The second death anniversary of eminent jurist and constitution expert Dr Muhammad Zahir, Bar-at-Law, will be observed today (Saturday), says a press release. Dr M Zahir was a teacher of Company Law at the University of Dhaka (DU) and was...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-11 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 10: A large number of people on Friday thronged the Chittagong railway station to buy advance train tickets on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims. There were long queues of ticket aspirants in...
Ariful Mowla Choudhury (Razy), 60, a valiant freedom fighter (FF) died on June 26, in California, said a press release. He suffered a massive brain stroke and was admitted to the Hoag Hospital, New Port Beach California where he died...
Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna and Barisal divisions and at many places over Chittagong & Sylhet divisions with moderately...
Al Mahmud's 80th birth anniversary today To mark the 80th birth anniversary of poet Al Mahmud, Al Mahmud Club will organise birthday celebration programme and Iftar Mahfil at the National Press Club in the city today (Saturday). President of Al...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2015-07-11 00:00:00
Insurance regulator in a recent review has found the performance of 13 new life insurance companies highly unsatisfactory. The insurance regulator has prepared a report in this connection after holding separate meetings with the officials of 13 new companies. During...
At least 25 women and children died until 10:00 pm on Friday in a pre-dawn stampede in Mymensingh town, triggered by an early morning free Zakat clothes giveaway, reports the bdnews24.com quoting the police. The police said the 5:00 am...
President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock at the deaths and injuries caused by a stampede during distribution of Zakat clothes in Mymensingh on Friday, report agencies. The President directed the authorities to ensure proper...
Syful Islam | 2015-07-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh has rejected a proposal from India and Pakistan for bending down the sensitive list of trading items to 100 over next five years under the SAFTA (South Asia Free Trade Area) agreement, officials said. Dhaka rather suggested that every...
FE Report | 2015-07-11 00:00:00
FE Report Incessant rains across the country on Friday crippled city life, causing disruption in trade and business in the capital. Roads in many areas in the city went under knee to waist-deep water since morning as the continuous downpour...
FE Report | 2015-07-11 00:00:00
The government will sit with labour leaders after the Eid-ul-Fitr to find ways to reopen the closed Adamjee Jute Mills-2, officials have said. The ministry of textiles and jute is now set to take measures for reopening the jute mills,...
Nine people, including three Bangladeshi nationals, were killed and 17 others injured in a road accident in Saudi Arabia on Thursday night. The accident took place at Mazma (200 km away from Riyadh), said a source of Foreign Ministry on...
President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday that India and Pakistan will join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a group dominated by Russia and China, and also including former Soviet republics in Central Asia. Russia sees the organisation, expanding for the first...
CAIRO, July 10: Egyptian-born film legend Omar Sharif, who died Friday aged 83, captivated audiences worldwide for more than half a century, but will forever be remembered as the eponymous "Doctor Zhivago". Known for his debonair style, raffish good looks...
Tourists South Africa looked strong in their chase despite the loss of de Kock wicket after 15 overs in the rain-reduced cricket match at Mirpur in the city on Friday. Chasing a modest target of 161 in 40 overs the...
Ismail Hossain | 2015-07-11 00:00:00
New banknotes worth taka several million are being traded daily in the capital's three footpath money markets ahead of Eid festivities. The demand for shinny notes is fairly high as many want to give pretty Eid tips to kids and...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith hinted Friday at further shakeup in the Cabinet, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina relieved Syed Ashraful Islam of the Ministry of LGRD and Cooperatives, reports bdnews24.com. But the senior Awami League (AL) leader said he has...
FE Report | 2015-07-11 00:00:00
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Annisul Huq on Friday vowed to resolve the existing problems of his corporation, including water-logging, and said failure of the authorities concerned would not be excused next year. He also sought cooperation from the...
Unabated cattle smuggling from India to Bangladesh through the West Bengal border has put the Indian security agencies in a quandary, reports bdnews24.com. "As per ground reports, cattle smuggling along the north-eastern sector of the India-Bangladesh border has dropped drastically,...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-11 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 10: Industrial Police authorities are apprehending labour unrest in about 70 garment factories over non-payment or partial payment of wages and bonus ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festival. They have termed those factories vulnerable. The Industrial Police strengthened...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-07-11 00:00:00
The activities of Accord and Alliance, two groups of western retailers of Bangladesh's readymade garments, are now under government's close observation to lessen further misunderstanding between them and the apparel makers, officials said. According to government high-ups, though the decision-makers...
FE Report A good number of people started leaving the capital early to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr with their near and dear ones. Family members especially wives, children, students and elderly ones were going much earlier of the festival to avoid...
The United States has welcomed Bangladesh’s engagement in broader conversation about both the role of state action to counter terrorism as an area that needs to be closely looked at for second and third-order consequences apropos of the earlier discussion....
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has been conferred with the honorary citizenship of the Italian city of Bologna. Mayor of Bologna Virginio Merola conferred this honorary citizenship of the City of Bologna on Yunus at a ceremony at the City...
Police arrested six members of a dopers’ gang and seized two microbuses at the city’s Mirpur on Friday night. The arrested were identified as Farhad, 29, Abu Taleb, 29, Shahin, 22, Liton, 25, Habib, 33, and Babu, 25. Tipped off,...
Tension ebbed between BSF and BGB members at Madra border under Satkhira’s Kalaroa Upazila after the Indian border force apologised for intruding into Bangladesh and attacking villagers. A flag meeting was held between Border Guard Bangladesh and Border Security Force...
Tension ebbed between BSF and BGB members at Madra border under Satkhira’s Kalaroa Upazila after the Indian border force apologised for intruding into Bangladesh and attacking villagers. A flag meeting was held between Border Guard Bangladesh and Border Security Force...
Conflicts of interest, arising from complicated relationships following three marriages of her father and two of her mother, may have lead to the murder of Mirpur college student Amena Khatun Reshma at her home, police suspect. Police have already arrested...
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