An arrested accused in a land-related case died in police custody in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur district on early Friday. The deceased was identified as Nur Mohammad Munshi, 35, a resident of Dakkhin Beel area of Nalia village in the...
The benchmark BSE Sensex plunged over 521 points on Friday. Nifty fell below 7,700-mark in early trade on Friday as retail investors booked profits after amid sustained capital outflows by foreign funds. The 30-share barometer, which gained 311.22 points in...
A court in Magura has placed five accused on a two-day remand in a case filed in connection with the Jubo League factional clash that killed a person and left an expecting mother and her baby inside the womb wounded...
A businessman, injured by bullets in a gun attack on him in Raypara Jamtola in Jessore town on August 28, has died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Mohammad Ali, elder brother of the deceased, said Bachchu Mian has succumbed...
Fourteen Bangladeshi pilgrims, including four women, who went to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to perform Holy Hajj in the current Hajj season, have passed away. The ministry of religious affairs of Bangladesh has confirmed the deaths of the...
Foreign Minister of Bangladesh AH Mahmood Ali has said the future economic prosperity and food security are inextricably linked to sustainable use of sea resources. He was delivering country statement at the ministerial session of the first IORA (Indian Ocean...
Two people were chopped to death in an attack by miscreants at a shrine in Chittagong city on Friday. A young man was also injured when the criminals exploded a bomb while fleeing. The deceased were identified as Rahmatullah alias...
Bangladesh have kicked off their ICRC T20 Cricket Tournament for people with disabilities in style, beating England in the opening match. The hosts put up a gritty show to edge the English side by 14 runs at the BKSP ground...
Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali, who is suffering from pneumonia, is undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) at a Dhaka hospital. He was rushed to BIRDEM hospital in Shahbagh after he had fallen sick on Thursday morning,...
The video footage of a schoolgirl being sexually harassed by a schoolboy in broad daylight in Habiganj town has triggered an angry outcry. Police arrested the perpetrator, Ruhul Amin, on Friday after the video clip of the incident that occurred...
The sixth death anniversary of M Saifur Rahman, Bangladesh’s longest-serving finance minister, was observed with various programmes in Dhaka and Moulvibazar on Friday. Leaders and activists of Moulvibazar district unit of BNP placed wreaths at the grave of the former...
A live overhead power cable snapped and fell on a passing Leguna (human-hauler) at Mohammadpur in Dhaka city on Friday. At least eight passengers of the human-hauler, including four women, were injured in the incident, police say. Local people rescued...
A survey conducted recently by the US-based International Republican Institute (IRI), found that the ruling Awami League (AL) has gained popularity. A news agency reported on Friday that the opinion poll found the AL, one of the oldest parties of...
Siddique Islam | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
The central bank has started inspection to determine actual risks facing the country's banking system as a precautionary measure against any unforeseen crisis. A set of core-risk guidelines devised by the Bangladesh Bank is being used as one of the...
FE Report | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
A US diplomat listed inadequate infrastructure, bureaucratic delays and political instability as some major roadblocks to foreign investment in Bangladesh, despite the country having immense potential. Charge d'affaires of the US Embassy in Dhaka David Meale told his business audience...
FE Report | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
The point-to-point inflation in August has eased a little after a rise over the previous three months due to a lower consumer price index (CPI), mainly on non-food items last month. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) showed that the...
M. A. Taslim | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
On August 26 last the National Board of Revenue (NBR) massively increased the import tax on raw sugar from Tk 2000 to Tk 7000 per tonne and that on refined sugar from Tk 4500 to Tk 10500 less than two...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
After the recent hike in power and gas tariffs, the state minister for power and energy hinted at further increase of the same within next three months. This week, the parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Power, Energy, and...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
Container handling at the state-owned Kamalapur Inland Container Depot (ICD) in the capital grew by more than 13 per cent in last financial year (FY), 2014-15, against the corresponding year. However, stakeholders at the ICD said the Chittagong Port Authority...
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman said on Wednesday said the financial institutions must spend one-third of their CSR funds for educational purposes. "Corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund must be spent for education purposes, including providing scholarship to students from...
COMILLA, Sep 2: An alleged robber was killed and another injured in what the Detective Branch (DB) of police termed a gunfight between its members and cohorts of the deceased in Palpara area of Comilla Sadar upazila early Wednesday. The...
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and National Skills Development Council (NSDC) are jointly conducting a census of technical vocational education and training institutions across the country, aiming to depict the real scenario of the institutions. "We're conducting the census to...
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has inaugurated the Masters degree course in Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Rajiv Gandhi National Institution of Youth Development (RGNIYD) in Sriperumbudur in India’s Tamil Nadu state. The institute has launched the course to...
An organisation called ‘Bangladesh Awami Shishu (children) League’ has been formed, adding to the long list of over a hundred organisations operating with 'Awami League', 'Bangabandhu' and 'Jatir Pita' in their names. Md Faisal Ahammad Munshi, General Secretary of Demra...
Forty per cent of children from five conflict-scarred Middle Eastern countries are not attending school, the United Nations agency for children said on Thursday, warning that losing this generation will lead to more militancy, migration and a dim future for...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman has said the financial institutions must spend one-third of their CSR funds for educational purposes. "Corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund must be spent for education purposes, including providing scholarship to students from disadvantaged...
Three Bangladesh nationals were killed and two others injured in a road accident in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. A Bangladesh embassy official confirmed the incident late night. The accident took place on Wednesday morning in the Al Khazna...
The Department of Forestry and Environmental Science of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has allowed an expelled student to take a test. The student has been temporarily expelled by the authorities for beating teachers. Chairman of the...
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