Photo: Statistics and Informatics Division Secretary Kaniz Fatema talking with journalists

Govt set to dig deeper for funding BR

The government may have to dig deeper for funding the state-run Bangladesh Railway (BR) as the restive politics casts an adverse impact on its revenue income. Officials said the ongoing political turmoil continued to impact on the revenue earnings of...

Prof Yunus\\\' rep to meet taxman

Acknowledging the notice of the revenue board regarding the settlement of Prof Muhammad Yunus' gift tax, the Yunus Centre in a statement said Tuesday one of the his representatives would meet the Tax Commissioner concerned accordingly. The statement was issued...

Review body tenure extended

The government has extended the tenure of the secretarial committee, tasked with reviewing the proposed new pay scale, by one more month, official sources said. The tenure of the committee expired on March 15. On December 31 last year, the...

Lack of investment pushes up idle money in banks: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Tuesday it is not true that the idle money in the banking sector continues to grow for lack of investment demand in the country, reports UNB. He said the amount of the idle money in...

BNP demo across country today

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will stage demonstration across the country today (Wednesday) alongside the ongoing transport blockade demanding immediately returning the missing party leaders and activists to their families. BNP that is leading the 20-party alliance, in a statement issued...

Row over overseeing maritime affairs of Matarbari coal jetty

The ministry of shipping (MoS) and the Power Division are looked in a row over the authority of overseeing maritime affairs of a jetty of the proposed Matarbari 1200-megawatt coal-fired power plant, officials said. As per allocation of business, is...

Implement Karnaphuli tunnel project thru open tender: TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) expressed concern on Tuesday over the government move to award the construction work of Karnaphuli tunnel to China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) Ltd. It also demanded immediate cancellation of the move taken by the bridges authority...

Petrobangla raises Bibiyana\\\'s output to 1,000 mmcfd

The state-owned Petrobangla has officially enhanced natural gas production capacity of Chevron-operated Bibiyana gas-field by 29.87 per cent to 1,000 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd), a senior Petrobangla official said. "We officially augmented Bibiyana's production capacity last week from...

Land ready for 3rd plant of Essential Drugs

The government completed land acquisition and appointing consultancy firm for setting up the third plant of Essential Drugs Company Ltd (EDCL) in Gopalganj, the JS body on health was informed Tuesday. The parliamentary standing committee on the health ministry was...

PM urges Kuwait to set up refinery as land is ready

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Tuesday Kuwait can start work to set up refinery as the land is ready, reports UNB Kuwait wanted to set up refinery in Bangladesh. She said this when Undersecretary of Ministry of Interior of Kuwait...

Bodies of 2 women found in city apartment

Slit-throat bodies of two women were found in an apartment in the capital's Uttar Jatrabari Tuesday evening, police said. The deceased were identified as Raushan Ara (60) and her housemaid Kalpana, (13), said Parimal Chandra Das, a sub-inspector of Jatrabari...

Black Night today

The nation will recall the 'Black Night of March 25 today (Wednesday), reports BSS. On the fateful night of March 25 in 1971, the Pakistani military junta in the guise of a mock dialogue had resorted to genocide in Dhaka...

Photo: RAJUK conducted a drive at Motijheel

BD to grow 6.1pc: ADB

Bangladesh's economy may grow by 6.1 per cent in the current fiscal year 2014-15, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) says in a scaled-down projection. The Manila-based international lending agency lowered its previous projection by three percentage points by citing blockade...

Be rational, cautious in imposing penalty

The customs wing of National Board of Revenue (NBR) has pointed out discrepancies in imposing penalties on importers and exporters by officials concerned in recent times for violation of customs law. As a result, the wing recently issued an instruction...

Prayer Timings

BD gets back 3 bighas of land

JOYPURHAT, Mar 24: Bangladeshi farmers got back three bighas of land from the occupation of Indian BSF in the district. The land is located at the frontier village of Usna under Panchbabi upazila.  A series of flag meetings were held...

BNP leader Abdus Salam to contest Dhaka south mayoral polls, BNP backs Manjur in Ctg polls

Show-cause notice on 12 DSCC councillor aspirants

The Election Commission (EC) has so far issued show-cause notices on 12 councillor aspirants of the election to Dhaka South City Corporation for not removing their electioneering posters within the deadline that expired on Friday midnight, reports UNB. "We've issued...

NHRC blasts torture of journo in police custody

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Sunday strongly condemned the torture and harassment of vernacular daily Prothom Alo's Patuakhali correspondent ABM Mizanur Rahman in police custody at Bauphal thana, reports UNB. In a statement, NHRC chairman Prof Dr Mizanur...

ICT-2 seeks case records of Chutu

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 sought on Monday records of the criminal case filed in 1972 under the penal code against war crimes accused Afsar Hossain Chutu, a 1971 Muslim League leader of Chapainawabganj, reports UNB. Passing the order, chairman of...

Another N’ganj NGO office fire victim dies

An NGO employee who suffered burn injuries in a fire incident at a Fatullah NGO office died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Monday, raising the death toll from the incident to five, reports UNB. DMCH sources said Mizanur...

JMB ‘boss’ held in Chittagong

CHITTAGONG, Mar 23 (UNB): Police arrested a suspected top leader of banned Islamic militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from a house at Baganbari area of the city on Monday morning. The arrested was identified as Ershad (22), hailing from Dinajpur...

EWG seeks govt steps for free, fair polls

Election Working Group (EWG), a coalition of poll observers, urged the government Monday to ensure free, fair, inclusive and peaceful elections to the three city corporations slated for next month. EWG Director Dr Abdul Alim said they will observe the...

BBA set to hire NGO to rehabilitate Padma Bridge-affected people

The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) is set to appoint a non-governmental organisation (NGO) for the implementation of rehabilitation programmes taken for the people affected due to land acquisition for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project, reports UNB. According to official sources,...

\\\'BD needs to take steps to adapt with changing climate\\\'

Bangladesh needs to take measures to adapt with the changing climate caused by global warming. It was viewed by the speakers at a discussion meeting in observance of the World Meteorological Day-2015 in the city on Monday. The slogan of...

Eurokids Pre-school observes \\\'Health is Wealth Day\\\'

Eurokids Pre-school Dhaka Centre celebrated 'Health is Wealth Day' on its Uttara campus in the city recently, said a press release. Dr Farida Zaman, head of fine arts faculty of Dhaka University (DU) and Shamsun Nahar Faruk, director of Green...

News in Brief

3 DU students get Ismail memorial scholarship Three students of Sanskrit Department of the Dhaka University (DU) received on Sunday Ismail Pandit Memorial Trust Fund Scholarship (IPMTFS)-13 for their outstanding performance in BA (Honours) examination. DU VC Prof Dr AAMS...

Weather

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Khulna, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Pabna and Bogra until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday), reports UNB....