Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Friday asked the cricketers of the national team to prepare with utmost sincerity so that they could perform well in the upcoming World Cup Cricket tournament in 2015, reports UNB. "I express the hope that...
Bangladesh Thursday recalled opening batsman Imrul Kayes in their 15-man squad for the three-match one-day international series against the West Indies in the Caribbean next month, reports AFP. Kayes replaced all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who is serving a six-month ban,...
LONDON, July 25 (AFP): India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been fined 50 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of "conduct contrary to the spirit of the game", the International Cricket Council announced Friday. However, he was...
Australia set new women's 4x100m freestyle relay world record GLASGOW, July 25 (AFP): Australia set a new women's 4x100m freestyle relay world record of 3min 30:98sec as they retained their Commonwealth Games title in Glasgow Thursday. Having already broken the...
HARARE, July 25 (AFP): Zimbabwe Cricket chairman Peter Chingoka has unexpectedly stepped down from his position after 22 years at the helm, as the organisation also announced changes at both coach and captaincy level after its board meeting in Harare....
HARARE, July 25 (AFP): Zimbabwe Cricket chairman Peter Chingoka has unexpectedly stepped down from his position after 22 years at the helm, as the organisation also announced changes at both coach and captaincy level after its board meeting in Harare....
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said homebound passengers have no reason to worry as there will be no traffic congestions on roads. ‘There have been no traffic jams in the last 10 days. There were no news reports either,’...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has wondered why the issue of holding a dialogue with the BNP over the next national polls are being raised again and again. She said the BNP would have to pay for its "political mistake" of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will brief the media on her recent visit to the UK Saturday. Her press wing Friday said the news conference will be held at 11:30am at Ganababan, her official residence, according to a news agency.
JERUSALEM, July 24 (AFP):- Washington's top diplomat John Kerry Thursday pressed efforts to end bloodshed in Gaza, reaching out to allies of Hamas as the Islamist movement's war with Israel raged into a 17th day. Medics reported more than 50...
ISLAMABAD, July 24 (agencies): Pakistan Thursday said it would re-start work on improving trade ties with arch-rival India when the two nations' foreign ministers meet in Islamabad next month. Pakistan had pledged to grant India "Most Favoured Nation (MFN)" status...
BAGHDAD, July 24, (AP): An onslaught on a convoy transferring inmates north of Baghdad left at least 60 dead Thursday, even as politicians and diplomats stepped up efforts to end Iraq's worst crisis in years. Most of those killed in...
MAGONG, July 24 (AFP): Rescuers said Thursday they had recovered black boxes from the Taiwanese aircraft which crashed in torrential rain killing 48 people, as angry relatives blamed authorities for the worst air disaster in a decade. The discovery of...
YANGON, July 24 (AFP): Myanmar on Thursday invited Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to resume work in Rakhine state, which is gripped by a severe health crisis nearly five months after the medical aid group was ejected from the region. The...
Attack on mountain posts kills 14 Tunisia soldiers TUNIS, July 17: Assailants killed 14 Tunisian soldiers in an attack on two posts near the border with Algeria, where the army has been waging a crackdown on jihadists, the government said...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-25 00:00:00
RANGPUR, July 24: Large-scale cultivation of indigenous Parija paddy, a variety of short duration paddy can increase rice production and also alleviate seasonal food insecurity of the country. Speakers said this on Wednesday at a farmers' field day organised on...
A BSS report says: Officials, executives and directors of Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) handed over a cheque for Taka 82,000 as Zakat to the Government Zakat Fund (GZF) here recently. Deputy Commissioner of Rangpur and Chairman of...
MANIKGANJ, July 24 (UNB): Two women were killed and 10 others wounded in a stampede by a overwhelming crowd of distressed people for receiving jakat clothes distributed by a private organisation in the district town early Thursday. The deceased were...
RAJSHAHI, July 24 (BSS): Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has been implementing an integrated development project in greater Rajshahi division aims at improving overall living and livelihood condition of the rural people in general. The seven year project titled "Greater...
TANGAIL, July 24 (BSS): Three persons were killed and three others injured in a road accident in Pouly area on the Bangabandhu Bridge-Tangail highway under Kalihati upazila of the district this noon. The deceased were Dabir, 35, son of Dudu...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-25 00:00:00
PABNA, July 24: Crises deepen in Pabna Mental Hospital (PMH), the lone specialised hospital for mental patients across the country. Acute shortage of doctors and staffs disrupt medical service for the 500-bed hospital, sources said. Neglected by the family and...
NETRAKONA, July 24 (BSS): Harvesting of Jute has started in most of the areas of Netrakona district during the current week. Jute growers of the district and crop specialists of the district agriculture extension department (DAED) are expecting satisfactory production...
BARISAL, July 24 (BSS): Two minor children drowned in a pond at Lamchori village of Charbaria union under Sadar upazila this noon. The victims were identified as Mim, 5, daughter of Sukur Ali and Eti, 6, daughter of Mojubur of...
RU Correspondent | 2014-07-25 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, July 24: The intake test for the first year honours course under the Rajshahi University (RU) for the academic session of 2014-15 will be held from October 19 to 25, said a press release. Prof. Elias Hossain, administrator,...
CHANDPUR, July 24 (UNB): Police recovered the body of an unidentified young woman from Kuchirbeel at Betiapara village in Hajiganj upazila on Wednesday afternoon. Police said locals spotted the floating body of the woman, aged around 25, in the water...
RMCH launches burn unit In context of the ongoing demand, Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) has set up a burn unit in its newly constructed multi-storied building in a small scale here Thursday. Chairman of RMCH Management Board Fazley...
GAZA STRIP: Efforts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and the militant Hamas movement are intensifying as more people have been killed in the 18-day conflict. US Secretary of State John Kerry has been in Cairo meeting Egypt's foreign minister...
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