India and Bangladesh recently signed a deal titled 'Cultural Exchange Program for the year 2015-17' during the two day visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Dhaka. The two countries linked with each other by commonality which is...
I operate a savings account at Agrani Bank. This is an account I opened during Pakistan time at Habib Bank in 1962. All of a sudden, I was informed that I cannot operate the account as nobody introduced me while...
The common people are now frustrated at onion price, because it has gone up a few times higher. Onion used to be sold at the price of 35-40 taka per kg. only a month ago, but now it is being...
Md. Abdur Rouf | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
In my previous two articles, published in this daily on August 02 and August 08, I argued that procedural reform is the key to VAT reform in Bangladesh. I further argued that procedural reform has two dimensions. One is simplifying...
Zahid Rahman and Nahid Sharmin Juthi | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
In the budget of the fiscal year 2014-2015 the government allocated Tk 50 million (Tk 50 crore) for development of the Chars (river-shoals), thus improving life of the char-dwellers. But the government has yet to spend any amount of the...
RANGPUR, Aug 25 (BSS): The farmers have been advised to attain self-reliance in production and preservation of Parija rice seed using modern technologies to further expand cultivation of the indigenous rice. Experts gave the suggestion while speaking at a daylong...
Emirates' will commence a daily service to Orlando of Florida in the United States (US) from September 1, 2015, says a press release in Dhaka. Orlando will be the airline's 10th US passenger destination and the route will be served...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
MAGURA, Aug 25: Indigenous onion is still dominating Magura market. But the local traders are exploiting consumers in excuse of rise in Indian onion price. During a visit to Kathakhali, Moghi, Jagdal and Puratan bazar of Magura indigenous onion was...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Aug 25: Flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall and water from upstream inundated vast areas in Gangachara, Kawnia and Pirgachha upazilas under Rangpur district during last few days. Over 70,000 families have been marooned while thousands of hectares of...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Aug 25: Karmajibi Nari, Rajshahi unit, organised a human chain at Alupatti crossing of the city on Monday noon on the 20th 'rape and murder anniversary' of Yeasmin. Yeasmin, a juvenile girl, was raped and brutally murdered by police...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
PABNA, Aug 25: Guava, a tasty summer fruit is now abundantly available in the markets due to a profuse production of the fruit in the district. According to the agriculturists Pabna is one of the best guava growing areas in...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
BOGRA, Aug 25: A total of 230 students of class one to five of Kholiswar Government Primary School under Dupchanchia upazila of Bogra district are attending classes and examinations taking life risk as four class rooms of their school have...
RANGPUR, Aug 25 (BSS): Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu freed 1,000 marooned citizens from inundation caused by rain-fed water-logging in Ward No-15 in the city Tuesday. The City Mayor freed the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
SYLHET, Aug 25: Three direct Hajj flights, all by the national carrier Biman, will be operated from the Osmani International Airport in Sylhet to Jeddah this year to facilitate over 1200 pilgrims. The first one will be on August 31...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
KHULNA, Aug 25: A brother and his sister sustained burn injuries when a criminal hurled acid on them at the gate of PMG Colony of Government Girls College road in the city on Monday night. The victims were identified as...
NETRAKONA, Aug 25 (BSS): A section of dishonest professional meat sellers are selling meat of sick cattle-heads in different haat-bazars of the district including the district town posing a serious threat to public health. The reports reaching here from different...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Aug 25 (BSS): A housewife was chopped to death allegedly by her husband at Ghion village under Nachole upazila of the district early this morning. The deceased was identified as Selina Begum (50), wife of Hajrat Ali, a resident...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-26 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Aug 25: Recent rain has been favourable for Aman cultivation in Nilphamari district. Due to a heavy rain over the last few days the prospect of transplanted Aman has been brightened substantially in Nilphamari district. The anxiety that the...
Two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) clashed at of Chittagong University (CU) on Tuesday, leaving two people injured. The injured were identified as BCL men Jamir Uddin and Imam Ahmed Sahil, a news agency report said. Campus sources said...
Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif on Tuesday said rigid steps will be taken against frauds, land grabbers and corrupts in the land offices of the country. He came up with the remark at a meeting arranged by special law enforcement...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced seven former officials of Oriental Bank to life imprisonment in a graft case. The convicts are former vice-chairman Shah Mohammad Harun, senior assistant vice-chairman Abul Kashem Mahmudullah, former senior executive vice-president Mahmud Hossain, former...
China wants to invest about 350 million US dollar in various sectors of Bangladesh for product diversification, value addition as well as enhancement of exports for mutual benefits of the two countries. Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Huchen said this at...
Spectacular success of a nutrition project in Bangladesh has inspired the Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation to take its lessons around the world. Ellen Piwoz, senior programme officer on nutrition at the Gates Foundation’s Global Development Program, said the project...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has cleared a total of five projects involving Tk65.53 billion (Tk6,553 crore). The approval came on Tuesday at the 5th meeting of ECNEC in the current fiscal, held at the NEC...
Police on Tuesday pressed charges against 32 BNP-Jamaat men, including BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, in a case filed in connection with an arson attack in Gazipur. The Gazipur court fixed September 20 for hearing on the charge-sheet, said court...
Sharjil Haque | 2015-08-25 00:00:00
China's bid to join the IMF's Special Drawing Rights (SDR) has drawn attention of the international media in the last few months. The SDR is an international reserve asset comprising an elite league of currencies - the US Dollar, British...
M. Serajul Islam | 2015-08-25 00:00:00
Until May, Jeb Bush appeared set to become the unanimous choice of the Republicans for the 2016 US presidential election. He wanted to carve out for himself a candidature independent of his illustrious lineage so that he would not appear...
Farid Hasan Ahmed | 2015-08-25 00:00:00
Landslide is a geological hazard in Bangladesh, particularly in the South-eastern part of the country. The Bay of Bengal part of southwest monsoon flows over the Bay heading towards northeast India and Bengal, picking up more moisture from the Bay...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia, USA | 2015-08-25 00:00:00
A comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran by six world powers, including the United States of America, is likely to be derailed because of strong opposition from members of the Congress, including Democrat lawmakers, in spite of assurances given by President...
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