FE Report A total of 205 journalists and eight bloggers were attacked in 2014, according to a report released Sunday. Four journalists were killed including Shah Alom Mollah who was allegedly pushed to his death by the police from the...
Arafat Ara | 2015-05-04 00:00:00
A month long training for Saudi-bound women workers will start in the city today (Monday), a top official said. Following demand from Saudi Arabian employers, the authority is going to launch the training for female workers, he said. A total...
Bangladesh intelligence agencies have yet to confirm the claim of the Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) that they were responsible for murder of Bangladesh-born US citizen blogger Avijit Roy, reports UNB. When his attention was drawn to the...
COLOMBO, May 3 (AFP): US Secretary of State John Kerry ended a visit to Sri Lanka Sunday after pledging support for minority Tamils following decades of ethnic war, a local Tamil politician said. Kerry met heads of the Tamil National...
Mohammad Ali | 2015-05-04 00:00:00
The government is going to set up another legal aid cell, dedicated for workers only, within a couple of months aiming to take free legal services to their doorsteps, officials have said. "The second Labour Legal Aid Cell (LLAC) will...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday rejected a plea from Munshiganj area to reconsider the plan to construct the Bangabandhu International Airport there, saying that it will be on the other side of the Padma River, reports UNB. The Prime Minister...
Around 41,000 stillbirths occur, 33,000 infants die in the first year of life and 15,000 women give birth to mentally-challenged children in Bangladesh every year, reports BSS. Iodine deficiency is the prime cause of these. The thyroid, a small butterfly-shaped...
Although chlorine is widely used for making water safe and clean, an ICDDR,B study suggests that safe storage and handling practices are sufficient for reducing tube-well water contamination and child diarrhoea without using chlorine, reports UNB. A new randomised controlled...
Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, was celebrated today in the capital and elsewhere across the country, reports BSS. To mark the day in a befitting manner, country's Buddhist community chalked out various programmes including colorful...
FE Report | 2015-05-04 00:00:00
The government has formed a committee to scrutinise and review gender budget proposals of 40 ministries put forth for the next fiscal year (FY), officials said. The committee consists of eight members with Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Finance...
CHITTAGONG, May 3 (UNB): The customs authorities arrested two traffic helpers along with 40 gold bars worth Tk 24 million (2. 40 crore) at Hazrat Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong on Sunday morning. The arrestees were identified as Belal...
The certificate awarding ceremony of two training courses on 'TV Journalism' and 'TV News Presentation' conducted by Bangladesh Institute of Journalism and Electronic Media (BIJEM) held Saturday (May 2) at the conference room of the institute, said a press release...
RANGPUR, May 3 (BSS): All preparations have been completed for holding admission tests for first year degree (honours) courses for the 2014-15 academic sessions at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) on May 5 and 6 next. Additional police forces will...
Rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rajshahi, Khulna, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Comilla and Noakhali until 6.00pm today (Monday), reports UNB. Day and night...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said journalists should not be afraid of criticism, reports BSS. The government is respectful to the media and believes it has an important role to play in any democratic polity, but it does not mean...
Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu feels the concerns raised abroad over the April 28 city polls in Dhaka and Chittagong is unjustified, reports bdnews24.com. "The UN and other foreign countries who have spoken critically of the conduct of the polls...
Blogger Rafida Ahmed Bonya, wife of slain writer-blogger Avijit Roy, has won Deutsche Welle's 'The Bobs - Best of Online Activism 2015', reports bdnews24.com. Jury members announced the winners of the 11th annual competition at The Bobs - Best of...
BNP alleged on Sunday that its assistant organising secretary Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu died due to negligence of the jail authorities, reports UNB. "Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu has died due to negligence on part of the jail authorities. He was our close...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has requested Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to exclude his state from the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. "As a result of the protocol, the Radcliff Line demarcating the India-Bangladesh border in...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said on Sunday the government will introduce 'interactive digital textbooks' for school students on an experimental basis from the next education year, reports UNB. Besides the conventional textbooks, class VI students will get 'interactive digital...
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtrantik Dal (BSD) will stage demonstrations in the city on Wednesday protesting what they said snatching of peoples' right to vote and holding a farcical city corporation election, reports UNB. The left-leaning parties...
JOYPURHAT, May 3 (UNB): A local Jubo Dal leader was stabbed to death by some miscreants in Dhanmondi area in the district town on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Afzal Hossain Loro (28), vice-president of district unit Jubo Dal...
MADARIPUR, May 3 (BSS): Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said on Sunday senior vice-chairman of BNP Tarique Rahman is under surveillance of the detectives in London.The minister came up with the observations while talking to reporters after inaugurating the Asmat Ali...
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq said on Sunday the Election Commission (EC) will investigate the irregularities of the recent city corporations but not the government, reports BSS. "It's not government's responsibility to investigate the issue of polls rigging,"...
KUSHTIA, May 3 (UNB) - A mobile court here on Sunday sentenced a fake doctor to two years’ imprisonment for giving treatment using false medical certificates. The charlatan was identified as Abul Gani, 64. A mobile court led by executive...
A clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at a hall of Textile University in the city's Tejgaon past midnight has left five injured, reports bdnews24.com. The clash started at 1:30 am (Sunday) when two factions of BCL,...
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