Sugarcane crushing at Natore Sugar Mills began on Friday with a target of producing 13,150 tonnes of sugar by crushing 170,000 tonnes of sugarcane during the current 2015-16 season.Industries Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan formally inaugurated the crushing programme at a…
A van puller was slaughtered to death allegedly by some miscreants near Putimari Bridge under Khetlal upazila of the district last night.The victim was Abdul Hakim, 45, son of late Wasim Uddin, a resident of Talsan village of the upazila.Police…
A total of 41,500 beneficiary smallholders including women of 736 village development cooperatives were brought under Ektee Bari Ektee Khamar project of the government in the district from 2009.As per the strategy of the project, each of the smallholders is…
More expansion of animal resource farming is very important for removing the existing protein deficiency along with cutting the poverty rate in the region.The unemployment problem in the rural areas could be reduced to a greater extent through making the…
A mobile court fined two pharmacies in Chohatta area of Sylhet town on Thursday for selling of date- expired and spurious medicines. The mobile court seized date- expired and spurious medicine worth about Taka 50,000 from Orin Pharmacy.Besides, it also…
Russia’s state atomic energy corporation- Rosatom in association with Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (VINATOM) held a workshop dedicated to environmental safety of nuclear power technologies in Hanoi, Vietnam recently. Representatives of various key Government authorities and companies of Vietnam, such…
The head of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, urged the Russian authorities to suspend all Russian flights above the territory of Egypt until the reason that led to the crash of the Russian passenger jetliner over Sinai…
The leaders of China and Taiwan are to hold talks for the first time since the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949. Discussions between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou will begin in Singapore at 15:00 local…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou are set to hold historic talks in Singapore.It is the first time since the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949 that the leaders from both sides have met.China views Taiwan as…
Detective branch of Dhaka metropolitan police claimed detention of seven members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Airport police station area in Dhaka.In a text message sent to the media on Saturday, DB said they were detained on…
At least six persons have been killed in Mymensingh in a collision between a bus and a parked truck, police say.The mishap at Bhaluka Upazila’s Meherabarhi on Saturday morning left another 20 injured.Mymensingh’s Superintendent of Police Moinul Haque said two…
The police detained a man from Fulgazi upazila of Feni district on Tuesday in connection with publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan murder.A police official, seeking anonymity, said the man named mufti Zahidul Hasan Maruf, 24, son of mufti Habib Ullah, of…
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was on Friday spotted filming at a Sarnath Buddhist monastery in India’s Uttar Pradesh for a documentary on the greatest religions of the world.Dressed in a blue Kurta teamed with black trousers, the actor was seen…
In a first, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has revealed the process that may have played a key role in turning the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet environment supporting life to a cold, arid…
Coldplay have revealed their seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, will be released on 4 December.The band have previously hinted it could be their last, with Chris Martin describing it as “the completion of something”.The upbeat, summery first single,…
US teenagers average more than six and a half hours a day in front of screens, from televisions to tablets, with pre-teens lagging close behind, a report released Tuesday said.Authors of the study, which was conducted by the Common Sense…
UK investigators looking at what caused a Russian airliner to crash in Egypt believe a bomb was put in the hold prior to take-off, the BBC has learned. The UK government suspended all flights to and from the Egyptian resort…
The Sector Commanders’ Forum on Friday demanded withdrawal of its press statement by Amnesty International issued on October 27 or to correct it with suitable logical words. The Sector Commanders’ Forum, an organisation of the Bangladesh Liberation War veterans and…
Engr Syeda Tanzia Abedin Can any organisation run smoothly without performance appraisals? No, it is practically impossible. To put it simply, performance appraisal is a process of evaluating an employee’s job performance relative to his or her performance standards and…
Meenakshi Ganguly Rangoon – On November 8, the Burmese people will choose over 1,100 representatives to the country’s national parliament and state and regional assemblies. It is a massive exercise with over 6,000 candidates from 93 registered political parties in…
Officials at the Dhaka airport have seized a large consignment of contraband gold from a flight that flew in from Malaysia.“We found 120 gold bars hidden under a seat of Regent Airways on Friday morning,” customs’ Joint Commissioner Sohel Rahman…
In preparation for a manned mission to Mars and returning the human spaceflight launches to the US soil, the space agency will soon begin accepting applications for the next class of future astronauts.NASA will accept applications from December 14 through…
Dean Elgar was the unlikely bowling hero for South Africa as the tourists skittled India for 201 on the opening day of the first Test in Mohali on Thursday.The part-time left-arm spinner, who had managed just six wickets in 17…
Allegations have been raised that women are being trafficked to war-torn Syria from Bangladesh as sex workers and domestic help.The women are reportedly being lured with the prospect of jobs in different countries in the Middle East and but once…
STAFF REPORTER The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court verdict that declared illegal the use of national anthem as a ringtone or welcome tune by the mobile operators.
Dhaka – Five people, including an unidentified woman, were killed in separate accidents in the city’s Darus Salam, Pallabi, Khilkhet and Malibagh areas on Thursday.
STAFF REPORTER Accusing the government of not allowing the BNP to carryout its political activities, party spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon yesterday claimed that extremism grows when there is no rule of law or democratic means for expression.
Staff Reporter The 7th Global Social Business Summit 2015 started in Berlin, Germany on 4th November to explore how social businesses can address each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were unveiled in September by the United Nations.
STAFF REPORTER The High Court (HC) yesterday fixed November 9 for hearing on the rule issued by it earlier asking the government to explain why the BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir`s permanent bail should not b granted…
A minor boy died from electrocution at Shahbajkandi village in Matlab North upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Talha, 2, son of Shahabuddin Mridha, a resident of the village.