Oil prices were mixed in Asia Friday but retained support near a nine-month peak as dealers track the unfolding sectarian conflict in Iraq fearing it could cause a major supply disruption. Brent crude for August fell four cents to $115.02...
Updated 2014 World Cup at a glance after Greece and Japan drew 0-0 in Brazil on Thursday (all times GMT): Group C At Natal Greece 0 Japan 0 At Brasilia Colombia 2 (Rodriguez 64, Quintero 70) Ivory Coast 1 (Gervinho...
The dollar edged down in Asia Friday, extending losses in New York that were driven by dovish comments from the head of the US Federal Reserve that indicated interest rates will not go up until next year. In afternoon Tokyo...
President Abdul Hamid has asked officials of Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations to work with more cautiously during delivering their duties for protecting the image of Bangladesh in front of the world community. 'You all keep in...
The Good Heal Trust is showing the way in nurses’ training. The non-profit organisation, currently in the midst of a year-long nurses’ skill enhancement programme begun at the National Heart Foundation Hospital last December, held a scientific seminar mid-way on...
Fighting raged for a 2nd successive day in the east of Ukraine on Friday, a day after clashes in which Ukrainian government forces said about 300 separatists were killed. The casualty figures for the pro-Russian separatists could not be independently...
Asia and the Pacific region have the largest number of refugees, over 3.5 million, the UN refugee agency has said in a report. UNHCR's annual Global Trends report published on the World Refugee Day on Friday put the number of...
Cultural Affairs Secretary Ranjit Kumar Biswas and two others were injured in a road accident at Boraigram upazila in Natore district on Friday. Highway police said a truck crashed into a jeep carrying Ranjit at Raja Kar Intersection on Bonpara-Hatikumrul...
An organisation of fruit vendors in Dhaka City has called a strike for Saturday to protest what it said ‘harassment’ during the ongoing anti-formalin drive. Dhaka metropolitan fruit traders will form a human chain at Topkhana Road in front of...
The Bangladesh Embassy in Baghdad is ready to help repatriate Bangladeshis if they are willing to return home as the overall situation in troubled Iraq has remained unchanged, said the Bangladesh Ambassador to Iraq Friday. “There has been no improvement...
BENAPOLE: Customs officials at India’s Petrapole check post arrested four Indian nationals along with 57 gold bars weighing 5.700 kg while they were returning home from Bangladesh Friday noon. Being tipped off that four Indian citizens were returning to India...
Country’s exports to key destinations like Germany, the UK and France posted a modest growth in the first 10 months (July-April) of the current fiscal year (2013-14) compared to the same period in the last fiscal (2012-13), according to a...
President Abdul Hamid has urged the non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs), irrespective of their religions, to live peacefully in their respective foreign countries accommodating their differences of opinion. The President was addressing a reception accorded to him by Kishoreganj District Association, USA...
Leading economists and politicians will sit together in the city Saturday to find ways to promote economic reforms in Bangladesh and give policy guidelines to help build an economically stronger nation having pluralistic democracy in the days to come. They...
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard detained a dredger along with seven crewmen from Sambhupur in the Meghna River under Sonargaon police station in Narayanganj district Thursday on charge of illegally lifting sand. A team of Coast Guard from Pagla station...
Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya (Bir Bikram) said Friday BNP has no strength and courage to launch any movement. BNP won't be able to create barriers in the development activities of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by...
Islamist-led militants and pro-government forces are engaged in fierce battles for the Baiji oil refinery and Tal Afar airport in northern Iraq. Baiji, Iraq’s biggest refinery, is surrounded by the rebels, who say they have seized most of Tal Afar...
Although seven months have passed since the final results of 33rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exams were declared, the finalists have not yet been offered jobs. The candidates are frustrated over the impasse. Some are saying they are in financial...
A fire gutted a storeroom of a readymade garment factory at Savar’s Ashulia, on the outskirts of capital Dhaka, Friday evening. Fire-fighters doused the flames one-and-a-half-hour after it broke out around 6pm, said DEPZ Fire Service’s Station Officer Abdul Hamid...
Heavy downpour has caused severe water logging in Chittagong city. Public transport system has been halted for hours as most of the roads went under water. In waist-high water, people are seen commuting on rickshaws and cycle-vans. Monsoon’s low-pressure caused...
BNP is planning to use the fasting month of Ramadan for its full-scale preparations to wage a ‘strong movement’ after the holy month. During the Ramadan, BNP wants to reorganise itself and its associate bodies and boost the morale of...
NARAYANGANJ: Santras Nirmul Toki Manch convener Rafiur Rabbi came under attack in the city’s Kalir Bazar area Friday evening while campaigning ahead of Narayanganj-5 by-polls, according to a news agency. Witnesses said Rafiur along with others was distributing Toki Manch...
RANGPUR, Jun 19 (BSS): Experts at a farmers' field day here today stressed on expanded adoption of the eco-friendly raised bed technology to increase production of cereal crops at a reduced cost to ensure food security. RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed...
MYMENSINGH, Jun 19 (UNB): A man was killed and four others were injured in a road accident in Lengrar Bazaar area on Mymensingh-Tangail highway at Muktagachha upazila here on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Faridul Islam, 32. Police said...
RAJSHAHI, Jun 19 (BSS): Communication at peoples level of SAARC countries should be enhanced to develop better understanding along with upholding regional peace and stability in the region, speakers at a discussion said. They viewed not only through tourism, the...
MYMENSINGH, Jun 19 (BSS): Construction of total 46-foot bridges in different areas of the district is nearing completion. The government is implementing the projects at a cost of Taka over 98 million under the supervision of District Relief and Rehabilitation...
GAIBANDHA, Jun 19 (BSS): Harvesting of Boro paddy was completed in seven upazilas of the district during the current season with much enthusiasm to the farmers. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said farmers here this year cultivated the paddy...
KUSHTIA, Jun 19 (UNB): A farmer was slaughtered by miscreants at Balia Shisha village in Daulatpur upazila on Wednesday midnight. The deceased was identified as Abdul Khan, 35, son of Nurul Khan of Sultanpur village in the upazila. Police and...
BAGERHAT, Jun 19 (BSS): A father was killed by his son at South Sutalri village under Morrelganj upazila of the district this morning. The victim was identified as Abdus Salam Mir, 55, of the same area. Officer-in-charge of Morrelganj thana...
SYLHET, Jun 19 (UNB): A night guard was stabbed to death by some unidentified miscreants in Deokolos union of Biswanathpur upazila early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Motin, 50, a resident of Chadpur district. Motin was working as...
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