A mobile court awarded a woman for one-year imprisonment for selling ganja at Muksudpur upazila here today.
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UN establishes experts’ committee on sustainable dev financing
Recalling its endorsement of the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) titled The Future We Want, the General Assembly (GA) decided on 18 June 2013 to establish an Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development…
District farmers’ training course organised at Gopalganj
A day-long farmers training course was organised at Gopalganj Sadar upazila Parishad auditorium on agriculture products technique skill and marketing tile stock recently.
Jalebi uncoiled: No re-morse for inventing a code
Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma
Police, BCL foil anti-quota demo: Strike called in varsities
Police on Friday foiled an attempted rally by government jobseekers and students who tried to gather at Shahbagh intersection to announce their next course of action demanding cancellation of quota system from BCS examination.
Violence against journos: 12 killed in 4 years
A total of 12 journalists were killed, 596 injured and 211 others assaulted during the last four and a half years across the country from January 2009 to June 2013, according a rights group report.
Quader raps Muhith for Padma delay
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has described the Finance Minister’s position on the Padma bridge as ‘unrealistic’ and blamed him for delay in starting construction of the much-hyped project.
1,200 sued over clashes in DU
The authorities have slapped yet another case in connection with Thursday’s clashes and vandalism between demonstrators, seeking the scrapping of quotas in government jobs, and the police on the Dhaka University campus.
Labour law amendment unlikely to benefit workers
The government’s move to amend the Bangladesh Labour Law 2006 conflicts with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards and is unlikely to bring any benefit to the workers, observed legal experts and rights activists here on Friday.
28 missions fail to achieve export targets
Twenty-eight Bangladesh missions abroad failed to achieve their respective export targets set for the July-May period of the last fiscal year (2012-13) mostly because of moderate export growth.
ACC to get Bismillah Group scam report this month
The probe report on Bismillah Group Loan scam is likely to be submitted to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) by this month.
Border Guards sepoy recruitment test postponed
The 84th sepoy recruitment test of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been postponed due to the holy month of Ramadan.
Dr Zahir’s 1st janaza held
The first namaz-e-janaza of country’s veteran lawyer and constitution expert Dr M Zahir was held on the Supreme Court premises in the city on Friday afternoon.
Central bank’s record dollar purchase
Bangladesh Bank has purchased a record amount of dollar from the market, highest in recent times, to keep exchange rates stable.
Oil falls below $105 after IEA forecast
The price of oil fell slightly Friday, extending losses below $105 a barrel after a report from the International Energy Agency said supplies would exceed an expected rise in demand next year.
Case lodged against Monirampur UNO
Shafiqul Islam Shahin of Raghunathpur village under Monirampur upazila filed a case against the upazila nirbahi officer of Monirampur, Sharif Nazrul Islam and assistant union land officer of Chaluahati, Mizanur Rahman with a Jessore court.
UK gives green light for world’s largest offshore wind farm
The UK wind energy industry has received a huge boost with news that the Government has given the go-ahead for the construction of two huge wind farm projects.
Substandard iftar items flood Khulna city markets
Despite monitoring on markets by the Khulna City Corporation (KCC), sub-standard Iftar items flooded the city markets during the first day of Ramadan.
Ribbon retting for rotting jute plants stressed
Agriculture experts at a discussion here yesterday afternoon stressed for using the low-cost ribbon retting technology in rotting jute plants amid water scarcity to get upgraded quality of the fibre with increased production.
Bangladeshi autistic woman Special Olympics champion
DHAKA – It is difficult to imagine that a woman with both physical and mental disability could accomplish something that normal people cannot hope to achieve. Indeed, what Shewli Shathi has done can be considered a miracle.
Sexagenarian dies from snakebite in Panchagarh
A sexagenarian died from snakebite in village Tistapara under Debiganj upazila of the district on Thursday night.
3G teletalk mobile network in Rajshahi in the offing
Third-Generation (3G) mobile telecommunications technology of the state owned mobile operator-Teletalk- is going to be launched in Rajshahi metropolis very soon.
Abducted schoolgirl rescued in Jhenidah
An eleven year old schoolgirl abducted from Serajnagar village under Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia was rescued from Hatgopalpur village in Jhenidah Sadar upazila after nine days of abduction.
Wife kills husband in Chittagong
A man was killed allegedly by his wife following a family feud in city’s Masterpool area under Bakalia thana on Wednesday night.
Mobile court jails five gamblers in Kahalu
A mobile court here on Wednesday fined and jailed five gamblers at Jogirbhaban village of Paikor union under Kahalu upazila of Bogra district.
Tsunami on Sun’s surface !
Two satellites have seen “tsunami” spreading on the surface of the Sun after a release of matter into space called a coronal mass ejection (CME).
41 megapixel camera at Nokia’s Lumia 1020
Nokia has unveiled a new handset with a 41 megapixel sensor which it claims can record “details never thought possible from a smartphone”.
Halt arbitrary action against brotherhood, media: HRW
New York – Egypt’s military-installed government should end its arbitrary acts against the Muslim Brotherhood and the news media, Human Rights Watch said today.
5 most exciting food, drink trends in the US
If there’s ever been a better time to dine in the U.S., I certainly wasn’t alive for it. Pick any city around the country, and chances are high that it’s in the midst of a food and drink renaissance.
Kate middleton’s favorite pregnancy dish is vegetarian curry!
Kate Middleton hasn’t been craving pickles and ice cream during her pregnancy. Instead, the 31-year-old Duchess of Cambridge has been feasting on vegetarian curry.