Joypurhat Sugar Mill (JSM), one of the largest state owned enterprises, has produced 3,000 tonnes of sugar by crushing 45,000 tonnes of sugarcane in 32 days ignoring blockade.
Year: 2015
Netrakona farmers busy sowing boro seeds
The farmers in the district are passing busy time sowing Boro seeds in their farm lands since the first week of the current month.
‘Farmers-friendly banking needed for boosting crop production’
Speakers have asked the branch managers and other field staffs of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) to speed up its farmers-level lending activities for boosting agricultural production to face the gradually increasing food demand.
Woody Allen to create TV show for Amazon
Director Woody Allen is to create his first ever television series.
Fingerprints ‘breakthrough’ for wildlife crime investigators
Scientists say they have made a forensic breakthrough in the fight against wildlife crime.
Charlie Hebdo publishes new issue, one week after attack
The new edition of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has gone on sale, with a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad on its cover.
Moeen Ali: England batsman ‘over’ short-ball struggles
England batsman Mooen Ali has admitted mental problems caused his struggles against the short ball.
BCL attack: 2 Bnp, Jcd leaders injured in comilla
Two local leaders of BNP and its youth front Juba Dal were injured in an attack allegedly by activists of Bangladesh Chhatra Dal (BCL) on the Nazrul Avenue in the city on Thursday morning. The injured, Kotwali BNP joint general…
FBI ‘foils IS-inspired plot to attack US Capitol’
The FBI has arrested a man in Ohio for allegedly planning to attack the US Capitol in Washington in an Islamic State-inspired attack. Christopher Cornell, 20, is charged with attempting to kill a US government officer, according to court documents.…
Beyond flesh and mortality….
Each story begins as a perfect example of ‘romantic love’ between a man and a woman, transcending into ‘intense passion’ before culminating into ‘spiritual ecstasy’. As much a part of folk literature as of contemporary rendering, the love stories from…
Excellent handbook for agri extension students, workers
Prof. M Zahidul Haque Agricultural extension is a discipline of providing need and demand-based knowledge to farming communities in a systematic, participatory manner, to increase their production, income, and improving the quality of life. Extension is essentially an education system…
‘Meghalaya coal mining ban hits Bangladesh brick kilns’
Production has been hit in thousands of brick kilns in Bangladesh that are dependent on coal from Meghalaya following an interim ban on the primitive rat-hole mining practice in the northeastern state, a Bangladeshi official said Shillong Monday. “If coal…
Gulf Arab states having unified database on migrants
Expatriates blacklisted in any Gulf Cooperation Council nation could be banned from all the member countries, if a law gets the nod this May. A unified immigration database, aimed at helping member countries keep track of criminal record of expatriates…
‘SB Bar reception for Justice SK Sinha, not outgoing CJ’
The Supreme Court Bar Association would accord reception to the newly appointed Chief Justice SK Sinha, but has decided not to give farewell reception to outgoing Chief Justice Muzammel Hossain. SCBA president Khandakar Mahbub Hossain on Wednesday said that the…
Bnp demands punishment for Rangpur bus arson
The BNP has demanded punishment for those involved in torching of a bus that left four persons dead in Rangpur during its non-stop transport blockade. The party made the demand in a media statement issued on Wednesday. Joint Secretary General…
Reaz Rahman under close observation after surgery
BNP chairperson’s adviser Reaz Rahman who was injured in a gun attack by unidentified criminals on Tuesday night underwent surgery at the city’s United Hospital on Wednesday. Doctors at the hospital said he was taken to post operative room of…
Stop playing with fire, PM urges BNP
Blasting Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for its destructive acts including burning people to death, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the BNP to stop playing with fire, otherwise they would die in its own blaze. “The hands of those who…
US, EU, UK shocked say, stability not at cost of freedom
The United States, The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday called for genuine dialogue to strengthen democracy in Bangladesh all sides to refrain from acts of violence violence. The US, the UK and the EU expressed…
Rubel to play Cricket World Cup abroad, objection rejected
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday allowed cricketer Rubel Hossain, now on bail in a rape case filed by new actress Nazneen Akter Happy, to go abroad. Turning down the complainant’s objection, Magistrate Rashed Talukder passed…
2 US Bnp leaders expelled for controversial statement
BNP has expelled two of its US-based leaders based for issuing a fake statement in the name of six US Congressmen expressing their concern over confinement of Khaleda Zia at her office that created controversy home and abroad. The two…
Make Thursday hartal a sucess: Khaleda Urged People
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday asked the people as well as her party leaders and activists to make Thursday’s daylong hartal a success. Mohila Dal vice president Dr Nurjahan Mahbub said this while taking to reporters after a team of…
Sayed Eqbal Rezvi 4th death anniversary Thursday
Tomorrow is the fourth anniversary of death of renowned journalist Sayed Eqbal Rezvi, Associate Editor, The Good Morning. Eqbal Rezvi died at the Central Hospital, Dhaka on this day in 2011.
Teesta falls to a quarter of its normal flow: Dhaka tells Delhi
As the flow of the Teesta River has hit extremely low – less than one fourth of the flow recorded between 1973 and 1985) levels seriously affecting its environment Bangladesh has written to India to ensure adequate flow of the…
Burma needs to amend biased citizenship law: HRW
The Burmese government should accept the United Nations call to amend the discriminatory law that deprives Rohingya Muslims of Burmese citizenship, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday in a letter to President Thein Sein. On December 29, 2014, the UN General…
Green or greedy corporations’ role in global sustainable dev
Washington, D.C.- As national governments flounder to resolve pressing global challenges, corporations are positioning themselves within the United Nations framework as efficient players and indispensable partners in international policy debates. But with their immense economic and political sway, can corporations…
SAU Newsletter
New Level-1 Students’ Orientation Orientation of the newly admitted Semester-1 Level-1 students of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) was held on Monday 12 January in the university auditorium. Prof. Md. Shadat Ulla Vice-Chancellor of SAU attended the orientation function as the…
The importance of being angry
Robert J. Burrowes Unfortunately, in many circles, anger has a bad reputation. There are several reasons for this. One reason is that we are scared when people are angry at us, so we try to scare people, especially children, out…
4 bus passengers killed in Rangpur petrol bomb attack
Four people, including a child, were burnt to death and 10 others suffered injuries in a petrol bomb attack by pickets in Mithapukur upazila early Wednesday on the 9th day of the countywide non-stop blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party…
The goats fighting America’s plant invasion
By Joanna Jolly Each country has its own invasive species and rampant plants with a tendency to grow out of control. In most, the techniques for dealing with them are similar – a mixture of powerful chemicals and diggers. But…
Gun attack on Reaz Rahman: 20-Party calls hartal Thursday
The Bnp has called a 24-hour hartal for thursday in protest against the gun attack on Khaleda Zia’s adviser Reaz Rahman injuring him at about 8-45 pm on Tuesday in the Gulshan area. His car was torched and burnt in…