RANGPUR, Mar 12 (BSS): Speakers at a daylong conference of women leaders have stressed for building a discrimination-free society to ensure women empowerment through strengthening grassroots level women leadership. They also advocated for establishing gender equality to flourish women leadership...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-13 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Mar 12: A three-day fair and festival on 204th birth anniversary of mystic bard Pagla Kanai was celebrated on the premises of Pagla Kanai Complex, the musician's death place at Berbari village under Jhenidah Sadar upazila on Sunday, Monday...
KHULNA, Mar 12 (UNB): Different types of inferior quality zinc sulphate fertiliser are being sold openly at the fertiliser and pesticide shops in the markets of nine upazilas of Khulna district, including the city, much to the detriment of agriculture...
BARISAL, Mar 12 (UNB): Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident at Razar Char in Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning. The diseased were identified as Badal Hossain Nawshad,40, son of Nazrul Islam, a resident of Charmonai, and Bashirul Islam...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-13 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Mar 12: Two short films produced by Green Arrow Production were screened at the own office of GAP at Kalabagan of the city on Tuesday evening. The short films entitled 'Antim Bhalobasha' and 'Shohanubhuti' drew huge applauses from the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-13 00:00:00
TANGAIL, Mar 12: Urban food production day observed in Tangail today (Wednesday) and elsewhere in the country. In observance of the day Tangail pouroshava arranged a number of programmes with the help of Urban Partnerships for Poverty Reduction (UPPR) project,...
BOGRA, Mar 12 (BSS): Plantation of boro seedlings is near about completion in the district aimed to produce over seven lakh tonnes of rice in the current Robi season in the district. Department of Agriculture and Extension (DAE) office sources...
HABIGANJ, Mar 12 (BSS): A man was killed and 20 others were injured following a clash over irrigating the paddy field at Sanaboi village under Shaistaganj upazila of the district Tuesday evening. Officer-in-Charge of Sadar thana Mojammel Haque said the...
10 maund of Jatka seized in Shariatpur A mobile court in a drive seized 10-maund of jatka (hilsa fry) from Burirghat area under Sadar upazila of Shariatpur Wednesday. The court also sentenced a jatka trader to one-year imprisonment and realized...
KARACHI, Mar 12 (AFP): Street battles between two rival gangs armed with RPGs and machine guns killed at least 16 people-including four women-in Pakistan's Karachi on Wednesday, officials said. The clash, which according to police also injured 39 people, mainly...
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 12 (AFP): Malaysia denied Wednesday that the hunt for a missing jet was in disarray, after the search veered far from its planned route and China said that conflicting information about its course was "pretty chaotic". Transport...
KIEV, Mar 12, (AFP): Ukraine's acting president told AFP he would not wage war over Crimea as the ex-Soviet state's premier prepared Wednesday to seek US President Barack Obama's help against Russia's expansionist threat. The first meeting between Obama and...
KHARTOUM, Mar 12 (AFP): Sudanese police fired tear gas Wednesday when mourners called for "revolution" following the funeral of a student allegedly gunned down by security forces at a protest against violence in Darfur. The incident came after about 1,000...
ISTANBUL, Mar 12 (AFP): Tens of thousands of people turned out Wednesday for the funeral of a teenage boy whose death from injuries suffered during last year's anti-government protests sparked violent countrywide demonstrations. Police were bracing for further clashes after...
Avalanches kill six in Indian Kashmir SRINAGAR, Mar 12: Avalanches triggered by unusually heavy snowfall killed at least six people in Indian Kashmir, as flimsy buildings caved in across the Himalayan valley, police said Wednesday. The dead included two soldiers...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2014-03-13 00:00:00
Developing infrastructures in specific geographic areas for promotion of industries has been quite an old strategy in Bangladesh. Following this policy certain areas in and around metropolitan cities had been designated as industrial areas in the past. These were actually...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-03-13 00:00:00
The new pro-West government of Ukraine has sought urgent help from the United States and the European allies as Russian president Vladimir Putin is talking tough on Crimea, a part of Ukraine that seems moving fast for separation from the...
The recent disclosure in Parliament about a large number of residential and commercial structures in the capital having been built in violation of the designs and related requirements set by the Rajdhani Unnayan Kortripaksha (Rajiuk) is stunning. It is indicative...
Abdul Bayes | 2014-03-13 00:00:00
What is livelihood? "A livelihood comprises capabilities, assets (including both material and social resources) and activities required for a means of living. A livelihood is sustainable when it can cope with and recover from stresses and shocks and maintain or...
Niamat Ullah Sarker | 2014-03-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh follows market economy. Under this system, the decisions on investment, production, distribution and consumption are supposed to be based on supply and demand. The prices of goods and services are expected to be determined based on the demand and...
While terrorism from unknown passengers of airlines should be investigated, we should really look at possible causes surrounding the integrity of the aircraft structure. Composite material is used at a very high ratio to make the structure of modern aircraft....
Bone-marrow transplant is a modern treatment of blood cancer. Previously people suffering from blood cancer used to go abroad for treatment spending Tk 5.0 to 10 million. Now, our doctors at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) have successfully transplanted...
Maswood Alam Khan from Plano, Texas | 2014-03-13 00:00:00
There are ways in which retired people can find a sense of purpose in their retirement years, while adapting to the stressful events prompted by changes in their social roles and status, and eventually to physical illness and disability. All...
Tarana Karim concluding her two-part article titled \'Empowering women to eliminate gender discrimination in Asia\' | 2014-03-13 00:00:00
In the poverty-stricken families in developing countries girls are considered as economic predicament. That attitude has resulted in the widespread neglect to baby girls in Africa, Asia and South America. In many communities, baby girls are breastfed for a shorter...
FE Report | 2014-03-13 00:00:00
Stocks slipped into the red Wednesday, a day after positive trend with significant improvement in turnover, mainly due to weak performance of heavyweight banking and textile sectors. The market started with a positive vibe, but it faded out as the...
FE Report | 2014-03-13 00:00:00
Southeast Bank Limited signed an agreement with Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO) Tuesday for online collection of electricity bills from DESCO subscribers through branches and over the Internet Banking of Southeast Bank through a Real Time Online System. Under...
FE Report | 2014-03-13 00:00:00
Padma Cement is going to be liquidated over its prolonged non-performance as the first company of the over-the-counter (OTC) market, officials said. The company's move on the liquidation comes following an order of the High Court (HC). The officials of...
Suspension/ resumption of trading Union Capital: Trading of the shares of Union Capital Limited will remain suspended on record date, 13.03.2014. Prime Bank: Trading of the shares of Prime Bank Limited will remain suspended on record date, 13.03.2014. Dutch-Bangla Bank:...
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