Condemned war criminal Abdus Sobhan, also a top leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, filed on Wednesday an appeal with the Supreme Court (SC) challenging the death penalty awarded to him by the International Crimes Tribunal-2 for his crimes against humanity during the...
A Dhaka court indicted on Wednesday eight accused in the blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider murder case, reports UNB. Rajib was knifed to death at Pallabi area in the city on February 15 in 2013. The accused are Shaikhul Hadith Mufti...
Police arrested two people and seized 74 handmade bombs and a large quantity of explosive materials from the house of a BNP youth leader, reports bdnews24.com. Additional Deputy Commissioner of police Abida Sultana said police raided the house of Jatiyatabadi...
Miscreants set a bus afire in the city's Nilkhet amid ongoing blockade and shutdown, enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance, reports bdnews24.com. No casualties were reported in the attack around 3:00 pm Wednesday, said Fire Service Control Room OC Enayet Hossain....
MOULVIBAZAR, Mar 18 (UNB): An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was hacked to death by miscreants at Madhabkunda Bazar in Borolekha upazila of the district on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Jalal Ahmad (33), son of Martuja Ali, a resident...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina asked the officials concerned on Wednesday to make their constant efforts to sustain the country's success in the education sector over the last few years, report agencies. The PM also asked them to turn all...
FE Report | 2015-03-19 00:00:00
Speakers at a programme on Wednesday said the country needs to focus on some related issues, like - food security, women's education and empowerment, hygiene practice and sanitation, and expansion of social safety-net, along with nutritional activities to address the...
The 14th convocation of East West University (EWU) will be held today (Thursday) on its own campus at Aftabnagar in the city, said a press release. Chancellor of EWU President Md Abdul Hamid will be the chief guest at the...
Nurun Nahar Begum, wife of Engr Md Zahirul Islam and mother of Md Mizanur Rahman, managing director and CEO of Modhumoti Bank Limited, passed away on Tuesday. She was 83, said a press release. She left behind her 4 sons,...
BD wins best award in SAU youth fest Bangladesh team won the 'Best Team Award'in the 8th South Asian University Youth Festival-15 held at Mohanlal Sukhadia University in Udaipur, India from March 7-11. Senior Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Barisasl, Dhaka and Chittagong divisions and the regions of Rajshahi and Pabna until 6:00 pm today (Thursday), reports UNB....
Jubair Hasan and Ismail Hossain | 2015-03-19 00:00:00
A strong syndicate has taken control of allotment and leasing process of the token shops in the capital's bus terminals, and thus earning millions of taka every year through various malpractices, officials and traders said. They said the syndicate established...
FE Report | 2015-03-19 00:00:00
The third meeting of the steering committee of Bangladesh on the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be held on Sunday at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) in the city. The meeting will be presided over by ERD senior...
FE Report | 2015-03-19 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to take assistance from the Malaysian government for a joint investigation into illegal investment by Bangladeshis in the name of second home there. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be signed in this connection...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-19 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Mar 18: Arms and ammunition have been recovered from two hostels of Chittagong College and 72 cadres of Islami Chhatra Shibir have been arrested in an overnight raid conducted by the CMP detective police. The detective police and Kotwali...
FE Report | 2015-03-19 00:00:00
A schoolboy received burn injuries as a group of miscreants set fire to a passenger bus in the city's New Market area on Wednesday, the 72nd day of nonstop countrywide transport blockade enforced by the BNP alliance alongside its ongoing...
FE Report | 2015-03-19 00:00:00
Experts suggested that Bangladesh ratify the ILO convention 189 to ensure safeguards for the migrant domestic workers, now that there are big deals on the cards for housekeeping jobs in the Middle East. They also called for making public the...
FE Report | 2015-03-19 00:00:00
The visiting Danish minister for trade and development cooperation Mogens Jensen said on Wednesday the government should work with other parties to resolve the ongoing political crisis. "Everybody is concerned about political unrest. We trust the government. We hope the...
FE Report | 2015-03-19 00:00:00
Family members of 51 ready-made garment (RMG) workers, who died during duty, received cheques of their group-insurance money on Wednesday. Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor handed over the cheques at a function, held at the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters...
Customs intelligence Wednesday afternoon seized a huge quantity of mobile phones and accessories worth about Tk 50 million (5 crore) from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city. The mobile phone sets and accessories were seized from the airport area around...
Mohammad Ali | 2015-03-19 00:00:00
Around 70 per cent of companies allegedly cook their books to evade payment of right amount of taxes to the government. Besides causing loss of revenue to the government, analysts say, such unscrupulous practice corrupts corporate governance and culture. Officials...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-03-19 00:00:00
The government's growing dependency on a single gas field --Bibiyana -- to ramp up the overall natural gas output is posing a threat to the field's structure as well as the country's future energy security, industry insiders said. US oil...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2015-03-19 00:00:00
The country's political imbroglio is yet to ease off, to any tangible extent. There is still no sign of accommodation between the ruling party and the 20-party opposition alliance -- the two 'major players' in its troubled polity. Against this...
The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the city corporation polls in Dhaka and Chittagong, report agencies. The elections to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) will be held on...
FE Report | 2015-03-19 00:00:00
The revenue board and the telecommunications regulator at a meeting failed Wednesday to reach a consensus on resolving a longstanding dispute stemming from non-payment of income tax by the latter. Both the government agencies stuck to their positions, citing their...
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