BENAPOLE, June 19 (UNB): Five alleged robbers were injured in a gunfight with police in Khajura area on Jessore - Magura highway in the early hours of Friday. A patrol team of police, led by Masudur Rahman, sub-inspector (SI) of...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia took Iftar with orphans and alem-ulema (Islamic scholars) on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan on Friday, reports UNB. The BNP chief hosted the Iftar party at the city's Ladies Club. Entering the...
MADARIPUR, June 19 (UNB): The operation of small launches will remain suspended during monsoon to avoid accidents, said Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan on Friday. He said this while talking to reporters after inspecting the repair work on the town protection...
BOGRA, June 19 (BSS): Bogra Sadar thana police during a late night raid in the old Bogra area on Thursday arrested a miscreant, Sohel ( 35), and recovered 10 cocktails from his possession. Sub-Inspector (SI) of Bogra Sadar thana Aslam...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-06-20 00:00:00
The government's decision to allow the private sector to import furnace oil has given rise to problems in fuel-supply chain for oil-fired power plants. The decision has resulted in oversupply of the fuel leading to payment of heavy demurrage to...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-06-20 00:00:00
Corporate taxpayers are yet to find the existing tax rebate on their social responsibility activities attractive despite several changes and amendments made to the relevant law over the last five years. None of the corporate taxpayers availed or applied for...
FE Report People thronged the makeshift iftar bazars in old Dhaka especially Chawkbazar on Friday, the first day of Ramadan, to purchase a wide range of delicious and lucrative iftar items. Traders in other parts of the capital city also...
Sadiq Ahmed | 2015-06-20 00:00:00
The annual national budget is the most influential public statement of the government's current economic thinking and policies. The proposed national budget for the fiscal year (FY), 2015-16, gains added significance because it is the first year of the implementation...
COX'S BAZAR, June 19 (UNB): A total of 37 Bangladeshi victims of human trafficking, who were rescued by Myanmar authorities on May 21, were brought back home from Myanmar on Friday after a flag meeting between the border guards of...
Syful Islam | 2015-06-20 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) lending for the term of 2016-2018 for Bangladesh may go beyond the indicative US$ 2.68 billion (268 crore) mark for increased fund needs following 'over-programming'. Such forecast is contained in the lender's latest draft aide...
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman were fined Friday for deliberate physical collision during the first one-day international between the sides, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said, reports AFP. The two players were found to...
As part of its "Southern Silk Route" China plans to establish a high speed railway link between Kunming and Kolkata through Dhaka and Chittagong, according to reports reaching Dhaka from Kunming, the capital city of China's southern Yunnan province. The...
The armed police battalion (APB) arrested one person on Friday with 4.0-kg gold at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). The APB arrested Mizanur Rahman (40) from the canopy hall of the airport around 11:30 am on the day. Mizan...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-06-20 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has proposed to spend Tk 358.9 million from the fund of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge (PMB) project for purchasing vehicles, fuels and their maintenance, officials said Friday. Officials said the BBA has recently sought revision...
FE Report Bangladesh may get support from the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), a multilateral arrangement for extending assistance to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), under a new phase of the latter. The first phase of the EIF is going to...
Two cars of a train carrying oil have fallen off a bridge at Boalkhali in Chittagong after it collapsed. Bangladesh Railways General Manager (East) Mozammel Haque said they sent rescuers to the scene after getting information about the accident around...
Ziaur Rahman | 2015-06-20 00:00:00
River sands of Bangladesh, especially the sand deposits in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna channel, are found with considerable heavy minerals which scientists say can be used in industries and even in nuclear power plants. Different studies with river sands, conducted by various...
Our Correspondent | 2015-06-20 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, June 19: A mobile court of the district administration here has fined three vegetable vendors Tk 45,000 and jailed five others for different terms for hiking prices of essentials on the first day of Ramadan. The district administration had...
Bangladesh has demonstrated political will and firm commitment to combating domestic and transnational terrorist groups, and its counterterrorism efforts made it harder for transnational terrorists to operate in or establish safe havens in its territory, said the Department of State...
Lawyers have met condemned war crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami’s Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid at Dhaka Central Jail-1. Jail sources said a five-member team of defence lawyers reached the central jail situated in Old Dhaka on Saturday morning to meet...
The two cars of a freight oil train that fell off a bridge in Chittagong on Friday, have been salvaged. Two relief trains went to the site in Benguira under Boalkhali upazila from the port city and Akhaurha, and pulled...
The summer vacation of the Dhaka University (DU) will begin on Sunday. The 41-day vacation will cover the summer season and Holy Eid-ul Fitr vacation. No classes will be held during the summder and Eid vacation. However, different offices of...
Police in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat have arrested a man accused of hacking four persons to death at his in-laws’ house in a frenzy. Panchbibi Police Station OC Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal said the macabre murders were reported from Adibasi...
An alleged arms trader was arrested in Tarapur Bazar under Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Friday night. Police identified the arrestee as Mahbub Alam, 29, son of Emran Alam, a resident of Tarapur Bazar village. Officer-in-charge of Shibganj Police...
The price of food items used to make Iftar at the kitchen markets of Dhaka has doubled at the beginning of Ramadan, upsetting household budgets. The markets at Karwan Bazar, New Market, Hatirpool, Fakirapool, Gopibagh, Mugdapara and Mohammadpur charged Tk...
Two bikers were killed in a road accident at Shristigar at Shibpur upazila in Narsingdi district on Friday evening. The deceased were identified as Babu (22), son of Babul Mia in Boirakurer area of the district town and Saddam Hossain...
A man was killed and five others were injured in a collision between a truck and a human hauler (Mahindra) at Ashkarpur area on the Satkhira-Kaliganj road in Debhata upazila of Satkhira district on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified...
“India was beaten by the better side,” is how batting legend Sunil Gavaskar described Thursday’s ODI match at Mirpur. The Tigers comfortably beat the former world champions by 79 runs with a brilliant all-round performance to take a 1-0 lead...
At least 50 people have been injured a train accident in Kaliganj upazila in Lalmonirhat district on Saturday morning. Lalmonirhat Railway Police Station sources said the accident took place on Lalmonirhar-Burimari railway route around 7am. Two trains simultaneously running in...
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