A contract signing ceremony for collection of bill between Dhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (WASA) and Midland Bank Limited (MDB) was held recently on the premises of WASA Bhaban, Karwan Bazar in the city. Md. Ahsan-uz Zaman, Managing Director...
FE Report | 2015-03-18 00:00:00
The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of Tosrifa Industries will begin next week (March 24) to raise a fund worth above Tk 638.72 million from the public, officials said. IPO subscription of the cent per cent export oriented garment manufacturer...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-18 00:00:00
BOGRA, Mar 17: The farmers of the district are expecting a satisfactory production of garlic this season following various government steps and favourable climatic condition. According to the sources concerned, the cash crop is now growing well everywhere in the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-18 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Mar 17: The students of Nehar Government Primary School in Badarganj municipality area of the district have been attending classes under the open sky for the last few months as the school building was declared abandoned after it developed...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-18 00:00:00
MAGURA, Mar 17: A syndicate of middlemen is controlling the wheat price depriving the farmers in Magura. Newly harvested wheat has started appearing in the market. But low price has shattered the dream of farmers. A bumper production of wheat...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 17 (BSS): In addition to creating wide-ranging mass-awareness, strict enforcement of traffic rules has become an urgent need to reduce road accidents, speakers at a discussion said. They viewed the country experiences over 5,000 road accidents every year...
GAIBANDHA, Mar 17 (BSS): Health experts at a meeting here have underscored the need for building a rabies- free Bangladesh by 2020 through bringing nearly 1.2-1.5 million (12-15 lakh) dogs across the country under mass dog vaccination (MDV) programme. The...
Our Correspondent BOGRA, Mar 17: The 95th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was celebrated in Bogra on Tuesday in a befitting manner. The day was also observed as National Children's Day. A colourful procession was brought out from...
BENAPOLE, Mar 17 (UNB): A suspected robber was killed in a 'gunfight' with police at Panchbaria on the Jessore-Magura Highway in Jessore town early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Yunus (40), son of Yakub Ali, a resident Bhallukghar village...
JHENIDAH, Mar 17 (BSS): A madrasha student was killed by unknown miscreants at Vomradanga village under Courtchandpur upazila of the district Sunday night. The victim was Miraz Uddin, 12, a student of class three and son of Mohor Ali of...
SIRAJGANJ, Mar 17 (BSS): A youth was killed by some miscreants at Tamai village in Belkuchi upazila of the district Monday morning. The deceased was Joy Hossain, 24, son of Momin Mullah of the same area. Officer-in-charge of Belkuchi thana...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 17 (BSS): Speakers at an open discussion have stressed the need for collective efforts for conducting an accurate survey on surface water and ensuring safe water from source to consumers to protect the city dwellers from various waterborne...
Construction worker electrocuted in Pabna A construction worker was electrocuted in Dilalpur area in the district headquarters on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Hossain, 42, son of Munna of village Madarbaria in Pabna Sadar upazila. Officer- in-...
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed's wife says she will soon seek Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's intervention to help find her husband since the law enforcers were 'not cooperating', reports bdnews24.com. Hasina Ahmed, a former reserve quota MP, told reporters Tuesday that...
RANGPUR, March 17 (BSS): Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad has stressed the need for a stronger mass media in establishing and institutionalising democracy. Terming journalists as the conscience of the society, he said advancement of the country would...
Food Minister and Joint General Secretary of Dhaka City Awami League Advocate Quamrul Islam said on Tuesday the evil forces of 1971 and 1975 are still active in the country and responsible for the current situation, reports BSS. "BNP founder...
COMILLA, Mar 17 (UNB): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two siblings with one foreign-made pistol, one magazine and five bullets from their house at Ekbalia village in Sadar (South) upazila on Monday night. The arrestees were identified as...
Awami League leader Obaidul Quader has ordered his party members to tear down posters or banners showing extortionists and frauds hoisted next to those of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports bdnews24.com. He made the call at a discussion in the...
Lawyers' panel, backed by BNP-Jamaat-led 20-party alliance, has bagged nine out of the 14 posts in the election to the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), reports UNB. Khandker Mahbub Hossain and AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Panel...
Expressing grave concern over the current political situation, University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman Prof AK Azad Chowdhury on Tuesday alleged that anarchists are pushing the country into uncertainty, reports UNB. He made the remarks while addressing a discussion titled 'Birthday...
Former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque has blasted the police for their 'numerous failures' in preventing the Feb 26 murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy inside their security cover at the Ekushey Book Fair on Dhaka University premises, reports bdnews24.com. The...
Police arrested on Tuesday two Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists from in front of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office as they had been there with some food for her, reports UNB. Members of Gulshan police intercepted Jewel Khan and...
The 95th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed across the country on Tuesday with due respect and festivity, reports UNB. The day was also observed as National Children's Day. The day was a...
BAGERHAT, Mar 17 (UNB): A man who was injured in the cement factory collapse in Mongla port area on Thursday died at Jessore Combined Military Hospital (CMH) on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Shah Ali Sheikh Shihab (29)...
Police arrested nine leaders and activists of BNP for 'sabotage plan' from different places of the city during a drive until Tuesday morning, reports UNB.Deputy commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Masudur Rahman said nine leaders and activists of BNP...
A high official of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday to help investigate the killing of blogger-writer Avijit Roy, reports UNB. While talking to UNB, a high officer of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan...
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