Syful Islam | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
The government has decided not to permit any new export-processing zone (EPZ) in the private sector for now. Rather it will allow establishing economic zones (EZs) to promote investment in the country, officials said. A meeting of the board of...
Tigers created history by clinching the first one-day series against India at Mirpur in the city on Sunday. The hosts won the second successive match convincingly in the series against the tourists by chasing a modest total of 200 in...
Sadiq Ahmed | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
In a market economy fiscal policy is the most potent source of improving the equity of development. Well developed and targeted public spending on rural development, human development and social protection can have substantial positive effects on improving the well-being...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
The government has now planned to build the 'Dhaka Bypass' at a cost of Tk 2.40 billion under public-private partnership (PPP) initiative, officials said Saturday. With full execution of the regional transit deal among four nations-Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal-the...
FE Report | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
The central bank has decided to hire a general manager (GM) on contractual basis for the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), though amid strong protest of its officials concerned. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Bangladesh Bank...
A flag meeting between border forces of Bangladesh and Myanmar is yet to be held three days after a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) soldier was abducted by the neighbouring country's Border Guard Police. The two countries' border patrols exchanged fire...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
Bangladeshi water vessels are now carrying more transit cargoes than Indian ones through Bangladesh's rivers, as the transit deal between the two neighbours stimulated the trade. Statistics available with Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) revealed the waterway transit and...
Bangladesh Railway will start selling advance train tickets on July 09 for homebound people on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, reports UNB. Railways Minister Mujibul Haque announced the decision at a press briefing at Railway Bhaban Sunday. The tickets for July...
Our Correspondent | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Jun 21: The broken bridge on the Chittagong-Dohazari railway route will be repaired and made fit for railway carriage within a week. Acting secretary of Bangladesh Railway (BR) Firoz Salauddin made the disclosure after visiting the bridge area on...
Jubair Hasan | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
Complexities surrounding the terms and conditions and the lack of confidence in the foreign builder have made implementation of the Rajuk's largest apartment project involving Tk 53 billion at Uttara Residential Model Town uncertain, officials said. They said the complications...
The 20-party alliance will not only break down, but also the existence of BNP will disappear, general secretary of Dhaka City Awami League Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya observed, reports BSS. Maya, also the Relief and Disaster Management Minister, said, "People...
Police have once again appealed to the court for taking Awami League MP Pinu Khan's son Bakhtiar Alam Rony on remand, reports bdnews24.com. Investigation officer sub-inspector (SI) Deepak Kumar filed a plea with court of Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia took on Sunday Iftar with leaders of different political parties, reports UNB. Khaleda, also a former Prime Minister, hosted the Iftar in honour of politicians at Bashundhara International Convention Centre in the city. BNP standing committee...
SYLHET, June 21 (UNB): The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Sylhet deferred on Sunday until July 6 the charge framing of the former Finance Minister SAMS Kibria murder case. District and Sessions Judge Manir Ahmed Patwari, who is in-charge of the...
Speakers at a roundtable in the city urged on Sunday the ministries concerned to work in a coordinated way to check human trafficking, reports UNB. They came up with the call at a roundtable on 'Human Trafficking-Bangladesh Preparedness', organised by...
The defence in the trial of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury continued on Sunday their part of hearing on the appeal filed by the former BNP lawmaker from Chittagong against the death sentence given to him by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1,...
A Barisal court has sentenced a man to death for killing his uncle seven years back in Barisal's Babuganj, reports bdnews24.com. Barisal District and Sessions Judge Md Anwarul Haq delivered the verdict on Sunday. The convict Shamrat Hawlader (29) is...
A war crimes tribunal withdrew on Sunday the warrant it issued earlier for the arrest of Gonoshasthya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on contempt of court charges, reports UNB. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 recalled the arrest warrant after Zafrullah...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir secured on Sunday bail from the High Court (HC) in three cases of vandalism, reports bdnews24.com. This removes all obstacles for the release of the BNP acting secretary general from jail, according...
Four large open spaces in Dhaka will be rented for Metrorail construction work. Three locations at Golapbagh, Agargaon and Uttara had been earmarked and the project authorities were now holding negotiations with concerned authorities, project chief Md Mofazzal Hossain told...
FE Report | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
The government directed on Sunday the launch owners not to carry passengers beyond the capacity of their vessels during the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation. It also warned the launch owners of legal action if they violate the directives. The directives came at...
Eminent industrialist MA Kashem, who was earlier elected chairman of both North South University (NSU) trustee board and North South Foundation, has taken over his new responsibility, says a statement of the private university. The eminent industrialist, renowned patron of...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Sunday the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement would establish people-to-people contact along with expansion of trade among the four SAARC countries, reports BSS. "The BBIN Motor Vehicles...
The ministry for environment and forest has taken steps to adopt necessary measures to prevent environmental disaster because of the spread of furnace oil from a derailed oil-carrying wagon at Bengura of Boalkhali in Chittagong, reports BSS. A high-level meeting...
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