The SMS facility will start for voters tomorrow (Saturday) through which they can get to know their respective polling stations ahead of the three city corporations' elections, slated for April 28, reports UNB. Voters who need to know which polling...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said on Thursday BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia should refrain from being 'provocative' and 'apologize' to the people for her misdeeds, especially to those who were burnt during her abortive reign of 'terror-by-fire', reports BSS. "She...
Returning officer for Chittagong city polls has asked the city police chief to remove officer-in-charge (OC) of Khulshi thana within 24 hours, reports bdnews24.com. The OC Mainul Islam Bhuyan has been accused of helping the ruling party candidates and of...
FE Report | 2015-04-24 00:00:00
Speakers at a discussion meeting Thursday stressed the need for formulating a long-term policy for women empowerment rather than mere annual budgetary allocation. Only employment won't ensure women empowerment, they said, adding that women need to have more access to...
FE Report | 2015-04-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BPGMEA) president Jasim Uddin has sought government's support for dev-elopment of the Bangladesh Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology (BIPET). He said it is very tough to develop the BIPET properly without government's...
JAKARTA, Apr 23 (BSS): Afro-Asian leaders in the fourth plenary session on the second day of the Asian-African Summit here discussed strategies on Thursday to overcome common challenges and accelerate the pace of economic development in both continents through stronger...
Over 20 million (2 crore) children of 6-11 month and 12-59 month age groups would be fed Vitamin A capsule tomorrow (Saturday) across the country to protect them from night-blindness and strengthen their immune system, reports UNB. State Minister for...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-24 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Apr 23: The Trust Transport Services, a project of Army Welfare Trust, has announced 15 per cent discount in the fare for the government officers and journalists of Chittagong. Major Ahsan made the announcement in this connection at a...
Dismissing Transparency International Bangladesh's (TIB's) report that claimed Tk 1.08 billion (108 crore) mobilised in the prime minister's aid fund to distribute among Rana plaza victims remains unused, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said on Thursday there is no fund...
The qulkhwani of noted diplomat KM Shehab Uddin will be held today (Friday) after Asr prayers at Baridhara DOHS Mosque in the city, said a press release. Relatives, friends and admirers have been requested to attend the qulkhwani to pray...
The government appointed M Allama Siddiki, currently serving as Director General (Administration) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as Bangladesh next Ambassador to Turkey on Thursday, reports UNB. Siddiki will concurrently serve as Bangladesh Ambassador to Bulgaria, Azerbaijan and Armenia....
Customs officials of Chittagong's Shah Amanat International Airport have recovered four gold bars from a passenger coming in from Dubai, reports bdnews24.com. Assistant Director of Customs Intelligence Department Malekin Naser Akand told the news agency that Abdul Mannan, 30, came...
100 DU students get departmental scholarship A total of 100 meritorious students of the Department of Accounting and Information Systems of the University of Dhaka (DU) have been awarded departmental scholarship for their academic performances. Vice Chancellor (VC) of DU...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barsial, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur division with hails at different places until...
Thailand's energy minister Narongchai Akrasanee has expressed keen interest in investing in base-load power generation in Bangladesh by constructing coal-fired, gas-fired or oil-fired power plants and also in power transmission systems. The Thai minister conveyed it when Bangladesh ambassador to...
For taking the courier service facility to the grassroots, an agreement between entrepreneurs of Union Digital Centre and Sundarban Digital Express (SDE), a sister concern of Sundarban Courier Service, was signed in the city Thursday, reports BSS. With this agreement,...
Industries minister Amir Hossain Amu Thursay urged the tannery factory owners to relocate their industrial units to the tannery industrial estate in Savar within the stipulated time, reports BSS. "They would be forced through legal process to relocate their factories,...
PANCHAGARH, Apr 23 (BSS): About 7,000 families, especially of rural areas, in five upazilas of the district have been brought under solar power supply network by Grameen Shakti, a non-government organisation. Use of solar power will change lifestyle and socio-economic...
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed left the city Thursday morning for New Delhi to join the First Indian Global Exhibition on Service - 2015, reports BSS. The minister would address on the main topic of the exhibition today (Friday), said a...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-04-24 00:00:00
Perhaps very few of us know that five Finance Minister/Advisors out of the nine that Bangladesh had so far belonged to a particular batch. They are M Sayeduzzaman, M Saifur Rahman, Wahidul Huq, Maj. Gen (retd) A Munim and AMA...
Mohammed Norul Alam Raju | 2015-04-24 00:00:00
Two years ago, on April 24, 2013, an eight-storied building named Rana Plaza collapsed in Savar. After 21 days of the collapse when the search operation was declared closed, the death toll rose to 1,131. Approximately 2,515 injured people were...
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