KANO, Feb 25 (AFP): Suspected Boko Haram Islamists Tuesday killed 29 as they opened fire on secondary school students as they slept in a dormitory in Nigeria's troubled northeastern Yobe state, the military said. Casualty figures from the attack in...
SRINAGAR, Feb 25 (AFP): Hundreds of angry villagers clashed with police in Indian Kashmir on Tuesday following suspicions security forces shot dead seven civilians they mistook for rebels, a police officer and a witness said. The villagers torched a police...
JERUSALEM, Feb 25 (AFP): Israeli police Tuesday entered the sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City to disperse stone-throwing Palestinian protesters, a police spokesman said. The clashes came as parliament was to debate a bill calling for Israeli sovereignty...
10 workers dead, 17 injured in Thai building collapse BANGKOK, Feb 25: At least 10 workers died and 17 others were injured when a large concrete beam collapsed Tuesday at a construction site just outside Bangkok, police said. Television footage...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 25 (BSS): Adverse impact of climate change has been posing a serious threat to indigenous fish species, particularly the small ones, as most of the water bodies are now dying in the region especially in its high Barind...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-26 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Feb 25: Prize distribution ceremony of annual sports and merit development competition of Kaliganj Shur Niketon Pathshala under Jhenidah district was held at 11 am on Monday at the school premises. Prof. Amirul Alam Khan, Chairman of Jessore Secondary...
MIRSARAI, Feb 25 (UNB): It is wonderful. Many call it the second Foy's Lake, but lack of maintenance of its infrastructures and inadequate security measures for visitors are destroying all the prospects Mohamaya Lake has. Three years have elapsed since...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-26 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Feb 25: Farmers are cultivating BARI-16, a high yielding variety (HYV) mustard on their croplands as it has proved profitable in the district this year. According to Agriculture Extension Department (DAE), Gopalganj sources said, a total of 3,768 hectares...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-26 00:00:00
PABNA, Feb 25: A minor boy was slaughtered to death in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna on Monday night. Police recovered the body of the victim from a field of Mohadevpur village at about 9 pm on Monday. Police arrested the...
RANGPUR, Feb 25 (BSS): A Panchagarh court on Monday afternoon sentenced two brothers to life term rigorous imprisonment and fined them Taka 20,000 each, or in default, to suffer another six month jail term each, for murdering a man. District...
BENAPOLE, Feb 25 (UNB): A baul (Folk) singer was killed and two of his troupe members were injured in an attack by unidentified miscreants at Dumdia village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Monday night. The deceased was identified...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday said Bangladesh would get duty-free market access to Chile from January 1 next year which will help boost Bangladesh’s export. He said a preferential trade agreement would be signed with Chile in line with...
NARSINGDI, Feb 25 (UNB): Police recovered the body of an expatriate with the throat slashed from Champaknagar village in sadar upazila here on Tuesday. Identified as Shafiqul Islam,30, son of Abul Kasem, a resident of the village, the deceased was...
BANGLADESH: Reigning World Cup champions India defeated hosts Bangladesh by six wickets in the second match of the Asia Cup one-day tournament in Fatullah Wednesday. Virat Kohli scored 136 off 122 balls as India surpassed Bangladesh's 279-7 in 49 overs....
Jasad MP Mainuddin Khan Badal on Wednesday asked the new Foreign Minister (FM) to get tough with US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena for his ‘breach’ of diplomatic norms. Referring to the US envoy’s recent reported remarks that he...
Miscreants exploded two crude bombs at the north-east gate of Sonargaon Hotel, where the cricket team members of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan were staying, Wednesday night. The crude bombs went off inside the entrance gate opposite to...
Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) president Abdul Kader Siddiqui on Wednesday said he will challenge in the High Court the Election Commission’s cancellation of his nomination for the March 29 by-election to Tangail-8 (Basail-Sakhipur). “The Election Commission (EC) has illegally...
Wahiduddin Mahmud in the second of his three-part article titled Beyond Education for All: Meeting the Human Resource Needs of Economic Development | 2014-02-26 00:00:00
The links between a country's education system and its economic performance are mediated through labour market outcomes, such as reflected in the supply-demand match for skills, productivity gains and earnings premiums related to additional years of schooling, and the overall...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-02-26 00:00:00
The failure of the second international peace talks in Geneva has caused frustration and anger among all quarters concerned about the Syrian conflict and consequently, the long-running war seems to be getting further intensified. While various interpretations are given about...
Anatole Kaletsky of Reuters | 2014-02-26 00:00:00
A severe slowdown in China is viewed as among the greatest risks facing the world economy this year, and dismal news on Chinese manufacturing output on February 20 exacerbated these fears. But the really important news from Beijing pointed in...
Now that the state-owned Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company is on a country-wide drive to snap illegal gas connections, the dark irony one must not miss is, who is trying to prevail on whom? The present exercise of Titas...
Wasi Ahmed | 2014-02-26 00:00:00
Isn't it a trifle surprising that Bangladesh, despite being a deltaic topography crisscrossed by rivers and canals, had a long tradition of pedalling bicycles among a large section of its people - not for pleasure and fun, but for practical...
Mohammad Ashraf Hossain | 2014-02-26 00:00:00
According to press reports, the government is considering enhancement of gas price to reduce huge subsidy. Gas is the most vital natural resource in Bangladesh. The pricing of gas has been made very complex and irrational with the flouting of...
The Hindi movie Gunday (the goons) has created a storm of controversy in Bangladesh as it depicted our glorious history of the Liberation War wrongly. Although most of the Indians think that the Liberation War in 1971 was solely a...
Former members of parliament (MPs) are yet to vacate the government houses allotted to them. MPs from all parties are in this list and it is indeed shameful. We cannot expect such behaviour from our representatives. It only exposes their...
We are sorry to say that we are the students of the largest university of Bangladesh. We are enjoying unequal opportunities compared to other public and private universities in our country. It is a matter of great fun that every...
Every day we come across many helpful advertisements on Indian TV channels. According to some advertisements, anybody can call a toll-free phone number for getting advice relating to agriculture. Though we have many TV channels, success stories and specific problems...
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