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21,730 hectares under Aus cultivation in Chuadanga

2014-07-15 00:00:00

CHUADANGA, July 14 (BSS): The cultivation of transplanted Aus paddy in all the four upazilas of the district is now going on satisfactorily. According to Chuadanga district agriculture extension department office source during this season a total of 21,730 hectors...

Training programme on IT stressed to create skilled manpower

2014-07-15 00:00:00

MYMENSINGH, July 14 (BSS): Speakers at a function today stressed the need for providing training on Information Technology (IT) to create skilled manpower in the country. They were speaking at the inaugural session of a five-day IT training in the...

\\\'Climate change adaptation must for attaining food security\\\'

2014-07-15 00:00:00

RANGPUR, July 14 (BSS): Adaptation with the adverse climate change impacts through innovation of time-befitting and need-based newer ways, technologies and stress tolerant crop varieties has become a must for attaining food security. To attain sustainable food security, experts, scientists...

Old man killed in B\\\'baria

2014-07-15 00:00:00

BRAHMANBARIA, July 14 (UNB): An old man was killed in an attack over a trifling matter at Najarpur in Bijoynagar upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Amzad Hossain, 60, son of late Rohis Uddin, a resident of the...

185 projects under Kabikha in Manikganj

2014-07-15 00:00:00

MANIKGANJ, July 14 (BSS): The government has completed 185 projects in two phases including women reserved seat under Kabikha during the last fiscal in seven upazilas and two pourasabhas of the district. Most of the projects were earth-work which smoothed...

Sexagenarian stabbed to death

2014-07-15 00:00:00

SYLHET, July 14 (UNB): A sexagenarian man was stabbed to death allegedly by his neighbour over a trifling matter in Kuarpar area of the city on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Shamsul Islam,60, a resident of the area....

RU student crushed under train

2014-07-15 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, July 14 (BSS): A female student of Rajshahi University was killed under train at the university's Art College railway crossing today. The deceased was identified as Ishrat Arefin, 19, a first year student of Applied Mathematics Department, hailed from...

News in brief

2014-07-15 00:00:00

5 held with fake currency notes in Rajshahi Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested five people along with fake currency notes amounting to Tk 0.18 million in Rajshahi Sunday night. The arrestees were identified as Enamul Haque,35, Razzak Ali,32, Jamal,30,...

Photo: RANGAMATI: The picturesque Jibtoli resort

2014-07-15 00:00:00

Photo: SIRAJGANJ: In a desperate attempt to stop erosion of the river Jamuna

2014-07-15 00:00:00

Photo: NARAYANGANJ: Farmers carrying Boro paddies

2014-07-15 00:00:00

Arab League urges int’l protection for Gaza

2014-07-15 00:00:00

CAIRO, July 14 (agencies): The Arab League has called on the "international community" to end Israeli air strikes on Gaza and to protect Palestinians, ahead of a foreign ministers' meeting later Monday. Israel pressed its campaign of punishing raids on...

Israel holds off Gaza ground assault as world urges calm

2014-07-15 00:00:00

JERUSALEM, July 14 (agencies): Israel kept up its punishing raids on Gaza Monday but held off from a threatened ground incursion as the world intensified efforts to broker a truce. With Israel's campaign to halt cross-border rocket fire entering its...

93 killed in Uganda tribal attacks

2014-07-15 00:00:00

At least 93 people were killed, including 10 security officers, in tribal attacks in the western part of Uganda, police said Sunday, reports Reuters. The July 5 tribal attacks and criminal activities in Kasese, Ntoroko and Bundibugyo districts resulted into...

Kerry hunkers down for \\\'lengthy\\\' Iran nuclear talks

2014-07-15 00:00:00

VIENNA, July 14 (AFP): US Secretary of State John Kerry pressed his Iranian counterpart Monday to make "critical choices", six days before a deadline to cut a historic deal that would finally dispel fears about Tehran's nuclear drive. Going into...

ISIS in Iraq inspiring Pakistani militants, says expert

2014-07-15 00:00:00

The ISIS in Iraq is influencing Pakistani militants, with at least one group declaring allegiance to the insurgents, a Pakistani security analyst has said, reports Reuters. Muhammad Amir Rana said in Dawn Sunday that the Pakistani militant group Tehreek-i-Khilafat's declaration...

Afghan election audit to take three weeks

2014-07-15 00:00:00

KABUL, July 14 (AFP):- The audit of Afghanistan's disputed presidential poll will take three weeks, the head of the country's election commission said on Sunday after the two rival candidates agreed to the vote-checking. "In order for this audit to...

news digest

2014-07-15 00:00:00

Sudan's Bashir: 163 troops 'martyred' KHARTOUM, July 14: Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, giving a rare battlefield toll, says 163 members of the controversial Rapid Support Forces have been killed in Darfur and South Kordofan. Bashir "referred to the martyrdom of...

Photo: FRANCE : French President Francois Hollande is greeted

2014-07-15 00:00:00

Photo: CAMBODIA : Cambodian soldiers carry wreckage parts of a helicopter

2014-07-15 00:00:00

Brazil celebrates rival Argentina\\\'s World Cup defeat

2014-07-15 00:00:00

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 13 (AFP): Brazilians bitter about their team's disastrous World Cup celebrated Argentina's defeat to Germany in the final Sunday by dancing and launching fireworks, relieved that their arch-rivals failed to triumph on their soil. In Brasilia...

Joy, fireworks in Berlin after WC thriller

2014-07-15 00:00:00

BERLIN, July 14 (AFP): Germany erupted in ecstasy Sunday, with fans dancing the night away, after the World Cup final win against Argentina that handed the country its historic fourth title. Fireworks exploded across Berlin as delirious supporters cheering the...

Messi named WC Player of the tournament

2014-07-15 00:00:00

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 13 (AFP): Lionel Messi, who lost out on the World Cup title after Argentina's 1-0 loss to Germany in Sunday's final, was named the Golden Boot player of the tournament. The Barcelona legend and four time...

Rodriquez World Cup top scorer

2014-07-15 00:00:00

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 13 (AFP): Colombia's young striker James Rodriguez claimed the World Cup's top scorer honours with six goals. Despite his country going out at the quarter-final stage the 23-year-old's haul was never matched. Among his half dozen...

Neuer wins World Cup Golden Glove

2014-07-15 00:00:00

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 13 (AFP): Germany's Manuel Neuer won the World Cup Golden Glove award for the tournament's best goalkeeper after helping his side to a 1-0 victory over Argentina in Sunday's final. The 28-year-old Bayern Munich player was...

Sri Lanka star Jayawardene to retire from Test cricket

2014-07-15 00:00:00

COLOMBO, July 14 (AFP): Star Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene said Monday he would retire from Test cricket after the series against Pakistan in August, drawing the curtain on an almost two decade-long Test career. Jayawardene, 37, who has been...

South Africa\\\'s Amla set for historic Test

2014-07-15 00:00:00

GALLE, Sri Lanka, July 14 (AFP): Hashim Amla will make history on Wednesday when he takes the field as South Africa's first permanent non-white skipper, helming a team in transition after the retirements of Test greats Graeme Smith and Jacques...

Scolari fired after WC failure

2014-07-15 00:00:00

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 14, 2014 (AFP) : Brazil's football confederation will not renew the contract of national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, local media reported on Monday, after the five-time World Cup winners were mauled by Germany in a humiliating...

Photo: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil : Germany\\\'s forward Mario Goetze (C) shoots

2014-07-15 00:00:00

Gaza toll hits 194 as truce bid fails

2014-07-15 00:00:00

GAZA CITY: The death toll from Israel's week-long campaign in Gaza rose Tuesday to 194, as two Palestinians were killed in renewed strikes after an Egyptian truce bid failed. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said a 24-year-old man was killed...