The cabinet approved on Monday in principle the draft of 'The Chittagong Development Authority Bill, 2016' making harsher the punishment for violation of the law by raising both jail term and fine to make it more time-befitting one, reports UNB. The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of...
Read moreFE Report The government is set to raise its financial contributions to the United Nations by 25 per cent following frequent requests from the global body, officials said. The ministry of finance and the ministry of foreign affairs have given consent to this issue, they added. Bangladesh has already graduated...
Read moreFE Report The violence against women in the country increased by more than 10 per cent in 2016 compared to that of pervious year, according to a latest survey. A total of 4,896 women were tortured in different ways including rape, sexual harassment, acid attack, kidnap, trafficking, physical torture, dowry,...
Read moreCHAPAINAWABGANJ, Jan 2 (Agencies): Bazlur Rahman Chhana, a serving judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, was laid to eternal rest at the family graveyard at his ancestral home at the northwestern town here a day after he passed away losing a battle with cancer. A large number...
Read moreA Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Dhaka and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital was signed on Monday at Dhaka Cantonment in the city, said an ISPR press release. Registrar of BSMMU Hospital Professor Md Abdul Hannan (retd) and Commandant of CMH Dhaka Brigadier General...
Read moreTANGAIL, Jan 2 (bdnews24.com): A highway pile-up on the Bangabandhu Bridge has left one dead and five injured. The pile up occurred around 7am on Monday when six Dhaka-bound trucks banged into one another, said Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station's OC Mohammad Asabur Rahman. "Five vehicles lost control after the...
Read moreThe Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested on Monday the district relief and rehabilitation officer of Kurigram in a graft case, reports UNB. ACC assistant director Md Amirul Islam of the Rangpur office arrested rehabilitation officer Abdul Motaleb Mollah, also a former project implementation officer of Rangpur, from Kurigram town, ACC...
Read moreBRAC University (BRACU) organised 'Freshman Orientation - Spring 2017' at Golf Garden (adjoining Army Golf Club) in the city on Monday, said a press release. BRACU Vice Chancellor Professor Syed Saad Andaleeb, PhD, presented the inaugural speech, congratulating around 1,300 students for qualifying for admission for the Spring 2017 at...
Read moreDetectives arrested two people and seized a truck loaded with 2,850 bottles of Phensidyl syrup from Turag area in the city on Sunday night, reports UNB. Identities of the arrestees could not be confirmed yet. Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Detective Branch (DB) of police conducted a...
Read moree-learning and e-manual contents for the students of class IX and X have been launched to make their classrooms more interactive and interesting, reports BSS. TQI-2 project of the Education Ministry and the Ethics Advanced Technology Limited (EATL) developed the e-learning and e-manual aiming to promote ICT-based education in the...
Read moreA mistake occurred in the news item headlined "Kalim new CUJ president, Suklal GS" published on page 3 of the Financial Express on January 2. Actually, Kalim was elected president, Suklal general secretary and other office- bearers of Chittagong Press Club, not CUJ. The inadvertent mistake is regretted.
Read moreLight rain or drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions and weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in next 24 hours till 6pm today (Tuesday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick fog may occur at places...
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