LAXMIPUR, Sept 1 (UNB): A local Awami League leader was shot to death by unidentified miscreants in Chandraganj upazila of the district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Omar Faruk, vice-president of Chandraganj union unit of Awami League and...
The High Court (HC) dismissed on Tuesday the writ petition filed by former state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain challenging the inclusion and legality of the Gatco graft case against him, reports UNB. An HC bench of Justice Bhabani...
Munima Sultana | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
The move to build a flyover from the Dhaka-Mawa road's the Jhilmil project point to Shantinagar by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) is facing a blow for its not being endorsed by a Japanese consultants' team. Officials said the consultants working...
Dhaka WASA signed Sunday a deal with HydroChina Corporation to construct a sewage treatment plant at Dasherkandi in the city's Khilgaon area, said a press release. Dhaka WASA Managing Director Engineer Taqsem A Khan and HydroChina Corporation Vice President Chen...
Six suspected members of a counterfeit money syndicate were arrested and seized forged currency notes worth about Tk 12.0 million from the city's Mirpur area on Monday night, reports UNB. The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) recovered...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sept 1: CCCI and Khatunganj Traders and Industries Association president Mahbubul Alam today urged Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud to take up projects to address water-logging problem in Khatunganj and Chaktai. In an urgent letter to the minister,...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Sept-1: The members of RAB-5, Rajshahi Monday night arrested three teenaged boys from Natore who abducted their classmate, killed him and demanded ransom from his father. The arrested juveniles were identified as Husaid Hossain (15), son of Moktar Hossain...
A Dhaka tribunal convicted on Tuesday three persons, including two siblings, of killing O-level student Md Ammar Shamsi in the city's Lalbagh area in 2000 and sentenced them to death, reports UNB. The convicts are Alamgir, son of Md Idris...
The seventh death anniversary of Quamrul Islam Siddique, former chief engineer and founder of LGED, was observed at the LGED Headquarters in the city on Tuesday, said a press release. On the occasion, a Milad and Doa Mahfil was held...
UK donates equipment to clamp down on illegal migration British High Commissioner in Bangladesh Robert W Gibson has recently handed over specialist forgery detection equipment to the Bangladesh Special Branch in an effort to tackle immigration crime. The equipment will...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna, Dhaka, Chittagong, Barisal and Sylhet divisions with heavy to very heavy fall at different places...
Monira Munni | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
The country's fish import has been on a rise in recent years while a significant volume of the same, according to officials, has been found 'substandard and harmful' putting public health at great risk. The existing import-export policy has allowed...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
One of the remnants of stiff upper lip English traditions may soon be a matter of the past. Obsession with the weather is a marked personality characteristic of the English and not without reason. Their greetings grow cheerier with the...
Increased gas price and power tariff came into effect Tuesday as per the decision of the government, reports UNB. "We've recalibrated our metre-reading with new gas price and made it effective from zero hours on Tuesday," Zakir Hossain Nayon, the...
FE Report | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
The government has brought some amendments to the Bangladesh Workers' Welfare Foundation (BWWF) rules, including significant enhancement of financial support and specifying other benefits for workers. The Ministry of Labour and Employment issued a gazette notification in this regard on...
FE Report | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
A probe by the country's telecom regulator has detected the 'abnormal' use of a good number of Teletalk SIMs (Subscribers Identification Module) in illegal VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) business. Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) unearthed the use in its...
FE Report | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
As an hour's downpour flooded most roads in the capital for poor drainage, the entire traffic system in the city almost collapsed Tuesday from noon to evening. Dhaka usually witnesses nagging traffic jam on normal days even for insufficient roads...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
Born four years apart in a period spanning the late eighties and the early nineties, two state entities -- the Board of Investment (BoI) and the Privatisation Board, which later was upgraded and renamed as the Privatisation Commission (PC) --...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
The government will press for $500 million budgetary support at the next annual meeting of the WB-IMF as the WB is following a 'go-slow' policy regarding its assured credit, officials said Monday. The meeting of the World Bank (WB) and...
FE Report | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday ruled out any possibility of hiking fares of public transports before evaluating recommendations of the specialised committees under the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). "We will take decision on the proposed...
FE Report | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
The government has allowed the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) to do yet another repair to the Meghna and the Meghna-Gumti bridges. This will be the third repair within four years. The government Tuesday approved the Tk 410.5 million project...
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday signed a "participation agreement" with different banks and financial institutions (FIs) under its Tk 2.0 billion (200 crore) refinancing scheme to promote milk production and simulated breeding of livestock. The agreement was signed at a function...
Owners of launches (passenger ferries) have been asked by the authorities to carry passengers and goods within the limit of their capacities during Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of Muslims. The owners of the watercraft have also been cautioned...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been asked to prevent smuggling of cattle hides during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of Muslims. The order has been issued during a meeting held to review the law and order...
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has earmarked 500 spots under its administrative areas for slaughtering sacrificial animals during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. The city dwellers have been asked to slaughter their sacrificial animals in the specific places spread across 57...
There will be no cut in the use of internet costs for the end users because of the conditional drop in bandwidth price in Bangladesh, International Internet Gateway (IIG) operators and Internet Service Providers (ISP) think. Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company...
A local leader of the ruling party’s front organisation – Jubo League – has been gunned down in Chittagong city. Police say the ward unit leader of the Jubo League was shot dead by assailants in front his residence at...
A man has been killed in a ‘shootout’ between a gang of criminals and police in Comilla city. Police claim that the 30-year-old man was a criminal. He was wanted for robbery and attack on law enforcers, they said. He...
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