DHAKA: The record lowest 3° Celsius temperature has been recorded in Syedpur of Nilphamari on Thursday.
Day: January 10, 2013
Gas explosion burns 5 of a family in city
DHAKA: Five members of a family were seriously burned following a gas explosion in city’s Rampura area early Thursday.
Indian fire kills Pakistan soldier in Kashmir
DHAKA: The Pakistani military said Indian troops shot and killed a Pakistani soldier on Thursday, the third deadly cross-border incident reported in five days in the disputed Kashmir region.
BSF nabs one, shoots another in C’nawabganj
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) injured a Bangladeshi national by firing and abducted another along Kironganj frontier under Shibganj upazila on Wednesday evening.
Tributes paid to Nirmal Sen
DHAKA: People from all walks of life Thursday paid their last tributes to veteran journalist and politician Nirmal Sen at the premises of Jatiya Press Club (JPC) and Central Shaheed Minar in city.
Shahidul Acting Foreign Secretary
DHAKA: Additional Secretary of Foreign Ministry M Shahidul Haque was made Acting Secretary of the ministry.
Tablig Biswa Ijtema begins today
DHAKA: With myriad devotees from home and abroad thronging the bank of Turag, the first-phase of Biswa Ijtema, billed second-largest Muslim congregation after the holy Hajj, will begin Friday with religious sermons delivered by Islamic scholars.
32nd BCS final results published
DHAKA: The final results of the 32nd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination were published on Thursday qualifying candidates for various government cadre and non-cadre services.
Grameen Shakti celebrates 1m solar systems
Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and his team at the Grameen Shakti hosted a unique celebration in Dhaka on Wednesday evening to mark the setting of a milestone by installing one-million solar systems on 30 November last.
Indian co to invest $8.919m in EPZ
BD Designs Private Ltd, an Indian company, will invest $ 8.919 million to set up a garments industry in Karnaphuli Export Processing Zone, a press release said. This fully foreign owned company has annual production capacity of 3.4 million pcs.…
Cold, fog halt normal activities
Staff Reporter The coldest winter in decades intensified further on Thursday with low pressure over Siberian region pushing chilly winds towards Bangladesh forcing the mercury to dip bellower level. The bone-chilling weather for the last three consecutive days has almost…
Messi wants World Cup
Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi admits that he would gladly swap his Ballon d’Or awards for a World Cup title with his country.
Sonakshi’s special disco song in Himmatwala
Sonakshi Sinha, who shot to fame as the deglam village belle in Dabangg, has been trying ever since to shed her desi avatar and how.
World’s oldest living olive trees are Lebanese
Tucked away in the sleepy village of Bechealeh, Lebanon, 16 olive trees have witnessed 6000 years of political unrest, plagues, diseases, varying climatic conditions and changing civilizations. In fact these “trees of Noah” are considered by locals to be a…