The 12th anniversary of death of Salim Ullah Chowdhury, veteran freedom fighter and first elected Upazila chairman of Chhagalnaiya Upazila in Feni, will be observed today (Monday), said a press release. He was one of the organisers of the War...
SI removed over sexual assaults on women at DU An officer of Shahbagh thana has been removed after incidents of sexual assaults on women in the TSC area on Dhaka University (DU) campus on April 14. Sub-Inspector (SI) Ashraful Alam,...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
The government has introduced an annual performance targets-oriented agreement with fourteen state-owned banks and financial institutions to make them accountable. On April 09, 2015, the secretary of the Banking Division under the ministry of finance caused signing of such an...
Saifur Rashid and Hasan Shafie | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh is one of the world's richest repository of cultural heritages-- courtesy its language, literature, philosophy, music, architecture, painting, cuisine, art and religion. As a post-colonial nation, the cultural nuances of Bangladesh owe a good deal to the collective heritage...
What the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) revealed in its report on Matabari and Rampal power plants again points to the large-scale irregularities in the use of compensation money meant for distribution among the people, including land owners, affected by the...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
The ministry of education, after scrutinising the PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy) of several post-graduates from the country's private universities, last week declared such degrees as null and void. As a matter of fact, no private university in the country has...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
An agreement on the movement of motor vehicles between four SAARC nations is expected to be signed in next June. It will be a sub-regional deal involving Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal, to be finalised in Thimpu, the Bhutanese capital....
The nation observed the festival of Pahela Baishakh as usual with lot of enthusiasm and cultural fervour. But stalking and sex assault took place on the same day near TSC at the Suhrawardy Udyan gate in the afternoon. Dozens of...
We have been celebrating Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla new year, since the days of great Moghul Emperor Akbar. Pahela Baishakh is a symbol of our tradition, culture and is a part of our pride. Every year we...
The sports-loving people of our country had to wait long 16 years to see another triumph against Pakistan cricket team and it was really a very special occasion for all of us when it finally happened. Prior to the series...
M Jalal Hussain | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
Every business, irrespective of locality, type or size has to face the risk of fraud. Frauds can be committed by customers, stakeholders, staff and managers of an organisation. The nature of business of banking sector is unique and completely different...
RANGPUR, Apr 18 (BSS): The Pathways from Poverty (PFP) project has brought about a revolution in pumpkin production on the sandbars to change fortune of thousands of the river erosion victim extremely poor families in recent years. Practical Action Bangladesh...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
KHULNA, Apr 18: National Housing Authority has taken a plan to build 1,536 flats for landless people of Khulna at a cost of Tk 1.50 billion (150 crore) at city's Bastuhara Colony. The project has already been approved by the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
MAGURA, Apr 18: Indian goods worth Tk about 5 million (50 lakhs) were seized in Magura. Magura police station officer-in-charge Munshi Asaduzzaman informed, following a tip off a police team raided a pick up in Dhalhar area on Magura -...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Apr 18 (BSS): A total of 313 poor and distressed households in Char Alatali and Narayanpur unions under Sadar upazila of the district get solar panels and lamps Saturday. The initiative has been taken to make education activities among...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
KHULNA, Apr 18: An adolescent boy was stabbed to death by the eve teasers for protesting the harassment of his sister at Baishakhi Fair at Shaltala of Bagerhat town on Friday night. The victim was identified as Shohel (17), son...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
MAGURA, Apr 18: A robber was killed in a gunfight with police in Magura at the early hours of Saturday. The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam Rafiq, 50. Magura assistant police super Shudarshan Kumar Roy informed, during a patrol...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
JESSORE, Apr 18: Several thousand students of different primary schools at Monirampur formed a human chain demanding the arrest of the killers of a brilliant student on Thursday. But the police is yet to arrest the killers of Sajedur Rahman...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
GAZIPUR, Apr 18: A woman was hacked to death and her husband and daughter were injured by some unidentified miscreants at Vaoraid village under Gazipur city on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Khorsheda Begum, 48, wife of Anowar...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Apr 18: Harvesting of onion is going on in Nilphamari district and it would continue for about a fortnight or so. Sources said, cultivation of the spice is increasing in the district as the farmers are gradually shifting towards...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
GAZIPUR, Apr 18: A man committed suicide at Noboarbag area under Kaliakoir upazila in the district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Jahangir Alam, 38, son of Rohiz Uddin of Fatehpur Bhoreghat area under Kotwali police station in Rangpur...
Pourasabha councillor injured by drug peddlers A councillor of Faridpur pourasabha was grievously injured when a group of terrorists alleged to be drug peddlers attacked him with sharp weapons in Tepakhola area of the town last night. Police said Mahfuzur...
RANGPUR, Apr 18 (BSS) : Experts at a day-long farmers' field day stressed expanded cultivation of tropical sugar beet as an effective substitute to sugarcane in increasing production of sugar and molasses. The weather condition of Bangladesh is suitable for...
Mohammad Ali | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) has proposed providing 10 per cent tax incentive to individual taxpayers for submission of their income tax returns on time (by September 30). "This incentive will expedite submission of return...
Badrul Ahsan | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
Thai Film Industries (pub) Ltd has proposed to set up a packing film factory in Bangladesh with an investment of US$ 40 million, a high official at Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) said. A team comprising three members of...
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