LONDON: Europe's main stock markets closed stable or higher Friday, with London's FTSE 100 barely moving, finishing just one point down at 6,809.7 points while Frankfurt and Paris showed gains. The DAX 30 in Frankfurt added 1.08 per cent to...
The country's prestigious and highest seat of engineering studies BUET has fallen sick and is encumbered by backlog of a year in its academic curriculum. The principal reason behind this session jam is the prolonged teachers' strike in April-May 2012...
Kumar Sangakkara hit a brilliant 103 as Sri Lanka survived anxious moments to overcome India by two wickets in a thrilling last-over finish Friday, securing their second win in the Asia Cup. The victory was set up by spinners Ajantha...
Adolescent Development Programme under BRAC Education Programme along with British Council achieved Manthan Award this year in the category of 'e-women and empowerment'. The award giving ceremony was held on December 5-6, 2013, in New Delhi, India. This year's ascertained...
Arvind Kejriwal, the follower of Anna Hazare, launched an anti-corruption campaign in India and became Chief Minister of Delhi for a little over a month. But he could not stay in power. This means people in Delhi or India are...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2014-02-28 00:00:00
Diabetes is a chronic condition that occurs when the body cannot produce enough or effectively use insulin. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that allows glucose from food to enter the body's cells where it is converted into...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia, USA | 2014-02-28 00:00:00
Unprecedented dramatic developments have been witnessed by the people of Ukraine and the world at large when President Viktor Yanukovych was voted out as president of the country by parliament. The people of Ukraine have no knowledge about the whereabouts...
Selina Sheuly reviewing the book | 2014-02-28 00:00:00
Physical or sexual violence is a public health problem that affects more than one-third of all women globally, according to a new report released by WHO. Some 35 per cent of all women experience violence either by intimate partners or...
Ershad Khandker reviewing the book | 2014-02-28 00:00:00
Godhuli Belaye Kothopokothon (Twilight Reminiscences) is the latest book written by Mr. Waliul Huq Khandker, Retired Deputy C & A.G. (Senior) of the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General, Government of Bangladesh. The book contains stories based on actual...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-28 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Feb 27: Farmers in different upazilas under Rangpur district are delighted as they are making additional profit through cultivation of cauliflower on their lands during the current season. Disappointed over low price of paddy over last few years, many...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-28 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Feb 27: A weeklong agriculture technology fair began on the premises of Jhenidah district Agriculture Extension Department (DAE) on Monday to create awareness and disseminate agricultural technologies among the farmers. DAE, Jhenidah organised the programme with financial assistance from...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 27 (BSS): As the winter season says goodbye, hundreds and thousands of mango trees have started sprouting buds in Rajshahi region, traditionally known as the hub of the delicious fruit. The blooming mango flowering at this stage predicts...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-28 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI: Feb 27: A bumper wheat production is expected this year due to recent rains of consecutive four days in Nilphamari district. Agro inputs and different fertilisers like urea, phosphate, potas and zinc etc were also easily available in the...
KHULNA, Feb 27 (UNB): Three people, including a female university admission seeker, were killed and another was injured when a truck and a private car collided head-on at Akmal More in Arong Ghat area of the city on Thursday morning....
SYLHET, Feb 27 (UNB): A drug addicted man allegedly killed his wife by slitting her throat at Sultanpur village in Goainghat upazila early Thursday. The victim identified as Rasheda Begum, wife of Jamal Ahmad, a resident of the village, was...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-28 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Feb 27: Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a leader of Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) fourth-class employees' union from Sagirghat area at Shibganj upazila in Bogra district on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Abraham Linkon (42),...
JAMALPUR, Feb 27 (UNB): A farmer was allegedly killed by his rivals over a trivial matter at Patalia village in the municipality area on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Khokan, 60, a resident of the village. Jamalpur Sadar Police...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Feb 27 (BSS): Sadar Upazila Parishad administration has handed over two vehicles to two Union Parishads for emergency transportation of patients and goods for the char areas yesterday. The vehicles, locally made human haulers, were procured at a cost...
FARIDPUR, Feb 27 (BSS): The three-day digital innovative fair organised by local district administration held here at Faridpur Zilla parishad premises ended yesterday evening amid enthusiasm among the visitors and participants. The concluding function was presided over by ADC (Education...
SRINAGAR, Feb 27 (AFP): A soldier armed with two automatic weapons shot dead five of his colleagues as they slept early Thursday before killing himself in restive Indian Kashmir, police and the army said. The soldier, who was on night...
TAIPEI, Feb 27 (AFP): Taiwan and China signed agreements on meteorology and earthquake monitoring Thursday, in yet another sign of improving ties between the former rivals. The pacts brought to 21 the number inked since 2008 when Ma Ying-jeou of...
LAGOS, Feb 27 (AFP): cores of suspected Boko Haram Islamists armed with grenade launchers and explosives razed a town in Nigeria's embattled northeast, killing two people, including a child, witnesses told AFP on Thursday. Residents in Michika, in Adamawa state,...
CAIRO, Feb 27 (AFP): A court in Egypt on Thursday suspended the espionage trial of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi after defence lawyers requested that the judges in the case withdraw. The case, one of three already opened against Morsi,...
BANGKOK, Feb 27 (AFP): Thailand's premier is set to skip an anti-corruption panel hearing Thursday into negligence charges that could lead to her removal from office, as she grapples with a four-month deadly political crisis. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is...
Car bomb kills seven in Somali capital MOGADISHU, Feb 27: A car bomb exploded near a cafe in Somalia's capital Mogadishu Thursday in an area close to the intelligence headquarters, killing at least seven people, police said. "We have counted...
Bangladesh Under-19 team emerged plate champions in the ICC Under-19 World Cup beating New Zealand by 77 runs in the final at the Sheikh Abu Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi Thursday, reports UNB. Sent into bat first, the Young Tigers...
FATULLAH, Feb 27 (AFP): Umar Akmal hit a fighting unbeaten century to lift defending champions Pakistan to 248-8 in their crucial Asia Cup match against a disciplined Afghanistan at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium here Thursday. The 23-year-old right-hander...
A brilliant ton by Abdul Majid (142) guided Dhaka Division to post 375 runs against Dhaka Metro on the first day of a four-day 5th round match of the Walton 15th National Cricket League (NCL) at Shaheed Chandu Stadium in...
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