He hopes to export the popular fruit if govt support availed To Narayan Halder of Gotapara village in Bagerhat, farming of ‘kulboroi’ (a kind of plum) has turned out to be a real money-spinner.
Year: 2014
18 fugitives held in Sylhet
Police in a drive arrested a total of 18 fugitives, accused in separate cases, from different places of the city on Wednesday.
2,000 kg hilsa seized in Benapole foiling smuggling bid
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 2,000 kgs of hisla fish while those were being smuggled out to India through Gatipara border here early Wednesday.
Man stabbed dead in Sirajganj clash
A man was stabbed to death in a clash over solar panel connection at Hatghorjan in Chauhali upazila here on Tuesday night.
‘Carjacker’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with police in Satkhira
An alleged carjacker was killed and his associate injured in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Chaltetala in the district town early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Ekramul Babu, 40, son of Khaibar Sardar of Sultanpur in the town while…
2 bikers killed in Faridpur road crash
Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Vabukdia area in Nagarkanda upazila here on Wednesday.
‘Neighbour’ chops pregnant woman to death in Moulvibazar
A pregnant woman was chopped to death allegedly by her neighbour in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar district on Tuesday evening.
Girl killed by ‘boyfriend’ in N’ganj
A young girl was killed by slitting throat allegedly by her boyfriend in a residential hotel in Rail Gate area of the city on Tuesday night.
Five troops die in Tangail explosion at training time
Two armymen and three BGB personnel died on Wednesday after a mortar shell exploded disconcertingly during a training at Tangail. The lnter Services Public Relations Directorate’s (ISPR) Assistant Director Noor Islam has been quoted as saying that the mortar shell…
PM asks security forces to be alert
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on law enforcing agencies to be more alert to prevent anti-liberation forces from destablising the country. “I ask every law enforcing agency including the Ansar to be alert so that anti-democratic and anti-liberation forces…
Ershad urges dissenters to come back to JP mainstream
HM Ershad has come down hard on those in Jatiya Party who took part in the Jan 5 polls ‘disobeying his orders’. “I ask those who want to cut off relations (from the party), to return among us. Come back…
Republican Instt poll: ‘Most B’deshis want fresh credible polls’
Results of an opinion poll conducted by the US -based International Republican Institute (IRI) shows Bangladeshis are deeply concerned about the condition of the country and remain pessimistic about its future. In the IRI’s latest survey, 59 percent said the…
Government is constructing 158 new godowns
The government is constructing 158 new godowns across the country with a view to preserving another 1.05 lakh metric tons of food. Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Tuesday stated this in Parliament, replying to a starred question of Enamul Haque…
Govt promises cheaper Internet
Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Abdul Latif Siddique has promised to reduce Internet tariff at the consumer level and enforce a single price across the country. Speaking at a workshop on ‘ICT Indicators for Bangladesh’ organised at the Bangladesh…
Tortured Bangladeshi gets BSF compensation
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday provided Rs 50,000 as compensation to a Bangladeshi national who was stripped and tortured by the BSF men along a border here over two years ago.
Two murdered in separate Keraniganj incidents
Keraniganj – Two people were murdered in separate incidents in Keraniganj on the on the outskirts of the capital on Tuesday. A young man was killed by his younger brother over a family feud in Kaliganj Purbapara area in the…
Efforts on to get back GSP in 2 months: Tofail
Dhaka – Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday said all-out efforts are on to fulfill all the US conditions to get back the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) facility within the next two months. Bangladesh has three more conditions, out…
Trade union calls for implementation of RMG wage award
Garment Workers’ Trade Union Centre on Tuesday said many readymade garment factories have not yet implemented the new wage board for workers. The minimum wages for the garment workers, effective from January, have been set at Tk. 5,300.
Shahid Commissioner sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Saidur Rahman alias Shahid Commissioner to jail after he was produced to the court on completion of a 5-day remand. City’s Gandaria Police Station SI and Investigation Officer (IO)…
Moulana Yusuf buried in Sharankhola
Senior nayeb-e-ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Maulana AKM Yusuf who died of at a hospital in the capital on Sunday was laid to eternal rest at his village in Sharankhola upazila on Tuesday.
Speaker Shirin Sharmin to visit India
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will visit India from Wednesday at the invitation of her counterpart Meira Kumar. She will hold discussions with the Lok Sabha Speaker and meet other Indian dignitaries during the tour that will run through to Feb…
Munshiganj farmers demand fair prices of potato
Potato growers formed a human chain at Muktarpur on the suburb of the district town on Tuesday demanding fair price of their produce Potato cultivators from different areas of the district joined the human chain programme that began around 9…
Basic literacy plan for 4.5mn working people
The government has moved to bring Bangladesh’s 4.5 million people aged between 15 and 45 years under a basic literacy programme. It cleared a Tk 4.53 billion project on Tuesday at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National…
Food Minister rules out mid-term polls
Dhaka – Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Tuesday ruled out mid-term polls saying neither the existing situation demands it nor the BNP can force any early vote. “The current situation doesn’t demand any mid-term election and BNP has also no…
200 unrecorded Malaysia-bound refugees held in Cox’s Bazar
Cox’s Bazar – Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive arrested 200 people, including 63 foreign nationals, from the Bay of Bengal near Saint Martin’s Island in Teknaf upazila early Tuesday foiling their bid to migrate to Malaysia in…
America’s relations with govt not warm: Mozena
The US relations with Bangladesh are not warm due to the Jan 5 general elections, American Ambassador Dan Mozena has said. But, he said after a meeting with BNP Chairpreson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday evening, that his government would continue…
4 found dead in as many districts
Dhaka – Four people, including two drivers, were found dead in separate incidents in Narayanganj, Faridpur, Pabna and Gazipur on Monday and Tuesday. In Narayanganj, police recovered the body of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver from a pond in Mizmiz area…
A primer for the Indian elections
In March, 788 million Indians will be eligible to cast their ballots in the general election. For the 15h Lok Sabha (Parliament) elections in 2009, about half the eligible voters went to the polls, which means that almost four hundred…
Sri Lanka: Sobitha Thero’s advances and retreats
Venerable Maduluwave Sogitha Thero is a highly respected Buddhist monk and chief incumbent of the Kotte Naga Vihare. He is particularly well known for a campaign on good governance and a group under his leadership also produced a set of…
China and Taiwan in first government-level talks
China and Taiwan have held their first high-level talks since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949.