The name of Moenjo-daro is widely recognized as one of the most important early cities of the world. Moenjo-daro (Mound of the Dead) is located at a distance from Karachi. Large-scale excavations were carried out at the site under the...
From Syful Islam | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
TOKYO, Mar 22: The deep-rooted nexus between water and energy was highlighted Friday during the celebrations of annual World Water Day in Tokyo. "Water and energy are among the world's most pre-eminent challenges. This year's focus of World Water Day...
BNP Saturday aired an apprehension that there would be widespread violence and irregularities in the fourth phase of the upazila polls today (Sunday) as what it said the government is conspiring to rig votes in collusion with the Election Commission...
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will administer oath of office to 48 women members of parliament (MP) today (Sunday), five days after they were elected unopposed to fill the seats exclusively reserved for women, reports UNB. The oath taking ceremony is...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Comilla and Noakhali until 6:00 pm today (Sunday), reports...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has urged the country's Islamic scholars to beware so that no one from other faiths could infiltrate into the Muslim community and create difference among the Muslims for instigating anarchy in Bangladesh, reports UNB. She...
The two-day Rotary International Conference concluded in the city Friday, said a press release. Prof Anisuzzaman was present as the chief guest and past district governor of India Rotary Debashis Mitra was the special guest. Presided over by Conference Chairman...
FE Report | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
Md Anwar Hossain (40), employed in Grameen Shakti, a subsidiary of Grameen Bank, has been suffering from liver cirrhosis for long. He was admitted at Dhaka City Hospital under noted liver specialists of Bangladesh Dr Md Saif Uddin and Dr...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
In yet another tragic accident at an unguarded level-crossing in Chittagong city on March 11 last, four women garment workers were killed and a dozen others injured. The mishap took place around 8 am in Chandgaon area in the port...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Mar 22: Stakeholders at a workshop on Strategic Master Plan for Chittagong Port Saturday emphasised the need for empowering the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) so that it can be more functional and can take most of the decisions without...
FE Report | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
Japan will provide US$1.18 billion soft loan under its 35th official development assistance (ODA) for implementing five development projects in Bangladesh. The Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida pledged it Saturday at a meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmood...
Md Shah Jahan | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines authorities have finally decided to sell two DC-10 aircraft rather than scrapping them locally considering it as the better alternative, officials said. The Biman board of directors in a recent meeting took the decision and an...
It looks like a replay of the Devyani Khobragade case that strained India-US relations seriously. 'New York Post' has reported that Bangladesh's consul general in New York Monirul Islam and his wife were slapped with a lawsuit on Friday for...
NEW DELHI, Mar 22(BSS): Senior Indian journalist M J Akbar joined BJP today in presence of party president Rajnath Singh. After joining, he told journalists "I have come back to politics because of policy. The crisis in front of the...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
The prevailing row between the planning and finance ministries over fund allocation has delayed finalisation of the revised annual development programme (RADP), thus affecting implementation of development projects, officials said Saturday. Planning Commission (PC) officials said they could not finalise...
FE Report | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
The government is likely to fix the national average inflation target for the next fiscal (2014-15) at 6.0 per cent, 1.0 per cent lower than that of the current fiscal year. The government earlier had set average inflation target for...
Ninety-one more upazila (UZ) parishads across 43 districts are going to polls today (Sunday) in the 4th phase of the staggered local government elections, reports UNB. The voting will open at 8am and continue until 4pm without any break. The...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of Thailand has suffered a serious setback as country's constitutional court has declared the February 02 general election "invalid". As a fallout from this development, fresh polls are likely in the country that has been witnessing...
FE Report | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
Pakistan will face Australia today (Sunday) at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium at 3:30pm. The slower pitches in Bangladesh will provide a new challenge for Australia, although they did better in the practice match against New Zealand in Fatullah. On the other...
Two Bangladeshi nationals are among the nine people killed in a gun attack at Serena Hotel in Kabul of Afghanistan Thursday, according to The New York Times. The Foreign Ministry in Dhaka on Saturday said they are looking into the...
Voting in 91 upazila (UZ) parishads in 43 districts began at 8am on Sunday in the 4th phase of the local government polls. The balloting opened at 8am and will continue till 4pm without any break. The Election Commission asked...
At least thee people were killed and five others injured as railing of an under-construction floor of a ready-made garment (RMG) factory building collapsed in Narayanganj city on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Waiz Uddin, Azharul Islam and...
An old man was killed and two other people were injured in a pre-poll bomb attack in Sonagazi Upazila of Feni district on Saturday. The dead is Ekramul Haque, 60, a resident of Madhyam Ahmedpur village. Police and locals said...
Chinese satellites have spotted a new object in the southern Indian Ocean that could be wreckage from a missing Malaysian airliner carrying 239 people, and ships are on their way to investigate, China and Malaysia have said. The object, around...
A man paralysed by accident was burned to death in a devastating fire at Daulatpur upazila in Manikganj district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Joynal Sheikh, 40, son of Badaruddin, a resident of Kholshi Haldarpara village in...
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq has affirmed that the government will honour all who made contributions to the long 23-year struggle in the run-up to the Liberation War. Observing that the country’s independence did not come in nine...
The almost stalled growth of the country's crop production observed over the last couple of fiscal years is likely to end in the current fiscal, officials said making an estimate banking on the record rice output achieved in immediate past...
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