An adviser to the prime minister has lashed out at police's role during the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy near the apparently secure Amar Ekushey Book Fair and Shahbagh thana, report agencies. Mr Imam also ordered action against police officials...
Elections to the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) executive committee 2015-16 will begin today (Sunday) with the participation of 31 candidates against 14 posts, report UNB. Voting will take place on the Supreme Court premises from 10 am to 5...
FE Report | 2015-03-15 00:00:00
Speakers at a discussion on Saturday demanded that the government hold dialogue for resolving the country's ongoing political crisis. Only midterm elections under a neutral caretaker administration could pave the way for breaking the political deadlock, they said at the...
Collective efforts should be taken for further development of the commonwealth countries, reports BSS. "Each of the commonwealth countries needs to exchange their experience for the sake of their development." Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad and also chairperson of the...
Reacting to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's press conference, Awami League (AL) general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam said on Saturday the next polls would be held under the present constitutional framework no matter whether Khaleda Zia takes part in it or...
Elections to the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) executive committee 2015-16 will begin today (Sunday) with the participation of 31 candidates against 14 posts, report UNB. Voting will take place on the Supreme Court premises from 10 am to 5...
FENI, Mar 14 (UNB): A local leader of Jubo League (JL) was shot and injured by miscreants at Bhalikia under Sadar Upazila Friday night. The victim was identified as Anwar Hossain, general secretary of Motobi union unit of the youth...
The US has expressed concerns over a plot to abduct Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy, son of Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina, expatriate Awami League (AL) leaders claim, reports bdnews24.com. Several leaders of the party's US unit met senior officers...
CHITTAGONG, March 14 (BSS): Members of detective branch of the police arrested 16 leaders and activists of BNP-Jamaat and Chhatra Shibir with four cocktails and some Jihadi books from a place on Phulhat Maligram Link Road under Sadar thana of...
Kidney disease has emerged as a serious public health problem as nearly 5 million children in the country are now somehow suffering from kidney ailment, leading health experts said Saturday, reports BSS. Alarming rise of kidney disease among the children...
FE Report | 2015-03-15 00:00:00
The ministry of education (MoE) has sought an additional allocation of nearly Tk 4.0 billion for meeting expenditures of its different programmes and agencies, officials said. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid recently sent a letter to Finance Minister AMA Muhith...
Poor diets contribute to more than 11 million deaths annually around the world and it has now become the number one global risk factor for death, a report of the Consumers International (CI) said, reports BSS. The CI report, launched...
KHULNA, Mar 14 (UNB): A case has been filed in connection with the cement factory building collapse in the Mongla port area. Rabindra Nath, sub-inspector of Mongla Police Station, filed the case on Friday night. Seven workers were killed and...
Special Representative for Climate Change, UK, Sir David King arrives in Dhaka tomorrow (Monday) to discuss climate change issues, said an official on Saturday, reports UNB. He will present keynote speech at a public lecture on 'Contemporary Global Climate Change...
Minister for Primary and Mass Education Mostafizur Rahman said Saturday the people with disabilities would have to be developed as skilled and competent citizens to integrate them with the main stream of society, reports BSS. He was speaking as the...
A suspected mugger was injured in a mob attack at KM Das Lane in Wari of the city early Saturday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Makbul, 45. Local people said Makbul intercepted a fish trader and tried to...
The 30th death anniversary of Dr Aleem Al-Razee, an eminent jurist, parliamentarian, educationist and philanthropist, will be observed in the country today (Sunday) with due solemnity, reports UNB. A legendary figure, Razee was in the forefront of all political struggles...
Enamul Haque, permanent member of the Chittagong Press Club and Senior Sub-editor of the Dainik Karnophuli, a regional daily of the port city, died at his village home at Dakshin Modia of Chhagalnaiya upazila under Feni on Friday evening. He...
Burglars took away valuables from the house of a journalist at Shahinbagh in the city's Tejgaon area on Saturday afternoon, reports UNB. Victim Anwar Haq, news editor of the private television channel RTV, told the news agency that the burglary...
Seven people, including four policemen, have been injured in a clash with fishermen in Chandpur, reports bdnews24.com The fishermen were fishing in the Meghna River ignoring a two-month fishing embargo, aimed at protecting juvenile and brood hilsa. Three fishermen have...
Seminar on awareness of reducing salt tomorrow A seminar on awareness of reducing salt intake in all population will be organised at the National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute auditorium tomorrow (Monday). National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute...
FE Report | 2015-03-15 00:00:00
National University (NU) students and teachers formed human chains across the country Saturday demanding an immediate end to the ongoing political turmoil that has heavily taken its toll on the education sector. The country's largest chain university arranged the peaceful...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in next 24 hours till 6pm today (Sunday), reports UNB. Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged and night temperature may rise by 1-2 degree Celsius over...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-03-15 00:00:00
Taxmen are in doubt about getting the targeted revenue from internal sources in the last quarter (Q4) of the current financial year, as the tax collection has already missed the mark. A poor state of businesses, hit by the prolonged...
FE Report | 2015-03-15 00:00:00
A devastating fire broke out at a commercial building at Miah Amanullah Bhaban at 63 Dilkusha in the capital on Saturday afternoon. There was, however, no report of casualties as the day was a public holiday. The fire originated at...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-03-15 00:00:00
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines, a loss-incurring state-owned enterprise, spent Tk 1.30 billion on overtime (OT) bill payment in three and a half years since the fiscal year 2012 and a large part of the amount was mere wastage, according to...
Bangladesh Cable TV Viewers Forum placed on Saturday a set of demands, including its genuine representative in the committee constituted to form an independent broadcast commission. The forum came up with the demands at a press conference in the city....
A simple cycle unit of a newly built 225 MW combined cycle power plant at Ashuganj Power Station has started commercial production. Officials at the power station said the unit went into commercial production at 9:30 pm on Friday and...
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