Our Correspondent | 2014-01-21 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Jan 20: Once enjoying skyrocketing popularity for delicate taste, sweetmeats of Khalishpur under Maheshpur upazila of Jhenidah have lost their quality for a number of reasons, due mainly to rampant sucking of cream through machines in the area. Once...
Our Correspondent | 2014-01-21 00:00:00
JESSORE, Jan 20: Salma Ali, executive director, Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association accused the administration as well as the election commission for their failure to provide security of the Hindus from attacks by miscreants after the 10th national election. She...
NARSINGDI, Jan 20 (BSS): Discussants at a meeting yesterday stressed for creating awareness among fish-traders and fishermen for ensuring supply of formalin-free fish in local markets to save people from deadly diseases. They were addressing an awareness building meeting organised...
Australian High Commissioner in Dhaka Greg Wilcock met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night. The hour-long meeting that began around 8pm was held at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan political office. However, neither BNP nor the Australian envoy briefed waiting...
FARIDPUR, Jan 20 (BSS): Brisk preparations are afoot to hold the fortnight long Jasim Pollimela (village fair) commemorating the 111th birth anniversary of Pollikabi Jasimuddin from January 25 at village Gobindapur here on the bank of river Kumar, adjacent to...
JHALAKATI, Jan 20 (UNB): Farmers in the district are cultivating maize in larger areas of land this season as they made satisfactory profit from the cereal item last year despite onslaught of cyclonic storm 'Mahasen' during its harvest. While visiting...
RANGPUR, Jan 20 (BSS): A record quantity of potato production is likely in the northern Bangladesh as the farmers have exceeded its fixed cultivation target by 9.74 per cent and the crop is growing excellent this season, official sources said....
Our Correspondent | 2014-01-21 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Jan 20: People of all walks of life in Muksudpur of Gopalganj formed a human chain at Jalirpar on Gopalganj-Takerhat highway Sunday morning protesting attack and oppression on minority people. Thousands of people attended the human chain. Muksudpur Thana...
50 shops burnt in Noakhali market fire A fire broke out at a market in Maijdee Court area of Noakhali early Monday burning down its 50 shops. Humayun Kabir, station officer of Maijdee fire station, said a fire originated from...
KUSHTIA, Jan 20 (UNB): A man was killed and 12 people injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over establishing dominance in the area at Char Chapra village in Kumarkhali upazila on Sunday night. The deceased was identified...
JAMALPUR Jan 20 (BSS): The farmers of Jamalpur are expecting a bumper production of mustard in the current season. Farmers, who cultivated mustard early, have already started harvesting their crop. Md. Abul Kashem, Deputy Director of DAE, expressed his satisfaction...
Our Correspondent | 2014-01-21 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Jan 20: Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a listed terrorist from Ghaghot river bridge at Nisbetganj area in Rangpur city Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Tokai Shakil (26), a resident of railway station area in the...
Stephen Aldred and Philip Blenkinsop of Reuters in Hong Kong/Brussels | 2014-01-21 00:00:00
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA, the world's biggest brewer, agreed to buy back South Korea's Oriental Brewery Co Ltd (OB) for $5.8 billion including debt, returning to a large Asian market at a time of strong industry growth across the region. The...
The United Commercial Bank (UCB) has earned the right to sell the tickets of the Bangladesh-Sri Lanka series. The bank will sell tickets through its seven branches -- five in Dhaka and two in Chittagong. Sri Lanka Cricket team is...
The US east coast is bracing for the second major winter storm of the year, with up to 12in (30cm) of snow, blowing wind and bitter cold forecast. Even before the first flakes had fallen, US government offices in Washington...
A four-member Indian delegation, now in Dhaka on a three-day visit, on Tuesday held separate meetings with the foreign secretary and senior BNP leaders and discussed issues related to mutual interests. Sripriya Ranganathan, now in-charge of BM (Bangladesh and Myanmar)...
BANGKOK, Jan 20 (AFP): Anti-government protesters in Thailand besieged government offices in a dozen southern provinces on Monday as part of their campaign to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from power, officials said. The move follows weeks of mass rallies...
The new health minister has cancelled the “primary approval” of 12 private medical colleges, dramatically overturning the decision of his predecessor. Mohammad Nasim said Tuesday ‘lapses’ in the approval process had prompted the change of heart. “We decided to review...
BANGUI, Jan 20 (AFP): The Central African parliament began voting Monday to elect a new interim president tasked with restoring peace to a country in chaos, where thousands have died in Christian-Muslim violence. Some 129 members of the National Transitional...
ISLAMABAD, Jan 20 (AFP): Pakistan's president said Monday it was unfair to question his country's commitment to fighting terror at home and abroad, after Afghanistan hinted that Pakistani intelligence was behind a deadly restaurant attack. President Mamnoon Hussain, who has...
NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (AFP): The chief minister of New Delhi, an anti-corruption campaigner who swept to power last month, declared himself an "anarchist" on Monday and called for a 10-day protest to disrupt Republic Day celebrations at the weekend....
JUBA, Jan 20 (AFP): South Sudanese troops battled rebels in Monday in a key oil town, the army said, as the UN warned soldiers had tried to forcefully enter a base sheltering thousands of civilians. Thousands have been killed and...
BAGHDAD, Jan 20 (AFP): Five car bombs struck across several neighbourhoods in Baghdad on Monday killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 40 others, security and medical officials said. Two explosions went off in the predominantly Sunni south...
Hundreds evacuated, doctor dies in Italy flooding ROME, Jan 20: Flooding in Italy claimed the life of a Syrian-born doctor out visiting a patient and forced hundreds of people from their homes, as the search continued for a man reported...
Bangladesh included on Monday uncapped opening batsman Shamsur Rahman in a 14-man squad for next week's first Test against Sri Lanka in Dhaka, reports AFP. Sri Lanka, currently playing against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, arrive in Dhaka on...
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