RAJSHAHI, Apr 29 (BSS): Speakers said the trained imams have a vital role to play for freeing the society from all sorts of social and moral degradation tendencies, especially fundamentalism, terrorism and violence against women. They said the imams are...
Body of youth recovered in Gazipur Police recovered the body of a youth from Boksibari area under Kaliakoir upazila of the district this morning. The victim was identified as Mashfik Bakshi, 22, son of Nazmul Bakshi of the same area....
KHULNA, Apr 29 (AFP): Opener Mohammad Hafeez hit an unbeaten century as Pakistan reached 227 for one in reply to Bangladesh's 332 at stumps on the second day of the first Test in Khulna Wednesday. The tourists finally enjoyed a...
Coming from 0-2 goals deficit, Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club made a brilliant comeback beating Muktijoddha Sangsad KC by 3-2 goals in a key match of the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier Football League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Wednesday,...
KHULNA, Apr 29 (UNB): Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim's right finger injury on the 2nd day of first Test against Pakistan Wednesday, was not so serious as his X-ray report did not show any fracture. The Bangladesh captain suffered finger...
Bangladesh Women's Handball team made a frustrating start in the four-nation IHF Trophy Tournament- 2015 after conceding 16-26 goals defeat against Chinese Taipei in their opening match in Bangkok Wednesday, reports UNB. Bangladesh eves were trailing by 10-14 goals in...
Anika Pulee | 2015-04-30 00:00:00
Who knew that the very first day of Bangla New Year will make lives of many women risky? Who could imagine that your morning will start with ‘Panta-Ilish’ and end up with horrifying mob molestation in the area which has...
Nabeela Mobashwer | 2015-04-30 00:00:00
Islam regards women with the sincerest epitome of respect, whereas in Hinduism females are the face of deity. However, in contradiction, females are in a rather peripheral position in the societal structure of Bangladesh. The social system that accommodates the...
Sadid Uddin | 2015-04-30 00:00:00
On the Bangla new year, sexual harassment incident occurred at University of Dhaka, the law enforcers failed to stop the attackers and bring them under law enforcement. Social platforms like Facebook and twitter flooded with reactions quickly since the assaults...
Saadman Khan Nabil | 2015-04-30 00:00:00
Maybe police department is the least preferred by the mass when it comes to seeking assistance. General people usually keep themselves at a distant place from the police which are not at all expected. Police are meant to be the...
Siddique Islam | 2015-04-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh presents a stable outlook on the economic front but restive politics remains a looming risk to a robust performance, global credit-rating agency Moody's said once more in its latest analysis of the country's situation. Bangladesh is rated Ba3 with...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-04-30 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) loans for its developing member countries, including Bangladesh, are likely to be costlier with a change of its lending policy. Officials said Wednesday the Manila-based lender in its annual meeting in Baku next week (May...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2015-04-30 00:00:00
The deaths and destruction from the most severe earthquake this week, hitting Nepal with a magnitude of 7.8 - the highest one in 80 years -- have baffled the whole world. A series of its shocks and aftershocks occurred, hitting...
A 22-member team of Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team will leave Dhaka today for Nepal to help search for the victims from the devastating earthquake. The team led by Major AKM Shakil Nawaz, director (operation and maintenance) of Fire...
A hearing, titled 'Bangladesh's Fracture: Political and Religious Extremism', will be held in Washington on today (April 30). Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific under House Committee on Foreign Affairs will host the event at Rayburn House Office Building Washington,...
FE Report | 2015-04-30 00:00:00
Stakeholders in a meeting in the city came to the conclusion Wednesday that implementation of the BCIM-EC initiative would help explore more potential opportunities of cooperation among the member-countries. Bangladesh's socioeconomic development will also be accelerated, they said. Their opinions...
FE Report | 2015-04-30 00:00:00
The Financial Express (FE) will set up an Economic Analysis Unit (EAU) in collaboration with the Policy Research Institute (PRI), a private think-tank. The FE and the PRI signed a contract to this effect Wednesday at the board room of...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday city corporation elections were held in a fair and peaceful manner and the residents of Dhaka and Chittagong have rejected BNP, and the country's people would reject them in the future, too,...
FE Report | 2015-04-30 00:00:00
The parliamentary standing committee on the land ministry recommended on Wednesday that the ministry take necessary steps to reduce the number of unnecessary laws by identifying the ineffective ones. The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) committee also suggested completing the computerisation of...
FE Report Bangladesh should substantially slash taxes on ICT (information and communication technology) services to push ahead the digital Bangladesh policy, an economist said Wednesday. A global study conducted by Miller and Atkinson has found Bangladesh's tax rate on ICT...
FE Report | 2015-04-30 00:00:00
Stocks returned to the red Wednesday, after previous session's marginal gain, with turnover falling further, as investors remained pessimistic about a stable political situation in coming days. "Investors remained in cautious mood as they are speculating probable political instability following...
FE Report | 2015-04-30 00:00:00
The Transparency Inter-national Bangladesh (TIB) expressed its grave concern over the failure of the Election Commission in holding fair and peaceful city corporation polls by preventing unethical obstacles to election monitoring by journalists and foreign observers and creating a level-playing...
Awami League-backed candidates Annisul Huq, Sayeed Khokon and AJM Nasir were unofficially elected mayors of three major city corporations in Dhaka and Chittagong in Tuesday's elections amid boycott by pro-BNP contenders, reports UNB. Annisul Huq was unofficially elected mayor of...
FE Report | 2015-04-30 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has hinted imposition of property tax from the next fiscal year (FY), 2015-16, instead of the existing wealth tax, known as surcharge, after observing that the measure is not working as expected. He termed the surcharge...
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