A group of human rights organizations said Tuesday they are organizing a flotilla of vessels that will attempt to breach Israel's blockade of Gaza later this year. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition said it plans to sail to Gaza ‘during 2014.’...
A coal mine collapsed in northern Turkey on Tuesday, trapping up to nine people inside, an official said. The accident occurred just months after 301 miners were killed in the country's worst mining disaster. Gov. Ali Kaban said the coal...
Two Brazilian companies made a $611 million offer for US banana giant Chiquita Monday that could derail Chiquita's merger with European rival Fyffes. Cutrale Group, one of Brazil's largest juice exporters, and investment bank Safra Group offered $13 a share...
Defence company BAE Systems is to build three ships for Britain's navy in a deal worth £348 million ($584 million, 436 million euros), the contractor said on Tuesday. BAE said the three 'Offshore Patrol Vessels' would be used to combat...
Hyundai Motor Co said on Tuesday that it will pay South Korean owners of its Sante Fe (DM) sport utility vehicle up to 400,000 won ($388.61) per car, after the transport ministry found the fuel economy of the SUV had...
Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI) said on Tuesday it had agreed with US investment firm Fintech to extend the deadline to complete the sale of Telecom Argentina (TEC2.BA) to September 1. Telecom Italia agreed to sell its stake in Telecom Argentina to...
Tokyo Electric Power Co may hive off its hydropower and renewable energy operations into a separate unit, sources with knowledge of the matter said, in another element to a revamp as it tries to recover from the Fukushima nuclear disaster...
Bangladesh and China have agreed to expand mutual engagements on various economic and social fields for further improvement of the existing relations. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi reached the agreement at a meeting held...
Turkish lender Vakifbank posted a net profit of 349.2 million lira ($162.4 million) in the second quarter, down 9 per cent from a year earlier but exceeding a Reuters poll forecast of 318 million lira. The bank, which made the...
Pointing to BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said any bid to create terrorism in the name of movement will not be tolerated. “It’ll be of no use how much you roar (about...
Mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited signed an agreement with MN Group in Chittagong on Monday. AKM Morshed, chief technical officer of Robi Axiata and Md Moin Uddin Ahmed Mintu, Managing Director of MN Group, inked the agreement on behalf...
India said Tuesday industrial output expanded by an unexpectedly slow 3.4 per cent in June from a year earlier while inflation accelerated, dimming prospects of a quick economic recovery. The growth in output by India's mines, factories and utilities marked...
Students, teachers and activists on Tuesday formed a human chain to protest against the demolition of a govt. primary school on Bailey Road in Dhaka. The protesters demanded that the school is rebuilt at its site adjacent to Bangladesh Girls’...
Runner Group signed a business solutions agreement with Grameenphone Ltd on Tuesday to avail different enterprise solutions. Hafizur Rahman Khan, Chairman of Runner Group, and Vivek Sood, CEO of Grameenphone, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations, according...
Ukraine's national currency fell Tuesday to a record low against the dollar, the central bank said, as fierce fighting in the east hammers the economy. The National Bank of Ukraine said that the average exchange rate it calculates based on...
Narayanganj City Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy is trying to protect someone by blaming the so-called 'godfathers' for the seven murders, local MP Shamim Osman has alleged. The Awami League leader also expressed doubt over the manner in which the bodies...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday asked the officials to ensure timely delivery of passports without any delay and harassment. “Make sure that the passport seekers get their passports in time. Don’t harass them,” she said while opening issuance of Machine...
The results of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published Wednesday. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will hand over the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban at 10am. Later,...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to arrive Dhaka on September 6 on a two-day official visit to which Japan is giving serious interest, said an official on Tuesday. However, there is no formal announcement yet from the Foreign...
The prosecution Tuesday declared one of its witnesses hostile halfway through his testimony against Viqarunnisa rape case accused Parimal Joydhar. During his deposition before a tribunal, Babul Kumar Karmaker, a teacher of Bashundhara branch of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College,...
The Supreme Court's chamber judge has forwarded the petition against shifting a government primary school at Dhaka's Baily Road to the full bench of the Appellate Division. The state moved to the court of chamber judge Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana...
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JHENIDAH, Aug 11: Famous artist SM Sultan's dreams have not yet been materialised at Masimdia under Narail municipality though he had passed away in 1994. Sources said the Shilpakala Academy Director General promised in the Sultan festival two years back...
US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed his willingness to visit Bangladesh at the earliest possible time. Secretary Kerry expressed the desire to visit Bangladesh during an informal meeting with Foreign Minister AH Mahood Ali during the 21st Asean...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Aug 11: Nazrul Islam of Bagha has invented a device to fetch water using pump from underground sources, charge battery driven three wheelers, move fans and light bulbs by using batteries. Nazrul Islam has named his innovation as Power...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Aug 11: Four persons were killed 30 were injured, 10 of them critically, in a road accident on Dhaka-Barisal highway near Rakdi Bridge under Muksudpur Upazila in Gopalganj district Sunday. The deceased were identified as Sobahan Sheikh (30) of...
GAZIPUR, Aug 11 (UNB): A court here on Sunday afternoon convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 1996. The convict was identified as Akhil Chandra Sarkar, son of late Yogesh Chandra Sarkar...
FARIDPUR, Aug 11 (BSS): Cow-fattening, a practice developed for fetching high price by increasing the weight and size of a cow, has been popular in this district for last two decades. According to District Livestock department sources, generally this project...
RANGPUR, Aug 11 (BSS): Speakers at the monthly meeting of District Corruption Prevention Committee (DCPC) here on Sunday evening stressed launching an effective social movement involving every citizen to prevent corruption. They put emphasis on educating students of different educational...
MYMENSINGH, Aug 11 (BSS): A three day tree fair began on Phulbaria upazila parisad premises today with a view to plant more fruit bearing and other types of saplings to meet up the demand of nutrition and achieve economic benefit...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said no cattle market alongside roads and highways will allowed ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. He said this while inspecting the four-lane upgradation works on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Siddhirganj in Narayanganj, according to a news...
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