SUNAMGANJ, Mar 3 (UNB): Local dealers are selling urea fertiliser at exorbitant prices in Jagannathpur Upazila, inflicting sufferings to the growers. Farmers alleged that the dealers are selling fertiliser at excess rate after creating artificial scarcity in the Upazila. Farmers...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2011-03-05 00:00:00
Mahmudur RahmanFinance Minister A M A Muhith could not have dreamt of a more unenviable task. The septuagenarian bureaucrat-turned-politician had to draw on the depth of his skills from both sides of the table when he faced up to a...
Police have recovered bodies of a private university student from Khilkhet rail crossing in the city and a contractor of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company from Ashulia, reports bdnews 24.com. The dead are Tanzir Hossain Mohon (23), a student...
The prestigious Financial Times of London in one of its leaders on the issue centring the removal of Nobel Prize winner Prof Muhammad Yunus from the post of Managing Director of Grameen Bank commented that micro-finance "may not on its...
Munima Sultana | 2011-03-05 00:00:00
Munima SultanaThe sufferings of service-seekers of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) are yet to abate because of its failure in introducing online service fully. Officials said BRTA introduced its online service with a target to reduce both time and cost...
Fazle Rashid | 2011-03-05 00:00:00
Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Mar 04: The International Criminal Court (ICC) will investigate allegations of crime against humanity by Gaddafi, the eccentric Libyan dictator. The UN Security Council (UNSC) Saturday last approved a resolution directing the ICC to launch an...
A gene that increases a rice plant's resistance to floods also boosts its ability to recover from droughts, a study has shown, reports BBC. Researchers found that the gene, Sub1A, allowed to plants to survive by growing fresh shoots after...
Protests took place in several cities after Friday midday prayers in the Middle East and North Africa for political reforms and democracy, report agencies. Libyan security forces used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters from the streets after Friday...
The US and Mexico have reached a proposed deal to open US highways to Mexican trucks, raising hopes of an end to a 20-year dispute, reports BBC. The agreement was announced during a two day visit by the Mexican President...
NEW YORK, Mar 4 (BBC): Marketing group WPP saw profits in 2010 rise by almost a third to £851m, thanks in part to a rebound in US advertising in the final quarter. Like-for-like revenue growth - ignoring the effect of...
Shah Alam Nur | 2011-03-05 00:00:00
Shah Alam NurExport earnings from jute goods increased by 53.95 per cent during the first seven months of the current fiscal year. The earnings during July-January period of FY 2010-11 stood at $643.48 million compared to $417.99 million during the...
Our Correspondent | 2011-03-05 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentNATORE, Mar 3: Different mobile courts in six upazilas of Natore Sadar, Bagatipara, Lalpur, Baraigram, Gurudashpur and Singra under Natore district sentenced 66 drug peddlers to different terms of imprisonment during the last 7 days. Superintendent of police (In-charge),...
MOULVIBAZAR, Mar 3 (UNB): Chemical pesticides are being used indiscriminately in vegetable fields in different areas of the district to combat pest attacks. This practice, besides polluting environment, is causing serious health hazard to people of the seven Upazilas of...
Our Correspondent | 2011-03-05 00:00:00
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Mar 3: Rangpur Municipality with the assistance of the Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction (UPPR) Project funded by UK Aid and UNDP observed Urban Food Production (UFP) Day through several events Tuesday on March 1, 2011. The...
Another report adds: Theft of the electric transformers of Palli Buddyut Samity (PBS) 2 has caused a total breakdown in power transmission in 9 unions of Badarganj Upazila in Rangpur district. The theft took place Monday night which shut down...
Another message adds: Milk price has soared in Rangpur a due to its short supply in the local markets, causing acute sufferings to the common people. One kg of milk was being sold at Tk 40 in the district town...
SUNAMGANJ, Mar 3 (UNB): Local dealers are selling urea fertiliser at exorbitant prices in Jagannathpur Upazila, inflicting sufferings to the growers. Farmers alleged that the dealers are selling fertiliser at excess rate after creating artificial scarcity in the Upazila. Farmers...
Ailing BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain Friday flew to Singapore for treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital. Delwar was taken to Shahjalal International Airport from Square Hospital at about 5pm. He was flown to Singapore by an air ambulance of...
Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway was suspended for an hour Friday when the local people blocked it, following the death of a rickshaw passenger in a road accident. The agitated people set the bus on fire and ransacked some...
Sonia H Moni | 2011-03-05 00:00:00
Sonia H MoniAround 151 new readymade garments (RMG) and textile factories involving a total investment of Taka 40.00 billion are unable to go into production due to lack of new gas connection. The government has stopped giving such connections since...
FE Report | 2011-03-05 00:00:00
FE ReportThe government is now scrutinising the proposals of ten global firms for short-listing them before selection of a sponsor to build Bangladesh's first LNG (liquefied natural gas) import terminal at Moheshkhali island in the Bay of Bengal, a top...
US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry has expressed deep concern over the removal of Nobel- winning microfinance pioneer Prof. Muhammad Yunus as managing director of the Grameen Bank (GB) he founded, reports UNB. "I am deeply concerned by...
FE Report | 2011-03-05 00:00:00
FE ReportA total of 336 more Bangladeshis will arrive in the city today (Saturday) from Libya by two flights under the supervision of International Organisation for Migration (IOM). "The IOM-chartered planes will bring back 336 Bangladeshi nationals at 10:30 am...
FE Report | 2011-03-05 00:00:00
FE Report Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni Friday defended the government's decision on removal of Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus from Grameen Bank's (GB's) position of managing director saying that it was the sovereign right of the government to take...
West Indies took a giant stride towards the World Cup quarter-finals by pounding lacklustre Bangladesh by nine wickets in a key Group B match Friday, reports AFP. Lanky spinner Sulieman Benn grabbed 4-18, and fast bowlers Kemar Roach and skipper...
FE Report | 2011-03-05 00:00:00
FE ReportThe government is set to cancel its decision to cut power supply to the factories during the cricket World Cup (WC), bringing some sort of relief to their owners as it was taking a heavy toll on them. The...
LONDON, Mar 3 (AP): Nicklas Bendtner's hat trick helped Arsenal rout Leyton Orient 5-0 in a fifth-round FA Cup replay and Manchester City eased past Aston Villa 3-0 to also make the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Marouane Chamakh and Gael Clichy...
Our Correspondent | 2011-03-05 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentNATORE, Mar 3: Different mobile courts in six upazilas of Natore Sadar, Bagatipara, Lalpur, Baraigram, Gurudashpur and Singra under Natore district sentenced 66 drug peddlers to different terms of imprisonment during the last 7 days. Superintendent of police (In-charge),...
MOULVIBAZAR, Mar 3 (UNB): Chemical pesticides are being used indiscriminately in vegetable fields in different areas of the district to combat pest attacks. This practice, besides polluting environment, is causing serious health hazard to people of the seven Upazilas of...
Our Correspondent | 2011-03-05 00:00:00
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Mar 3: Rangpur Municipality with the assistance of the Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction (UPPR) Project funded by UK Aid and UNDP observed Urban Food Production (UFP) Day through several events Tuesday on March 1, 2011. The...
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