The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think tank, has said an important issue over the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is how their implementation will be financed. "Public finance--domestic resource mobilisation--and foreign aid are expected to continue to...
World Bank South Asia vice-president Annette Dixon arrives in Dhaka today (Saturday) to help further strengthen the partnership between Bangladesh and the global lender. Her two-day visit will focus on the Country Partnership Framework that the World Bank is preparing,...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 18 : Senior bankers at a discussion session asked their newly-appointed subordinates to gain professional skills as it is inevitable for attaining success in the banking sector for overall socioeconomic development of the region. They urged them to...
Babul Barman Stocks rebounded last week that ended on Thursday, after remaining down in the past three consecutive weeks as investors showed buying appetite in large cap stocks. Market insiders said the selective heavy-weighted stocks made significant move last week,...
USD/BDT market maintained soft tone last week as the country received more inward remittances ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. The market was traded around 77.80 levels with significant downward pressure. The average daily inter-bank USDBDT transaction volume was about USD 42.78 million...
Pankaj Dastider | 2015-09-19 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sep 18: Cattle markets in Chittagong are yet to gain momentum though both stock and supply of sacrificial animals are abundant. The Eid-ul-Azha festival will be celebrated on September 25, less than a week away from now. According to...
United Nations human rights expert Baskut Tuncak has called on States and business enterprises to do more to realise the right to information about hazardous substances and wastes, reports UNB. "People have a right to know whether they are being...
GAIBANDHA, Sept 18 (BSS): A 70-day long basic training on computer education has been progressing fast at the Ansar and VDP training centre of the town here since July amid much enthusiasm of the trainers. The Ansar and VDP office...
Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (Dwasa) has taken three projects involving Tk 133.47 billion, aiming to increase its surface water supply to 70 per cent from the existing 22 per cent by 2021, reports UNB. The three projects are-Padma (Jasholdia)...
Members of Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested two young men in possession of 21 gold bars weighing 2.1 kilograms at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city early Friday, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Abu Yusuf...
Students of some 2,600 schools across the country are taking part in a nationwide earthquake drill that began from September 16 ahead of the International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, reports UNB. The drills are being conducted...
A newly-developed scorecard by an international group, including icddr,b, has showed that Bangladesh performs poorly in reducing non-communicable diseases, reports UNB. The Lancet on Friday published findings of the new scorecard, measuring the performance of 23 countries including Bangladesh, in...
KERANIGANJ, Sept 18 (UNB): A man was arrested from Kotwali area of the capital on Thursday in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a young widow at Shubhadya in South Keraniganj upazila. The arrestee was identified as Salam. Officer-in-charge of...
THAKURGAON, Sept 18 (UNB): Local people caught an assistant sub-inspector and a constable of Pirganj Police Station while allegedly taking bribe from a motorcyclist at Gogor in Ranishankoil upazila on Thursday. The policemen were identified as Nur Alam, assistant sub-inspector...
Six people were killed across the country in separate incidents during the last 24 hours. according to news agencies. In the city police recovered the body of a marketing officer of the daily Banik Barta-which was kept hidden inside a...
Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor has once again expressed disappointment over the education system, saying parents are pressing children for perfect grade, which is quelling their extracurricular activities, reports BSS. Noor, who is also an actor and reciter, said the...
SYLHET, Sept 18 (UNB): A tribunal here on Thursday convicted three people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for violating a housewife in 2010. The lifers were identified as Jahur Ali,48, son of late Maulana Abdul Jalil of Rapasha...
The combined admission tests for the country's medical and dental colleges for the 2015-16 academic session was held peacefully across the country on Friday, reports UNB. Health Minister Mohammad Nasim visited an exam centre at the Arts Faculty of Dhaka...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) will sell advance tickets of September 24 today (Saturday) for the home-bound passengers before the Eid-ul-Azha, reports BSS. Advance tickets of September 23 were sold from Kamalapur (Dhaka) and Chittagong railway stations Friday, BR sources said.
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Dhaka divisions with moderately heavy...
Worried at the growing incidents of extrajudicial killings in the country, experts and rights activists have said the existence of the judiciary loses its importance if the executive body of a state puts people on trial sidetracking the judiciary, reports...
Alleging that the government is trying to control opposition parties by using arms, BNP senior leader ASM Hannan Shah said on Friday it is impossible for such a government to establish democracy in the country, reports UNB. "The government has...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will co-chair a high-level summit on peace operations with US President Barack Obama in New York on September 28, said Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, reports UNB. The US President has taken the initiative to...
NARAYANGANJ, Sept 18 (BSS): Awami League (AL) backed Sammilito Ainjibi Samonnoy Parishad panel, led by Advocate Anisur Rahman Dipu and Advocate Hasan Firdouse Jewel, won 13 posts, including president and general secretary, in the election of Narayanganj District Bar Association...
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