Bangladesh has 'more than halved' the number of children who have never been to school since 2000, according to a new UNESCO report published Thursday, reports UNB. Yet, the report says, Bangladesh remains one of the 20 countries with the...
FE Report | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
The meeting between the government and the mobile-phone operators failed to reach a consensus on the disputed SIM replacement tax issues, creating an uncertainty over the planned spectrum auction. Finance Minister AMA Muhith sat with the senior officials of revenue...
Monira Munni | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
With the country's political situation showing a respite from violence, apparel makers are now making extra efforts, including enhancing their interactions with global buyers and sending business missions abroad to help recoup their business losses caused due to the recent...
FE Report | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keen to visit Bangladesh. Officials from both the countries are trying to find out a 'mutually convenient' date for his visit to Bangladesh. Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran said this while addressing...
FE Report | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
A total of five mayoral candidates for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls withdrew their nomination papers on the last of withdrawal yesterday (Thursday). Retired film actress and former member of parliament (MP) of...
FE Report | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
Health experts and economists Thursday made several recommendations to achieve the target of universal health coverage (UHC) including increase in the government health expenditure and extending specialised healthcare system to deprived communities and locations. While addressing the inaugural session of...
FE Report | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
The government is considering an alternative arrangement to ensure issuance of MRPs (machine readable passports) to around 3.5 million expatriate Bangladeshis due to poor delivery performance of the outsourcing company. Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (EWOE) minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain...
FE Report | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
Prof Dr Raihan Hussain has been selected as president and Dr Faria Nasreen general secretary (GS) of Society of Nuclear Medicine Bangladesh (SNMB). They have been selected at the 20th national conference of 'Bangladesh Society of Nuclear Medicine and Allied...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave for Indonesia on April 21 on a four-day visit, reports UNB. The PM will attend the jubilant celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of a conference that laid the foundation for the...
Some 125 female police personnel of Bangladesh left for Congo to join the UN peacekeeping mission in a chartered aircraft of the United Nations (UN), reports UNB. Apart from the stipulated forces working at different peacekeeping missions under the UN,...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Barisal, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Comilla and Noakhali until 6:00 pm today (Friday), reports UNB. Weather may remain...
Belarus minister meets DU VC Deputy Chairman (Deputy Minister) of the State Committee on Science and Technology, Belarus Petr Baltrukovich called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's office on Thursday. Director (Europe) of...
FE Report | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file two separate cases against the collapsed Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana's parents Abdul Khaleque and Marjina Begum over possessing illegal wealth. The ACC gave the approval of the case in a regular...
Laying emphasis on creating mass awareness over economical use of power and energy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said it would not take that much time to take the facility of electricity to the country's every household, reports UNB....
The High Court (HC) extended on Thursday its stay order by six months on the proceedings of the Barapukuria coalmine corruption case filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports UNB. A new HC bench comprising Justice M Nuruzzaman and Justice...
A Dhaka court rejected on Thursday three separate bail pleas submitted by BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah passed the order as Rizvi's counsel advocate Joynul Abedin Mejbah filed...
The Appellate Division (AD) of Supreme Court (SC) has refused to rule on BNP chairperson's Adviser Abdul Awal Mintoo's petition aiming to overturn the Election Commission (EC)'s decision to scrap his poll nomination for the Dhaka North mayor post, reports...
FE Report | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) Thursday fixed April 15 for delivering its verdict on a petition filed seeking whereabouts of 'missing' BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed. Concluding hearing on its earlier rule on the matter, the HC bench comprising Justice...
Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal President Moazzem Hossain Alal has been released on bail, three months after he was arrested on charges of planning sabotage, reports bdnews24.com. His bail documents reached Gazipur's Kashimpur Central Jail at around 9:00 am Thursday. Alal was...
Yasir Wardad | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has started assessing the total loss of crops caused by nor'wester (locally known as Kal Baishakhi) recently. Primary assessment showed that 10 to 20 per cent of crops, including cereal, vegetable and fruits were damaged...
NARAYANGANJ, Apr 9 (Agencies): Senior Judicial Magistrate in the district will hold a hearing on May 11 to decide whether it would admit chargesheets against 35 people in the sensational seven-murder in Narayanganj and order the start of trial. The...
All commercial banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) will have to find out new women entrepreneurs in their operational areas across the country, reports BSS quoting the Bangladesh Bank (BB) as saying in a circular. According to a circular issued...
RAJSHAHI, April 8 (BSS): Boosting production of local yarn can help revitalizing the silk sector to regain its lost legacy alongside meeting up the existing local demands, sericulture and silk related experts and professional here said. They viewed that the...
Yasir Wardad | 2015-04-09 00:00:00
Hilsa has become very costlier in kitchen markets on the hype of the Pahela Baishakh celebrations, the first day of the Bangla calendar year on April 14 next. Because of unprecedented hike in prices of the national fish, limited-income people...
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