Amid the ongoing movement by public university teachers seeking a separate pay scale, the government has reconstituted the cabinet committee over eliminating salary discriminations. The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification in this regard on Wednesday, a news agency report...
A Sylhet court on Wednesday fixed September 22 for starting the hearing on the charge framing against 13 accused in connection with the Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon killing case. Sylhet Metropolitan Session Judge Akbar Hossain Mridha passed the order when...
The 2nd National Language Festival will be held at Bangla Academy in the capital from September 17 to 19 to encourage the new generation in practicing standard Bangla language. Bangla Academy with cooperation of Dhaka Residential Model College and My...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the then President’s decision of removing additional judge of the High Court Syed Shahidur Rahman. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, head by Chief Justice SK Sinha, passed the order upon public interest...
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested four suspected members including a physician of a gang of leaking question paper of medical college admission test from the city's Mohakhali DOHS area. The arrestees are: Jasim Uddin Bhuiyan, 41,...
A regional leader of outlawed Hizbut Tahrir was arrested from his residence in Rajshahi city on Wednesday. The arrested was identified as Mahmudur Rahman alias Ovi, the regional chief of the organisation, a BSS report confirmed. On a tip-off, a...
Four persons were killed and 40 others injured in a fatal road accident at Madarpur point on the Rangpur-Dhaka highway under Pirganj upazila in Rangpur on Wednesday, police and hospital sources said. The accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound passengers' bus...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday put Saifur Rahman Farabi on a three-day remand in a case filed over the murder of blogger Avijit Roy. Metropolitan Magistrate Maruf Hossain passed the order after Detective Branch Inspector Fazlur Rahman, also the investigation...
Rural people from now on will be able to buy tickets of domestic flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, national flag carrier of the country, from their doorsteps as the facility will be provided at the union digital centres. The union...
Freedom fighter and Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali was laid to eternal rest this afternoon with state honor beside his parents' grave on the premises of Hazrat Shah Mostofa's shrine in Moulavibazar on Wednesday. His last Namaz-e-Janaza was held...
Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday sketched out ways and means how Bangladesh and Iran can move ahead together through a greater collaboration in a number of areas, including energy and trade areas, ensuring mutual economic gains....
Hungarian riot police have fired tear gas and water cannon to force migrants back from the Serbia-Hungary border. Hundreds of people have massed at a closed crossing point near the Serbian town of Horgos, and are involved in a tense...
Dhiman Chowdhury | 2015-09-16 00:00:00
The government recently announced Value Added Tax (VAT) @7.5% on tuition fees of students of private universities. This triggered students' agitation. Academics and political parties also criticised the government's tax policy. In fact, the issue is neither 'no tax' nor...
M. Serajul Islam | 2015-09-16 00:00:00
The procedural vote taken in the US Senate on September 10 on the Republican resolution disapproving the Iran nuclear deal fell two votes short of the 60 needed for a 2/3rd majority. If the resolution had passed by that majority,...
The government's decision to withdraw 7.5 per cent value added tax (VAT) on tuition fees of private universities and medical colleges has brought an end to an otherwise tense situation both on campuses and streets of major cities, including capital...
Wasi Ahmed | 2015-09-16 00:00:00
Lack of opportunities for women employment, not to mention in suitable works/jobs, is a phenomenon common to most developing countries. The situation persists in the developed world too, though in varying perspectives. The difficulties that women in our parts of...
Monir Bhuiyan | 2015-09-16 00:00:00
The idea of strong brand positioning is likely to cross one's mind whenever one sees or thinks about Grameenphone. Over the past decades, Grameenphone invested a huge amount for building strong network coverage across the country. Along with that, it...
It is indeed surprising to note that the government has decided to impose 4 per cent VAT on computer and tech products. This will obviously push up the prices of computers and make use of the same costlier than before....
The holy city of Sylhet is the land of 360 Auliaas.. In Sylhet, there are lots of mazars including the mazars of Hazrat Shahjalal (R) and Hazrat Shahparan (R). Everyone recognizes a mazar as a holy place where many Auliaas...
The national players of cricket, football, hockey etc. represent 160 million Bangladeshis. Unfortunately some of the cricket players, like Rubel Hossain, Shahadat Hossain have tarnished our image to the outside world. The pictures of torture unleashed by Shahadat Hossain and...
Muhammad Omar Faruk and Al Faruque | 2015-09-16 00:00:00
Knowledge management (KM) is a broad concept that addresses a range of strategies and practices used in an organisation to identify, create, organise, represent, store, share, disseminate, search, analyse and improve its insights and experiences. Such insights and experiences include...
Abu Afsarul Haider | 2015-09-16 00:00:00
Students of almost all private universities staged streets demonstrations for last one week demanding lifting of value-added tax (VAT) on tuition fees, and finally, the government has announced withdrawal of VAT imposed in the current budget. The much-awaited announcement to...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-16 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Sept 15: Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) industrial estate at Kellabond in Rangpur city is failing to allocate new plots despite growing demands from the entrepreneurs. Sources said that due to huge demand the organisation sought more...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-16 00:00:00
BOGRA, Sept 15: The flood-hit people, who took shelter on the flood control embankment, in school and college buildings, are facing acute crisis of food and pure drinking water here in Sonatola, Sariakandi, Gabtoly and Dhunot upazilas of Bogra district...
A Correspondent | 2015-09-16 00:00:00
NAOGAON, Sept 15: The lessees of Chowbaria cattle market, the biggest one in northern region of the country, under Manda upazila in Naogaon are facing an allegation of collecting excessive toll money from the cattle owners and purchasers. The lessees...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-16 00:00:00
SYLHET, Sept 15: Reconstruction works on seven important roads of Sylhet division would begin in January 2016 under a special programme taken up by the Roads & Highways department at a cost of Tk 999.6 million. The project for reconstruction...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-16 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Sept 15: A total of 1000 flood victims of three Char (landmass emerged from riverbed) unions of two upazilas in the district got relief materials worth Tk 0.7 million on Tuesday to mitigate their sufferings caused by recent inundation....
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-16 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Sept 15: A Godagari thana police team headed by ASI Ruhul Amin stopped a tank lorry at Daingpara crossing of Godagari and recovered 800 bottles of phensidyl from inside the tank on Monday early morning. Police also arrested the...
NARSINGDI, Sept 15 (BSS): Department of Women Affairs, Narsingdi, under its women assistance programme imparted training to the helpless women for making the women self-reliant. District Women Affairs Officer Sayeda Masuda Islam said the year-long training course for the helpless...
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