FE Report | 2015-03-10 00:00:00
Against 18 targets of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), post-MDG programme has set 169 targets for the next 15 years to make Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a success. But most of these targets are very wide and some are even unclear....
FE Report | 2015-03-10 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli has taken initiatives to find out whereabouts of a Bangladeshi national who has been held hostage by Islamic group ISIS in Libya. The ministry of foreign affairs (MoFA) confirmed the incident of Helal Uddin (passport...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Mar 9 (BSS): Export-import through Sonamasjid land port resumed today. It remained suspended when unidentified miscreants hurled a patrol bomb on an Indian truck which remained parked at Panama Port Link Limited at Sonamasjid land port at 11 pm...
Senior treasury bench members demanded on Sunday further investigation into the information gathering on Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in the US to kidnap and harm him and his family members and taking legal steps against...
FE Report | 2015-03-10 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to investigate an allegation of encroachment of land in Dhanmondi by Jatiya Party lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid. ACC in its regular meeting on Monday decided to investigate the allegation. The anti-corruption watchdog appointed ACC...
BNP alleged on Monday that Bangladesh is now on the top of human rights violating countries, accusing the law enforcers of playing the role of 'secret killers' at the government's behest, reports UNB. In a statement, BNP joint secretary general...
Police have detained a pro-BNP lawyer in Bagerhat over a clash between law enforcers and supporters of the 20-party alliance on February 5, reports bdnews24.com. The agitators were trying to block the Dhaka-Khulna highway by felling road-side trees in the...
KUSHTIA, Mar 9 (BSS): Joint General Secretary of Awami League Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif, MP, said on Monday they have nothing to worry as the people wholeheartedly rejected the hartals and blockade called by BNP-Jamaat alliance. "We have nothing new to think...
Voicing concern over violence's impact on young people, Bangladesh British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert W Gibson said on Monday the future generations of Bangladesh should not be sacrificed by short-term 'political quarrelling'. "I unequivocally condemn this violence. Political leaders...
Locals have beaten up Joypurhat Akkelpur Upazila Jamaat-e-Islami chief SM Rashedul Alam Shobuj and handed him over to the police, reports bdnews24.com. He was beaten up after being waylaid by 20 to 25 locals in Natunhat area of the town...
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque today said every expatriate is an envoy of Bangladesh as he/she represents country's tradition and culture in the country where he/she lives, reports BSS. "Every Bangladeshi expatriate is an envoy to a country,...
The Detective Branch (DB) will seek court permission to test evidences, collected over blogger-writer Avijit Roy's murder, in FBI's laboratory, bdnews24.com. DB joint commissioner Monirul Islam said this while speaking at an official briefing at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Media...
FE Report | 2015-03-10 00:00:00
The government approved on Monday the draft Youth Welfare Fund Act, 2015 with the provision of allocating financial support to the youth organisations to carry out their activities for the betterment of the country's youth. The approval was given at...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader informed the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Monday the road transport sector counted a financial loss of approximate Tk 700 million (Tk 70 crore) until February 3 due to hartal and blockade programmes enforced by...
Detective Branch (DB) of police made a breakthrough in the murder case of retired tax commissioner Abu Taher arresting two persons including the mastermind, reports BSS. The arrestees are: Md Nasir (29), the planner and executor of the murder and...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) stayed Monday the bail granted to Humayun Sultan, husband of Shamarukh Mahjabin and one of the prime accused in the murder case, reports BSS. The four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief...
India, NZ professors meet DU VC Professor Dr Kazi Sufior Rahman, chairman of the Department of Islamic History and Culture of the University of Calcutta in India and Prof Dr Chris Moore of Massey Business School of Massey University of...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday), reports UNB. Day and night temperatures may rise slightly over the country, Met Office said. The country's highest temperature of 34.5...
Muhammad Zamir | 2015-03-09 00:00:00
Louise I. Shelley of George Mason University has observed: "transnational crime will be a defining issue of the 21st century for policymakers - as defining as the Cold War was for the 20th century and colonialism was for the 19th....
Suspicion that hospitals are charging unfairly high amounts to implant stents in coronary arteries of heart patients has been widespread. An investigative report published in this paper late last week has not only confirmed the suspicion to be true but...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-03-09 00:00:00
Owners of private 'referral' hospitals are like scores of other businessmen who are guided by profit motive. They are happy with the fiscal benefits that have been coming in the form of reduced duties and taxes on the import of...
Neil Ray | 2015-03-09 00:00:00
If picture speaks what thousands of words cannot, there was one on the front page of this newspaper last Saturday. The picture concerns makeshift open shops of readymade garments for children, which give a disconcerting look in the absence of...
While going to my office on a public bus on the other day, I encountered an unusual experience. An elderly gentleman who just got into the bus suddenly admonished me before I could figure out anything. He asked me to...
Bangladesh is a beautiful country with oodles of opportunities for foreign investment. Recently Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of different pioneer firms of Japan published a report about investment destinations that will yield the highest return. According to the report, Bangladesh...
Due to the ongoing political unrest, the country's transport sector has gone haywire and the commuters are the helpless victims of the situation. It seems, no one bother about the sufferings of the commuters. The other day I had to...
M Jalal Hussain | 2015-03-09 00:00:00
It's known to everyone in the modern business world how political instability, slugfests and hostilities affect the economy of a country. The people of Bangladesh have been struggling since independence 42 years ago. The economy of the country is stained...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-03-09 00:00:00
Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley presented the 2015-16 Union budget in Lok Sabha on February 28. Think tanks and trade bodies here in Bangladesh have been studying Arun Jaitley's budget proposals as a routine exercise. In fact, the economic and...
While England need to win both their two remaining Group A games (the other is against Afghanistan) to have a chance of progressing to the quarter-final, Bangladesh need only one victory. In this situation, Bangladesh will meet England at Adelaide...
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