PANCHAGARH, Sept 7 (BSS): The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) Panchagarh has completed construction works of five two-storied primary school buildings in Debiganj upazila of the district at the cost of Taka 25 Million. Debiganj upazila engineer M Saiful Islam...
Woman electrocuted in Rajshahi An old woman was electrocuted in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Hasina, 50, wife of Nurul Islam of Dharampur village of the upazila. Police said Hasina received an electric shock...
The International Literacy Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the world today (Monday),reports UNB. The theme of this year's day is 'Literacy and Sustainable Development'. The International Literacy Day was first celebrated on September 8, 1966.
COX'S BAZAR, Sept 7 (BSS)- Members of Coast Guard and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 27 persons and seized their vessel as they made attempt to go to Malaysia through sea route illegally. Members of Coast Guard and BGB conducted...
PESHAWAR, Sept 7 (Reuters): Islamic State pamphlets and flags have appeared in parts of Pakistan and India, alongside signs that the ultra-radical group is inspiring militants even in the strongholds of the Taliban and al Qaeda. A splinter group of...
COLOMBO, Sept 7 (AFP): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he hoped Sri Lanka's war crimes probe would silence its critics ahead of his arrival Sunday on the island to push for stronger trade ties. Abe told the local Sunday...
YANGON, Sept 7 (agencies): Myanmar's election commission Sunday scrapped November by-elections in 35 parliamentary seats, citing the pressure of hosting an upcoming regional summit and extra costs ahead of a nationwide poll in 2015. The Union Election Commission made the...
BAGHDAD, Sept 7 (Reuters): The US has carried out a series of air strikes on Islamic State militants close to the vital Haditha dam in western Iraq, US officials say. The US strikes, the first in the area, were to...
MARIUPOL, Sept 7 (AFP): Heavy fighting around flashpoint cities in eastern Ukraine on Sunday threatened the collapse of a tenuous truce between government forces and pro-Russian rebels less than 48 hours after it came into force. Insurgent militias bombarded a...
Mortar round seriously wounds governor of Iraq's Anbar BARWANA, Sept 7: A mortar round seriously wounded Ahmed al-Dulaimi, the governor of Iraq's Anbar province, in the town of Barwana shortly after it was retaken from militants on Sunday, an AFP...
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The government plans to import or buy locally 0.1 million tonnes of essential items to face any crisis or price spiral in future, officials said. A buffer stock of essentials will be built for checking any future shortage of the...
MANILA, Sept 7 (Reuters): High rice prices in the Philippines, one of the world's biggest buyers of the grain, should start easing in the last quarter of the year as local harvests and additional imports boost domestic supply, the country's...
NETRAKONA, Sept 7 (BSS): Bumper jute production has brought smile on the faces of farmers of all the ten upazilas in the district as they got fair price for the crop in the current season. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)...
MYMENSINGH, Sept 7 (BSS): District Administration has launched a drive against selling of adulterated food items in the district town and different upazilas. As part of the programme, a mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Depayon Das Shova conducted a...
MUMBAI, Sept 7 (Reuters): Indian soybean futures fell on Friday to their lowest level in more than a year due to a drop in soymeal exports, while soyoil eased following losses in rival Malaysian palm oil. Indian soymeal exports plummeted...
TAIPEI, Sept 7 (AFP): Taiwan and China will this week resume talks on a goods free trade agreement after negotiations were delayed due to vocal opposition by locals suspicious of closer ties with Beijing, officials said Sunday. The three-day talks...
A 24-member Bangladesh Under-23 Football team, comprising 20 booters and four officials was scheduled to leave Dhaka for South Korean city of Incheon Sunday night to participate in this month's 17th Asian Games, where it has been placed in a...
Walton Smart TV 12th National Summer Athletics competition (boys' and girls') began Sunday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city, reports BSS. State Minister for Youth and Sports Biren Sikder formally inaugurated the two-day meet as the chief guest....
St Gregory's High School and Dhanmondi Tutorial advanced to boys group final of the Polar Ice Cream 22nd School Handball Tournament eliminating their rivals in the semifinals at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city...
Bangladesh emerged as group champion and moved to the second round of the World Hockey League (WHL) round-1 with a 3-1 goal victory over Hong Kong at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Sunday, reports BSS. In...
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 7 (AFP): Defending champions Nigeria suffered a stunning 3-2 home loss to Congo Brazzaville Saturday on matchday 1 of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying competition. It was the first defeat in 47 home matches for the Super...
NEW YORK, Sept 7 (AFP): Japan's Kei Nishikori became the first Asian man to reach a Grand Slam final when he swept past seven-time major winner Novak Djokovic in the US Open semi-finals Saturday. The 10th seed braved on-court temperatures...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 7 (AFP): With Neymar back in their ranks and scoring the only goal, Brazil gave Dunga a winning start in his second spell in charge-although a 1-0 friendly success over Colombia left media unimpressed. Fielding seven...
SYDNEY, Sept 7 (AFP): George Bailey has given up the captaincy of Australia's Twenty20 team to focus on playing in next year's World Cup, Cricket Australia said Sunday. Bailey, 32, has indicated that he wants to prepare for the one-day...
CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, United States, Sept 7 (AFP): Billy Horschel, who is determined to put Monday's tough finish fast behind him, fired a third-round 63 to vault three shots clear of the field at the BMW Championship. Horschel capped his...
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