RANGPUR, July 18 (BSS) : Agriculture experts at a farmers' training course have stressed for expanded cultivation of drought-tolerant variety paddies to increase rice production for ensuring food security under adverse impacts of climate change. RDRS Bangladesh organised the daylong...
BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged Friday that the government was carrying out 'mass killing' by using law enforcers and its party 'cadres,' reports UNB. In a statement, Mirza Fakhrul said, "The government which grabbed power by force through...
The ruling Awami League (AL)-led 14-party alliance decided Friday to send a delegation to the troubled torn Gaza in Palestine to convey sympathy to the family members of the victims of Israeli attacks during the last few days, reports BSS....
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, July 18: All illegal structures along the River Karnaphuli, its tributaries and other canals in the port city will be removed soon through an eviction drive, local administration has decided in a meeting of the National Task...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu urged Friday all irrespective of religion and creed to stay united to bury the evil forces of communalism, reports UNB. He made the appeal while inaugurating the biennial conference of Mohanagar Sarbajanin Puja Udjapan Committee...
The BNP has reportedly finalised the draft of its Dhaka metropolitan unit convener committee, barely 10 days before the Eid-ul-Fitr after which the party said it would launch a mass movement to topple the government, reports bdnews24.com. Several party top...
A suspected criminal was killed in a gunfight between his associates and police at Hatirjheel in the city's Rampura area early Friday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Apan, 26. Noticing a private car moving in a suspicious way,...
KHAGRACHHARI, July 18 (UNB): A man was killed and two others were injured in a gunfight between the members of United People's Democratic Front(UPDF) and Parbatya Chattagram Janasanghati Samity(PCJSS) at Kumari in Manikchhari upazila here Friday morning.. The deceased could...
Hijras or transgender people in Bangladesh will now be able to exercise their franchise. They are free to identify themselves as males, females or hijras in their national identity cards (NIDs), reports bdnews24.com. The Election Commission (EC) is amending the...
FE Report The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide US$ 125 million loan to Bangladesh for improving the services of 30 pourashavas (municipalities) in the country. The ADB approved the loan Friday to improve services and governance, making them more...
BHOLA, Jul 18 (UNB): Thousands of people, marooned due to the tidal surge in four upazilas of the district for the last one week, are now passing days amid food and shelter crises. The areas that saw inundation still remain...
KHULNA, July 18 (UNB): Five policemen, including a sub-inspector of Highway Police, were closed to the Faridpur Highway Police Super's Office on Thursday on charge of extorting money from vehicles on the Chuknagar-Satkhira Road. The policemen were sub-inspector Deen Mohamamd,...
COX'S BAZAR, July 18 (UNB): The members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in two separate drives recovered 32,060 pieces of Yaba tablets and arrested three persons from Chittagong Railway Station and Teknaf Upazila Thursday. In Cox's Bazar, the members of...
NARAYANGANJ, July 18 (UNB): A trawler carrying 30 passengers capsized in the Shitalakkhya River under Sadar Upazila Friday after being hit by a cargo vessel, leaving 10 people injured. Officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar Model thana Manzur Quader said: 'MV City-204'...
Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member and chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Suranjit Sengupta Friday called upon the concerned authority to bring bank discipline in the banking system, reports BSS. "The concerned authority...
Communications Minister Obaidul Qauder said Friday disciplinary action would be taken against the engineers concerned with the repair work of the dilapidated roads if they fail to do accordingly within next two days, reports BSS. "Engineers must complete the ongoing...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Friday expressed deep shock at the crash of Malaysian passenger airliner MH 17 in the sky of Ukraine, which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 283 passengers and 15 crews on board, reports...
WASHINGTON, July 17 (AFP): The United States said Wednesday that top cabinet members will visit India in coming weeks to break the ice with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was once shunned by Washington. Secretary of State John Kerry will...
BEIJING, July 17 (AFP): At least 20 people have died in the past week as torrential rain batters swathes of China, with at least six killed by lightning, thousands of homes destroyed and more than 300,000 evacuated, state media said....
MUMBAI, July 17 (Reuters): India tops the list of countries with the largest share of global extreme poor though the poverty rate in southeast Asia as whole saw a substantial fall from 1990 to 2010, a new United Nations report...
ISLAMABAD, July 17 (AP): Officials say police fought for more than 10 hours with militants planning to attack the Prime Minister's home in eastern Pakistan. Government official Shuja Khanzada said Thursday a police officer and a militant were killed in...
38 killed in Philippines Typhoon The Philippines set to work clearing debris, reconnecting power and rebuilding flattened houses on Thursday after a typhoon swept across the country killing 38 people, with at least eight missing, rescue officials said. Typhoon Rammasun,...
International investigators have arrived at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, after rebels in eastern Ukraine allowed them access. Some 30 monitors went to the village of Grabovo where the plane, carrying 298 people, came down Thursday, according...
Australia Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry has launched a membership drive, inspired by the growing two-way trade within a decade of its formation, reports bdnews 24.com. Together with the Australian High Commission in Dhaka, it has invited applications for...
SINGAPORE, July 17 (AFP): Oil prices extended gains in Asia Thursday after a bullish US stockpiles report raised hopes of resurgent demand in the world's top crude consumer, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for August delivery rose 24...
SEOUL, July 17 (Reuters): South Korea will on Friday announce plans to scrap caps on rice imports from the start of 2015, instead managing shipments into the country using a system of steep tariffs, domestic media including the state Yonhap...
SINGAPORE, July 17 (Reuters): Gold ticked higher on Thursday to trade just above $1,300 an ounce as buyers emerged after a recent sharp drop in prices, but it was still near a four-week low as investors weighed the possibility of...
KAMPALA, July 17 (AFP): A Ugandan tax appeals court on Wednesday ordered the Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil to pay a $407 million tax bill related to the sale of local assets in 2012. Tullow Oil, which had already paid $142...
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