Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the Russian state-run company Gazprom to conduct more seismic surveys in Bangladesh for more gas exploration. Hasina made the request when a delegation of Gazprom International, led by its CEO Valeriy Gulev, met...
Media are pondering whether official predictions that the Indian economy is set to grow at a rate of more than 5% in 2014-15 are realistic and offer advice on what has to be done to revive the country's fortunes. The...
Scoreboard at lunch on the second day of the first Test between England and India at Trent Bridge on Thursday: India 1st Innings (overnight: 259-4) M. Vijay lbw b Anderson 146 S. Dhawan c Prior b Anderson 12 C. Pujara...
Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella believes a well-rested Germany will have the advantage against the weary South Americans in Sunday’s World Cup final. Sabella’s players advanced to the Maracana showpiece in a gruelling extra-time and penalty shoot-out battle with the Netherlands...
Strikes are taking place across the UK in a series of disputes with the government over pay, pensions and cuts, with more than a million public sector workers expected to join the action. Firefighters, librarians and council staff are among...
The Bank of England has held UK interest rates at a record low of 0.5% for another month. The size of the Bank's economic stimulus programme, known as quantitative easing, was also kept unchanged at £375bn. Last month, Bank governor...
Google is launching a venture capital fund to invest in promising European technology companies. The $100m (£58m) fund will ‘invest in the best ideas from the best European entrepreneurs’, according to Bill Maris, managing partner at Google Ventures, overseeing the...
The German government is considering the expulsion of a CIA official in Berlin in response to two cases of alleged spying by the US, reports say. The official is believed to have acted as a CIA contact at the US...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications Ministry on Thursday suggested the government to take necessary steps to repair the country’s highways for the safe journey of people during the upcoming Eid-ul Fitr. The parliamentary watchdog made the recommendation at its...
German Embassy in Dhaka has decided to honour Amjad Hossain, a farmer of Magura who has made the longest German flag to celebrate the German National Football Team in the 2014 World Cup. Hossain has sold part of his farmland...
Claiming that the maritime boundary verdict reflects India’s will, BNP on Thursday alleged that Bangladesh has lost around 6,000 square kilometres of sea areas with the judgement. The party also alleged that the verdict will help India establish its absolute...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday urged the professionals to get united and take to the streets after Eid to force the government to arrange a fresh election under a non-party caretaker administration. “We’re on the movement not to go...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said traffic congestion as well as public sufferings on the Dhaka-Chittagong and Joydevpur-Mymensingh highways during Eid-ul-Fitr will be less compared to the previous years. He made the remarks while talking to reporters after inspecting...
The government will continue its crackdown on all the northeast (NE) insurgent groups which had operated from Bangladesh during previous regimes, says former foreign minister Dr Dipu Moni. “These operations are continuous as evident from the Rapid Action Battalion's recovery...
Indian media have described the verdict on Bangladesh-India maritime delimitation as a victory for Bangladesh. India’s popular English daily The Hindu headlined ‘Bangladesh wins maritime dispute with India’ while Kolkata-based daily – The Telegraph - carried a story headlined ‘Gone:...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-10 00:00:00
RANGPUR, July 9: With the holy Eid-ul-Fitr drawing nearer weavers of the Benarashi Palli at Gangachhara upazila in the district are now busy making Benarashi sarees. They are working day and night to meet the demand of customers. There are...
The World Population Day will be observed in the country on Friday as elsewhere across the globe with a call to prioritise youth in development plans, strengthen partnerships with youth-led organisations, and involve young people in all decisions that affect...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-10 00:00:00
RANGPUR, July 9: With the holy Eid-ul-Fitr drawing nearer weavers of the Benarashi Palli at Gangachhara upazila in the district are now busy making Benarashi sarees. They are working day and night to meet the demand of customers. There are...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-10 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, July 9: Textile and Jute Minister Imazuddin Pramanik at an exchange of view meeting with the officials and employees of Bangladesh Sericulture Development Board here Tuesday noon said the present government was not taking any decision against the interest...
GAIBANDHA, July 9 (BSS): A total of 25 poor fishermen of Fulchhari upazila in the district received bi-cycles with silver pots from the government on Tuesday to carry fish fries smoothly. The bi-cycles and silver pots were distributed to the...
BAGERHAT, July 9 (UNB): A college girl was killed in a road accident in Korori area of Sadar upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ritu Khatun, 17, an HSC student of Ahsanullah College in Khulna city and daughter...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-10 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, July 9: Damurhuda thana police recovered the body of a youth from an abandoned house near Navy Brick Kilns area on Pirpur- Aramdanga road under Damurhuda Upazila of the district Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Shamim Akter...
CHUADANGA, July 9 (BSS): Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) Chuadanga region has disbursed a total of Taka 792.5 million as agriculture and business loan among 13,079 loanees in four upazilas of the district during the last fiscal 2013- 2014. The four...
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi young man from Chilmari border in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia on Thursday. The victim was identified as Sahajul Islam, 30, son of Pocha Shikdar of bordering Akandapar village in...
MANIKGANJ, July 9 (UNB): A man was killed as a bus ran over him after he slipped down under it near Paturia ferry ghat in Shibalaya upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Wadud, 25, son of Abdus...
FARIDPUR, July 9 (BSS): Septuagenarian old man identified as Mona Khan died due to drowning Tuesday afternoon while he went to bath in the river kumar of the district. Police said, Mona Khan, a resident of Rothkhola area of the...
HABIGANJ, July 9 (BSS): A teenage boy allegedly committed suicide by taking poison in Chirakandhi area in the city here this noon. The victim was identified as Kokhon Das, 13, student of class seven of Habiganj High School & College...
RAJSHAHI, July 9 (BSS): The regional office of the Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institutions (BSTI) has expedited drives against the manufacturing of substandard and adulterated food and fined Taka 35,000 in the city today. According to the officials concerned, the...
4 arms traders held with pistol in Narail Police arrested four alleged arms traders along with a pistol at Fuleshwar village in Sadar upazila in Narail on Tuesday night. The arrestees were identified as Yunus Mollah, 28, son of late...
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