FE Report | 2015-03-16 00:00:00
A telephone help line has been launched for garment workers in Bangladesh to resolve their grievances relating to workplace safety and workers' rights. Established with the support of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Royal Norwegian Government the Help Line...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-03-16 00:00:00
The handloom industry, which is a major source of earning for many rural people, is passing through hard times. Low wage coupled with lack of capital from the government, the handloom weavers are today struggling for survival. They are now...
FE Report | 2015-03-16 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has awarded its four best- performing project and programme teams in Bangladesh as part of incentives to promote efficient implementation of the donor-funded projects. Kazuhiko Higuchi, Country Director of the ADB Bangladesh Resident Mission, presented...
PM unveils 20 mobile apps Prime minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday inaugurated 20 mobile apps to provide information and services to the people of the country in a smoother way. The Prime Minister inaugurated the apps while visiting the ICT Division...
Shamsul Huda | 2015-03-16 00:00:00
Inadequate forward linkage is causing slow growth of Bangladesh's potential software export to the vast international market, sources said. With the growing need for software in the international market, export from Bangladesh was projected at US$ 1.0 billion by this...
State-run Power Grid Company of Bangladesh will install 400 kV high voltage transmission lines to facilitate the import of 100 MW of electricity from the Indian state of Tripura, reports UNB. The 28-km transmission line will be built from Comilla...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 15 (BSS) : Emphasis should be given on promoting more export from the region for making its economy vibrant coupled with elevating its socio-economic condition, speakers at a participatory discussion said here Sunday. They also stressed the need...
Customers of Grameenphone will now be able to enjoy international benefits abroad. The offer includes services from notable restaurants, cafes, bookstores, grooming outlets, fashion stores, theme parks etc, reports BSS. Grameenphone recently inked separate agreements with Malaysian telecom operator Digi...
Mark Lowcock, UK Permanent Secretary for the Department for International Development (DFID), arrived in the capital on Sunday to see how UK's aid is contributing to growth and poverty reduction to help the people of Bangladesh, reports UNB. This is...
Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI) will organise a three-day training workshop on "Supply Chain Management" in the port city, says a statement. The workshop will start on April 4 and end on April 6.
BNP termed on Sunday unrealistic and brutal mockery Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's remarks that its joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed, who has remained missing, was driven out of party chairperson Khaleda Zia's office, reports UNB. In a statement, signed by...
Blaming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the country's current political crisis, Bikolpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury said on Sunday the Prime Minister is showing off her power and egoism instead of serving regular duties after assuming office...
A Dhaka court turned down on Sunday the bail petitions of three top BNP leaders, including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in separate violence cases, reports UNB. The two other BNP leaders are its chairperson's adviser Mosaddek...
NARAYANGANJ, Mar 15 (BSS): State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan said on Sunday chargesheets of Tanveer Mohammad Twaqi and seven-murder cases will be submitted to the courts soon. "Legal procedure to bring back soon the prime suspect of Narayanganj...
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said on Sunday development in any country of the world will be ensured in all sectors if women's political leadership could be established, reports UNB. She made the remark while addressing the 13th meeting of...
The High Court (HC) has rescheduled the date for verdict on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's petition seeking the scrapping of the Barapukuria coalmine corruption case to April 5, bdnews24.com reports. On Sunday, the bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said on Sunday BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has awfully disappointed the people of the country by continuing so-called blockade programme enforced by the 20-party alliance, reports UNB. "Nothing new in her statement…whatever she has said...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina vowed afresh on Sunday to establish Digital Bangladesh by 2021 saying that the country has already achieved much progress to that end, report agencies. In this connection the PM directed the officials concerned of the...
Kamrun Nahar | 2015-03-16 00:00:00
The National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTCP) is still facing challenges like lack of mass awareness, increased industrialisation, malnutrition and environmental pollution, intensifying the risk of spreading the deadly disease despite Bangladesh's remarkable success in combating TB. During a recent visit...
FE Report | 2015-03-16 00:00:00
University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Prof AK Azad Chowdhury said on Sunday that majority of the public and some selected private universities would be connected with a high-speed data communication network within next six months. Mr Chowdhury was addressing as...
President Abdul Hamid returned home on Sunday from London after completing medical checkup there, reports UNB. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:30am. Agriculture Minister Motia Chowdhury, Expatriates' Welfare and...
A three-day water-colour workshop on 'Experimenting with Soft Reflections' ended at Gallery Cosmos in the city's Malibagh area on Sunday, reports UNB. Renowned painter Biren Shome conducted the three-day workshop organised by Gallery Cosmos. Eminent artist Mustafa Monwar inaugurated the...
Saiful Islam Talukder, joint secretary general of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and a special correspondent of the daily Amader Samoy, died of cardiac arrest Saturday night. He was 56, reports UNB. He left behind his wife, one son,...
FE Report | 2015-03-16 00:00:00
Habiba Khanom, wife of late Md Hossain Talukder of 72 North Kamalapur, died on Sunday due to old age complications. She was 90. She left behind her two sons, one daughter, grand sons and grand daughters, relatives and well-wishers to...
BAF Shaheen College's prize giving ceremony held The annual cultural programme and prize giving ceremony-2015 of BAF Shaheen College was held at Shaheen Hall at Tejgaon in the city Saturday. Sher-e-Bangla House was emerged as champion and Issa Khan House...
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