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Rajshahi farmer innovates new variety of cross-bred Boro rice

Our Correspondent | 2014-07-13 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, July 12: A simple, poorly-educated farmer of village Gollapara under Tanore upazila of the district have invented a new variety of cross-bred Boro rice which can be harvested within 115 to 130 days after plantation. The invention has got...

Homestead vegetables farming make 1.19 char households self-reliant

2014-07-13 00:00:00

RANGPUR, July 12 (BSS): Homestead vegetables' farming has effectively made 1.19 extremely poor women-led char households, living in remote char areas in ten northwestern districts on the Brahmaputra basin, self-reliant in recent years. The charwomen have been cultivating vegetables on...

Shopper crowding markets ahead of Eid in Chuadanga

Our Correspondent | 2014-07-13 00:00:00

CHUADANGA, July 12: The main shopping markets and sidewalk shops in the district town are seen crowded with customers on the occasion of the greatest Muslim religious festival Eid-ul- Fitar. During visiting some markets in the district town this correspondent...

Witness hacked to death by murder accused

2014-07-13 00:00:00

KHAGRACHHARI, July 12 (UNB): A man, who was witness in a murder case, was hacked to death allegedly by an accused in the case and his men at Kalapani Achalongpara in Manikchhari upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as...

Batpara Secondary School beset with classroom crisis

2014-07-13 00:00:00

MEHERPUR, July 12 (BSS): Academic activities at Batpara Secondary School under Gangni upazila of the district is being hampered due to an acute crisis of classrooms. School sources said 153 students out of 513 are compelled to take lessons under...

Man charged with killing son commits suicide

2014-07-13 00:00:00

SYLHET, July 12 (UNB): A man, who was accused of killing his son by strangulating, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Angura village in Bianibazar upazila  Friday. The deceased was identified as Kutil Mia, 30, a resident...

Construction of 5 school buildings completed in Mymensingh

2014-07-13 00:00:00

MYMENSINGH, July 12 (BSS): The government has completed construction of five single-storey school buildings at a cost of over Taka 20 million in Gouripur upazila of the district in the last fiscal year. The buildings were constructed under the supervision...

410 farmers get free flood tolerant Aman seeds in Gaibandha

2014-07-13 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, July 12 (BSS): A total of 410 farmers of two upazilas in the district got flood tolerant Aman seeds from a ngo today at free of cost. RDRS Bangladesh distributed the seeds to the farmers of flood prone areas...

Sexagenarian killed by wife, son

2014-07-13 00:00:00

TANGAIL, July 12 (UNB): An old man was beaten to death allegedly by his wife and son over a land-related dispute at Habibpur village in Gopalpur upazila on Thursday evening. The deceased was identified as Julhash Uddin, 65, a teacher...

2 SUST students among 3 hurt in road accident

2014-07-13 00:00:00

SYLHET, July 12 (UNB): Three people, including two students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), were injured when a microbus rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Akhalia in the city on Friday. The injured were identified as Jewel...

News in brief

2014-07-13 00:00:00

Huge amount of Hilsa fish seized in Satkhira Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized huge Hilsa fish worth about Taka 4.6 million from Alipur Chickpost area of Vomra frontier under Sadar upazila of Satkhira Saturday morning. On a tip-off,...

Photo: PATUAKHALI: A tidal surge submerged a number of villages

2014-07-13 00:00:00

Photo: CHITTAGONG: Young artisans engaged in intricate needle works

2014-07-13 00:00:00

MYMENSINGH: Latkan, a bitter-sweet fruit

2014-07-13 00:00:00

Necessity of effective primary schools

Md Bayazid Khan | 2014-07-13 00:00:00

Schools at the primary level build the foundation of students' education. Teaching the classic "three Rs" of education--reading, writing and arithmetic--prepares children for secondary school and beyond. Without a mastery of these fundamentals, students are not able to prepare themselves...

Ensuring improved salary structure for public university teachers in Bangladesh

Md Siddikur Rahman Rana | 2014-07-13 00:00:00

University education is more than the next level in the learning process; it is a critical component of human development worldwide. For making a sustainable nation, university teachers are like concrete. Actually university teachers are responsible to keep the backbone...

BOJ upbeat on regional economies, reassures easy policy to stay

Leika Kihara of Reuters from Tokyo | 2014-07-13 00:00:00

The Bank of Japan kept its upbeat assessment for all of the country's nine regions, saying a moderate recovery was taking hold and bolstering views the economy is on track to meet the central bank's price target without more monetary...

Modi eyes first labour overhaul in decades to create jobs

Rajesh Kumar Singh of Reuters from New Delhi | 2014-07-13 00:00:00

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set in motion the first major revamp in decades of the archaic labour laws, part of a plan to revive the flagging economy, boost manufacturing and create millions of jobs. Successive governments have agreed labour...

Khaleda denounces Israeli offensive on Gaza

2014-07-12 00:00:00

Protesting the killing of numerous Palestinian people in Israel's air-strikes on Gaza, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia said Saturday Israel has adopted terrorism as its state policy obliterating all signs of humanity to meet their hunger of imperialism, according to a...

Speaker for involving all students with IT

2014-07-12 00:00:00

RANGPUR: Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury stressed expanding the IT use involving every student of the country in this age of globalization and free flow of information. “We’ll have to reach information technology services to the doorsteps of people to...

Security to be tightened in trains, railway stations

2014-07-12 00:00:00

COMILLA: Railways Minister M Mazibul Hoque said Saturday security measures will be beefed up in trains and railway stations ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.  “To prevent subversive acts and to serve the passengers properly Rab, BGB, police will be deployed round...

Shops, restaurants fined for selling unhygienic foodstuffs

2014-07-12 00:00:00

The Department of National Consumers Rights Protection (DNCRP) Saturday fined eight shops and restaurants in the capital Tk 113000 for keeping unhygienic foodstuffs. The shops and restaurants are: New Café de Taz Hotel and Restaurant and Al Madina Hotel at...

AL will fight for Bangladesh: Joy

2014-07-12 00:00:00

Awami League is ready to fight any country for Bangladesh, Sajeeb Ahmed Wajed Joy has said, according to a news agency. “We have fought and won against both India and Myanmar for our maritime border”, he said. “This happened because...

Homrich: A great humanitarian

M G Neogi | 2014-07-12 00:00:00

Eugene E Homrich, who is very much known in the Madhpur community, is sacrificing his whole life for the development of disadvantaged and indigenous poor people of Madhupur jungle. A native of Michigan from the United States started his humanitarian...

Rapid economic dev requires more privileges in agri sector

Md Bayazid Khan | 2014-07-12 00:00:00

According to a recent study, nearly 69,000 hectares of agricultural land have been shrinking annually due to rapid industrialisation and unplanned urbanisation. If you move along premier highways of the country, you will see the sign of unplanned industrialisation and...

The most attractive World Cup loses some of its shine

Nilratan Halder | 2014-07-12 00:00:00

This year's World Cup football has been the most attractive and entertaining ever. Not so much because people want to see goals which have been scored aplenty but also because the gap between the teams has narrowed down and many...

Occupational therapy for sound mental health

Rabeya Ferdous | 2014-07-12 00:00:00

Mental function is an important part of our life. If our mind remains well, then everything is well. Physical health and mental health are interconnected with each other. If one of the two is not well, then the other is...

Carbon Trade Exchange: Where \\\'being poor\\\' is a virtue

Rahman Habib | 2014-07-12 00:00:00

Bangladesh is a poor country. But the question is how it has been so described? By standard definition, 'being poor' means  running out of resources. It is true our country has 'lots of mouths to feed' but do we really...

DSE

2014-07-12 00:00:00

New Israeli raids kill 8 in Gaza

2014-07-12 00:00:00

GAZA CITY: Eight Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening, raising the toll in five days of attacks to 135, medics said. The eight were killed in Gaza City, central El-Bureij...