FE Report | 2015-04-27 00:00:00
Afroza Abbas, wife of BNP-backed mayoral candidate Mirza Abbas, said on Sunday that they would accept the results whatever it might be. "If the election is free and fair, and if the media and people say that the elections are...
FE Report | 2015-04-27 00:00:00
Awami League backed mayoral candidate of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Annisul Huq urged the voters Sunday to elect a qualified person who is capable of serving their interests. "You (voters) please think yourself. Mind that you are going to...
A delegation of 14-party alliance expressed on Sunday their concern to the Election Commission (EC) assuming that the BNP-Jammat led by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia may create vandalism, anarchy and disorder in a planned way on the day of city...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has taken all-out security measures alongside other law enforcement agencies to ensure a congenial atmosphere during the elections to three city corporations in Dhaka and Chittagong, reports UNB. During the election period, the elite force will...
Bikalpadhara Bangladesh leader Mahi B Chowdhury has been attacked in the early hours of Sunday, reports bdnews24.com. The Dhaka North mayor aspirant's car was attacked at the city's Tejgaon around 2:00 am, his election office said in a statement. The...
The government has imposed a ban on plying of all modes of vehicle in the three city corporation areas of Dhaka and Chittagong from Monday midnight to Tuesday midnight, reports UNB. The Road Transport and Highway Division issued a circular...
As many as 61 candidates are going to contest for 14 posts in the upcoming polls of Bangladesh Bar Council scheduled to be held on May 20, reports BSS. Bangladesh Bar Council is a statutory autonomous body of the Government...
The government has declared general holiday on the polls day on April 28 in Dhaka North and Dhaka South, and Chittagong City Corporations, reports BSS. An official handout in Dhaka Sunday said the day will be a general holiday for...
COX'S BAZAR, Apr 26 (UNB): A local Awami League (AL) leader, also a union parishad member, was shot to death by miscreants at Rangikhali in Teknaf upazila of the district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Shafiq Ahmed...
Following the split order by a High Court (HC) bench on BNP leader Mirza Abbas' bail pleas, the chief justice has assigned a new bench to hear them, reports bdnews24.com. The bench of Justice Md Ruhul Quddus will hear bail...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday that another milestone had been achieved through her recent participation at the Asian African Summit in Indonesia in brightening the image of Bangladesh with regards to South-South cooperation, reports UNB. Her participation also...
FE Report | 2015-04-27 00:00:00
The government earns revenue worth Tk 2.5 billion from the music industry annually and it could be increased significantly by implementing the copyright law, said the cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor at a seminar on Sunday. He was speaking at...
JU Correspondent | 2015-04-27 00:00:00
Teachers and students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) demanded lifetime expulsion of the accused students who sexually harassed an indigenous female student on the Pahela Baishakh night. The demand came from a press conference organised by "Shikshak-Shiksharthi Oikya Mancha" at the...
The government plans to increase the percentage of technical and vocational education institutes from 8.0 per cent to 20 per cent by 2020, reports UNB. "The government will increase the number of technical educational institutions both in public and private...
The 53rd anniversary of death of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq will be observed in the country in a befitting manner today (Monday), reports BSS. Different political parties, socio-cultural and professional bodies have drawn up various programmes to observe the day....
FE Report | 2015-04-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) will introduce online ticketing for its steamers and launches from next month (May) for the passengers. To push the move forward the BIWTC and Sohoz Limited, an online organisation, signed an agreement on Sunday...
FE Report | 2015-04-27 00:00:00
The overpass at the Comilla level-crossing on the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway is set to open in June next. Rafiqul Anam, chief engineer of the Project Builders Limited (PBL) tasked with the construction, said in June next they were going to...
A C-130 aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) reached Nepal on Sunday with 10 tonnes of relief materials, reports UNB. The relief materials were sent at the directive of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina to help the affected people...
Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) chairperson Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury left Dhaka Saturday night for Malaysia to attend the CPA's Mid-Year Executive Committee meeting scheduled to begin in Kuala Lumpur today (Monday), reports BSS. The...
Squally weather may affect the North Bay and the adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh as deep convection is taking place over North, reports UNB. All fishing boats and trawlers over the North Bay have been advised to remain close to...
In a reshuffle in the administration, two additional secretaries were made acting secretaries, reports UNB. Firoz Salah Uddin, additional secretary for Post and Telecommunications Ministry has been made acting secretary of Railways Ministry while Begum Akhtari Momtaz, additional secretary of...
Customs officials and Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested Sunday three youths with 6.5 kg of gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka, officials said, reports BSS. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of APBn Tanjila Akhter confirmed the incident.
ANZAC Day remembered in city The Australian High Commission in Dhaka observed the 100th anniversary of ANZAC Day on Saturday, remembering Australian and New Zealand servicemen and women who died in wars and conflicts, including 29 buried at the Commonwealth...
Rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions until 6:00 pm today...
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