A three-day ‘familiarisation’ tour for the Ambassadors and High Commissioners stationed in Dhaka began in the beach town of Cox’s Bazar Monday. The Foreign Ministry arranged the familiarisation programme in which envoys representing various countries, including Russia, Pakistan, Brazil, the...
BRAHMANBARIA, Feb 16 (BSS): Three drivers were killed and ten others injured in separate road accidents on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway under Sharail upazila of the district today. The identities of the two deceased were known immediately. They are Parvej, 30,...
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TANGAIL, Feb 16: Nursery business is gaining popularity in Tangail as it has become lucrative the recent times. The business is changing the life of young and unemployed people. Different types and sizes of nurseries are spreading over the district....
India's Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has cut indirect taxes on cars and mobile phones in an attempt to boost economic growth. Mr Chidambaram unveiled the move as he presented the interim budget ahead of this year's general elections. In his...
SHERPUR, Feb 16 (UNB): A nine-month old boy, who was kidnapped from the capital's Banani area nine days ago, was rescued from Gazaripara village in Jhinaigati upazila on Saturday afternoon. Police said Khokon Mia, 30, who worked as a mason...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Feb 16 (BSS): Speakers at a meeting here said the Hijras (trans-sexual) should be rehabilitated to be taken into the main stream of the society. They added the Hijras should be given proper counseling so that they do not...
FARIDPUR, Feb 16 (BSS): The three-week Jasim Pollimela (village fair) jointly organized by Faridpur Jasim Foundation and district administration marking the 111th birth anniversary of the folk poet Jasimuddin concluded last evening here on the premises of poet's ancestral home...
One electrocuted, 2 injured in Meherpur A youth was electrocuted and two others injured at Kumaridanga village in Gangni upazila Meherpur Saturday noon. The deceased was identified as Sazzad Hossain, 30, of the village. Sazzad was electrocuted as he came...
KATHMANDU, Feb 16 (AFP): Rescuers in Nepal scrambled on Sunday to find a Nepal Airlines plane carrying 18 people that went missing in the country's mountainous west, officials said. The plane with 15 passengers and three crew on board lost...
NEW DELHI, Feb 16, 2014 (AFP) - The party of firebrand anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal pushed ahead Sunday with preparations to contest India's looming general election, just days after he dramatically resigned as Delhi chief minister. Kejriwal's upstart Aam Aadmi...
Japan's economy grew less than expected at the end of last year, countering forecasts it would see higher spending ahead of a sales tax increase in April. Gross domestic product rose by 1 per cent on an annualised basis in...
KARACHI, Feb 16 (AFP): A bomb targeting a passenger train in southern Pakistan killed at least seven people and wounded more than 30 on Sunday, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks this year. The bomb went off...
CAIRO, Feb 16 (AFP): A blast ripped through a bus near an Egyptian resort town bordering Israel on Sunday, killing at least three foreign tourists, police said. The cause of the blast near the resort town of Taba in south...
TUNIS, Feb 16 (AFP): Jihadists shot dead two people in a car they stopped at a roadblock near Roman ruins in Tunisia and two policemen who later sped to the scene, the interior ministry said Sunday. The killings occurred on...
KIEV, Feb 16 (AFP): Protesters in Kiev vacated city hall on Sunday after occupying the building for over two months as part of anti-government unrest sweeping Ukraine, in a highly symbolic gesture ahead of a new mass protest. The building...
Engineer, wife kidnapped in southern Philippines MANILA, Feb 16: Suspected Islamic militants kidnapped an engineer and his wife in a southern Philippine island Sunday, the latest in a rash of kidnappings in the volatile south. Bonifacio Salinas and his wife...
The two-day ninth conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) begins in Tehran on Tuesday with the participation of speakers and parliamentarians from 53 member counties. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will lead the five-member Bangladesh...
SEOUL: Eight college students were killed and dozens more feared trapped after an auditorium collapsed under heavy snow Monday at a resort in the southern South Korean city of Gyeongju, rescue workers said. As many as 450 students were believed...
After the disappointing loss in the two-match T20 series in last ball thrillers in Chittagong, hosts Bangladesh will take on Sri Lanka in the three-match One Day International (ODI) series that begins in the city today (Monday) at Sher-e-Bangla National...
Three matches of the Walton 15th National Cricket League ended in draw due to inclement weather on the 4th and final day at three different venues across the country Sunday, reports UNB. Dhaka Metro drew against Barisal Division at Khan...
CENTURION, South Africa, Feb 16 (AFP): South Africa entered their Test series against Australia as undisputed world champions in the five-day form of the game. But the crushing nature of their 281-run defeat in the first Test at SuperSport Park...
WELLINGTON, Feb 16 (AFP): A dogged 158-run stand by century-maker Brendon McCullum and B.J. Watling kept New Zealand alive in the second Test against India Sunday, although the odds still favour the tourists. After New Zealand looked on the ropes...
MADRID, Feb 16 (AFP): Barcelona warmed up for their highly anticipated Champions League clash with Manchester City in midweek with a 6-0 thrashing of Rayo Vallecano to remain on top of La Liga on goal difference. Atletico Madrid remain level...
DUBAI, Feb 16 (AFP): Serena Williams' bid to extend her phenomenal career into her 33rd year will take a tentative but crucial step forward when she unexpectedly lines up at the head of the field for the Dubai Open which...
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