An Afghan provincial official says a motorcycle bomb was remotely detonated in a crowded market in the country's south, killing five people and wounding eight. Omar Zawaq, the spokesman for the governor of southern Helmand province, says the motorcycle exploded...
The total unpaid domestic work carried out by women in Bangladesh is equivalent to 10.75 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country, Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, revealed. The organisation found this in their nation-wide survey...
Syrian warplanes pounded an area near the rebel-held town of Yabrud near the Lebanese border Friday, a day after at least 17 jihadists were killed in fighting there, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Islamist...
Turkey’s prime minister has threatened drastic steps to censor the Internet, including shutting down Facebook and YouTube, where audio recordings of his alleged conversations suggesting corruption have been leaked in the past weeks, dealing him a major blow ahead of...
World stock markets were muted Friday as investors turned cautious ahead of the release of a key U.S. employment report and Chinese economic indicators. Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average gained 0.9 per cent to 15,274.07 while South Korea’s Kospi inched...
The bodies of three Bangladesh nationals who died of smoke inhalation in a fire that broke out in their accommodation in Manama, the capital of Bahrain last month, arrive home on Saturday. A flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the bodies...
Health services at Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH) resumed Friday noon as interns joined their work ending a five-day strike demanding the arrest of attackers of a colleague. Dr Saifuzzahan Rabi, president of FMCH Intern Doctors Association, confirmed their joining...
A Taiwanese court on Friday sentenced 13 military officials to up to eight months in prison over the death of a young conscript last year that sparked widespread anger. The Taoyuan district court in northern Taiwan also cleared five officials...
A blast on an an Indian navy ship in Mumbai has killed a naval officer and injured several dockyard workers. The destroyer, which was under construction, was undergoing mechanical trials when the accident took place, naval officials said. Last month,...
Shelling in Iraq's city of Fallujah, held by anti-government fighters for more than two months, and a shooting targeting a local official killed seven people Friday, police and doctors said. Iraq has been hit by a year-long surge in bloodshed...
Beijing is taking a step towards requiring local government personnel to disclose their property holdings, a top city official told media Friday, a move critics say would tackle endemic graft. China has launched a much-publicised anti-corruption drive since President Xi...
One by one, President Barack Obama's warnings to Russia are being brushed aside by President Vladimir Putin, who appears to only be speeding up efforts to formally stake his claim to Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. In the week since Obama first...
Four houses were burnt to ashes in a fire at Uttar Demsar Baruapara of Satkania upazila early Friday. Sources at Fire Service and Civil Defence Satkania said the fire originated from at a house in the area around 3am and...
Thousands of Muslim devotees staged demonstrations in Brahmanbaria sadar on Friday in protest against Thursday’s attack on madrasah teachers and students and members of Tabligh Jamaat by miscreants in a local mosque. Miscreants swooped on the madrasah teachers-students and Tabligh...
Freshwater dolphins, popularly known as shusuk, are disappearing fast from the country’s rivers due to illegal catching and the loss of their habitats caused by reduced river level and water contamination. “River dolphins face extinction as they are losing their...
The government of the Indian state of Tripura has welcomed the assurance of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to supply 100mw of power to Bangladesh’s national grid from the state. “The state government has been persuading the Centre (Indian central govt)...
Trinomul Congress Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee categorically stated that she would not support Narendra Modi even if post-poll scenario demands so. The Trinamool Congress chief said she was prepared to work with AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa...
Supporters of an Awami League rebel chairman candidate staged violent demonstrations in Sripur upazila on Friday afternoon after Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) men picked the contestant. However, the elite force released the chairman candidate, Abdul Jalil, after four hours of...
Accusing Khaleda Zia of looking for newer pretexts to wage a fresh movement, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the people of the country and her party leaders and workers to get united to stand against any evil power....
A rickshaw-puller, who failed to repay regularly the installment of a loan he had taken from for the treatment of his wife, attempted to end his life in the city’s Narda area on Friday. The victim was identified as Rezaul...
Police in their separate drives arrested 37 more activists of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir from different places of Chittagong and Bogra districts on Thursday night and Friday on charges of their involvement in vandalism and subversive activities. In Chittagong, at least...
A suspected killer of schoolboy Rakibul Islam Emon whose body was recovered after 35 days into his kidnapping confessed on Friday to his involvement in the killing. Al Amin, also Emon’s cousin, gave confessional statement before the court of Narayanganj...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-07 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Mar 6: The blooming litchi trees in Rangpur division have assumed an impressive eye-catching look with huge flowers signaling an excellent yield of the fleshy and juicy fruit this year. With the departure of winter season litchi trees of...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-07 00:00:00
PABNA, Mar 6: The annual conference of Jatiya Rabindra Sangeet Sammelan Parishad (JRSSP) and a 3-day Rabindra congregation was inaugurated Thursday morning at Pabna Edward College premise. Language veteran and journalist Ronesh Moitra inaugurated the programme lighting Mongol Pradip. The...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 6 (BSS): More than ten farmers in the district's Godagari Upazila have attained unprecedented success in cultivation of flower commercially for the first time in the region as an alternative crop. They cultivated gladiolus sticks on around 30...
JESSORE, Mar 6 (BSS): Farmers and others concerned, including agriculturists are expecting a bumper production of wheat in the ten south-western districts under Khulna division the current season. The ten districts are- Jessore, Narail, Jhenidah, Magura, Kushtia, Chuadanga, Meherpur, Satkhira,...
JOYPURHAT, Mar 6 (BSS): Importance should be given on ensuring maternal and child healthcare facilities especially in rural areas, prevention of early marriage and women empowerment, speakers at a day-long workshop said on Wednesday. They viewed that media men can...
PANCHAGARH, Mar 6 (BSS): About 12,000 underprivileged women are getting vulnerable group development (VGD) and motherhood facilities in five upazilas of the district. The Women Affairs Department has provided various income generating training among the women to make them economically...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-07 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Mar 6: Harvesting of mustard has started in Nilphamari district. Farmer's sources said this year's production of mustard is satisfactory. DAE's target of average per hectare production of mustard is 1.20 metric tonnes but it is expected to surpass...
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