MUNSHIGANJ: A middle-aged woman and her young daughter allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Pania village in Shreenagar upazila Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Monimala, 40, and her daughter Shanta, 18. Locals said Shanta has been in love...
A fire has blazed through the Nilkhet book market in capital Dhaka. The flames ignited around 10pm Wednesday, said a Fire Service control room official. The official said six fire-fighting units were trying to douse the fire. However, what caused...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-26 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Mar 25: About 5,000 to 6,000 farmers from around a dozen of villages at Trilachanpur union under Kaliganj upazila in Jhenidah, are changing their lots by extensively growing marigolds in their fields. The villages of Baliadanga union under Kaliganj...
TANGAIL, Mar 25 (BSS): Two persons including a minor boy were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Haripur area under Ghatail upazila of the district today. One of the deceased was identified as Ratul, 12, son...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-26 00:00:00
PABNA, Mar 25: Demanding for a National Agriculture Price Commission a view sharing meeting was organised on Tuesday at the conference room of Satsanga Pallikallyan Samity (SPS). The meeting was organised by People Agriculture Price Commission-Pabna with the support of...
RANGPUR, Mar 25 (UNB): Irrigation on 60,500 hectares of Boro land under the Teesta Barrage project area is facing setback in the current season due to abnormal fall of water flow in the Teesta following unrestrained withdrawal of water at...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-26 00:00:00
MAGURA, Mar 25: A total of 1,17,372 children are expected to be fed vitamin A capsule in Magura. A journalist orientation meeting on Monday afternoon arranged at Magura Sadar Hospital conference room. Magura Health Department arranged the meeting in observance...
PANCHAGARH, Mar 25 (BSS): Bumper wheat production has brought smile on the face of farmers of all the five upazilas in the district as they got fair price for the crop during the current season. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)...
GAIBANDHA, Mar 25 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a housewife from Chapadah village in Sadar upazila on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Hosne Ara, wife of Babu Miah, a resident of the village. Gopal Chandra, officer-in-charge of...
The photo caption with a news item published under the headline 'Airtel introduces 3G service in Rajshahi' carried the names of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technical Officer misspelt. The correct spelling of the two names should be Rajnish Kaul...
THE HAGUE, Mar 25, (AFP): Thirty-five countries on Tuesday committed to bolstering nuclear security, backing a global drive spearheaded by US President Barack Obama to prevent dangerous materials falling into the hands of terrorists. In a joint statement issued on...
KABUL, Mar 25 (AFP): Taliban militants staged a gun and suicide attack on an Afghan election commission office in Kabul on Tuesday, killing two police officers, with less than a fortnight to go before the presidential poll. The insurgents have...
KUWAIT CITY, Mar 25 (AFP): An Arab summit kicked off in Kuwait Tuesday with a call by Syria's opposition for "sophisticated" arms, while Saudi Arabia stressed the need for a change in military balance to "end the impasse". UN peace...
Two dead in shooting at US naval base WASHINGTON, Mar 25: A sailor and a civilian died in a shooting incident aboard a destroyer at a US navy base in Virginia, the base commander said Tuesday. The civilian was armed...
M Aminul Islam Akanda | 2014-03-26 00:00:00
The foreign exchange (forex) reserve in Bangladesh reached US$ 19.2 billion in February last, thirty-six times the reserve in 1990 and twelve times the level in 2000. The government until late 1990s had been worried much over the then inadequate...
B K Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata | 2014-03-26 00:00:00
The health of an economy largely depends on the very functioning of the financial system and as such the vital requirement is to pep up the same in a fast and consistent manner. But the trends in many of developing...
If the making of a nation is the unfolding of a fascinating story, not all people share the tradition in the same measure. The Bangalees are both fortunate and unfortunate to experience the birth pangs on their way to emerging...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-03-26 00:00:00
Well-known American actor Zach Gilford was a realist to say, "The surface of the Earth is 30 per cent land and 70 per cent water. A new born baby is composed of 70 per cent water and 30 per cent...
Shaikh Saleque | 2014-03-26 00:00:00
The above news item received wide coverage in the media very recently and also became a much talked about topic. The incumbent Prime Minister of Nepal Sushil Koirala does not possess any property other than two cell phones. The prime...
Finally the Malaysian government has declared that the Malaysian aircraft which disappeared two weeks ago was found to have crashed in the Southern Indian Ocean. The news is devastating although with each passing day the chance of the passengers being...
Traditionally, marketing researchers have assumed that consumers behave irrationally when they purchase, use, and dispose of products and hire services. Consumers' misbehaviours are defined as 'behavioural acts by consumers which violate the generally accepted norms of conduct in consumption situations'....
Kazi Rahman | 2014-03-26 00:00:00
Micro-finance (MF) has been one of the most ground- breaking innovations of the 20th Century. The benefits of MF are undeniable. It has been responsible for empowering women, unlocking the entrepreneurial spirit of the rural populace and improving the quality...
Mohammed Norul Alam Raju | 2014-03-26 00:00:00
On the last Thursday of every March, Bangladesh observes National Disaster Preparedness Day (NDPD). This year the day will be observed on March 27. Different types of events are planned by the government, civil society forums, disaster practitioners and the...
FE Report | 2014-03-26 00:00:00
The securities regulator Tuesday approved the IPO (initial public offering) proposal of Far East Knitting and Dyeing Industry (FEKDI) for raising a fund worth Tk 675 million under the fixed price method, officials said. At Tuesday's meeting the regulator of...
FE Report | 2014-03-26 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) Tuesday notified some requirements in relation to operations of agent banking in the country, asking the willing banks to submit copies of contracts between the banks and the agents to the central bank as condition for...
The 31st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Pubali Bank Limited was held at Basundhara Convention Center in the city Tuesday. The shareholders in the AGM unanimously approved 5 per cent stock dividend and 5 per cent cash dividend for the...
Govt, ADB sign $2m grant deal on crop insurance The government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed Tuesday a grant agreement of $2 million to develop new and innovative crop insurance products that will give the country's 12,000 small-holder...
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