BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the government is trying to save the Rab officials allegedly involved in the killing of seven people after their abduction in Narayanganj. “Why aren’t the accused Rab officials...
India's Narendra Modi told cheering supporters Friday that "good times are coming" as he thanked them for their "love" which propelled him and his Hindu nationalist party to an historic election win. Modi made his first comments on results day...
A total of 16 people fell victims to extrajudicial killings by law enforcement agencies in April 2014, according to the monthly bulletin of Ain o Salish Kendra, a Dhaka-based human rights organisation. It says a total of 66 people were...
Pakistan have signed a "memorandum of understanding" with India to play up to 14 Tests, 30 one-day and 12 Twenty20 internationals between 2015 and 2023, ESPNcricinfo has reported. Four of the six series would be hosted by Pakistan, who currently...
JOYPURHAT: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two members of a note-forgery gang along with Tk 0. 90 million fake currency in Sadar upazila Friday. The arrested were identified as Shahidul Islam, 26, son of Haji Uddin, and Shajahan...
NEW DELHI: He promised to defeat the opposition with "love", but was jilted by India's voters. Now Rahul Gandhi's humiliating rejection raises the question: has his famous surname lost its allure? While the general election marked the first time 43-year-old...
LONDON: Europe’s main stock markets closed mixed Friday, with London’s FTSE 100 index of top companies climbing 0.26 percent to 6,855.81 points. Frankfurt shed 0.28 percent to 9,629.10 points, while the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.26 percent to end...
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RAJSHAHI, May 14: With frequent load shedding and sweltering heat, people of Rajshahi are experiencing the scorch of desert with no water in the river Padma and most of the city ponds and water bodies dumped and dried up. The...
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NILPHAMARI, May 15: Briquette making mills are making briquettes by using rice husk in Nilphamari district. Briquettes are being used as substitute of firewood as fuel by a section of well-to-do families as its price is a bit higher than...
BHOLA, May 15 (BSS): Bumper maize production has brought smile on the face of farmers of all the six upazilas in the district as they got fair price for the crop during the current season. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)...
RANGPUR, May 15 (BSS): Experts at a workshop today called for expanding a newly evolved cropping pattern that enables four crops a year on the same land to ensure food security. The new cropping pattern of 'Short duration Aman rice-mustard/potato-mungbean-...
GAIBANDHA, May 15 (BSS): Department of Women Affairs (DWA) distributed Tk 0.69 million as maternity allowance to 330 poor mothers of Sundarganj upazila in the district for the first six-month of 2013-2014 fiscal. The objective of the maternity allowance distribution...
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JHENIDAH, May 15: Md. Abu Bakar, a lecturer, at Beparipara under Jhenidah municipality is a beneficiary of roof gardening on a 900 square feet rooftop space of his three storey building. Recreational departures, such as leisure and relaxation, beautifying the...
KHULNA, May 15 (BSS): The farmers in the district are happy with the price of Boro paddy this year, for the price they are getting now is higher compared to that in any year of the last five years. Farmers...
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TANGAIL, May 15: Harvesting of Irri Boro paddy started in the 12 upazilas of the district. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Tangail set a target to cultivate Boro paddy on a total of 165929 hectares of land in the district...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, May 15 (UNB): A middle-aged man was killed as a recklessly driven truck crashed into a bicycle he was riding at Swarupnagar village in the district town on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Jaidul Islam,50, a resident of...
COMILLA, May 15 (UNB): A man was beaten to death in a clash between two groups of villagers at Koiardhari village in Chauddagram on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Halim,45, a resident of the village. Police said the...
JOYPURHAT, May 15 (BSS): Wheat procurement drive launched on April 1 is progressing fast in all the five upazilas in the district amid much enthusiasm to farmers. District Food Control office sources said the government has set a target to...
Two explosions have struck the Gikomba market area of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, killing at least 10 people and injuring scores, officials say. It is not clear what caused the blasts but Kenya has been hit by a spate of...
HYDERABAD, India, May 15 (AFP): India authorities banned victory processions and imposed a curfew in a southern city on Thursday in stepped up security on the eve of national election results expected to vault Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi to power....
BNP is upbeat over Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) landslide victory as the party thinks the new Indian government is unlikely to continue its support to Bangladesh’s current ‘illegal’ regime as done by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA). BNP leaders...
LONDON, May 15 (AFP): The United States and European partners are stepping up efforts to draft tougher sanctions against Russia if it seeks to disrupt Ukraine's upcoming presidential elections, a US official said Thursday. Ukrainian officials are also working to...
SOMA, Turkey, May 15 (AFP): Turkey's four biggest unions will hold a one-day protest strike Thursday as anger over the country's worst mining accident mounts, with 282 workers confirmed dead and scores still trapped underground. The unions said workers' lives...
BANGKOK, May 15 (AFP): Thailand's election authority called Thursday for July polls to be postponed after three people were killed in a grenade and gun attack on opposition protesters in Bangkok, stoking fears of spiralling violence. The latest wave of...
HABIGNAJ: A woman, her 25-year-old son and mother were killed when a boat capsized in the Kodalia River at Jalshuka village in Ajmiriganj upazila Friday. The deceased were identified as Maksuda Begum, 50, her son Ershad, and her mother Javeda...
KABUL, May 15 (AFP): Afghanistan's presidential election will go to a second-round vote on June 14 between former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah and ex-World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani, final results showed Thursday. "After a thorough review, it is clear that...
US rebuked Norway on Obama Nobel Peace Prize OSLO, May 15: Barack Obama's administration rebuked Norway after he won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, saying it was an awkward honour for an as-yet untested leader, a Norwegian diplomat revealed on...
India will play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) against Bangladesh next month ahead of their tour of England, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said Thursday, reports AFP. All three matches will be held at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka on June...
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