Separate courts in Chapainawabganj and Faridpur convicted on Tuesday two persons of killing their wives and sentenced them to life imprisonment, reports UNB. In Chapainawabganj, Judge Enamul Bari of the Sessions' Judge Court jailed a man for life for killing...
COX'S BAZAR, Aug 11 (UNB): A court here directed the authorities concerned of Cox's Bazar unit Red Crescent on Tuesday to hand over the 17 teenage boys among 159 Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who were brought back home from Myanmar on...
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Aug 11 (BSS): A discussion meeting on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was held at the seminar room of Jahir Raihan auditorium on the campus here today marking the 40th martyred anniversary. JU authority organised...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched a probe into alleged graft in a project to install tube-wells in some 163 primary schools of Bogra district by the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE), reports UNB. The Commission at its...
A driver of a Dhaka-Sylhet route bus was reportedly beaten to death by the passengers in Jatrabari area of the city on Monday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Haribol Chandra Dey, hailing for Boyda Nagar of Jafllong...
British Council team meets UGC chairman A fivemember delegation from British Council Bangladesh, led by its Director Barbara Wickham, called on UGC Chairman Prof Abdul Mannan at the latter's office in the city on Tuesday. UGC members Prof Dr Abul...
FE Report | 2015-08-12 00:00:00
Prathika Rani (4), daughter of Doyal Das, Cleaner of The Financial Express, has been suffering from heart valve-related ailment from her early stage. Her physician advised her father to urgently go for an open heart surgery which costs more than...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Chittagong, Barisal and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Khulna divisions with moderately heavy...
FE Report | 2015-08-12 00:00:00
Newly-elected Chitta-gong City Corporation (CCC) mayor AJM Nasir Uddin highlighted on Tuesday the urgency for introducing a city government in the metropolis for better civic amenities and acceleration of development work. "Although 20 years have elapsed, the Chittagong city authorities...
The Supreme Court has asked for video footage of a talk show and news aired by Ekattor TV and the audio of the conversation between two Supreme Court judges broadcast by the TV channel, reports bdnews24.com. The four-member appellate bench...
Awami League (AL) senior leader Suranjit Sengupta said on Tuesday law-enforcement agencies have crossed the line of failure over arrest of killers who carried out repeated murder of bloggers, reports UNB. "Bloggers are being killed one after another. Failures of...
CHANDPUR, Aug 11 (UNB): Health Minister Mohammad Nasim predicted on Tuesday that Awami League would retain power in 2019 under Sheikh Hasina's leadership. He made the remarks at a views-exchange meeting with physicians at Chandpur Circuit House in the afternoon....
MYMENSINGH, Aug 11 (UNB): Police arrested two suspected war crimes accused in Fulbaria upazila of the district on Tuesday noon. The arrestees were identified as Hazi Amjad Ali and Riaz Uddin Fakir. A team of police arrested Amjad Ali from...
Bangabandhu Sainik League general secretary was stabbed to death allegedly by rivals in the city's Kafrul area on Monday night, reports UNB. The dead is Mohammod Rubel Mian (32), son of Mohammod Abdul Kader, hailing from Gopalgonj. The deceased's elder...
Six Ganajagaran Mancha activists in Barisal have been allegedly threatened by Islamist militants on Facebook, three days after suspected extremists hacked blogger Niladri Chatterjee Niloy to death, reports bdnews24.com. The Facebook account 'Ansar BD', issued the threat on Monday with...
Mohiuddin Babar | 2015-08-12 00:00:00
Some gruesome incidents involving children across the country in the recent days have sparked widespread shock and worries. The brutal beating to death of 13-year old Samiul Alam Rajon in Sylhet last month and the barbaric torture to death of...
Syful Islam | 2015-08-12 00:00:00
The government is gearing up all relevant segments of the administration for expediting execution of the decisions taken during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Dhaka visit in June. To this end, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will hold an inter-ministerial...
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The timeframe for cost-free inspection of garment factories as per the government-ILO joint move under a national initiative has been extended by three months, as many units still remained to be checked as per western demand. Officials said the decision...
FE Report | 2015-08-12 00:00:00
Expatriates' Welfare Minister Nurul Islam BSc urged the overseas job seekers Tuesday not to pay money to any person in advance to go to Malaysia. He said mechanism in sending manpower is yet to be finalised with Malaysia. "So nobody...
Siddique Islam | 2015-08-12 00:00:00
A leading audit firm has given adverse opinion on the BASIC Bank's financials for the year 2014 as it detected gross anomalies in those. The discrepancy came to the notice of the auditors from Acnabin while checking the financial accounts...
FE Report | 2015-08-12 00:00:00
The government will not take any new initiative to get back the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) facility for Bangladeshi products in the US market, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said. The US did not include Bangladesh in its updated list...
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will raise the issue of the Rohingya Muslim genocide in Myanmar at the United Nations during its upcoming General Assembly session, according to a report on the aaj.tv website on Aug 11. United Nations Human...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left Singapore for the USA on Monday night for better medical treatment. "Mr Fakhrul Islam, accompanied by his wife Rahat Ara Begum flew to New York on advice of doctors at the...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-08-12 00:00:00
'Jakkher dhan takkhe khai' is a saying in Bengali often used to describe the fate of the assets belonging to the miserly people. The literal meaning of the saying is that a kind of venomous lizard having suckers on its...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) Tuesday condemned Bagerhat war criminals Sheikh Sirajul Islam to death while sentenced Khan Akram Hossain to jail unto death for their crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, reports UNB. A three-member ICT-1 bench,...
FE Report | 2015-08-12 00:00:00
A group of civil society members on Tuesday demanded formation of a Constitution Reform Commission in making some constitutional changes to minimise the scope of concentration of power for ensuring a sustainable democratic and economic atmosphere in the long run....
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