NAOGAON, Mar 6 (BSS): A farmer was murdered by some miscreants at Kachua village under Atrai upazila of the district today. The deceased was identified as Jahangir Alam, 35, son of Abul Hossain of the same area. Quoting family members,...
TANGAIL, Mar 6 (UNB): A schoolgirl reportedly committed suicide by jumping under the wheels of a running train at Rajabari level crossing in Kalihati upazila on Wednesday noon. The deceased was identified as Ankhi Akter, 14, student of class IX...
SAVAR, Mar 6 (UNB): A motorcyclist was killed and his co-rider injured in a road accident on the Bhakurta Bridge on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway of the upazila on Thursday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Mostafa...
FARIDPUR, Mar 6 (UNB): Robbers looted 80 tolas of gold ornaments and valuables from a house at Natubadia village in Boalmari upazila here early Wednesday. Boalmari Police Station officer-in-charge M Ruhul Amin said a gang of 20/22 armed robbers stormed...
Abducted youth rescued in Tangail Madhupur thana police rescued a youth from a house at Chankhola village under Madhupur upazila Tangail Thursday morning. Police also arrested abductor Farid, 37, who demanded Taka 3 lakh as ransom from the victim's family,...
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine Mar 6 (Reuters): European Union leaders were set to warn but not sanction Russia on Thursday over its military intervention in Ukraine after Moscow rebuffed Western diplomatic efforts to persuade it to pull forces in Crimea back to...
ISLAMABAD, Mar 6 (AFP): Peace negotiators representing the Pakistani government and Taliban insurgents called on Thursday for higher-level talks between the two sides following a breakfast meeting hosted by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Dialogue aimed at ending the Islamists' seven-year...
TEHRAN, Mar 6 (AFP): Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday rejected as "lies" an Israeli claim that it intercepted a ship carrying advanced rockets sent by Tehran to the Gaza Strip. "An Iranian ship carrying arms for Gaza....
People will be advised to halve the amount of sugar in their diet, under new World Health Organization guidance, reports BBC. The recommended sugar intake will stay at below 10% of total calorie intake a day, with 5% the target,...
US adds six fighters for NATO Baltics patrols VILNIUS, Mar 6: The United States will on Thursday send six additional F-15 fighter jets to step up NATO's air patrols over the Baltic states, mission host Lithuania said as West-Russia tensions...
Mushfiqur Rahman | 2014-03-07 00:00:00
Building a terminal for conversion of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) to natural fuel gas for supply to the national grid is a prioritised project of the present government. Petrobangla initiated this project by inviting international bidders in January 2010...
Ali Yusuf Hossain | 2014-03-07 00:00:00
In the Dhaka metropolis, as per the latest available official data, 29-39 per cent trips are hitched by rickshaws. The tricycles usually driven by pedals carry passengers for hire. It is difficult to find a place in our country where...
When commemoration of a host of days on various issues internationally has become a tradition for long, the World Wildlife Day just made its first tentative step on March 03 this year. The United Nations made the declaration only in...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-03-07 00:00:00
The inaugural World Wildlife Day has just been observed across the globe. It is rather intriguing that the recognition to this highly important issue of conservation has taken so long to come. Has not the United Nations proclaimed an array...
Shahana Bilkis | 2014-03-07 00:00:00
A suitable residential learning environment is an important stimulus for students. Beside providing the right atmosphere for learning, it increases informal interactions among students and offers multiple opportunities to explore values, lifestyles and interests in a supportive environment. Compared with...
The National Pay and Services Commission (NPSC) deserves kudos for recommending a hike in salary structure for government officials and employees to such an extent that it could be able to help prevent corruption and encourage productivity of public servants....
Naraynganj is an important business hub of our country but, recently, we have been noticing a slide in the law and order situation there. A few ruling party leaders are engaged in illegal activities, like creating hindrance to business activities...
Dhaka is bustling with illegal structures the number of which is more than 5,000. Recently, it has been disclosed by the Housing and Public Works Minister in parliament. I will not be surprised if the actual figure is more than...
Police in the Indian state of Gujarat have stopped the leader of the anti-corruption party from visiting the home of the chief minister, reports say. Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party said he wanted to meet Narendra Modi with some...
Rumana Akhter | 2014-03-07 00:00:00
Ship-breaking is a type of ship disposal process. Usually, after a few decades of their lifespan, ships are broken into scarps for recycling. Until the 1960s, ship-breaking was considered as a highly mechanised operation, concentrated in industrialised countries like the...
M. Abu Eusuf reviewing the book | 2014-03-07 00:00:00
The book Inclusive Finance and Sustainable Development by Atiur Rahman, the Bangladesh Bank Governor, brings together diversified financial and development issues which cover a vast span of focus comprising areas of central banking, banking ethics, risk management, corporate governance, financial...
Bangladesh Women's Cricket team won the two-match One Day International (ODI) series 2-0 against touring Pakistan Women team beating them by three wickets in the 2nd and last match at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox's Bazar Thursday, reports...
Sri Lanka bowled a tight line and length to restrict Bangladesh to a modest 204-9 in their last league match of the Asia Cup in the city Thursday, reports AFP. Spinners Ashan Priyanjan (2-11) and Ajantha Mendis (2-55) put the...
In their first appearance, Thailand National Amateur Golf Team clinched the Team Event title of the Runner Group 29th Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship at Kurmitola Golf Club Thursday, reports UNB. Ekthumrong Luanganruk and Suradit Yongcharochchai of Thailand sealed the title...
CAPE TOWN, Mar 6 (AFP): Graeme Smith said Wednesday he was keen to continue to play a role in South African cricket following his retirement from the international game as a player. "I'd love to play a role with Cricket...
Mesbah Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy clinched men's 200-metre sprint title of the 38th National Athletics championship that began Thursday at the Army Stadium in the city, reports UNB. Mohammad Azharul of Bangladesh Army finished 2nd while Mohammad Shariful, also from...
LUCKNOW, Mar 6 (AFP): Some 60 students from Indian-administered Kashmir may face sedition charges for cheering Pakistan's victory over arch-rivals India in a cricket match, police said Thursday. Police were investigating the students following a complaint from university officials in...
BARCELONA, Mar 6 (AFP): Barcelona and Spain midfielder Andres Iniesta believes his country can continue their unprecedented run of success with a fourth consecutive major tournament win at the World Cup in Brazil later this year. Iniesta scored the solitary...
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