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Call to ensure transparent public procurement

2012-01-11 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Jan 10 (BSS): Transparent and accountable public procurement has become an urgent need for the best uses of the public money together with proper implementation of the uplift programs.Speakers made this observation while addressing the opening day's sessions of...

Homecoming day of Bangabandhu observed

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Our Correspondent KHULNA, Jan 10: The home coming day of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibor Rahman was observed here by Awami League and its front organizations and various other socio-culture organizations. The day's programme was inaugurated by hoisting...

Char dwellers get tube-wells from SKS Foundation

2012-01-11 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Jan 10 (BSS): Twenty ultra poor families living in different chars under Urya Union of Fulchhari Upazila in the district got free tube-wells from a local organization Sunday.With the financial support of Islamic Relief Worldwide and European Commission Humanitarian...

'Work unitedly to build Sonar Bangla'

2012-01-11 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Jan 10 (BSS): Vice-chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) Prof Dr Muhammad Abdul Jalil Miah Tuesday called upon all for working together in building Sonar Bangla as dreamt by Bangabandhu.He was addressing a rally arranged in the university...

Three killed in Pabna incidents

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentPABNA, Jan 10: Three persons were killed in separate incidents in Pabna Monday. Police recovered the body of a CNG driver from Ruppur village under Ishwardi upazila of Pabna Monday night while another man was stabbed to death over...

News in brief

2012-01-11 00:00:00

One killed in Natore road mishap A man was killed in a road mishap at Manikpur turning on Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway road under Baraigram upazila in Natore district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Zinnat Ali (55), son of the...

Two Shibir men held in Tangail

2012-01-11 00:00:00

TANGAIL, Jan 10 (BSS): Chairman of Light House Foundation and Shibir leader Dr Ashan Habib Imrose and his younger brother Feroz Chowdhury were arrested in a pre-dawn swoop from a garden under sadar upazila of the district here Monday.OC of...

Singra mayor gets threat on life

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentNATORE, Jan 10: Mayor of Singra Municipality Md, Shamim Al Rajib filed a General Diary seeking his life security with Singra thana on Sunday. He mentioned in the statement of GD that, his personal caretaker Md. Hahib Molla (25),...

Chinese auto fair held in Syedpur

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentNilphamari , Jan 10 : Chinese automobile fair, first of its kind in the region was held in Syedpur municipality in Nilphamari district at the local pilot high school ground. The fair was opened by Mayor of Syedpur municipality...

Rangamati Krishak League president kidnapped

2012-01-11 00:00:00

RANGAMATI, Jan 10 (UNB): Rangamti district unit Krishak League President Anil Tanchangya was kidnapped allegedly by members of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) at Ouagga in Kaptai upazila Tuesday morning.Police and locals said armed members of PCJSS kidnapped Anil...

Eight of a family fall sick from food-poisoning

2012-01-11 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, Jan 10 (UNB): Eight members of a family fell seriously sick due to food poisoning after having dinner at Khalishkhali village in Sharsha upazila on Sunday night.They were rescued and hospitalized by neighbours. Of the sick Nazim Uddin said...

Van-puller commits suicide

2012-01-11 00:00:00

SYLHET, Jan 10 (UNB): A rickshaw-van driver allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Dalaipara village at Khadimnagar in sadar upazila Monday.The deceased was identified as Belal Mia, 30, of the village.Family sources and neighbours attributed the suicide to extreme...

Bomb kills 35 in Pakistan

2012-01-11 00:00:00

PESHAWAR, Jan 10, (AFP): A remote-controlled bomb blast killed 35 people and wounded more than 60 others on Tuesday in the deadliest attack in months in the Taliban-hit tribal region of northwest Pakistan.The explosion took place in a market in...

West edges closer to confrontation with Iran

2012-01-11 00:00:00

TEHRAN, Jan 10, (AFP): Iran's showdown with the West slid closer to dangerous confrontation Tuesday as international alarm over a new uranium enrichment plant and Tehran's death sentence for a "CIA spy" raised the stakes.Both sides were digging in deeper...

Regional, int’l parties trying to destabilise Syria: Assad

2012-01-11 00:00:00

DAMASCUS, Jan 10, (agencies): President Bashar al-Assad said Tuesday that foreign parties were seeking to destabilise Syria, as pressure mounted for the United Nations to take the lead in efforts to end 10 months of bloodshed."Regional and international parties who...

Under-fire Romney looks for fresh White House win

2012-01-11 00:00:00

CONCORD, (New Hampshire), Jan 10, (AFP): Republican White House hopefuls, led by frontrunner Mitt Romney, face New Hampshire voters Tuesday in a bellwether primary all-but-certain to tighten his hold on the nomination.Analysts were eager to see how well the former...

Suicide group storms Afghan govt building, two dead

2012-01-11 00:00:00

KABUL, Jan 10, (AFP): At least two policemen were killed when a group of suicide bombers stormed a government building in southeastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the interior ministry and officials said.Two attackers blew themselves up in the attack, one other...

China 'to bolster Kim, seeking a stable N Korea'

2012-01-11 00:00:00

BEIJING, January 10 (AFP): China began preparing for a power transition in North Korea several years before Kim Jong-Il's death and will do its utmost to consolidate his inexperienced son's hold on power, analysts say.North Korea's closest ally has long...

news digest

2012-01-11 00:00:00

HS2: Phase one of high-speed rail line gets go-aheadA controversial new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham has been given the go-ahead by government. This first phase of High Speed Two (HS2) could be running by 2026, later extending...

Muktijoddha, BJMC into quarterfinals in Fed-Cup

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Title aspirants Muktijoddha Sangsad hardly had to sweat as they coasted to a cakewalk win over Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club by 3-1 goals in the group A match of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city...

England Lions level 1-1 beating Bangladesh A by six-wicket

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Touring England Lions, the 2nd string England Cricket team, levelled the five-match one-day series 1-1 beating Bangladesh A team by six wickets in the 2nd one day match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the port city of Chittagong...

City buoyant despite United defeat

2012-01-11 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, England, Jan 10 (AFP): Costel Pantilimon says Manchester City have emerged from the FA Cup loss to Manchester United with their confidence intact as they prepare to face Liverpool in a League Cup semi-final first-leg clash on Wednesday.The Premier...

FIFA launches anti-corruption drive

2012-01-11 00:00:00

ZURICH, Jan 10 (AFP): FIFA announced Tuesday a series of new measures to combat match-fixing, including an appeal for assistance to Interpol and the establishment of protection programmes for informants."Football currently faces unprecedented problems concerning fixed matches, the effects of...

Kalabagan, Eskaton win in 1st Div Cricket League

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Kalabagan Cricket Academy and Eskaton Sabuj Sangja won their respective super league matches in the First Division Cricket League at separate venues Tuesday, reports UNB.On the day, Kalabagan Cricket Academy (187/4) recorded a six-wicket victory over Khelaghar Samaj Kalyan Samity...

Navy take on Army in Nat'l Basketball final today

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Bangladesh Navy will take on Bangladesh Army in the final of the Citycell 25th National Basketball Championship today (Wednesday) at the Dhanmondi Wooden Floor Gymnasium in the city, reports UNB.The match will kick off at 3:30 pm.Information and Cultural Affairs...

sports digest

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Messi wins third straight Ballon d'Or ZURICH, Switzerland, Jan 10: Lionel Messi was on Monday awarded the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or at a star-studded ceremony in Zurich, the third consecutive year that he has won the prestigious award for the...

Promoting appropriate rice technology

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Abdul BayesIt is now a widely accepted view that there is no substitute of the spread of modern technology in paddy cultivation for sustainable food security in Bangladesh. About 150 million people live in this country -- 920 persons per...

For a living in China

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Maswood Alam KhanIn the United States Declaration of Independence, it was proclaimed that "all men are created equal and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". Rooted in...

A genius, a lordship Murshed by name

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Nurul Momen in remembrance on the occasion of his birth anniversaryTo be a genius, a person has to have exalted intellectual power; instinctive, extraordinary, creative, and imaginative faculty. Late Chief Justice Syed Mahbub Murshed was undoubtedly one.And if lordship means,...

Internecine feud of BCL claims another victim

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Yet another student has inconscionably become the victim of internecine feud of student politics. Jubair Ahmed, a student of Jahangirnagar University (JU) immediately after completion of his fourth-year final examination in the English Department was mercilessly beaten by none other...