Syed Ashraful Islam has cancelled a trip to the UK to spend the Eid with family there at the 'request' of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who last week sacked him from LGRD ministry, reports bdnews24.com. The Awami League (AL) general...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-16 00:00:00
SYLHET, July 15: A Sylhet court granted on Wednesday 7-day remand of Moina Mia, accused in the case for torture and killing of 13-year-old Samiul Alam Rajon. Earlier, officer in-charge (investigation) of Jalalabad police station and investigation officer of the...
Twenty-nine eminent citizens came up on Wednesday with a joint statement to express their solidarity with the demands of the workers of Swan Garments and Swan Jeans for getting their wages and festival bonus before Eid-ul-Fitr, reports UNB. The 29...
Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) militants, suspected for murder of several progressive bloggers, are trying to carry their offensive to foreign shores, reports bdnews24.com. Progressive blogger Omar Farooq Lux, now a German citizen, told the news agency Tuesday that he had...
Slum is a word, a name that reflects the miseries of deprived people who have to struggle with poverty to survive in this beautiful planet. Slums are seen in every country regardless of developed or developing. Usually poor people migrate...
A day after being elevated to a full minister, Asaduzzaman Khan vowed on Wednesday zero tolerance to militancy and terrorism, reports UNB. The Home Minister came up with the fresh vow while talking to the news agency after taking over...
NARAYANGANJ, July 15 (UNB): A Narayanganj court granted on Tuesday bail for 60 days to Rafiur Rabbi, father of slain Twaki, and convener of Santras Nirmul Tawki Mancha in a case filed for cheque fraudulence. Additional District and Sessions Judge...
Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader warned that stern action would be taken if anyone charges the home-bound people additional transport fares during the Eid-ul-Fitr journey, reports UNB. The Minister came up with this remark while talking with...
Munima Sultana | 2015-07-16 00:00:00
Four international firms, having joint ventures with renowned Japanese firms, are vying for the work of setting up electric and mechanical systems for the capital's metro rail being planned to be set up on Uttara-Motijheel corridor. Sources said joint venture...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has planned to add more new generation turboprop aircraft to its fleet, aiming to provide better service on its domestic routes and also on some short distance regional ones, reports UNB. The national flag carrier has also...
CHITTAGONG, July 15 (BSS): A three-tier security measures have been adopted in the port city and its adjacent area centring the Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the Muslims, to make the celebration a total success. Besides, the Chittagong Metropolitan...
Five labourers were injured after falling off the first floor of an under-construction building in the city's Siddheshwari area early Wednesday, reports UNB. The injured were identified as Shahadat (20), Almas (20), Jahidul (20), Jakir (21) and Bishal (25). Injured...
Dhaka University (DU) campus has worn a deserted look as most of its students have left it to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr with their families at home, reports UNB. Some students have left the campus in early Ramadan as their...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will hand over cheques for donation to ill, insolvent and accident-hurt journalists and family members of late journalists today (Thursday), reports UNB. The donation would be given at the Shapla Hall of Prime Minister Office...
The holy Shab-e-Qadr or Lailatul Qadr, superior to thousand nights as per the holy Quran, was observed last night through offering special prayers for wellbeing here and hereafter, reports BSS. On this glorified night, the Muslims believe that the first...
Ten people were killed and five others injured in lightning strikes in Habiganj, Pirojpur, Chapainwabganj and Laxmipur districts on Wednesday, reports UNB. According to reports reaching the news agency news desk, four people were killed and two others injured by...
FE Report | 2015-07-16 00:00:00
The government formed two committees under the Posts and Telecommuni-cations Division of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology for proper implementation of the 'Bangabandhu Satellite' project, officials said. The Post and Telecommunication Division, issued two separate circulars last...
Return tickets for train go on sale today Bangladesh Railways will start selling advance return tickets of trains for the convenience of Dhaka-bound passengers on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festival of Muslims, from today (Thursday). "Keeping...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Rajshahi and Khulna divisions with moderately heavy to very...
Kamrun Nahar | 2015-07-16 00:00:00
Government auditors have unearthed irregularities in appointing some 731 officials to the state-owned Basic Bank causing the bank a loss of about Tk 15.9 million (1.59 crore) every month. Official sources said the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General...
2015 is for Bangladesh cricket what 1971 was for its independence-loving people. It was early Eid for 160 million people as Bangladesh ushered in a new dawn in their cricketing history with a nine-wicket series win over South Africa at...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2015-07-16 00:00:00
A new master plan for the capital city is in the offing. Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha (Rajuk) has just prepared a new draft master plan before the expiry of the existing one. The ministry of housing and public works has requested...
Mohammad Ali | 2015-07-16 00:00:00
The special tribunal, formed recently to handle capital market-related cases, has hit the hurdles in trying the 1996 share-scam cases mainly for non-availability of required legal documents from the securities regulator, the plaintiff, sources said. Besides, they added, a lack...
Jubair Hasan and Yasir Wardad | 2015-07-16 00:00:00
The country's major highways have started bearing the brunt of increased number of overloaded vehicles as mass departure of homebound people from the capital and other major cities to spend the Eid vacation with their families at home began Wednesday....
Badrul Ahsan | 2015-07-16 00:00:00
Industrial police and the apparel makers' body found nearly 300 readymade garment (RMG) factories, mostly the sub-contracting ones, vulnerable to violence as they were yet to pay wages and bonuses to their workers. Sources at the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and...
SATKHIRA, July 15: Two Sonali Bank security guards of Kalaroa branch under Kalaroa upazila were chopped to death by miscreants Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Jahangir (32), son of Kaiyum Hossain of Jhapaghat village in Kalaroa upazila, and...
BRAHMANBARIA, July 15: Five people were killed, when a pick-up van rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Soshoi in Bijoynagar upazila on Wednesday. Highway police said the accident took place in the area around 4:30 pm...
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