Our Correspondent | 2014-09-04 00:00:00
PABNA, Sept 3: On the occasion of the 38th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, "Nazrulke Bhalo Bashi Samity" (NBBS) organised a 7-day discussion programme and book fair which ended on September 2 at the Debottor Kobi Bonde...
NETRAKONA, Sept 3 (BSS): Meat of unhealthy or infected with different diseases heads of cattle are being allegedly sold by a section of dishonest meat-sellers in different areas of the district posing a serious threat to public health. According to...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-04 00:00:00
KHULNA, Sept 3: Two students were killed and three others including a teacher were injured in separate road accidents at Amlapara area of Bagerhat and Keshebpur on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Refat Hasan (16), son of Munsur...
FARIDPUR, Sept 3 (BSS): The situation in the vast low laying areas of three upazillas of the district on the bank of river Padma and Arial Khan has improved more with the further recession of water by 13 centimeters during...
4 food shops fined Tk 0.1m in Rajshahi The regional office of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute (BSTI) expedited drives against preparing and selling of substandard and adulterated food items and fined Taka 0.1 million against four food shops in...
Harshly criticising former Planning Minister AK Khandker for his book, ‘1971: Bhetare Baire’, MPs across the board on Thursday demanded that a case be filed against him on sedition charge for ‘distorting history and undermining Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’ in...
Muggers opened fire on a money exchange trader and his son and looted Tk 4.8 million from them in the city’s Khilgaon area on Thursday night, leaving the latter dead and the former injured. The deceased was identified as Sharif...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 3 (agencies): Rival Pakistani politicians Wednesday explored the possibility of a negotiated solution to weeks of protests aimed at the removal of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that eased after turning violent at the weekend. Thousands had tried to...
MOSCOW, Sept 3 (agencies): President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow and Kiev held positions on resolving the crisis in Ukraine that were "very close", and that he hoped a final deal could be struck during talks scheduled for Friday. "I...
BEIRUT, Sept 3 (AFP): Sixteen people, among them 10 children, were killed in a government air raid in east Syria on Wednesday, a monitor said, but state media blamed the deaths on jihadist militants. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,...
WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (agencies): The White House says it has determined that a video showing the brutal killing of freelance journalist Steven Sotloff is authentic. Islamic State extremists released the video showing Sotloff's beheading on Tuesday. It comes two weeks...
KOLKATA, Sept 3(Reuters): The semi-naked body of a teenage girl who was allegedly humiliated by village elders for protesting against her father's harassment has been found near a railway track in eastern India. Police suspect the 15-year-old girl in West...
TOKYO, Sep 3 (AP): Japan's prime minister picked a record-matching five women for his Cabinet Wednesday, sending the strongest message yet about his determination to revive the economy by getting women on board as workers and leaders. Prime Minister Shinzo...
Islamic militants killed 770 Iraqi troops BAGHDAD, Sept 3: An international rights group says Islamic State militants carried out a mass killing of hundreds of Iraqi soldiers captured when the extremists overran a military base north of Baghdad in June....
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothistan (BKSP) emerged champions in the Cotton Group 30th Age Group Swimming Competition that concluded Wednesday at the Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in the city, reports BSS. BKSP topped in the medal tally securing 64 gold,...
Ukraine and the pro-Russian separatists appeared increasingly close to signing a deal to end four months of fighting, as NATO leaders including President Barack Obama expressed support for Ukraine at a NATO summit Thursday. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he's...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan, MP Wednesday handed over the ground maintenance equipment and cricket gears to the representatives of 39 District Sports Associations (DSAs) at Sher-e-Bangla Nation Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, reports UNB. The cricket gears provided...
BIRMINGHAM, Sept 3 (AFP): Ajinkya Rahane's maiden one-day international hundred set the seal on a crushing nine-wicket series-clinching win over England in the fourth ODI at Edgbaston Tuesday. Victory saw world champions India take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the...
IM Minhazuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy took solo lead in the points table of the 40th National B Chess Championship with 8 points after the end of 9th round games now being held at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room, reports...
BIRMINGHAM, Sept 3 (AFP): England captain Alastair Cook insisted he still wanted to lead the side at the World Cup despite conceding the team's chances of triumphing at next year's tournament were "far-fetched" following another mauling by India. The reigning...
The Polar Ice Cream 22nd School Handball Tournament for Boys and Girls began Wednesday at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city, reports UNB. In an opening day's Girls group match, Scholastica rout Shaheed Ramijuddin...
NEW YORK, Sept 3 (AFP): Five-time champion Roger Federer set-up a US Open quarter-final blockbuster against eccentric French star Gael Monfils Tuesday as the hugely-hyped new generation once again flopped. Second seed Federer reached his 10th US Open quarter-final in...
Bangladesh Under-16 women's football team beat Narayanganj District Women's Football team by 5-0 goals in the second football practice match Wednesday at the Bangladesh Football Federation in the city, reports BSS. In the day's match, Sanjida scored a brace while...
Ruling Awami League (AL) will distribute relief materials among the flood-affected people in 11 districts from Friday, said a party press release on Thursday, according to a news agency.
NEW YORK, Sept 3 (AFP): Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki and first-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Peng Shuai will meet for a place in the US Open title match after dominant victories Tuesday. Wozniacki, the runner-up at Flushing Meadows in...
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