Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has taken a month-long programme to distribute Iftar among 0.6 million fasting pedestrians in Dhaka city during the Holy Month of Ramadan, said a press release. Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the bank inaugurated...
FE Report | 2015-06-21 00:00:00
Signing of the Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) among four countries -- Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) -- will open up a new era of regional connectivity and help boost the South Asian cooperation. Speakers at the dialogue on 'Trade...
Munima Sultana | 2015-06-21 00:00:00
The authorities concerned are allowing new bus routes in Dhaka city overlooking the recommendations made by recent studies carried out by the Dhaka Traffic Coordination Authority (DTCA). The DTCA study, done in 2013, had suggested bringing down the number of...
Siddique Islam | 2015-06-21 00:00:00
The disbursement of industrial term loans dropped by more than 28 per cent in the third quarter (Q3) of the outgoing fiscal year (FY) 2014-15 mainly due to political turmoil, officials said. The disbursement of industrial term loans came down...
The US in its just-released annual counterterrorism report has appreciated Bangladesh's efforts to combat both domestic and transnational terrorist activities, reports bdnews24.com. The Department of State released 'Country Reports on Terrorism 2014' on Friday in Washington as part of its...
LALMONIRHAT, June 20: At least 100 people were injured, when two trains collided head-on while crossing a level-crossing at the Kakina Railway Station under Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat on Saturday morning. Railway sources said the accident took place in the...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-06-21 00:00:00
The overall electricity supply costs are on the sharp rise in the country as the government is relying heavily on high-cost oil-fired rental and quick rental power plants keeping the low-cost base-load power plants idle, sources say. Currently, almost all...
Talha Bin Habib | 2015-06-21 00:00:00
The prices of some vegetables that shot up on the first day of Ramadan are expected to cool down shortly as the supply is pretty plenty and drive against profiteers underway, government authorities said Saturday. Commerce officials also said the...
CHITTAGONG, June 20: Two wagons of a train, full of oil, fell off a bridge that caved in at Boalkhali on Friday, reports bdnews24.com. They could not be pulled out until Saturday noon. Railways officials have said it would take...
FE Report | 2015-06-21 00:00:00
Expressing its concern over the recent remarks made by Finance Minister AMA Muhith, the North America-based apparel retailers' group Alliance has urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government to clarify their position in this connection. The minister in a...
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury has expressed reservations regarding the decision to cut interest rates on saving certificates and has urged the finance minister to 'seriously' reconsider the matter, reports bdnews24.com. She reminded Parliament on Saturday of the government's responsibility towards...
CHITTAGONG, June 20 (UNB): A cargo vessel capsized in the Bay of Bengal near the Sandwip channel on Saturday noon. The Sandwip-bound cargo vessel from Kumiraghat of Sitakundu upazila sank in the Bay with 20/25 crewmen aboard around 2:00 pm...
JOYPURHAT, June 20 (UNB): A woman of an indigenous community and three more members of her family were killed and another was injured allegedly by her son-in-law over a family feud at Bhimpur in Panchbibi upazila early Saturday. The deceased...
Terming shameful the abduction of a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member by Myanmar border force, BNP demanded of the government on Saturday to enhance the efficiency and capability of the force to stop recurrence of such incidents, report agencies. "It's...
MADARIPUR, June 20 (BSS): Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said on Saturday BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia returned home failing miserably in movement. The minister passed the remarks while addressing the student reception ceremony at the Asmat Ali Khan School and College...
Eight more appeals of war crimes convicts against their death sentences for crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation, are awaiting at the Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) for final verdicts, reports BSS. Hearing on the...
The ruling Awami League (AL) announced an elaborate programme on Saturday in observance of its 66th founding anniversary on Tuesday (on June 23), reports BSS. A press statement of AL said the programmes of the day include hoisting of national...
Death-row war crimes convict Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid requested to his lawyers to file a petition seeking review of the Appellate Division verdict upholding his death sentence, report agencies. "Mojaheed has told us he'll file a review petition against the...
Bangladesh Press Council Chairman Justice M Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed called on Saturday for concerted efforts by the relevant ministries to stop human trafficking from the country, reports BSS. He also suggested creating awareness among the people to prevent the menace....
MADARIPUR, June 20 (BSS): Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said on Saturday BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia returned home failing miserably in movement. The minister passed the remarks while addressing the student reception ceremony at the Asmat Ali Khan School and College...
Speakers at a seminar said on Saturday the literary endeavour of poet Sufia Kamal was devoted to establishing a non-communal and humane society and state, reports BSS. Sufia Kamal searched for diversity through her literary activities and at the same...
RAJSHAHI, June 20 (UNB): Police recovered eight crude bombs from Rajshahi College campus in the city on Saturday. The cleaners of the city corporation found the crude bombs packed in a plastic bag in a drain beside the college mosque...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, June 20 (UNB): Police arrested an alleged arms trader in possession of one foreign made pistol, two magazines and five rounds of bullet from Tarapur Bazar area under Shibganj Upazila on Friday night. The arrestee was identified as Mahbub...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Dhaka, Khulna, Chittagong, Barisal and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Dhaka divisions with...
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