There will be no rental power plants in Bangladesh once there are larger plants for producing electricity, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. The assurance comes amid widespread criticism about the massive subsidies that go into the rental plants. “We…
The Election Commission on Wednesday declared 48 women MPs elected unopposed from reserved seats as they had no rival. Returning Officer Jesmin Tuli issued a notification declaring them elected unofficially. Of the 48 women MPs, the largest number of 38 had…
While in the West World War II turned into the Cold War in the late 1940s and history ended after 1991, across the iron curtain in the Soviet block the period of the Cold War was more akin to an…
Three people sustained stab injuries and 10 houses were vandalised in a clash between two rival groups at Laxmiganj village in Sadar upazila of the district early Wednesday.
A man was killed in a road accident at Alipur Hatkhola intersection on the Satkhira-Kaliganj Road in Sadar upazila on Tuesday noon.
A young man was killed and another person injured after falling from the roof of a running bus at Abdullahpur in Keraniganj upazila on Tuesday.
A fire burnt down seven jute warehouses and two shops at Mrigi Bazar in Kalukhali upazila early Wednesday.
An old woman died and two others fell sick after taking drink prepared with Isabgol (a kind of herbal powder) in the district town on Tuesday.
At least eight houses of four families were gutted in a fire that broke out at Prothom Alo Char in Sadar upazila of the district early Tuesday.
A student of Thakurgaon Government Women’s College allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at the college hostel in the town on Monday night.
A motorcyclist was killed and his co-rider injured as a truck hit their vehicle on the Nageshwari-Phulbari Road at Chottabari More in Phulbari upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
10 houses were gutted by a fire that broke out at Jainapur in Dakkhin Surma upazila on Tuesday night.
A mobile court in a drive fined four shops at Sher-e-Bangla Market in the city for storing banned polythene bags worth Tk 6,500 on Tuesday.
Speakers in a function here on Tuesday stressed the need for more budgetary allocation in education sector to ensure education for all by 2015.
A housewife and a schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide in Agailjhara upazila here on Tuesday.
A two-day long Capacity Building workshop on Citizen’s Charter Implementation at the DC offices and SPS Methods and Techniques began at Naz Garden Hotel here this morning.
Speakers at a post-rally discussion in Rajshahi Wednesday emphasized the need for boosting food production to ensure food security of the urban poor and extreme poor communities coupled with improving their living condition.
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Former Real Madrid and Barcelona midfielder Michael Laudrup believes Gerardo Martino’s side must win Sunday’s Clasico to keep its Liga defense alive.
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Bangkok — Thailand’s military said Tuesday that its radar detected a plane that may have been Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 just minutes after the jetliner’s communications went down, and that it didn’t share the information with Malaysia earlier because it…
Exclusive Stars of two of ABC’s most popular 1980s family comedies are teaming for the network’s multi-generational comedy pilot The Winklers.
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Frustration with the search for missing flight MH370 boiled over into chaotic scenes as Chinese relatives were dragged away from journalists.
Ukraine’s breakaway region of Crimea will ask Tatars to vacate part of the land where they now live in exchange for new territory elsewhere in the region, a top Crimean government official said Tuesday.
Cloak uses public location data from other social networks, Foursquare and Instagram, to determine the locations of others you know.
Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, said Sony had been working on the technology – called Project Morpheus – for three years.
Pro-Russian activists, some of them armed, have stormed the headquarters of the Ukrainian navy in the Crimean city of Sevastopol. Russian flags have been seen flying from buildings and several Ukrainian servicemen were seen leaving the base. It comes a…
The BNP backed Harinakundu upazila chairman candidate advocate MA Mazid alleged at a press conference that Awami League backed chairman candidate and his followers were influencing. They tortured various activists, attacked houses and vandalised banners on Wednesday morning, he complained.
Robert J. Burrowes Apart from having its physical needs met, the primary needs of children are for stimulus and attention. Children are genetically programmed to move about to explore their world and to focus their attention on an endless succession…