Neil Ray | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
Dhaka City now wears a rather unfamiliar look. Unfamiliar in the sense that its roads and alleys are almost vacant. Only the shopping centres and malls are still buzzing with people so busy with break-neck last-minute purchases. How welcome it...
The passport delivery slip issued by the Regional Passport Office, Agargaon, Dhaka indicated the probable delivery date 12th June'14 but I appeared there two weeks later apprehending probable delay in issuing passport. I deposited the delivery slip at the counter...
We happily noticed comparatively hassle-free travel on the country's highways, waterways and rail this year even though a large number of people headed home for the Eid holidays. This is indeed relieving for us as every year we are used...
We are indeed happy to learn that the Jahangirnagar University authority has expelled three female students for abusing a fresher in the name of ragging. I believe it is an exemplary punishment and other public universities should follow suit. In...
Md Mashiur Rahman | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
Paper money is a currency issued by a government or its central bank. The currency is printed on paper that can be circulated as a substitute for specie. On the other hand, transaction is the function that has its effect...
S Iftikhar Murshed from Pakistan | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
Pakistan is at war but its all-powerful prime minister, Mian Nawaz Sharif, is nowhere around. Last Sunday (July 27) he flew off to Saudi Arabia where he and his family will spend the last days of Ramazan in prayer, contemplation...
Alexandra Hudson and Sabine Siebold of Reuters from Berlin | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
For lawmaker Jan van Aken, little symbolizes more potently all that he finds indefensible about Germany's arms exports than the German and French-made anti-tank missile that he was shown in northern Syria. From its serial number, he believes the 1970s...
Sruthi Gottipati of Reuters from New Delhi | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing criticism for remaining silent about incidents deemed anti-Muslim in the past week, underscoring fears that his Hindu nationalist followers will upset religious relations in the multi-faith nation. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party swept...
Paul Mooney of Reuters from Yangon | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
A senior UN official last week warned of a growing polarisation between Buddhist and Muslim communities in Myanmar and said the living conditions in camps housing displaced Muslims were deplorable. Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, held...
Raheem Salman of Reuters from Baghdad | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
Gunmen in army uniforms have seized a senior local official and prominent member of a Sunni Islamist party from his Baghdad home, police and security sources said on Saturday. In a sign of the breakdown of security in and around...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
RANGPUR July 27: The cultivation of the hybrid variety BRRI dhan-48 paddy in the northern region has shown great potential in addressing food security and coping with the climate change effects. Farmers of the district are showing eagerness in cultivating...
CHANDPUR, July 27 (UNB): Angry relatives vandalised a hospital and assaulted two people, including a physician, in the district town in connection with the death of a patient for alleged negligence of treatment. The victim was identified as Shamsul Haque...
PANCHAGARH, July 27 (UNB): Topi (prayer cap) manufacturers at Mathaphata village in Tentulia upazila are passing a very busy time as the demand for the item has increased significantly ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. During a visit to the village, our Pnachagarh...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, July 27: Processing of jute is going on in full swing in Nilphamari district amidst acute labour shortage. Remuneration of a labour has gone up to Tk 400 per day as a result processing cost also gone up. A...
KHULNA, July 27 (UNB): Currency note forgers have become active in the south-western region, including Khulna, ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Taking advantage of the rush of Eid shopping, the forger gangs are spreading fake notes of different denominations at markets through...
GAIBANDHA, July 27 (BSS): Seasonal traders are doing brisk business in the district ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr through setting up makeshifts shops on the footpaths of the towns with the hope of earning profit to celebrate the Eid festival in a...
RAJSHAHI, July 27 (BSS): Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), district administration and all others concerned have chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival for the Muslims, in the city with due fervor, joy and enthusiasm....
SYLHET, July 27 (UNB): A man drowned in a pond at Dashghar village in Bishwanath upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Selim Sumon, 34, a resident of UK and son of late Abdul Mutalib of the village....
TANGAIL, July 27 (UNB): A man was killed and two others were injured in a road accident on a link road to the Bangabandhu Bridge at Charbhabla area in Kalihati upazila on Sunday morning. Identity of the deceased could not...
LAXMIPUR, July 27 (UNB): A teenage boy was killed and his elder brother injured in a mob attack on Raipur-Ramganj road in Panpara area of Raipur upazila early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Shipon, student of class IX in...
Man electrocuted in Barisal A man was electrocuted in Sagardi area of Barisal Sunday morning. The victim was identified as Nizam Hawlader, 40, son of Munsur Hawlader of BIP Colony area. Police and hospital sources said Nizam was seriously injured...
BENGHAZI, July 27 (AFP): At least 38 people, mostly soldiers, were killed in 24 hours of fierce fighting between the Libyan army and Islamists in the eastern city of Benghazi, officials said Sunday. A military source said the clashes broke...
SEOUL, July 27 (AFP): North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un guided the military's latest rocket-firing drill, state media said Sunday, confirming the missile launch which was conducted in defiance of UN censure. Saturday's launch was the first since the UN Security...
BEIRUT, July 27 (AP): The extremist Islamic State (IS) on Sunday seized an army position in the northeast Syrian city of Hasakeh, amid a major escalation in the jihadist offensive against regime bases, a monitor said. On another front in...
BAQUBA, July 27 (AP): Shiite militiamen in Iraq's city of Baquba dragged the bodies of Islamic State jihadist fighters through the streets Sunday and hung them from a bridge and a utility pole. An AFP correspondent saw two bodies displayed...
GAZA CITY, July 27 (agencies): Renewed Israeli raids on Gaza, which followed a 24-hour lull, killed nine Palestinians on Sunday, raising the overall toll from the 20-day operation to more than 1,050. Following a 24-hour period in which Israel held...
GRABOVE, July 27 (agencies): Heavy shelling around the crash site of downed Malaysian flight MH17 forced Dutch and Australian police to scrap a planned visit as they sought to secure the scene 10 days after the disaster. The unarmed contingent...
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