Health experts put emphasis on formulating a policy or guideline on prescribing antibiotics for patients, reports BSS. They came up with the observation while addressing a symposium titled "Abuses of Antibiotics in Children" at city's Bangabandhu Inter-national Conference Centre (BICC)...
A Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 sentenced a young man to death and three others to different jail terms for killing a Brac Bank official in 2011, reports UNB. The condemned convict Abdul Majid Dalim, 34, son of Kiamuddin of Purba...
Chinese oceanographers meet DU VC A five-member delegation led by Prof Dr Chen Ke-liang of Third Institute of Oceanography in China, called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's office on Monday. Other members...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a many places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi and Dhaka divisions with moderately...
Mohiuddin Babar | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
If you are a non-resident Bangladeshi returning home in an ecstatic mood, if you are a tourist coming with enthusiasm to discover Bangladesh, if you are a businessman returning after concluding a good deal abroad or if you are a...
Siddique Islam | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
The overall balance-of-payments (BoP) position of the country looked buoyant at the start of this fiscal year (FY) with a significant improvement in the first month from a tenuous condition. According to the central bank's latest statistics, released Monday, the...
FE Report | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
The Cabinet approved on Monday a draft law to expedite disposal of civil cases in lower courts at district level. The draft law titled 'Civil Courts (Amendment) Act 2015' has proposed to increase fiduciary jurisdiction of the lower court judges...
FE Report | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
The cross-border car run through Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) to launch sub-regional connectivity has been deferred by a month from its October schedule. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader made the disclosure Monday while briefing about a...
Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali died on Monday morning in Singapore. He was 67, reports UNB. He was undergoing treatment at Singapore General Hospital, He breathed his last around 9.0 am at the hospital, said the minister's personal officer...
FE Report | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
The country has to spend a significant amount of money for payment of foreign people, working in different organizations, mainly due to lack of local adequate skilled manpower, Finance Minister A M A Muhith said on Monday. "Each year foreigners,...
Yasir Wardad | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
The government's firm commitment not to allow additional charge for advance bus tickets went in vain, as bus operators are charging up to 82 per cent higher than the actual prices ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha festival. Prices of tickets for...
FE Report | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
The government withdrew on Monday 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) levied on tuition fees of private universities, medical and engineering colleges amid widespread protests by the students. As part of the latest move, the Ministry of Finance (MoF)...
FE Report | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
Indian High Commissioner Pankaj Saran said Monday there has been a silent progress over the long-pending Teesta water-sharing issue behind the scenes and this deal might also be done soon. This will also happen soon like the settlement of Land...
FE Report | 2015-09-15 00:00:00
The special tribunal on capital market Monday sent five persons, including the chairman of Paragon Leather and Footwear Industries, to prison after rejecting their bail petitions in a case involving the issuance of fake share certificates. The persons sent to...
Holy Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated across the country on September 25, as the new moon of the Arabic month of Zilhajj was not sighted in Bangladesh sky on Monday. National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision at a meeting after...
Miscreants hacked a local Awami League leader to death in Gafargaon upazila in Mymensingh district on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Mohar Uddin, vice-president of Ward-1 unit of Awami League under Niguari union and a resident of Makholkaldair...
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) began its open market sale (OMS) programme across Bangladesh this (Tuesday) morning ahead of Holy Eid-ul Azha. Eid-ul-Azha will be observed in the country on September 25 (Friday). Three daily essentials – sugar, onion...
Some miscreants have chopped a local Jubo League activist to death in Hajipur union under Begumganj upazila in Noakhali district. The deceased was identified as Jasim Uddin Rubel, 23, son of Sufi Alam, a resident of the area. Police quoting...
Detectives arrested a regional leader of an outlawed outfit from the bank of Rupsha River, adjacent to Rupsha Railway Station, in Khulna district on Monday. Police identified the arrested as Ibrahim Sheikh, 42, son of Md Abul Sheikh, a resident...
The High Court has granted 6-month interim bail to BNP joint secretary general Amanullah Aman in 14 more cases filed with different police stations in Dhaka city. Two separate HC benches passed the order after hearing on separate petitions filed...
Police arrested a man from Lamakazi area in Bishwanath upazila of Sylhet district on Monday on charge of murder, arson attack and subversive activities. The arrestee was identified as Shahin Ahmad, 41, acting president of Bishwanath upazila Sramik Kalyan Federation...
A young man was killed in a head on collision between a motorcycle and a truck in front of Magura Textile Mill on the Magura-Jessore Highway in Sadar upazila of Magura district on Monday night. The deceased was identified as...
US stocks closed lower on Monday as many investors put off making big bets ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting this week and others worried about weak data from China. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 62.13 points, or...
Two suspected forest robbers were killed in a lynch-mob attack following an internal feud at Sora village in Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira district on Monday evening. The deceased were identified as M Obaidullah, 27, son of M Yeakub Ali, and...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel in a drive arrested three people along with three firearms, 170 grams of cocaine and bomb making materials from Jhumjhumpur area in sadar upazila of Jessore district on Monday. The arrestees were identified as Sumon,...
Aman Moudud, only son of BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed, died early Tuesday. He was 38. He breathed his last around 4:30am when he was being flown to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore by an air ambulance from United...
Asian shares struggled on Tuesday as caution reigned ahead of this week's US Federal Reserve decision on interest rates, while the yen edged higher after the Bank of Japan refrained from any new policy steps. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific...
A mobile court in Magura on Monday sentenced two video shop owners to one month’s jail and fined them Tk10,000 each for exchanging porn footages at Chaurongi in the district town. The convicts were identified as Ziauddin and Riad Ali,...
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