FE Report | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has suggested inking a bilateral agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures between Bangladesh and India to help remove the much-discussed Indian Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs). The think tank also said that such a deal...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is doing spadework to enhance financial support for Bangladesh to help the latter meet its mounting energy demand, competent sources said. The Manila-based multilateral donor agency is now searching out necessary fields where its funding...
Zaidi Sattar | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
In the chequered history of economic development, it is a rare event. Few countries have recorded gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates of seven per cent plus on a sustained basis, i.e., for two decades or more. Such an economic...
FE Report | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
The campaign for the upcoming city corporation polls reached its new height as BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia started campaigning on Saturday for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral candidate Tabith Awal. Khaleda Zia began campaigning for Tabith Awal at the...
FE Report | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
Awami League-backed mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Syed Khokon said on Saturday that he would visit his main rival Mirza Abaas' house for seeking vote. "I will visit his (Mirza Abbas) house for seeking vote. She (wife...
SAVAR, Apr 18: Two suspected robbers were killed in a lynch-mob attack in Bhakurta village under Savar on the outskirts of the capital, early on Saturday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Anwarul, sub-inspector of Savar...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 18: Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan), a civil society platform working for good governance, urged the Election Commission (EC) on Saturday to be more stringent to check violation of electoral rules and violence ahead of city corporation polls. —...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced on Saturday creation of Comilla division comprising the districts of greater Comilla by dividing the existing Chittagong division into two, report agencies. Dhaka would also be divided into two divisional administrative units, she said, adding...
FE Report | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
A group of 337 Bangladeshi nationals evacuated from the civil war-ravaged Yemen are expected to be flown in Dhaka early today (Sunday), officials said. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam is expected to receive the returnees when special flights...
Munima Sultana | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
More new challenges have cropped up over implementation of the country's first mass rapid transport (MRT) project making its launch by 2019 doubtful. The Dhaka Mass Rapid Transport Development (DMRTD) project office has stumbled upon the challenges that deal a...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Apr 18: Businesses and professionals demanded today setting up a Circuit Bench of High Court with admiralty jurisdiction in Chittagong. President of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) Mahbubul Alam said Chittagong is a port city and the...
Bangladesh Finance Minister AMA Muhith has rejected the World Bank's advice to cut subsidies for the power and energy sectors, reports bdnews24.com. Muhith is heading the 15-member Bangladesh delegation at the WB-IMF Spring Meetings in the US capital. The finance...
Fourteen people were killed and 24 persons injured in three accidents in Dhamrai, Bogra and Sirajganj, report agencies. Seven people, including three children, were killed as a private car got crushed between two buses on Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Barbaria bus...
FARIDPUR Apr 18 (UNB): At least seven people, including a policeman, were injured by stray bullets at Awami League (AL) presidium member Kazi Zafarullah's street rally at Kawlibera village in Bhanga Upazila on Saturday morning. Officer-in-charge of Bhanga Police Station...
Assam's ruling Congress party has now developed cold feet over contentious Land Boundary Agreement, reports bdnews24.com. Ironically, BJP which was initially opposed to the agreement to swap land with Bangladesh changed its stand after coming to power at the Centre....
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
The government is set to allocate Tk 200 million development fund to each of the lawmakers in addition to their current Tk 150 million fund as it is going to take up a Tk 61.75 billion project on political consideration,...
Denouncing Tuesday's sexual assaults on a number of women on the Dhaka University (DU) campus, BNP demanded on Saturday the government arrest and try the offenders immediately in a speedy trial tribunal, reports UNB. "The sexual assaults on women took...
Although a final decision will be made following a meeting with law-enforcement agencies today (Sunday), there is only a slim possibility to deploy the army in the upcoming city corporation elections, reports UNB. Chief Election Commi-ssioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, during...
FE Report | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mahi B. Chowdhury said on Saturday he would build a modern city liveable for all, if elected. "I want to build a Dhaka fit for living for all. And...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Apr 18 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered three kilograms of gunpowder from Chowka border area under Shibganj Upazila on Friday night. Chapainawabganj BGB Battalion-9 additional director Major Minnat Ali said on a tip-off, a patrol team...
KHULNA, Apr 18 (UNB): Two local Jubo League (JL) men were shot and injured by miscreants in New Market area of the city on Friday night.
KUSHTIA, Apr 18 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested 16 cadres of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir along with 6 crude bombs and explosives from Dar-us-Salam Academy near Bus stand area of Mirpur Upazila on Saturday. Being...
FE Report | 2015-04-19 00:00:00
National Children's Task Force (NCTF) and Child Budget Forum (CBF) Saturday placed a six-point demand, including a clear roadmap on budgetary allocation to children and inclusion of their opinions in preparing the national budget. They also demanded ensuring proper utilisation...
The government has set up a 'dashboard' to monitor online teaching and learning at multimedia class rooms in 20,500 educational institutions across the country, officials said, reports BSS. They said the ministry of education in collaboration with the Access to...
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya said Saturday the government is working for making 65,000 volunteers across the country so that they (volunteers) can act as fast response teams during any natural disaster, reports BSS. "Out of...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) formed Saturday two probe bodies in connection with the sexual harassment of some women during the Pahela Baishakh celebrations on the University of Dhaka (DU) campus, reports UNB. A three-member committee, headed by DMP additional commissioner...
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