A local leader of Sramik Dal was shot to death by miscreants at his own furniture shop at Sabalia Suruj road in the district town on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Golam Azam, 40, organising secretary of the district…
Day: April 1, 2014
ADB projects 5.6 percent GDP growth
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday projected that Bangladesh may achieve 5.6 percent GDP growth in the current fiscal against the government’s target of 7.2 percent. However, the Finance Minister during a half yearly statement on the economy revised…
Hartals in 8 upazilas protesting polls irregularities end peacefully
Separate hartals in three upazilas of Satkhira, two upazilas of Narayanganj and Chuadanga each and Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria enforced by 19-party alliance and its components protesting various irregularities during the 5th phase of upazila elections, passed off peacefully on…
Adopt conservation technology to boost wheat production’
Experts at a farmers’ filed day have stressed for expanded adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) – based technologies for increasing wheat production at reduced cost to ensure food security under adverse climate.
Seven-a-day fruit and veg ‘saves lives’
Eating seven or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day is healthier than the five currently recommended and would prolong lives, researchers say.
61 percent voter turnout in fifth phase
Voter turnout in the fifth phase of the Upazila Parishad elections went up from the fourth phase, but still fell behind the first three rounds. The polls, held on Monday at 73 Upazilas in 34 districts, saw a 60.89 percent…
California man washed out to sea during baptism
A California man remains missing a day after he was swept out to sea during an ocean baptism.
EC blames grassroots officials for vote centre seizures
The Election Commission (EC) has admitted to incidents such as seizure of voting centres and widespread stuffing of ballot boxes during the fifth phase of the Upazila Parishad elections. The Commission has blamed grassroots officials for letting such incidents occur…
No sign of Russian troop pullout – Nato
Nato is not seeing a Russian troop pullout from the border with Ukraine, the military alliance’s chief has said.
First Fukushima evacuees return to exclusion-zone homes The first group of Fukushima evacuees have returned to their homes, three years after the disaster at the nuclear power plant.
Germany returns art stolen by Nazis in 1939 to Poland
Germany has returned an 18th Century painting that was looted from Poland’s National Museum by the Nazis in 1939.
Khloe Kardashian shows off weight loss on family trip
Khloe Kardashian is one slim sailor! The reality star posted a photo of her rocking a black one-piece bathing suit and a sailor hat to herInstagram account today.
Mourinho: It’s clear Chelsea needs a striker
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says it is “clear” that his side will be looking to sign a striker this summer.
Robbery committed in Jessore filling station
Robbers looted cash Tk60,000 and eight mobile phone sets from a filling station on the Jessore-Benapole Road in Meghla area early Tuesday.
Outlaw, aide held with firearm in Jessore
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested an alleged outlawed partly leader and his associate from in front of Jessore Education Board office on Monday night.
Peaceful hartal underway in 3 Satkhira upazilas
A daylong hartal, called by local unit of Jamaat-e-Islami protesting various irregularities in the fifth phase upazila elections, is progressing peacefully in three upazilas of the district today (Tuesday).
Youth’s body found in Chuadanga
Police recovered hanging body of an unidentified young man from a mango orchard in the district town on Tuesday morning.
Commercial farming of onion seed rising in Rajshahi region
Commercial farming of onion-seed is gradually being expanded everywhere in the region including its high Barind tracts side by side with onion in the wake of gradual rising of its demands.
Vitamin A plus to be held on April 5 in Faridpur
As part of the countrywide vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign with the object of reducing the night blindness and growing resistance power in the children against diseases due to malnutrition, district health department will conduct the day long campaign on April…
1,13,338 to appear at HSC exams under Rajshahi Board
A total of 1,13,338 students including 52,614 females are going to appear at the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations-2014 under the Rajshahi Education Board, scheduled to be held from April 3.
After 29 years of Ganga Action Plan, river turns dirtier
Juhi Chaudhary India’s most worshipped river, theGanga, continues to be the fifth most polluted river in the world, despite a 29-year-old clean-up plan Flowing over 2,500 kilometres across northern India and Bangladesh, the Ganga is revered as a goddess with…
IUBAT remembers its former treasurer Bir Pratik Shafique Ullah
Speakers at a commemoration on the occasion of death anniversary of a valiant freedom fighter viewed that the spirit and values of our liberation war is a great legacy which has to be transferred to generation after generations . This…
Malaysia willing to recruit 3 lakh workers from B’desh
Malaysia wants to recruit over 3 lakh workers from Bangladesh soon, visiting Malaysian Home Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said here on Monday. He conveyed the Malaysian government’s willingness during a meeting with Planning Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal at his…
US ambassador to India Nancy Powell resigns
The US ambassador to India has resigned and will return to the United States after less than two years, the embassy said in a statement on Monday. Nancy Powell’s move comes following a diplomatic row that strained relations between the…
Sri Lanka storm into World T20 semi-finals
Sri Lanka breezed into the World Twenty20 semi-finals after left-arm spinner Rangana Herath destroyed New Zealand in a 59-run romp in Chittagong on Monday. Playing his first match in the tournament proper, the 36-year-old bowler claimed five wickets for only…
Climate inaction catastrophic – US
The costs of inaction on climate change will be “catastrophic”, according to US Secretary of State John Kerry. Mr Kerry was responding to a major report by the UN which described the impacts of global warming as “severe, pervasive and…
Putin ‘orders partial withdrawal’ of troops from Ukraine border
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a “partial withdrawal” of troops from the border with Ukraine, the German government has said. Mr Putin informed Chancellor Angela Merkel of the move in a telephone conversation, according to her office. Thousands of…
RAB recover gold bars worth 1 crore taka in Jhenidah
Jhenidah Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-6) seized 24 gold bars worth at least one crore taka from bordering upazila Moheshpur under Jhenidah on Monday morning. At that time, they arrested one gold smuggler red handed. RAB-6 camp commander Squadron Leader Niaz…
Auto-rickshaw strike called off
Auto-rickshaw owners have called off their 72-hour strike that was to begin on Tuesday. The announcement came after Communications Minister Obaidul Quader assured them that their five-point charter of demands would be met.
Law on the cards to try physicians for wrongs: Nasim
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Monday said a new law will be enacted to try the accused doctors. “We’re working for formulating a new law. If any physician is found guilty of any wrongdoings or any allegation…