The Eastern University Inter-College Rugby competition will begin in the last 4th week of this month in the city. The interested participants have been asked to enroll their names by August 12 at the rugby federation office room at the...
The Asian Continental Chess Championship begins today (Sunday) in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, reports BSS. Five members Bangladesh Chess team- GM Ziaur Rahman, GM Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib and GM Enamul Hossain Razib- will participate in the open section...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Saturday awarded 31 non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) for sending home the highest amount of remittance and investing in bonds in 2014, reports BSS. The central bank for the first time also awarded two exchange houses for their...
A total of three clients have won prizes in a promotional campaign sponsored by easy.com.bd through recharging mobile balance. The winners are: Md. Rajib Ahmed Bijoy from Dhaka, Kazi Daud Rayhan from Chittagong and Md. Mazharul Islam from Chittagong, said...
FE Report | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
ICB Asset Management Company Limited, a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) disclosed net asset value (NAV) of its 10 mutual funds and five unit funds. The total NAV of ICB AMCL First NRB Mutual Fund stood at Tk...
Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) organised a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Programme on "The Finance Act-2015" recently at the head office of ICSB in the city, said a statement. A large number of Members of ICSB participated in...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 1 (BSS): The field level officials of Fisheries and Animal Resources ministry and other dairy and poultry farmers have been requested to boost the livestock sector. State Minister for Fisheries and Animal Resources Narayan Chandra Chanda, MP, made...
GAIBANDHA, Aug 1 (BSS): Separation of fibre from the decomposed jute plants is going on in full swing in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current season. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said a total...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday categorically said the August 15 carnage was not just a strike on a family only, but its main aim was to take revenge against the establishment of a country and state through defeating Pakistani...
BNP renewed its call Saturday for talks over the framework of a polls-time neutral administration following Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam's remarks that the next election will be held under the ruling party, reports UNB. "Ruling party general...
The director general (DG) level formal border talks between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force - will begin in New Delhi Monday, report agencies. BGB DG Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed will lead a 22-member Bangladesh delegation while...
President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have congratulated the people of the enclaves on becoming citizens after land transfer, report agencies. As many as 111 enclaves became part of Bangladesh and 51 enclaves went to India at...
Bangladesh National Front (BNF) chairman and former minister Barrister Nazmul Huda Saturday urged BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia not to observe her birthday on August 15, the National Mourning Day, by cutting cakes, reports BSS. "August 15 is a sad...
The Dahgram-Angarpota enclave, barely 200 metres inside Indian territory, will remain in Bangladesh after the historic land swap between the two countries, reports bdnews24.com. The swap of 162 'land islands' between India and Bangladesh after Friday midnight ended one of...
Medical students demanded on Saturday that the authorities should allow them to attend classes before they sit for the supplementary examination, reports UNB. As per the new curriculum, if the students become unsuccessful in any in the exam for any...
State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid said on Saturday the government had no plan at the moment to increase the power tariff at the lifeline level in the next one year or adjust the fuel price with the...
FE Report | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
Many roads of the capital city were submerged by rainwater on Saturday, causing immense sufferings to its dwellers. The traffic congestion took a turn for the worse as clogged roads in many places slowed down the movement of vehicles. Roads...
'The Unfinished Memoirs' of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been translated into Japanese language, reports BSS. The 600-page Japanese version of the 'Memoirs of Bangabandhu' would provide an opportunity for the Japanese people to understand the...
Doctors at the Forensic Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in a test found on Saturday the primary evidence of gang-rape of a salesgirl in the city, reports UNB. Dr Bilkis Begum, co-coordinator of DMCH's One Stop Crisis Centre...
The grassroots people at Laksham in Comilla are installing and maintaining arsenic mitigation units for supplying safe water by forming committees in respective areas, reports BSS. Under this initiative, 26,000 people, including women and children of 5,080 families in three...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized Yaba tablets, heroin and foreign wines worth over Tk 586.80 million from different frontiers in July last, reports BSS. A total of 19 people were handed over to the concerned thanas for their...
AKDN marks its first anniversary in Bangladesh Marking the first anniversary of the establishment of the Aga Khan Development Network's (AKDN) Resident Representative's Office in Bangladesh, the AKDN Resident Representative Munir M Merali hosted an Imamat Day reception in the...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy fall at different places over Khulna,...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
Insurance regulator has strong suspicion that most field agencies of the country's 31 life-insurance companies have been gobbling up a substantial amount in the name of payments of commission to their agents who actually do not exist. Officials at the...
Until Friday midnight, this was Indian territory. The villagers were officially Indian citizens, but did not enjoy any basic rights. The red and green flag was hoisted in the 111 enclaves in the northern districts of Panchagarh, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari and...
FE Report | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
The country's leading businessmen have sought a meeting with the Prime Minister for her initiatives to remove impediments to investment in the country. They said the Prime Minister can give a way-out how to accelerate the pace of economic growth....
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-08-02 00:00:00
The possibility of introducing an integrated joint audit by customs, VAT and income-tax officials in accordance with a global model is under review by the revenue board to help check tax dodging by large and medium-sized companies. Officials said the...
A landslide, caused by heavy rains, in Bandarban has buried six people alive while another died after being rescued, reports bdnews24.com. The incident occurred at the foot of a hill at Lama Upazila Haspatal in the early hours of Saturday,...
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