COX'S BAZAR, Mar 23: Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard and police in separate drives rescued 47 people and arrested seven brokers in Teknaf and Maheshkhali upazilas Monday, foiling their bid to go to Malaysia. The coast guard members also arrested...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI), a subsidiary of the state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), has 'suspended' its plan of constructing a crude oil refinery with 10 million tonne per year capacity and worth US$ 6.0 billion in Bangladesh. The company in...
FE Report | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
Government's revenue authority intensified move to realise unpaid income taxes from Nobel-laureate economist Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus. The tax office concerned of the income tax wing of the National Board of Revenue sent a letter Monday to Dr Yunus requesting...
FE Report | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
The Cabinet approved Monday draft laws for establishing two more medical universities in the country for creating more specialists in medical science to upgrade healthcare services. A regular weekly meeting of the cabinet endorsed the draft Chittagong Medical University Act...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Mar 23: Awami League-backed mayoral candidate AJM Nasir Uddin said today he will build Chittagong as a mega-city if elected in the Chittagong City Corporation election slated for April 28. "It is possible to mitigate the sufferings of city...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
Confirmation of Japanese nearly US$1.20 billion worth of soft loan for five development projects in Bangladesh under an aid package is likely to be delayed due to the prevailing political deadlock in the country, officials said Monday. "The JICA (Japan...
FE Report | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
Disbursement and recovery of agricultural loan both took a tumble in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY) 2014-15 mainly as the ongoing political turmoil almost stalled the operations, officials said Monday. The bankers have faced difficulties...
FE Report | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has formed a three-member search committee, under the leadership of a joint commissioner, to find out clues behind the sudden 'disappearance' of BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed, officials said. As per the latest move of...
FE Report | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
The central bank purchased US$38 million more from two commercial banks Monday to keep the inter-bank foreign-exchange market stable against possible volatility, officials said. Such intervention by the state bank in the money market is believed meant for providing a...
FE Report | 2015-03-24 00:00:00
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Chairman Dr A.Q.M Badruddozza Chowdhury expressed apprehension on Monday that the upcoming city corporations' elections might not be free and fair. "The upcoming city corporation elections might be a government trap or not. BNP said that the...
Detective Branch (DB) of police has arrested six people over the killing of one Shimu Akhter Shumi, whose body was found in seven pieces in the city's Motijheel area, reports bdnews24.com. The arrested are Saidul Islam, Hanif, Ratul Ahmed, Sujon,...
BNP-led 20-party alliance alleged that the government has resorted to a death race of misusing the state power to hang onto power, reports UNB. The alliance Monday expressed the hope that the government would come forward to resolve the present...
President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock on Monday at the demise of founding Father and Architect of Modern Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, reports UNB. In separate condolence messages, they said the Almighty will...
The Election Commission (EC) sent on Monday letters to the Bangladesh Bank and the Bank and Financial Institutions Division seeking information of loan defaulters, as well as keeping the scheduled banks open on weekly holidays ahead of three city corporation...
Muhammad Zamir | 2015-03-23 00:00:00
Serious discussion has been initiated among European analysts following the recent call by the new President of the European Commission for a common European army. Andrea Frontini of a Brussel-based think-tank has drawn the attention of the world-wide audience to...
Atiur Rahman | 2015-03-23 00:00:00
The awareness on monetary policy in our country is gradually increasing. Dhaka University has been playing a pivotal role in making it understandable by students and other professionals. A time will come when we will hear a lot of discussion...
Zeenat Khan from Maryland, USA | 2015-03-23 00:00:00
This past March 07, 2015 Congressman John Lewis went to Selma, Alabama with President and Mrs. Obama to observe the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" march which has changed American history forever. On the day thousands gathered on the Edmund...
Amid the endless job-related uncertainties, the expatriate Bangladeshi workers are now encountering the most daunting of challenges in the form of procuring machine readable passports (MRPs). In their desperate bid to obtain MRPs within the deadline of November 24 this...
Neil Ray | 2015-03-23 00:00:00
Shifting residence is one of the most arduous tasks in life. It is more so unless it proves to be a shift in life also. A person is always on a constant journey even when s/he stays motionless. An eternal...
S. A. Mansoor | 2015-03-23 00:00:00
Most people today are aware of environment pollution. The biggest offender is carbon di-oxide released in the air. It is also produced when solid, liquid or gaseous fossil fuels for cooking and generating electric power in almost all conventional thermal...
It is good to observe that the number of internet users is increasing in our country and within the next five years the number will rise manifold. Now around 75.0 per cent of our population is connected to mobile phone...
I completely agree with the slain blogger Avijit's father that the law enforcers have failed miserably to protect the victim or make any tangible breakthrough in this sensational murder case. The inaction of the law enforcers stationed there is mysterious...
A few days ago I was requested over phone by a voluntary blood transfusion organization called Quantum Lab, for donating blood for ailing patients. I am a regular donor and informed the caller that I would be at their office...
The 23rd of March marks the momentous occasion when Muslims of the Indian subcontinent resolved to struggle for an independent state based on principles of equality and justice. It was on this day, 75 years ago, that great thinkers and...
Three quarters of a century have elapsed since the Muslims of the subcontinent irreversibly resolved to seek their own independent Muslim state. Their revered Quaid declared that Muslims of South Asia were an independent nation by any definition. He led...
Riaz Mohammad Khan | 2015-03-23 00:00:00
For millennia, the mountain regions, valleys and plains of Pakistan have been a melting pot of different races, cultures and belief systems and have been among the oldest inhabited places on earth. Settlers in this land included Aryans, Greeks, White...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-23 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Mar 22: Making of adulterated 'gur' (molasses) is rampant in Charghat and Bagha Upazilas of the district. Mobile court consisting of law enforcement agency members has recently unearthed several factories of making adulterated gur while conducting drives in various...
RU Correspondent | 2015-03-23 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Mar 22: The Pro-Awami and Left leaning backed teachers yellow panel got landslide victory in the polls of the Rajshahi University Teachers' Association (RUTA), Saturday. The election was held at the Juberee Building teachers lounge from 800am to...
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