SYLHET, Aug 13 (UNB): A Sylhet court put on Thursday Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist Pranajit Das on a two-day remand in a case filed for killing a fellow activist at Madan Mohan College in the city. Judge Shaedul Karim...
Awami League (AL) presidium member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said on Thursday BNP chairperson Khaleda is involved in conspiracies till today, reports BSS. Mohammad Nasim, also spokesman of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance, said this while...
A Dhaka court took on Thursday cognizance of charge against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan, in a case filed for shooting two people to death with his firearm in the city's New Eskaton area, reports...
KHULNA, Aug 13 (BSS): A woman councillor's son was gunned down by unidentified miscreants at BIDC intersection on Khulna-Jessore Highway in the city on Thursday night, reports BSS. The dead Nazrul Islam alias Nazu (28) is son of Shahida Begum,...
BOGRA, Aug 13 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested a local Jamaat-e-Islami leader from a madrasa in Shibganj upazila headquarters on Wednesday on sabotage charge. The arrestee was identified as Rezaul Karim, secretary of Shibganj upazila Jamaat. Ahsan Habib, officer-in-charge...
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Many government ministries have sought relaxation of the conditions for US$2.0 billion fresh Indian line of credit (LoC) to implement their proposed projects, officials said Thursday. The project executing ministries and other regulatory government agencies concerned at a meeting in...
The BNP-led 20-party alliance said Thursday it wants a free, fair, competitive and inclusive election under a non-party administration to establish an elected and pro-people government, reports UNB. "The 20-party thinks only an elected government which is accountable to people...
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Former adviser to the caretaker government Hossain Zillur Rahman said on Wednesday new investment in transport sector would not come if syndicated political interference is not stopped. "The transport sector has not flourished as a modern competitive financial sector due...
FE Report | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said on Thursday the government would appoint project directors (PDs) for the development projects after proper test of the aspirants. He said: "From now on, interviews will be taken for appointing the PDs. The educational...
A Dhaka court sentenced Thursday Mahmudur Rahman to three years' jail in a case for non-submission of his wealth statement and also income sources filed with Anti-Corruption Commission, reports UNB. He is acting editor of the daily Amar Desh. Judge...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh has drafted a country position paper for its submission to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to have its legitimate share of the proposed US$100 billion Green Climate Fund (GCF) to ensure its adaptation against global warming,...
FE Report | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
The central bank directly purchased US$85 million more from eight commercial banks on Thursday to help keep the inter-bank foreign exchange (forex) market stable, officials said. "We're continuously purchasing the US dollar from the bank at market rate to protect...
MANIKGANJ, Aug 13 (UNB): Muggers snatched away Tk 292 thousand (2.92 lakh) after shooting two people, including an agent of 'bKash', a mobile money service provider, at Gild Bazar in Sadar upazila on Thursday. The injured people were identified as...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
Consumption of health-hazardous smokeless tobacco items is gradually increasing in the country despite substantial hike of tax, as producers of these items are somehow escaping from taxmen. Experts said 'faulty' tax collection system is the major reason behind poor collection...
FE Report | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
The Bangladesh-India joint taskforce on preventing fake currency notes has decided to prepare a database of the counterfeiters to prevent adverse activities of their strong networks that have been affecting economy of the two neighbouring countries, officials said. At the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday the government is planning to conduct online registration of intending hajj pilgrims throughout the year to simplify hajj management, reports UNB. "From the registrations, the hajj pilgrims then could easily be sent to...
FE Report | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has resumed its probe into the non-funded part of the much-talked-about Sonali Bank's Hallmark loan scam. "The commission at a recent meeting appointed its senior deputy director Mir Zainul Abedin Shebly as the team leader...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will start operating Hajj flights on Sunday (August 16) aiming to carry 51,000 pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, sources said. A total of 145 direct flights from Dhaka to Jeddah will continue ferrying pilgrims until...
Police have arrested a nephew of State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque Chunnu over the murder of blogger Niladri Chatterjee Niloy. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Muntasirl Islam said Jatiya Party leader Chunnu's nephew Sad Al Nahin was...
Two schoolgirls were killed allegedly after rape by miscreants in Madaripur Sadar upazila on Thursday. Officials at Sadar Hospital said four unidentified youths brought the two girls of Mustafapur High School to the hospital in a critical condition in the...
The major US stock indexes spent much of Thursday changing course. They fell in the morning, climbed higher in the afternoon then drifted lower in the final hour of trading. The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 2.66 points, or...
Police in a driver arrested 10 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami while they were holding a clandestine meeting at a mosque at Sabujbag in Sylhet city on Thursday night. The arrestees were identified as Advocate Ehsanul Mahbub Jubair, Sylhet city...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police in separate drives arrested three people and recovered 94,000 pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk28.20 million from different parts of Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Thursday. Ataur Rahman Khandaker, officer-in-charge of Teknaf...
A couple was killed when a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Chithalia in Nakla upazila of Sherpur district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Jalal Mia, 55, and his wife Rashida Begum, 45, of Dayarpar village in Sribodi...
A woman and her three-month-old baby were found dead at Ashurail village in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on early Friday. The deceased was identified as Farzana Akter, 22, wife of a Dubai expatriate Nur Mia, and her three-month-old son...
The admission test for 1st year honours of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) for session 2015-2016 will be held on December 6, 7 and 8. University Information Officer Mohammad Ali issued a press release in this regard on Thursday afternoon....
A local Swechchhasebak League leader, injured in a gun attack in Dhaka’s Madhya Badda on Thursday night, died in a city hospital on Friday, raising the death toll from the incident to three. Mahbubur Rahman Gama, cultural affairs secretary of...
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