BSS: A proper application of herbicides adopting recommended weed management methods could substantially increase food production along with saving huge crops worth over Taka 7,000 crore annually, reports BSS. “An effective weed management side by side with adopting conservation agriculture technologies remarkably increases crop output,” said noted Agriculturist Dr. Md. Abdul Mazid, who got the…
Wion News: Forty children were among 51 people killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen, the Red Cross said in a new toll Tuesday. Fifty-six children were also among the 79 people injured in the Thursday strike on Saada province, a rebel stronghold that borders Saudi Arabia, the…
AP, Ccano The remains of 40 peasants killed more than two decades ago by Maoist-inspired rebels have been returned to their loved ones for burial, Peru’s government said Thursday. Justice Minister Aldo Vasquez asked for forgiveness on behalf of the Peruvian state for its role in the conflict at a ceremony held Wednesday with the…
DOT Desk: Fish production has been enhanced to 4.584 lakh metric tonnes in eight districts under Rajshahi division against its demand for 4.048 lakh metric tonnes at present by dint of diversified steps adopted and implemented during the last 10 years, reports The Independent. Fisheries department sources said fish farming in the region is making…
Noman Mosharef Prime minister’s political adviser H T Imam said General Zia’s multi-party democracy was meant to establish the anti-liberation force in Bangladesh’s politics. HT Imam also said Ziaur Rahman in the name of this multi-party system established those which were all so-called political parties which had president and secretary only, no members. HT Imam…
AFP New York state authorities on Thursday announced a lawsuit against retail giants Walmart and Target for selling Chinese-made toys that had up to 10 times the legal limit of lead. The lawsuit seeks up to $6,000 in penalties for each of the thousands of Cra-Z-Jewelz jewelry kits the retailers and importer LaRose Industries sold…
Elie Podeh /The Jerusalem Post The fight over Syria is over for now, but the final word has not yet been said. US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the remaining American troops from Syria came as a surprise, but the writing was on the wall already in April, when the he announced his intention…
Nahian Arefin: Japan tried its best to recover the power stations of the northern island of Hokkaido which were damaged by a devastating earthquake. The government tried their best to generate the stations before winter because Hokkaido’s temperature regularly drops well below zero in colder months. Work is going on rapidly to bring back the…
BSS Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu today came down heavily on the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for its growing “no confidence” attitude towards the results of the elections in which the party was defeated. “The BNP did not accept the results of the elections in which the party was defeated … it also expressed “no…
Md. Taqi Yasir Muhammad Ali is considered as the greatest boxing legend, the world has ever experienced. His rivals and friends in the ring, who faced him, has never ever forgotten the tragic times they passed in that. The three timer heavyweight champion of the world and universal icon whose alluring charm and anti-establishment philosophy…