V. RadhikaIT was not supposed to be a film. But as Afghan-Canadian journalist and filmmaker Nelofer Pazira followed the threads of a subject that propped up so persistently, a film unraveled, frame by frame and the documentary, 'Audition', announced itself.One...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 30 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion unequivocally called for undertaking a need-based step to make the vast tract of barind area free from the possible desertification.They said that enriching the surface water resources by re-excavating the existing ponds...
Experts said Bangladesh is poised to lose most of its marine fish population as a result of climate change, dealing a big blow to thousands of people dependent on fishing in the sea, reports UNB. "Bangladesh has a long coastal...
Experts said that excessive consumption of red or processed meats significantly raise the risk of heart disease.The experts representing public and private heart disease treatment centres said the number of patients with heart complications increases at least by 10 per...
FE ReportINCIDIN Bangladesh, a local NGO, raised some issues for the Bangladesh delegation to the 7th WTO ministerial conference to keep the Doha Round truly in the track of development.INCIDIN Bangladesh urged the Bangladesh delegation to consider the Indian proposal...
KHULNA, Nov 30 (UNB): Police recovered a beheaded body of the farmer from the bank of Saltha River under Dumuria Upazila Monday.The deceased was identified as Ashraf Ali Moral (35), husband of Jesmin Nahar, a woman member of Ghutudia Union...
BNP has held 70 per cent councils to elect new committees in the districts, BNP's Office Secretary Rizvi Ahmed said at a press briefing in the city Monday, reports bdnews24.com."The district councils are being conducted amidst various barriers and opposition."...
KUSHTIA, Nov 30 (BSS): Rabiul Huq and Arshadul Huq, owners of Kohinoor Bakery at Faiz Market, repatriated from Hoogli district of India before the partition of India in 1947. The two brothers bought a house with a high hope at...
A high-level delegation of the Awami League (AL) left Dhaka for China Sunday on a seven-day visit to join the national convention of the Communist Party of China, reports bdnews24.com. The team will join the celebrations marking the 60th founding...
Three foreign teams - Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Maldives - will arrive in the capital today (Tuesday) to play in the eight-nation Bangabandhu SAFF Championship beginning Friday (Dec 4) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city, reports UNB. Sri...
Muttiah Muralitharan, the Sri Lankan spinner, has said he may quit international cricket before the 2011 World Cup in the subcontinent, reports Cricinfo.Murali, on his fourth tour to India, his final overseas tour, is struggling to come to terms with...
PORT ELIZABETH, Nov 30 (Cricinfo): South Africa's batsmen veered from the sublime to the ridiculous in the space of three days, as England demonstrated the staggering extent of their inconsistency in one-day cricket by following one of their heaviest thumpings...
MUMBAI, Nov 30 (AFP): Test cricket returns to Mumbai's venerable Brabourne stadium after 36 years when India and Sri Lanka clash in the third and final match here from Wednesday.The two teams will enjoy the graceful setting of one of...
Chris Gayle will not quit as West Indies captain but acknowledges the three-day defeat in Brisbane was "downright embarrassing". Gayle, writing a column in the Courier Mail, said he knows some critics think he is not right for the job,...
PARIS, Nov 30 (AFP): Roger Federer has topped the ATP end-of-year world rankings for the fifth time during his career having ceded the position last year to Rafael Nadal.The 28-year-old Swiss star, who won the French Open and Wimbledon during...
TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (Xinhua): Iran's government ordered the Atomic Energy Organization to build 10 new uranium enrichment sites in the country, the state IRIB TV reported.Under a government decree issued on Sunday, the Atomic Energy Organization will start the construction...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30 (Reuters): Pakistan's president has transfered authority over the nation's nuclear weapons to the prime ministership, as the unpopular leader tries to deflect growing criticism he has too much power.President Asif Ali Zardari, beset by corruption allegations, has...
Provisional results in Honduras indicate that Porfirio Lobo, an opponent of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, has won presidential elections, reports BBC.The poll was held five months after Mr Zelaya was forced out at gunpoint, with an interim government taking over.Mr...
GENEVA, Nov. 30 (Xinhua): The majority of Swiss voters Sunday said yes to a ban on the construction of Muslim minarets, the official Swissinfo.ch news website reported.According to the final results of a referendum, 57.5 per cent of voters and...
Obama prepares to announce Afghan troops surgeWASHINGTON, Nov 30 : Barack Obama is set to make the boldest strategic move of his presidency Tuesday and order a surge of tens of thousands more US troops into an increasingly unpopular war...
HONG KONG, Nov 30 (Reuters): Asian stocks recovered after last week's steep sell-off over the Dubai debt crisis on growing speculation the fallout from a potential default will be limited, while assurances from various authorities also helped calm nerves.European stock...
The government has taken a massive Tk 1.0 billion (100 crore) special package programme for boosting the growing small-scale tea farming that has already become very popular bringing fortunes to many in Panchagarh villages, reports BSS.Under the programme being implemented...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Nov 30: Traders in the district have made huge profits due to higher market prices of hides of sacrificial animals this year.According to the sources, the local traders have purchased about 1.50 million pieces of hides of various...
Aloysius Milon Khan and Lemen D' Costa have recently been elected chairman and secretary respectively of the Managing Committee of the Metropolitan Christian Co-operative Housing Society Ltd for a three-year term, said a press release. Election to the Internal Supervision...
FE ReportThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says that a merger between the stock market regulatory body and the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) will help bring coordination in proper monitoring of a huge number of companies,...
FE reportThe country's first trade centre in a foreign country - Bangladesh Trade Centre (BTC) - has been established in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, aiming at finding new trade and investment opportunities in the Caribbean...
FE Report Southeast Bank Ltd has expanded network further by opening its fifth SME service centre at Biswanath in Sylhet recently.Ragib Ali, vice chairman of the bank, formally inaugurated the new SME service centre, said a press release. Md Syed...
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanBack in the old days, Madrasha teacher Abdul Majid used to travel to Sirajganj town from his village in Madhainagar at least once a month, just to check his pay status.A few months back he heard from one...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 30: In a bid to familiarise the industrial products of the women small and medium entrepreneurs with consumers, the Chittagong Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CWCCI) in association with the SME Foundation is going to organise...
The skin traders of the northern districts are unhappy as business is dull and have blamed the extremely low fixed purchasing prices for hides and skins of sacrificial animals by the big traders in the city this year, reports BSS.Many...
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