Three people were killed and 20 others injured as a bus plunged into a ditch in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet district on Thursday. The identities of deceased could not be known immediately. Morsalin Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Osmaninagar Police Station said...
A court in Sirajganj has convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing his wife in 2013. The convict was identified as Shahin Ali Babu, son of Amjad Sheikh, a resident of Mahmudpur village in Sirajganj...
Wicketkeeper of South Africa’s Test team Quinton de Kock has been fined 75 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Wednesday....
South Africa are off to a fine start before dark clouds over the stadium stopped the proceedings in the third session of the third day of the Chittagong Test. The tourists were 61 for no loss in their second innings...
Eight people, including three children, were killed as a Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (Demu) train smashed a three-wheeler at Haydarabad level-crossing in the city on Thursday afternoon. The deceased could not be identified immediately. Railway police said the Dhaka-bound Demu...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday interrogated managing director of BASIC Bank Limited Khondoker Md Iqbal in connection with the much-talked-about Tk35 billion loan scam. An ACC team, led by its deputy director Syed Iqbal Hossain, questioned him from...
Publishing group Pearson has announced it is in "advanced discussions" with an unnamed party over the sale of its Financial Times newspaper group. The company said it had "noted recent press speculation" surrounding the possible sale of the FT, but...
At least nine people were killed and 18 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Patkhaguri in Bashail upazila on Thursday afternoon. The deceased could not be identified immediately, a news agency report confirmed. Witnesses said...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will announce two special funds summing $500 million for promoting export and green projects in the country, Governor Dr Atiur Rahman said Thursday. Of the total amount, $300 million would go to export sector while $200 million...
The normal import and export activities resumed since Wednesday through the Hili Land Port (HLP) in Dinajpur after five days of suspension on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr festivity. According to the sources in Customs, importers, clearing and forwarding agents association...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said the trial of 13-year-old boy Samiul Alam Rajon murder case won't be delayed as it would be shifted to a speedy trial tribunal for quick disposal. "Not a single person of child...
Detectives recovered firearms, ammunitions and arrested six people, including listed terrorist, from Nogra-Sariakandi Road at Chhatiantola in Bogra on Wednesday. Law enforcers also seized a private car from the possession of the arrestees. Senior Assistant Police Super (B-Circle) of Bogra...
The fourth and final merit list of 82,544 students eligible for college admission has been published, while 200,000 seats are said to be going vacant across Bangladesh. The list can be accessed at www.xiclassadmission.gov.bd, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told...
At least three people were killed and 10 others injured as a boat capsised in Gardair River in Habiganj district on Thursday. Identities of the deceased could not be known. The deceased include a man aged about 60, a woman,...
Two people were killed as a train crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at a level crossing at Jailkahana Bari in Comilla on Thursday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Abul Khayer, 32, son of Mominul Islam, and Masud Rana, 28,...
Publishing group Pearson has announced it is to sell the Financial Times Group to Japanese media firm Nikkei for £844m in cash. Speculation that Pearson was eying a sale of the 127-year old newspaper emerged on Monday, a BBC Online...
Golam Mostafa, who was arrested on charge of torturing two minors cruelly after tying them with a tree in Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira, was sent to jail on Thursday. The district court sent Mostafa to jail after police produced him...
Hillside landslides are not uncommon in many countries of the world but except in Bangladesh they are hardly a man-made phenomenon. Even to a layman's eye it becomes evident that the encroachment in the form of indiscriminate hill cutting in...
Khurshed Alam | 2015-07-23 00:00:00
In June every year, the Finance Minister presents the proposed annual budget for the next financial year (July-June). There he allocates funds for government departments. For preparing the budget, the government departments follow a rule of thumb - based on...
Tahseen Rashid | 2015-07-23 00:00:00
The first time I went abroad, most people thought I was an Indian, and I had to correct them every time by saying "I am from Bangladesh, a country bordering India". In reply, some knowledgeable foreigners would say, "Ah, the...
Non-stop rain during the Eid holidays dampened the holiday mood of the citizens as most amusement parks and entertainment places like restaurant, movie theatres, museum and historical places were not as crowded as were expected due to continuous downpour. It...
Faridabad-Gandaria is a well-known area in the old part of the city. About seven to eight hundred thousand people live in the area. But most of the thoroughfares here are in a bad shape. The potion of the road between...
Greece has long been facing economic recession which began in 2009 following the global recession 2008. There are many reasons behind the crisis, like government pension scheme, tax evasion by citizens, huge public expenditure, etc., to name a few. Greek...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2015-07-23 00:00:00
In his famous bestselling book Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2000), renowned sociologist-cum-political scientist Robert D. Putnam extensively dwelt on the civic and social life of the American communities during the 20th century and the changing...
M Shefaque Ahmed | 2015-07-23 00:00:00
Financial inclusion has emerged as a tool to achieve inclusive growth for poverty reduction in recent years, and policymakers in Bangladesh have adopted financial inclusion as one of the key strategies for alleviation of poverty. Financial inclusion is defined narrowly...
Ferdaus Ara Begum | 2015-07-23 00:00:00
The cost of doing business has different components, a number of them are well discussed and some are not at all. In the doing business ranking of the World Bank Group in 2015, Bangladesh slipped three points behind the level...
Saadman Khan Nabil | 2015-07-23 00:00:00
Frustration and depression are mounting high in the minds of youths in this country. Every day whenever we check the newspaper, turn on the television or tune into the radio, we see news of violence and aggravation. News of murders,...
Asif Ahmed Tonmoy | 2015-07-23 00:00:00
Having a theme "Ensuring Sustainable Development through Good Governance", the first session of NSU Model United Nations Conference 2015 will kick off on July 30.. The three-day conference will be a simulation of the United Nations assemblies offering a ground...
Noshin Noorjahan | 2015-07-23 00:00:00
Youths need to get adequate sleep, eat appropriately and study smartly. They must set their priorities straight and assign the required time for each task, comments Noshin Noorjahan Just two more days to a week of back-to-back final exams. Panic,...
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