The ubiquitous H5N1 virus was reported in sixty countries at its peak in 2006 but most have stamped it out. If allowed to run its 'natural' course, some say, it might die out without much fuss from common sense cleanliness...
Shafiqul AlamThe severe power crisis has guided the government to look for alternative solutions like quick rental power plants. However, this might further complicate the situation due to the huge gap between the production cost being claimed by the private...
As a result of high-rate of migration, non-formal economic activities in Dhaka city have exploded, with a large number of people struggling to survive in extremely insecure conditions. One common informal activity of the city is street vending where the...
Under Moghal rule of Delhi, the British East India Company was wrongly granted exemption from payment of taxes for carrying trade, export and import activities. And subsequently the history of the later period of whole of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan...
JU CorrespondentJAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Apr 24: A student of Jahangirnagar University (JU) was killed in a road accident which took place at Narshingdi Friday. Source said, the deceased was identified as Rofiqul Islam Roton(22), a student of government & politics department...
RANGPUR, Apr 24 (BSS): Renowned experts said that top priority should be put on adaptation with the adverse impacts of climate change while taking effective steps to reduce further degradation of the situation. They urged all to ensure optimum utilisation...
KISHOREGANJ, Apr 24 (UNB) : Katiadi Upazila Vice-Chairman Rafiqul Islam Milon (42), who was stabbed by some terrorists Saturday evening in the upazila bus stand area, died at a hospital in the capital Sunday morning. Locals said when Milon along...
Our Correspondent PABNA, Apr 24: A cement laden vessel sank at Natokhola point of Jamuna river Thursday evening. At least one thousand two hundred bags of cement worth about Tk. 5 lakh fell into the river sources said. The recover...
Our CorrespondentNATORE, Apr 24: A mobile court in Bagatipara Upazila fined a youth Tk 5 thousand for harassing a girl student of Rahimanpur High School in Bagatipara Upazila of Natore district. The convict was identified as Bidyut, son of Mansur...
Our Correspondent JESSORE, Apr 24: The timetable for election of 91 union councils under eight Upazilas in Jessore was announced in a meeting chaired by Nurul Amin, Deputy Commissioner, Jessore Friday. The schedule will be announced within a very shot...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) of Joypurhat camp seized 400 sacks OMS rice, a truck and a motorcycle and arrested 4 criminals who were connected to trafficking of rice from Barokandi Bazar under Panchbibi Upazila in the Joypurhat district...
Two young men were crushed under the wheels of trains in separate incidents of Gazipur Sunday.Sub-Inspector of Tongi railway police camp Abul Khair said Dhaka-bound Dhumketu inter-city express train knocked down Ripon (28), when he was crossing the rail line...
Police recovered a body of a young man from Taltala garden in Kusumdi village of Mithapukur Union in Alfadanga Upazila Saturday.The victim was identified as Liton Munsi (28), son of Late Saikat Munsi of Kusumdi village. He was a cargo...
FE ReportFinance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday stated that decentralisation of administration and development devolution were one of the critical constraints to accelerating the pace of implementation of the annual development programme (ADP). "This problem does not lie simply with...
WASHINGTON, Apr 23 (AFP): The United States carried out its first drone strike in Libya on Saturday, the Pentagon said, two days after approving the use of pilotless aircraft to aid rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi's forces. "The first Predator strike...
The government is going to bring some modifications in the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc) in a bid to accelerate trial proceedings. "The trial duration would be fixed in the CrPc so that the proceedings did not get trapped into...
NARSINGDI, Apr 23: Five persons were killed and 20 others injured in a road mishap on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at Baghata in Narsingdi Saturday. The accident occurred when a Bhairab-bound bus of Chalanbeel Paribahan from Dhaka tried to overtake a locally...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary usty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Khulna, arisal, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions until 6.0pm today (Sunday). Weather may remain mainly dry elsewhere over the country. Mild...
The second death anniversary of Advocate Mahmood Al Noor Tarek will be held today (Saturday) at Zila School Jam-e-Masjid, Mymensingh. Milad mahfil and Doa will be held after Asr prayer at his residence on the same day, said a press...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 22: President of the premier trade body Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) Morshed Murad Ibrahim said today that language is the major barrier in the bilateral trade, commerce and economic relation with China. Chinese language...
Shahiduzzaman KhanBangladesh's potato growers are in dire straits. As the weather conditions remained stable the farmers reaped bumper harvest this season. But due to weak planning they are facing problems concerning storage, and are also not getting the right price...
Herve Rouach of AFP in ParisFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy hosted Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Paris on April 21 as Europe reflects more and more openly on the prospect of recognising an independent Palestine. Any French move to welcome a...
Md. Saidur RahmanThere was a time, when the families were extended, and the family activities functionally would surround mothers. Over the centuries many norms and practices have changed; and new sets of norms are being practiced. Industrial revolution has grossly...
At least 33 lives were lost when a small passenger vessel, named, MV Bipasha, capsized in the river Meghna near Sarail under Brahmanbaria last Thursday. The 30-year old vessel, which was reportedly carrying passengers more than the authorized number, sank...
The High Court has issued a judgment to demolish this grand but unfortunately illegal structure; built on unauthorized public land. Despite appeals; truth and reality shall finally prevail! Further, in some dailies it has been reported that we do not...
According to World Almanac USA, 2009 the per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of Bangladesh was US $1,300; in the 2010 Almanac it was US $470 per capita, and in Almanac 2011 GDP per capita is US $1,600. We are...
At present doctors are taking Tk 400 to 500 as fee from each patient. It used to be Tk 300 during the Caretaker Government. We expected that after coming to power the democratic government will reduce doctors' fee, but the...
The government is going to bring some modifications in the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc) in a bid to accelerate trial proceedings. "The trial duration would be fixed in the CrPc so that the proceedings did not get trapped into...
NARSINGDI, Apr 23: Five persons were killed and 20 others injured in a road mishap on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at Baghata in Narsingdi Saturday. The accident occurred when a Bhairab-bound bus of Chalanbeel Paribahan from Dhaka tried to overtake a locally...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary usty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Khulna, arisal, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions until 6.0pm today (Sunday). Weather may remain mainly dry elsewhere over the country. Mild...
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