SEOUL, Mar 4 (AFP): North Korea fired a volley of rockets from multiple launchers into the sea Tuesday, in an apparent show of force to coincide with South Korea-US joint military exercises, South Korean officials said. Three rockets were fired...
Egypt court bans Palestinian Hamas group CAIRO, Mar 4: An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned the activities of the Palestinian militant Hamas group that rules the neighbouring Gaza Strip and ordered its assets seized, a judicial source said. Hamas denounced...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 4 (BSS): More than 300 poor women have come together from the underprivileged Jelepara (fishermen) community for eradicating their long-lasting poverty and financial uncertainty at Rajarhat Jelepara area in the city. Currently, all of them have become money-makers...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-05 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, Mar 4: The mango growers of Chuadanga district and Agriculture officials are hopeful of a bumper production of mango in the district as the weather condition is found favourable. The mango farmers of the district are delighted that the...
RANGPUR, Mar 4 (BSS): Leaders of Samaj Paribartan O Unnayan Forum (SPUF) has submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister through the Divisional Commissioner demanding natural gas supply for industrialisation of Rangpur region. Rangpur Divisional Commissioner Muhammad Dilwar Bakht received...
GAIBANDHA, Mar 4 (BSS): A 3-day agriculture fair began yesterday on the premises of Sadullapur uapzila parishad with a call to disseminate the knowledge about different varieties of latest agri technologies to the farmers to boost agriculture production. Sadullapur upazila...
RU Correspondent | 2014-03-05 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Mar 4: The Rajshahi University (RU) authority announced reopening of the university campus on March 10 while all dormitories will reopen for the residential students on March 9. Besides the authority has imposed prohibition on staging of all...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-05 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Mar 4: Muksudpur thana police recovered a deadbody from a paddy field at Tarail village under Muksudpur Upazila in Gopalganj district Monday. The deceased was identified as Khokon Biswas (40), son of Matilal Biswas of village Tarail under Muksudpur...
BARISAL, Mar 4 (UNB): Two siblings were burnt alive in a fire incident that broke out at their house in Muladi municipality area early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Chandni,5, and Hasan,6, daughter and son of the municipality worker...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-05 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Mar 4: Sonali Bank Ltd. awarded CSR scholarship to selected poor and meritorious students of Nilphamari district who passed SSC or equivalent, HSC or equivalent, and Honours or equivalent in 2012. A total of 17 students were given scholarship...
GAIBANDHA, Mar 4 (UNB): Two madrasa boys were killed and 21 others injured when a picnic bus carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch at Falia on the Gaibandha-Konchipara Road in Fulchhari upazila on Monday night. The deceased were identified...
Mizanur Rahman Shelley | 2014-03-05 00:00:00
Politics in Bangladesh seems to have become quieter and more peaceful. Despite local conflicts and violence occasioned by the upazila polls, the overall political scene is one of electoral competition in peace. This is as it should be in any...
Yasmeen Aftab Ali from Pakistan | 2014-03-05 00:00:00
Those having read Shakespeare's Hamlet would have been sorely reminded of him in the past few months. For those who have not read it, here's a brief run-down. Hamlet was the Prince of Denmark. His father, the King was murdered....
A meeting attended by the financial sector regulators last Sunday decided to form a non-statutory platform called the Financial Stability Group (FSG) to ensure better coordination among all the regulators operating in the sector. The decision is a welcome one...
Wasi Ahmed | 2014-03-05 00:00:00
The initiative to set up special economic zones (SEZs) in the country to attract investment and generate employment is a pointer that the government is seriously contemplating on safe and secure environment for investors from home and abroad. There were...
Shahin Ahmed | 2014-03-05 00:00:00
In recent years, question leakage before all kinds of examinations in Bangladesh has become a common phenomenon. This illegal practice has spread through academic arena to job market. We frequently hear the news of questions being leaked before every public...
The Ministry of Communications is going to introduce 500 more taxicabs on Dhaka and Chittagong streets next month. The number of taxicabs has now come down to 3,000 in Dhaka from about 12,000 in 2007, according to Bangladesh Road Transport...
It is indeed alarming to see a sharp and steady increase of extra-judicial killings in our country. It is badly affecting our image abroad. The incidents of extra-judicial killing, nowadays, are the highest of all time. Every day we read...
The students and teachers of the Jagannath University (JNU) have been demonstrating for recovery of their 11 dormitories from the illegal occupation of the ruling party leaders since long. The education minister assured to take steps to recover the dormitories,...
S E Ahsan and Ali Yousuf Hossain | 2014-03-05 00:00:00
With the emergence of globalisation, countries are exposed to global trade and economic opportunities than ever before. In order to avail the new opportunities and face new challenges, we need to design policies that enable us to move forward to...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2014-03-05 00:00:00
Economic stagnancy and political uncertainty in Bangladesh are well-known. Even the planners and experts dealing with the state of the economy and economic policies are also concerned about how to face the challenges of stagnancy and uncertainty in the field...
K.B. Ahmed | 2014-03-05 00:00:00
The core conflict between India and China will continue and any appeasement or compromise on the surface may receive acquiescence from the ruling elites, but chances of a political or strategic flare-up between them will always remain a possibility. Robert...
Anamul Haque smashed a brilliant century to help Bangladesh post their highest one-day score of 326-3 in their must-win Asia Cup match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city Tuesday, reports AFP. The 21-year-old scored 100 from 132...
CAPE TOWN, Mar 4 (AFP): South African Graeme Smith, international cricket's longest-serving captain, sprang a shock Monday as he announced he would retire from all international cricket after the current third Test against Australia at Newlands. The 33-year-old-whose long-time team-mate...
Hosts Bangladesh Women team made a good start in their cricket mission against Pakistan Women team beating the touring side by 43 runs in the first match of the two-match One Day International (ODI) series at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket...
The Runner Group 29th Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship began at the Kurmitola Golf Club of Dhaka Cantonment Tuesday, reports UNB. Chief of Air Staff Air Marshall Muhammad Enamul Bari inaugurated the four-day competition, organised by Bangladesh Golf Federation, at a...
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