Growing vegetables on floating beds made of water hyacinth and beside the land of shrimp gher(field) has turned out to be a boon for farmer Nurul Islam Morol at Paikgacha upazila here.
Day: August 29, 2013
Death anniversary of SPGRC leader Nasim observed
The eighth death anniversary of Stranded Pakistani General Repatriation Committee (SPGRC) leader Alhaj Nasim Khan was observed here through various daylong programmes on Wednesday.
Rajshahi jute growers deprive of fair price for middlemen
Since beginning of the harvesting season, the jute growers are being deprived of fair price due to dominance and malpractices by the middlemen and traders gang at different hats and bazars in the district.
2 ‘robbers’ killed in gunfight with cops in Laxmipur
Two alleged robbers were killed and 15 people, including locals and a policeman, injured during a gunfight at Kazir Char village in Raipur upazila early Thursday.
Peaceful hartal underway in Sylhet
A dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by local unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is progressing peacefully in the district without any incident of violence today (Thursday).
‘Manpasha’ cucumber variety turns out to be profitable
Farmers in Jhalakathi are now showing more interest to cultivate cucumber than any other crops with the vegetable’s ‘Manpasha’ variety proved profitable.
Girl’s body recovered in Pirojpur
Police on Thursday morning recovered the body of a young girl at Dhanisafa village in Mathbaria upazila.
34 held in Jessore foiling illegal entry into India
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 34 people, including women, while they were trying to enter India illegally through Putkhali border on Wednesday night.
Man gets 14 yrs for rape in Jessore
A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to 14 years’ imprisonment for violating a girl.
Jackson’s ‘drug requests 10 years before death’
Michael Jackson asked a doctor for propofol 10 years before he died of an overdose of the drug, a court in Los Angeles has heard.
Leonardo da Vinci famous drawings on show in Venice
Fifty two drawings by Leonardo da Vinci – including his famous study of the body – have gone on show in Venice.
Florida schools banning cheerleaders from wearing uniforms
School spirit is taking a back seat to fashion propriety in Florida, where a school district is banning its own cheerleaders from wearing their uniforms during the school day.
Deadly effects of air pollution detailed in MIT study
From: Roger Greenway, ENN
Tanzania: Hazardous life Of child gold miners
Children as young as eight years old are working in Tanzanian small-scale gold mines, with grave risks to their health and even their lives, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Tanzanian government should curb child labor…
Wildfires seen worsening with climate change
Research by environmental scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) brings bad news to the western United States, where firefighters are currently battling dozens of fires in at least 11 states.
Fidel Castro: The tariffed truth, Snowden and Syria
By Fidel Castro
Samsung’s next galaxy project: The NX camera
By Min-Jeong Lee
Nokia Unveils 515 Smartphone
Nokia today unveiled the Nokia 515, a premium mobile phone made with style-conscious people in mind. Wrapped in lightweight aluminium, the device combines the best of Nokia – contemporary design, high quality materials and top performance. The Nokia 515 is…
By PanArmenian
Burma blacklists foreign reporters for covering Rohingya crisis
By Hanna Hindstrom
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
By Tillmann Dietrich
Nepal’s election dilemmas
By S. Binodkumar Singh
Barcelona win record 11th Super Cup
Barcelona won a record 11th Spanish Super Cup on away goals as they drew 0-0 with Atletico Madrid after Lionel Messi’s late penalty miss.
By Piers Newbery
Bangladeshi Goalie Sohil ruled out from SAFF
Bangladesh goalkeeper Sohil, Shahidul Alam will be heading back towards home tomorrow after failing to get fit and their’s no sign of getting fit ahead of the tournament.
Facebook declines Dhaka’s request for 12 users’ info
Bangladesh requested the authorities of Facebook, a popular social network platform globally, to provide information about 12 Bangladeshi users within six months that ended in June last. This was revealed in a global government’s request report of Facebook released on…
Coco cheque handover a Govt. drama: BNP
Getting back the money siphoned off by Khaleda Zia’s son Arafat Rahman Coco is nothing but a ‘government drama’, the BNP has alleged.
Friendship with India cannot be one-sided: Obaidul Quader
India’s failure to implement the Teesta river water-sharing deal and ratify Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh in the past four years has irked Communications Minister Obaidul Quader.
Movement of volcanic proportion if govt doesn’t reinstate CG: Tariqul
BNP standing committee member Tariqul Islam on Wednesday alleged that the government is conspiring to arrest their party chairperson Khaleda Zia and senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman ahead of the national election.
US, allies prepare for possible Syria strike, UNSC discusses resolution
The Obama administration is still defining the central objectives of a potential military strike on Syria and considering possible Syrian government responses, even as U.S. intelligence agencies prepare additional evidence to show the Bashar Assad government’s responsibility for last week’s…