NARAYANGANJ, Apr 21 (BSS): A court here today sentenced one person to death and another life-imprisonment for killing a housewife in Mizmizi- Batenpara area under Siddhirganj thana of the district in 2006. The convicts were also fined Taka 10,000 each...
India on Tuesday augmented the flow of the Teesta water into Bangladesh. The flow of the Teesta water into the Bangladesh territory reached 3,000 cusecs as of Tuesday afternoon, said executive engineer of Bangladesh Water Development Board Mahbubur Rahman. He...
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GOPALGANJ, Apr 21: Human Development Forum (HDF), Gopalganj district unit distributed logistics and equipment among the disabled at Singarkul village under Gopalganj Sadar Upazila of the district Sunday. Human Development Forum, Gopalganj district organised the programme with financial assistance by...
Speakers at a dialogue in Dhaka on Tuesday stressed the need for the diversification of exportable items and creating an investment-friendly environment for the maximum utilisation of duty-free access facility to the Indian market. They said Bangladesh lacks exportable items,...
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NILPHAMARI, Apr 21: Production of litchi seems not to be so satisfactory as it was expected during the sprouting time in Nilphamari and it's neighbouring districts including Dinajpur, Thakurgon and Panchagarh. Sources said the sprouting was very good but now...
A US official has said they have no problem with Bangladesh joining China’s naval exercises as Washington respects Dhaka’s “sovereign rights” to engage with any country. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Political-Military Affairs Bureau Tom Kelly made the...
JOYPURHAT, Apr 21 (BSS): The maize farmers in Joypurthat district are happy as they are going to harvest bumper yield of the crop in the current season. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) sources said a total of 500 hectares of...
800-kg jatka seized in Munshiganj Fisheries Department in a drive seized 800-kg of jatka (hilsa fry) and 6,000 metres banned current net from the Padma river under Lohajang upazila of Munshiganj Sunday evening. The department also arrested six fishermen from...
DAMASCUS, Apr 21 (AP): Syria will hold presidential elections on June 3, the country's parliament speaker said Monday, a vote President Bashar Assad is likely to contest as his nation sinks deeper into a bloody civil war, now in its...
FORT MYERS, Apr 21 (AP): A car slammed into a packed Florida church just as its annual Easter concert was about to begin, injuring 21 people as it barreled through the brick outer wall and several rows of pews, Fort...
Air strikes in southern Yemen killed about 30 suspected al Qaeda members Sunday, local tribal sources said, in the second day of strikes against militant targets in the country. On Saturday an air strike killed 10 al Qaeda militants and...
Media in India are criticising a "controversial and inflammatory" statement given by a politician of the main opposition Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), reports BBC. Giriraj Singh Saturday said those who oppose the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi have no...
MOSCOW, Apr 21 (agencies): President Vladimir Putin Monday submitted a bill to parliament that would turn Crimea into a legal gambling zone as Russia seeks ways to lift the Black Sea peninsula out of poverty. Russia has only four official...
SEOUL, Apr 21 (AFP): North Korea warned Monday that an upcoming Asian tour by US President Barack Obama could escalate military tensions, as South Korean media cited intelligence reports of increased activity at the North's main nuclear test site. Obama's...
YANGON, Apr 21 (AFP): The co-founder of Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition and the nation's longest-serving political prisoner, Win Tin, has died at the age of 84, his party said Monday, after battling for decades to bring freedom to the formerly junta-run...
British tourist killed as Malaysia bus plunges into ravine KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 21: A passenger bus plunged into a ravine after leaving a Malaysian island resort, killing a British man and injuring 40 others, mostly foreign tourists, police said Monday....
Table topper Dhaka Division trail by 127 runs against Khulna Division on the 3rd day of a four-day match (7th round) of the Walton 15th National Cricket League at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox's Bazar on Monday, reports...
BARCELONA, Apr 21(AP): Lionel Messi ended Barcelona's run of three straight losses and kept it in the Spanish league title chase by scoring a late free kick to complete its 2-1 comeback win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. Messi's 75th-minute...
MONTE CARLO, Monaco, Apr 21 (AFP): Stanislas Wawrinka played down his French Open hopes despite his Monte Carlo Masters title success against Roger Federer, claiming that the sport's big names remain in a class of their own. His convincing 4-6,...
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has asked the Bangladesh Bank (BB) to provide information regarding the ‘irregularities and corruption’ that took place in Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL). The bank, widely believed to be supported by the Jamaat-e-Islami, has come...
KABUL, Apr 21 (AFP): Afghanistan's new cricket academy coach, Peter Anderson from Australia, has started work in Kabul, officials said Monday, as the fast-developing team prepare for their debut at next year's World Cup. Anderson coached Papua New Guinea for...
KIEV: Ukraine's acting president Tuesday ordered the military to resume an operation against pro-Kremlin separatists, after the "brutally tortured" bodies of two people, one a kidnapped local councillor, were discovered in the restive east. "I demand the resumption of effective...
NORWICH, United Kingdom, Apr 21 (AFP): Brendan Rodgers is confident his Liverpool players possess the necessary ingredients to get the better of title rivals Chelsea when the two teams meet at Anfield this weekend. Liverpool will go into that game...
Farashganj SC beat Wari Club by 2-0 goals in the Premier Bank Bangladesh Championship League at the Bir Shresthha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur in the city Monday, reports UNB. After a barren first half, Ripon and...
RANGPUR, Apr 21 (UNB): 19 Infantry Division beat 17 Infantry Division by 2-1 goals in an opening day's match of the Bangladesh Army Football Tournament at Rangpur Bir Uttam Shaheed Mahbub Cantonment on Monday.
JAKARTA, Apr 21(AP): Indonesia has the will and the funds to stage the 2019 Asian Games, a government minister confirmed Sunday as regional organizers scrambled for a host to replace Vietnam. The 2019 event was due to be staged in...
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