The buildings constructed with heavier bricks are highly vulnerable to earthquake, says a seismic expert in the city on Sunday, reports UNB. "If the weight of building increases, its vulnerability to earthquake goes up," dean of the Earth and Environmental...
The results of MBBS and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) admission test have been published on Sunday with a pass rate of 58.4 per cent, reports UNB. A total of 48,448 students have passed in the admission test, said Parikshit...
Russia has delivered the first batch of Yakovlev Yak-130 combat trainer aircraft (NATO reporting name Mitten) to Bangladesh, reports UNB. The plane allows training pilots in flying four-plus and fifth-generation combat aircraft, Russian media reports. The delivery process started on...
FE Report | 2015-09-21 00:00:00
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) for the first time has selected 84 temporary spots in its five zones for slaughtering sacrificial animals during the ensuing Eid-ul-Azha, a city corporation press statement said on Sunday. A DNCC official, however, told the...
KHULNA, Sept 20 (UNB): A case was filed against two people in connection with the killing of a man and his daughter in the Labanchhara area of the city. Rezaul Alam Chowdhury, son of victim Ilias Chowdhury, filed a case...
Justice Md Tofazzal Hossain and Justice Md Awlad Ali have become members of Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, Netherlands, reports BSS. This is the first time that judges from Bangladesh have become members of this esteemed international...
FE Report | 2015-09-21 00:00:00
Senior journalist Humayun Zaman has been admitted to hospital in the city in a critical condition after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Associate Editor of the Dhaka-based English daily New Age, he was diagnosed with cancer recently while undergoing treatment...
Members of Detective Branch (DB) in separate drives arrested 18 alleged members of a doper gang from different parts of the city on Sunday, report agencies. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) deputy commissioner (media) Muntasirul Islam said the law enforcers conducted...
Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus inaugurated the Jobra Museum and Archives in the village of Jobra where Grameen Bank was started in 1976 on September 19, said a press release. Interesting feature of the event was the gathering of most...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy fall at different places over the country until...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2015-09-21 00:00:00
Falsehood stated repeatedly has a tendency to become accepted as the truth. It is the way of the mind that seeks reassurance and conviction. On the contrary, the truth told many times over has lesser effect, doomed as it usually...
FE Report | 2015-09-21 00:00:00
The country's three leather sector associations will announce on Wednesday (September 23) next the purchasing prices of rawhide of sacrificial animals in and outside the capital during Eid-ul-Azha. Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA), Bangladesh Hide and Skin Merchants Association (BHSMA) and...
FE Report | 2015-09-21 00:00:00
The government has approved a proposal for raising fees for the machine-readable passport (MRP) by 33 per cent over the existing rates. With the increase in the cost, the validity of such digital passports also has been extended twofold to...
FE Report | 2015-09-21 00:00:00
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq expressed his helplessness on Sunday in addressing the multidimensional and ailing situation relating to the city's traffic congestion. Terming the state of Dhaka's traffic system an ailing patient in the intensive care...
The World Bank has reassured Bangladesh of extending budgetary support to the government, if it fully implements its reform proposals in the energy sector, reports UNB. Finance Minister AMA Muhith said this after World Bank South Asia Vice President Annette...
THAKURGOAN, Sept 20 (UNB): A Bangladeshi national, who sustained bullet injuries with another one as members of Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire on them in Chanpasa border area of Haripur upazila, died at a hospital in India on Saturday....
GAZIPUR, Sept 20 (UNB): A fire broke out in a Readymade Garment (RMG) factory at Chandana intersection in the city on Sunday. Station officer of Gazipur Fire Service Hasibur Rahman said the fire broke out in the factory around 6:10pm....
FE Report | 2015-09-21 00:00:00
Heavy downpour coupled with water-logging caused severe traffic gridlock on most key streets in the capital Sunday, mounting sufferings of commuters and disrupting trading activities. The Bangladesh Secretariat which is considered as the government's nervous system also went under knee-deep...
Syful Islam | 2015-09-21 00:00:00
New Delhi has recently requested Dhaka to cut import duty on salt and sugar, so that Indian traders can enter Bangladeshi market with 'greater competitiveness', officials said. In a recent letter to the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) the Indian High...
Siddique Islam | 2015-09-21 00:00:00
Four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) are set to disburse around Tk 6.45 billion as loans among tanners to help them procure raw hides of sacrificial animals during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. Among the banks, Sonali Bank Limited will provide around Tk...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged on Sunday her cabinet colleagues and secretaries to be more active and sincere in implementing projects and development programmes, reports BSS. "You have to show result according to the budget allocation" she said, adding the...
GAZIPUR, Sept 20: A 30 km tailback was there on the Dhaka-Tangail highway on Sunday, causing immeasurable sufferings to home-bound people ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. The tailback was there on the road from Chandra intersection in Kaliakoir upazila to Elenga in...
Police have submitted the report in a sedition case against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman. Detective Branch Assistant Commissioner Jewel Rana filed the document to the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka. Court official Kabir Hossain said Judge Asaduzzaman...
The logos of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as Global Goals, have been launched in Bangladesh. The logos were launched during the Social Good Summit 2015, organised by the UNDP in the city. UNDP Bangladesh Country Director Pauline...
Three people were killed and three others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Sreepur upazila in Gazipur district on Sunday night. The identities of the deceased could not be ascertained. Locals said the three people died in...
A Khulna court has sentenced 16 people to life imprisonment for killing a teenaged boy nine years ago. Judge MA Rob Hawladar of the Khulna divisional speedy trial judge’s court (district and sessions judge) also fined all sixteen convicts of...
Officers-in-charge of Kalihati Police Station and Ghatail Police Station were closed to the district police lines on Sunday night in connection with Friday’s ‘police firing’ on a demonstration in Kalihati upazila. The two police officers are - Mukhlesur Rahman, officer-in-charge...
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