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PM leaves for Geneva tomorrow

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Geneva tomorrow (Sunday) to attend the 16th World Meteorological Congress (WMC) and the 64th World Health Assembly (WHA). During her four-day visit, the PM is scheduled to address the 16th WMC on...

Three workers electrocuted in city

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Three construction workers were electrocuted and another injured when they came in contact with a live electric wire at Tanti Bazar in the city behind Chitra Mahal Cinema Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Akmal Haque (25), Saiful Islam,...

1,071 bottles of phensidyl seized

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized a private car with 1,071 bottles of phensidyl during a raid at Manikdihi village in Jessore Sadar Upazila here Wednesday. RAB sources said acting, on a tip-off, a team of the force...

Two arrested with OMS rice

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Police arrested two people along with 20 sacks of OMS rice at Parajpur Mistripara village in Dinajpur Sadar Upazila Wednesday. Police said OMS rice dealer Zahurul Haque hired a shallow engine driven van to carry 20 sacks of government rice...

Pistol seized in Mymensingh

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Police seized a foreign made pistol from a goods laden truck at Shekari on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Sadar Upazila of the district yesterday. Acting on a tip off, a team of the police intercepted the Sherpur- bound truck from Dhaka...

Housewife killed for dowry

2011-05-14 00:00:00

A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Para village in Domar Upazila of Nilphamari early Tuesday.The deceased was identifies as Putul (25), wife of Dulal Hossain of the village.Police said Dulal married Putul nine...

Youth gets six months jail

2011-05-14 00:00:00

A mobile court of Bogra Tuesday convicted a youth and sentenced him to six months imprisonment for teasing a college girl.The convict was identified as Shaheb Ali (24), son of Golam Rabbani of Bhutbari village in Dhunat Upazila. Police said...

Urban migrants rushing to villages to work as day-labourers

2011-05-14 00:00:00

FE ReportUrban migrants are rushing to the villages for working in the rice field as day labourers. We are working in the Boro field finding more profit, migrants said. Md Khalilur Rahman (32), has come to his home village Sammukhboilor...

Salt production may miss target

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Sonia H MoniSalt production is set to miss the target this year as lower prices discouraged local cultivators and early rainfall marred output, but the officials ruled out any crisis in the market. The production of salt has reached only...

Indo-Pak shipbreakers visit Ctg shipyards

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 13: A combined team of shipbreakers from Pakistan and India Friday visited some shipyards at Sitakunda in the port city and said the environment there is good. They also asked the shipbreaking yard owners of Bangladesh to...

S'pore-model mega structure at Cox's Bazar

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Alike Singapore's most stunning structure, Marina Bay, Bangladesh is going to build a mega structure along its longest sea beach at Inani, at an estimated cost of US$ 500 million, developers of the proposed five-star facility said Friday, reports BSS....

Death anniversary of Nazmul Alam

2011-05-14 00:00:00

The third death anniversary of Nazmul Alam, a literary scholar and former director general of Bangladesh Betar, will be observed today (Saturday), said a press release. He passed away on this day in 2008 at the age of 81. Nazmul...

CU reopens today

2011-05-14 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, May 13 (bdnews24.com): Classes and examinations at Chittagong University (CU) resumes today (Saturday) after an unscheduled 12-day closure. The syndicate at an emergency meeting on May 1, suspended all classes and examinations from May 2 following clashes between the...

Bumper Boro harvest in country likely

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Farmers are harvesting a bumper Boro paddy across the country while Agriculture Extension officials who have links with the field are hopeful of an yield of 20 million tonnes in terms of rice exceeding the target set at 18.65 million...

PM leaves for Geneva tomorrow

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Geneva tomorrow (Sunday) to attend the 16th World Meteorological Congress (WMC) and the 64th World Health Assembly (WHA). During her four-day visit, the PM is scheduled to address the 16th WMC on...

Three workers electrocuted in city

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Three construction workers were electrocuted and another injured when they came in contact with a live electric wire at Tanti Bazar in the city behind Chitra Mahal Cinema Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Akmal Haque (25), Saiful Islam,...

1,071 bottles of phensidyl seized

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized a private car with 1,071 bottles of phensidyl during a raid at Manikdihi village in Jessore Sadar Upazila here Wednesday. RAB sources said acting, on a tip-off, a team of the force...

Two arrested with OMS rice

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Police arrested two people along with 20 sacks of OMS rice at Parajpur Mistripara village in Dinajpur Sadar Upazila Wednesday. Police said OMS rice dealer Zahurul Haque hired a shallow engine driven van to carry 20 sacks of government rice...

Pistol seized in Mymensingh

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Police seized a foreign made pistol from a goods laden truck at Shekari on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Sadar Upazila of the district yesterday. Acting on a tip off, a team of the police intercepted the Sherpur- bound truck from Dhaka...

Housewife killed for dowry

2011-05-14 00:00:00

A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Para village in Domar Upazila of Nilphamari early Tuesday.The deceased was identifies as Putul (25), wife of Dulal Hossain of the village.Police said Dulal married Putul nine...

Youth gets six months jail

2011-05-14 00:00:00

A mobile court of Bogra Tuesday convicted a youth and sentenced him to six months imprisonment for teasing a college girl.The convict was identified as Shaheb Ali (24), son of Golam Rabbani of Bhutbari village in Dhunat Upazila. Police said...

Share market bubble: Who is not responsible?

2011-05-14 00:00:00

M S Siddiqui The recent debacle in the stock market is an issue of debate. All the stakeholders and particularly the small investors want to know the true story behind the incident. Government also wants to know the reason and...

Arab rulers unable to exploit oil power

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Gousal AzamThe Arab world is luckier in the sense that it has one language and one major religion i.e., Islam. They are the luckiest in the sense that they are blessed with vast reserves of fuel oil, which has unnerving...

Bin Laden journal contains 'operational ideas'

2011-05-14 00:00:00

The treasure trove of information obtained in the raid that killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden included a handwritten journal containing his "operational ideas," a US official said on May 11. Agents are studying the notebook for information on future...

S'pore-model mega structure at Cox's Bazar

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Alike Singapore's most stunning structure, Marina Bay, Bangladesh is going to build a mega structure along its longest sea beach at Inani, at an estimated cost of US$ 500 million, developers of the proposed five-star facility said Friday, reports BSS....

Death anniversary of Nazmul Alam

2011-05-14 00:00:00

The third death anniversary of Nazmul Alam, a literary scholar and former director general of Bangladesh Betar, will be observed today (Saturday), said a press release. He passed away on this day in 2008 at the age of 81. Nazmul...

CU reopens today

2011-05-14 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, May 13 (bdnews24.com): Classes and examinations at Chittagong University (CU) resumes today (Saturday) after an unscheduled 12-day closure. The syndicate at an emergency meeting on May 1, suspended all classes and examinations from May 2 following clashes between the...

Bumper Boro harvest in country likely

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Farmers are harvesting a bumper Boro paddy across the country while Agriculture Extension officials who have links with the field are hopeful of an yield of 20 million tonnes in terms of rice exceeding the target set at 18.65 million...

PM leaves for Geneva tomorrow

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Geneva tomorrow (Sunday) to attend the 16th World Meteorological Congress (WMC) and the 64th World Health Assembly (WHA). During her four-day visit, the PM is scheduled to address the 16th WMC on...

Three workers electrocuted in city

2011-05-14 00:00:00

Three construction workers were electrocuted and another injured when they came in contact with a live electric wire at Tanti Bazar in the city behind Chitra Mahal Cinema Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Akmal Haque (25), Saiful Islam,...