The export of primary commodities overall gained slightly higher growth than the manufactured goods in the first half (July-December) of the current fiscal (2013-14) though major manufactured goods like RMG, leather and leather products fared better during the period, reports...
Rice cultivation in many northwestern districts have long been facing greater difficulties for inadequate irrigation during the dry or Boro season due to the depletion of groundwater table, reveal some recent surveys, reports UNB. This depletion of groundwater is actually...
Police arrested Habibur Rahman Habi, president of Satkhira municipality unit BNP and brother of BNP-backed chairman candidate in the upazila (UZ) polls, on Friday evening on charge of violating the electoral code of conduct. Witnesses said a police team picked...
A man was killed and eight other people were injured in a clash between transport workers and passengers of a picnic bus over a trivial matter in Bakerganj upazila in Barisal district on Friday. The dead is Jasimuddin Hawladar, 30,...
Direct bus and minibus services from Dhaka's Mohakhali to Tangail and Sirajganj district resumed on Friday night after a two-day suspension following a dispute over the plying of buses without route permits. Bus and minibus operations on the route resumed...
Miscreants swooped on three Hindu temples in Sreepur upazila of Magura district on Thursday night, vandalising idols of goddesses and looting valuables. Locals said a gang of miscreants attacked Baliaghata Mandir, Botakhali Kali Mandir and Amalsar Mandir at deed of...
A minor boy drowned in Padma River in Godagari upazila in Rajshahi district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Kurban, 8, son of Badu Mia of Hatpara village in the upazila. Locals said Kurban slipped into the water suddenly...
Chittagong's railway links with Dhaka and Sylhet have been restored for the second time in one day following derailment of bogies of two trains. Rail services had come to a halt after a freight wagon derailed at Akhaura upazila in...
The agony of people in Rajshahi and areas nearby for one and a half days has seemingly come to a brief stop as seven organisations of doctors in Rajshahi called off their strike until Sunday noon. Their move came on...
A Chinese ship is scouring a new area of Indian Ocean for “objects” spotted in the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, Australia says. The vessel has been at the scene trying to retrieve the items since first light,...
Better-than-expected numbers on US consumer incomes and spending gave Wall Street shares a boost on Friday, as investors shrugged off saber rattling over Ukraine. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 58.83 points (0.36 percent) to 16,323.06. The broad-based S&P...
BRAC's founder Fazle Hasan Abed has found a place in the US-based Fortune magazine’s list of the world's 50 greatest leaders. The list features leaders from politics and religion to corporate CEOs and heads of civil society organisations. Abed, the...
The balloting in the by-election to Tangail-8 constituency has been progressing peacefully since 8:00am on Saturday. However, the turnout has been almost low in different polling centres around 11:15am when the report was filed. The parliamentary seat (Sakhipur-Basail) fell vacant...
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Los Angeles area on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake's epicenter was near La Hambra, about 30 miles (45 km) southeast of downtown...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday commissioned a new passenger vessel, MV Bangalee, on Dhaka-Barisal route via Chandpur river port. Launched at Sadarghat Terminal in old part of Dhaka city, the Prime Minister also travelled to Mohonpur in Chandpur district,...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested 30 people while they were going to India illegally through Benapole border at Sarsa upazila in Jessore on Friday night. Confirming the incident, SM Shafiuddin, sub-inspector of Benapole Port Police Station, said a patrol...
Russia's Vladimir Putin has telephoned President Barack Obama to discuss the US proposal for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine. Mr Obama suggested that Russia put a concrete response in writing, the White House said in a statement....
Tens of thousands of Thai anti-government protesters rallied across Bangkok on Saturday in their latest bid to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a day before a crucial vote to elect a new Senate. Waving flags and blowing whistles, protesters marched...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a young man in possession of a Japanese-made pistol and seven rounds of bullet in Salanga upazila in Sirajganj district on Saturday. The arrestee was identified as Billal Hossain, 28, son of Abul...
North Korea said Saturday its relations with South Korea had been driven into a "catastrophic" phase again, warning the South's scattering of anti-Pyongyang leaflets could spark a war. The statement came hours after Pyongyang's foreign ministry said the North would...
General Motors recalled nearly 1.5 million vehicles, including for possible problems with ignitions blamed for 12 deaths. Last month, GM called back 1.6 million cars amid questions over why it had taken years to address an ignition defect it knew...
World stock markets mostly rose on Friday as expectations grew that China will move to counter its economic slowdown. European markets opened on an upbeat note, with Britain's FTSE 100 adding 0.4 per cent to 6,611.36. Germany's DAX index jumped...
Planes and ships combed the newly-targeted area off Australia's west coast on Saturday for possible debris from the missing Malaysian jet, as Australia's prime minister said preparations were progressing on getting a black box locator into the search zone. Australian...
Two people, including an SSC examinee, were killed in two separate road accidents in Gazipur and Kushita on Saturday. In Gazipur, an SSC examinee was killed when an ‘SA Paribahan’ bus from Rangpur ran over him while he was crossing...
At least seven people were injured in a clash between the supporters of two chairman candidates at Araishidha village at Ashuganj upazila in Brahmanbaria on Saturday. Witnesses said an altercation ensued between the supporters of Awami League-backed chairman candidate in...
Taliban insurgents attacked the Afghan election commission's heavily-fortified headquarters in Kabul on Saturday, one week ahead of voting and after a series of bloody attacks in the city. Quick-response teams rushed to the area as rockets and gunfire were unleashed...
Over a million people in South Sudan have been forced from their homes during more than three months of ongoing fighting, with conditions continuing to worsen, the UN has warned. "In the 100 days since the start of the conflict...
Ahead of India’s Lok Sabha elections, two activists of National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) surrendered to Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday evening, an official said in Tripura’s capital Agartala on Saturday. “Two NLFT militants surrendered to the BSF...
Six Australian cricket players have visited International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) at Mahakhali in Dhaka city. Australia is one of the many donors of this Bangladesh-based research institute. ICDDR,B says the cricketers who are in Dhaka,...
US President Barack Obama met a Saudi women's rights activist on Saturday, the same day women have pledged to defy a driving ban, as he wrapped up a reassurance visit to the longtime ally. In talks with King Abdullah late...
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