Farmers in Satkhira are getting interested in cultivating sunflower gradually finding it to be a profitable venture for their economic uplift.
Year: 2014
Garments rag trader hacked to death in Gazipur
A garments rag trader was hacked to death and his wife sustained stab injures in an attack by miscreants at Boro Dewra in Tongi of the city early Thursday.
Quack shot dead in Jessore
A quack was shot to death by unknown miscreants at Mirzapur village in Keshabpur upazila on Wednesday night.
Arms, ammo recovered in C’nawabganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a revolver, a short-gun and two rounds of bullet from Shingnagar border area in Shibganj upazila early Wednesday.
Bus plunges into B’baria ditch killing 2 boys
A teenager and a minor boy were killed and 14 others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Sarail upazila on Wednesday night.
Arrest warrant against Mufti Izahar in Madrasah blast case
A Chittagong court has issued an arrest warrant for Mufti Izaharul Islam, the prime suspect in a blast at a Chittagong madrasa. SM Abdur Rashid of the Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court gave the order on Thursday. On Oct…
Fakhrul given bail in 1 case refused in 2 others
The High Court has granted BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir an interim bail for six months in one of the several vandalism cases pending against him. The bench of Justices Md Rezaul Hasan and Muhammad Khurshid Alam…
EU concerned at Bangladesh political deadlock
A four-member European Parliamentary delegation in a statement on Wednesday expressed its concern over ‘political deadlock’ in Bangladesh. The members also called for ‘full investigations’ of the ‘disruption’ of local government polls and “a reinforcement of the independence of the…
Thai satellite ‘shows 300 floating objects’ of missing plane
A Thai satellite has detected some 300 objects in an area of the southern Indian Ocean being searched for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The image was taken by the Thaichote satellite on 24 March, a day after images from…
‘Uphold democratic, economic rights to secure independence’
Greenwatch Report Speakers at a discussion meeting on the Independence Day on Wednesday demanded establishment of democratic and economic rights of the people to make the celebration of independence meaningful. They said that interpretation to the spirit of independence given…
Satellite spots 122 possible objects in search
A satellite scanning the Indian Ocean for remnants of a missing jetliner found a possible plane debris field containing 122 objects, a top Malaysian official said Wednesday, calling it “the most credible lead that we have.” Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein…
3 schoolboys killed in Tangail road crash
Three schoolboys were killed as their motorcycle crashed into a bus at Asimtala in Mirzapur upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Rokon, son of Nazrul Islam of Kurni village, Sohel, son of Shafi Uddin of Adabari village…
Mother, daughter commit suicide in Munshiganj
A middle-aged woman and her young daughter allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Pania village in Shreenagar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Monimala, 40, and her daughter Shanta, 18. Locals said Shanta has been in love…
Nilkhet book shops in capital gutted in fire
A fire has burned down several shops at the Nilkhet book market in capital Dhaka. The flames which ignited around 10pm Wednesday was doused within an hour, said a Fire Service control room official. There are several book markets at…
New Titas gas well starts supply
The newly drilled 22nd well of Titas Gas Field in Brahmanbaria started supplying 12 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd) to the national grid on Wednesday. Ahmad Hossain, director of the well, said the drilling work at the…
Khaleda pays tributes to war heroes
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday morning paid homage to the freedom fighters who laid down their lives for the country during the War of Liberation in 1971. Khaleda, flanked by her party senior leaders, had been at Savar National…
Tofail for tapping leather industry potentials aboard
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday said Bangladesh’s leather industry has huge potentials to grow in the global market and that need to be fully utilised to give a further boost to the country’s total export. “There’s a huge prospect…
European Parliament Del presses for dialogue
The European Parliament (EP) has called upon Bangladesh’s two major political parties – Awami League and BNP – to engage in a dialogue. The EP also expressed concern over the current situation resulting from the January 5 elections and the…
FFs ignored at Independence-Day event: BNP
The BNP has alleged that the Liberation War Affairs Ministry and freedom fighters of the War of Independence were ‘neglected’ at the event where thousands sang the national anthem to create a world record on the 43rd Independence Day. Bangladesh…
Nation celebrates Independence Day
The nation observed the 44th Independence and National Day on Wednesday with a fresh vow to turn Bangladesh into a peaceful and non-communal country to materialise dreams of the martyrs. People paid glowing tributes to the martyrs of the 1971…
‘Male’ kangaroo gives birth in Siberia
A kangaroo in a Siberian zoo who was thought to be male has surprised everyone by delivering a baby, it appears. “It has a lovely face and a beautiful little tail,” Barnaul Zoo, says, describing the young kangaroo on its…
Xavi: ‘Cristiano is wrong’ about referee
Xavi says Cristiano Ronaldo was wrong to criticize the referee inBarcelona’s 4-3 win over Real Madrid in Sunday’s Clasico. Real Madrid was up 3-2 at the Bernabeu when it saw Sergio Ramosdismissed for a challenge on Neymar, with Lionel Messi…
Madonna to film Rebecca Walker’s novel Ade: A Love Story
Madonna is to direct her third film, an adaptation of Rebecca Walker’s debut novel Ade: A Love Story. It tells the story of an American student who falls in love with a young Muslim man on an idyllic island off…
North Korean men required to get Kim Jong-un haircuts
Men in North Korea are now required to get the same haircut as their leader Kim Jong-un, it is reported. The state-sanctioned guidelines were introduced in the capital Pyongyang about two weeks ago, media reports say. It is now being…
Einstein’s gravity waves, a Rabbi and Prophet Muhammad’s smile
When I read in the Los Angeles Times (3/18/14) that scientists had found the first direct evidence of Alan Guth’s theory of early universe inflation, and Albert Einstein’s theory of gravitational waves, I immediately thought of the Hadith about the…
Peace talks in India’s Northeast: The Bodo knot
By Rani P Das The Government of India’s approach to the prolonged insurgency and agitations in Assam’s Bodo heartland seems to have complicated the Bodo issue further. In the nearly three decades since the Bodoland movement began in 1987 under…
Australia PM vows to solve plane ‘riddle’
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says authorities are “throwing everything we have” at the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. He was speaking as weather conditions in the southern Indian Ocean improved, allowing the search to resume. The Australian Maritime…
North Korea test-fires mid-range missiles
North Korea has test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles, just hours after the US, South Korea and Japan met in the Netherlands for talks. It is the first launch of a Nodong missile since 2009 and marks a step up from the…
World record: 3 lakh sing national anthem in chorus
Bangladesh creates history through a spectacular ‘Lakho Kanthe Sonar Bangla’ programme where nearly three lakh people sang the national anthem in unison at the National Parade Ground, eying to have its name in the Guinness Book of World Records. People…
BNP man killed in C’nawabganj bomb blasts
A BNP activist was killed and three others injured in a crude bomb explosion while placing a wreath at Shaheed Minar in Shibganj upazila of the district early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Sujan,23, son of Ashraful Alam Babu…