Our Correspondent | 2014-07-16 00:00:00
PABNA, July 15: Tuberculosis (TB) claimed at least 59 people in two years and the number is increasing which is alarming for public health of the district, said the speakers at a seminar organized by 'National Anti-Tuberculosis Association of Bangladesh'...
RAJSHAHI, July 15 (BSS): Wide-ranging promotion of rice-wheat-mugbean cropping pattern in bed planting system could be the effective means of making yield of those double in the region including its vast Barind tract. Agricultural scientists and researchers told BSS that...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-16 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, July 15: On the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan 389414 Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) cards have been allotted for the ultra-poor people of the district comprising 6 upazilas and 4 municipalities. Each card holder would get 10kg...
SYLHET, July 15 (UNB): A young man and his nephew were killed when a truck ran them over on Sylhet-Tamabil road at Darbasta Faruk Sarani in Jaintapur upazila early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Aiyub Ali, 25, son of...
FARIDPUR, July 15 (BSS): With the object of helping the poor consumers during the month of Ramadan, the Office of Faridpur Deputy Commissioner (DC) has opened an outlet this morning at its office premises to sell soybean oil and sugar...
KHULNA, July 15 (BSS): With only 14 days left for Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest Muslim religious festival, Eid shopping has started gaining momentum in Khulna amid huge supply of consumer goods and enthusiasm among the people for buying. All the city...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-16 00:00:00
MAGURA, July 15: A seminar on rights of the disabled was held in Magura Tuesday. Non-government organisation Faith in Action, Magura arranged the seminar at Shatrijitpur union parishad office of Magura. Magura sadar Upazila chairman Nazimuddin was the chief guest...
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said the government is going to approve ‘Palli Janapad’ project soon to provide rural people with civic amenities. Under the project, four-storey buildings will be constructed in rural areas, while flats will be...
RU Correspondent | 2014-07-16 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, July 15: Snatchers stabbed a student of the Rajshahi University (RU) critically injuring him on Monday night at the campus area. The victim was identified as Azimul Haque, a Master's student of Information Science & Library Management department...
BAGERHAT, July 15 (UNB): A young man was stabbed to death by unknown miscreants in C&B Bazar area on the Bagerhat-Khulna Highway in Sadar upazila on Monday night. The deceased Bappi Shikder,23, son of Abdus Sattar, a resident of Brahmyakathi...
PANCHAGARH, July 15 (BSS): Police recovered the body of a youth from a residential hotel in the town here last night. The deceased was identified as Torit Kanti, 25, son of Ranjit Kanti of Korerhat village under Rajarhat upazila in...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, July 15 (BSS): Transplantation of Aus seedlings has been progressing fast in all the five upazilas in the district during the current season amid much enthusiasm to the farmers to get desired yield. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office...
NAOGAON, July 15 (BSS): A farmer was killed by lightning in Kirtipur area in sadar upazila here on Monday. The deceased was identified as Helal Uddin, 50, son of Phurun Ali at Chanla village in Badalgachhi upazila of the district....
2 food factories fined Tk 25,000 in Rajshahi The regional office of the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institutions (BSTI) has expedited drives against the manufacturing of substandard and adulterated food and fined owners of two food factories Taka 25,000 in...
Mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited signed an agreement with Delta Health Care Chittagong Ltd at Muradpur and Samdib Sweaters Ltd at Dewanhat in Chittagong on Tuesday. Under the agreement, Delta Health Care Chittagong Ltd and Samdib Sweaters Ltd will...
KHOST, July 15 (Reuters): A car packed with explosives exploded on Tuesday as it sped through a crowded market in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika, killing at least 89 people, officials said, one of the most violent attacks in the...
GAZA CITY, July 15 (agencies): Israel carried out at least four air strikes against Gaza Tuesday afternoon, resuming raids after a truce that failed to get off the ground, AFP correspondents and eyewitnesses said. An AFP correspondent reported one air...
Neighbouring India on Wednesday conveyed Bangladesh about the ‘progress’ over the two major pending issues --Teesta water sharing deal and Land Boundary Agreement (LBA). The issues along with other bilateral issues between the two countries would be discussed in details...
PESHAWAR, July 15 (AFP): Three Pakistani soldiers were killed Tuesday in a gunfight with militants during an army offensive against insurgent hideouts in a northwestern tribal area, the military said. The clash happened near the town of Mirali in North...
BAGHDAD, July 15 (agencies): Iraq's fractious parliament elected a speaker Tuesday, setting the stage for the government formation process to move forward after extensive delays, as security forces advanced into militant-held Tikrit. World powers and Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand...
NEW DELHI, July 15 (agencies): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on the need to resolve a decades-old border dispute during talks before the BRICS summit in Brazil, a statement said Tuesday. The leaders also...
Passenger van crash kills 18 in Pakistan PESHAWAR July 15: A passenger van plunged nearly 140 metres into a ravine in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 18 people, officials said. The accident happened in Peshowra area, 250 kilometres (155 miles)...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-07-16 00:00:00
While slogans like "Shame Israel Shame" and "Free Palestine - Free Gaza" rent the air across the globe - from Australia to India - from Europe to the Middle East condemning the brutalities of Israel in Gaza, the international community...
S Iftikhar Murshed from Pakistan | 2014-07-16 00:00:00
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is a dreamer of unreal dreams. He believes that he has the ability to resuscitate the comatose economy and transform Pakistan into an Asian tiger. The flaw in this grandiose scheme is that there can be...
That muggers have become increasingly active in the capital over the past week or so, is no good news for shoppers and others who have, of necessity, to carry big amount of cash. It is the time for self-abnegation and...
The Foreign Ministry will brief the media on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s UK visit beginning on July 21. Foreign Minister (FM) AH Mahmood Ali will brief the media at the Foreign Ministry on Sunday, said an official here on Wednesday,...
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