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Sammilito Ulama Parishad-police clash in Rajshahi: 10 injured

2011-03-12 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Mar 11 (UNB): Police indiscriminately charged batons to disperse activists of Sammilito Ulama Parishad (SUP), a platform of Islamic scholars who pelted stones at the law enforcers in their bid to bring out procession in the city this afternoon...

Cultivating fallow lands can help alleviate poverty

2011-03-12 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Mar 11 (BSS): Both urban and rural poverty could be reduced together with meeting up nutritional demands to a greater extent through boosting vegetables, fruits and crops production by making the best use of the homestead natural resources. Agricultural...

AL-backed yellow panel sweeps RUTA poll

2011-03-12 00:00:00

RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Mar 11: The Awami League (AL) backed Yellow panel achieved a landslide victory in the election of Rajshahi University Teachers' Association (RUTA) Thursday while BNP-Jama'at backed "White panel" and BNP backed another panel "Sonali panel" could not...

Deputy speaker for proper evaluation of FFs

2011-03-12 00:00:00

Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Shaukat Ali said Friday that development of the country is not possible without proper evaluation of the freedom fighters (FFs), reports BSS. He was speaking as the chief guest at the biennial conference of...

Two brick fields sealed, another fined, 2 held

2011-03-12 00:00:00

SATKHIRA, Mar 10 (UNB): A mobile court sealed two brick fields and fined another one for running the brick field without licence and using firewoods for burning bricks in Tala Upazila this (Friday) afternoon. The court, led by Executive Magistrate...

Swechchhasebak Dal leader killed

2011-03-12 00:00:00

NARAYANGANJ, Feb 11 (UNB): A leader of Jati­ya­tabadi Swechchhasebak Dal (SD), a voluntary and front organization of BNP, was killed at Mizmizi village, Siddhirganj in Sadar Upazila early Friday. Locals found body of Mokhlesur Rahman Juboraj (48), joint health affairs...

Volvo expects India to be its third biggest market in Asia by 2016

2011-03-12 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Mar 11 (PTI): Swedish car-maker Volvo Car Corp today said its expects India to become its third largest market in Asia after China and Japan by 2016, as it gradually builds up its presence. "The way the Indian...

Underground coal gasification: An option indeed

2011-03-12 00:00:00

With the increase in population, demand for energy will also grow sharply besides the present gap between demand and supply. The most eminent challenge is that expected demand for electricity during the coming decades would require doubling the power generation...

In quest for establishing a democratic society

2011-03-12 00:00:00

Why do we love our country? Why should we care about its continued independence? Millions love this country, as I do, because it gave them refuge from tyranny and fear; others love it because it is a land of opportunity;...

A multi-faceted approach to promote investments

2011-03-12 00:00:00

Sustained economic growth can ensure both income generation and job creation on a steady basis. For this, a multi-faceted approach is needed. Economic growth may be lower in one particular year in a certain area, say, manufacturing, from insufficient energy...

Bangladesh succumbs to shipping industry pressure

2011-03-12 00:00:00

In a recent judgment, the High Court had granted temporary permission to Bangladesh ship-breaking yard owners to resume importing toxic ships for scraping on the beaches near Chittagong. This temporary lifting of the ban on breaking toxic ships on the...

AL-backed yellow panel sweeps RUTA poll

2011-03-12 00:00:00

RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Mar 11: The Awami League (AL) backed Yellow panel achieved a landslide victory in the election of Rajshahi University Teachers' Association (RUTA) Thursday while BNP-Jama'at backed "White panel" and BNP backed another panel "Sonali panel" could not...

Deputy speaker for proper evaluation of FFs

2011-03-12 00:00:00

Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Shaukat Ali said Friday that development of the country is not possible without proper evaluation of the freedom fighters (FFs), reports BSS. He was speaking as the chief guest at the biennial conference of...

Two brick fields sealed, another fined, 2 held

2011-03-12 00:00:00

SATKHIRA, Mar 10 (UNB): A mobile court sealed two brick fields and fined another one for running the brick field without licence and using firewoods for burning bricks in Tala Upazila this (Friday) afternoon. The court, led by Executive Magistrate...

Swechchhasebak Dal leader killed

2011-03-12 00:00:00

NARAYANGANJ, Feb 11 (UNB): A leader of Jati­ya­tabadi Swechchhasebak Dal (SD), a voluntary and front organization of BNP, was killed at Mizmizi village, Siddhirganj in Sadar Upazila early Friday. Locals found body of Mokhlesur Rahman Juboraj (48), joint health affairs...

Volvo expects India to be its third biggest market in Asia by 2016

2011-03-12 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Mar 11 (PTI): Swedish car-maker Volvo Car Corp today said its expects India to become its third largest market in Asia after China and Japan by 2016, as it gradually builds up its presence. "The way the Indian...

Record-breaking SL eye final surge

2011-03-12 00:00:00

PALLEKELE, March 11 (AFP): Tillakaratne Dilshan hopes Sri Lanka's record-breaking surge into the World Cup quarter-finals will provide the spark for a second world title to add to the country's 1996 triumph. The 34-year-old hit a brilliant 144 during a...

Hussey aims to put WC hurt to good use

2011-03-12 00:00:00

BANGALORE, Mar 11 (AFP): Michael Hussey is planning to use the hurt he felt at being left out of Australia's World Cup squad to good use now he finds himself back with the champions in the subcontinent. And the man...

Liverpool go down

2011-03-12 00:00:00

PARIS, March 11 (AFP): Liverpool were brought down to earth in the Europa League Thursday after losing 1-0 at Sporting Braga in the last 16, while big-spending Manchester City crashed 2-0 at Dynamo Kiev. Liverpool, rejuvenated under interim coach Kenny...

Inter remain focused on three fronts

2011-03-12 00:00:00

ROME, March 11 (AFP): Inter Milan coach Leonardo insisted his team can still challenge on three fronts as they prepare for Friday night's clash away to Brescia. The game was moved forward a day to give Inter extra time to...

Federer primed for another run at top spot

2011-03-12 00:00:00

INDIAN WELLS, Mar 11 (AFP): Roger Federer says his priority in the coming months is to reclaim the No. 1 ranking, but before he can achieve that the Swiss star knows he has to start winning Grand Slam titles again....

Akmal gives Pakistan injury scare

2011-03-12 00:00:00

PALLEKELE, Mar 11 (AFP): Pakistan's Umar Akmal, who has been tipped to succeed his calamity-hit brother Kamran as World Cup wicket-keeper, suffered a finger injury in practice. But team manager Intikhab Alam said scans had revealed no fracture for the...

Two brick fields sealed, another fined, 2 held

2011-03-12 00:00:00

SATKHIRA, Mar 10 (UNB): A mobile court sealed two brick fields and fined another one for running the brick field without licence and using firewoods for burning bricks in Tala Upazila this (Friday) afternoon. The court, led by Executive Magistrate...

Swechchhasebak Dal leader killed

2011-03-12 00:00:00

NARAYANGANJ, Feb 11 (UNB): A leader of Jati­ya­tabadi Swechchhasebak Dal (SD), a voluntary and front organization of BNP, was killed at Mizmizi village, Siddhirganj in Sadar Upazila early Friday. Locals found body of Mokhlesur Rahman Juboraj (48), joint health affairs...

Volvo expects India to be its third biggest market in Asia by 2016

2011-03-12 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Mar 11 (PTI): Swedish car-maker Volvo Car Corp today said its expects India to become its third largest market in Asia after China and Japan by 2016, as it gradually builds up its presence. "The way the Indian...

Social Business: is the debate going to follow the footsteps of microcredit?

2011-03-12 00:00:00

In the rapidly changing business world, many concepts emerge, evolve and decline at a pace faster than their own evolution. This has led to the development of innumerable business jargons whose rate of awareness and acceptance varies from country to...

Our media yet to deliver

2011-03-12 00:00:00

It has been more than a decade that I had been writing columns for a few of the leading dailies of the country in English. By and large I have enjoyed my association with the print media. There are reasons...

Massive quake, tsunami terrify tremor-prone Japan

2011-03-12 00:00:00

TOKYO, Mar 11 (Reuters): Even in a nation accustomed to tremors, Friday's massive earthquake in Japan, and the tsunami it triggered, were terrifyingly different. Roiling water swept away homes, highways and the cars driving on them as waves 10 meters...

Yemen president vows reform as protests continue

2011-03-12 00:00:00

SANAA, Mar 11 (Reuters): Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh, hoping to defuse increasingly violent protests against his 32-year rule, said Thursday he would draw up a new constitution to create a parliamentary system of government. An opposition spokesman swiftly rejected...

Death toll rises to 25 in China quake

2011-03-12 00:00:00

YINGJIANG, Mar 11: The death toll from an earthquake that hit Yingjiang County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Thursday noon has risen to 25, local authorities said. So far, 250 people are confirmed injured in the 5.8-magnitude earthquake, with 134...