The sale of local TV brands has got momentum as they are coming up with different offers to attract consumers ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2014, which will start on June 12. Amid the local brands, top seller Walton,...
US construction spending posted modest gains in April, driven by an uptick in home building and government construction that lifted total activity to the highest level in five years. Construction spending rose 0.2 per cent in April to a seasonally...
LONDON: Europe's main stock markets ended largely flat on Monday as traders fretted ahead of the European Central Bank's meeting this week after mixed economic data. Frankfurt's DAX 30 edged up 0.07 per cent to close at 9,950.12 points. London's...
Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif has been allotted a 5-katha land in Gulshan, the capital Dhaka’s most expensive real estate area. Rajdhani Unnyan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) allotted plot number 3 on 32/A, Gulshan residential area to the Kushtia-3 MP...
ZM Aminul Islam | 2014-06-02 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Jun 1: Imitation jewellery in Moheshpur upazila under Jhenidah district is in a tough situation as the owners here are suffering from an acute fund crunch. Thousands of people are directly or indirectly involved in the jewellery profession in...
RAJSHAHI, Jun 1 (BSS): Speakers at a daylong workshop have called for more expansion of herbal plant cultivation and promotion of herbal medicine to meet up the gradually increasing the people's demand. They viewed emphasis should be given to peoples...
RANGPUR, Jun 1 (BSS): Discussants at a distribution ceremony here have called for mainstreaming and flourishing talents of the people with disabilities through ensuring their human rights, social dignity and honour. They were addressing a wheel chair distribution ceremony arranged...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-02 00:00:00
JESSORE, Jun 1: Abdus Salam, judge, Anti-Human Trafficking Tribunal, Jessore at a workshop on role of stakeholders in combating human trafficking: repatriation and reintegration of trafficked victims said judgments could not be possible in a total 214 cases of human...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Jun 1 (BSS): A farmer was killed in a road mishap at Binodpur village under Shibganj upazila of the district this morning. The deceased was identified as M Parul, 34, son of Faizuddin of Kamat village under Binodpur union...
MANIKGANJ, Jun 1 (UNB): A teenage girl was strangled to death allegedly by her father at Dergram in sadar upazila on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Jerin,13, a student of class VI of Muktijoddha Smriti High School. Quoting...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-02 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Jun 1: At least 20 persons were injured, eight of them critically, over a clash between a father and son at Bahara village under Muksudpur Upazila in Gopalganj district Saturday. According to Muksudpur thana police, the clash ensued centering...
SHERPUR, Jun 1 (UNB): A man was stabbed to death allegedly by his elder brother over a trifling matter at Dhanakusha village in Nakla upazila early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Ripon Miah, 24, son of Mujibar Rahman of...
MADARIPUR, Jun 1 (UNB): Two people were hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants in Rajoir upazila of the district on Saturday night. One of the deceased was identified as Mawlana Abul Bashar, a teacher of Tekerhat Alia Madrasah and...
Woman killed over land dispute in Sherpur A housewife who was stabbed following previous enmity over land at Chakpara village in sadar upazila on Thursday died at Mymensingh Medical Colleged Hospital in Sherpur Saturday. The deceased was identified Nurunnahar,45, wife...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Monday the government has started the construction work on the billion-dollar Padma Bridge defying all the conspiracies against the government and her family, according to a news agency. The Prime Minister said this in her...
BANGKOK, June 1 (agencies): Hundreds of demonstrators shouting "Freedom!" and "Democracy!" rallied briefly Sunday near a major shopping mall in the heart of Thailand's capital to denounce the country's May 22 coup despite a lockdown by soldiers of some of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday lamented the stance of Dr Kamal Hossain over the uncontested election of some MPs in the last election though he himself was elected unopposed in 1970 and 1973. Without mentioning anybody's name, Sheikh Hasina...
NEW DELHI June 1 (Reuters): Telangana is all set to be born as the 29th state of India at the stroke of Sunday midnight. Telangana supporters have planned Agala celebrations. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which spearheaded the movement for...
TEHRAN: At least four people were killed and dozens injured in Tehran Monday when an unprecedented sandstorm and record winds hit the city, Iranian news agencies reported. The freak weather also knocked out power in 50,000 homes, said an electricity...
KABUL, June 1 (AFP): The swapping of five senior Taliban detainees for a captured American soldier bodes well for the resumption of peace talks, a senior Afghan negotiator said Sunday as the US defence chief arrived in the country. Taliban...
NASA's sun-observing IRIS spacecraft has captured its first stunning close-up of a colossal coronal mass ejection (CME) erupting from the sun, reports Reuters. The field of view for this imagery is about five times the width of earth and about...
INDIA, June 1 (CNN): Mourners sat on mud floors at a village in India where two teen girls were gang-raped and then found hanging from a mango tree. They wailed and talked of fears of more attacks. The assault on...
MOSCOW, June 1 (AFP): Sixteen people were missing after a helicopter believed to be carrying top regional officials and businessmen crashed into a lake in northwestern Russia, police and the emergencies ministry said Sunday. According to preliminary information, the Mi-8...
AMMAN, June 1 (AP): At least 40 Syrian soldiers were killed on Saturday when rebels detonated explosives packed beneath an army base in Aleppo, activists and rebels said. The Islamic Front, an umbrella rebel organization, claimed responsibility for the bombing,...
Pakistan launches Afghan airstrikes after attack ISLAMABAD, June 1: Taliban fighters attacked several Pakistani military posts along the Afghan border Saturday, sparking an hourslong gun battle that included Pakistan launching airstrikes into Afghanistan, authorities said. Pakistan said soldiers killed 16...
Bangladesh U-19 team played to a draw against Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) Under-19 team of India on the fourth and final day of their first four-day match at Fatullah Outer Stadium in Fatullah Sunday, reports UNB. Resuming the 1st...
Narinda Junior Lions Club and Araf Sporting Club meet in the final of the Dhaka City Corporation (North & South) Pioneer Football League at Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city today (Monday), reports UNB. The match will kick-off at...
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