Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2015-06-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) signed a 'historic' agreement in Thimpu, capital city of Bhutan, this week opening their borders to motor vehicles of each other for both passenger and freight transit. The four-nation Motor Vehicle Agreement (MVA), according...
FE Report | 2015-06-18 00:00:00
Economists, researchers, rights activists and academics underlined Wednesday the need for creating adequate job opportunities with decent wages to reap advantage of the country's existing higher rate of demographic dividend. They suggested diversification of Bangladesh's industrial base, mainstreaming a large...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2015-06-18 00:00:00
The Chittagong port lately has been experiencing a heavy rush of ships laden with imports, forcing the relevant authorities to deny the berthing facility to many ships, said vessel operators who are counting losses. They told the FE Wednesday that...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-06-18 00:00:00
Non-settlement of the risk issues over transportation of diesel from India's Shilghat river port to Bangladesh's Baghabari is delaying import of the petroleum fuel through river route, said officials. India wants Bangladesh to take delivery of diesel from its Shilghat...
A soldier of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Cox's Bazar was injured by shots fired by Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP), while another soldier was abducted, officials of the force confirmed, reports bdnews24.com. The exchange of fire between the two...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-06-18 00:00:00
The government has undertaken several projects under a fresh move to boost solar-power generation to feed the green and cheap energy to the national grid, officials said Wednesday. It has decided to set up solar power plants with a total...
FE Report | 2015-06-18 00:00:00
Edible oil refiners contradicted on Wednesday the price recommendations made earlier by the state-run Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC). Representatives of Bangladesh Edible Oil Refiners Association (BEORA) including Meghna Group, TK Group, City Group and S Alam Group met the BTC...
Bangladesh has expressed concern over the US trade bill concerning the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) apprehending that LDCs like Bangladesh would lose their competitive edge in the US market due to preferential treatments to the trans-pacific partners, reports UNB. Bangladesh...
FE Report | 2015-06-18 00:00:00
Migration of semi-skilled and skilled workers will cause substantial loss of human capital and might affect production in Bangladesh if replacement is not found easily and timely. This was told at a regional dialogue titled 'Impact of Migration on Industrial...
The High Court (HC) will deliver the verdict on a petition by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia questioning the legality of the Niko graft case today (Thursday) and her petition over Gatco graft case any day, report agencies. On May 28,...
A senior Awami League (AL) leader brought allegation against BNP for emergence of militancy in the country, reports BSS. "It has been recognised nationally and internationally as well that BNP has been patronising militancy. They are the other side of...
At least 20 have been injured at a college at Narayanganj after members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) allegedly attacked a procession by leftist student bodies, reports bdnews24.com. The incident took place at Government Tolaram College around 11:30am on Wednesday,...
SYLHET, June 17 (UNB): A Sylhet court rejected on Wednesday the bail petition of photojournalist Idris Ali in a case filed in connection with the murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das. Judge of Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate court-2 Farhana Haque passed...
COX'S BAZAR, June 17 (UNB): An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police was arrested from the beach town on Wednesday in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a female police constable in the capital. The arrestee was identified as Kalimur Rahman,...
Kamal Mahmud, a friend of ruling party MP Pinu Khan's son Bakhtiar Alam Rony, stated before a Dhaka court that Rony opened fire indiscriminately from his car in New Easkaton area on April 13 that left two people dead, reports...
The Election Commission (EC) appears to be divided on the issue of collecting information of under-18 citizens at a time when it failed to provide national identification (NID) cards even after six months to five million people enlisted in the...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the Supreme Court (SC) verdict upholding the death sentence of war criminal Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed, evoked a very poor response on Wednesday, reports UNB. No major incident of violence was reported from any part...
Police picked up 53 activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami in Rajshahi Metropolitan City after the Supreme Court (SC) upheld the death penalty of Al-Badr commander and Jamaat secretary general Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid, reports bdnews24.com. Rajshahi police Commis-sioner Md Shamsuddin...
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said on Wednesday the government would not bow its head to the river encroachers, no matter how tough the task is, reports UNB. "The government is sincere about protecting the rivers and will put its best...
FE Report | 2015-06-18 00:00:00
The Centre on Budget and Policy of Dhaka University (DU) has expressed frustration over the downward trend of budgetary allocation for the country's education sector, particularly tertiary education. The policy research centre said although the total allocation for the country's...
FE Report | 2015-06-18 00:00:00
Terming 2015 a decisive year for climate negotiations, European Union (EU) Ambassador in Bangladesh Pierre Pierre Mayaudon on Tuesday emphasised the importance of securing a fair, ambitious and legally binding new international climate agreement. "Serious risks are associated to climate...
Workshop on 'Need Assessment Findings' held at DU A day-long national validation workshop on "Need Assessment Findings" for enhancing the quality of primary education in Bangladesh was held at IER building of Dhaka University (DU) on Wednesday. DU Vice-Chancellor Prof...
Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha apprised the President of the overall activities of the judiciary at Bangabhaban on Wednesday, reports UNB. SK Sinha said there are 15,383 cases pending at the Appellate Division while 369,813 at the High Court...
With a view to enhancing the quality education in tertiary level, BRAC University has been awarded a total of Tk 20,146,800 (8,000,000 + 12,146,800 as block allocation), for the establishment of Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) under the guidelines of...
Seventeen Force Commanders of all the current UN peacekeeping missions attended a reception on Tuesday at the permanent mission of Bangladesh, report agencies. The commanders have been attending a four-day long heads of Military Component Conference titled "Performance: A Command...
President Parade of Summer Graduation-2015 marking the commissioning of No 71 Flight Cadet Course and Direct Entry-2015 Officer Cadet Course of Bangladesh Air Force was held at Jessore at the BAF Academy on Wednesday, said a press release. Chief of...
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