Arafat Ara | 2015-03-18 00:00:00
Japan is set to recruit 10,000 Bangladeshi workers soon for its construction, care-giving and nursing sectors, said officials. A Japanese company delegation visited the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (EWOE) on Monday to discuss recruitment of workers from...
FE Report | 2015-03-18 00:00:00
The 36th death anniversary of Abul Mansur Ahmad, a renowned litterateur, journalist and politician of the sub-continent, will be observed today (Wednesday), said a press release. Literary magazine Kaler Dhoni will host a discussion at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in...
The slow pace in issuing machine-readable passports (MRPs) has created tension among 3.6 million Bangladeshi migrants in 13 countries as they will be considered illegal workers if the government fails to provide them with MRPs by November 24, reports UNB....
Some 96,000 diploma students from 93 polytechnic institutes in the country have been given stipends under the Skills and Training Enhancement Project (STEP) to ensure their better employment prospect both in local and overseas job markets, reports BSS. "The STEP...
An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Khilkhet police station was killed and a constable injured as a truck knocked them down in Khilkhet Bazar area in the city Tuesday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Al-Amin (32). Inspector (Investigation) Ashrafuddin...
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Tuesday provided free outdoor treatment to 5,000 patients marking the 95th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children Day-2015, reports BSS. BSMMU Vice Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 80,000 Yaba tablets from the Naf River under Teknaf Upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Tuesday, reports UNB. Lt Col Abu Jar Al Zahid, commanding officer of BGB-42, said on a tip-off that...
Dr Mizanur Rahman Shelly was made advisor of Mother Teresa Memorial Society Bangladesh (MTMSB),said a press release. The decision was taken at the executive committee meeting of the association at its office at Mohammadpur in the city Tuesday. MTMSB president...
Amid the media speculation that a Bangladeshi family was held hostage in Jamaica in New York city by a group of criminals, a senior official said on Monday night the matter was not related to any Bangladeshi family, reports UNB....
A college student was arrested with 150 pieces of Yaba tablets from Sreedharnagar area of Ghior upazila under Manikganj Tuesday and another with 17 pieces of same contraband drugs in Sirajdikhan Upazila of Munshiganj district, reports BSS. The arrestee was...
Seminar on domestic workers in city today A 'National Seminar on Domestic Workers ILO Convention 189' will be held at the National Press Club in the city today (Wednesday). The seminar will be organised by WARBE Development Foundation in association...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and the regions of Faridpur and Dhaka until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday). Weather may remain...
Ismail Hossain | 2015-03-18 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has delisted more than 8,000 investigations and cases filed and listed during now defunct Bangladesh Bureau of Anti-Corruption (BBA). In a five-year scrutiny by the ACC since 2010, the anti-corruption watchdog did not find enough reasons...
Pankaj Dastider | 2015-03-18 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Mar 17: Production in factories and different development works in the Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) were completely suspended on Tuesday after local protesters, backed by influential quarters, lay siege to its entry gates. People said workers were stopped...
Sonia H Moni | 2015-03-18 00:00:00
Omera Petroleum Ltd (OPL) has started supplying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to households and industries from last week with a view to meeting the growing demand of LPG in the country. "We have started supplying LPG cylinders to Dhaka, Chittagong,...
CHITTAGONG, Mar 17 (UNB): A fire at the courier services zone of Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) gutted valuables of five international courier services Tuesday. Divisional assistant director of Chittagong Fire Service Yeahia Akter said the fire broke out around...
The BIMSTEC member countries finalised a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) Monday to set up power grid connections for electricity trade, reports UNB. The seven-member countries -- Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand -- will sign the...
KHULNA, Mar 17 (UNB): Police arrested 35 people, including school and madrasah students, from a programme of Phulkuri Ashar, a national children organisation, in the city's Daulatpur area on Tuesday. Phulkuri Ashar Bhairab region president Azizur Rahman was among the...
Bangladesh Parliament Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury called on United Nations Under-Secretary-General Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the latter's office in the UN Headquarters in New York, USA, reports UNB. During the meeting, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, also Executive Director of the UN Entity...
Bangladesh and Japan will sign an 'Exchange of Note' on the project for improvement of the meteorological radar system in Dhaka and Rangpur on Wednesday, reports UNB. Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Shiro Sadoshima and Senior Secretary of the Economic Relations...
Danish Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation Mogens Jensen arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday on a three-day visit, reports UNB. The minister is accompanied by the Permanent Secretary of the Danish Ministry of Employment, and officials from the Danish Ministry...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-03-18 00:00:00
The Planning Commission (PC) has been coming under intense pressure in recent months from a number of ministries and divisions to approve unimportant and politically-motivated development projects. The PC has already approved a few such projects and is about to...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-03-18 00:00:00
In the mid-70s, during the days of Congress rule in the Indian state of West Bengal, now known as Paschimbanga, a phrase was coined locally to explain the state of affairs with the state government's workforce. It was something like:...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-03-18 00:00:00
The revenue board and the telecom regulatory authority would sit today (Wednesday) to discuss way out of the long-standing complexities over payment of income tax by the latter. High-ups of the board and the regulator would hold a meeting at...
TUNGIPARA, Mar 17 (UNB): Voicing her high hope that no more people would be burned to death in the name of hartal and blockade, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday vowed to turn Bangladesh into a nice and peaceful abode...
FE Report | 2015-03-18 00:00:00
The BNP-led 20-party alliance called on Tuesday a fresh 48-hour countrywide hartal from 6am today (Wednesday) to 6am (Friday) demanding safe return of 'missing' BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed to his family members. Barkat Ullah Bulu, joint secretary general...
The schoolboy who was found dead inside a travel bag in a bus at the city's Kakali bus stand Monday has been identified as Shahidul Islam alias Imon. Being informed, family members went to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Tuesday...
In the wake of a robbery at an apartment of a Guyanese family, Bangladesh has urged the New York Police Department (NYPD) for increased vigilance in Jamaica area of the New York city as a good number of Bangladeshis are...
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