As the Eid approaches nearer the muggers in the city are more desperate and we often read about muggers snatching away money and injuring people. Life is becoming increasingly insecure. The law-enforcement agencies should strengthen vigilance to ensure safety of...
On Sunday evening I went for shopping at the Nurjahan Bhabon opposite Dhaka College. The building, a big one, houses a number of show rooms of renowned drapers and manufacturers of textile products on its first and second floors. I...
Ace Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al-Hasan has appealed against his punishment, and we sincerely hope that the Bangladesh Cricket Board will reduce his punishment. I believe Shakib needed a reminder and he has got the message from the penalty. Shakib is...
Parvez Babul | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
The Girl Summit 2014 is scheduled to begin in London today (July 22). Heads of government including the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, women and human rights activists, community leaders, civil society organisations (CSOs) and development partners will join the summit....
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
Child labour is an acute problem in Bangladesh. Children in the country are engaged in many 'worst forms of child labour', primarily in hazardous activities in agriculture and domestic service. In 2002-2003, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) conducted the second...
The government has set an export target of $33.2 billion, eyeing a 10.02 per cent rise from the last fiscal. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed revealed the target for FY 2014-15 in a press conference at the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB)...
A heavy storm in the sea has drowned a fishing trawler in the Bay of Bengal. The trawler 'FB Maa-2' drowned 200 km south off the Char Fashion Upazila coast, Bhola Sunday night. Seven men have been rescued but 11...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence Ministry on Monday lauded the three forces -- Army, Navy and Air -- for their contributions to infrastructure development, rehabilitation and other services. The JS body also expressed satisfaction as the armed forces got...
The High Court Monday asked the government to examine the impugned formalin detection kit, Formaldehyde Meter Z-300, to find out its precision in order to dispel confusion, according to a news agency. Passing the interim order, an HC division bench...
The appeal filed by famed Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan against his six-month suspension from all sorts of cricket may be considered at a BCB board meeting after Eid vacation. BCB President Nazmul Hassan Papon MP disclosed this to the...
The appeal filed by famed Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan against his six-month suspension from all sorts of cricket may be considered at a BCB board meeting after Eid vacation, according to a news agency. BCB President Nazmul Hassan Papon...
RANGPUR, July 20 (BSS): Huge sales with thronging crowds are being observed in the markets in Rangpur division where hundreds of people are purchasing Eid items of own choice even a week ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festivity. Traders at different...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-21 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, July 20: One person was killed, 10 others injured, three of them critically in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Gopinathpur under Gopalganj Sadar Upazila of the district last midnight. The deceased was identified Mithun Mridha (35), Staff...
RAJSHAHI, July 20 (BSS): Speakers have asked the branch managers and other field staffs of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) to speed up its farmers-level lending activities for boosting agricultural production to face the gradually increasing food demand. They said...
The maiden meeting of the newly-formed BNP Dhaka city unit convening committee is likely to be held on Wednesday to start its formal journey. Though a meeting-cum-Iftar party of the new committee was scheduled to be held on Monday at...
LAXMIPUR, July 20 (UNB): Five people, including a woman and her son, sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out following the explosion of a gas cylinder at a house at Jadoiya village in Sadar upazila on Saturday night....
NARSINGDI, July 20 (BSS): Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) Narsingdi region has disbursed Taka 642.5 million as agricultural loan among 7,104 farmers in the six upazilas of the district during the last fiscal year (2013-2014). Official sources said BKB earmarked Taka...
GAIBANDHA, July 20 (BSS): A two-day training for the journalists on Disaster and its Reduction and Climate Change-Adaptation began at the conference room of district collectorate building here this morning. Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) has arranged the training in...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, July 20 (BSS): Transplanted Aman cultivation plan has been taken up in the district this year. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office of Chapainawabganj sources said a total of 47,419 hectares of land has been brought under T-Aman cultivation...
BRAHMANBARIA, July 20 (UNB): Over 50 people, including seven policemen, were injured in a clash between two groups of people over a trifling matter at Bitghar village in Sarail upazila on Sunday. Locals said auto-rickshaw drivers Rukku Miah and Ashraf...
With Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival for Muslims, approaching, sale of electronics products of Walton Brand — Freeze, TV set, home appliances—has increased at different markets across the country. Walton authorities said freeze and air conditioner of Walton brand is...
NAOGAON, July 20 (UNB): A man died from electrocution in the district town on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Belal Hossain,55, son of Kader Hossain, a resident of Bangabaria area of the district town. He was an employee...
SIRAJGANJ, July 20 (UNB): A local leader of Awami League was hacked to death following previous enmity at Jahangirnagar village in Tarash upazila on Saturday night. The deceasee was identified as Altaf Hossain,35, organising secretary of AL Mathainagar union unit....
RAJSHAHI, July 20 (BSS): Some of neaighbours have beaten a young farmer to death at Terapara village under Godagari Upazila of the district yesterday evening, police and hospital sources said this morning. The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam, 30,...
Work on Sakoa Bridge progressing The construction work of much awaited Sakoa Bridge near Dholvanga area on Gaibandha- Palashbari Road in Gaibandha is progressing. Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is implementing the work of the 40.30-meter length and 24-meter wide...
Noah Browning of Reuters from Gaza | 2014-07-21 00:00:00
Asked if a quick ceasefire with Israel might at least be welcome for saving lives, Abu Hashem simply scoffed. "We're living death," he said. The 50-year old father of two strolled in the shade of a street in Gaza city,...
John Irish and Parisa Hafezi of Reuters from Vienna | 2014-07-21 00:00:00
Iran and six world powers are working to finalize the terms of a likely extension in negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program beyond a July 20 deadline and an announcement may come as early as Friday, Western diplomats said. Officials from...
Frank Jack Daniel and Neha Dasgupta of Reuters from New Delhi/Mumbai | 2014-07-21 00:00:00
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under pressure to perform on the economy after a budget packed with ambitious targets met mild scepticism from investors and credit-rating agencies and failed to dispel the latent risk of a downgrade. With varying degrees...
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