FE Report | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
A five-year-old child was burnt alive in a devastating fire that raged through a slum in the capital's Agargaon area on Wednesday, police said. The deceased was identified as Sajib (5), son of Tuhin Sheikh, and they hailed from Gopalganj...
FE Report | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
Orgenergostroy, a Russian company, won the tender for carrying out engineering survey, environmental monitoring and development of project documents for the Rooppur nuclear power plant (NPP). The bid winner is expected to complete the tasks by September 15, 2015. The...
FE Report | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
The state-run Petrobangla inked on Wednesday a term sheet for LNG terminal use agreement with US-based Excelerate Energy Ltd in the run-up to build the country's first floating LNG terminal at Moheshkhali Island in the Bay of Bengal by early...
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for today (Thursday) have been shifted to March 7 (Saturday) due to hartal, reports UNB. Education Secretary Nazrul Islam Khan came up with the announcement at a press briefing at...
NETRAKONA, Feb 25 (UNB): A tribunal sentenced Wednesday five people, including two siblings, to death for gang-raping a teenage girl here in 2002. The condemned convicts are Shamim (34), son of Shamser Ali, Bikon (28) and Tikon (25), sons of...
FE Report | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
The third death anniversary of Md Ali Ahsan Bacchu, ex-senior official of Pragati Industries Limited, will be observed today (Thursday). All relatives, friends and admirers have been requested to pray to Almighty Allah for salvation of his departed soul. He...
Amartya Sen unveils two books Two books named "Manikganjer Shato Manik" and "Bikrampur: History and Personality" by Md Azharul Islam were unveiled at a ceremony held at National Museum auditorium in the city Tuesday by Nobel Laureate and economist Amartya...
FE Report | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
Five journalists received the Mass-line Media Centre (MMC) and Orbis Interna-tional award for their features. They are: Nimul Haq, Shahnaz Begum, Prabir Kumar Biswas, Sebika Debnath and Farhana Khanam Mithila. MMC and Orbis jointly organised the award-giving ceremony and an...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and regions of Tangail, Mymensingh and Comilla until 6:00 pm today (Thursday), reports UNB. Weather may remain...
The Election Commis-sion introduced Wednesday an online application system for voters aiming to make registration, correction and replacement process easier, report agencies. Chief Election Commi-ssioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad inaugurated the online system at the Election Commission secretariat. Now a possible...
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Feb 25: A sub-committee of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) visited different Chittagong Port projects on Tuesday as part of investigation into alleged irregularities. MA Latif MP from the Patenga-Port constituency is heading the Parliamentary Standing Committee sub-committee on the...
The nation mourned Wednesday the deaths of 74 people including 57 army officers who lost their lives while serving the then BDR now Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seven years ago in the February 25-26 Pilkhana carnage in 2009, report agencies....
The first day of voting in the two-day polls of the Dhaka Bar Association began amid fanfare and festivity, reports BSS. The voting started at 9:00 am on Wednesday and a good number of voters from 15,372 members, eligible to...
FE Report | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) decided on Wednesday to serve notices on four people including Titas Gas Managing Director (MD) Engr M Nowshad Islam for submission of wealth statements. ACC in its regular meeting on the day decided to serve...
FE Report | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) demanded on Wednesday decentralisation of the approval and monitoring process of water-vessels to prevent unusual launch accidents. Representatives from 10 CSOs also observed that appointing skilled launch crew is also a must to check unexpected deaths...
RANGPUR, Feb 24 (BSS): RDRS Bangladesh has introduced rice seedling transplanter machines here on trial basis under Sustainable and Resilient Farming Systems Intensification (SRFSI) Project during this Boro season at two research farms. The NGO has been implementing the project...
RU Correspondent | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, February 24: The teachers, stuffs and students of Rajshahi University (RU) played a glorious role in the independence war of the country in 1971. During the war the university lost a number of its teachers, students and officials....
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
BRAHMANBARIA, Feb 24: Nihal Kaviratne CBE, chairman of the board of directors of AKZO Nobel India Limited visited Moind High School recently, situated at Sadar upazila of Brahmanbaria. Nihal Kaviratne CBE assists ultra poor, children and cancer patients. A poor...
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
TANGAIL Feb 24: In the current season 1131 hectares of land were brought under sugarcane cultivation in the district. Sugarcane cultivation is gradually increasing at the sandy area of the district. Sandy land is the best to cultivate sugarcane, according...
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Feb 24: Two persons were killed 40 others injured in a road accident on Gopalganj-Kotalipara highway in front of Kajulia Madrasha under Gopalganj Sadar upazila of the district Monday. The deceased were identified as Ansar Ali (65) and Mostafa...
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Feb 24: Harvesting of ginger has been started in Nilphamari district. As the main ginger cultivating zone, the district produces more than 50 per cent of the total ginger production in the country. Per hectare production of the spice...
FARIDPUR, Feb 24 (BSS): The three- day long book fair organised by the local district administration in connection with the observance of Ekushey February' and International Mother Language day ended here yesterday evening at Zilla Parishad' premises. Assistant District Commissioner...
RANGPUR, Feb 24 (BSS): Speakers at an anti-corruption planning meeting recently stressed for comprehensive efforts in launching a vigorous social movement, involving the common people, for building a corruption-free society. Mominpur union unit of the Community Policing Forum organised the...
BGB seizes pistol, ammo from Birampur frontier Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized a foreign origin pistol with six rounds live bullets and two magazines from Monirampur border under Birampur upazila in Dinajpur Tuesday, BGB sources said. Acting on a tip...
Mosaddek scored a massive 282 runs to boost Barisal Division to a mammoth 597/9 declared against Chittagong Division in the first innings on the second day of the fifth round clash in the four-day Walton 16th National Cricket League on...
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