BNP Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed held a press conference at the party's Naya Paltan headquarters Saturday, a day before 73 Upazilas go to vote. “I have news that ruling party leaders in almost all these Upazilas are threatening opposition...
Visiting Yunnan Province Governor Li Jiheng Sunday underlined the need for having more cooperation between Kunming and Chittagong, and sought Bangladesh’s cooperation under the Sister City Agreement signed in 2005 to strengthen ties in the areas of trade and investment,...
An opening stand of 107 runs by Harmanpreet Kaur and Mithali Rajb guided India women’s team to taste their first victory in the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 beating Bangladesh women’s team by 79 runs in a Group B match at...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), Bangladesh’s national anti-graft agency, has urged people to have faith in it. ACC Chairman M Badiuzzaman made this appeal in view of an ongoing investigation into the wealth of several former Awami League ministers and...
Awami League (AL) general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam has strongly protested BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Saturday’s remark about singing the national anthem and her threat to stage an anti-government uprising. Addressing the biennial conference of a faction of Bangladesh Federal...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday expressed her deep shock at the death of BNP founder late president Ziaur Rahman’s younger brother Khalilur Rahman. In a condolence message she prayed for salvation of the departed soul and conveyed her deep...
RAJSHAHI: A case was filed on Sunday against Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) president Hafizur Rahman Khan, secretary Dr Badiul Alam Majumder and two others on charge spreading propaganda about a chairman candidate in the recently held upazila polls. Advocate Salauddin...
Bangladesh has abstained from voting in the UN General Assembly against the recent Crimean referendum backed by Moscow. The UN voting, intended to declare the referendum results, was held Thursday. However, Bangladesh’s foreign ministry had not announced its position right...
Yuvraj Singh roared back to form with a pugnacious half-century and Ravichandran Ashwin grabbed 4-11 as India hammered listless Australia by 73 runs in the World Twenty20 in Dhaka Sunday. Yuvraj hit 60 off 43 balls to steer India to...
World Twenty20 Super-10 round standings after Sunday’s matches (played, won, lost, tied, N/R, points, run-rate): Group 1 South Africa 4 3 1 0 0 6 +0.075 Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 0 4 +2.199 New Zealand 3 2 1...
Howard Eissenstat writing for Reuters | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
Is Turkish leader crazy, or crazy like a fox? Confronted by a series of revelations involving corruption, Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan countered by banning Twitter by court order on March 21. He has now moved onto other social media...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
From the pure theoretical perspective, it can confidently be argued that farm size and productivity are negatively related. Small farmers are more efficient and productive than large ones. On the empirical side, such relationship has been documented and confirmed by...
Henry Kissinger, National Security Advisor to President Richard Nixon, had begun 'ping-pong' diplomacy by opening relations with China in 1971. It was through the good offices of the Pakistan administration of General Yahya Khan. In the words of Henry Kissinger,...
Four persons were killed when the compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinder of a microbus exploded at Fatikchari in Chittagong on March 17 last. Such accidents have been recurring over the years primarily in Dhaka and Chittagong where the number of...
Abu Taher | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh has developed a model of community group formation and skill development training regarding improved poultry husbandry practices. Having micro-credit, it aims at helping the rural poor to improve their livelihood, income generation and empowerment. Under the Companies Act, 1994,...
M F Karim | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
The UK Postal service delivered two billion Christmas presents including 1.5 billion fancy cards to the families and friends of the British inhabitants of 60 million people in December last year alone. There was also a massive spree of consumers...
The term 'youth' indicates a state of being young, freshness, vigour, spirit, etc. The power and colour of the young generation can change anything they want. In case of tourism development, youth can play an important role. If we take...
Finally, Bangladesh, along with ten other nations, has been declared polio free by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and it is indeed a moment of pride for our country. Gradually we will sweep away all the negative elements like illiteracy,...
Dhaka has become a city of haphazard billboards, a hazard for its dwellers. The billboards are dangerous as a storm may dislodge these causing serious accidents. I remember, a few years ago, when I was passing by Gulshan circle 1...
Ayan Gupta | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
Business success in today's competitive markets requires a high degree of understanding and respect of the customers. The customers are demanding and have more money to spend and a wide collection of goods and services to choose from. In the...
Masum Billah | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
The leaders of powerful countries of the world have expressed their reaction against Russia's annexation of Crimea through the Hague Declaration of March 24, 2014. Led by US President Barack Obama they took the decision to expel Russia from the...
Javed Jabbar from Pakistan | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
At a recent dinner in Pakistan hosted by a senior envoy of a friendly overseas country, this writer, along with eight other guests, was treated to the experience of diplomatic solo-speak : of about 90 minutes spent at the table,...
Amin Rahman | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
I was coming from Melbourne to Dhaka to watch some of the T20 world cup matches at Mirpur Stadium. I was flying by Malaysian Airlines. It would reach Dhaka at 10:40 pm on 20th March, 2014. It just happened that...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Mar 29: Massively bloomed Mango trees in 8 districts under Rangpur Division have brought smiles on the faces of the growers, making them optimistic of achieving a bumper yield of the delicious fruit during the current season. According to...
SATKHIRA, Mar 29 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a schoolboy from the washroom of a local school in Debhata upazila on Friday evening 10 hours after his going missing. The deceased was identified as Foysal Al Hasan, 11, a...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 29 (BSS): With their relentless and sincere efforts, more than 1,100 underprivileged ethnic families of 26 villages under Godagari upazila of the district have attained food security and self-reliance. The villages are Choitanyapur, Shahanapara, Kantapasha-Edulpur, Nimkuri, Patharghata, Beldanga,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
PABNA, Mar 29: A youth was crushed under the wheels of a speeding truck at Chhnadah on Pabna-Bera road in Santhia Upazila of Pabna Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Golzar Hossain (22), son of Mokarram Hossain of village...
MAGURA, Mar 29 (BSS): High yielding onion farming is gradually expanding everywhere in the district following gradual rises of its demands. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) had a target of cultivating onion on 4,682 hectares of land here, but exceeding...
RU Correspondent | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Mar 29: Political science is an essential element and is a basic tool to do research and education in government as well as civil society, said the speakers at the golden jubilee programme of the political science department...
PANCHAGARH, Mar 29 (BSS): About ten-kilomiter long re-excavation work programme of Pathraj river under Boda upazila was inaugurated here Friday. Advocate Nurul Islam Sujon, Member of the Parliament, Panchagarh-2, formally inaugurated the programme as the chief guest. Agriculture Ministry allocated...
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