The expanding tea sector has created huge jobs in the tea gardens of the sub-Himalayan Panchagarh district for over 8,500 extremely poor, unemployed and distressed women to change their fortune in recent years.Earlier, the unemployed rural women had to live…
Three persons including a father and his daughter were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Bagan area in Trishal upazila of the district this afternoon.One of the victims was identified as Azizul Islam, 40, marketing manager…
A body of a youth was found at Rupsha River under Labonchara area in the city today .The deceased was identified as Russel Howlader, 18, son of Abdus Salam Howlader, resident at Chanmari Bazaar area under Labonchara Police Station in…
By Sean Coughlan What may be the world’s oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence.…
Danielle Nierenberg Around 15 percent of the world’s food is now grown in urban areas. According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), urban farms already supply food to about 700 million residents of cities, representing about a quarter…
Strongly denouncing the arrest of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal President Rajib Ahsan, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday alleged that the information of recovering drug from him is nothing but a hated and conspiratorial drama. In a statement, she said the…
Mustafizur Rahman’s four-for 37 on Test debut helped Bangladesh restrict the mighty South Africa at 248 runs in the first innings on day one in the first match of the their two-match National Polymer Test Cricket Series at Zahur Ahmed…
A review petition has been filed against a court order that rejected the naraji (no-confidence) petition against the chargeshhet in a case filed in connection with the sensational seven murders. Selina Islam Beauty, widow of Narayanganj City Corporation panel mayor…
By Arthur White A Russian billionaire is bankrolling a $100 million effort to scan the cosmos for evidence of alien life, with a bonus $1 million contest to decide what to say to them. Alongside renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, technology…
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was greeted by President Francois Hollande of France at the Elysee Palace at a dinner program hosted by him for important speakers of the Summit of Conscience for the Climate on July 20. The Summit…
Police recovered the body of a teenaged boy from Gabtoli area on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Md Shahadat Hossain, 18, son of Hafizul Islam of Ranigonj in Naogaon district. He came to Dhaka from Naogaon recently and he…
The Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Tuesday at about 12.30 submitted the charge sheet against Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony in a case filed for double murder to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of…
Anowarul Haq, Magistrate-3 of Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Tuesday afternoon recorded the confessional statements of two more accused in the Rajon murder case of Sylhet. ACCused Nur Mia and Dulal Mia made confessional statements admitting their involvement in the…
Key share price indices at the country’s twin bourses — Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) — gained on Tuesday, the first trading day after Eid vacation. The DSE benchmark index, DSEX gained 75.18 points or 1.61 percent…
The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has realised around Taka 150.21 crore as irrigation charge in the last 2014-15 fiscal, less by Taka 28.22 crore over the previous 2013-14 fiscal.Recovery of less irrigation charge indicates that the farmers got more…
Work has resumed at the Benapole Land Port after an unusually long Eid vacation.Trading between India and Bangladesh started on Monday morning, but was low key as all the officials and workers of the Customs, port authority, C&F, and the…
SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus “Baahubali” has become the first south Indian film to enter the Rs 300 crore club in just nine days, confirms a trade analyst.It has surpassed the previous record held by superstar Rajinikanth’s “Enthiran”, which had collected…
Hackers claim to have personal details of more than 37 million cheating spouses on dating website Ashley Madison and have threatened to release nude photos and sexual fantasies of the site’s clients unless it is shut down, blog KrebsOnSecurity reported.…
Novak Djokovic displayed the true depth of his steely core to end Roger Federer’s hopes of a record eighth Wimbledon title with a 7-6(1), 6-7(10), 6-4, 6-3 victory on Sunday.The world number one overcame losing a stomach-churning second set tiebreak…
The United States and Cuba quietly ushered in a new era of post-Cold War relations on Monday, formally restoring diplomatic ties severed more than five decades ago and re-establishing embassies in each other’s capitals.Just past the stroke of midnight, the…
A schoolgirl was raped allegedly by a young man at Rajnagar Bakabarshi in Keshabpur upazila on Monday night. Mahtab Uddin, officer-in-charge of Keshabpur Police Station, said one Kaizar Islam, 25, son of Rafiqul Islam of Nepakathi picked up the girl,…
A man allegedly hacked his two children to death and injured his wife at Gainaghata in Chakaria upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Jamal Uddin, 6, and Tanjina,4, son and daughter of Abul Kashem, 45, a Rohingya and…
Five people, including two of a family, were killed and another was injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashed into a bus at Mulibari level-crossing on the western side of Bangabandhu Bridge approach road in Sadar upazila on Monday night.
The Brics group of emerging economies on Tuesday launched its New Development Bank (NDB) in Shanghai. The bank is backed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – collectively known as Brics countries. The NDB will lend money to…
Joint letter by 24 scientific, medical and engineering bodies say mitigation will also bring economic and health benefits An unprecedented coalition of the UK’s most eminent scientific, medical and engineering bodies says immediate action must be taken by governments to…
Dr Latha Anantha One of history’s worst dam bursts took place in Gujarat in 1979 when the four-kilometer long Machhu Dam II on the Machhu River collapsed. This led to a deluge in the industrial city of Morbi located five…
Dr. Adil bin Ali Ash-Shaddy Arabic calligraphy: Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah Some non-Muslim westerners wonder what Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) offered to humanity. This question is raised particularly after incidents of defamation targeting the…
By Arvind Padmanabhan Kodungallur (Kerala) : One will find nothing unusual about this place of worship for Muslims as one drives past this town in central Kerala, just 30 km north of Kochi. But it’s when you go in and…
Rock Ronald Rozario and Stephan Uttom For Abdur Razzak cows conjured up images of fortune. He knew that acting on such thoughts would be dangerous and even cost him his life. Illiterate and impoverished, this Muslim villager found no other…
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the youth front of the BNP, yesterday announced a two-day agitation programme across the country protesting the arrest of its president Razib Ahsan. As part of the programme, the JCD will stage demonstrations and bring out processions…