Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have achieved an outstanding success at a global competition titled ‘Urban Revitalization of Mass Housing’. Students of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the university won 3rd position at...
RANGPUR, Apr 12 (BSS): More than 7,500 extremely poor and distressed women have changed their fortune through plucking tealeaves in tea gardens of the sub-Himalayan district of Panchagarh in recent years. The successful women are now leading better life with...
State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid on Sunday said the government is planning to introduce a ‘feed-in-tariff’ (FIT) in renewable energy to make it more accessible for people. “We’re thinking about the feed-in-tariff to provide subsidy to the...
GAIBANDHA, Apr 12 (BSS): Boro paddy farming target in the project command areas of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) in the district has been achieved during the current season. The BMDA set a target to bring a total of 8,325...
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MAGURA, Apr 12: Magura farmers are overjoyed with a bumper production of garlic and its fair price. Newly harvested garlic has started to appear in the market. Garlic is now being sold in the local market at Tk 60 to...
FARIDPUR, Apr 12 (BSS): Bumper wheat production is expected in the district in the current season. According to Agriculture Extension Office (AEO) sources in the current season wheat was cultivated on 31,510 hectares of land exceeding the official target of...
NETRAKONA, Apr 12 (BSS): An elaborate programme has been designed here to celebrate Pahela Baishak, the first day of the Bangla new year 1421, on April 14. A meeting organised by district administration was held at the conference room of...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 12 (BSS): Women agricultural labourers in a meeting have demanded parity in payment of wage with the male workers for improving their living and livelihood. They viewed that the female agricultural workers are still facing wage disparity in...
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NATORE, Apr 12: Police arrested six smugglers including four females and seized about three maunds of Indian cumin from a Bhutbhuti at Naldanga bazar area under Naldanga thana in Natore district on April 10 at about 2.30 pm. The arrested...
BRAHMANBARIA, Apr 12: A 3-day long agricultural fair (Zila Krishi Mela-'14) began at Friday at Poura Mukta Manch. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), The Fisheries Department (FD) and The Livestock Department (LD) jointly sponsored the Mela Minister of Law,...
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JESSORE, Apr 12: Kamal Hossain, district manager, Central Insurance Co Ltd and also a leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, died of massive heart attack Friday noon. He was 42. Family sources said Kamal Hossain was taken to Abu Naser Specialised...
TEHRAN, Apr 12 (AFP): Iran signalled its defiance Saturday over America's refusal to grant a visa to its chosen UN ambassador, saying it does not plan to pick an alternative envoy. Tehran also said it was examining its legal options...
Prominent Indian artists and academics have written an open letter warning against the possible election of Hindu nationalist politician Narendra Modi, reports BBC. The letter - signed by writer Salman Rushdie and sculptor Anish Kapoor among others - attacked Mr...
SEOUL, Apr 12 (AFP): North Korea today blasted South Korean President Park Geun-Hye's proposal on laying the groundwork for reunification through economic exchanges and humanitarian aid as the "daydream of a psychopath". The blistering attack from the North's powerful National...
Armed men dressed in camouflage clothing have seized a police station in eastern Ukraine, officials say. Police said the gang fired shots and used stun grenades to seize the offices in Sloviansk, near the Russian border, reports BBC. Interior Minister...
LAHORE, Apr 12 (AFP): A Pakistani court Saturday threw out charges of attempted murder against a nine-month-old baby, in a case that highlighted endemic flaws in the country's legal system and provoked widespread ridicule. The court also launched a separate...
Four killed in landslide in northern Afghanistan KABUL, Apr 12: A landslide triggered by heavy rains and a small earthquake swept through two villages in northern Afghanistan killing four people and destroying around 100 houses, officials said Saturday. The natural...
Forhad Reza and Sanjamul Islam's centuries helped Rajshahi Division amass 424 runs against Chittagong Division on the first day of the four-day match 6th round Walton 15th National Cricket League at BKSP ground -3 Saturday, reports UNB. Batting first after...
Walton Friendship Cycle Rally, with the slogan "Two Banglas in blood ties" left Dhaka for Comilla on its 2nd and final phase journey to reach the final destination - Chittagong - on April 14, after formal inauguration at Bangabandhu National...
The Citycell SABA 3on3 Basketball Championship will begin on April 15 (Tuesday) at the Basketball Gymnasium in the city's Dhanmondi, reports BSS. State Minister for Youth and Sports Biren Sikder will inaugurate the meet as the chief guest while FIBA-Asia...
Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC) won the season's first trophy by clinching the Modhumoti Bank Independence Cup Football crown beating Feni Soccer Club by 5-4 goal in a tie-breaker at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Saturday, reports UNB. The...
The 7th Gulshan Youth Club Sports Carnival, 2014 begins today (Sunday) at the Gulshan Youth Club playground in the city, reports UNB. Thirteen events-athletics, football, cricket, basketball, roller skating, tennis, swimming, karate, badminton, carom, table tennis, art and music-are included...
MONTE CARLO, Monaco, Apr12 (AFP): Roger Federer returns to the Monte Carlo Masters starting Sunday with a mission to try and topple king of clay Rafael Nadal as the Spaniard seeks an unprecedented ninth title in the principality. Federer, his...
LONDON, Apr 12 (AFP): Carried by a wave of raw emotion, leaders Liverpool will look to land a potentially decisive blow in the Premier League title race when they host Manchester City Sunday. Tributes to mark the 25th anniversary of...
LONDON, Apr 12 (AFP): Hull City manager Steve Bruce insists he won't let his players be distracted by the prospect of making history as they prepare to face League One minnows Sheffield United in the FA Cup semi-finals Sunday. Bruce's...
Verdasco powers into Houston semi-finals HOUSTON, Apr 12: Fernando Verdasco booked his first ATP semi-final of 2014 on Friday, powering home to beat Donald Young 7-6 (7/1), 6-1 in the US Men's Clay Court Championship. The fourth-seeded Spanish veteran admitted...
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