Professor Lutfor Rahman | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
The Prime Minister inaugurated ceremony of "Technical and Vocational Education Week 2014 (June 18-24)" in the capital city Dhaka. In the ceremony she has stressed the need for flourishing science and technology in vocational education. It means she has given...
BANNU, June 28 (AFP): Pakistani jets and artillery bombarded militant hideouts in the country's restive northwest on Saturday as part of a massive ongoing offensive against the Taliban, killing 18 insurgents, the military said. Pakistan Air Force (PAF) planes pounded...
BANGKOK, June 28 (AFP) : Thailand's military leader has promised a return to democracy but says elections will only take place after October 2015. Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha said in a speech that an interim constitution would be adopted next month. ...
BAGHDAD, June 28 (agencies): Iraqi troops advanced towards Tikrit Saturday pounding insurgent positions in the city with air strikes in their biggest counter-offensive so far against jihadist-led Sunni militants. A senior officer said the army was coordinating its efforts with...
KIEV, June 28 (AFP): Ukraine Saturday sought concrete steps from Russia to back up a tenuous truce it extended with pro-Moscow rebels in the hope of calming a deadly insurgency sparked by its new westward course. President Petro Poroshenko returned...
AHMEDABAD, June 28 (agencies): India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday offered guidelines on public conduct to first-time MPs of his right-wing party, including tips on body language, at a workshop near Delhi. During a speech in a closed-door training session...
New Delhi, June 28 (AFP): Five people were killed and at least two injured Saturday in a gas explosion at Asia's largest shipbreaking yard on the west coast of India, police said. The accident occurred as a group of labourers...
CAIRO, June 28, (AFP): Two bombs exploded Saturday in a Cairo suburb killing a teenager and wounding a woman, officials said, the latest in a string of blasts to hit the Egyptian capital this week. Militants have stepped up attacks...
Monsoon floods kill 11 in India, maroon thousands GAUHATI, Jun 28: Indian authorities rushed food and drinking water Saturday to thousands of people marooned by monsoon rains and mudslides that left at least 11 dead in the remote northeast. Residents...
Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Dr Iftekharuzzaman on Sunday said the organisational weakness of two major political parties – Awami League (AL) and BNP --- is gradually pushing the country towards disaster. He made the remarks at a...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): The taste of soccer glory is still fresh for Andre Rodrigues de Principe, even as his moment of fame fades and he watches friends catch the eyes of scouts and coaches. The bright-eyed 14-year-old shined in...
Plagued by delays and opposition at home, the World Cup in Brazil might be a turning point for sporting mega-events, forcing soccer's governing body and the International Olympic Committee to accept less ambitious bids to reduce the risk of public...
The Dhaka University Day will be observed on July 1 with great enthusiasm and festivity on the campus, marking the 93rd founding anniversary of the university. The theme of this year’s day is ‘Higher education for economic development and social...
FIFA had made a "scapegoat" of Suarez and had "punished him with excessive severity" but the forward will have the full support of the Uruguayan football authorities, Uruguay manager Tabarez told reporters on Friday. He refused to answer questions at...
BRASILIA, June 28 (Reuters): Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari refused to be drawn into a comparison between his forward Neymar and Argentina's four-times world player of the year Lionel Messi, saying he would offer a definitive answer in 15 years....
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Sunday underscored the need for recasting Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) in a bid to turn Bangladesh into an industrialised middle-income country by 2021. He made the observation while speaking as the...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
The country's apex trade body will cooperate with the government in its ongoing efforts to monitor the kitchen markets to check artificial price hike during the month of Ramadan, a top business leader said. "We are ready to cooperate with...
Country's 2nd largest mobile phone operator Banglalink launched its 3G services in Magura on Saturday. A jovial procession was brought out in the district town marking the launching of the services. People from all walks of life joined the procession,...
Speakers at a seminar in the capital Saturday said chemists can play a vital role to stop adulteration in food and also in other commodities by properly discharging their responsibilities. Bangladesh Chemical Society (BCS) Saturday organised the seminar titled 'Consumer...
LONDON, June 28 (AFP) : Commodity prices faced mixed fortunes this week, but oil fell from recent heights on easing Iraq supply worries and growing US demand concerns, dealers said. Added to the picture, revised data revealed that the US...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will take Iftar with orphans and alem-ulema (Islamic scholars) on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan on Monday. Khaleda, also a former Prime Minister, will host the Iftar party at the city’s Ladies...
ST PETERSBURG, June 28 (Reuters) : BP Plc has asked a US judge to direct what it called a "vast number" of businesses to repay hundreds of millions of dollars it says were wrongly awarded as compensation on claims stemming...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh Railway's projects to upgrade railway tracks on different routes to two-way lines are moving slower than expected, officials said, while the popular mode of transportation still largely remains outmoded. The Railway has three ongoing and three proposed projects to...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, June 28: Mahmud Sajid Cotton Mills, an enterprise of the SAAD Musa Industrial Park, has started its commercial production in the industrial park today at Anwara upazila on the south bank of the Karnaphuli River. Managing Director and Chief...
OTTAWA/TORONTO, June 28 (Reuters): Wal-Mart Stores Inc violated Quebec's labor code when it closed a store in the province that had become one of the first in Canada to successfully unionize, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday. The...
PARIS, June 28 (Reuters): Jean-Laurent Bonnafe, Chief Executive Officer at BNP Paribas, said in a message to employees that the French bank will be heavily penalised by a US probe into sanctions busting which should end "very soon", a French...
BUENOS AIRES, June 28 (Reuters): Argentine farmers say they will stockpile soybeans in the second half of the year if the government is unable to cut a deal with debt investors to stave off a new sovereign default, and the...
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