Questions are being asked over the nature of death of Ganajagaran Mancha activist and SUST student Muhammad Shahriar Majumdar. After the recovery of the body, police had initially claimed it was a case of suicide. But relatives and friends refused...
Police have arrested condemned war crimes convict BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury’s son Hummam Quader Chowdhury. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) spokesperson Muntasirul Islam said that he was arrested on Saturday in a case filed about 7 years ago over a...
Teachers of the 37 public universities in Bangladesh will abstain from work on Tuesday to press for review of the proposed eighth national pay scale. The announcement was made on Saturday at a press conference by the Federation of Bangladesh...
BNP on Saturday turned down the US-based International Republican Institute (IRI)’s survey findings that the government has gained popularity, saying the results are contradictory and devoid of reality. “On one hand, they (IRI) are saying the country’s majority people want...
The International conference on "Development of Guidance Materials on Evidence-Informed Food Safety Policies and Decision-Making Considering Multiple Criteria" will be held Sunday at 3pm at Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban Auditorium of Dhaka University (DU). Institute of Nutrition and Food...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the mobile phone operators to bring down internet service fees at the consumer level as the government has reduced its bandwidth fees. "We’ve brought down the price of Mbps bandwidth from Tk78,000 to...
Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Anisul Haque Saturday stressed the need for taking concerted efforts to rid the city dwellers of the problems of serious water-logging and traffic jams the capital city is reeling from. "We are focusing...
Shamsul Alam | 2015-09-05 00:00:00
The world has the opportunity to agree on a new global sustainable development framework between September 25 and 27, 2015 during the 70th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York. The agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during the...
M. S. Siddiqui | 2015-09-05 00:00:00
The ongoing backlog of cases in Bangladesh demonstrates the stark fact that administration of justice in the country is caught in a web of procedural hazards. Poor case management and weak court administration, inefficiency and corruption in combination have led...
The piece of news that the country imports nearly 100,000 tonnes of fish worth about $40 million annually from at least nine countries, including a distant one like Uruguay, might come as a surprise to many. But a FE report...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-09-05 00:00:00
In separate incidents, an assistant education inspector has been transferred to Hatia Dwip Government College in Noakhali on the allegation of asking for bribe and another education officer was assaulted and publicly humiliated because the amount he offered as bribe...
Mohammad Omar Faruk and Rokshana Alam | 2015-09-05 00:00:00
In the Economist Intelligence Unit 2015 Report on liveability of 140 cities around the world, Melbourne in Australia remains the most ideal location, followed by the Austrian capital, Vienna. Vancouver in Canada, which was the most liveable city surveyed until...
Every year, thousands of Bangladeshis visit India on different purposes like, medical treatment, study, business and tourism. Bangladeshis rank second among visitors to India from all over the world. The Indian authority should make the travel visa for Bangladeshis easier,...
A photograph was published on September 2 along with a write-up in a daily on the sad demise of Dr. Eric Baker, a remarkable New Zealander, living in a village in Modhupur, where he provided much needed medical attention to...
The soil in Bangladesh is generally fertile. Almost all types of plants can grow here. About five decades ago, we started to import seed potato and sell them to the farmers. Bangladesh is now self-sufficient in potato production and exports...
F R Chowdhury | 2015-09-05 00:00:00
Banking, insurance, shipping and aviation are some of the most important businesses in the world. Arguably, shipping is also one of the oldest businesses. Banking and insurance followed it as essential partners. For shipping to operate globally, it requires internationally...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-09-05 00:00:00
Newspapers now publish pictures of boat haats. One such haat is located at Kuriana under Pirojpur District. It is only natural that people in the coastal areas have to depend on boats for transportation during the monsoon. For some boats...
Nargis Sultana | 2015-09-05 00:00:00
Born in modest surroundings in a Muslim family in rural Tamil Nadu, a young boy who traded newspapers as a boy to support his family make ends meet, badge to the uppermost office in the land. And he did so...
Ahemed Shamim Ansary | 2015-09-05 00:00:00
A total of 69.60% students have successfully passed this year's Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent examinations. This year, a total of 1,012,581 examinees from 2,288 educational institutions registered for the exams. A total of 42,898 students secured GPA-5 this...
Md Mohin Uddin Mizan | 2015-09-05 00:00:00
Every year the news of committing suicides by the Secondary or Higher Secondary public examinees is seen to frequently hit the headlines. In some years, the toll of this sort of caption is more than one. The very unreasonable cause...
Md Saifullah Khaled | 2015-09-05 00:00:00
The Bangladesh economy incurs a loss to the tune of US$ 2.00 billion due to severe traffic jam every day. Experts say a bus can cover 18 kilometres an hour while the pace of buses is only seven kilometres in...
Mohammad Zihadul Islam | 2015-09-05 00:00:00
Leprosy is not only a health problem in our country but also the most stigmatised disease. Even health professionals and family members avoid the leprosy victims. Take the case of Asma Khatun (not real name), resident of Gaibandha, has three...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has put emphasis on sustainable use of sea resources for prosperity and food security, report agencies. "Future economic prosperity and food security are inextricably linked to sustainable use of sea resources," he said. The foreign...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Sept 4 (BSS): Mango saplings were distributed among 250 ultra poor families of Narayanpur union in Chapainawabganj sadar upazila on Thursday. Non-government organisation Agriculture Sustainable and Socio-Economic Development Organisation (ASSEDO), in association of Chapainawabganj Regional Horticulture Research Station (RHRS),...
CHUADANGA, Sept 4 (BSS): The farmers in three upazilas of the district have started cultivation of advanced winter vegetables on 2,010 hectares of land this year. According to Chuadanga district agriculture extension department, winter vegetable is being cultivated on 1,180...
Ismail Hossain | 2015-09-05 00:00:00
The country's float glass manufacturing industry is growing at 20-25 per cent annually having a duopoly market structure, industry insiders said. The more-than-Tk 150 billion float glass market is shared by Nasir Glass and PHP Float Glass to the extent...
A delegation of Bangladesh Indenting Agents' Association (BIAA) led by its president M S Siddiqui met Finance Minister AMA Muhith, MP, recently at his ERD division office in Sher-E Bangla Nagar in the city. BIAA president briefed the activities and...
FE Report Prices of essentials in the capital's kitchen markets continued to remain at an exorbitant level last week ending Friday, hitting hard the consumers, especially those of the limited-income group. It happened so, as the ongoing flood coupled with...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-09-05 00:00:00
A Bangladeshi importer wants to import a certain product from India. While processing his letter of credits in a bank, he notices that a standard certification may be required. But, he doesn't know clearly where, how and when to get...
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