Syful Islam | 2015-08-09 00:00:00
In the wake of the rising number of vessels sinking in rivers, Bangladesh has been requested to join the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds) which provides compensation for pollution-related damage resulting from oil spills from tankers, officials say. ...
National Energy Security Day-2015 will be observed today (Sunday) commemorating the historic decision taken by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975, reports BSS. Bagabandhu bought five gas fields from the then Shell Oil Company for the...
FE Report | 2015-08-09 00:00:00
Experts Saturday criticised the government's move to provide middle income people with cheaper housing as some state machinery have been bribing various individuals by allotting plots which they sell to realtors at higher prices. They compared the plot allotment at...
KHULNA, Aug 8 (UNB): Rakib, the 12-year-old boy who was brutally tortured to death allegedly by his employers in Khulna city on August 3, died due to excessive internal bleeding in his abdomen following the torture, said the autopsy report...
KHULNA, Aug 8 (UNB): Rakib, the 12-year-old boy who was brutally tortured to death allegedly by his employers in Khulna city on August 3, died due to excessive internal bleeding in his abdomen following the torture, said the autopsy report...
The International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) has voiced concern at the continued violation of rights of indigenous people, reports UNB. In a statement on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples-2015 the CHTC says it stands with indigenous...
Noted singer Farida Yasmin died of old age complications in the city's BIRDEM hospital on Saturday, said a press release. She was the sister of singers Sabina Yasmin and Nilufar Yasmin. Her body was kept at BIRDEM hospital. Prime Minister...
Brig Gen (retd) ABM Elias, former military secretary to the President (1984-1989) and later diplomat, died of cerebral haemorrhage in the city recently. He was 71, said a press release. He left behind his daughter Sabreena Islam and son Shaat-el...
The Department of Environment (DoE) has seized 10 tonnes of banned polythene from a factory at Lalbagh in the city, reports UNB. The DoE, in a drive, seized the banned polythene from 'Badsha Miah Polythene Factory on Thursday. DoE Director...
Tech talk on solar PV electricity held at DIU A tech talk on "Solar PV Electricity in Bangladesh: Present and Future" organised by the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of Daffodil International University (DIU) was held at its...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and few places over Dhaka, Khulna and Barisal divisions with moderately heavy fall at...
The ruling Awami League, its associate bodies and other organisations paid Saturday tribute to Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnessa Muijb by placing wreaths at her grave at Banani in the city on her 85th birth anniversary, reports BSS. The organisations also held...
A BNP leader has claimed that the current spate of blogger killings was part of a conspiracy by Awami League -led government to showcase to the outside world that militancy is still active in Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. "The present problem...
In the wake of criticisms by different quarters, especially BNP, for collecting the data of underage voters in advance, the Election Commission has come up with some justifications for its decision saying that it will save public money, reports UNB....
Expressing concern over the humanitarian crisis emanating from the irregular movement of people in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the world, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali informed the22nd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) of the government's 'zero tolerance' approach...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 8 (BSS): A Chittagong today ordered to send the arrested Hefajat-e Islam nayeb-e-ameer Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury to jail in three cases. The court of Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Abdul Quader passed the order after police produced Izharul before...
The Workers Party president, and Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon Saturday called upon people to forge unity against the communal as well as fanatic forces, reports BSS. "Forge unity and form an alternative power to face communalism...
NOAKHALI, Aug 8 (UNB): A local Juba League leader was hacked to death by miscreants at Deuti village in Sonaimuri upazila early Saturday.
Medical students who could not pass the first professional Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery examinations (MBBS curriculum-2012) held in May, will be able to join their academic classes with their main batch, reports BSS. The unsuccessful students will also...
Siddique Islam | 2015-08-09 00:00:00
The central bank is going to ask four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) to improve their financial health immediately by expediting recovery of classified loans, officials said. Such clear message comes in line with the Bangladesh Bank's advice delivered before for...
FE Report | 2015-08-09 00:00:00
A Malaysian team is due in Dhaka today (Sunday) to discuss modalities of manpower recruitment from Bangladesh under private sector arrangement, said officials. The team will be led by director general of immigration of the Malaysian home affairs ministry Mustafa...
FE Report | 2015-08-09 00:00:00
Speakers at a commemorative meeting on Saturday sought from the government national recognition for the services of top businessmen who had always pursued ethical business practices, putting the people's welfare at the centre of their all activities. "None of them...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-08-09 00:00:00
A Chinese firm has now submitted an 'unsolicited' proposal to Bangladesh government to build a 250-kilometre pipeline between Dhaka and Chittagong to carry petroleum from the port city to the capital, officials said. The bid by China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned on Saturday that the government would not allow anyone in Bangladesh to do politics over religious sentiment, reports UNB. "At least, this can't be done in Bangladesh…we won't allow this in the country," she said....
The killing of blogger Niladri Chatterjee Niloy in the city on Friday has drawn widespread condemnation including that from the United Nations, the US, UK and the European Union, as a body has been formed to probe the police negligence...
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