SYLHET, Apr 2 (UNB): A stone quarry worker was killed and another injured while extracting stones at Lobhachhara stone quarry in Kanaighat upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Matin,18, son of Shafiqul Haque, a resident of Saud...
SUNAMGANJ, Apr 2 (BSS): A three-day folk festival in remembrance of mystic poet Hasan Raja, baul legend Shah Abdul Karim and renowned folk poet Radharaman Dutta begins here tomorrow. The festival, organized by the district administration in cooperation with the...
Our Correspondent JHENIDAH, Apr 2: A woman was killed and four others were injured as a Nosimon (human hauler) overturned at Nagarbathan area under Jhenidah Sadar upazila Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Fatema Khatun, 60, wife of late...
Our Correspondent GOPALGANJ, Apr 2: A press briefing and orientation meeting was held at the 250 bed general hospital in Gopalganj yesterday on the occasion of National Vitamin 'A' plus campaign starting on April 5. Health Department, Gopalganj, organised the...
SIRAJGANJ, Apr 2 (UNB): At least 14 people have been detected to be carrying the germs of anthrax at Raghunathpur village in Raiganj upazila. The district civil surgeon's office confirmed the presence of the viral disease in their bodies through...
Youth electrocuted in Sylhet A young man died from electrocution in Tukerbazar area in Sadar upazila Sylhet Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Monwar Hossain, 30, son of late Chand Mia of Chikarkandi village of Dakkhin Sumanganj. Witnesses said...
National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port on Thursday urged Unesco to take steps to halt the setting up of Rampal coal-fired power plant that will wreck havoc on the Sundarbans - a Unesco World Heritage...
River erosion is one of the deadliest natural disasters that some of the member-countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) like Bangladesh and India face today. Its consequences are catastrophic in both the countries. But Bangladesh being...
Syed Mahbubur Rashid | 2014-04-03 00:00:00
According to the report published in the FE, the government is going to introduce a free agriculture call centre soon under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative. The help line for farmers will be the first of its kind, benefiting...
Nasima Khatun | 2014-04-03 00:00:00
Prolonged political instability in the country has been adversely affecting the investment situation. New investment has almost come to a halt. In the absence of new investment, demand for capital machinery as well as overall import has gone down. Lesser...
World Autism Awareness Day is observed every year on April 02. The importance of the day is immense, especially in countries like ours where most of the people have no clue about autism. Many think it as a curse and...
We have hundred per cent export-oriented factories in the Admajee Export Processing Zone. The Bangladesh government established special export processing zones to stimulate rapid economic growth of the country, particularly through industrialisation. The government has adopted an 'Open Door Policy'...
This refers to Mahmud Ali's letter on utilising household waste, published in the March 31 issue of the FE. I believe the writer is not aware that "Waste Concern", a private organisation, is collecting household wastes and converting it to...
M. Serajul Islam | 2014-04-03 00:00:00
If we could for a moment forget we are in 2014 and also be unaware in which year we are, then a few events occurring in the country's politics in recent times could mislead us into believing that the Cold...
Sherry Rehman | 2014-04-03 00:00:00
As India turns inwards to its next election, the world watches with a mixture of anxiety and hope. Hope, because India has the capacity to lead South Asia into a less polarised 21st century. And worry in case it takes...
A US military weather satellite has been launched from California. An Atlas V rocket carrying the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-19 spacecraft blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 7:46 am PDT (1446 GMT) Thursday, headed for a polar orbit....
Qazi Mahmudur Rahman | 2014-04-03 00:00:00
Survey is the process of collecting information on a particular subject by observing, asking a series of questions, taking photographs and satellite snaps as records to be used for various purposes. There are many types of survey i.e. land survey,...
Justice A. M. Mahmudur Rahman | 2014-04-03 00:00:00
Justice Murshed was born on January 24, 1911 in Kolkata in a distinguished Muslim family. He passed the matriculation examination in 1926 securing first position among the students who appeared in the examination from Rajshahi Division of British Bengal. He...
BANGKOK, Apr 2 (AFP):- Thailand's Constitutional Court agreed Wednesday to consider a petition to remove Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office for transferring a top security official-the latest in a volley of legal challenges by her opponents. The case was...
KABUL, Apr 2 (AFP): A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the interior ministry in central Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least six police officers just three days before the presidential election, officials said. Afghanistan is on...
CAIRO, Apr 2 (AFP): An Egyptian police general was killed and an assistant interior minister wounded in twin bombings targeting security posts near Cairo University on Wednesday, police said. The attack was the latest by militants targeting security forces following...
Pointing at the judges of the apex court, newly-elected president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Khandker Mahbub Hossain on Thursday said the cordial relations will be retained if the judges serve the country for ends of justice, or...
Snake forces evacuation of Swiss train GENEVA, Apr 2: A small snake that slithered its way onto a Swiss passenger train caused chaos Wednesday, prompting the evacuation of all 450 passengers as police hunted for the reptile. Passengers boarding an...
LONDON, April 2 (AFP): Kevin Pietersen said Wednesday he was looking forward to sharing the benefits of his experience with international stars of the future now his own England career had been terminated. "It is good to come to the...
BERLIN, Apr 2 (AFP): Football-mad Germany has blown the whistle on its strict noise pollution rules-but just for the duration of the World Cup. To enable fans to publicly view matches in the open air during the championship in Brazil,...
GENEVA, Apr 2 (AFP): Qatar must overhaul its employment laws because they fly in the face of global rules on trade union rights, the UN labour agency said, in fresh criticism of the 2022 World Cup host. In an official...
BARCELONA, Apr 2 (Reuters): Two special goals lit up the Nou Camp Tuesday as Barcelona, aiming to reach the Champions League semi-finals for the seventh year in a row, shared a 1-1 draw with Spanish rivals Atletico Madrid. Brazilian substitute...
CHARLESTON, United States, Apr 2 (AFP): World number one Serena Williams crashed out of the WTA Tour's Family Circle Cup Tuesday, losing her opening match in straight sets to world number 78 Jana Cepelova. The 20-year-old Slovakian Cepelova shocked defending...
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