An Iraqi army air-strike in the militant-held northern city of Mosul on Wednesday killed 60 fighters from the extremists Islamic State group, Iraq's state television reported. The claim could not be independently verified and the area was inaccessible to most...
Hajj flights to carry Bangladeshi pilgrims to Saudi Arabia will begin on August 27 and continue till September 28. Religious Affairs Secretary Chowdhury Md Babul Hassan said this while briefing reporters at the Religious Affairs Ministry after an inter-ministerial meeting...
Some 6,221 doctors who came out successful in the 33rd BCS examination under the health cadre will join the government job on Thursday. The selected physicians have been asked to appear at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city between...
The floating bodies of 16 more Pinak-6 launch capsize victims were recovered from the Meghna and Padma rivers in the district and Chandpur, Bhola, Shariatpur and Barisal districts Wednesday, according to a news agency. Deputy Commissioner of Munshiganj Md Saiful...
British Prime Minister David Cameron is coming under increased pressure over his government's policies on Gaza, after a cross-party parliamentary committee urged him Wednesday to press Israel to lift restrictions on trade and travel in the Palestinian territory. The Commons...
BNP spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that charges were farmed against BNP leaders and activists in a ‘false case’ in a bid to keep the party out of election and annihilate it politically. “The government has filed...
KARACHI, Aug 5 (AFP): If any further proof were needed of the chaos prevailing in Pakistani cricket, the 27th change of coach since the country's sole World Cup win in 1992 provides it. Pakistan's series against Sri Lanka, which begins...
For the second time in a month, hackers have attacked a Sudanese website close to the country's powerful security apparatus. The website of the Sudanese Media Centre (SMC), http://smc.sd, was inaccessible and carried the message: ‘hacked again by 7r9 al7dod’....
NARSINGDI: At least ten people were killed and 58 others injured as two buses caught fire after a collision on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Amtala in Shibpur upazila Wednesday afternoon. Two of the deceased were identified as Swarna Akther, 17, an...
NARSINGDI: At least eight people were killed and 58 others injured as two buses caught fire after a collision on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Amtala in Shibpur upazila Wednesday afternoon. Two of the deceased were identified as Swarna Akther, 17, an...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh on Wednesday signed an agreement for a $100-million loan to help improve the capacity, efficiency and safety of railway systems in Bangladesh. Secretary of the Economic Relations Division (ERD) Mohammad...
Dhaka Wasa (Dwasa) on Wednesday signed a deal with four NGOs to provide water connections to Sattola Slum dwellers in the city’s Mohakhali area. Engr Taqsem A Khan, managing director of Dhaka Wasa, and representatives from Dustha Shasthya Kendra (DSK),...
Tuba Group workers have threatened to strike down all readymade garment factories across Bangladesh Saturday if their five-point charter of demand is not met by Thursday. Tuba Group Sramik Sangram (workers' action) Committee Convenor Moshrefa Mishu declared their plans Wednesday...
Grameenphone has launched an exciting offer for its valued customers, which will allow all GP customers to enjoy all day internet only at Tk 1 without any hidden cost. Through this very affordable micro pack, interested GP customers, vast majority...
Two more Bangladesh nationals were killed having been caught in clashes at Serraj in Tripoli, Libya on Tuesday. Another Bangladeshi was also injured in the incident, said a Foreign Ministry release Wednesday, according to a news agency. The deceased were...
As directed by the party chairperson, the top leaders of BNP’s Dhaka city unit had a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, aiming to work out its plan for making the unit stronger and get it ready for a vigorous movement in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the relations among Saarc member countries could be strengthened further through generation of hydroelectricity in Nepal and its marketing. Hasina made the remarks when Nepal’s Minister for Energy Radha Kumar Gyawall paid a...
Bangladesh and South Africa Wednesday agreed to strengthen ties on all fronts apart from exporting pharmaceuticals, readymade garments, furniture and plastic products by Bangladesh to the South African market, according to a news agency. Both countries also agreed to hold...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-06 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Aug 5: Cultivation of Apel Kul (plum) on limited span of land of isles of fish enclosures has opened new doors of prospect for small and marginal fish farmers of Gududia union under Dumuria Upazila in Khulna. Fish farmers...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has banned or curbed agricultural imports from countries imposing sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine. In a decree published on the Kremlin website (in Russian), he ordered the measures to be introduced for one...
RANGPUR, Aug 5 (BSS): Adolescent Mokmaine Akhter Mahi, 14, got a new life as her settled marriage was stopped here in the city on Monday by timely intervention of the administration. It became possible after formation of a mobile court...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 5 (BSS): The massive and unabated erosion in the river Padma has been posing a serious threat to the city protection embankment, officials and others concerned said here. In the wake of both rising and receding floodwater in...
NETRAKONA, Aug 5 (UNB): A court here on Tuesday convicted three people, including a woman, and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for hurling acid on a housewife in 2007. The convicts were Barek, Siddik and Rezia, residents of Bausi...
PANCHAGARH, Aug 5 (BSS): Commercial cultivation of creeper arum (Loti Kochu) is increasing in Panchagarh district. It is extensively cultivated mainly in the Debiganj upazila of the district. However, now it is being cultivated in Debiduba and Sonaher union parishads...
JESSORE, Aug 5 (BSS): A man was killed in a train accident at Jessore Railway Junction last night. The deceased was identified as Hafizur Rahman, 45, son of Chan Mia of Birampur village in Sadar upazila of the district. Police...
Italy's economy has fallen back into recession, latest official figures show, after contracting for two quarters in a row. GDP, the value of all the country's goods and services, shrank 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of the year....
BENAPOLE, Aug 5 (BSS): Two persons were killed and five others injured in seperate road accidents in Sharsha upazila here on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Abder Ali and Abdul Hakim. Police said the first accident occurred when a...
GAIBANDHA, Aug 5 (BSS): The construction work of a three-storied building of Sadar Upazila Server Station under Bangladesh Election Commission has ended at Circuit House area of the town here recently. Public Works Department (PWD) implemented the work at a...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 5 (UNB): A man was shot dead by some miscreants at Vilagerchhara village in Banshkhali upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mojaher Ahmad, 58, a resident of the village. Qamrul Hasan, officer-in-charge of Banshkhali Police Station,...
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