India has earmarked USD 100 million for upgradation of Chabahar port in Iran so as to improve trade with Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries, Afghan envoy to India Shaida Mohammad Abdali has said. ‘Ultimately the port connects the Central...
AirAsia India's head of safety Sumant Mishra has resigned, three months after the domestic arm of the Malaysian budget airline AriAsia got off the ground, sources said. The airline, however, has found the replacement, who will soon be taking over...
India is better prepared to handle the impact of interest rate increases in the United States as foreign funds are less likely to desert the country due to signs of an upturn in economic growth, its central bank chief said...
Clashes along India's border with Pakistan are ‘extremely serious and provocative’ and not conducive to improving relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday. The comments came nearly two weeks after New Delhi called off top...
Some 83 per cent of Myanmar migrant workers working in the northern provinces plan to return and live permanently in Myanmar, according to a survey by Myanmar Study Centre. The study conducted in Chiang Mai, offers insights into the opinions...
Emaar Properties, the developer behind one of the world's largest shopping malls and the world's tallest tower, says it will launch an initial public offering for its retail business in Dubai next month. The Dubai-based developer said in a statement...
A magnitude-6 earthquake struck northern Pakistan on Sunday, authorities said, though there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Pakistan Meteorological Department official Mohammad Shahid said people felt the quake in Peshawar and Islamabad. He said its epicenter was...
The general who transitioned from Thailand's junta leader to prime minister has awarded key Cabinet posts to his trusted allies from the armed forces, the latest in a series of moves that critics say will prolong the military's grip on...
Somalia's government forces regained control of a high security prison in the capital that was attacked Sunday by seven heavily armed suspected Islamic militants who attempted to free other extremists held there, officials said. All the attackers, three government soldiers...
Dhaka is going to host an international workshop on ‘blue economy’ with experts and representatives from 20 countries. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will open the two-day workshop on Monday. This will be the first such workshop Bangladesh will host, according...
British authorities have been accused of funding a four-year intelligence operation in Nepal that led to Maoist rebels being arrested, tortured and killed during the country’s civil war. Thomas Bell, the author of a new book on the conflict, says...
Accusing the government of formulating anti-people policies, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Sunday said democracy is gasping in the country following the January-5 farcical election. In a statement, she said, “The country’s independence and sovereignty are now at stake while democracy...
The committee, formed by the government to investigate the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder incident, Sunday quizzed deputy inspector general (Dhaka range) SM Mahfuzul Haque Nuruzzaman. Shahjahan Ali Mollah, the chief of the probe committee, formed by the Public Administration Ministry on...
Members of elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) conducted a drive again at Satchhari jungles along the Indian border in Chunarughat upazila of Habjganj on Sunday to recover arms and ammunition. However, no arms and ammunition could be recovered during...
The upcoming Dhaka University (DU) admission test will have 301,138 candidates vying for 6,582 seats, creating a seat-contender ratio of 1:46. DU Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique gave the details at the central admission office Sunday after announcing the closure...
The Election Commission (EC) is set to start updating the voter list in the capital city, including the cantonment board, on Monday. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said this at a press briefing at the EC Media Centre in...
The 3rd session of the 10th parliament will begin at 5 pm on Monday at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban. President M Abdul Hamid summoned the session on 11 August as per Article 72 (1) of the constitution, according to...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Monday brought some changes to the repatriation of sale proceeds of non-resident owned equity in unlisted companies purchased by residents. "It has now been decided that in such cases Bangladesh Bank will accept fair value of...
Tahseen Rashid | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
In the old days, money would be saved within bamboo shoots and piggy banks, but now, they are just for show and used in banking advertisements. In this money-swindling world, the habit of saving, for what is important, is becoming...
Md Bayazid Khan | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
Considering the significance of ensuring primary education to all school going children in Bangladesh, government has taken many unprecedented as well as history making initiatives in the recent years. The most remarkable initiatives taken by the government for developing primary...
Assalamulaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh On behalf of the Government and the people of Malaysia, I would like to extend my warmest greetings and best wishes to the people and the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on this auspicious occasion...
Malaysia's tourism industry continues to assume a key role in the country's Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) to propel it into a high-income nation by the year 2020. Last year, the tourism sector contributed RM51.5 billion to Malaysia's Gross National Income...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday urged all, including the student community, to remain alert against those committed the August 15 and August 21 killings, and now want to foil the achievements of independence and deter the country’s advancement. The Prime...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Aug 30: At least 300 families at different villages under Gangachara Upazila in the district were rendered homeless during last couple of weeks owing to serious erosion by the river Teesta. The most affected villages are char Nohali, Boirati,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Aug 30: The availability of different species of local freshwater fish is not as sufficient as expected in this rainy season. These varieties of fish were found in abundance at this time in the markets in the past. Sources...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
KHULNA, Aug 30: Boro procurement drive is facing a setback in Khulna district of this season because of higher price of paddy and rice in the local markets than the rate fixed by the government. It is expected that the...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 30 (BSS): Implementation work of the 'Upazila Freedom Fighters Complex Construction Project' is now going on throughout the country successfully as recognition to supreme sacrifice of the great sons of the soil to the nation. Local Government Engineering...
GAIBANDHA, Aug 30 (BSS): Overall flood situation in char areas and the Brahmaputra river basin under four upazilas in the district has started improving since Friday night with the recession of flood waters. The officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 30 (UNB): An old man was killed after falling under a running train at Shairgacha in the city on Friday morning. The victim was identified as Gendu Mollah, 65, hailing from Yusufdia village in Salta upazila of Faridpur...
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