The High Court (HC) issued a rule on Monday asking the authorities concerned to explain why the decision not to allow students to sit for the Dhaka University (DU) admission test for the second time would not be declared illegal,...
The government has decided to introduce a foster care system in the country for the autistic and family-less neuro-developmental disabled children apart of taking some other programmes for their welfare, reports UNB. According to sources at the Health Ministry, the...
Green activists at a discussion observed on Monday that the government, food producers and consumers should develop awareness to ensure safe and healthy food for all, reports UNB. They came up with the observation at a seminar on "Civil Society's...
FE Report | 2015-03-17 00:00:00
The government has formed a procurement committee for the basic literacy project aiming to ensure transparency and accountability of its education project procurements, officials said. Overall procurement and approval activities of the project will be done by the newly-constituted committee....
Rotarian FH Arif, past president of Rotary Club of Dhaka, was elected new district governor of Rotary International District 3281 Bangladesh for the session 2017-18, said a press release. This was disclosed at the Rotary conference held at Bashundhara Convention...
Some top government officials were transferred and given promotion in the latest reshuffle in the administration on Monday, reports UNB. A circular issued by the Public Administration Mini-stry said Disaster Management and Relief Secretary Mesbah ul Alam has been made...
PM donates Tk 1.0m to Bipul Raihan Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina donated Tk 1.0 million on Monday for the treatment of Bipul Raihan, eldest son of the country's eminent filmmaker Zahir Raihan. Sheikh Hasina handed over a cheque for...
Weather is likely to remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday). Day temperature may rise slightly and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, Met Office said. The country's...
FE Report | 2015-03-17 00:00:00
Speakers at a dialogue expressed their grave concern Monday over the prolonged political unrest which they said brought the country's economy on the verge of near collapse. The apex trade body's chief joined his voice with them in this situation...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-03-17 00:00:00
Owners of country's 590 CNG-filling stations are in dire straits with their investment worth Tk 30 billion due to prolonged blockade and frequent shutdowns, industry insiders said. "Earlier there was sale worth Tk 57 million to 60 million a day...
FE Report | 2015-03-17 00:00:00
Seventieth day of the ongoing non-stop blockade coupled with hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance, passed off almost peacefully on Monday. No major incident of violence was reported in the capital or elsewhere in the country. Incidents like arson...
FE Report | 2015-03-17 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) further adjourned hearing on its rule Monday relating to the whereabouts of 'missing' BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed till April 08. The HC bench, comprising Justice Quamrul Islam Siddique and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore, passed...
FE Report | 2015-03-17 00:00:00
State-run Eastern Refinery Ltd has extended the deadline for submitting expressions of interest (EOIs) by 20 days until April 05, 2015 to appoint a project management consultant (PMC) to build its second refinery unit with 3.0 million tonne per year...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2015-03-17 00:00:00
Many of the companies that entered the capital market during 2011 to 2013 declared lower post-listing dividends than what they had offered before going public. The audit reports of the companies as in their prospectuses and the available information about...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque Monday said Bangladesh will send a letter to Indian government soon for deporting detained listed top terror Mollah Masud. "The process to bring back the detained top terror from India will start...
Two people, including a policeman, were injured in separate incidents of crude bomb explosions on Dhaka University campus Monday evening. The injured were identified as Mohammad Siddique, 30, a police constable, and Abul Kalam (52), a rickshaw-puller. Siddique received splinter...
Customs Intelligence officials Monday seized illegal foreign medicines weighing 208 kg from the freight unit at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. Assistant Director of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate Ummeh Nahida said the medicines worth Tk 20...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-03-17 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has framed a rule for verifying authenticity of e-TINs in a bid to thwart faking Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) during online return submission. Under the move, the income tax wing of the board has...
The 95th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be celebrated today (Tuesday) with due respect and festivity, reports UNB. The day will also be observed as the National Children's Day. The day is a...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, her late youngest son Arafat Rahman Koko's wife Sharmila Rahman and two granddaughters will be put on trial as they were made defendants in a Tk 450.6 million loan default case on Monday, reports UNB. Judge...
FE Report | 2015-03-17 00:00:00
The cabinet approved Monday a draft law that would replace the existing International Finance Corporation Ordinance 1976. The proposed law seeks to update some of its provisions. The ordinance was promulgated during the martial law regime in 1976. However, the...
FE Report | 2015-03-17 00:00:00
The Asia-Pacific region suffered US$ 1.5 trillion loss in a total of 5,000 natural disasters in the past 45 years, says a latest United Nations report. It accounts for 41 per cent of the total global disaster harms, according to...
Shamsul Huda | 2015-03-17 00:00:00
Work on construction of the Dhaka-Mymensingh four-lane highway can be completed in June if the reduced costs in Contract 4 section are approved in time. About 74 per cent of the work has, however, been completed till now. The 87.18...
FE Report | 2015-03-17 00:00:00
Discussants at a programme on Monday stressed the need for providing the physically challenged people of the society with rehabilitation, training and job facilities. They also called for follow-up support for 525 Rana Plaza victims, who have been trained in...
Expressing disappointment at the current 'political standoff' in the country, DFID top official said Monday it is 'very distressing' for foreign friends of Bangladesh to see what is happening here, reports UNB. Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Development...
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