European equities retreated on Tuesday after strong gains in the previous session, with basic resources companies facing a heavy sell-off after copper prices fell sharply on concerns about a global surplus of the industrial metal. Shares in Volkswagen fell more...
One of the advantages of being royalty, is that you have a palace at your disposal. And that’s exactly where Kareena Kapoor Khan took off for her birthday celebrations this year. Kareena, who turns 35 today, (September 21), took off...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved a total of 6 projects involving more than Tk88.25 billion (Tk8825.02 crore). The approval came at the 8th Ecnec meeting of the current fiscal year held at the NEC...
Despite movement of a large number of vehicles, the traffic situation remained normal in Chandra on Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Gazipur district on Tuesday morning after three days’ gridlock. Community police along with highway, traffic and district police continue to perform...
A 107-member business delegation left Dhaka for USA on Tuesday to accompany Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her upcoming New York tour. The business delegation, led by president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Abdul...
Gas supply to all the CNG refueling stations in Dhaka and Chittagong will remain suspended from Friday midnight to Saturday midnight for emergency maintenance works on Bibiyana gas field, said a media release. The Energy Ministry media release, released on...
A total lunar eclipse will occur on September 28. The moon will enter penumbra at 06 hours 10 minutes 18 seconds BST and will leave penumbra at 11 hours 23 minutes 54 seconds Bangladesh standard Time (BST), an ISPR release...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves for New York on Wednesday morning on an 8-day official visit to the United States to attend the 70th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister...
After two months and 12 days of the brutal killing of 13-year-old Rajan, a court here today indicted Kamrul Islam, the main accused and 12 others. Sylhet Metropolitan Sessions Judge Akbar Hossain Mridha passed the indictment order. The court also...
Three alleged arms traders were arrested and two pistols, six rounds of bullet and four magazines were recovered from their possession at Chandana under Nachole upazila of Chapainawabganj on Tuesday afternoon. The arrested persons are Abdul Khaleq, 40, Enam Hossain,...
A Faridpur court on Tuesday exempted journalist Probir Sikdar from appearing before it in a case filed against him under the Information and Communication Technology Act. Senior Judicial Magistrate Hamidul Islam passed the order after Probir filed a petition seeking...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said there is no traffic jam on highways across the country ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. “In some places, vehicles were seen plying slowly due to heavy pressure of cattle-laden trucks. However, it...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested one person along with 16 gold bars, weighing 1.6kg, at Benapole land port area on Tuesday. The arrestee was identified as Hanif Ali, 35, of Gatipara village in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district....
Karnataka took a 5-run lead against Bangladesh ‘A’ team in the first innings on day one in their three-day match at Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground in Mysore, Karnataka, on Tuesday. The Bangladesh ‘A’ cricketers, who have been touring India...
Thousands of SIM cards for mobile phones have been purchased against one National Identity card. Scores of them purchased using fake National Identity cards and some bought by men against identity cards of women. The recent registration recheck reveals that...
Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin said on Tuesday that Dhaka-Washington along with neighbors and other friendly nations have been working together to eliminate extremism and terrorism. "Dhaka worked with Washington and others nations in line with the...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will file another 23 cases on Tuesday night in connection with the swindling of money from state-run Basic Bank Limited. ACC inquiry officials will file 12 cases with Gulshan Police Station while eight with Paltan...
Railway police have recovered a body of a young man in pieces beside rail tracks in Karwan Bazar area in Dhaka. Kamalapur Railway Police’s Assistant Sub-inspector Md Sirajul Islam said the body was spotted around 1:30pm on Tuesday. The deceased...
Admission seekers on Tuesday announced that they will continue their ongoing demonstration even during Eid-ul-Azha, demanding cancellation of the results of the admission tests for MBBS and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), amid widespread allegations that the question papers were...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Khulna, Rangpur, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday made a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban. During the meeting, the PM apprised the President of her probable programmes in the 70th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), President's press secretary Joynal...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel arrested seven people—three physicians, three teachers and a coaching centre director—from different areas of Rangpur city on Monday and Tuesday for their alleged involvement in question paper leakage for medical admission test. The arrested physicians...
Barrister M Amir-Ul Islam has announced his intention to walk out of Bangladesh Bar Council after Abdul Baset Majumder was elected vice-chairman. Majumder was unanimously chosen for the office, for a second time, in the new 15-strong council’s first meeting...
New president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Siddiqur Rahman, took over the charges on Tuesday. Former BGMEA president Atiqul Islam handed over the charge to Siddiqur Rahman, Sterling Denims Ltd managing director, after announcing the 35-member committee...
Rokon Zaman concluding his two-part write-up on software and ITES industry | 2015-09-22 00:00:00
A strong interest shown by different stakeholders in an earlier write-up on the subject has prompted this writer to share further his views about what we should do to enable the software industry of Bangladesh to grow. To begin with,...
Imtiaz A. Hussain | 2015-09-22 00:00:00
It was observed in the September 15 Scopus article that Bangladesh was not among 57 countries in the 2014 Quality of Life Index (QOLI) list: India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka only made it from South Asia. In the same year,...
Any clash between the police and the public is the result of erosion of trust and a breach of social contract on the part of either of the parties or both. In the Kalihati police firing, the death of three...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-09-22 00:00:00
Policy-makers in South Asia are stuck in a quagmire. On the one hand, they have genuine grounds to celebrate achievement of self-sufficiency in foodgrains production, mostly led by the Green Revolution. Agriculture ministers are happy over better performance of the...
Saleh Akram | 2015-09-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh is now a lower middle income country. Its annual average per capita income which was only US$129 in 1972 has risen to US$1314 in 2014-15. Although the increase is 11 times over the period, the purchasing power has not...
Each year immediately before Eid holidays, we see a large number of people leaving Dhaka for their village homes to celebrate Eid. It is a joyful occasion and nobody wants to miss the opportunity to enjoy it with their loved...
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