BOGRA, Mar 23 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a man at Paikar village in Kahalu upazila on Saturday. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Locals after spotting the body in Khejurtala area around 8:30am informed police.
RU Correspondent | 2014-03-24 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Mar 23: Speakers urged the youth society to highlight around the world the history and heritage of the Rajshahi through film, said a press release. Youth only can do to represent the possibilities of the Rajshahi to others....
MANIKGANJ, Mar 23 (UNB): A man paralysed by accident was burned to death in a fierce fire at Kholshi Haldarpara village in Daulatpur upazila on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Joynal Sheikh, 40, son of Badaruddin of the...
KIEV, Mar 23 (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin's troops are poised to attack Ukraine at any time, Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council chief Andriy Parubiy warned on Sunday. "The aim of Putin is not Crimea, but all of Ukraine......
NAIROBI, Mar 23 (AFP): Attackers shot dead four worshippers on Sunday when they burst into a church service near the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, spraying the congregation with bullets, police said. The attack, which also left about 17 people...
Abul Basher | 2014-03-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh has secured a place among the Super 10 teams at last to play in the final stage of T-20 Cricket World Cup 2014. Although the passage to the Super 10 initially appeared to be very smooth, it turned out...
Bill Schneider writing for Reuters | 2014-03-24 00:00:00
Russian President Vladimir Putin's aggression is having an unintended effect on U.S. politics. It is generating a backlash against America's retreat from world leadership. That retreat was itself a backlash against President George W. Bush's overextension of U.S. military power...
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-03-24 00:00:00
As I write this article, voting in the fourth phase of the upazila elections was in progress on Sunday (March 23). I have read and followed with great interest, the views expressed by experts on the already completed three phases...
The finance minister said late last week in Dhaka that steps would be taken for offloading shares of the three state-owned commercial banks (SCBs), namely, the Sonali Bank, the Janata Bank and the Agrani Bank to ensure private partnership in...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-03-24 00:00:00
The finance ministry's move to finalise the revised annual development programme (RADP) for the current fiscal by trimming the original ADP faces a hurdle --one that, by any count, is very unusual. Usually, the RADP is finalised by the end...
Neil Ray | 2014-03-24 00:00:00
Of the 10 countries facing crisis of safe water, Bangladesh finds itself in the number seven slot. This was revealed by the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) on the eve of the World Water Day observed worldwide on March...
The drastic reduction in the water flow in the Teesta River is a cause for serious concern to common people of the area adjacent to it. Gajaldoba is the point where the Teesta, originating from Sikkim, enters Bangladesh flowing through...
In old Dhaka, recently, a mobile court has jailed three persons, including the owner of a blood bank on charge of selling blood without proper investigation. The condition of the blood bank was also very dirty and unhygienic. There are...
A few days ago, we, the employees of Janata Bank treasury unit, went for a picnic at Padma Resort. The Dhaka-Aricha Highway is the only way to reach the site in Munshiganj. On the way, we crossed the Buriganga-China Friendship...
Abdur Rahman Chowdhury from Virginia, USA | 2014-03-24 00:00:00
Transparency Inter-national, Bangladesh (TIB) in its report released last week has highlighted some of the weaknesses of parliamentary democracy in the country. What has been published is not revealing, people are aware of it; TIB has only articulated the weaknesses...
Vivek Malhotra | 2014-03-24 00:00:00
With 2014 came a new buzzword to the IT sphere, SMAC, a trend which is gaining ground in the market. SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud) is now all set to go explosive in the near future. Now is the...
CHITTAGONG: Sri Lanka crushed the Netherlands by nine wickets after bowling their rivals out for the lowest-ever World Twenty20 total of 39 in Chittagong Monday. Ajantha Mendis (3-12), Angelo Mathews (3-16) and Lasith Malinga (2-5) wrecked their opponents in 10.3...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Monday said the international buyers should consider fair prices for Bangladeshi products so that the country could improve the working environment and raise the wages of workers further. He made the remark during a...
Bangladesh clinched the title of eight-team Islami Bank Asian Games Hockey Qualifiers with all-win run shocking formidable Oman by 6-1 goals in the final at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium Sunday, reports UNB. With the day's well merited victory,...
The International Trade Holding Company (ITHC) of Kuwait entered Bangladesh football arena with the announcement of sponsoring the eight nations Bangabandhu Gold Cup football tournament scheduled to be held in September next, reports BSS. This was disclosed at a press...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 23 (AFP): As Brazil prepare for a first World Cup on home soil in 64 years, one Brazilian is plotting appearing at the finals with ... Iran. Former Vasco da Gama and Paraenense striker Eder Luciano,...
TOKYO, Mar 23 (AP): Waisea Nacuqu scored a try with eight seconds left for Fiji to beat defending champion South Africa 33-26 in the Tokyo Sevens rugby final on Saturday. Fiji's second title of the season gave it a huge...
MIAMI, Mar 23 (AFP): World number one Rafael Nadal hammered former number one Lleyton Hewitt 6-1, 6-3 Saturday to reach the third round at the ATP and WTA Miami Masters hardcourt tournament. The top-seeded Spaniard and his veteran Australian opponent...
SYDNEY, Mar 23 (AFP): The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a 2-0 opening day Major League Baseball sweep over National League rivals Arizona Diamondbacks with a 7-5 win in the second match in Sydney on Sunday. The Dodgers, who downed the...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 23 (AFP): FIFA performed an embarrassing U-turn on Saturday and apologized, saying it had withdrawn publicity material for the World Cup in Brazil that poked fun at local customs. Just weeks after sports merchandiser Adidas pulled...
MADRID, Mar 23 (AFP): Barcelona boss Gerardo Martino claims Brazilian star Neymar remains "one of the top five players in the world" despite his stuttering start to life with the Catalans. Neymar is expected to return to Martino's starting line-up...
Rooney apes Beckham with 58-yard wonder goal LONDON, Mar 23: Wayne Rooney took his cue from watching Manchester United predecessor David Beckham with a breath-taking 58-yard goal in his side's 2-0 victory at West Ham United on Saturday. Beckham made...
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