SEOUL, May 3 (AFP): South Korea's flag carrier Korean Air said Tuesday it would buy a total of seven passenger planes from Airbus and Boeing for nearly $1.58 billion. The airline said the planes-five Airbus A330-200s and two Boeing B777-300ERs-would...
BAGERHAT, May 3 (UNB) : The cultivation of Banglamoti variety of rice has been gaining popularity among the farmers of the district which has also created a new hope for them. BRRI-50, invented by Bangladesh Rice Research Institute(BRRI), is known...
Our Correspondent NATORE, May 3: Trust Bank has started financing in core agriculture sectors like fisheries, livestock, poultry and others since 2008 considering its contribution to economic growth. The bank, in line with the directives of Bangladesh Bank has recently...
Our Correspondent BRAHMANBARIA, May 3: Blacksmiths in the district have been living a miserable life while no govt and non-govt organisation is coming forward to improve their conditions. About 25000 blacksmiths in the districts are facing great hardship for a...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, May 3: The State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Motahar Hossain MP emphasised the need for allocation in the national budget of the fiscal 2011-2012 for education, health and social safety-net sectors in Rangpur division in...
Another report adds: A day-long workshop on 'Role of Media to Activate Village Courts in the Country' was held at Rangpur DC Office in the town Thursday. The district administration in association with the UNDP Bangladesh and the European Union...
Our Correspondent JOYPURHAT, May 3: A seasonal storm damaged some maize crops recently in the district. Just when the farmers of the district were expecting a good harvest of their crop then the storm has shattered their dream. Joypurhat DAE...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, May 3: One-family-one-farm project of the government which envisages selected ultra-poor families to be provided with financial and material support for their poverty reduction is being implemented in Nilphamari district. The project that started in 2009 is under...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, May 3: National Worm Control Week-2011 is being observed here under the auspices of Khulna City Corporation. Khulna City Corporation Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque inaugurated the week by taking anti-worm tablet at city's SOS Shishu Polli premises...
Netrakona Sadar police recovered the body of a beggar Ajgar Ali (50), from village Hapania under Sadar Upazila of Netrakona Sunday and arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in killing of the beggar. Police said the arrested persons were...
Gournadi police arrested four persons on charges of rape and stalking in two separate incidents Monday.Nurul Islam, officer-in-charge of Gournadi police station, said police arrested Sohel Bepari (19), Rajib Bepari (17) and Rohen Bepari (18), from Dumuria area of Gournadi...
A farmer was crushed under the wheels of his pushcart at Burindia village in Chowgacha Upazila of Jessore district Monday.The dead was identified as Abdul Latif (50), son of Altaf Hossain of the same village.Police and locals said Latif was...
A teen-aged housewife was killed by lightning at village Taranagar under Kalmakanda upazila of the Netrakona district Monday.Police and local people said the dead was identified as Hajera Khatun (31), wife of Kamrul Mia of the same village. Hajera died...
The body of a college girl was recovered in Baganbari area in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria Monday.The deceased was identified as Nahida Sultana Rita (23), daughter of Akhaura Upazila Chairman Borhanuddin. Police said, on information they recovered the body of...
A court of Bagerhat Monday sentenced a man to death for killing a farmer in 2003.The convict was identified as Badsha alias Abdul Karim (45), son of Nawab Ali Sheikh of Teligati village in Morelganj Upazila.According to the prosecution, Badsha...
WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters): President Barack Obama held a crucial meeting last week in which his advisors debated three options for dealing with top-secret information about a luxury compound in Pakistan where they thought Osama bin Laden might be hiding....
OTTAWA, May 3 (Reuters): Canada's Conservatives stormed to a decisive victory in Monday's federal election, winning 54 percent of the seats in Parliament and securing a stable four-year term in power after vowing to focus on the economy. The Conservatives...
KADUGLI, May 3 (AFP): A heavily armed Sudanese military convoy entered the flashpoint border district of Abyei, sparking clashes that left up to 14 people dead, its chief administrator and a UN spokesman said Tuesday. The fighting broke out Sunday...
ASSADABAD, May 3 (agencies): Twenty-five foreign fighters were killed and wounded by Afghan security forces after they crossed the border from Pakistan, a government official said, the first sign of retaliatory attacks in Afghanistan after al Qaeda leader Osama bin...
BEIJING, May 3 (Reuters): China hailed Tuesday the death of Osama bin Laden in a US raid while defending its regional partner Pakistan against accusations it had done too little against terror threats. Beijing and Washington have gone through bouts...
MANAMA, May 3: Authorities in Bahrain arrested two former parliament members of the Gulf kingdom's main Shiite opposition party as part of a wide crackdown on dissent, a senior party leader said Tuesday. Abdul-Jalil Khalil of the Shiite party Al...
GAZA CITY, May 3: Hamas officials say the Islamic militant group will honor an unofficial truce with Israel after it forms a new government with Palestinian rivals from the West Bank. Gaza's Hamas rulers and Fatah, which dominates the West...
LONDON, May 3: The Libyan ambassador to Britain has left the country after being expelled over attacks on the British embassy in Tripoli, officials in London said on Tuesday. Omar Jelban departed the country on Monday after being ordered to...
CAIRO, May 3: Palestinian factions gathered in Cairo on Tuesday to sign a reconciliation deal that will pave the way for elections within a year and aims to end the bitter divide between the West Bank and Gaza. - AFP
PARIS, May 3: The cockpit voice recorder from an Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic two years ago has been found, French investigators have said. The discovery comes two days after the airliner's flight data recorder was also...
ISLAMABAD, May 3 : The founder of one of Pakistan's most violent Islamist militant groups has told Muslims to be heartened by the death of Osama bin Laden, as his "martyrdom" would not go in vain, a spokesman for the...
A teen-aged housewife was killed by lightning at village Taranagar under Kalmakanda upazila of the Netrakona district Monday.Police and local people said the dead was identified as Hajera Khatun (31), wife of Kamrul Mia of the same village. Hajera died...
The body of a college girl was recovered in Baganbari area in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria Monday.The deceased was identified as Nahida Sultana Rita (23), daughter of Akhaura Upazila Chairman Borhanuddin. Police said, on information they recovered the body of...
A court of Bagerhat Monday sentenced a man to death for killing a farmer in 2003.The convict was identified as Badsha alias Abdul Karim (45), son of Nawab Ali Sheikh of Teligati village in Morelganj Upazila.According to the prosecution, Badsha...
Holders Dhaka Abahani Limited beat Chittagong Abahani Limited by 2-0 goals in a match of the GrameenPhone Bangladesh League at the Cox's Bazar Stadium Tuesday, reports UNB. With the day's result, Dhaka Abahani moved up to the 2nd slot in...
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