A court in Barisal has sentenced a man to life term rigorous imprisonment (RI) and Tk10,000 as fine or more six months in jail on charge of possessing Phensidyl two-and-half years ago. Crime Control Tribunal Judge Mohammad Rafiqul Islam pronounced...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said on Monday legal action will be taken against those involved in the Jubo League factional clash in Magura that killed a person and left an expecting mother and her baby inside the womb wounded...
A court in Dhaka adjourned until August 10 for the next hearing on Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports UNB. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka Special Judge's Court-3 fixed the...
The Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) ordered on Monday publisher as well as editor of vernacular daily Janakantha Atikullah Khan Masud and its executive editor Shawdesh Roy to appear before it on August 9 and explain why...
NEW DELHI, Aug 3: With the land boundary agreement (LBA) now complete, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is beginning work on the Teesta water sharing agreement with Bangladesh, according to report by India based timesofindia.indiatimes.com. On August 11-12, Modi and...
MYMENSINGH, Aug 3 (UNB): Some 79 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) resigned en masse on Monday showing non-confidence to the unit president and general secretary. BAU BCL vice-president Mehedi Hasan, its...
Dhaka district BNP and its associate bodies have announced a five-day programme demanding the release of party joint secretary general Amanullah Aman, reports UNB. District BNP president Abdul Mannan announced the programmes at a press conference at the National Press...
Awami League (AL) Advisory Council Member Suranjit Sengupta urged on Monday BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to leave Jamaat-e-Islami, reports BSS. "Khaleda Zia has to leave her policy of supporting Jamaat. As she tried to legitimise the activities of anti-liberation force...
BAGERHAT, Aug 3 (UNB): Pirates kidnapped 12 fishermen from Dhansiddhirchar area of the Sundarbans under Mongla upazila in the early hours of Monday. The victims hail from Dakkhin Kainmari area in the upazila. A group of 10 to 12 pirates...
The Election Commission has extended the deadline for submission of the registered political parties' audit reports on their financial transactions during the 2014 calendar year to August 31, reports UNB. But the parties who neither submitted the audit report nor...
Pankaj Dastider | 2015-08-04 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 3: Over 2.76 million tonnes of ready-made garment (RMG) products have been exported through Chittagong Port in the last financial year (FY), 2014-15, against over 2.65 million tonnes in the previous year. According to data of Chittagong Port...
Students will not be allowed to sit for public examinations without clearing tests held by their institutions, says an education ministry order issued on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com. The new decision implies the ministry has backtracked from its previous order on...
The government has taken up two projects in the current fiscal (2015-16) aiming at automation and digitisation of land management in the country, that are expected to reduce the hassles and complexities in land registration and transfer, as well as...
With the Chinese assistance, the government is going to launch a project to build the country's largest exhibition centre, reports BSS. The permanent establishment to be built at Purbachal, on the outskirts of the capital, would also be the house...
FE Report | 2015-08-04 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Co-mmission (ACC) has approved a charge sheet against eight individuals, including seven staff of the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), for allegedly embezzling around Tk 3.5 million. The Commission at a meeting on Monday approved the proposal for submitting...
Detectives in separate raids in Dhaka and Jessore arrested nine persons including three college teachers on charges of leaking the HSC and polytechnic examination question papers, reports BSS. Suman Ahmed, Abdur Rahman, Abdur Rahman alias Liton, SM Tanvir Alam alias...
Collar bone of a police constable was broken as a pick- up van carrying criminals crushed him under the wheels as he had attempted to stop the vehicle at Banani in the city on Monday, reports BSS. The injured constable...
A garment worker was crushed under the wheels of a train while trying to save a child playing on the rail tracks at Sainik Club at Banani in the city on Monday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Md...
Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Mohammad Sayedul Haq observed Monday that the growth of the country's shrimp industry could be expedited with the diligent adherence to the existing rules and maintenance of newly formulated Code of Conduct (CoC) for the...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a youth from FDC gate area in Tejgaon in the city on Monday in connection with threatening theDNCC mayor Annisul Huq, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as SA Nahid Happy. Commanding officer...
Bijoy Ekattar Hall of Dhaka University (DU) is going to open for the students of all religions from 2015-2016 academic session, reports UNB. The DU syndicate has decided to allocate seat to all students irrespective of their religion, faith and...
Three members of a family received burn injuries in a blast caused by leaked gas-pipeline at their residence in the city's Jurain area early Monday, reports BSS. The injured were identified as Khorshed Alam Babu, 40, his wife Zahura Begum,...
US professor, Norwegian envoy meet DU VC Dr Wayne Wanta, professor of the Department of Journalism of the University of Florida, USA, called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's office on Monday....
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy fall at...
The rain was not even there but it had the last say in this series. The final day of the Dhaka Test was called off before the scheduled start of play, and despite clear skies, because the outfield was deemed...
Mohiuddin Babar | 2015-08-04 00:00:00
The monsoon seemed quite hard this year. Ceaseless downpour last week might have given some solace to the farmers and nature enthusiasts like poets and artists, but it rendered sufficient pain for many facing the brunt of waterlogging, disturbed mobility,...
FE Report | 2015-08-04 00:00:00
The cabinet approved in principle on Monday the draft Bangladesh Coinage (Amendment) Act 2015 that empowers the government to issue note and coin of taka-five denomination, in a switch of authority from the central bank in this regard. Currently, the...
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