South Asian disaster experts in Dhaka Saturday laid emphasis on enhancing regional cooperation through sharing of knowledge and technology among the SAARC member states to check river bank erosion, one of the region's massive socio-economic and environmental threats, reports BSS....
Hawkers have to pay Tk 8.5 billion every year as toll to different agencies across the country, alleged Jatiya Hawkers' Federation (JHF) at its third national conference in the city Saturday, reports UNB. Addressing the conference in the Photo Journalists'...
NARSINGDI, Mar 29 (UNB): Three people were killed and five others injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashed into a private car on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Gokulnagar in Belabo Upazila Saturday. The deceased were identified as autorickshaw passengers-Sagir Miah (28), Kabita...
Today (Sunday) is the fourth death anniversary of Khoda Baksh Mridha, a noted sports commentator and a college teacher, said a press release On the occasion, his family and different organisations including Khoda Baksh Fan Club, Sports Vision Ltd, and...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
Illegal hill cutting in Bandarban district of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) poses a serious threat to environment as well as life and property of settlers. A photograph published in a local daily last week showed how a bulldozer was demolishing...
MOHANPUR, Chandpur, Mar 29 (BSS): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina today urged all followers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to forge unity to protect the independence, constitution and democracy. "All Mujib followers must remain united so...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Mar 29: Businesses at a meeting here today urged the government to reduce high import duty on cement, which will save a lot of money of the cement users who are paying over Tk 200 extra per bag in...
Khaleda Zia has vowed to stage the world's biggest anti-government popular uprising to find a place in the Guinness Book of World Records, reports UNB. "We'll teach a lesson to this government…spending over a hundred crore (one billion) taka for...
Ruling Awami League’s candidate Anupam Shahjahan Joy won the Tangail-8 by-elections on Saturday. Anupam, son of late Shawkat Momen Shajahan, won the by-election bagging 75,960 votes out of 307,382, while his nearest rival independent candidate Abdul Malek, known as an...
Muhammad Siddique | 2014-03-29 00:00:00
Some taxes were known as Dastur, Salami, Dalai Bhanshar. ‘Dalal’ is an Arabic term meaning ‘a negotiator between the two parties in business’, ‘broker’. Fatte Mubarak is a tax collected from traders in the Kathmandu valley to commemorate its conquest...
Md Khairul Hasan | 2014-03-29 00:00:00
The dreadful traffic condition in Dhaka city has led the commuters to search for an alternative mode of transport that would reduce commuting time and help avoid the notorious traffic congestion. Some citizens have found the solution to avoid the...
Md Shamsul Arefin | 2014-03-29 00:00:00
An accident black spot is a term used in road safety management to denote a place where road traffic accidents have largely been concentrated. At certain sites, the level of risk might be higher than the general level of risk...
Nehal Adil | 2014-03-29 00:00:00
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has warned about the food crisis in Pacific realm. Nearly 25 microstates exist in the Pacific realm, a vast ocean mass twice the size of the Continent of Asia, the largest continent in the...
Md Abdullah Al Helal | 2014-03-29 00:00:00
Fashion shows of today are frequently held in venues without much of a background or even a theme. They are star-studded affairs that draw celebrities as well as buyers. They have become national and world-wide events that are recorded by...
YANGON, Mar 28 (AFP): An 11-year-old girl was accidentally killed when Myanmar security forces fired warning shots to disperse mobs targeting international aid groups in a strife-hit western state, police said Friday. The girl was shot Thursday at her home...
The long unmentioned subject — income disparity and level of poverty — has been the theme of a recent discussion in Dhaka, organised by Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA). Ever since the country's journey on the road to free market economy...
CHITTAGONG: South Africa beat former champions England by three runs in Chittagong on Saturday to reach the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 cricket. South Africa put up the tournament's highest total of 196-5 before keeping England down to 193-7 in...
SULTAN KUDARAT, Mar 28 (AFP): Joyous shouts of "Allahu Akbar" echoed across the headquarters of the Philippines' biggest Muslim rebel group as a pact to end four decades of bloodshed was signed, but there were also fears war clouds had...
NEW DELHI, Mar 28 (AFP): A C-130J Hercules cargo plane crashed Friday in central India killing all five of its crew members, an Air Force spokesman said. The US-made military aircraft came down on the outskirts of Gwalior city in...
MOSCOW, Mar 28: President Vladimir Putin on Friday congratulated the Russian armed forces for their role in the takeover by Moscow of Crimea from Ukraine, saying they had showed the new capacities of the Russian army. "The recent events in...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-03-29 00:00:00
As days of storms and cyclones are fast approaching, it is now time for the country to prepare itself for natural disasters that are beyond human control. This is because the Bay of Bengal is one the most cyclone-prone zones...
Md Rasel Uzzaman | 2014-03-29 00:00:00
Sustainability is a great concern in today's world. And in order to achieve something sustainable there must be a research environment within the country, and we must remain prepared to adopt any kind of technological innovations. Numerous agricultural and livestock...
We observed World Water Day this year, keeping around 26 million people in the country out of access to improved drinking water. There is still more than 20 million people drinking water that contains arsenic. Close to 90 per cent...
Warmest and heartiest congratulations to the Financial Express, the country's sole English language financial daily that won the BRAC Media Award 2014 for its outstanding contribution to tuberculosis control programme. I wish the FE every success as it has been...
From now, the India-bound Bangladeshi passengers will be able to buy return tickets for Dhaka-Kolkata journey in the Maitree Express from ticket counters in both the countries. It will surely build stronger people-to-people relations between the two neighbouring countries. Many...
West Indies captain Darren Sammy smashed an unbeaten 34 off 13 balls to virtually knock Australia out of the World Twenty20 with a dramatic last-over win in Dhaka Friday, reports AFP. The West Indies, chasing Australia's challenging 178-8, appeared headed...
Akbaruddin Ahmad | 2014-03-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh has been consistently doing well in its export sector. The Export Promotion Bureau data indicates an increase of US $3.02 billion in July 2013 and has hovered around US$ 2.01 to US$ 2.72 billion during the months August 2013...
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