A Union Parishad (UP) member who was abducted from his house on Saturday was found dead near Laxmipur bridge in Chouddagram Upazila in Comilla district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nurul Alam, 40, son of Shamsul Alam of...
Three people were killed and two wounded in a shooting late on Saturday afternoon in Pasadena, California before the gunman surrendered, police said. Police responded to multiple 911 calls from residents about shots being fired and found a man barricaded...
The 4th Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) was held recently in the city. The AGM was chaired by the president of the Institute Mohammad Asad Ullah, FCS. The ICSB president in his address...
Earnings from some of the biggest US technology companies will take center stage next week, giving investors a chance to re-evaluate the sector's health. Big tech names set to report next week include Intel Corp and Yahoo Inc on Tuesday;...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday blasted the post-'75 rulers for their inaction about the maritime boundary, saying that Bangladesh could have established its rights in the continental shelf had they taken initiative. ‘Those who ruled the country for 21...
Financiers may grumble that the United States is acting like an imperial power in punishing foreign banks for dealings far beyond US territory, but in the end they are more likely to bow to Washington than kick against its dollar...
The regulatory noose is tightening around dark pools, private share-trading venues that promise anonymity for specialist investors, offering a chance for rival exchanges in the United States and Europe to take back market share. But traditional stock-exchange operators such as...
The Federation of Bangladeshi Associations in North America, widely called as FOBANA, will be held in the United States from August 29. FOBANA leaders said this at a press conference in the city on Sunday. They said the three-day conference...
With the exception of a well-drafted libel suit, nothing fills the underwear of the modern newsroom editor with liquid panic faster than social media, especially Twitter. Having invested millions of dollars and countless man-hours to erecting sturdy news standards based...
The chief executive of engine maker CFM International expects another record year for engine orders, after the company achieved a best in 2013. ‘When we see the number of orders already achieved at this time of year and when we...
YouTube has embarked on a new round of discussions with Hollywood and independent producers to fund premium content, two sources with knowledge of the talks told Reuters, a move that could bolster a three-year-old multimillion-dollar effort that has had mixed...
An attempt has been made to immolate a day-labourer after pouring petrol on him. The incident took place on Saturday midnight at Uttarpara village in Khanjanpur area in Joypurhat municipality. Police later rescued severely burnt Sunil from nearby ground and...
Moscow threatened Kiev on Sunday with ‘irreversible consequences’ after a man was killed by a shell fired across the border from Ukraine, describing the incident in warlike terms as aggression that must be met with a response. Although both sides...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for Brazil today to attend the BRICS summit on July 14 and 15. After a stopover in Berlin tonight, he will leave for Fortaleza, the north-eastern coastal city of Brazil, tomorrow to attend...
Pope Francis has said reliable data indicates that ‘about 2%’ of clergy in the Catholic Church are paedophiles. In an interview with the Italian La Repubblica newspaper, the Pope said that abuse of children was like ‘leprosy’ infecting the Church....
Scoreboard at lunch on the fifth day of the first Test between England and India at Trent Bridge on Sunday: India 1st Innings 457 (M Vijay 146, MS Dhoni 82, B Kumar 58, Mohammed Shami 51 no; J Anderson 3-123)...
France Ambassador in Dhaka Michel Trinquier Sunday said his country would continue to work towards enhanced cooperation and strengthened relations between Bangladesh and France. In a message on the occasion of French National Day, he also assured of helping Bangladesh...
JOYPURHAT: Muggers looted Tk 3.5 million after killing a trader and injuring another at Parulia in the suburb of the district town Sunday afternoon, according to a news agency. The deceased was identified as Al Mamun, 40, son of Mozammel...
GAZIPUR: Parvin Akhter, female ward councillor of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC), Sunday alleged that she was abducted by the accused in her father killing case. “Those who are accused in my father murder case abducted me. They tortured and threatened...
The communications minister has said a few more months will be needed to "completely eradicate the people's sufferings" on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway. While visiting the road at Sitakunda Sunday, Obaidul Quader ordered his ministry to keep the key highway in...
Indian border security force BSF has detained a Bangladeshi at Baghadanga border in Maheshpur Upazila in Jhenaidah. BGB 6 battalion director Lt Col SM Maniruzzaman said, “Detained Khairul Islam is the son of Bghadanga villager Nasir Uddin. He ran into...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has moved High Court, seeking bail for Md Tanvir Rahman, arrested and currently in jail over the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, according to a news agency. The bench of...
Twenty-four of the 51 Bangladesh missions abroad have failed to achieve respective export targets for the first 11 months (July-May) of the current fiscal (2013-14), according to a news agency. The key Bangladesh missions like those in Washington, London, Ottawa,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, July 12: A simple, poorly-educated farmer of village Gollapara under Tanore upazila of the district have invented a new variety of cross-bred Boro rice which can be harvested within 115 to 130 days after plantation. The invention has got...
RANGPUR, July 12 (BSS): Homestead vegetables' farming has effectively made 1.19 extremely poor women-led char households, living in remote char areas in ten northwestern districts on the Brahmaputra basin, self-reliant in recent years. The charwomen have been cultivating vegetables on...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, July 12: The main shopping markets and sidewalk shops in the district town are seen crowded with customers on the occasion of the greatest Muslim religious festival Eid-ul- Fitar. During visiting some markets in the district town this correspondent...
KHAGRACHHARI, July 12 (UNB): A man, who was witness in a murder case, was hacked to death allegedly by an accused in the case and his men at Kalapani Achalongpara in Manikchhari upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as...
MEHERPUR, July 12 (BSS): Academic activities at Batpara Secondary School under Gangni upazila of the district is being hampered due to an acute crisis of classrooms. School sources said 153 students out of 513 are compelled to take lessons under...
SYLHET, July 12 (UNB): A man, who was accused of killing his son by strangulating, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Angura village in Bianibazar upazila Friday. The deceased was identified as Kutil Mia, 30, a resident...
MYMENSINGH, July 12 (BSS): The government has completed construction of five single-storey school buildings at a cost of over Taka 20 million in Gouripur upazila of the district in the last fiscal year. The buildings were constructed under the supervision...
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