The gas price may see anothersurge as the government is preparing to double the rates at the domestic levels.Price hike for industrial and other commercial users may vary 30 to 40 percentunder the new move. The official sources at theministry of energy and mineral resources told The New Nation
There is no space for permanentgraves in the five graveyards as the city corporation stopped reservationfacility due to shortage of land. The corporation bulldozed (Chala)the graveyards after two years. For this reason, the relatives of the deceasedcould not trace any grave-sign only after two ye
Bangladeshi litterateur Nurul Huda along with two others was awarded language-honour by Tripura Government of India on International Mother Language Day. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar conferred a commemorative gift to poet Nurul Huda at Ananda Hall of Nazrul Kalakhetra Tuesday evening. In an
Bangladesh missions abroad observed the Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day with due solemnity and fervour. The day's programmes began in the morning with the hoisting of national flag at half-mast on the premises of the missions. Prayers were offered in different missions seeking
No. 1 seed John Isner hammered 26 aces en route to a 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (7/4) victory over Gilles Muller in the first round of the Memphis Open on Tuesday. The world number 13, who is chasing his fourth career title, clinched the victory by winning the final three points of the second set tiebreaker. T
Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez looks set to return from his self-imposed exile after apologising to the club for his conduct in recent months. Tevez has not played for the Premier League leaders since September after falling out with City boss Roberto Mancini following his refusal to warm-up
Bollywood veterans Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor, who gave the hit film ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ along with Vinod Khanna, are coming together in the forthcoming film ‘Mehrunnisa’. “We were to shoot for the film in April but because of Amitabh's health condition the shooting has been put off to Octob
In the middle of last year, a duet recitation album titled “Protidin Bondhudin” by noted recitation artiste of Bangladesh Ravishankar Maitree and Mitul Dutta of Kolkata had been released in facebook. Both these recitation artistes will perform in a duet recitation evening under the banner “Protidin
Two Western journalists were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs Wednesday when shells hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses said. They were named as Marie Colv
Investigators in China's Hebei province are shocked after coming across a bizarre incident in which a woman's corpse was married twice. During this year's Spring Festival, a family surnamed Wu sold th
Bangladesh Bank chief Atiur Rahman foresees troubles for the economy and is trying to prepare the banking sector to take preemptive measures to avoid a big shock. He expressed his fears relating the E
World Bank (WB) has recently approved an additional $ 172 million fund to install another 6.3 million solar systems by December 2012. The Bank is preparing for additional funding in 2013 considering t