The government and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Thursday launched a major initiative to achieve the goal of building a better trained and qualified workforce for key industry sectors with a project involving Canadian dollar 19.5 million. The project...
Walton Mobile has launched three more models of Smartphone -- Primo GH+, Primo V1 and Primo R3 -- in the country’s mobile market recently. The new models are featured with modern technology and cheaper price. Powered by a mighty 1.3...
Chairman of a faction of Jatiya Party Kazi Zafar Ahmed was shifted to the incentive care unit (ICU) of United Hospital on Thursday as his health condition deteriorated sharply. Zafar’s personal secretary Golam Mostafa said doctors shifted Zafar to the...
Chinese firm ‘Max-Rankin JV’ has offered the lowest bid for the construction of the 5.2-km long four-lane Muradpur-Lalkhan Flyover. Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) disclosed this during the opening of the bids in the presence of the representatives of the bidders...
Twelve bodies were retrieved from the Meghna River after a launch capsized in Gazaria upazila on Thursday amid bad weather. Three of the deceased were identified as Mamal Hossain, 50, of Naria upazila of Shariatpur district, Tumpa Begum, 30, and...
RANGPUR, May 14 (BSS): Innovation of time-befitting scientific technologies, skills and stress-tolerant rice varieties along with political will and farmers' endevours can increase rice production to ensure food security despite climate change impacts. Agriculture experts expressed the views today at...
RAJSHAHI, May 14 (BSS): Frequent plying of heavy vehicles including trucks and buses on the city streets instead of the bypass roads has triggered the traffic congestion and road accidents in the Rajshahi metropolis. The 14-kilometre district bypass road that...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, May 14: The farmers of four upazilas of Chuadanga sadar Upazila, Alamdanga, Damurhuda and Jibannagar are expecting a bumper Boro paddy this year . Harvesting of the crop has been started which will continue till last week the month...
MYMENSINGH, May 14 (BSS): A mother and her daughter were killed and two others injured when lightning struck them at Bangaon village under Bhaluka upazila of the district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Jorina Begum, 45, and her...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
JESSORE, May 14: Affected farmers of Bhabadah water-logged areas under the banner of Bhabadao Water- logging Resolving Movement Committee in a press conference demanded cancellation of all the tidal river management projects. The press conference was held at Jessore Press...
DINAJPUR, May 14 (UNB): A man was beaten to death allegedly by his second wife and his step sons at Ramchandrapur village in Parbotipur Upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Subas Chandra Roy,48, son of late Hariprada...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
PABNA, May 14: A man was killed allegedly by his uncle at Piarpur in Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna Tuesday night over a disputed tree. The killer uncle managed to escape from the spot after the incident. The victim was identified...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, May 14: Gopalganj thana Police recovered a body of a youth from Khagail under Gopalganj sadar upazila last night. The deceased was identified as Nice Sharif (30), son of Siddique Sharif of village Khagail under Gopalganj sadar upazila of...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
RANGPUR, May 14: A teenage boy drowned in a pond while taking bath at Shalbon area in Rangpur city Tuesday evening. The deceased was identified as Monirul Islam Ridoy (17), son of Rafiqul Islam of the area and a student...
NEW DELHI, May 14 (PTI): Senior BJP leaders are in Ahmedabad to meet the party's prime ministerial candidate after exit polls predicted a win for the Modi-led NDA. Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari and party chief Rajnath Singh are in the...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday expressed profound shock at the loss of lives in a launch capsize in the Meghna River at Gazaria, Munshiganj. In a condolence message, Khaleda, also a former prime minister, said, “I'm deeply shocked and...
BINH DUONG, May 14 (AP): Thousands of Vietnamese set fire to factories and rampaged in industrial zones in the south of the country after protests against Chinese oil drilling in a part of the South China Sea claimed by Vietnam,...
The High Court on Thursday asked the government to take adequate steps to ensure a secure environment for the witnesses to the sensational Narayanganj seven murders so that they can give their depositions without any fear. An HC bench comprising...
BANGKOK, May 14 (Reuters): A meeting between Thailand's interim prime minister and the Election Commission to fix a date for polls that the government hopes will break a stalemate was postponed on Wednesday due to security concern over the venue,...
CANNES, May 14 (AFP): It has been savaged as 'shameful' before it even comes out, but filmmakers behind "Grace of Monaco" are hoping to put all that behind them Wednesday when the movie kicks off the Cannes Film Festival. Hollywood...
ISLAMABAD, May 14, (AFP): Pakistan has ordered the only two Indian journalists stationed in the country to leave within a week, telling them their visas would not be renewed, officials said Wednesday. Meena Menon of The Hindu newspaper and Snehesh...
Yemen army clash with al-Qaida kills 7 troops SANAA, May 14: Yemeni security officials say army troops have repelled a dawn attack by al-Qaida fighters seeking to recapture a southern town. The clashes killed seven troops and 16 militants. The...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
The government's dependence on the internal resources for bankrolling the annual development programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year (FY) is likely to increase significantly due to less-than-expected foreign aid, officials said Tuesday. The Planning Commission (PC) has framed a...
Trade balance of the country in the first eight months of the fiscal year (FY) 2014 recorded a sharply lower deficit of US$ 3.561 billion compared to the deficit of $ 4.599 billion in the corresponding period of FY 2013,...
FE Report | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
Country's steel and re-rolling millers have placed a set of proposals including imposition of 15 per cent value added tax (VAT) or raise the duty by another Tk 5,500 on import of per tonne of billet in the upcoming budget...
Ireland trade surplus shrinks to 6-year low DUBLIN, May 14: Ireland's trade surplus shrank by nearly a quarter in March to the lowest level since 2008, data showed Wednesday in a sign the eurozone nation's economy remains fragile. The trade...
Khairul Islam The authorities of Ruposhi Bangla (RB) Hotel is set to invite international tender next month for the renovation work of the country's first five-star hotel amid strong opposition from the hotel's employees and officials, sources said. "There is...
The government is planning to involve all ministries in the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP2100) by splitting it into several small components for its proper implementation. Planning Minister AFM Mostafa Kamal made the disclosure while speaking at an inaugural session...
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