WASHINGTON: Waves of gravity that rippled through space right after the Big Bang have been detected for the first time, in a landmark discovery that adds to our understanding of how the universe was born, US scientists said Monday. The...
The inward remittance flow to the country during the first 14 days of the current month showed an encouraging sign, totalling $ 662.21 million as of March 14. The remittance inflow last month (February) totalled $ 1164.03 $ million, according...
Private mobile phone operator Airtel Bangladesh Limited is enriching its internet portfolio with Wi-Fi services as part of its commitment to provide best internet experience for its customers. Under Wi-Fi coverage areas that include Gulshan, Niketan, Baridhara, Banani, Dhanmondi, Baily...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Tuesday witnessed a dividend spree as six companies recommended cash and stock dividends for the year that ended on December 31, 2013, according to a news agency.
State-owned North West Power Generation Company Limited (NWPGCL) will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday with a Chinese power company, CMC, to set up a 1320-MW power plant in Patuakhali. Officials said both sides will ink the deal...
The country’s power generation on Tuesday hit 6,801 MW setting a new record against the previous record of 6675 MW in March last year. PDB officials said the power generation reached the new level following various steps taken up by...
Traders of Panchbibi on Tuesday protested the alleged torture on their fellows by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members. The traders took to the street in the morning and blocked Joypurhat-Hili road at Tinmatha of Panchbibi Bazar for three hours from...
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JHENIDAH, Mar 17: Operational activities in Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) Industries Service Centre (ISC), Binerpota, Satkhira, is being severely hampered due to decrepit infrastructures including entrances, internal roads, drains and culverts here. The infrastructures constructed during the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Mar 17: Textile and Jute Minister Imazuddin Pramanik has announced to restart the second unit of Rajshahi Jute Mills soon. Minister Imazuddin Pramanik announced this while talking as chief guest at an exchange of view meeting with officials and...
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PABNA, Mar 17: The 94th birthday of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed in Pabna on Monday with a befitting manner. The district administration organised a colourful rally, discussion meeting and special prayer at different religious...
RANGPUR, Mar 17 (BSS): Speakers at a visioning workshop have stressed for improving services at community clinics to ensure better medicare services for rural mothers, pregnant women and children. They were addressing the daylong community clinic visioning workshop organised by...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday expressed profound shock at the death of Tabligh Jamaat’s Delhi chapter ameer Maulana Jubayerul Hassan. In a condolence message, Khaleda said the Muslim Ummah will ever remember the messages of Islamic ideals preached by...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Mar 17 (BSS): Speakers at an opinion exchanging meeting on Sunday urged the conscious people of society to create an anti-corruption sentiment among students and young generation for economic progress of the nation. The speakers also said an anti-...
SHARIATPUR, Mar 17 (BSS): A father and his son were killed in a road accident at Langaldanga on Shariatpur-Chandpur road under Sadar upazila of the district this morning. Local and eyewitness said the accident happened when a brick laden trolley...
LONDON: Europe’s main stock markets rose Tuesday as investors breathed a sigh of relief despite Russia incorporating Crimea amid an outcry from the West. In afternoon trading, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.32 per cent from Monday’s close to 6,589.42 points,...
20 shops and houses gutted in Kishoreganj At least 15 shops and five houses were gutted by a fire that broke out in Borobazar area of Kishoreganj Sunday night. Pran Nath Saha, deputy director of Kishoreganj Fire Service and Civil...
NOAKHALI, Mar 17 (UNB): Police on recovered bullet-hit bodies of two young men from separate places in west Deliai area in Chatkhil upazila on Monday morning. None of the deceased could be identified immediately. Locals spotted bullet-hit body of a...
NETRAKONA Mar 17 (BSS): Farmers harvested a bumper Crop of transplanted Aman (T-Aman) here in the last Aman season following favorable climate condition and joint efforts of farmers and the concerned officials. District Agriculture Extension Department (DAED) office sources said,...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 17 (BSS): Speakers at a seminar have emphasized the need for proper enforcement of the Consumers' Rights Protection (CRP) Law for protecting the consumers' rights together with freeing the human body from any food poisoning and other contamination....
NOAKHALI, Mar 17 (UNB): The local administration has imposed section 144 prohibiting mass gathering at Mouriganj in Sonaimuri upazila following a clash between two groups of villagers on Monday morning. The restriction will remain in force for an indefinite period...
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 17 (AFP): The last words from a Malaysian passenger jet missing for 10 days were spoken by the co-pilot, the airline said Monday, providing a new glimpse into the crucial period when the plane was deliberately diverted....
KIEV, Mar 17 (AFP): Crimeans' decisive choice in favour of Kremlin rule leaves Ukraine's new leaders with few viable ways to reclaim the peninsula but is likely to deepen their budding ties to the West. The Black Sea region that...
BENGHAZI, Mar 17 (AFP): A car bomb Monday targeting a military academy in Libya's restive eastern city of Benghazi killed at least five soldiers and wounded more than 10, military and hospital sources said. The medical centre in Benghazi reported...
BELGRADE, Mar 17 (AFP): With a resounding election victory under its belt, Serbia's centre-right SNS party must now forge ahead with tough economic reforms as it plots a course into the EU, analysts said on Monday. With around half the...
BAALBEK, Mar 17 (AFP): The suicide car bomb attack in a Hezbollah-dominated area of eastern Lebanon, near the Syrian border, left two people dead, according to a new toll released Monday. A security source said the Lebanese army detected and...
Second artificial heart implant due in 'weeks' PARIS, Mar 17: After its first recipient died, French biomedical firm Carmat said on Monday it expected to try again to implant its experimental artificial heart in another patient "in several weeks". Artificial...
The World Bank has provided the highest amount of foreign aid to Bangladesh since independence until the last fiscal year (2012-13) with an amount of over $ 13.1 billion out of the country's all major bilateral and multilateral development partners,...
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