The Election Commission (EC) is preparing for elections to 4,000 Union Parishad (UP) and over 300 municipalities and that may cost the government nearly Tk 6.5 billion, reports bdnews24.com. The EC has asked its field level officials to send lists...
Munima Sultana | 2015-05-17 00:00:00
The government has completed procedures for bringing back several hundred Bangladeshi workers who have been serving different terms of imprisonment in Dubai prisons for committing crimes in that country. Sources said the ministry of home affairs (MoHA) will start the...
Yasir Wardad | 2015-05-17 00:00:00
Bangladeshi organic products are expected to enter the mainstream European market from July next, the first of its kind in the western bazaar, insiders said. The Bangladesh Organic Products Manufacturers Association (BOPMA), with the help of the ministry of commerce,...
CHITTAGONG, May 16 (UNB): Police in their separate dives have arrested four people in connection with the killing of a security guard of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd at its Muradpur branch in the port city on May 7. Commissioner of...
FE Report | 2015-05-17 00:00:00
Country's leading private academia BRAC University has recognised its faculty members and administrative staff's contributions in the fields of research, teaching and service. A ceremony styled "BRAC University Faculty and staff Award", first of its kind, was held Thursday to...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-05-17 00:00:00
Majority of the seats at the lone state-run cancer hospital are pay beds that cause financial hardship to the patients as they have to bear costs of prolonged treatment for survival from the deadly disease, sources said. The National Institute...
The 92nd birth anniversary of late Mirza Mehdy Ispahani was observed on the premises of the Mirza Ahmed Ispahani High School in Chittagong Thursday, says a press release. The school authorities arranged a competition on painting and essay writing on...
Inaugural ceremony of inter-university debate held The inaugural ceremony of Inter-University Environment Debate 2015 was held at the TSC auditorium of the University of Dhaka (DU) on Saturday. To mark the World Environmental Day 2015, Ministry of Environment and Forests,...
Rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions in next 24 hours...
Digital signature option at RJSC The Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) has introduced digital signature facility for ensuring faster and more secured services to customers, a senior official said. RJSC has incorporated the facility in its present...
Monira Munni | 2015-05-17 00:00:00
Only one per cent out of the garment factories surveyed by the DIFE has trade unions (TUs) while 55 per cent of them even don't have any participation committees, officials said. Nearly two years have already elapsed since the labour...
A F Nesaruddin | 2015-05-16 00:00:00
Tax is the main source of government revenue in Bangladesh like any other country which does not have major mineral and similar other resources. Three major taxes are customs duty, income tax and VAT (Value Added tax) and are administered...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain | 2015-05-16 00:00:00
David Cameron of the Conservative party has stunned both Britons and Americans by winning May 07 parliamentary polls. In the election, the Conservatives won 331 seats. This meant the party could form a government independently. Three hundred twenty-six seats are...
Mushfiqur Rahman | 2015-05-16 00:00:00
Media reports that the Energy Adviser to the Prime Minister Dr. Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury advised Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) to reduce the proposed power tariff to be generated from renewable energy sources. The Adviser was speaking at a seminar titled...
Human trafficking has assumed a horrific dimension as the latest reports confirm that quite a large number of the Bangladeshi and Rohingya refugees have been landing in Indonesia and Malaysia. The traffickers reportedly deserted the crowded wooden boats in the...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-05-16 00:00:00
The world's biggest mangrove forest Sundarbans, located on about 38,000 square kilometres in south-western Bangladesh, is a unique place. The forest is indeed a nature's gift to Bangladesh but sadly, the country is yet to rise up to the occasion...
Ridwan Quaium | 2015-05-16 00:00:00
People look forward to the newly elected mayors with a lot of hope and expectation. Citizens here feel that one of the principal tasks of the newly elected mayors of Dhaka should be to turn Dhaka into a people-friendly liveable...
Power crisis is a usual phenomenon for us during the summer. Power outage is regular and frequent. It tends to get worse with every passing day until winter. Not only our day-to-day life is affected due to power shortage, industrial...
Photographs published in different dailies on 11 May 2015 gave evidence of police action on the protesters protesting against lack of action by the government regarding sexual harassment on Pahela Baishakh. The photographs showed policemen swooping on a very young...
Many of us do not have the habit of taking enough water which is extremely important on health grounds, particularly during the summer. The sweltering heat at this time absorbs the natural fluid in our body quickly and creates additional...
Jahangir-bin-Alam | 2015-05-16 00:00:00
Despite efforts of the governments of South Asian countries towards regional economic integration in the last decade or so, at times on a bilateral basis, formal intra-regional trade has not risen above 5.0 per cent of the total trade. Experts...
Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2015-05-16 00:00:00
There is increasing evidence and recognition that what matters for development, more than natural resources and man-made physical capital, is the capability of people to be effective and productive economic agents, in short, human capital. In the particular case of...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-05-16 00:00:00
There has been an explosive growth of food chains in recent times. Are the urban people following their counterparts in the West where few families cook their meals at home? Nucleus families with both partners doing jobs requiring time and...
Sarah Taufique | 2015-05-16 00:00:00
To become a great leader, it is very important to understand the benefit of a well-meaning apology and how to apply the best technique. In Bangladesh, it is very atypical panorama that people are saying sorry with one another for...
Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled | 2015-05-16 00:00:00
Hafez was born in Shiraz, Iran. His parents were from Kazerun, Fars Province. Despite his profound effect on Persian life and culture and his enduring popularity and influence, few details of his life are known. Accounts of his early life...
Rabeya Ferdous | 2015-05-16 00:00:00
People take treatment from different health care professionals for their better health. Professional occupational therapy is one of the important and major parts of treatment. It is not a new profession in Bangladesh. Occupational therapy was introduced in 1973 by...
Touhid Ebrahim | 2015-05-16 00:00:00
English is an international language and it is widely used in many countries of the world today as a means of international communication. There are other important languages in the world but none of them can be compared with English...
RAJSHAHI, May 15 (BSS): Speakers at a seminar in Rajshahi called for removing the existing problems relating to live fish supply and transportation from Rajshahi to different parts of the country including the capital Dhaka. They stated that the good...
RANGPUR, May 15 (BSS): The litchi growers are now happy following excellent production and attractive price of litchis. The delicious, juicy and fleshy seasonal fruit has already appeared in local markets of the northern districts. Though harvest of the high...
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