Gazaria UNO Dr ATM Mahbubul Karim, also assistant returning officer of the upazila polls, was physically assaulted by a policeman in the upazila on Saturday afternoon. Witnesses said election materials were being numbered on the upazila parishad premises at the...
New Zealand were declared winners by nine runs against England via the Duckworth-Lewis method after rain intervened in the World Twenty20 Group One match in Chittagong on Saturday. Chasing 173 to win, New Zealand were 52-1 after 5.2 overs when...
Shooting and explosions have been heard as Russian troops backed by armoured vehicles stormed a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea. Reports say at least one person was injured during the assault on Belbek base, near Sevastopol. The base is now said...
The Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has recommended a total of 18 per cent (10pc stock and 8pc cash) dividend for the shareholders for the year of 2013 subject to the approval of the 31st annual...
A fire broke out at the multi-storey shopping mall ‘Multiplan Centre’ at Elephant Road in the city on Saturday night. Fire Service officials said the fire originated at a shop on the eighth floor of the 10-storey building around 9:30pm...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-03-22 00:00:00
Those who love to be nostalgic and paint the past as "Ram Rajya" (kingdom of the Ramayana-famed Ram) must not be reluctant to admit that there was a time when burglary was quite common in rural areas. The burglars usually...
Adnan M L Karim | 2014-03-22 00:00:00
When my maternal grandfather travelled to Dhaka from his village home in 1951, he was a young man accompanied only by his dreams and aspirations. On 6th March, 2014 he made the journey back for the last time never to...
Md Shamsul Arefin | 2014-03-22 00:00:00
The emergence of new modes of transports over the last few years has sparked controversy on safety ground and energy issues as well as environmental pollution concerns. Mainly, these new modes are batter-run, Easy Bike/Battery-run-rickshaws and jerry-built modes like Nosimon-Korimon...
Md Abdul Latif Mahmud | 2014-03-22 00:00:00
Like the economy of other countries, banking sector plays a vital role to the national economy in Bangladesh. It contributes to many arms of the economy like agriculture, industry, power, transport, trade service and so on. The scenario of banking...
Ghashful, a media house, organised a poem recitation programme on 'Muktijuddher Kabita' (Poems on Liberation War) recently at A S Mahmud Hall, Daily Star Center in the city. Presided over by renowned writer and educationist Dr Hayat Mamud, the keynote...
Md Mukitul Islam | 2014-03-22 00:00:00
Women in our society are constrained into a cycle of constant violence that seems never ending. Prior to birth they are faced with sex selected abortion (aborted if girl), during infancy they experience female infanticide and less access to resources...
Nehal Adil | 2014-03-22 00:00:00
Panama Canal was a geographical gift to USA after the Monroe Doctrine cemented its domination of the western hemisphere. Yet it had to promote secession of Panama from Colombia to get the right to the isthmus to dig the canal....
Qadir Zaman | 2014-03-22 00:00:00
Investing in the stock market is a different ball game fraught with risks and uncertainties. If one is new to this market and quite in the dark about basics of it, the risks just attain the epic proportion. We all...
BRUSSELS, Mar 21 (AFP): Ukraine interim prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk put his country firmly in the Western camp Friday, signing the political provisions of a landmark association accord with EU leaders in defiance of Russia. "This gesture symbolises the importance...
KIRKUK, Mar 21 (AFP): Militants seized a village in north Iraq on Friday as attacks nationwide killed 27 people, including at least 10 policemen, amid a surge in bloodshed ahead of parliamentary elections. The latest unrest comes barely a week...
KABUL, Mar 21 (AFP): At least nine civilians including children and foreigners were killed in a Taliban attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan's interior ministry said Friday, the latest violence to hit the country just weeks before the...
TRIPOLI, Mar 21 (AFP): The toll in renewed fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli rose to four on Friday, as Syria-linked clashes flared again, a security source told AFP. In the east of the country, meanwhile, two shepherds-one...
MEXICO CITY, Mar 21 (AFP): Police in northern Mexico have found the bullet-riddled bodies of seven men who were killed near the US border after a drug smuggling run, authorities said Thursday. The bodies were found Wednesday afternoon in a...
RANGPUR, Mar 21 (BSS): Speakers at the concluding ceremony of daylong union level sports competitions on Thursday afternoon stressed the need for popularising traditional rural sports among young generations to keep them alive. Terming rural sports as the important means...
BERLIN, Mar 21 (AFP): Germany will play Argentina in a friendly match in Duesseldorf on September 3 as a warm-up for Euro 2016 qualifiers, the German football federation announced Friday. "During qualifications, the desire is to play big footballing nations....
A Facebook group has launched a campaign against the waving of foreign flags by Bangladeshis in stadiums during cricket matches, reports bdnews24.com. The group, CP Gang (Crack Platoon), is also sticking bills across the country, making people aware that any...
LIVERPOOL, Mar 21 (AFP): Brendan Rodgers continues to insist there has been no discussion about Liverpool's Premier League title prospects as they look to pile the pressure on leaders Chelsea. Liverpool travel to Cardiff on Saturday four points behind Chelsea,...
NYON, Mar 21 (AFP): Defending champions Bayern Munich drew Manchester United in a repeat of the classic 1999 Champions League final as a star-studded quarter-final draw was made in Nyon on Friday. Four-time champions Barcelona will play the first leg...
MIAMI, Mar 21 (AFP): Six-time winner Serena Williams survived a first-set scare before overcoming Yaroslava Shvedova 7-6 (9/7), 6-2 Thursday to power into the third round of the ATP and WTA Miami Masters. The top-seeded defending champion will next face...
FIFA boss to tour Brazil amid WCup construction delays RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 21: FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke will visit Rio de Janeiro next week, with less than 100 days to go until the World Cup and three stadiums...
LAUSANNE, Mar 21 (AFP): Hockey games will be cut by 10 minutes to four 15 minute quarters in a bid to step up the sport's fan appeal, the international federation announced. The new format has already been tried in the...
Babul Barman | 2014-03-22 00:00:00
The stock market plummeted for the fourth straight week that ended Thursday with participation remained sluggish as profit booking and panic sale dominated throughout the week. The week featured four trading sessions instead of five due to public holiday on...
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