Polina Devitt and Gabriela Baczynska of Reuters from Moscow/Kiev | 2014-08-03 00:00:00
Russia fought back last week over new U.S. and EU sanctions imposed over Ukraine, where fighting between Moscow-backed rebels and government troops has intensified since a Malaysian airliner was shot down. The worst confrontation between Moscow and the West entered...
Several hours after abduction, police rescued a trader from Dakkhin Dhaniya area under Kadamtali Police Station in the city on Saturday night. The rescued was identified as Jamsidur Rahman Ripon, 40, a fishing net trader and a resident of Eastern...
Manoj Kumar and Tom Miles from New Delhi | 2014-08-03 00:00:00
India is willing to sign a global trade deal, which it has torpedoed, if other World Trade Organization members can agree to its parallel demand for concessions on stockpiling food, senior officials in New Delhi said last week. The deadline...
Angus McDowall of Reuters from Riyadh | 2014-08-03 00:00:00
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah broke his silence last week over the three-week-old conflict in Gaza, condemning what he saw as international silence over Israel's offensive and describing this as a war crime and "state-sponsored terrorism". Saudi Arabia, which regards itself...
Raheem Salman of Reuters from Baghdad | 2014-08-03 00:00:00
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his security officials are to blame for the rise of Sunni Muslim insurgents who have seized parts of Iraq, the country's foreign minister said. The comments by Hoshiyar Zebari, a Kurd, are likely to worsen...
Kaweewit Kaewjinda and Panarat Thepgumpanat of Reuters from Bangkok | 2014-08-03 00:00:00
Thailand's military makes way for a new administration in coming weeks, but the generals will keep a tight grip on power by filling an interim cabinet and legislature with soldiers, military sources said last week. The armed forces took power...
Syed Ashraf Ali | 2014-08-03 00:00:00
A flurry of speculations greeted the recent decline in the flow of home remittances from Bangladesh migrant workers. Think tanks, news reporters, freelance columnists and arm-chair analysts have joined the fray to tell their own stories of why the remittances...
M Serajul Islam | 2014-08-03 00:00:00
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for disbanding the Rapid Action Bureau (RAB) highlighting the 800 custodial and extra-judicial deaths in its hands as the main reason. The government dismissed the call and correctly so because the fate of...
A joyous occasion suddenly turned into a great human tragedy when 11 persons were killed in an accident involving the Khulna-bound Simanta Express train and a bus carrying members of a wedding party Friday last at Kaliganj in Jhenidah. The...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-08-03 00:00:00
A large number of Bangladeshi holidaymakers went abroad to spend their time with their families in order to make the most of their leisure time for entertainment during the Eid vacation. At least 0.15 million people were reported to have...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia, USA | 2014-08-03 00:00:00
The death toll in the war Israel unleashed against Hamas on July 08 crossed 1500 on August 01. On the night of July 30, Israel bombed the United Nations school in the northern Gaza Strip which was denounced by the...
I was shocked to learn that a Greece court has acquitted the local farmers who shot 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers for raising demands for their overdue salaries! This not only shocked us, but it shocked the common people of Greece...
As the people of the country were enjoying their Eid holidays happily, sad news about the bus-train tragic accident at Kaliganj in Jheniadeh district shook us with great pain. Eleven people lost their lives when they were returning from a...
The traffic light operates in most of the road junctions in the capital city consuming electricity; but the traffic police are seen using manual signal. Hundreds of coconut plants and lemon grafting have been planted along Hatirjheel-Sonargaon Hotel, but instead...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-08-03 00:00:00
In the wee hours on Sunday, 13 July, 2014, Rabbi, a 5-year-old son of Mahbubur Rahman Sujan, saw how brutally police raided their home, tortured his parents, beat his father mercilessly, dragged him to their bathroom, and hit him with...
Saleh Akram | 2014-08-03 00:00:00
Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for July-December 2014, as unveiled by Bangladesh Bank recently, shows certain encouraging developments during the last six months, but few vital questions still remain unanswered. The MPS for January-June 2014 was based on certain key assumptions...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-03 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Aug 2: Bangladesh India Power Transmission Centre (BIPTC), Bheramara, is contributing significantly to the economy as per unit rate of power of the station is far cheaper than that of the Rental Power Plants (RPPs). To establish a grid...
RANGPUR, Aug 2 (BSS): Speakers a workshop here stressed for creating adequate awareness among the common people and concerned authorities for proper enforcement of the amended Tobacco Control Act (TCA) to stop smoking at public places. They put special emphasis...
CHITTAGONG: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader Sunday laid special emphasis on improved road connectivity, discipline in mass transport sector, cleanliness in the city and saving of the Karnaphuli River from pollution to attract more foreign investment in the commercial hub Chittagong,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-03 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, Aug 2: Many framers including marginal ones in four upazilas of the district have become solvent financially through cultivating Napier grass on their lands in recent years. District livestock office sources said a total of 302 acres of land...
RANGPUR, Aug 2 (BSS): 'Nijera Cottage and Village Industries Ltd (NCVI)', a natural indigo producing social enterprise for the poor at Rajendrapur village here, has set up a unique example by making 2,000 poor people self-reliant. With technical support and...
CHUADANGA, Aug 2 (UNB): A man was beaten to death allegedly by his son at Dingedah village in Sadar upazila on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Fakir Chand, a van puller of the village. Quoting witnesses, police said...
SIRAJGANJ, Aug 2 (UNB): A youngman was killed in a clash at Chandidasgati village in Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Rana Khan, 30, son of Habibur Rahman of the village. Police said Habibur Rahman and...
BOGRA, Aug 2 (BSS): One retired civil surgeon was cut off under the wheels of a train at Santahar Railway Junction this morning. The deceased was identified as Dr. ATM Shahjahan, 65, of Nishchintapur village under Shibganj upazila of the...
SHERPUR, Aug 2, (BSS): Police arrested three Shibir activists on Friday evening while they were holding secret meeting in Gazir Khamar union to conduct destructive activities in the area. The arrested sibir activists are Keramat Ali 24, Rashedul Islam, 28...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 2 (BSS): Success of building planned family in slum areas of the metropolis has started becoming visible by dint of multifarious development initiatives taken by different government and non-government organisations. According to sources concerned, many of the slum...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 2 (BSS): A sexagenarian human-hauler passenger has been killed and three others injured in a road accident in Kamarpara area on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway under Godagari Upazila of the district today, police sources said. The deceased was identified as...
HABIGANJ, Aug 2 (UNB): A man was killed and 40 others were injured in a clash between two rival groups over land-related dispute in Dighalbak village in Sadar upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Tota Maih, 55. The...
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