COLOMBO, June 24, (AFP): Sri Lankan authorities are to dig up the site of a suspected mass grave next week after claims it contains the bodies of scores of Muslims killed by Tamil rebels 24 years ago, police said Tuesday....
BEIRUT, June 24 (AFP): An overnight suicide blast in Beirut's southern suburbs, Hezbollah's main bastion, killed a security officer who had tried to stop the bomber, a Lebanese security source told AFP on Tuesday. The explosion happened at around midnight...
BANNU, June 24 (agencies) Pakistani police and troops fired warning shots Tuesday to break up a protest over food shortages by people who have fled a military operation against the Taliban. The offensive has seen the northwestern tribal area of...
NEW DELHI, June 24 (AFP): India's new defence minister promised Tuesday to speed up the procurement of military equipment after a series of corruption scandals under the last government brought deals to a near standstill. Following a meeting with top...
MAIDUGURI, June 24 (AFP): Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and girls, some as young as three, in the latest kidnappings in northeast Nigeria and over two months since more than 200 schoolgirls were seized. Analysts...
KABUL, June 24, (AFP): The United Nations said Tuesday it had stepped in to help broker a solution to Afghanistan's election crisis, hosting talks between presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah and the election authority that he has boycotted. Afghanistan's first democratic...
MOSCOW, June 24 (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday asked the upper chamber of parliament to revoke a resolution allowing him to send troops into Ukraine, a Kremlin spokesman said. "In the aim of normalising the atmosphere and resolving...
Green activists on Wednesday demanded that Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Development Board should be made more active for the implementation of the Haor Master Plan. They made the demand at a roundtable discussion at the Jatiya Press Club. The roundtable...
Egypt president won't interfere in court verdicts CAIRO, June 24: Egypt President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says he will not interfere in court rulings, a day after three Al-Jazeera journalists were sentenced to seven years in prison, sparking an international outcry. El-Sissi...
RANGPUR, Jun 24 (BSS): The seasonal curse of 'monga', which prevailed for decades causing miseries to the extremely poor during lean period of 'Aswin' and 'Kartik' months in greater Rangpur region, has been eradicated permanently improving their socioeconomic condition. Massive...
Kerry Kennedy, president of the Robert F Kennedy Centre for Justice & Human Rights, is expected to arrive in Dhaka on Friday. She will join the opening ceremony of the Social Business Day on June 28, arranged by the Yunus...
NATORE, Jan 24 (UNB): A housewife was killed when a tree collapsed on her house during a storm that swept different villages in Gurudaspur and sadar upazilas on Monday midnight. The deceased was identified as Shilpi Begum, wife of Abdus...
JOYPURHAT, Jun 24 (BSS): Speakers at a view exchange meeting today called upon all to extend their help to the concerned organisation for ensuring legal action against the acid-throwers. Acid Survivors Foundation and Joypurhat District Acid Control Committee jointly organised...
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NILPHAMARI, Jun 24: Technical and Vocational Education Week was observed in Nilphamari today with huge enthusiasm. On that occasion a colourful rally paraded through the main roads of the municipality. Sadar upazila Chairman Abuzar Rahman, Principal of Technical and Vocational...
KHULNA, Jun 24 (UNB): Despite it being the peak season of Hilsa, fishermen are yet to start getting good catches of the popular fish in the coastal rivers. The price of the fish has gone beyond purchasing capability of the...
TANGAIL, Jun 24 (UNB): Two people were killed and 40 others injured as a bus fell into a river in Kalihati upazila on Tuesday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police said the accident took place...
KHULNA, Jun 23 (BSS): Khulna City Small Fruit Traders Association Monday called off its indefinite strike after an assurance given by Khulna Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI). "We withdrew the strike after the KCCI assured us of looking into...
SATKHIRA, Jun 24 (UNB): At least 20 people were injured and over 300 thatched houses damaged as a tornado lashed across 10 villages in the costal area under Shyamnagar upazila of the district on Tuesday. Aminul Islam, officer-in-charge of Shyamnagar...
GAIBANDHA, Jun 24 (BSS): A total of 75 farmers of Sadar, Sadullapur and Sundarganj upazilas of district got zinc enriched seeds of Aman paddy BRRI Dhan-62 from RDRS Bangladesh on Tuesday free of cost. Deputy Director (DD) of Department of...
MYMENSINGH, Jun 24 (BSS): Construction of two- storied building of three colleges under Sadar upazila of the district is nearing completion. Concerned sources said the buildings are being constructed under the project titled "Development of selected non government colleges along...
Schoolboy commits suicide in Magura A schoolboy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a tree in Police Line Para of Sadar upazila in Magura Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Sonik Biswas, 12, a class VI student of...
Farmers want cheaper agricultural inputs to grow more rice and achieve sustainability in staple food production. Currently, most of the rice growers are spending Taka 4,500 to as much as Taka 13,500 to grow rice in a bigha of land,...
LONDON, June 24 (Reuters): Gold hit a two-month high on Tuesday and silver reached its highest since mid-March as a drop in European shares after soft German economic data and a weaker dollar helped the metal build on last week's...
MAULES CREEK, Australia, June 24 (Reuters) : A farmer's habit of rising before dawn finds Cliff Wallace alone most mornings while a rag-tag army of anti-coal activists camped in tents and tee-pees on his land catch a few more hours...
SAO PAULO, June 24 (AFP): Neymar scored twice as Brazil thrashed Cameroon 4-1 to reach the World Cup knockout rounds just ahead of group rivals Mexico on Monday. A thrilling finale to Group A saw the hosts surge past Cameroon...
BRASILIA, June 24 (Reuters): Brazil striker Neymar scored the 100th goal of the 2014 World Cup when he netted his side's first goal in their final Group A game against Cameroon on Monday. This World Cup has featured many free-scoring...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) : Lucky students in Chile went home early, many Brazilian offices and stores went dark, and across the megalopolis of Mexico City traffic was as calm as midnight. With three Latin American countries playing for their...
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