Our Correspondent | 2014-02-20 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Feb 19: Rangpur zoo no longer attracts the visitors due to its shabby condition. The amusement spot is gradually losing its charm on account of inadequate attention and lack of maintenance. Many cages of animals in the zoo have...
RU Correspondent | 2014-02-20 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 19: The authority of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) has chalked out a daylong programme on the International Mother Language Day and the National martyrs Day on the campus, said a press release. To commemorate ...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the ruling party has suffered a debacle in the first phase of the upazila polls although it resorted to various election irregularities. Addressing a discussion, the BNP spokesman also...
NATORE, Feb 19 (UNB): Police here on Wednesday recovered the body of a young man from near Banbelgharia Bypass More of the town. The deceased was identified as Moyna Hossain,24, employee of a local shop and son of Abdul Gafur...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-20 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Feb 19: An 8-day Ekushey Book Fair-2014 began at Town Hall premises in Rangpur city Tuesday afternoon. National Book Centre, Dhaka and Rangpur district administration have jointly organised the fair. Rangpur Divisional Commissioner Md. Delwar Bakht formally inaugurated the...
NOAKHALI, Feb 19 (BSS): At least four people were killed and 25 others injured in a road accident at Uttar Wapda Bazar under Sadar upazila of the district last night. The deceased were identified as Belal Hossain, 30, of Purbarajapur...
JESSORE, Feb 19 (BSS): The 112th birth anniversary of renowned Charon Kabi 'Ekushey Padak' awarded Bijoy Sarker will be observed tomorrow in a befitting manner at his native village Dumdi under Narail Sadar upazila of the district. Charon Kabi Bijoy...
BANGKOK, Feb 19 (AFP): A Thai court ordered the government Wednesday not to use force against peaceful protests, as demonstrators vowed to intensify efforts to unseat the premier a day after street clashes left five dead and dozens wounded. The...
KIEV, Feb 19 (AFP): Protesters braced Wednesday for a fresh assault by riot police in central Kiev after a day of clashes left at least 25 people dead in the worst violence since the start of Ukraine's three-month political crisis....
Customs department officials on Thursday seized over 21 kgs of gold bars in two separate incidents at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. A security guard of Civil Aviation Authorities, Bangladesh (CAAB), Saiful Islam was detained for his alleged involvement...
BEIRUT, Feb 19 (AFP): A double suicide car bombing targeted an Iranian cultural centre in Beirut on Wednesday, killing at least four people in the latest attack linked to the conflict in neighbouring Syria. The attack was quickly claimed by...
BNP Vice-chairman Major (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed was freed on bail from jail Wednesday. The Narayanganj district jail authorities released the BNP leader around 5.00pm as he secured bail in all the cases filed against him. Police arrested Hafizuddin Ahmed from...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has launched its next generation VISA Debit Card. Bangladesh Bank Executive Director Dasgupta Asim Kumar inaugurated the card as the chief guest at a programme at a city hotel with IBBL Managing Director and CEO...
Canadian High Commissioner in Bangladesh Heather Cruden on Wednesday renewed her call to Bangladesh political parties to engage in a meaningful dialogue. She came up with the call at a meeting with the Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan...
NEW YORK: US stocks Wednesday were mixed in early trade after data showed an unexpectedly big decline in new home construction and building permits in January. About 30 minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 47.01 (0.29 percent)...
Struggling French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen has sealed a long-awaited rescue deal that will see its founding family cede control of the company. China's Dongfeng Motors and the French government will each invest about 800m euros (£660m) in return for...
Record spending by tourists has helped Greece post its first current account surplus since official data began. Figures from the Bank of Greece showed the difference between the money going into and coming out of the country was 1.24bn euros...
Defence group BAE Systems has agreed pricing with Saudi Arabia over the rising cost of a long-running Eurofighter Typhoon jet deal. Saudi ordered 72 Eurofighters in 2007 for £4.5bn, but the contract faced obstacles over escalating costs. BAE said the...
The Scottish government will be given power to issue its own investment bonds, UK ministers have announced. The move will give the Holyrood administration an extra source of financing when it gets new borrowing powers, in 2015. Chief Secretary to...
LONDON: European stocks markets mostly fell on Wednesday as investors reacted to a rise in British unemployment and downbeat housing data from the winter-struck United States. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 0.29 per cent to 6,776.83 points in afternoon...
Criticising the government for what it claimed failing to ensure fair polls, BNP on Wednesday termed the first phase of upazila polls bizarre ones arranged by an automatic Prime Minister. “The government has repeated the same incident of stigma in...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-19 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Feb 18: Due to cultivation of high-yield, easy growing, cross-bred varieties of paddy, many environmental friendly, tasty, low-yield, traditional and indigenous varieties of paddy have become extinct or on the way of extinction in Rajshahi region and in the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-19 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Feb 18: Horse carts have gained much popularity as the main mode of communication among the people living in remote char areas in Rangpur and Lalmonirhat districts. The people of the char and its adjacent areas of the region...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-19 00:00:00
KHULNA, Feb 18: A day-long workshop on 'Implementation of Rural Employment and Road Management Project (RERMP-2 Ujjibito)' was held at Regional Training Centre of Khulna LGED comprising executive engineers, thana engineers, community organisers and representatives of PKSF on Monday. Rokon...
RU Correspondent | 2014-02-19 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 18: The budget deficit of Rajshahi University (RU) is increasing day by day which now stands at about Tk 590 million over last 13 years. Additional recruitment of teachers, officers and employees of different departments, institute and...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-19 00:00:00
MAGURA, Feb 18: Magura Boro farmers will count additional Tk 180 million this year Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Magura informed they have taken a scheme to bring 35,600 hectares of land under Boro cultivation this year in the district...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-19 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, Feb 18: A 28 - year old educated unemployed youth named Washim Akram son of Abdul Malek in village Dalka Luxmipur under Damurhuda Upazila of Chuadanga district has become self-reliant by rearing sheeps through his own efforts recently. It...
As part of her meeting with professionals, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia sat with pro-BNP tax lawyers on Wednesday night to discuss the country’s latest political situation. The meeting began around 9pm at the BNP chief’s Gulshan political office. Around 100...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-19 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Feb 18: A four-day long agriculture fair-2014 began at Shilpakala Academy premises in Gopalganj Monday. The fair was organised by combined agriculture development project Pirojpur-Gopalganj-Bagherhat and Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Goapalganj. Md. Khalilur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (DC), Goapalganj...
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