SHARIATPUR, Sept 3 (UNB): At least 10 local activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in a clash with police in the district town on Thursday. Police and locals said a group of BCL activists of Naria Government Degree...
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has accepted the resignation of MP and former minister Abdul Latif Siddique, reports bdnews24.com. His Tangail-4 constituency is now vacant in line with the Constitution, she told Parliament on Thursday. Mr Siddique had lost his Cabinet...
The Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) will now sit on September 11 (Friday) instead of September 05, reports UNB. The meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at Prime Minister's official residence Ganobhaban with Awami League president Sheikh Hasina in...
JESSORE, Sept 3 (BSS): Police in a search operation arrested on Thursday two Jamaat activists in Mukhtadaha village under Chougacha upazila of the district. The arrested Jamaat activists are Ruhul Amin (60), and Tito (22) officer-in- Charge (OC) of Chougacha...
Pro-Awami League (AL) lawyers have regained control of the Bar Council, winning a clear majority in recently-concluded elections, reports bdnews24.com. The 'White Panel' fielded by lawyers loyal to the ruling party won 11 of the 14 seats in the Bar...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-04 00:00:00
KHULNA, September-03: A Jubo League (JL) leader was killed by the miscreants in Bagerhat town on Wednesday night. He was identified as Shohag Shaikh (20), son of Hakim Shaikh of Nager Bazar area of Bagerhat town and the JL organising...
The Dhaka University (DU) has temporarily expelled three students affiliated with Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) for their alleged involvement in sexually harassing a female student, reports bdnews24.com. The expelled students are-- Ratul Hasan Nayeem, student of Applied Mathematics Department, Amirul...
SYLHET, Sept 3 (UNB): A court sent on Thursday Mohaimin Noman, one of the two siblings arrested in connection with the killing of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das, to jail on completion of his seven-day remand. Judge of Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate...
The fourth Bangladesh-US dialogue on security issues will be held in Washington DC on September 11, reports UNB. Chargé d' Affaires at the US Embassy in Dhaka David Meale informed the date of the dialogue while addressing a function in...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina laid importance on strengthening Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to settle the problems among the Muslim Ummah through negotiations, report agencies. "Strengthening of OIC is crucial so that the outsiders get no scope to take...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated two top officials of Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited (KGDCL), including a former managing director (MD), in connection with a graft case on Thursday, reports UNB. ACC deputy director Abdus Sobhan quizzed former MD of...
FE Report | 2015-09-04 00:00:00
German Ambassador to Dhaka Thomas Prinz Thursday said Bangladesh needs independent and powerful media in the context of weak opposition party in the present democracy for check and balance. He also emphasised on the government's actions to protect the bloggers....
Draft of the Cyber Security law is now under preparation as the government is planning to enact a new law to prevent cyber crimes , reports BSS. State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak disclosed this...
Textbook printing work for primary level will begin next week, officials told BSS Thursday. National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) and Bangladesh Printing Industry Association (BPIA) have reached a consensus to begin text books printing work between September 8 and...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Thursday the government will provide firearms to field level narcotics officials who run the risk of being attacked during anti-narcotics drives, reports UNB. "A proposal for providing firearms for the Department of Narcotics Control...
FE Report | 2015-09-04 00:00:00
A ten-day art exhibition of five contemporary artists is going to kick off today (Friday) in the city. Charkon or four corners, an expression of effort by four friends, is arranging the art exhibition titled 'Ropbandho' where five artists' art...
Specialised physicians advised teachers, students and guardians not to worry over mass hysteria in schools, reports BSS. "Nothing to worry over mass hysteria as there is no risk of death from this," experts said, adding that this disease could be...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 3 (BSS): An anti-adulteration mobile court realised fine on Thursday from five medicine shops for selling date-expired medicine and not taking drug licences in different areas in the city. Executive magistrate of the district Ruhul Amin while conducting...
FAO representative meets DU VC Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Representative in Bangladesh Mike Robson called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's office on Thursday. Director of the Institute of Nutrition and...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a many places over Rangpur, Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi and Khulna divisions with moderately...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has all but taken the air out of the finance minister's assurance of a cut in fuel oil prices, reports bdnews24.com. Her remarks in a meeting with business leaders on Thursday reinforced the planning minister's position...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2015-09-04 00:00:00
It had been touted as the next big economic block, bringing together emerging and developed economies. Beyond the razzmatazz and announcement of a bank someone has huffing and puffing and is succeeding in blowing the house (read block) down. The...
FE Report | 2015-09-04 00:00:00
The government will excavate canals on both sides of Purbachal link-road, investing Tk 52.44 billion from its own resources, to drain out rainwater from cantonment, airport and adjacent areas, officials said on Thursday. The proposed fund for digging the canals...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-04 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sept 3: Three Bangladeshi expatriates have been killed and two others seriously injured in a road accident at Al Ain located approximately 160 km east of the capital Abu Dhabi. The accident occurred on Wednesday as a vehicle carrying...
FE Report | 2015-09-04 00:00:00
The flow of inward remittances dropped by 14.32 per cent in August last after showing an upward trend in the previous month on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr festival, officials said Thursday. Bangladeshi nationals working abroad sent US$ 1.19 billion in...
RANGPUR, Sept 3 (BSS): The flood situation deteriorated further following inundation of more areas due to further rise of water levels of major rivers in the Brahmaputra basin in 24 hours until Thursday morning. Officials at the Bangladesh Water Development...
Jubair Hasan and Yasir Wardad | 2015-09-04 00:00:00
The city dwellers are unlikely to see any sign of respite from water-logging, as the departments concerned cannot find any immediate solution to the severe problem, service providers and experts have opined. The major stakeholders - two city corporations, Dhaka...
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