Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite is on course for reelection as the Baltic EU nation goes to the polls Sunday amid frayed nerves over a resurgent Russia. Dubbed the "Iron Lady" for her Thatcheresque resolve, opinion surveys show she is a...
Oil prices edged higher in Asian trade Friday on escalating fears of a full-blown armed conflict in Ukraine as pro-Moscow rebels press on with disputed independence referendums. The US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate for June delivery, was up 11 cents...
Indian Congress president Sonia Gandhi's plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Agra due to gutsy winds and bad weather in New Delhi late Thursday, an official said on Friday. Similarly, Chief Minister of Utter Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav...
Two workers were burnt to death in a fire which broke out at a socks factory in Oxygen area under Bayazid Bostami police station of the port city early Friday. The victims were identified as Arafat Rony, 23, and Iftekhar...
Police recovered huge weapons and drugs during a raid on a truck stand controlled by Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the seven-murder case, at Shimrail in Siddhirganj in Narayanganj district on Friday afternoon. A team of district police conducted...
President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Crimea, his first visit to the peninsula since Russia annexed it from Ukraine in March. He addressed sailors in Sevastopol harbour as part of celebrations marking the 1945 Soviet victory over the Nazis. The...
India's stock market surged Friday, touching a new high on hopes that election results next week will usher in a stable government capable of pushing reforms and reviving the flagging economy. The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark index rose 3.15 percent...
A milad and doa mahfil was held at Sudha Sadan, the residence of late Dr MA Wazed Miah, an eminent nuclear scientist and husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after Asr prayers Friday on the occasion of the fifth death...
A milad and doa mahfil was held at Sudha Sadan, the residence of late Dr MA Wazed Miah, an eminent nuclear scientist and husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after Asr prayers on Friday on the occasion of the fifth...
India's right-wing opposition voiced growing confidence Friday of a decisive victory in a marathon election as potential partners distanced themselves from the favourite to become prime minister, Narendra Modi. "There's no need to wait until the 16th as the people...
Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, minister for relief and disaster management, whose son-in-law led RAB-11 during the sensational seven murders in Narayanganj, has issued a statement Friday claiming none of his family member has had any role in the crime, according...
The Information Commission seeks power to draw contempt of court proceedings against errant party to effectively implement the Right to Information (RTI) Act. “It’s possible to implement the Right to Information (RTI) Act effectively by empowering the commission to draw...
JOYPURHAT: The body of a newlywed woman was recovered from the septic tank of her husband’s village home at Adarshapara under Joypurhat municipality Friday, 100 days after she had reportedly gone missing. The victim was identified as Subarna, 22, wife...
LONDON: European stock markets closed lower Friday, with London's FTSE 100 sliding 0.36 percent to 6,814.57 points. Germany's DAX 30 lost 0.27 per cent to 9,581.45 points while the CAC 40 in Paris dropped 0.66 per cent to 4,477.28 points....
NARAYANGANJ: Despite the denial of permission for a rally here, BNP chairperson Khaleda will visit the district on May 14 (Wednesday) to console the family members of the seven people brutally killed after abduction recently. “Lakhs of people would have...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-09 00:00:00
RANGPUR, May 8: A good number of people of Pairabond union at Mithapukur Upazila in Rangpur district are getting financially benefited through producing organic fertiliser vermi-compost. People of different villages including Adarshapara, Vangarpara, Purbopara, Nayapara, Pachimpara under the upazila have...
RAJSHAHI, May 8 (BSS): Mango production is likely to suffer a setback in Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj districts, famous for mango production, this year as immature mangoes are falling off trees due to a drought like situation which has been prevailing...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-09 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, May 8: The farmers of the district have started harvesting of Boro paddy with the hope of achieving a bumper production this season. Harvesting of the crop began from last two weeks and will continue till the month of...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-09 00:00:00
PABNA, May 8: Inhabitants of Mohishkhola village of Santhia upazila locked up the Mohishkhola primary school Wednesday noon bringing allegation against the headmaster of sexual harassment of girl students. Santhia upazila administration formed a 3-member committee to investigate into the...
NATORE, May 8 (UNB): Three people, including two drivers, were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Natore Highway in Sadar upazila of the district early Thursday. The deceased could...
MOSCOW, May 8 (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin told rebels in Ukraine to halt plans for independence votes and said his troops have pulled back from the border, but his apparent change of heart received short shrift from Kiev and...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-09 00:00:00
JESSORE, May 8: A seminar on curbing money laundering and funding in terrorism was held at the officers' club of Benapole customs house Thursday. Brigadier General (Rtd) MH Salahuddin, director general, Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission was the chief guest in the...
RU Correspondent | 2014-05-09 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, May 8: The Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) goes under a 16-day long summer vacation from May 8 that will end on May 24, said a press release. The vacation decision has been taken from an...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-09 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, May 8: The World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 2014 was observed under the banner of 'My Red Cross, My Red Crescent' in Chuadanga district with elaborate programmes on Thursday. A colourful rally was brought out from Red...
SIRAJGANJ, May 8 (UNB): A minor girl was killed after she got hit with a spade in her house at Mosipur village in Shahjadpur upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mithila,3, daughter of Bahadur Pramanik, a resident of...
BANGKOK, May 8 (AFP): Thailand's deposed premier Yingluck Shinawatra faces a possible five-year ban from politics after anti-graft officials ruled Thursday that she should face impeachment proceedings, a move sure to further enrage her supporters. But the National Anti-Corruption Commission...
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, May 8 (AFP): A roadside bomb killed at least eight soldiers and wounded several others in a restive Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan on Thursday, the military said. The bomb exploded as a military convoy passed in the...
LONDON, May 8 (PTI): Forty-four Indians, including 17 women, are among 705 aspirants short-listed for an ambitious private mission to send four people on a planned one-way trip to Mars in 2024 to colonise the red planet. The Netherlands-based non-profit...
LONDON, May 8, (AFP): Britain will send a small team of experts to Nigeria to help respond to the kidnap of more than 200 girls, a spokesman for the prime minister said Wednesday. The team will concentrate on planning, coordination...
US closes Yemen embassy SANAA, May 8: The US embassy was closed to the public Thursday in Yemen after a spate of attacks against foreigners and fears that Al-Qaeda will seek revenge for a deadly offensive in the south. "The...
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