The Indian Premier League (IPL) Qualifier 1 between Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders scheduled at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, India Tuesday was cancelled due to inclement weather and will now be played Wednesday, according to a news...
New Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina to visit India. Modi conveyed the invitation through Bangladesh’s Parliament Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury during a meeting with her at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Tuesday...
RANGPUR, May 26 (BSS): A high profile delegation of the Department for International Development (DFID) lauded the CLP and PRIME activities which have been changing fortune of thousands of extremely poor in the hardly reachable char areas. The delegation members...
RAJSHAHI, May 26 (BSS): Journalists and development activists at a participatory discussion here today demanded enhancement of taxes on tobacco products for the sake of saving many people from various non-contagious diseases caused by tobacco consumption. They viewed more than...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
JESSORE, May 26: Bhabadaha Pani Nishkashan Sangram Committee, a body that was formed for movement to resolve water-logging problem at Bhabadaha, in a press conference demanded immediate implementation of tidal river management programme at Beel Kapalia to save people of...
NETRAKONA, May 26 (BSS): A three-member inquiry committee headed by Khaliajury upazila food officer Azizur Rahman has started investigating the allegations of preserving date-expired and damaged rice in different government food godowns in Purbadhala upazila of the district and supply...
JOYPURHAT, May 26 (BSS): Bumper wheat production has brought smile on the face of farmers of all the five upazilas in the district as they got fair price for the crop during the current season. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)...
GAIBANDHA, May 26 (BSS): Health experts at a function on Sunday said pregnancy in early marriage, delayed and obstructed delivery including malnutrition of the expecting mothers may cause fistula. "Village women suffer from fistula due to negligence in healthcare, dependence...
The bodies of six of the nine Bangladesh nationals who were burnt to death in a fire at a furniture-manufacturing factory in Riyadh on May 12 will be brought home on Friday. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
MAGURA, May 26: Rabindra-Nazrul Joyonti was observed in Magura. Rabindra Sangeet Shammilon Parishad, Magura district unit, observed Rabindra Jayonti at Magura Asaduzzaman auditorium Friday and Nazrul Jayonti on Sunday at Magura public library. Indian singer Krishna Basu Sarker performed in...
MYMENSINGH, May 26 (BSS): The government has constructed 55 secondary schools buildings last year in Mymensingh district for providing better education facilities to students. The buildings were constructed at a cost of taka 300 million under direct supervision of engineering...
Police recover two bodies Police recovered bodies of a man and a woman from Savar and Ashulia Sunday morning. Police source said receiving information police recovered the body of Chhanda Akter 45, from Malancha area under Savar Pourashava at about...
BANGKOK, May 26 (AFP): Thailand's coup leader received royal endorsement to lead the politically divided kingdom Monday and quickly issued a stark warning that he would brook no further opposition to his takeover following a weekend of angry protests. In...
CAIRO, May 26 (AFP): Egyptians voted for a new president Monday in an election expected to sweep to power the ex-army chief who overthrew the country's first democratically-elected leader and crushed his Islamist movement. The two-day election is the first...
NEW DELHI, May 26, (AFP): Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the inauguration of Narendra Modi as his Indian counterpart Monday was a "great opportunity" for the two nuclear neighbours to open a new chapter in relations. "It is a...
A passenger train collided with a stationary goods train in India's most populous state on Monday, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than 150, police and railway officials said, reports Reuters. Mangled passenger coaches climbed on top of...
DONETSK, May 26 (AFP): Scores of armed separatists seized control of Donetsk airport Monday, halting flights out of the rebellion-hit eastern Ukraine city in a clear signal of defiance after the country chose a new president. The strategic transport hub...
Journalist gunned down in Libya's Benghazi BENGHAZI, May 26: A newspaper editor and critic of Libya's jihadists was gunned down Monday in the lawless eastern city of Benghazi, an Islamist stronghold, medics said. They said Meftah Bouzid, editor of the...
RAJSHAHI: The transport strike, enforced by Rajshahi Division Bus-Truck Federation in the division was postponed for 10 days till June 7 following a government assurance to fulfil their six-point demand. The decision came at a meeting held at Bogra Motor...
Some 50 border outposts (BOPs) will be opened along the Indian border and around 28 more along the Myanmar border, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officials have said. BGB Deputy Director General Abul Hasnat Md Khairul Bashar said some of the...
Monira Munni | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
The government has formally requested the Accord to share the workers' payment with the factory owners during closure of any garment factory after inspection, sources said. Appreciating the Accord's contribution to improve workplace safety in Bangladesh's garment industry, Labour Ministry...
FE Report | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
Green Delta Insurance Company Limited Monday launched a training institute named 'Professional Advancement Bangladesh Limited (PABL)' in association with Chartered Insurance Association (CII), UK. The institute will impart demand-based trainings to the employees of Green Delta Insurance as well as...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh has beefed up its efforts to boost jute goods exports to Syria as political situation in the Middle-Eastern nation has started improving, officials said. The state-run Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) will export jute goods worth Tk 1.35 billion...
SINTRA, Portugal, May 26: (AFP): The European Central Bank is "alert" to the risks of persistently low inflation, president Mario Draghi said on Monday amid speculation of further interest rates cuts to avert possible deflation. "At present, our expectation is...
Apple is requesting a retrial after a Californian jury ordered Samsung to pay the US company $119m (£71m) in damages for infringing two of its patents, reports BBC. Apple had been seeking damages of $2.2 billion after accusing Samsung of...
HONG KONG May 26 (Reuters) : Retail conglomerate China Resources Enterprise (CRE) said on Monday its first-quarter net profit fell 30.5 per cent, hit by competition from e-commerce and a softer Chinese economy. CRE, which has interests that span beverage...
LONDON: Europe's main stock markets ended higher Tuesday, with Frankfurt's DAX 30 pushing further into record territory as it closes in on the 10,000 point level. The DAX gained 0.49 percent to a record close of 9,940.82 points, its first...
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