Officials of Immigration Police and the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) in a joint drive on Tuesday detained a Peruvian national and recovered 1.8 kg cocaine from him at Hazrat Shahjalal International airport here on Tuesday. The detained Peruvian citizen...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Tuesday filed two cases against 16 pirates who were killed in ‘gunfight’ with the law enforcers at the Sundarbans. “Rab Barisal -8 Deputy Additional Director Kamrul Islam filed the cases for murder and arms possession...
Sacked minister and expelled presidium member of Awami League Abdul Latif Siddiqui on Tuesday announced his resignation from the 10th Jatiya Sangsad. He made the announcement to resign from his parliament membership while delivering a speech in the House, a...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Ministry on Tuesday placed separate reports on the Value Added Tax (Amendment) and Supplementary Duty Bill – 2015, Foreign Exchange Regulation (Amendment) Bill – 2015 and Financial Reporting Bill – 2015 before the Jatiya...
The fire that erupted at a chemical godown (warehouse) in Tejgaon Industrial Area in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon, has been doused. However, no injury was reported. Mohammad Ali of fire service headquarters control room said the fire broke out at...
A trial court has ordered death for three persons in the murder of a schoolboy. Judge Abdur Rahman Sardar of Dhaka’s Fourth Speedy Trial Tribunal gave the verdict on the killing of Dhanmondi Ideal Memorial School student Ammar Shamsi. Ziaur...
Sharjil Haque | 2015-09-01 00:00:00
For the last few years, Bangladesh has regularly achieved a "Stable" outlook in its sovereign rating from global rating agencies Moody's and Standard & Poor's. While this is a commendable development, we need to know what are the challenges for...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2015-09-01 00:00:00
Many people believe that hiking of power prices is unreasonable. Side by side, gas prices have also been increased. One unit of power has gone up by 2.93 per cent. But price will not be increased for lifeline consumers (using...
The sudden rise in the price of onion has started to send shockwaves across the country. Onion, the most sensitive of all kitchen market items, has the 'legacy' of influencing not only economics but also politics. It is said that...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-09-01 00:00:00
The socio-economic impacts of ultra-poor programmes such as those initiated by BRAC in Bangladesh and elsewhere have been found to be far-reaching through available empirical tests. The innovative schemes, as the readers could know, are just not an asset transfer...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2015-09-01 00:00:00
At a seminar on "Increasing the cost of doing business", organised recently by the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), the chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) accused the businessmen of misusing the bonded warehouse facilities. He...
Since July 2013, more than 756 kilograms of gold worth $36 million have been seized from the passengers and airliners at Hajrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. It characterises a sharp increase in the illegal gold smuggling. 160 cases have...
As a small flat owner at Uttara Model Town, I have been regularly paying Titas gas bills for the last seven years, but till date I have not received any "No demand" certificate. This is difficult to accept for the...
The number of kidney patients is increasing in our country which is alarming. We cannot ignore the situation any more. We need to raise awareness in the society about kidney diseases through seminar, rally and media publicity so that people...
Md Abdus Sobhan | 2015-09-01 00:00:00
The generalised system of preference (GSP) is a preferential tariff system which provides for a formal system of exemption from the more general rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Specifically, it's a system of exemption from the most-favoured-nation (MFN)...
Nabil Azam Dewan | 2015-09-01 00:00:00
Thousands of our people have been leaving their homes in search of a bright future abroad where they hope to get jobs with higher income. More than jobs, the aspiring migrants are inspired by the allure of savings that they...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-01 00:00:00
BOGRA, Aug 31: Around 120 proprietors of flower farming are incurring huge losses as the crop has been badly damaged due to heavy rainfall for the last several days in Bogra district as the flower plants can not stand more...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-01 00:00:00
JESSORE, Aug 31: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Jessore hub has delivered modern agricultural technologies to some 7,104 farmers of 193 villages of 66 union councils under 17 upazilas in five districts in the south-western region of the country. Of...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-01 00:00:00
KHULNA, Aug 31: Frozen shrimp industry, one of the largest foreign exchange earning sector is crashing down. The industry became a lucrative industry in the eighties which now is turning into a losing industry. Only 28 shrimp processing units out...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-01 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Aug 31: Banned drugs including Paracetamol tainted with Methionine are still being sold at the drug stores in Rajshahi. According to sources, in most drug stores at Luxmipur under Rajpara Thana, at Shah Makhdum Thana, Motihar Thana and under...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-01 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Aug 31: Speakers in a function here Sunday urged the farmers to expand the sugarcane farming in larger scale at mill zone areas of Rangpur Sugar Mills Limited (RSML) to run it smoothly. Due to lack of sufficient supply...
A Correspondent | 2015-09-01 00:00:00
NAOGAON, Aug 31: Over 70 roadside trees have been felled in Srimantapur union parishad (UP) of Niamatpur upazila under the district as the UP recently sold the trees. Sources said that the UP sold 54 trees on both sides of...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 31 (BSS): Speakers at a knowledge-sharing meeting have stressed for strict enforcement of the amended Tobacco Control Act (TCA) in public places and public transports to save thousands of non-smokers from passive smoking and human lives. They put...
RANGPUR, Aug 31 (BSS): There is no alternative to empowering the union and upazila level elected female public representatives in attaining sustainable and balanced socioe-conomic development and ensuring women empowerment. Speakers said this at a development workshop on 'Challenges in...
Younger brother killed by the elder A man was allegedly killed by his elder brother following a family feud at Dodanghi village under Manda upazila of the district this morning. The deceased was identified as Isahak, 40, son of Nasir...
All the four foreign teams -- Afghanistan, England, India and Pakistan -- reached Dhaka to play in the five-nation first ICRC International T20 Cricket Tournament for cricketers with physical disabilities, beginning in the city tomorrow (Wednesday), reports UNB. Prime Minister...
The governing body of Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra Ltd paid on Thursday tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his grave at Tungipara in Gopalganj, marking his 40th death anniversary and the...
FE Report | 2015-09-01 00:00:00
Stocks suffered losses for the second straight session Monday with poor turnover as most of the investors were reluctant to make fresh investments and observed the market movement. Analysts said the investors were worried over possible impact of higher burden...
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