Police have arrested BNP-endorsed Dhaka councillor aspirant Kawsar Ahmed at Mirpur in the city. He is accused in five cases filed over acts of sabotage. Dhaka City police earlier said they would arrest city polls candidates, accused in cases, if...
FE Report | 2015-04-17 00:00:00
The country's overall business confidence index during the second half (H2) of 2014 slipped by 0.39 percentage points to 9.74 per cent over the first half of the year, according to a survey. The report of 3rd Bangladesh Business Confidence...
BARISAL, Apr 16 (UNB): Six people were killed and four others injured in a collision between a truck and a human hauler (locally called Mahindra) in Kashipur area under Barisal Sadar upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased included Swapon, 45,...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-04-17 00:00:00
The government has prepared a project aid budget worth Tk345 billion for the upcoming Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal 2015-16 with some 36 per cent higher fund than that of the current outlay, officials said Thursday. In...
FE Report | 2015-04-17 00:00:00
BNP-backed mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls Tabith Awal Thursday pledged to introduce a city government and traffic jam-free, clean and safe footpaths in Dhaka city. He also promised to go for a logical solution to power,...
Ruling Awami League (AL)-supported mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls Anisul Haque conducted a massive election campaign in the Mirpur Indoor Stadium and adjoining areas of the city on Thursday, reports BSS. While addressing a street meeting,...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-04-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is hopeful of making a net profit of nearly Tk 25 billion in the current fiscal year (FY), 2014-15. The state-run organisation is likely to make pre-tax profit of more than Tk 29.50 billion this FY,...
A case was filed against a Jubo League leader in connection with Wednesday's two-storey tin-shed house collapse incident that claimed lives of 12 people, report agencies. Jubo League leader Moniruzzaman Chowdhury Monir allegedly built and rented the two-storey hut on...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-17 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Apr 16: MV Mataliki, an international SOLAS passenger ship that the Western Marine Shipyard is building for the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, had a pre-launching ceremony at the shipyard in Chittagong on Thursday. State Minister...
Bangladesh will join a new international "cooperation" platform to promote protection of the internet ecosystem in the developing countries, reports bdnews24.com. The Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GCFE) will be launched at the ongoing global conference on cyber space (GCCS)...
Former chief election commissioner (CEC) Justice Muhammad Abdur Rouf said on Thursday a fair election is not possible unless the control of the administration over conducting the election is reduced, reports UNB. The former CEC came up with the remarks...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said on Thursday the country's people will respond to the misdeeds BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia carried out in the last three months through ballots, reports UNB. "Politicians have to go to court or jail when they...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has secured bail from the High Court in one of the several cases accusing him of violence, reports bdnews24.com. The bench of Justices Md Nuruzzaman and Zafar Ahmed granted him a six-month...
A Dhaka court has deferred the deadline to May 17 for police to submit findings in a case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others. The case blames them for deaths caused during BNP-led 20-Party alliance's agitation over the...
The nation observes historic Mujibnagar Day today (Friday) in a befitting manner commemorating the formation of the provisional government of independent Bangladesh in exile during the War of Liberation in 1971, reports BSS. On this day in 1971, the provisional...
The Election Commission (EC) plans to secure the April 28 Dhaka North, South and Chittagong city corporation polls with a four-day security blanket involving around 65,000 law enforcers, reports bdnews24.com. There are no plans to deploy the army yet, although...
India's Paschimbanga Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said realistic steps are being taken to resolve long-standing problem over exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh, reports BSS. She said this when Bangladesh Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif called on her...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 16 (BSS): The government has extended the tenure of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Abdus Salam for two more years.A gazette notification signed by Mohammad Abdus Samad, Deputy Secretary of the Public Administration Ministry, said Salam's tenure was...
The government has initiated a process for an extradition agreement with South Africa to bring back Maulana Mohammad Tajuddin, one of the key accused in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack cases, reports BSS. "We have already taken steps to...
Food Minister Advocate Quamrul Islam said on Thursday BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is the barrier to create friendly environment to hold the upcoming polls to three city corporations, reports BSS. "The law and order situation may downslide if Khaleda Zia...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated on Thursday five engineers of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in connection with graft allegation raised against its former chief engineer Wahidur Rahman, reports UNB. ACC deputy director Mir Zainul Abedin Shebly questioned them...
The International Criminal Police Organisation -Interpol-- has issued a red alert against fugitive convicted war criminal Engineer Abdul Jabbar, reports UNB. Providing his details, including photograph, Interpol said he is charged for abetting, instigating, aiding and facilitating the commission of...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Apr 16 (UNB): Indian Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly tortured two Bangladeshi young men to death on Fatehpur border in Shibganj upazila of the district on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Mohammad Sharif (25), son of Golap, a resident...
High Court (HC) set on Thursday April 21 to hear a plea seeking anticipatory bail by BNP leader and Dhaka South City Corporation mayoral candidate Mirza Abbas, reports BSS. Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, counsel for Abbas, filed the plea...
FE Report | 2015-04-17 00:00:00
Experts have recommended that the government treat the arsenic problem as a multidisciplinary one in a bid to check its adverse health effects and ensure safe drinking water. They have also urged the policymakers, international development organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs)...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina handed over the keys of buses to four educational institutions on Thursday for the use of their students and staff, report agencies. The institutions are Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) in...
Sonia H Moni | 2015-04-17 00:00:00
The much-awaited marine fish survey vessel built in Malaysia will arrive in the country in the middle of next month, officials said. The survey ship was scheduled to reach the country early this month. "The vessel was supposed to reach...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said Thursday curriculum of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) will be updated by incorporating modern and ICT education to build efficient teachers for enhancing quality of education, reports BSS. "The process of updating B.Ed curriculum is...
UNESCO Director General (DG) Irina Bokova has commended Bangladesh's success in education sector saying that the countries lagging behind in achieving the Education for All (EFA) goal could take the experience of Bangladesh setting this example, report agencies. The DG...
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