FARIDPUR, July 30 (BSS): About sixty metres pucca Cement Concrete (CC) blocks of town protection embankment at Dholar Mor constructed about some five years ago was eroded Wednesday causing concern among the people residing on the river Padma bank. It...
BRAHAMANBARIA, July 30 (UNB): Three people, including two members of a family, drowned and five others went missing as a boat capsized in the Chetora river in Sarail upazila on Thursday morning. Two of the deceased were identified as Fatema...
RAJSHAHI, July 30 (BSS): Narrating its social burden and other bad impacts, health specialists said creating mass-awareness about the sign and symptoms of leprosy and availability of its free treatment are very important to build a leprosy-free society. To this...
RANGAMATI, July 30 (UNB): Two people were killed and another injured in an attack by marauding elephants at Shiber Aga village in Longodu upazila early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Mozammel Hossain and Nurul Haque. Abdul Gaffur Chowdhury, chairman...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-31 00:00:00
MAGURA, July 30: Magura turmeric growers are expecting a profit of about Tk 150 million (Tk 15 crore) profit. Now turmeric is close to be harvested in the district. If the market price remains favourable turmeric growers of the district...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-31 00:00:00
SYLHET, July 30: Harvest of Aus paddy began this week in some areas of the Sylhet division. Officials said it will be in full swing in a fortnight. This year Aus paddy was cultivated on 134,024 hectares of land in...
RANGPUR, July 30 (BSS): Speakers at an anti-corruption coordination meeting with the students have stressed for educating and inspiring young students with honesty, good moral character and patriotism in building a corruption-free society. They stressed for creating anti-corruption sentiment among...
Youth held with 76 fake currency notes in Satkhira Police arrested a young man in possession of 76 fake Bangladeshis currency notes amounting to Tk 38,000 from a shoe store on Goruhata Road in Patkelghata upazila on Wednesday evening. The...
Syful Islam | 2015-07-31 00:00:00
The government contemplates proposing India to start formal cattle trading through border haats (markets) as concern grows over supply during the Eid-ul-Azha to be celebrated in late September, officials said. Indian law enforcement agencies enforced an "informal" ban on cross-border...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-07-31 00:00:00
Ship-breakers have urged the government to restructure their loans and set up a special fund to help them overcome what they call "big crisis". In a letter to the finance minister, the Bangladesh Ship Breakers Association said the government should...
Mr. Salahuddin Kasem Khan has been elected as the new President of Bangladesh Employers' Federation (BEF) for a two-year term ending 2017. Mr Khan is a leading entrepreneur in jute and textile sectors of Bangladesh. He is the Managing Director...
Siemens organises seminar for power utilities A seminar on "Siemens SCADA and Control System Solutions" organised by Siemens Bangladesh Limited was held at Dhaka Club in the city on Wednesday. Participants at the seminar were officials from the Energy Utility...
Scoreboard | 2015-07-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh scored 246 for 8 wickets in the first innings against South Africa on day one in the series-deciding 2nd Test of the two-match National Polymer Test Cricket Series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city Thursday, reports...
Bangladesh earned three more gold medals in athletics, badminton and table tennis events of the Special Olympics Summer World Games'2015 held in Los Angeles, USA, Wednesday, reports UNB. Bangladeshi athlete Sumon Khan clinched the gold medal in the men's 4-kg...
Tangail and Narayanganj District teams reached the semifinals of the JFA U-14 National Women's Football Championship eliminating their rivals in Group B matches at the BFF Artificial Turf in the city Thursday, reports UNB. In the semifinals today (Friday), Group...
Top order batsman Mominul Haque said scoring 300 runs in the first innings would be a good total in this wicket, said a press release. He was talking to the pressmen at a post -match press conference Thursday at the...
The downward slide in commodity prices is accelerating, surpassing the low reached during the financial crisis in 2008 and reaching a 13-year low, reports agencies. "This is one of the worst months in history for commodities," said Jodie Gunzberg, global...
FE Report | 2015-07-31 00:00:00
A five-day long training programme on survey methodology organised by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) ended on Wednesday with a hope for an appropriate modern sampling method to get vital crop statistics. The BBS arranged the training programme titled...
NETRAKONA, July 30 (BSS): Boro rice procurement drive of the food department, which was launched in May, has been progressing satisfactorily. District food department office sources said, the department designed a programme to procure a total of 26,333 tonnes of...
NARSINGDI, July 30 (BSS): Harvesting of jute has gained momentum in all the six upazilas of the district following adequate rainfall in the recent days. The farmers are now engaged in separating fibres with much enthusiasm expecting high price of...
Canada has shown interest to invest in Bangladesh's civil aviation sector to enhance its capacity, reports UNB. Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Benoit-Pierre Laramee conveyedthe Canadian interest at a meeting with Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon on...
FE Report | 2015-07-31 00:00:00
The central bank announced on Thursday its monetary policy for the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY) keeping policy interest rates unchanged, although it hinted that it would not hesitate to ease the rates once the inflation...
FE Report and agencies | 2015-07-31 00:00:00
At least twelve people were killed and several others remained missing in the storm caused by the cyclone 'Komen', which was crossing the Chittagong coast until our going to press at 10:00 pm Thursday. According to the control room of...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-07-31 00:00:00
The government has decided to resume export of natural gas condensate (NGC), after a four-year break, on higher receipt of the spinoff from increased gas production, said officials. Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) Chairman A.M Bardrudduja told the FE Wednesday that...
FE Report | 2015-07-31 00:00:00
The central bank will not spare scamsters for the BASIC Bank Limited for its alleged financial irregularities involving around Tk 45 billion. "We'll not spare BASIC Bank for its irregularities," Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman told reporters on...
The Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) signed on May 16, 1974 between Bangladesh and India will be implemented midnight tonight (July 31), reports BSS. A Home Ministry release Thursday said that all Indian enclaves inside Bangladesh will become land of Bangladesh...
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