Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has proposed for establishing around 1,000 retail stores in various Indian cities to display and sell their products. The BGMEA also wants to invest approximately US$25 million in India for setting up a...
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat said on Sunday the agreements signed by Bangladesh and India underscored the positive trajectory for economic development across borders in South Asia through enhanced regional connectivity. She made the remark while addressing a function...
BNP's Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday appealed for bail in three violence cases filed against him with Paltan Police Station in city. The appeal was placed to the High Court bench of Justice Mohammad Rezaul Haque...
Criticising BNP for what he said Jamaat-dependent politics, Bikalpadhara Bangladesh (BDB) president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Friday suggested BNP to return to the politics of Ziaur Rahman for its survival, reports UNB. "BNP is now doing its third stage politics...
GAZIPUR, June 12 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested 34 Jamaat-Shibir men from a restaurant at Shibari intersection in the city on Thursday night. Tipped off, a team of police raided Euro Bangla restaurant and arrested them while they were...
BARISAL, June 12 (BSS): A local Awami Swechchhasebak League (ASL) leader was killed allegedly by his cousin over a land related dispute at Mehendiganj upazila of the district on Friday. The victim was identified as Idris Mazi (35), assistant secretary...
GOALANDA (Rajbari), June 12 (UNB): Police arrested an alleged member of an inter-district robber gang here on Friday morning. The arrestee was identified as M Selim Sheikh (32), son of late Monir Uddin of Gopalpur village in Madhukhali upazila of...
KUSHTIA, June 12 (BSS): Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif said on Friday his party knows how to keep friendly relations with the outside world. "Keeping the country's interest above all else, AL maintains better relations with friendly...
BNP vice chairman Abdullah Al Noman criticised on Friday the government for its failure in signing the Teesta water sharing deal with India and alleged that the government is sacrificing the country's interest to cling to power, reports UNB. "Country's...
Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin said the government's present struggle is against extremists, perpetrators of the crimes against humanity and anti-liberation forces in Bangladesh, reports UNB. "Bangladesh under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working closely with the...
The Election Commission (EC) has planned to enroll enclave dwellers as voters and providing them with national identity (NID) cards soon after the exchange of 162 enclaves between Bangladesh and India, reports UNB. The EC will start registering eligible inhabitants...
A woman, who sustained burn injuries in gas line blast in the city's Kalabagan area, died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early Friday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Rozina Begum (35), a resident...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-06-13 00:00:00
When the government has been burning midnight oil to mobilise funds for constructing the all-important Padma Multipurpose Bridge (PMB) project, the Bridge Division has sought to add a new component to the project for expanding the 'Setu Bhaban' at a...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-06-13 00:00:00
The country still lacks well-defined and uniform rules and regulation to deal with the gratuity issue. The issue of gratuity fund still remains as mostly an unregulated area to guide the corporate sector and other entities for following a uniform...
Arafat Ara | 2015-06-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh is most likely to be able to send a paltry 5.0 per cent of female workers that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) wants to recruit because of poor response from the job seekers. The Bureau of Manpower Employment...
FE Report | 2015-06-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh has advised the SAARCFINANCE member central banks to introduce new financial products along with technological facilities for strengthening the ongoing financial inclusion initiatives in the region. "New financial products will have to be introduced along with latest technological facilities...
Munima Sultana | 2015-06-13 00:00:00
A route along the existing Dhaka-Chittagong highway has been selected for constructing the expressway under the public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement to enhance the road capacity in the country's main economic corridor. Officials said the around 217km long route would be...
The 44th Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of Asian Clearing Union (ACU) is going to be held in the city today (Saturday). Incumbent Chairman of the Asian Clearing Union and Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman will address...
Water levels at 64 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise and 15 stations recorded fall. Of the 84 monitored water level stations, two river stations saw the water levels steady while the levels...
Customs officials seized on Friday about 1.5 kg gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and arrested a man in this connection. The arrested was identified as Md Emdadul Halat Khan (45). He arrived in Dhaka on Thursday from Sharjah of...
Kamrun Nahar | 2015-06-13 00:00:00
Country's pharmaceutical companies are reluctant to manufacture cancer drugs considering the Bangladeshi market a small one, even though the number of cancer patients is on the rise. Experts and pharmaceutical industry insiders have attributed the high prices of cancer drugs...
FE Report | 2015-06-13 00:00:00
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) wants to learn from Bangladesh regarding expansion of mobile and agent banking as part of efforts to enhance their financial inclusion. Dr Raghuram Rajan, governor of the RBI, expressed the Indian central bank's willingness...
Our Correspondent | 2015-06-13 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, June 12: The government has been losing about Tk 300 million as revenue per year because some 15,000 illegal CNG-run auto-rickshaws flout registration fee and renewal fee every year since 2007. The amount stands at around Tk 2.4 billion...
The process of merging the two government enterprises-Board of Investment (BoI) and Privatisation Commission (PC)-has got going after a recess. An inter-ministerial meeting on the issue was held on Tuesday, five days after Finance Minister AMA Muhith stressed in his...
BAGERHAT, June 12 (UNB): Tiger population in the Sundarbans may fall from the previous 2004 census, according to a preliminary analysis of Bangladesh-India Joint Tiger Census Project. Experts from both Bangladesh and India are currently examining about 1,500 images and...
Police clam Bakhtiar Alam Rony, the son of an Awami League MP held over the killing of two people, said he opened fire as he became agitated after being stuck in a light traffic jam, reports bdnews24.com. Investigation officer Sub-Inspector...
Deputy Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad Md Fazle Rabbi Miah called Friday for proper implementation of Formalin Control Act to prevent use of the chemical in foods and fruits, reports BSS. "Using of different chemicals including formalin in seasonal fruits including...
Two people, including a woman, were killed in separate incidents of wall collapse in Munshganj and Narayanganj on Thursday, reports UNB. In Munshiganj, a septuagenarian man was killed when a wall collapsed on him while he was taking tea at...
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