Hundreds of people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying up to 700 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian coastguard says, reports BBC. A major rescue operation is under way after the vessel, thought to be...
FE Report | 2015-04-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh clinched the historic series win against Pakistan on Sunday as they posted the second successive one-day international (ODI) victory by seven wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur in the city. Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal showed his...
FE Report | 2015-04-20 00:00:00
The Election Commission thinks the situation does not yet warrant army deployment for the upcoming city corporations' elections, although different quarters demanded such security arrangement. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed came up with the EC decision Sunday, in...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2015-04-20 00:00:00
Voice artistes are now having their heyday melodically canvassing for candidates in the polls of the country's three important city corporations. Though a bit noisy, many say it comes as a comic relief from high tensions triggered by political standoff...
The BNP has alleged that appointments and promotions are being made at the two Dhaka city corporations ahead of the Apr 28 polls, reports bdnews24.com. It has sought the Election Commission's intervention in it saying the move will influence the...
The ministry of commerce (MoC) struck an Annual Performance Agreement (APA) with its seven departments and organisations to ensure accountability, transparency, efficiency and use of public properties properly. Senior Secretary of the ministry Hedayetullah Al Mamun and heads of the...
BARISAL, April 19: A court here on Sunday sentenced seven persons to life-term imprisonment for killing Advocate Giasuddin in Serongal village under Kaukhali upazila in Pirojpur district in 2009. Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Dilip Kumar pronounced the judgment. According...
FE Report | 2015-04-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh and World Bank (WB) have agreed to do more to develop the country's transport and energy infrastructure as well as to continue the dialogue on necessary reforms that would merit a Development Policy Credit (DPC), said a WB statement...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the forthcoming Asia-Africa Summit to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 22-24, reports UNB Sheikh Hasina will lead the Bangladesh delegation to the summit. Country leaders participating in the Asia Africa Conference 60th...
Arafat Ara | 2015-04-20 00:00:00
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will start issuing visas for Bangladeshi female workers from today (Monday), paving the way for reopening its market after seven years. Officials and recruiting agencies confirmed the visa issuance for Bangladeshi workers to the...
FE Report | 2015-04-20 00:00:00
Macroeconomic policy experts suggested urgent government action for striking a close coordination among so many authorities involved with spadework for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country. In fact, a disharmony keeps upcoming FDI at bay, they said. Such views...
FE Report | 2015-04-20 00:00:00
Some 337 Bangladeshi nationals, including 14 women and 13 children who were stranded in war-ravaged Yemen, arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday. Biman's special flights BG-1012 and BG-1098 carrying them from the Indian state of Kerala reached the...
FE Report | 2015-04-20 00:00:00
Life expectancy of the people in the country increased in 2013 to 70.1 years from 69.4 years in 2012, according to the findings of the Sample Vital Registration System 2009-2013 revealed on Sunday. The mortality rate remained static at 5.3...
FE Report | 2015-04-20 00:00:00
Speakers on Sunday underscored the need for recognition of the country's domestic workers as a social entity through ensuring all kinds of human rights for them. They also said presently domestic helps are being considered only as an economic entity....
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector lending arm of the World Bank Group, has proposed issuance of 'taka bonds' worth $ 1 billion in Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. IFC officials for South Asia made the proposal at a meeting...
FE Report | 2015-04-20 00:00:00
Most of the country's export-oriented readymade garment (RMG) factories brought their workers under the health care facility, sector insiders said on Sunday at a programme. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) vice president Reaz-Bin-Mahmood said 98 per cent RMG...
FE Report | 2015-04-20 00:00:00
Awami League-backed mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Syed Khokon appealed on Sunday to the voters to elect him for fulfilling the dream of his father. Respecting BNP mayoral candidate Mirza Abbas, he said, "Mr Mirza Abbas is...
FE Report | 2015-04-20 00:00:00
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's motorcade was obstructed by Awami League activists at around 5:00 pm on Sunday as she was campaigning for Dhaka North mayor candidate Tabith Awal for the second day. She faced the obstruction at Road no. 6...
NARAYANGANJ, Apr 19 (UNB): State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan has said peace is prevailing in the country ahead of the city corporation polls in Dhaka and Chittagong. He came up with the remarks while addressing a programme for...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated on Sunday five engineers of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in connection with a graft allegation raised against its former chief engineer Wahidur Rahman, reports UNB. ACC deputy director Mir Zainul Abedin Shebly questioned...
Jamaat-e-Islami, which opposed Bangladesh's independence, is funding a large-scale propaganda abroad against the war crimes trials, an organisation of freedom fighters in the US has alleged, reports bdnews24.com. Speakers at Saturday's (local time) discussion in New York claimed several local...
High Court (HC) has started hearing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's pleas on three corruption cases, reports bdnews24.com. The bench of Justice Md Nuruzzaman and Justice Zafar Ahmed started hearing the four pleas over Barapukuria coal mine, Gatco and Niko graft...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions with isolated hails at different...
FE Report | 2015-04-20 00:00:00
Health Minister Moh-ammad Nasim said on Sunday corruption and irregularities were the major problems in the health sector, which the government had been trying to overcome. He also announced that the allocation for cancer hospital would be increased so that...
FE Report | 2015-04-20 00:00:00
ILO Assistant Director General (ADG) and Regional Director for the Asia-Pacific Tomoko Nishimoto is now in Dhaka ahead of the second anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragic incident. She arrived on Sunday and will leave on April 24. During her...
Sk Ahsan Habib, deputy managing director of Eastland Insurance Company Ltd, died of cardio pulmonary failure on Sunday at 6:30 am, said a press release. High officials and staff of Eastland Insurance are shocked at the death of Ahsan Habib....
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