The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Youth And Sports Ministry on Sunday recommended proper steps to stop arrangements of any concert, fair and other cultural programmes on sport grounds. It also suggested building more green sport grounds in the capital...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recalled with deep gratitude Japan's unequivocal support to Bangladesh's War of Liberation, saying that it had given the freedom-loving people a great strength and inspiration during their heroic struggle. "Indeed, you have been our friend in...
Transport owners and workers went on an indefinite strike in all districts under Rajshahi division from 6am on Sunday to press home their six-point demand, including a ban on the movement of unauthorised vehicles on roads and highways. Their other...
BNP standing committee member MK Anwar on Sunday threw a challenge to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for testing her popularity by contesting polls against him from his constituency in Comilla. “The government’s popularity has gone down to a zero level....
The parliamentary standing committee on Labour and Employment Ministry on Sunday recommended extending the ‘inspection sector’ and setting up labour courts in industrial areas. It also suggested the ministry to take actions against organisations in case of unilateral retrenchment of...
Tania Sultana | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
There is no denying the fact that 'Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world' as said by Nelson Mandela. Needless to say, education is the password in the path of enlightenment and prosperity....
The High Court (HC) on Sunday stayed for six months the June 4 election to Muktijoddha Sangsad Central Command Council (MSCCC). Passing the interim stay order, an HC division bench comprising Justice M Moazzam Husain and Justice Md Badruzzaman also...
President Barack Obama is making a previously unannounced visit to US troops in Afghanistan. Mr Obama flew overnight from Washington to Bagram Airfield outside Kabul, where he is due to address soldiers, according to a news agency. The visit comes...
RAJSHAHI, May 24 (BSS): Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has been implementing 5720 schemes involving Taka 17.65 billion in eight districts under Rajshahi division during the current 2013-14 fiscal year. According to the LGED sources, work on 1610 schemes was...
KHULNA, May 24 (BSS): Most of the Aila victims who became homeless after Aila cyclone five years ago, have returned to their homes. On May 25, 2009, at least 190 people were killed and several thousand houses washed away by...
DAUDKANDI, May 24 (BSS): Three persons were killed and 13 others injured in a road accident at Barpara area under Daudkandi upazila on Dhaka-Chittagong highway this morning. The deceased were identified as Ekram, 32, Swapan, 35 and Zahirul Islam, 42....
GAIBANDHA, May 24 (BSS): Speakers at a function here today stressed the need for creating awareness among the technology users to check cyber crimes for building a peaceful society. "With using information and communication technology to keep pace with the...
SHERPUR, May 24 (UNB): The Boro procurement drive in the district is likely to face serious setbacks due to space shortage in the government food warehouses, much to the worries for the farmers and the millers. Sources at the district...
RANGPUR, May 24 (BSS): Experts at a discussion here have said the newer cropping pattern evolved by RDRS Bangladesh increases output benefiting the farmers enabling them cultivating four crops annually on the same land. They were addressing the discussion organised...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
JESSORE, May 24: A worker of a rice mill was killed and another was wounded in a boiler explosion at Itta village under Monirampur Upazila Friday noon. The dead was identified as Maina Bibi, 60, wife of Abdul Majid of...
JHENIDAH, May 24 (UNB): A man was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Enayetpur village in sadar upazila early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Khalek, 45, a vegetable trader and son of Lutfur Rahman of the village....
BAGERHAT, May 24 (UNB): Forest Robbers kidnapped 25 fishermen and looted valuables from 12 fishing trawlers in Pashur river in Mongla upazila and at Sonarchar in the Bay of Bengal on Friday night. Officer-in-charge of Harbaria forest camp Abu Sufian...
Fish farmer hacked to death in Khulna A fish farmer was hacked to death allegedly by miscreants at Phultala upazila in Khulna Friday. The deceased was identified as Hasan Ali Biswas, 65, son of Daku Biswas, a resident at village...
Pope Francis has prayed at the concrete barrier Israel is building in and around the West Bank during his three-day tour of the Middle East, according to a news agency. The unscheduled stop came after he called for an end...
NEW DELHI May 24 (Reuters): Pakistan has accepted an invitation to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to attend the inauguration of Indian Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi, an official said on Saturday. The Pakistani premier's attendance will be a first in the...
PRETORIA, May 24 (AFP): South African President Jacob Zuma vowed to spearhead a "radical social economic transformation" as he was sworn in for a second term before dignitaries and a cheering crowd of thousands on Saturday. "Today marks the beginning...
MOGADISHU, May 24, (agencies): Militants in Mogadishu on Saturday carried out a multi-pronged, complex attack against the country's parliament building involving a car bomb, suicide bomber and gunmen on foot, police said. At least seven people were killed, including six...
KOLKATA May 24 (Reuters): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will stay away from the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as prime minister on May 26, but send two of her close associates to the event, a state minister announced...
BANGKOK, May 24 (agencies): Thailand's military junta said Saturday detained former premier Yingluck Shinawatra and other ousted government leaders would be held for up to a week, tightening its grip following a coup that has provoked an international outcry. As...
Syria peace needed 'urgently': Pope AMMAN, May 24: Pope Francis called urgently on Saturday for peace in war-torn Syria and a "just solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the first speech of a Middle East tour. "Lasting peace for the...
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Pratisthan (BKSP) and Khulna Division played out a draw in a two-day match of the Young Tigers U-16 National Cricket Tournament at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox's Bazar Saturday, reports UNB. On the second day...
WELLINGTON, May 24 (AFP): An inquiry into corruption that has rocked world cricket is entering its final stages, officials said Saturday, as former New Zealand international Chris Cairns was to fly to London to be interviewed by police. Cairns has...
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