US employment rose at a solid clip in July and wages rebounded after a surprise stall in the prior month, signs of an improving economy that could open the door wider to a Federal Reserve interest rate hike in September....
President Abdul Hamid left Dhaka for Vietnam with a stopover in Thailand on Friday at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang, reports UNB. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President and his wife Rashida Khanom...
A lorry carrying over Tk 10 million worth of medicine and supplies have set off from Dhaka for neighbouring Myanmar as part of the emergency relief promised by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The consignment is expected to reach Myanmar today,...
The 85th birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed Saturday, reports UNB. The ruling Awami League along with other social and political organisations will hold various daylong...
Water levels in 14 rivers stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rises and 67 stations recorded falls, reports UNB. Among the 84 monitored water level stations, one is above danger level, a bulletin issued by...
Women in urban slums who viewed community health workers as part of their social support network are more likely to adopt healthy maternal and child healthcare practices, says a new icddr,b research, reports UNB. It reveals that social networks are...
FE Report Vice-chancellor of Southeast University (SEU) Prof Anwar Hossain has been honoured with the Asia's Education Excellence Award presented by the World Education Congress. These awards of the highest stature are presented to individuals and institutions who have surpassed...
A physician of Dhaka Medical Collage Hospital (DMCH) went missing from the city's Farmgate area on Thursday noon, reports UNB. Family sources said Dr. Bokhtiar Kamal, a dermatologist of DMCH, remained missing since he had gone out of his Green...
BRAHMANBARIA, Aug 7 (UNB): A work abstention programme enforced by Truck-Tank Lorry Worker's Union in the district led to the suspension of loading and unloading of goods at Ashuganj port from Friday morning. The union has enforced the work abstention...
In association with rain or thundershowers temporary south and south-easterly gusty or squally wind speed 45-60 kph is likely to occur some parts of the country, reports BSS. The regions are Rangpur, Rajshahi, Pabna, Bogra, Tangail, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Faridpur, Jessore,...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy falls at places over the country in next 24...
BNP standing committee member Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubul Rahman accused on Friday the government of obstructing the opposition's democratic rights to hold rallies and meetings, reports UNB. "Now we have to hold indoor programmes. Our rights to hold rallies, meetings,...
Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy has said India should forget developing relations with Pakistan and instead stress on improving ties with Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. He made the suggestion in his address to the Tripura Conclave-2 at Rabindra Bhavan in Agartala on...
Awami League (AL) senior leader Suranjit Sengupta urged on Friday Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take necessary steps over the allegation of grabbing of minority communities' land by some ministers, whips and MPs, reports UNB. "Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council brought...
Condemning the murder of blogger Niloy, Bangladesh Online Activist Forum (BOAF) demanded on Friday immediate arrest and punishment to the killers, reports UNB. In a statement, BOAF president Kabir Chowdhury Tonmoy said besides being a matter of regret, the culture...
SIRAJGANJ, Aug 7 (BSS): Awami League (AL) presidium member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said on Friday there is no possibility of holding the mid-term polls in Bangladesh. Pointing at BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, the senior AL...
Sirajganj Municipality Mayor and BNP leader M Mokaddes Ali has been suspended from his office for being accused in a case of sabotage, reports bdnews24.com. The LGRD ministry's order to this effect, signed by Deputy Secretary Md Khalilur Rahman, was...
GAZIPUR, Aug 7 (UNB): BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser Shamsuzzaman Dudu was freed from Kashimpur jail on bail on Friday. Jailer Nasir Hossain said the BNP leader walked out of the jail around 12:15 am. Only family members were present...
Police detained 10 leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from in front of the National Press Club in the city on Friday, reports UNB. Witnesses said a team of Shahbagh thana picked up the JCD men around 9:30...
FE Report | 2015-08-08 00:00:00
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has imposed penal rents, four times higher, on storage of empty containers to free the yards of the increasingly busy seaport from getting jammed. Such penalty, imposed after the lapse of nearly two years, was...
FE Report | 2015-08-08 00:00:00
The government has banned plying of all kinds of three-wheelers on 22 national highways across the country. The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges (MoRTB) has published a list of these national highways. Ministry sources said all CNG auto-rickshaws, auto...
Jubair Hasan | 2015-08-08 00:00:00
Business and livelihood took a knock while public sufferings heightened as veritable chaos reigned supreme over the national highways in a backlash against some government decisions meant for disciplining country's disorderly road communications. Although these decisions, like banning slow-moving vehicles...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-08-08 00:00:00
The World Bank has offered Bangladesh single-currency borrowing facility to help cover partially the risk of currency-value fluctuations that entail some loss of the funds borrowed, officials said Friday. Economic Relations Division (ERD) officials said the global lender in a...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-08-08 00:00:00
Investors will enjoy tax relief on the profit earned from the Sanchayapatras (government savings tools) from the current financial year (2015-16) following incorporation of a provision into the income tax law accepting the tax paid at source on such income...
FE Report Another blogger was hacked to death by a group of unidentified assailants in broad daylight at his rented residence in the capital's Khilgaon area on Friday, police said. The victim was identified as Niloy Chakrabarty Neel who along...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 7: The detective branch of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested Hefazat-e-Islam's nayeb-e-ameer Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury from Jamayetul Ulum al Islamia Madrasha at Lalkhan Bazar today. A team of DB police raided the madrasha and arrested Izhar who...
KHULNA, Aug 7: Beauty Begum, mother of Rakib killing prime accused Sharif and also an accused herself, reportedly made confessional statement before a court here on Friday. Metropolitan Magistrate Aysha Akhter recorded the statement of Beauty Begum under section 164...
BAGERHAT, Aug 7: A class-IV boy, who was tortured indiscriminately by a youth on his school premises in Uttar Khanpur village under Bagerhat Sadar, had been struggling hard to recover over the last five days at a private hospital. Witnesses...
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