State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque Chunnu met German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Gerd Müller in Boon, Germany and discussed various issues related to labour standards. Commerce Secretary Mahbub Ahmed and other senior officials...
Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will provide eye treatment for premature and low birth-weight babies of poor families at free of cost to save them from blindness. The treatment will be given at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)...
Independent MP Rustom Ali Faraji on Tuesday sought the Prime Minister’s intervention in ensuring the security of the data centre of the National Identity Card (NID) and the citizens’ personal information. Standing on point of order at the very beginning...
Bangladesh and Cambodia agreed to further boost bilateral ties in industry, trade, commerce, culture and agriculture. The agreement came at the official talks between the two countries held at the Prime Minister’s Office Tuesday, according to a news agency. Prime...
Bangladesh and Cambodia have inked three agreements and a memorandum of understanding (MoU). The deals were signed Tuesday after a high-level meeting of officials from both countries led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at...
The government has signed an agreement with China Major Bridge Engineering Company Limited for the construction of the main portion of the Padma bridge, according to a news agency. Under the deal, signed Tuesday, the company will build the main...
Samsung Mobile Bangladesh has officially signed a partnership agreement with Aamra Networks Ltd on Tuesday for providing business to business (B2B), online service and KNOX Solutions. Choon Soo Moon, Managing Director and SangHwa Song, General Manager from Samsung Electronics Bangladesh...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday told parliament that formalin import has marked a significant fall over the years as only 55,173 kgs of the chemical were imported last year. In reply to a tabled starred question from Sanjida Khanam...
Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID), Grameenphone and Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) have launched a campaign, ‘Smart Farmer, Smart Future’. The launching ceremony of the campaign was held at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) Auditorium at Farmgate...
Britain and China have signed trade deals worth over £14 billion ($28 billion, 17 billion euros) during a visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday. "Today we have signed deals worth more than £14...
The Attorney General (AG) on Tuesday said if the High Court (HC) declares illegal the provision 19 of the RPO empowering MP candidates to be elected unopposed, there will be a vacuum. “Such declaration ceases to exist the 154 MPs...
JHALAKATHI, Jun 16 (UNB): Good yield and reasonable price of various high yielding varieties of mango have brought smile to the face of the growers in the district this year. Besides, the mango varieties like Amrapali, Mohanbhog, Mallika and Rupsha...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, Jun 16: Sesame cultivation is gaining popularity among the farmers in four upazilas in Chuadanga district recently as soil and weather condition for sesame cultivation is suitable and it has already proved more lucrative. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)...
Bangladesh lost six wickets for four runs to be skittled out for 58 and concede the three-match ODI series to India in Dhaka Tuesday. Debutant Taskin Ahmed claimed five wickets to help the Tigers bowl India out for just 105...
SIRAJGANJ, Jun 16 (UNB): Three people were killed in a road accident in Hamkuria area on the Hatikumrul-Bonpara road in Tarash upazila on Monday Morning. Identity of the deceased was not known immediately. Emdadul Haque, officer-in-charge of Hatikumrul highway police,...
NARSINGDI, Jun 16 (BSS): The adverse impact of climate change has been posing a serious threat to indigenous fish species particularly the small ones. Even in the month of Ashar, fish is not available in the local markets as most...
RAJSHAHI, Jun 16 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion here today unequivocally called for revitalizing the silk sector through the best use of existing natural resources for strengthening the national economy. They say the sericulture together with its industrial side involves...
KURIGRAM, Jun 16 (UNB): A minor boy was slaughtered to death and his mother injured by unidentified miscreants at Saddam More in Bhurungamari upazila on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Rounak,5, son of Roknuzzaman, a resident of the...
RANGPUR, Jun 16 (BSS): Speakers at a workshop here Sunday stressed for ensuring legal rights of the persons with disabilities through proper implementation of the Disabled People\\'s Rights Protection Act-2013 for their mainstreaming and uplift. Rangdhanu District Protibondhi Adhikar Sangstha...
COMILLA, Jun 16 (UNB): A young man was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Durgapur in Sadar upazila early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Bahar, 27, a resident of the area. Quoting locals, police said four alleged muggers...
JESSORE, Jun 16 (BSS): A grocer was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants in Sheikhati area near Jessore Education Board last night. The deceased was identified as Maruf Hossain, 28, son of Ayub Hossain of Sheikhati area of the town....
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
MAGURA, Jun 16: Rabeya Khatun, wife of freedom fighter Meer Toieb Hossein, passed away here Sunday. She expired at the age of 86 leaving 3 sons, 3 daughters and number of well-wishers to mourn her death. She was laid to...
Lightning strike kills one in Jhenidah A housewife was killed and her husband injured by a lightning strike at Dhalaharachandra village in Shailakupa upazila in Jhenidah Sunday. The deceased was identified as Sathi Khatun,24, wife of Shamsuddin, a resident of...
Tetsushi Kajimoto and Antoni Slodkowski of Reuters from Tokyo | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled a plan last week to cut the corporate tax rate below 30 per cent in stages to help pull the economy out of two decades of sluggish growth and deflation. Investors have been scrutinising...
Michelle Nichols of Reuters from the United Nations | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
U.N. peacekeepers should expand further into the volatile north of Mali, beyond cities and towns, amid fears that militants will step up their attacks against international and Malian troops and threats to civilians, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said last week....
MIRANSHAH, June 16 (AFP): The Pakistani Taliban Monday warned foreign firms to leave the country and vowed to hit back against the government after tanks, troops and jets were deployed in a long-awaited offensive on their stronghold. Pakistan's major cities...
BAGHDAD, Jun 16: (agencies): Sunni militants captured a key northern Iraqi town along the highway to Syria early on Monday, compounding the woes of Iraq's Shiite-led government a week after it lost a vast swath of territory to the insurgents...
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