A senior Awami League said on Wednesday intruders in the party and its associate bodies have been creating indiscipline in various parts of the country and they will be dealt with iron hand, reports BSS. "Intrusions into Chhatra League, Jubp...
A Faridpur court granted on Wednesday bail to journalist Probir Sikdar a day after he was taken on a three-day remand, report agencies. He was arrested in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (amendment) Act 2013. Judge...
The High Court (HC) will deliver its order on Sunday on two petitions filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking all records and the final report of Barapukuria coalmine graft case from the authorities concerned, reports UNB An HC bench...
The High Court (HC) granted on Wednesday conditional bail to BNP leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case, reports UNB. An HC bench of Justice Md Ruhul Quddus and Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty issued the order in a...
KUSHTIA, Aug 19 (UNB) : An accused in two murder cases was killed in what law enforcers termed gunfight between his associates and Detective Branch (DB) of police at Jagati BATB Forestry Complex in Sadar upazila early Wednesday. The deceased,...
FE Report | 2015-08-20 00:00:00
The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its latest statement has said free speech in Bangladesh is under attack which has never been before in the country. The global rights body issued the statement on August 18, saying that...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways Ministry recommended Wednesday taking necessary steps to remove the legal complications in manpower recruitment to accelerate the extension of railways across the country, reports UNB. The parliamentary watchdog came up with the recommendation at...
KHULNA, Aug 19 (BSS): The statutory Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has planned to set up Satata Sangha or "moral uprightness" associations in 22,000 schools and other educational institutions as part of its nationwide anti-graft campaign. "These Satata Sanghas will be constituted...
JU Correspondent | 2015-08-20 00:00:00
A three-day-long national debate competition will begin at Jahangirnagar University (JU) today (Thursday) with a view to creating awareness about child rights and raising voice against child abuse and torture. With the slogan 'Droher Shikhay Gore Tuli Protirodher Prachir' JU...
Awami League presidium member and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Wednesday the killers of innocent children and the attackers of the pregnant woman would not be spared as the government has already taken stringent measures in this...
A reporter and a cameraman of 'Channel 24', a private TV channel, were assaulted by some Election Commission (EC) officials at Agargaon in the city Wednesday noon, reports UNB. The victims were identified as Mustafizur Alam and Ripu Alam, reporter...
Police rescued a mentally challenged girl with signs of being raped from the city's Pallabi thana area on Wednesday, reports UNB. Informed, a team of Pallabi thana police rescued the 18-year-old girl from in front of a house at Block-B...
‘Action against hospital equipment purchase sans approval’ Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said on Wednesday punitive action would be initiated against the concerned officials found procuring hospital's equipment without approval of the concerned committees. "Concerned officials should maintain...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal, Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy fall at different places over the...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2015-08-20 00:00:00
The stoical German is muttering below his breath. By dint of hard work, thrift and sensible policies, the country has outsmarted everyone in Europe as the economic powerhouse. But with success comes responsibility and the weight of that hangs heavy....
CHITTAGONG, Aug 19 (UNB): A court in the port city put three lawyers, including two of the Supreme Court, on a four-day remand each in a case Wednesday, a day after their arrest from the capital's Dhanmondi area on charge...
FE Report | 2015-08-20 00:00:00
With some of 13 proposed development projects facing hurdles in finalisation process, a government-World Bank meeting in the city reviewed Wednesday the latest status of nearly US$2.0 billion worth of WB credits for implementing those. However, officials said, another important...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-08-20 00:00:00
Grameen Bank (GB) has recently sought extension of its unconditional tax exemption facility until 2020, as the existing tax benefit for the entity is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015. Chairman of GB board of directors Professor Khandaker Mozammel...
LAXMIPUR, Aug 19 (Agencies): Amid furore over the recent murders of children in Bangladesh, a 12-year-old has died from injuries he sustained one week ago when he was beaten with a metal rod. Mohammad Ramjan died at the Dhaka Medical...
FE Report | 2015-08-20 00:00:00
About 49 per cent of overlapped micro-credit is used for enterprise financing, followed by 14 per cent for building houses and 13 per cent for loan repayment, dispelling the misconception that overlapping loan is used for non-productive purposes. A national-level...
The rights organisation Ain O Shalish Kendra (ASK) has alleged the government is resorting to extrajudicial killings to arrest the law and order slide, reports bdnews24.com. In a statement on Wednesday, the body's Executive Director Sultana Kamal expressed anxiety over...
A local Jubo League (JL) leader, who sustained bullet injuries in an attack by miscreants in the city's Wari area on Tuesday night, died at Square Hospital on Wednesday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan,30, general...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2015-08-20 00:00:00
A good number of merchant banks and brokerage firms are yet to come out of the woods due to gross mismatch between the funds they had lent as margin loans and the value of the stocks they have under their...
NEW DELHI, Aug 19 (Agencies): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tributes to Suvra Mukherjee, the wife of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, by placing a wreath at her coffin. The Prime Minister laid the wreath on the coffin of Suvra Mukherjee...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2015-08-20 00:00:00
Plot allotments at various government housing projects, developed in areas, after the acquisition of lands of 'ordinary' citizens there, have been compared by a section of urban land development analysts, with 'selling tickets in the black market'. Such a practice,...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2015-08-20 00:00:00
The state-owned Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC) says the private non-life insurers owe it nearly Tk. 4.0 billion in reinsurance receipts, an amount that has recently come under the insurance regulator's scanner. The regulator, Insurance Development Regulatory Authority (IDRA), is set...
FE Report | 2015-08-20 00:00:00
Dhaka has ranked the second worst liveable city in the world, just standing one step ahead of the Syrian capital city of Damascus, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) 2015 Global Liveability Ranking. It says the capital of Bangladesh...
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