Scope for cooperatives as an institutional structure is fading in the wake of withdrawal of assistance by donors and the government, speakers said at a discussion Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. The cooperatives are no more considered as an important tool of...
CHUADANGA, July 7 (UNB): A trial train carrying a 30-member Indian official delegation will arrive today (Sunday) at Darshana station near the border to advance talks on Dhaka-Kolkata train service. Senior officials of Home and Railway ministries are scheduled to...
Iraq market truck bomb kills 105 Rescuers had to take people to a nearby town for treatment A deadly truck bombing in a busy market in northern Iraq has killed 105 people and injured 240, police say, reports BBC NEWS....
All attention is now focused on a roadmap towards holding the stalled parliamentary polls as Chief Election Commissioner CEC) Shamsul Huda is poised to spell out the commission's detailed plans by July 15, reports UNB.The EC's blueprint is likely to...
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina urged the government to ensure supply of fertiliser for the fertiliser-hungry farmers and demanded withdrawal of the mass case filed against about 5,000 farmers of Nachol.In a written statement Saturday, the former Prime Minister said...
Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Ataur Rahman Khan Kaiser Friday rubbished Suranjit Sengupta's proposal to introduce presidential form of government and, simultaneously, revive the 1972 constitution, reports bdnews24.com. Kaiser faulted Suranjit on the so-called reform proposal when the former shared...
Jatiya Party (JP) leader Rawshan Ershad Saturday said she was the acting chairman of the party as she had the highest organisational position in it after Ershad in line with the JP constitution. Rawshan, wife of former president Hussain Muhammad...
Authorities in Russia have charged a former Russian tax inspector with spying for Britain, reports BBC NEWS. The Federal Security Service (FSB) said Vyachaslav Zharko was recruited by agents from Britain's MI6 foreign intelligence service. Correspondents say the move is...
SYLHET, July 7 (UNB): Jalalabad Gas Field collective bargaining agent (CBA) leader Masuk Uddin was sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment (RI) while his wife and close aide three years each Thursday for misappropriating government property.First class Magistrate Abdul Hye...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) former lawmaker Ali Asgar Lobi, already sentenced to eight years in jail with pecuniary punishment for tax-dodging, now faces a graft case along with his detained wife.The charge hearing in the case takes place today (Sunday)...
LAXMIPUR, July 7 (UNB): A member of Gram Pratirakkha Bahini was murdered by assailants at Bhadur village in Ramganj Upazila early Thursday.The police quoting local people said a gang of 5/6 miscreants stabbed Faruq Hossain (32) indiscriminately while he was...
BAGERHAT, July 7 (UNB): A union parishad (UP) chairman and Jubo League leader was arrested from Borobaria Bazar in Chitalmari Upazila Friday night in an extortion case.The police said Borobaria UP chairman Ohiduzzaman Panna, also Jubo League vice president of...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, July 7 (bdnews24.com):Fertiliser supply to Nachole Uupazila in Chapainawabganj, troubled by arson and ransacking, increased but farmers Saturday said it was still way below the demand. Army personnel patrolled different areas of the upazila Saturday. Police guard of fertiliser...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, July 7: The 54th founding anniversary of the Rajshahi University (RU) was observed on its campus in a befitting manner Saturday.Vice Chancellor Altaf Hossain and Pro Vice Chancellor Mamnunul Keramat jointly inaugurated the programme at the foot of...
BAGERHAT, July 7 (UNB): Iranian container ship MV Mir Damad, which was about to sink with 17 crew on board on July 1 after cracks developed on its lower deck, was brought back to Chittagong port for repair Friday. Nurul...
Aid inflows increased soon after the Fakhruddin Ahmed-led caretaker government assumed power in mid-January, according to Economic Relations Division (ERD) findings, reports bdnews24.com. Donors disbursed $1,401.77 million to Bangladesh in fiscal 2006-07 that ended June 30. The disbursement was only...
FE ReportThe Aga Khan School, Dhaka held its sixth graduation ceremony for the participating teachers who have completed the teacher training in Certificate in Education: Primary Education (CE:PE) programme at the BRAC centre auditorium in the city recently with the...
GAIBANDHA, July 7(UNB): A man was killed and seven others injured in a violent clash between two rival groups over a land dispute at Chandia Hanifpara village in Phulsari Upazila Thursday.The deceased was identified as Hajrat Ali (40), of the...
RAJSHAHI, July 7 (UNB): A divisional workshop on implementation of child rights charter was held at the DC's conference room here Thursday.Women and Children Affairs Ministry organised the workshop in cooperation with Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner Office and UNICEF, said an...
KHULNA, July 7 (UNB): Heavy rainfalls under the influence of active monsoon for last few days caused untold sufferings to the people in the southern district.Most of the city roads went under knee-deep water, forcing the dwellers to keep themselves...
BOGRA, July 7 (UNB): Two people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus ploughed through a roadside shop at Erulia in sadar upazila on Bogra-Naogaon road Saturday.The dead were identified as Umme Kulsum (20), of Erulia village and...
THAKURGAON, July 7 (UNB): Two people, including an octogenarian woman, allegedly committed suicide at Doulatpur and Araji Gopalpur villages in sadar upazila Wednesday.In Doulatpur village, Khatiman Bewa (80), wife of late Safir Uddin of the village hanged herself from the...
SATKHIRA, July 7 (UNB): Police seized 134 sacks of fertiliser from the house of a retired schoolteacher at Kumarnal village in Kolaroa Upazila Friday.On secret information, police raided the house of Atiar Rahman, retired teacher of a government primary school,...
SANTA ANA, Calif, July 7 (AP): Bus drivers in Orange County went on strike early Saturday after the union representing them and the bus agency failed to agree on a new contract.The strike means about 50 of over 80 Orange...
LONDON, July 7 (AFP): World oil prices surged to ten- month highs this week on global supply concerns, while lead hit a new all-time peak and cocoa struck the highest point for four years owing to unrest in Ivory Coast....
NEW YORK, July 7 (AFP): The dollar dropped yesterday to near-record lows against the euro as a strong US employment report failed to allay traders' concerns about the state of the world's biggest economy. The European single currency was trading...
NEW YORK, July 7 (AFP): Global oil prices surged yesterday to their highest level in nearly a year, driven by heightened unrest in Nigeria and concerns about low US gasoline supplies. New York's main oil futures contract, light, sweet crude...
NEW YORK, July 7 (AP): Retail gas prices rose overnight Friday for the first time in more than a month as the closure of a Kansas refinery sent prices in the center of the country sharply higher. Oil futures, meanwhile,...
DUBAI, July 7 (AFP): Iraq's oil minister said yesterday that oil contracts concluded by the Kurdish regional government must be amended to conform with a controversial new draft oil law approved by the Baghdad cabinet. "There is a clear provision...
BANGKOK, July 7 (Xinhua): A total of 146 parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) concluded here a 7-day conference yesterday. President of the Conference Juan Martabit expressed satisfaction on the productive results produced...
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