Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka won his first Grand Slam title with victory over an injury-hit Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final. Wawrinka withstood a fightback from the world number one, who was struggling with a back problem, to come through...
The first Test of the two-match Test series between host Bangladesh and touring Sri Lanka will begin at 9:30 am tomorrow (Monday) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city. Bangladesh Squad: Mushfiqur Rahim (Captain), Mahmudullah, Tamim Iqbal (Vice-Captain),...
German Ambassador in Dhaka Dr Albrecht Conze said Bangladesh’s future as an ‘emerging industrial country’ depends on a reputation of excellence, and reassured Germany’s help to that end. He mentioned that the reputation of excellence is not only associated with...
Bangladesh Bank is going to unveil its second half monetary policy of the current fiscal year (2013-2014) Monday. Central bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman will unveil the monetary policy at the Bangladesh Bank’s Jahangir Alam conference hall at 3pm. On...
Labour Secretary Mikail Shipper on Sunday said a 530-acre industrial park for the readymade garment (RMG) sector is in the offing. “The government will set an industrial park for garment factories at Gazaria upazila in Munshiganj,” he said adding, “We’ve...
BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon on Sunday scorned the Prime Minister for asking their party chairperson Khaleda Zia to go to Pakistan, and urged Hasina to came out of dirty political culture. “The Prime Minister at a meeting on Saturday asked...
The World Bank (WB) on Sunday pledged $2 billion in loans, grants and investments to help improve Myanmar's ailing energy sector and deliver universal healthcare. The announcement was made by Jim Yong Kim, the bank's president, during his first visit...
Terming the ACC’s probe into the graft allegation against former judge Motahar Hossain ‘vindictive’, leaders of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Sunday alleged that the government is harassing the judge intentionally through using the graft watchdog as he acquitted...
Four people were missing, as a boat sank in the Buriganga River in the Sadarghat Launch Terminal area under South Keraniganj Thana Sunday night. All of the victims were day-labourers. Their identities could not be known immediately. Alamgir, havildar of...
A local Awami League (AL) activist was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Pacha Magura village in Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Chaitanya Mondal, 50, an activist of Prembagh Union unit...
Parvin Sultana | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
Ariful Islam was born blind to a poor family that lacked the resources to care for him. With the help of a NGO, he joined the School of Happy World where he could learn to read and write Braille, and...
Masum Billah | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh has occupied a unique position in the globe in many respects both in positive and negative senses. The free distribution of new textbooks at the beginning of every academic year among the learners of primary and secondary levels again...
Our Correspondent | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Jan 25: Cultivation of ginger has brought smiles on the faces of the farmers of Taraganj Upazila in Rangpur district, as they are getting comparatively more profit through cultivation of the spicy crop. A good number of farmers who...
Our Correspondent | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
KHULNA, Jan 25: Thousands of Bawalis or golpata collectors are passing busy days as collection of the large shiny leaves is going on in full swing in the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world. Sources said Bawalis started...
Our Correspondent | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, Jan 25: Two persons including a minor girl were killed and two other injured in two separate accidents in front of Sademan Nesa Girls high school on Chuadanga - Jhenidah road under Chuadanga Sadar Upazila and at Nischintopur village...
BENAPOLE, Jan 25 (UNB): At least 27 Bangladeshi people returned home through Benapole check post on Friday night after languishing for two years in an Indian jail. Of the returnees, all of whom are brick kiln workers, 13 hail from...
JOYPURHAT, Jan 25 (BSS): Eye catching blooming mustard covers vast tracts of land in the district as DAE is expected to exceed production target in the current season. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said cultivation is gradually increasing every...
Our Correspondent | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Jan 25: Cultivation of onion started in Nilphamari district. DAE sources said this year's target of onion cultivation in the district is in 1674 hectare of land to produce 13392 metric tonnes at an average production of eight metric...
Our Correspondent | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
MAGURA, Jan 25: Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign-2014 was inaugurated in Magura today (Saturday). Deputy Minister, youth and sports affairs, Sree Biren Shikder inaugurated the campaign at Magura Model Primary School by giving vaccine to a child. Earlier in a press...
Housewife found dead in Jessore Police recovered the body of a housewife from a pond at Pachbhulot village in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Mina Khatun, 28, wife of Khorshed Alam of the...
CAIRO, Jan 25 (AFP): A helicopter crash in the restive Sinai Peninsula killed five Egyptian soldiers Saturday, medics said. The military confirmed a helicopter had crashed and said a search was under way for its crew. A spate of deadly...
NEW DELHI, Jan 25, (AFP): India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party looks set to form the next government in looming elections while the ruling Congress is headed for its worst-ever defeat, polls published Saturday suggested. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance...
BEIJING, Jan 25 (AFP): Six people died in explosions and another six were shot dead by police in China's Xinjiang, authorities said Saturday, in the latest wave of violence to hit the restive region. The violence in Xinhe in Aksu...
BANGKOK, Jan 25 (AFP): The leader of Thailand's opposition protests, who has vowed to disrupt upcoming elections, has written to US President Barack Obama telling him that the demonstrators' efforts to topple the government are "pro-democracy". Suthep Thaugsuban, who this...
BAGHDAD, Jan 25 (AFP): Shelling and bombings across Iraq killed 15 people on Saturday as militants bombed a key bridge linking the capital to north Iraq, the latest in a surge of nationwide violence. The latest bloodshed, which pushed the...
Himmler's private documents resurface in Israel BERLIN, Jan 25: Hundreds of private letters, notes and photographs belonging to Hitler's henchman Heinrich Himmler have been found in Israel, a German newspaper reported Saturday. Himmler, a visceral anti-Semite who was chief of...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
Newly-elected President of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), Md Shahjahan Khan, has vowed to work for promoting the grooming of knowledge-based entrepreneurship in Bangladesh so as to cope with the fast-changing dynamics of globalisation. Talking Saturday to...
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