The sale of vermicelli and noodles, two popular items for entertaining guests during the Eid-ul-Fitr, has declined in Chittagong this year 'due to negative media reports' during Ramadan, reports bdnews24.com. Shopkeepers in the port city said the news on the...
Work has resumed at the Benapole Land Port after long Eid vacation. Trading between India and Bangladesh started on Monday morning, but was low key as all the officials and workers of the customs, port authority, C&F, and the transport...
RANGPUR, July 21 (BSS): The number of tea gardens is growing fast in Panchagarh with increased production every year. According to Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) sources, the average tea production is increasing by 100,000 kg annually since 2005. Small-scale gardening...
BNP hailed on Tuesday Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam for his promise to keep the administration neutral, reports UNB. "After joining his new ministry, Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam said he wants to keep the administration neutral...
Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu demanded on Tuesday posthumous trial and punishment to former president Ziaur Rahman for killing freedom fighter Col Abu Taher, reports UNB. "General Zia killed freedom fighter Taher on this day in 1976 as part of...
Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam trashed on Tuesday BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's allegation of 'government conspiracy to annihilate BNP' and said the government wants all political parties to do politics in a democratic environment, reports UNB. "We don't know...
The Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) is waiting to hear appeals against a total of eight cases of crimes against humanity, tried by two tribunals designated for holding the trials, reports BSS. The cases that are waiting...
The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has announced its new committee for the Chittagong University (CU) unit with murder suspect Alamgir Tipu as president, reports bdnews24.com. Fazle Rabbi Sujan has been made the general secretary, a BCL statement said on Monday....
Senior Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta said on Tuesday the government need not try to break up the BNP since Khaleda Zia's son was capable enough to do it, reports bdnews24.com. The ruling party's Advisory Council member also cautioned the...
LALMONIRHAT, July 21 (UNB): Seven hundred seventy-nine residents of 111 Indian enclaves inside Bangladesh opted for going to India while no one of the residents of Bangladeshi enclaves on Indian side intended to come to Bangladesh, according to the Indo-Bangla...
The High Court (HC) granted on Tuesday bail for three months to Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser MA Mannan in two cases filed with Joydebpur and Kaliakair thanas, clearing the way for his release...
Detective Branch (DB) of Police pressed on Tuesday charges against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan, in a case filed for shooting two people to death with his firearm in the city's New Eskaton area, reports...
The Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) will hear on July 27 the state's petition against the anticipatory bail granted to four senior BNP leaders in 56 cases of violence, reports bdnews24.com. The SC 's Chamber Judge Justice...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina asked officials of her office on Tuesday to be prompt and smart while dealing with files so that time is not wasted in any way, report agencies. "Sometimes it is seen a file comes and...
Police in a drive arrested a man along with 76,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from an office of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) at Wari in the city on Tuesday, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Abu Bakar Siddique....
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina strongly condemned the cowardly and heinous terrorist attack in Turkey that claimed the lives of 31 Turkish people and injured over 100, reports UNB. "We strongly condemn the cowardly and heinous terrorist attack," she said...
SIRAJGANJ, July 21 (UNB): Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader urged all concerned on Tuesday to refrain from installing billboards on highways. "Billboards shouldn't be displayed alongside highways, but extortionists do that tagging their own images along with ministers...
CHITTAGONG, July 21 (BSS): Chittagong district administration in cooperation with Chittagong Metropolitan Police in a drive evicted illegally set up 62 shops and establishments in the city's Bayezid area on Tuesday. An executive magistrate of district administration led the eviction...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped in to remove bottlenecks in the project of direct rail link between the land-locked Indian state and Dhaka, according to a report by Hindustan Times of India Monday. The India government will build a...
A passenger bus knocked down a 45-year-old woman in Pragoti Sarani area under Vatara thana in the city on Tuesday, reports BSS. Duty officer of the thana Swapna confirmed that the woman Jarina Begum (45), suffered fatal injuries as the...
SIRAJGANJ, July 20 (UNB) - Five people, including two of a family, were killed and another was injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashed into a bus at Mulibari level-crossing on the western side of the Bangabandhu Bridge approach road under...
Our Correspondent SYLHET, July 21: A court in Sylhet recorded confessional statements of two more accused for killing 13-year Samiul Alam Rajon. They are Nur Ahmed and Dulal Mia. Earlier, the court recorded confession of 2 other accused. Metropolitan magistrate...
Worried at India's latest move to interlink rivers, the government is sending a letter to the Water Resources Ministry of the neighbouring country seeking an explanation in this connection, reports UNB. "…we cannot send any protest letter only seeing newspaper...
Noted journalist Atiqul Alam will be laid to rest today (Wednesday) after his son, a US expatriate, reaches Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. His widow Rowshan Ara Alam told the news agency his namaz-e-janaza had been shifted to Wednesday from Tuesday. "His...
French President greets Prof Yunus French President Francois Hollande greeted Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, now in Paris. Prof Yunus was greeted at Elysee Palace at a dinner programme hosted by Hollande for important speakers of the Summit of Conscience...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions with moderately heavy fall...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2015-07-22 00:00:00
The securities regulator is incorporating some provisions into the public issue rules under a proposed amendment in a bid to ensure more accountability and transparency of issuer companies and relevant stakeholders, officials have said. One of the new provisions will...
CHITTAGONG, July 21 (AFP): Paceman Mustafizur Rahman had a dream Test debut on Tuesday, mowing through South Africa's middle order as minnows Bangladesh made a strong start in the first Test against the top-ranked Proteas. Mustafizur took 4-37, including three...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-07-22 00:00:00
The NBR's Income Tax Wing has moved to sort out the pending court cases of analogous nature from the tax offices across the country to resolve long-standing disputes for realising stuck-up revenue. A 12-member committee has been formed to compile...
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