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\\\'Overstaying in job\\\' by passport dept ADG to be probed

FE Report | 2015-05-14 00:00:00

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to investigate the allegation of overstaying in the job by tampering age in the certificates of Department of Passport and Immigration Additional Director General (ADG) Rafiqul Islam. ACC came across the allegation during...

News in Brief

2015-05-14 00:00:00

Voot restaurant now at Banani The XYZ Restaurant Ltd has opened its 3rd branch of 'Voot Restaurant' in the city's Banani area aiming to attract the people in posh areas with delicious foods apart from enchanting them with ghosts dancing...

Weather

2015-05-14 00:00:00

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 Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal and Chittagong divisions till 6pm today (Thursday)....

Photo: Eastern Bank Limited

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Photo: Dutch Bangla Bank

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Photo: Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL)

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Photo: Prime Insurance Company Ltd

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India ratifies LBA after 41 years

M. Serajul Islam | 2015-05-14 00:00:00

It is interesting to see the excitement in Bangladesh over the ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) by India. There has been a flurry of phone calls from New Delhi to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulating her on the...

Can we learn from Nepal quakes?

Rana Datta | 2015-05-14 00:00:00

The earthquakes in Nepal on April 25 and May 12 give a cautionary signal for Bangladesh. Despite the fact that buildings are collapsing here and there and experts are declaring Bangladesh prone to earthquake risks, do we really care? Bangladesh...

Police brutality on protestors

2015-05-14 00:00:00

As if the sexual assault on Pahela Baishakh and subsequent inaction was not enough. Now the police swoop on protestors reminding the law enforcement agency that they have not performed their duty. Worse, a male member of the police violated...

Regulators needed to protect consumers

Abu Ahmed | 2015-05-14 00:00:00

Bangladesh is one of a few countries in the world where consumer interest is most neglected. Consumers, as they number millions and in some cases, all the people in a country, do not have any effective platform to negotiate with...

Combating human trafficking

Nabil Azam Dewan | 2015-05-14 00:00:00

The citizens of Bangladesh are haunted by the sudden discovery of mass graves of the aspiring migrants to Malaysia. This has raised questions regarding the nexus between human trafficking and illegal immigration. This has also exposed the inability of the...

Jogging for better health

2015-05-14 00:00:00

Among all methods of physical workouts, jogging is possibly the easiest and most effective one, as no special instrument or preparation is required for it. Only a pair of running shoes is enough. We do not need much money or...

State help for children with autism

2015-05-14 00:00:00

The lives of autistic children are not easy in our country, not even in Dhaka where we have a few schools for them and they live like outcasts. The number of autistic children is rising, but awareness about autisms is...

Of Bangladesh cricketers

2015-05-14 00:00:00

In our school days in Calcutta in the 1940s, we were told that dropping catches is losing matches and taking catches means winning matches. I believe that the message should be implanted in all cricketers. Although we saw some brilliant...

Urgency of tax policy rationalisation

Ahsan H. Mansur in a paper presented at a seminar titled \'Fiscal Policy for 2015-16 Budget in the Context of the Seventh Plan\' organised by the Policy Research Institute (PRI) on Saturday (May 09, 2015) in Dhaka. The Financial Express was the media-pa | 2015-05-14 00:00:00

KEY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:  The weighted average prices of bidi and cigarettes are quite low in Bangladesh and increasing this weighted average price is the only way to reduce smoking and generate 20% growth in year on year revenue...

Detailed DSE Trading

2015-05-14 00:00:00

Animal husbandry accelerates uplift in char areas: Experts

2015-05-14 00:00:00

RANGPUR, May 13 (BSS): Livestock experts at a discussion said the expanding animal husbandry sector has been accelerating socio-economic uplift of the poor living in remote char areas in recent years. They were addressing inaugural ceremony of the 'Livestock Technology...

Huge railway land under illegal occupation in Syedpur

Our Correspondent | 2015-05-14 00:00:00

NILPHAMARI, May 13: Nearly 600 acres of railway land and more than half of the quarters built for the workers and employees is under illegal occupation in railway workshop town Syedpur. Sources said this has happened due to negligence of...

Housewife killed in Sirajganj

2015-05-14 00:00:00

SIRAJGANJ, May 13 (BSS): A housewife was killed by her neighbour at Dauvog-Dakhinpara village under Salonga Upazila of the district this morning. The victim was Anwara Khatun, 52, wife of Abu Taher of the same village. Police said Anwara locked...

Workshop on lobster production begins in Gopalganj

Our Correspondent | 2015-05-14 00:00:00

GOPALGANJ, May 13: A three-day training workshop on 'Golda Lobster Production & Nursing' began at Fish Seed Multiplication conference room in Gopalganj today (Wednesday). Fish Seed Production Farm Gopalganj under fresh water Golda Hatchery Extension Project (Phase-2), Matshya Bhaban, Dhaka,...

Hygiene, sanitation awareness to prevent water-borne diseases underscored

2015-05-14 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, May 13 (BSS): Speakers at a participatory discussion here underscored the need for collective efforts for hundred percent expansion of hygiene for substantial and sustainable prevention of water-borne diseases which cause many premature deaths in the country every year....

Need for proper epilepsy management emphasised

2015-05-14 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, May 13 (BSS): Speakers at a scientific seminar here today emphasised the need for proper management and update of epilepsy commonly known as Mrigy as the number of patients suffering from the disease is gradually increasing due to various...

Jhenidah DC comforts destitute woman suffering from cancer

Our Correspondent | 2015-05-14 00:00:00

JHENIDAH, May 13: A destitute woman suffering from breast cancer has long been in a precarious condition in Jhenidah as she has no means for treatment of the disease. The widow Amiron Nesa (70) hailing from Notun Court Para area...

College student missing for six days in Rajshahi

RU Correspondent | 2015-05-14 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, May 13: A college student in the Rajshahi has been missing for six days. He was last seen at evening on May 07, family members claimed. The missing student Raju Ahmed Babu, 26, an Honors 2nd year student...

Low price of lady\\\'s finger disappoints Pabna farmers

Our Correspondent | 2015-05-14 00:00:00

PABNA, May 13: A bumper production of lady's finger that brought smile among the farmers in Ishwardi as well as Pabna in early summer now disappointed then over the low price of the vegetable in the market. "In the early...

Photo: BRAHMANBARIA: Hundreds of workers

2015-05-14 00:00:00

Photo: SYLHET: A shower of rain brought relief

2015-05-14 00:00:00

Two held with Yaba tablets in Rangpur

2015-05-14 00:00:00

RANGPUR, May 13 (BSS): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-13) arrested two drug traffickers with 4,065 pieces of Yaba tablets from Baro Mirjapur village near Shothibari under Mithapukur upazila on Tuesday afternoon, RAB sources said here today. The arrested are Kamal Hossain,...

News in Brief

2015-05-14 00:00:00

One killed in Kushtia clash One person was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over establishing supremacy at Baraipara village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Amirul Islam,50,...