RAJSHAHI, Feb 5 (BSS): The government should adopt long-term planning to solve problems of the country's millions of physically and mentally challenged people instead of relying on relief-based approaches, public representatives and development activists said here today. They said the...
RU Correspondent | 2014-02-06 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 5: After long days of waiting, Rajshahi University (RU) is going to get a full-fledged physical education department (PED) that may usher in a new horizon in the sports sector of the northern part of the country....
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-06 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Feb 5: Students of Hindu community here celebrated the Saraswati Puja in a befitting manner Tuesday. Puja mandaps were erected here in most of the educational institutions of the town, including Bangabandhu University College, Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mohila College, Gopalganj...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-06 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Feb 5: Small Jute mills of Syedpur are suffering from working capital shortage due to huge stockpile of their unsold products. Sources said when in 2005 the government auctioned 25 per cent machineries of Adamjee Jute mill, these small...
GAIBANDHA, Feb 5 (BSS): Speakers at a function here on Wednesday underscored the need for ensuring the rights of the children and flourishing their merits to make them worthy citizens of the country. "The future citizens must be protected from...
BANDARBAN, Feb 5 (UNB): A couple was shot dead by their rivals over a disputed land in Ankhiram Tripurapara village in Lama upazila here on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Francis Tripura, 35, and his wife Hanspati Tripura, 25....
JESSORE, Feb 5 (BSS): A Jubo League leader was chopped to death by miscreants at Churamonkhathi area of upazila here Tuesday. The deceased Zakir Hossain, 32, was sececratary of ward No 5 unit of Jubo League and son of Amir...
CHUADANGA, Feb 5 (UNB): A man was beaten to death allegedly by village heads at Nagdah village in Alamdanga upazila on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Shaheed Hossain,46, son of late Aftab Mandol of the village. Police said...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 5 (AFP): Kumar Sangakkara made a career-best 319 and joined the 11,000-run club on the way as Sri Lanka took firm control of the second Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Wednesday. The tourists, who won the first...
Lowly Soccer Club, Feni held Muktijoddha Sangsad KC to 1-1 draw in the Nitol-Tata Bangladesh Premier Football League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Wednesday, reports UNB. Nigerian forward Agbulu Inalegwu scored for Muktijoddha SKC while Akbar Hossain Ridon...
KARACHI, Feb 5 (AFP): Pakistani footballer Mohammad Adil is set to complete a remarkable journey and fulfil his dream of playing for a foreign club, after an impoverished beginning selling sugarcane on the streets. The 21-year-old has signed a one-year...
AUCKLAND, Feb 5 (AFP): New Zealand are quietly confident of being able to exploit the green state of the Eden Park wicket and upset India in the first Test starting in Auckland on Thursday. A combination of a bowler-friendly pitch...
LONDON, Feb 5 (AFP): Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen expressed sadness over the end of his international career on Wednesday and said that he was "incredibly overwhelmed" by the support he had received. The 33-year-old's days as an international cricketer...
Usha, Abahani notch win in super league opener Usha Krira Chakra and Abahanai Limited won their respective opening super league matches of Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League held Wednesday at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium. In the...
BAGHDAD, Feb 5, (AFP): Three explosions in Baghdad, including one opposite the foreign ministry, killed 24 people on Wednesday, the latest in the country's worst surge of violence in nearly six years. The attacks, which wounded dozens more, come as...
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (AFP): Negotiators representing Taliban insurgents said Wednesday there was no chance of peace in Pakistan until the government embraces Islamic sharia law and US-led forces withdraw completely from neighbouring Afghanistan. The tough conditions appear to deal a...
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb, (AFP): Pakistanis staged rallies and demonstrations across the country on Wednesday to express solidarity with Kashmiris struggling for independence from India. Kashmir, a picturesque Himalayan region, is divided between India and Pakistan but claimed in full by both....
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 5 (AFP): Children enduring the war in Syria have suffered terrible abuses, with the government and allied militia responsible for many killings, maiming and torture, according to a grim UN report. Rebels have also recruited youngsters as...
COLOMBO, Feb 5 (AFP): Sri Lanka's army led an orgy of indiscriminate killing at the climax of the island's civil war, and has since tried to destroy evidence of its crimes, a new investigation published Wednesday by foreign experts claimed....
Blast at school in Libya's Benghazi wounds 6 children BENGHAZI Feb 5: A blast rocked a primary school in Libya's restive second city Benghazi during playtime on Wednesday, wounding six children, security and medical officials said. The blast was caused...
Mushfiqur Rahman | 2014-02-06 00:00:00
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral resources Nasrul Hamid on February 02 pledged to adopt a Coal Policy within the shortest possible time. The Financial Express reported on the following day that the newly-appointed State Minister also has a...
Prabal Barua and Md Shahjahan | 2014-02-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh ranked fifth among 10 countries most vulnerable to the climate change-induced natural disasters in the last two decades from 1993 to 2012, according to a report. During the period, Bangladesh suffered damages worth US$ 1,832.70 million, caused by 242...
Known as the commercial capital, Chittagong is largely so only by name. The range and scope of a truly commercial capital has not been explored exhaustively enough to give the country's second largest city the shape it deserves. Development of...
Sudhesh Giriyan | 2014-02-06 00:00:00
Migration is a natural phenomenon which has contributed immensely to the evolution of mankind. From the very beginning, people have migrated for food and security; now people migrate for economic opportunity and income security. It is estimated that over five...
Ridwan Quaium | 2014-02-06 00:00:00
In the recent times many concerned citizens have chosen cycling for their daily commuting purposes in order to escape from the horrendous traffic and to move towards sustainable forms of transport which significantly reduces travel time and provides a healthier...
Many Bangladeshi illegal migrant workers in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia have been facing an uncertain future and are afraid of being deported. These two countries, recently, have launched crackdowns against illegal workers. The government should immediately intervene in the matter...
Blood donation is a noble work that can save our fellow beings in distress. Even educated people have misconception about donating blood in our country. Many of them think that if they donate blood, they will become weaker and their...
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