The Ranganiketan Manipur Cultural Arts Troupe and Srila Sripada Education Foundation is organizing INDICLAD International Indian Classical Dance Festival 2013 in connection with 76th VYASA Pujah festival of His Divine Holiness B..SDamodara Swami Srila Sripada on December 8 in Imphal under the theme “For peace, harmony and unity in Manipur” in a spirit to rejuvenate an interest in the traditional Indian performing art forms among the youth in Manipur and India at large, said a release from Ajit Das, chairman, organizing committee INDICLAD.
The festival will be participated by world famous Odyssey dancer Sita from France, Tamanna Rahama...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate final DC-10 passenger service tomorrow. DC-10 has had checkered past, including high-profile accidents. The plane debuted in 1971 on a flight between Los Angeles and Chicago. A special “last chance” flight for enthusiasts is planned for February
Some commercial jets receive soaring fanfare when they hang up their wings.
But what sort of retirement party awaits the airline industry’s final scheduled DC-10 passenger flight? The final-flight honor goes to Bangladesh Biman Airlines, operator of the world’s last passenger DC-10 -- which the airline says will be making its final scheduled flight on December 7, on an otherwise routine flight. (The airline hasn’t said which route the plane will fly.)
The final legal battle between India and Bangladesh over 4,000 square kilometres of the Bay of Bengal, holding out huge potential for fishing, shipping and underwater resources, will begin from December 9 at The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration.
India's strategy has been chalked out by the ministry of external affairs in consultation with other ministries and the arguments before the International Arbitral Tribunal will be opened by attorney general GE Vahanvati, who will be assisted by attorneys from abroad as well as a team from home, reports TNN.
The onion price rose by Tk 25 per kg by the weekend and was selling at Tk 115 per kg which is considered to be shock of the nationwide blockade. The imported onion was found selling slightly at lower rate.
The blockade has also contributed to the rise of vegetables’ price since none of the products was selling below Tk 40 on Friday. However, there was abundance of supplies.
Shamim Ahmed, a wholesaler said at Karwan Bazar that huge quantities of vegetables had been rotten in different parts of the country, including Bogra and Jessore. So, producers have increased the price to recover losses.
Key destinations of country’s export market like Germany, UK and France a posted modest growth in the first quarter (July-September) of the current fiscal (2013-14) as compared to the same period of the last fiscal (2012-13).
In July-September of the current fiscal, exports to Germany totaled $ 1,237.60 million, which was 16.22 percent of total export earnings for the three-month period. Of the amount, knitwear accounted for $ 701.65 million, woven garments $ 440.66 million and frozen shrimp $ 23.27 million, according to latest figures released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).
The EPB figures showed exports to the UK during July-September totaled $ 729.37 million, which was 9.56 percent of the total export earnings for ...
Adoption of organic farming can become the major solution to improve the soil alongside ensuring the farmholders with better profit margin and consumers with the quality food, claims scientists at the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (Bari).
Began in 2006, a field trial of organic farming over 33 decimal land at Bari has led to the doubling of the organic matter content in the soil that has also resulted in the reduction of input requirement and improvement of the quality of the crops and vegetables compared to those produced by a chemical input dependent method.
Over the last seven years of the field trial, the organic matter content in the soil was increased from 1.14 percent to 2.79 percent, while the cost of fa...
