Self-reliance thru' farming chemical-free vegetables

Biplop Sikder of Monukheypara area under Taltali upazila in Barguna district has become a model farmer as he grows vegetables without using chemical fertilisers or insecticides.
28 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Pakistan hangs 3 for 1998 plane hijacking

Pakistan yesterday executed three Baluch separatists convicted of hijacking a plane in 1998, which they attempted to fly to India to disrupt Islamabad's first nuclear tests, officials said.
28 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Tripura revokes emergency law

A remote Indian state has withdrawn a long-standing controversial law that handed security forces sweeping powers to fight insurgents,
28 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Death toll passes 1,400

Hospitals in India yesterday battled to treat victims of a blistering heatwave that has claimed nearly 1,500 lives in just over a week --
28 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Myanmar scraps proposed 5 pct tax on phone cards as telecoms boom

Myanmar scraps proposed 5 percent tax on mobile phone top-up cards after lawmakers voted against the levy, the state-owned Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said on Thursday.
28 May 2015, 05:46 AM

Modi govt undermining democracy: Manmohan

India's former prime minister yesterday accused his successor Narendra Modi of suppressing dissent and undermining democratic
27 May 2015, 18:00 PM

India gets first transgender college principal

India, probably the world, will get its first transgender college principal when Manabi Bandopadhyay takes charge of Krishnagar Women's College in West Bengal on June 9, reports The Times of India.
27 May 2015, 07:46 AM

20 hurt in clash

At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Kalichanna village in Sadar upazila on Monday. Police and locals
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Nepal moves to protect children from traffickers

Nepal banned children from traveling without parents or approved guardians yesterday in an unprecedented move to deter human traffickers who authorities fear are targeting vulnerable families after last month's devastating earthquake.
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Don't worry dad, I'm happy & safe

The kidnapped son of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani called his father on Sunday after two years in captivity and told him he was well.
25 May 2015, 18:00 PM

500 killed; no relief in sight

At least 500 people are reported to have died in a heatwave sweeping India, with temperatures reaching 48C (118F) in some areas.
25 May 2015, 18:00 PM

'Water wives' of India

Life is hard in dry villages, like Denganmal, 150 km from Mumbai. Husbands are busy farming and tending to the animals, while the
25 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Massive spurt in trafficking along Nepal-India border

A "massive" spurt in human trafficking instances in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Nepal has prompted security agencies to issue an alert along the open India-Nepal border.
25 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Nepal calls for direct earthquake funding

One month after the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal, the country's finance minister yesterday called for more direct aid funding.
25 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Massive India heat wave 'kills 350'

More than 350 people are reported to have died in a heat wave sweeping India, with temperatures reaching 48C (118F) in some areas.
25 May 2015, 05:54 AM

Robbers kill youth, injure five in Bhola

A young man was stabbed to death and five others were injured by robbers at South Fashion village in Charfashion upazila early yesterday.
24 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Kid drowns in pond

A three-year-old boy drowned in a pond at Syedpur village in Sadar upazila of Sunamganj district on Saturday.
24 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Death toll hits 335

The blazing summer sun continued to scorch cities across India yesterday, with even hill stations like Mussoorie, which is 6,580 feet
24 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Road crash kills 3 in Sirajganj again

Three people are killed and two injured in a collision between two trucks in Kamarkhanda upazila of Sirajganj early Sunday.
24 May 2015, 05:30 AM

Jayalalithaa takes oath as Tamil Nadu CM

Ending more than seven months of administrative uncertainty in Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa sworn in the chief minister at a glittering ceremony in the centenary auditorium of University of Madras, reports The Times of India.
23 May 2015, 07:01 AM