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Barua gives Tk 0.1m to Chapa Rani's family

2010-11-05 00:00:00

FARIDPUR, Nov 4 (bdnews24.com): Industries minister Dilip Barua handed over a cheque Tk 0.1 million to the family of Chapa Rani Bhoumik, who was killed by a stalker last week. Roni Saha, the stalker, ran his motorcycle over Chapa Rani...

Shimul potato cultivation gaining popularity in Sherpur

2010-11-05 00:00:00

SHERPUR, Nov 4 (UNB): Cultivation of high yielding 'Shimul' variety potato is gaining popularity here due to its less production cost and high price in the local market. Sources said many farmers have become self-reliant by cultivating the variety which...

Jail Killing Day observed in Natore

2010-11-05 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentNATORE, November 4 :The jail killing day was observed in Natore on November 3 as elsewhere in the country through paying tributes to the 4 national leaders killed on November 3 in 1975.The four national leaders -- Syed Nazrul...

Monga stays out of Nilphamari

2010-11-05 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Nov 4: Monga did not break out in Nilphamari district this year due to different projects undertaken by different government, semi government and non government organisations in the region. Sources said projects like 40 days job creation project,...

Banks financing jute mills in N. districts

2010-11-05 00:00:00

Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Nov 3: Most commercial and specialized banks are eager to finance the small and mid-scale private jute mills in northern districts, as the prospect for jute looks bright. Over the last 7 years, BASIC Bank, Rajshahi Krishi...

News in brief

2010-11-05 00:00:00

RU offers for EMBAThe Rajshahi University (RU), Accounting and Information System Department seeks applications for admission into two years evening MBA (EMBA) programme.The written admission test will be held on December 17. The application forms will be available from November...

Friday

2010-11-05 00:00:00

BTVam07:00 Announcement, Recitation From The Holy Quran, Programme Outline And The Holy Tripitak Paath07:20 Desher Gaan07:45 Muktijudher Pratidin08:00 Sakaler Sangbad08:10 Aso Gaan Shikhi08:35 Patrikar Sangbad Shironam09:10 Children Drama - Tom & Jerry09:35 Children Drama - Sisimpur10:00 The News10:05 Tifeener Adday10:35...

Managing Dhaka's impossible traffic

2010-11-04 00:00:00

Nizam AhmadBANGLADESH government has been struggling to ease road congestion and chaos that degenerates everyday. Some say, subsidized CNG has flooded Dhaka roads with cars that run cheap on CNG. Easy banking credits also permit modest income earners to own...

Rationale behind Weightage-based profit distribution module under Islamic banking

2010-11-04 00:00:00

Md. Gias Uddin AhammedWeightage based module has been practiced for profit distribution on deposits under Islamic banking for a long time and the system has already attained trustworthiness of hundreds of thousands of depositors interested in Shari'ah based banking. Again,...

Digitalizing land registration and administration

2010-11-04 00:00:00

THE disputes over land involve the greatest number of civil and criminal cases in the country. Litigation over land claims and ownerships and related incidents keep the greater part of the capacities of the country's legal system engaged. The amounts...

Strong-arm tactics of CBAs in public sector banks

2010-11-04 00:00:00

Shamsul Huq Zahid THE old ailment -- highhandedness of the so-called collective bargaining agents (CBAs) -- is back in the public sector banks, including the central bank. Since no government has shown enough guts to take effective measures to cure...

BGMEA ambition belies realities

2010-11-04 00:00:00

M A SattarA recent press report quoted a Vice-Chairman of BGMEA as saying that Bangladesh has bright prospects of exporting some $500 million pieces of garment products in some South American countries annually. According to him, this is a modest...

Obama's visit to New Delhi

2010-11-04 00:00:00

Kashmir and Palestine problems remain unsolved since 1947 and 1948 respectively. Meetings discussions and negotiations continue for decades but to no avail. Further US occupation of Afghanistan and US invasion of Iraq have made the world situation most complicated and...

For getting benefits from RTI Act

2010-11-04 00:00:00

The Right to Information Act can play an important role in ensuring transparency and accountability. The government spends a big amount of money for development work like building infrastructure and developing healthcare and educational facilities for the poor, but there...

63 killed, 248 wounded in Baghdad explosions

2010-11-04 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, Nov. 3 (agencies): The death toll from a series of coordinated explosions in Baghdad Tuesday rose to 63, while 248 others were wounded, an Interior Ministry source said."The latest report said 63 people were killed and 248 others were...

World watches US election and speculates on impact

2010-11-04 00:00:00

BEIJING, Sept 3 (AP): People around the world closely followed the bitter US midterm elections that put part of Congress in Republican control, as speculation rose Wednesday about the potential impact to US foreign policy.President Barack Obama's ability to maneuver...

Greece suspends foreign airmail service after attacks

2010-11-04 00:00:00

Greece has suspended international airmail for 48 hours after more than 10 suspicious packages were sent to targets in Greece and across Europe, reports BBC.An extreme left-wing group is suspected of carrying out the campaign and police are looking for...

10-year-old gives birth in Spain

2010-11-04 00:00:00

A 10-year-old girl has given birth in southern Spain and authorities are evaluating whether to let her and her family retain custody of the baby, an official said Tuesday, reports AP.The baby was born last week in the city of...

Qaeda group in Iraq says Christians 'legitimate targets'

2010-11-04 00:00:00

DUBAI, Sept 3 (AFP): An Al-Qaeda group in Iraq has declared Christians "legitimate targets" as a deadline expired for Egypt's Coptic church to free women allegedly held after converting to Islam, SITE monitors said Wednesday.The self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq...

news digest

2010-11-04 00:00:00

Ahmadinejad slams Russia for US 'sell out' over missiles TEHRAN, Nov 3: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at Russia on Wednesday, saying it had "sold out" Iran to arch-foe the United States by cancelling a deal to supply S-300 ground-to-air...

Remote char villagers build bamboo-bridge

2010-11-04 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Nov 3 (BSS) : People of extremely remote and hardly reachable Goytapara char village have set up an example by building a bamboo-made bridge on the river Zinziram resolving communication problems in Roumari Upazila of Kurigram. Despite some positive...

High price of chicks hit Joypurhat poultry

2010-11-04 00:00:00

Our Correspondent JOYPURHAT, Nov 3: Local poultry industry has been hit hard by high price of one-day old chicks amidst its recovery effort from low price of poultry and bird-flue crisis last year in which 50 per cent farms had...

Child labour on way up in Noakhali

2010-11-04 00:00:00

A CorrespondentNOAKHALI, Nov 3: Child labour is increasing by leaps and bounds in Noakhali while numerous boys and girls of tender age are growing up to uncertain future at all the upazilas in the district. They are involving themselves with...

11 stalkers rounded up in Pabna

2010-11-04 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentPABNA, Nov 3: The police arrested 11 stalkers from different places of Pabna town Tuesday. They were harassing the girls in different schools and colleges, the police said. The district police arrested them during raids in front of Pabna...

Khulna bone mills pose health hazard

2010-11-04 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentKHULNA, Nov 03: Three bone mills in the Labanchara sluice gate area in the Khulna city are posing a threat to environment and the public health. The mills, Khulna Bone Mills, Sattar Bone Mills and Jalal Bone Mills, stand...

Coal extraction at Barapukuria resumes

2010-11-04 00:00:00

A CorrespondentDINAJPUR, Nov 3: After 60 hours stoppage, Barapukuria coal mine project resumes coal extraction again Tuesday .The local experts detected the defect of the lift and made it operative.Managing Director, Engineer Md Kamruzzam told this correspondent that , the...

OMS rice sale begins In Dinajpur

2010-11-04 00:00:00

The District Food Office started selling of OMS rice among the poor and needy people from Monday.The government started the distribution of rice among the poor at a cheaper rate through fair price card. Under this programme only 5 dealers...

Meet on law and order held in Gaibandha

2010-11-04 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentGAIBANDHA, Nov 03: A view exchange meeting organised by the district police administration was held on law and order issues at the conference room of superintendent of police (SP) here Monday.The speakers here underscored the need for professional and...

Case filed against Eve teaser

2010-11-04 00:00:00

A CorrespondentKUSHTIA, Nov 3: A case was filed against eve-teaser at Daulatpur Upazila in the district Thursday.According to sources a stalker Nahid (22), son of Dulal Hossain of village Sheikh para of Pragpur union under Daulatpur Upazilla used to harass...

News in brief

2010-11-04 00:00:00

Four motorbike snatchers held in BarisalDetective Branch (DB) of Barisal Metropolitan police in a drive arrested four motorcycle snatchers from Barisal's Kawnia area Tuesday afternoon.The arrestees were identified as Saiful Islam Sajal (28), Kamrul Islam Kislu (26), Sujan (17), and...