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Photo: Sommilito Tamak Birodhi Jote, an anti-tobacco alliance recently installed a Digital Revenue Clock

2014-05-26 00:00:00

Jute production expected in Chuadanga

2014-05-26 00:00:00

CHUADANGA, May 25 (BSS): Chuadanga Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed the target of cultivating jute on 20,440 hectares of land in the district in the current season. Of the total land, 3,200 hectares will be brought under jute...

Photo: GHOUTA, Damascus: United Nations and World Food program members sit beside a box of fruits

2014-05-26 00:00:00

Sarwar Imran named BD assistant coach

2014-05-26 00:00:00

Sarwar Imran has been appointed Bangladesh's assistant coach for the India series next month, reports Cricinfo. Since the newly-appointed head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe is supposed to arrive on June 10, Imran will be in charge of the 23-member training camp...

Bale, Ronaldo goals lead Real to 10th Champions League

2014-05-26 00:00:00

LISBON, May 25 (AFP): Real Madrid won the Champions League for the 10th time thanks to extra time goals from Gareth Bale, Marcelo and Cristiano Ronaldo as they came from behind in dramatic circumstances to beat Atletico Madrid 4-1 in...

B’desh A team meet W Indian HPC today

2014-05-26 00:00:00

Bangladesh A Team, now on a tour to West Indies, will start their campaign taking on Sagicor High Performance Centre in the first four-day match at Winward Park, Lucas Street in Barbados today (Monday), reports UNB. The 2nd string Bangladesh...

B\\\'desh 217/9 against Madya Pradesh CA

2014-05-26 00:00:00

Bangladesh U-19 team were 217 for 9 in 57.3 overs against visiting Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) Under-19 team of India on the opening day of their three-day match at BKSP ground-3 in Savar Sunday, before the match was called...

Divisional Gold Cup begins May 30

2014-05-26 00:00:00

The 5th version of the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Gold Cup Football Tournament, organised by Dhaka Divisional Sports Association (DDSA), will begin Friday (May 30) at Munshiganj Stadium, reports UNB. Hosts Munshiganj DSA will play Tangail DSA in the opening match....

Open Women\\\'s V\\\'ball begins tomorrow

2014-05-26 00:00:00

The Cute Open Women's Volleyball Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Volleyball Federation, will begin tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium in the city with four matches on the cards, reports UNB. The opening day's matches: BJMC Green vs BJMC Red...

Mymensingh beat Gazipur by 79 runs

2014-05-26 00:00:00

SHERPUR, May 25 (UNB): Mymensingh District defeated Gazipur District by 79 runs in the opening day's match of the 34th National Cricket Championship at Shaheed Muktijoddha Smriti Stadium here Sunday. Batting first after winning the toss, Mymensingh scored 141 for...

Bhratritta beat Old Ideals

2014-05-26 00:00:00

Bhratritta Samaj Kalyan Sangha beat Old Ideals by 35-13 goals in a match of the Cute Premier Handball League at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB. Titon scored 6 goals for...

Victoria beat Badda

2014-05-26 00:00:00

Victoria Sporting Club earned a facile 3-0 goals victory over Badda Jagaroni Sangsad in the Premier Bank Bangladesh Championship League at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur in the city Sunday, reports UNB. Shuvo struck...

Photo: PARIS: Venus Williams serves to Switzerland\\\'s Belinda Bencic

2014-05-26 00:00:00

sports digest

2014-05-26 00:00:00

Narinda advance to final beating Kallol in Pioneer Football Narinda Junior Lions Club confirmed their final berth of the Dhaka City Corporation (North and South) Pioneer Football League after beating Kallol Sangha, Chittagong by 4-2 goals in the semifinal at...

Detailed DSE Trading

2014-05-26 00:00:00

BNP stages demos against police action

2014-05-26 00:00:00

BNP staged demonstrations across the country Sunday in protest against police action foiling its scheduled rally at the Institution of Engineers auditorium in the city Thursday, reports UNB. The party leaders and activists brought out processions in all the cities,...

JS body for setting up school for autistics

2014-05-26 00:00:00

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Welfare Ministry suggested Sunday authorities concerned to take necessary steps for setting up a specialised school in each district town for children suffering from Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), reports BSS. The parliamentary body also...

Akram to contest N\\\'ganj-5 by-polls

2014-05-26 00:00:00

NARAYANGANJ, May 25 (UNB): SM Akram, a former Awami League (AL) MP and present Nagorik Oikya adviser, will contest the Narayanganj-5 by-polls slated for June 26. Akram, who quit the post of district AL convener over his disagreement with the...

\\\'BNP conspiring to create Thailand-like situation\\\'

2014-05-26 00:00:00

Awami League (AL) publicity and publication secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud accused BNP of indulging in a conspiracy to create a Thailand-like situation in Bangladesh, reports UNB. "BNP was born through a conspiracy. Their (BNP's) politics is always based on conspiracy....

‘Set up industrial labour court

2014-05-26 00:00:00

The parliamentary standing committee on Labour and Employment Ministry Sunday recommended extending the 'inspection sector' and setting up labour courts in industrial areas, reports UNB. It also suggested that the ministry should take actions against organisations in case of unilateral...

Speaker to meet Modi after oath

2014-05-26 00:00:00

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will hold a meeting with Narendra Modi after he takes oath as Prime Minister of India, , reports bdnews24.com. Dr Sharmin reached New Delhi Sunday morning to represent Bangladesh in the swearing-in ceremony to be...

Photo: Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB)

2014-05-26 00:00:00

Photo: BNP\\\'s demonstration was foiled by law enforcers in Gaibandha

2014-05-26 00:00:00

Aila victims lack safe water five years after cyclone

2014-05-26 00:00:00

Five years after cyclone Aila devastated the south-western coast of the country, safe drinking water for the victims remains a far cry, a meeting was told in the city on Sunday, reports UNB. Speakers at the meeting attributed the crisis...

Nazrul\\\'s birth anniversary celebrated

2014-05-26 00:00:00

The nation celebrated Sunday the 115th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.  Marking the occasion, various programmes were observed in the capital and elsewhere in the country, including educational institutions, reports BSS. The programmes included placing wreaths at...

Show respect to rule of law, human rights

2014-05-26 00:00:00

Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Dr Mizanur Rahman asked Sunday the law enforcers, including the elite force RAB, to work sincerely showing respect to rule of law and human rights, reports UNB. "Be careful. Though we've not been...

Ex-army officer jailed for abduction bid

2014-05-26 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, May 25 (UNB): A court here sent on Sunday former an army officer to jail in a case filed for attempting to abduct a businessman posing as Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel. Metropolitan Magistrate Farid Alam passed the order...

Create social awareness to prevent corruption : DG ACC

2014-05-26 00:00:00

RANGPUR, May 25 (BSS): Director General (Inquiry & Investigation) of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Ziauddin Ahmed Sunday called for creating social awareness involving common people, including young generations, to prevent corruption. "Prevention of corruption is not possible only through creation...

Number of fistula patients on rise

FE Report | 2014-05-26 00:00:00

Experts at a seminar said Sunday about 1.69 in every 1,000 women in Bangladesh are patients of obstetric fistula and the number is growing gradually. They cited child marriage and delivery by the unskilled birth attendants in the rural areas...

Robbers free 25 fishermen in Sundarbans

2014-05-26 00:00:00

BAGERHAT, May 25 (UNB): Forest robbers Sunday freed 25 fishermen, picked up from the Sundarbans Friday night. Bangladesh Coast Guard Mongla West Zone Operation Department Staff Officer Lt Commander Mohammad Alauddin said the robbers released all the kidnapped fishermen following...