The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) started selling advance tickets on Friday ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festival of Muslims. "BRTC today started selling its advance tickets for the home-bound people. The advance tickets will be available...
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive Friday arrested two members of a counterfeit money syndicate from the capital’s Adabar area and recovered huge amount of fake banknotes. "Two forgers, along with fake currencies worth about Tk2.5075...
Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised on Friday to keep hoisted local cautionary Signal No.3. Due to strong monsoon, steep pressure gradient lies over North Bay, a Met Office warning message said. Squally weather...
The Eurogroup has described new Greek proposals on securing a vital third bailout as "thorough". President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said a "major decision" could now be made at a eurozone finance meeting on Saturday, a BBC report said. The proposals are...
Indian PM Narendra Modi has accepted an invitation from his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif to attend a regional summit in Islamabad next year. This will be Mr Modi's first visit to Pakistan after he took power last year, a news...
Awami League Presidium Member Obaidul Quader says party chief Sheikh Hasina relieved General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam of LGRD ministry duties to help him devote more time to party work. Quader, who is also the road transport and bridges minister,...
FE Online Report | 2015-07-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has decided to bat first in the shortened first match of the ODI series against South Africa at Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium Friday. A delay of 160 minutes saw both sides lose 10 overs each, reducing the...
Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif on Friday said there was no need or reason to hold a general election in the country at the moment. "The country's people have confidence in this government. Heads of foreign countries...
Five airports in Indonesia have been shut, including those in the tourist hotspot Bali, because of a volcanic eruption, transport officials say. Mount Raung in East Java has been spewing ash into the air for nearly a week, raising concerns...
Thirty three out of 53 Bangladesh missions abroad have failed to achieve their respective export target for the first 11 months (July-May) period of the last fiscal (2014-15). The key Bangladesh missions, like Washington, Berlin, London, Paris, Madrid, Ottawa, Rome...
Bangladesh suffered early wickets after South Africa debutant Kagiso Rabada struck a stunning hat-trick in the maiden ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday. At the end of the 20th over, Bangladesh was at 94 runs for 5...
South Africa are now chasing a 161-run target set by Bangladesh in its maiden ODI at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday. The Bangladesh innings came to a halt at 160 runs in 36.3 overs after losing all wickets. Earlier,...
CAIRO: 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 and often...
A top eurozone official says Greece has submitted "thorough" proposals aimed at getting a vital third bailout and averting a possible exit from the euro. Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said the eurozone would discuss a response to the plans on...
The Disaster Management and Relief Ministry and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) on Friday asked people to seek police help during the distribution of Zakat clothes to avoid any untoward incident. At least 27 poor women and children were...
South Africa crushed Bangladesh by eight wickets in the first one-day international to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka Friday. South Africa reached 164-2 with 8.5 overs in hand after they...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2015-07-10 00:00:00
It is usually bad news that does not come alone. But sometimes good news, too, may appear one after another, or simultaneously. That is what has happened to Bangladesh in recent weeks, at the outset of the new fiscal year....
Bindu N. Lohani | 2015-07-10 00:00:00
Finding the funds to truck in the construction materials to build the infrastructure that Asia sorely needs is crucial, but far from everything. To meet the long-term needs of a fast-changing region, funders and builders of Asia's power plants, railways,...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-07-10 00:00:00
The Eid-ul-Fitr is approaching, and as usual, demand for train ticket is at its peak. Homebound people of Dhaka desperately need train tickets to reach their hometowns or villages to celebrate the Eid with their dear and near ones. Unfortunately,...
To have no mass rapid transit (MRT) for a capital city, home to about 15 million inhabitants, is not only pathetic but also disgraceful. Dhaka's intractable tailbacks make it incumbent on the policymakers to come up with an early solution...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-07-10 00:00:00
It surely is a marriage with a difference. To people even in this part of the world where wedlock between two trees or a girl and a tree is not quite uncommon, this Mexican marriage will look outlandish and shocking....
Md. Sahin | 2015-07-10 00:00:00
Language is an arbitrary vocal symbol that a group of people living in a particular geographical location uses for communication with each other. Every human being has at least one language to communicate and some are skilled in more than...
Cruelty to animals is very common in our country. I was therefore really surprised and happy when I got the news that three persons were arrested by law enforcing agencies for allegedly torturing animals. We often find brutality to animals...
A fairly detailed half page report on the Finance Minister's budget report was published by a local English daily on July 8 last. It presented to parliament, a fairly detailed roundup of our national financial picture of Bangladesh. This writer...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-07-10 00:00:00
The romantic expectation that the unwieldy growth of Dhaka will not have much impact on small towns has been proved a wishful thinking. Many in the capital may have planned to shift to the tranquil ambience of sleepy towns after...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-10 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, July 9: Around 20,000 people of Monohorpur and Umedpur unions under Shailakupa upazila in Jhenidah have been suffering for long due to lack of a bridge over the Kumar River at Aruakandi-Bishnodia ghat. Bishnodia village is eight km away...
RANGPUR, July 9 (BSS): Thousands of the rural women have become their own fortune makers through various income- generating activities, small-scale businesses and enterprises in the northern districts. Many of them have changed their fate with their own initiatives, capacities...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-10 00:00:00
SYLHET, July 9: Acting British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Mark Clayton said Legal aid services to the poor especially those who live in the rural areas should be expanded further. The envoy was holding a meeting with Bangladesh Legal Aid...
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