recently. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office sources said a total of 335 bighas of land...
KHULNA, Aug 6 (BSS): Commercial export of Sundarbans honey began in February this year (2013-14 fiscal) to the satisfaction of honey gatherers (Moual) and exporters in the area. The export destination was India, according to Export Promotion Bureau(EPB). The earning...
BENAPOLE, Aug 6 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued four people, including three women, from Putkhali border point here while they were being trafficked to India Tuesday. The rescued were identified as Salma Khatun, daughter of Sirajul Islam,...
NARSINGDI, Aug 6 (BSS): Cultivation of T-Aman paddy has began in all the six upazilas of the district during the current season. Due to favourable climate condition and sufficient rain fall farmers of the district are now working round the...
Country’s foreign exchange reserve on Thursday exceeded US$ 22 billion mark, setting a new record. The reserve stood at $ 22.05 billion compared to the last record of $ 21.04 billion on June 17 this year. Bangladesh Bank hopes the...
RANGAMATI, Aug 6 (BSS): A woman was burnt alive and her daughter critically injured when a fire broke out in their house at Bhedbhedi Muslim Para in Rangamati town Tuesday. The victim was identified as Rahima Begum, 60, wife of...
GAZIPUR, Aug 6 (BSS): A man was killed and ten others were injured in a road accident at Tongi on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway here today. The deceased was Nurul Islam, 50, inhabitant of Jatrabari in capital city. Police said the...
BARISAL, Aug 6 (BSS): Two construction workers died while working in a septic tank at Durgapur village under Mehendiganj upazila of the district Wednesday noon. The victims were Jahangir Khan, 45, and Abdul Jalil, 45, of Yearbeg village of the...
NARAIL, Aug 6 (BSS): A week-long tree fair began on Narail Victoria College's Sultan Mancha premises here today. District Administration, forest department and Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) jointly organized the tree fair. Sheikh Hafizur Rahman, MP, inaugurated the fair...
JESSORE, Aug 6 (BSS): The district administration on Tuesday chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the National Mourning Day and also 39th anniversary of martyrdom of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15. A meeting was...
One electrocuted in Jessore A septuagenarian man was electrocuted at Aminpur village in Monirampur upazila of Jessore district on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Kausar Ali, 70, of the same village. Officer-in-charge of Monirampur thana Mizanur Rahman said Kausar...
Bodies of 11 victims of Monday's Mawa capsize have been recovered on the fourth day of the accident taking the body count to 33. Seventeen bodies were handed over to their families after identification until Thursday, said Munshiganj Deputy Commissioner...
CAIRO, Aug 6, (agencies): Egyptian officials mediating talks for a durable truce in Gaza met a Palestinian delegation Wednesday to relay terms laid down by an Israeli team, Palestinian officials said. The Egyptian intelligence mediators had met with the Israeli...
DONETSK, Aug 6, (agencies): A first air strike hit the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk in east Ukraine Wednesday, as government forces preparing to retake the city said 18 soldiers were killed in clashes with rebels. Kiev denied that it...
KABUL, Aug 6 (Reuters): A US general was killed and more than a dozen people were wounded on Tuesday, including a German general, in the latest insider attack by a man believed to be an Afghan soldier, US, German and...
YANGON, Aug 6, (AFP): Myanmar faces being called to account for stalling reforms when it hosts a top global diplomats at a security forum later this week, with religious clashes and curbs on press freedom taking the sheen off its...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6 (AP): Two Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. drone has fired two missiles at a sprawling compound in a northwestern tribal region, killing seven militants. The officials say the strike took place on Wednesday in Datta Khel,...
COLOMBO, Aug 6 (AFP): Sri Lanka Wednesday accused Western diplomats of favouring the Tamil minority as tensions mounted over a meeting in Colombo between envoys and families who lost loved ones in the country's war. US and other Western diplomats...
Arab foreign ministers to visit Gaza 'soon' in solidarity CAIRO, Aug 6: A delegation of Arab foreign ministers, including those from Egypt and Jordan, will visit Gaza "soon" in a show of support for Palestinians, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi...
SAVAR, Aug 6 (UNB): Visiting Indian hockey team took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series beating Bangladesh hockey team by 2-1 goals in the first match at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Pratishthan (BKSP) here Wednesday. State Minister for Youth and...
GALLE, Sri Lanka, Aug 6 (AFP): Veteran batsman Younis Khan hit an unbeaten 133 to steer Pakistan out of trouble on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle Wednesday. The tourists, electing to bat in...
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