WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (AP): One year ago, President Barack Obama was barreling toward airstrikes in Syria when he abruptly announced that he first wanted approval from congressional lawmakers. The move threw his policy into confusion and the strikes were eventually...
Japan confirms first dengue fever infections in 70 years TOKYO, Aug 28: Japanese health officials said Thursday that three young people have contracted dengue fever, the first such infections in the country in nearly 70 years. The three are suspected...
The only T20 between Bangladesh and host West Indies was called off due to wet outfield following heavy rain just 17 minutes after the match began at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts Thursday, reports UNB. The match officials made the...
The Citycell Open 3-on-3 Basketball Championship (Boys and Girls), organised by Bangladesh Basketball Federation and sponsored by Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited, begins today (Friday) at the Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium in the city, reports UNB. President of Bangladesh Basketball Federation and...
Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh all-rounder, will be unavailable for selection for Kolkata Knight Riders for the Champions League Twenty20, reports Cricinfo. Even though the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) this week relaxed the ban imposed on Shakib by allowing him...
Bangladesh Under-23 Football Team will take on visiting Nepal Under-23 side in their 2nd and last match of the two-match SS Steel International Friendly Football series at the Sylhet District Stadium today Friday, reports UNB. The match will begin at...
The Walton Refrigerator the 13th National Intermediate and the 1st Junior Women's Boxing Competition began Thursday at the Mohammad Ali Boxing Stadium in the city, reports UNB. Participants competed in the day's preliminary phase of the meet, split in six...
CARDIFF, Aug 28 (AFP): Suresh Raina's dynamic century laid the platform for world champions India's crushing 133-run win over England in the second one-day international at Cardiff Wednesday. Victory gave India a 1-0 lead in the five-match series following Monday's...
MONACO, Aug 28 (AFP): UEFA president Michel Platini announced Thursday that he will not challenge Sepp Blatter for the leadership of football's world body but made a new call for Blatter to stand down when his term ends. The 59-year-old...
NEW YORK, Aug 28 (AFP): French Open champion Maria Sharapova and Australian Open winner Stan Wawrinka survived some shaky moments Wednesday to book their third-round berths at the US Open. Sharapova, who lifted her fifth Grand Slam title at Roland...
MUMBAI, Aug 28 (AFP): Batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar Thursday threw his weight behind the upcoming Indian Super League (ISL), saying it was the way forward to unearth football talent in the cricket-mad country. "There is a lot of sporting talent...
England fined for slow over-rate in India ODI CARDIFF, Aug 28: England have been fined for a slow over-rate during their 133-run defeat by India in the second one-day international in Cardiff Wednesday, the International Cricket Council has announced. A...
FE Report | 2014-08-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) is going to release 8 new stress-tolerant rice varieties soon which will be of short duration and higher yielding in quality, officials said. Director of BRRI Dr Md Shahjahan Kabir said the institute will release...
MADRID, Aug 28 (AFP): Shoppers risk paying more for their olive oil this year as a drought in Spain and a blight in Italy wither trees in the two top producers, driving up prices. Months of dry weather have struck...
SINGAPORE, Aug 28 (AFP): Oil prices moved lower in Asia Thursday as dealers looked ahead to fresh US economic data for clues about demand in the world's top crude consumer following a neutral weekly stockpiles report. US benchmark West Texas...
AMSTERDAM, Aug 27 (Reuters): Tonnes of tomatoes, pears and apples were being dumped by Dutch farmers on Wednesday as they signed up for compensation after prices plunged in response to Russian sanctions on Western food imports, officials said. Around 45...
TOKYO, Aug 28 (AFP): Tokyo and New Delhi will next week sign an agreement that will see around 2,000 tons of rare earths imported from India, a report said Thursday, as Japan looks to diversify supply away from China. Japanese...
K B Ahmed | 2014-08-29 00:00:00
The person, who inherits the burden of poverty, not only lacks money, property or any tangible assets, he also lacks information, articulation, connection and ability to create his own support for defence against the environment around him. He will be...
Waliul Huq Khandker | 2014-08-29 00:00:00
Health care, food and education are the three basic needs in human life. A sick person can not carry out his responsibilities as expected nor can he fulfil his family obligations. Rather he becomes a burden to his family and...
"Justice delayed is justice denied" is an oft-repeated legal maxim. There could be many reasons, including the ones created deliberately, for the delay in the dispensation of justice. The litigants in this country are very much familiar with the causes...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-08-29 00:00:00
The death of a widow following inhuman torture in a village under Pirojpur, a coastal district, has sent shockwaves across the country. A mother of two, she saved Tk 35,000 by working as a domestic help. She lent the money...
Aziza Hena | 2014-08-29 00:00:00
IT firms help in graphic design, web design and web development but rarely do they execute email sending services for any particular marketing company. The fact is that Bangladesh as a nation has not yet been totally accustomed to email...
It was highly shocking to read about the killing of Moulana Nurul Islam Faroqui in the capital. He was well known through his Islam-based TV programmes, and during the last holy month of Ramadan his programme was one of my...
I am really glad to find that Bangladesh and India are planning to introduce waterway travel between the two countries. If implemented, it will surely encourage the tourists of both Bangladesh and India to visit each other's country more frequently....
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP should overcome its fear first before going for a movement. “BNP will keep on announcing programmes from inside a safe haven until they conquer the fear,” he said. Obaidul was talking to...
I felt profoundly disturbed to read a news item that came out in almost all the national dailies a few days ago. According to the report, a highly reputable and large hospital in the capital was refusing to hand over...
Pamelia Khaled | 2014-08-29 00:00:00
Children learn in their early days how to express themselves, read clearly, speak articulately and using pitch and tone in their class presentation and speech in any event. Children at elementary stage also express themselves through writing skills such as...
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