RAJSHAHI, July 6 (BSS): Jamila Begum, 35, wife of a day-labourer, Mominul Islam, is now at the threshold of eradicating her long-lasting poverty through household-based chicken rearing through modern method. Jamila, mother of three daughters and a son and a...
NILPHAMARI, July 6 (BSS): Nine unions of Kisherganj upazila under Nilphamari district has been declared as beggar-free areas. Lawmakers of Nilphamri-3 and Nilphamari-4 made the declaration at a "Rally for Humanity" (Manobatar Somabesh), attended by 916 beggars who have been...
Fisheries and Livestock Minister M Sayedul Haque on Monday said the government will take all necessary steps, including providing easy loan for farmers, to boost the country’s fish production and export. Bangladesh is currently in the fifth position in fish...
BARGUNA, July 6 (BSS): Ferry services on different routes of Barguna and Patuakhali, two important coastal districts of the country, have been disrupting since long due to old and obsolete ferries in operation. In all, 10 ferries of 30-40 years...
Criticising the government for what she said its misrule and repressive acts, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday renewed her threat to wage a united resistance against the current regime after the upcoming Eid. “The rule of Awami League is...
KISHOREGANJ, July 6 (UNB): A policewoman was crushed to death under a train at Kishoreganj Railway Station on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Ajufa Khatun, 38, sub-inspector of Gazipur district court. She hailed from Gujadia village in Karimganj upazila....
Sylhet Division unit of Bangladesh Road Transport Workers’ Federation will enforce a dawn-to-dusk transport strike in four districts of the division on Tuesday to press home their three-point demand. The demands are immediate arrest of the killers of driver Jahangir,...
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RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, July 6: The Rajshahi University (RU) and Confucius Institute of North South University in China yesterday signed an agreement to set up a Chinese Language Teaching Centre in the university said a press release. Maa Yean, director of...
The government has appointed four new directors to the state-owned BASIC Bank Board of Directors for the next three years. The four new directors are Hasan Mahmud, FCA, Rayhana Anisa Yusuf Ali, former MD of Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation,...
744 tonnes VGF rice allocated in Narail The government has allocated 744 tonnes of rice for the distressed and ultra poor people of Narail on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Fitr under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme. District relief and rehabilitation...
BAGHDAD, July 6 (agencies): The first appearance of self-proclaimed "caliph" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a video shot in an Iraqi mosque illustrates the extent of his jihadist group's control and confidence. Baghdadi, whose Islamic State (IS) group holds territory in...
LEH, July 6 (AFP): The Dalai Lama Sunday reiterated his plea to Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to halt violence against Muslims, in a speech to tens of thousands of devotees to mark his 79th birthday. In front of...
KIEV, July 6 (AFP): Resurgent Ukrainian forces on Sunday pursued retreating pro-Russian rebels after seizing their symbolic bastion in a morale-boosting win that appeared to dim hopes for a ceasefire in the bloody separatist insurgency. Western-backed President Petro Poroshenko called...
KAMPALA, July 6 (AFP): Ugandan troops have killed 41 attackers in a major battle with tribal gunmen in a western district near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, an army spokesman said Sunday. It was not immediately clear...
HINDI, July 6 (AFP): At least 18 people have been killed in new attacks in Kenya's Lamu coastal region, the same area where some 60 people were massacred last month, the Kenyan Red Cross said Sunday. A spokesman for Somalia's...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim Monday urged the Singapore government to recruit doctors and nurses from Bangladesh. Alongside, the minister also called upon the specialist physicians of Singapore to impart training to doctors of Bangladesh on various subjects....
Court hands Palestinian-US teen 9 days house arrest JERUSALEM, July 6: A Jerusalem court ordered Sunday that a Palestinian American teenager, who was allegedly beaten in police custody, be released to house arrest for nine days pending an investigation into...
BRASïLIA, July 6 (AFP): Gonzalo Higuain smashed home an early goal as Argentina dashed the World Cup dreams of much-fancied Belgium with a 1-0 win in the quarter-finals in Brasilia on Saturday. Higuain struck in the eighth minute at the...
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) : Brazil star Neymar says his World Cup may be over because of a fractured vertebra but his World Cup dream of celebrating the title with his teammates at the Maracana Stadium next Sunday is still...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): Colombia defender Camilo Zuniga has sent a letter of apology to Neymar, saying he is "deeply sorry and sad" for causing the injury that knocked the Brazil striker out of the World Cup. "Although I feel...
Neymar left the World Cup on a stretcher, James Rodriguez in tears. Luis Suarez was thrown out in disgrace. Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney failed to sparkle and Zlatan stayed at home. But Lionel Messi, arguably the biggest star of...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 6 (AFP): Two commentators sat in a broadcast booth at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium, put on their mics and looked down at the pitch before narrating a World Cup game for an exclusive audience. As...
Pele admitted Sunday that his heart ached for Neymar after Brazil's star player was ruled out of the rest of the FIFA World Cup, but also noted that the team lifted the 1962 Trophy despite his own injury, according to...
BBC Sport looks back on the history of the Brazil national team shirt, and why they changed their shirt colour from white to the now-distinctive yellow. Brazil wore white shirts the last time the World Cup was held in their...
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