Mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited has launched an experience centre in Cox's Bazar. Managing Director and CEO of Robi Supun Weerasinghe on Saturday inaugurated the experience centre at a ceremony aimed at ensuring quality services for its subscribers in...
DONETSK, Ukraine, Mar 8 (AFP): Pro-Russian activists rallied in the eastern heartland of Ukraine's ousted leader Saturday after Moscow threatened to cut off gas to its ex-Soviet neighbour following its tilt toward the West. Rallies in industrial cities that rely...
LOS ANGELES, Mar 8 (AFP): The top US college where a student has revealed she works as a porn actress to pay her fees said Friday she has broken no rules, and stressed that financial aid is available. First-year student...
TEHRAN, Mar 8 (AFP): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended Saturday what he called "freedom of the press with responsibility" and criticised the practice of shutting down offending newspapers. "The government is in favour of freedom of expression with responsibility," he...
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Mar 8 (AFP): A magnetic bomb attached to a district governor's vehicle exploded in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, killing the governor and his bodyguard, provincial authorities said. The attack in Nangarhar province highlights the security threat surrounding presidential elections...
ANKARA, Mar 8 (AFP): A Turkish court has freed five men accused of torturing and murdering three Christian missionaries in 2007, after the suspects' time in detention while on trial exceeded new legal limits, local media said Saturday. The men...
CARACAS, Mar 8 (AFP): Venezuelans will march again Saturday against the country's chronic food shortage, one of the major grievances in a wave of protests shadowing President Nicolas Maduro's government. At least 20 people have now died in Venezuela since...
Plane catches fire landing in Nepal; no casualties KATMANDU, Mar 8: An Indian jetliner with 170 people on board caught fire while landing in Nepal's capital Saturday, but there were no casualties reported. The right wheels of the Airbus 320...
Md Abdullah Al Helal | 2014-03-09 00:00:00
Private Universities are those higher education institutions established privately by a group of people or an organisation under Private University Act, 1992 (Amended 1998) that was passed on 9th August in 1992. The present scenario of private universities reveals a...
Farhan Jumani | 2014-03-09 00:00:00
Our times are unparallel in the history of mankind. We are lucky that knowledge is freely available at our finger-clicks. In the past, one has to go through series of troubles to get information handy and accurate. But today knowledge...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 8 (BSS): Unfavourable weather coupled with different diseases and unexpected market price have frustrated potato farmers as they are now harvesting less yield than the previous season in the region. The farmers, however, are passing their busiest days...
SYLHET, Mar 8 (UNB): Agriculture and greenery of scenic Chhatak upazila of the district are in jeopardy as mindless soil extraction by a reputed cement manufacture from the hills and hillocks in its surroundings goes on unhindered. Vast tracts of...
GAIBANDHA, Mar 8 (BSS): A two-day 'Nari Protiva Mela' (NPM) began on the premises of Bijoy Stambha at Poura Park here on Friday with a call to recognize women's contribution to nation building activities. District administration, Department of Women Affairs,...
Our Correspondent JHENIDAH, Mar 8: Thousands of people are facing trouble for lack of periodical maintenance of a 7.2-kilometre Poradah UP (Chitholia footbridge) to Jagoti Sugar Mill road bearing ID No. 250943017 under Mirpur upazila in Kushtia. This road has...
MAULVIBAZAR, Mar 8 (UNB): Police recovered the body of an expatriate form his house at Kunagaon village in Juri upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Dubai expatriate Shafiq Miah, 55, son of Karim Khan, a resident of the...
Our Correspondent PABNA, Mar 8: A mental patient was killed by another patient in Pabna Mental Hospital Saturday morning. The victim Md. Joynal Abedin, 45, son of Loghu Pramanik, of village Nangtadah of Boraigram Upazila in Natore district was admitted...
RANGPUR, Mar 8 (BSS): Speakers at a training course here have asked the concerned officials for attaining skills in preparing news stories, features and press releases on agricultural information for disseminating those through mass media. Effective and quicker dissemination of...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Mar 8: The International Women's Day 2014 was observed in a befitting manner in Khulna Saturday. District Women Affairs Department and local NGOs jointly organised the programme. Bagerhat District Administration also observed the day in a befitting...
Our Correspondent GOPALGANJ, Mar 8: A motorcyclist was killed and his two companions injured in a road accident on Muksudpur-Baritala road at Kamlapur village under Muksudpur Upazila in Gopalganj district Friday. The victim was identified as Shawan Munshi (18), son...
Minor boy drowns in Rajshahi A minor boy drowned in a pond in Shah Makhdum Mazar area of Rajshahi Friday. The deceased was identified as Mim, 4, son of Firoz, a resident of the area. SM Abdus Sobhan, officer-in-charge of...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-03-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh is going to form a US$ 1.7 billion public investment fund for creating a 1.2 million-strong pool of manpower by imparting them technical education to cater to the growing demand in the local industrial sector and the overseas job...
Visiting Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani on Sunday Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take initiatives for the repatriation of Myanmar refugees from Bangladesh. Madani made the request when he met the Prime Minister...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-03-09 00:00:00
Concerned quarters feel that soft loan facilities for farmers are needed for buying equipment like tractors and power tillers, as currently they have to rely on rental equipment which erodes their profit. Sources said cultivation in the country is getting...
AMMAN, Mar 8 (Reuters): The Middle East's driest winter in several decades could pose a threat to global food prices, with local crops depleted and farmers' livelihoods blighted, UN experts and climatologists say. Varying degrees of drought are hitting almost...
FE Report Bangladesh can create employments for its additional workforce in the export oriented industry and low- skilled income generating activities at this stage of development, experts told a workshop held in the city Saturday. Although Bangladesh economy has grown...
RICHMOND, Virginia, Mar 8: The United States is finding talks with Japan on opening its agricultural market "extremely tough", a senior US trade official said on Friday, as the two countries prepared for another round of bilateral negotiations. Japanese officials...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 8: Facebook-owned photo sharing service Instagram on Friday said it has landed its first deal with a major ad agency. The leading social network wouldn't disclose financial aspects of the alliance with Omnicom, but online reports indicated...
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