Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Tuesday the stance of her government is very clear towards protecting global peace and against all kinds of terrorism, and underscored that Bangladesh Armed Forces would have to move ahead imbued with the same ideal,...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
The ConocoPhillips (US) and Statoil (Norway) joint venture (JV) has not yet decided whether it would ink production sharing contract (PSC) or back out. The cabinet committee on economic affairs approved awarding of all the three deepwater blocks in the...
COMILLA, Feb 24 (UNB): Seven people, including two children, were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chouddagram upazila on Tuesday evening. The six of the deceased were identified as Kulsum,...
Siddique Islam | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
The World Bank (WB) has given assurance to provide $300 million under the Financial Sector Support Project (FSSP) with the Bangladesh Bank (BB) aiming to facilitate long-term financing, particularly in productive sectors. The assurance came at a meeting of a...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) Tuesday jailed 83-year-old fugitive Engineer A Jabbar of Pirojpur, a former MP of Jatiya Party (Ershad), unto death for his crimes against humanity, especially genocide, during the 1971 War of Liberation, reports UNB. Justice M...
FE Report | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
The BNP-led 20-party Alliance once again extended its countrywide hartal by another 48 hours alongside the non-stop blockade that crossed 50th day with arson attacks, blasts and arrests. A press release, issued by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) joint secretary general...
FE Report | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
State-run Petrobangla has organised a pre-bid meeting for interested global firms to carry out a two dimensional (2D) non-exclusive multi-client seismic survey in offshore blocks in the Bay of Bengal on March 1, a senior official has said. It has...
FE Report | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
Speakers at a workshop on Tuesday said most of the government and non-government agencies, development partners and other stakeholders undertake same type of programmes in the same upazilas of Satkhira. It causes duplication and overlapping as well as keeps the...
NEW DELHI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India in its charge sheet to be filed next month to a court may not mention the alleged involvement of Saradha chit fund scam money in Burdwan blasts, The Times of India reported...
The European Parliament (EP) will discuss Bangladesh issues in Brussels tomorrow (Thursday) and submit a report on the outcome of the recent visit of an EP delegation, reports UNB. Of the draft agenda of the day, an agenda on Bangladesh...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
The government's non-tax revenue (NTR) income is expected to see a major shortfall this fiscal (2014-15) as the top stakeholders are paying less than what they had pledged earlier. Incomes from the Bangladesh Bank (BB) and the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
In a major policy shift, the government is set to cut investment targets significantly for the next five years amid prolonged political unrest and lower-than-expected growth in the last few years, officials said Tuesday. Officials said the government has proposed...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
The central bank's newly appointed chief economist Dr. Biru Paksha Paul, while taking part in a workshop in Dhaka early this week, picked up two important issues -- bank loan default culture and high lending rate -- that have been...
FE Report | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
The Editors' Council has expressed grave concern over the hardship that the national media is now experiencing while carrying out its job independently and neutrally. The Council in a resolution adopted at its meeting held on Tuesday also sought a...
FE Report | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna has been missing since alleged detective police men picked up him from a relative's home in the city early on Tuesday A group of plainclothes men, who introduced themselves as detectives, picked up Mahmudur...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday termed the ongoing hartal and blockade worthless programmes and said these are going to be over soon. "I am sure about this. These are not going to last. These are dying out," the minister...
'The Official Vehicles (Regulation of Use) Bill, 2015' was passed Tuesday by the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) with a view to preventing misuses and ensuring proper use of official vehicles. The passage of the bill in an amended form annulled 'The...
FE Report | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
Two people, including a member of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), were spot-dead in a road mishap, near the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in the capital on Tuesday, police said. The RAB member was identified as Ucchel Alam (39), but the...
Pankaj Dastider | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Feb 23: Even though 20 years have already elapsed, the Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) and Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) are yet to implement any recommendations put forward to resolve the long-standing water-logging crisis in the port city. The CDA...
SYLHET, Feb 24 (UNB): Doctors, nurses and authorities concerned are responsible for the death of 32 people including 10 babies who died at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMCH) on February 9. The allegation was disclosed from the report submitted...
The nation mourns today (Wednesday) with a heavy heart the deaths of February 25-26, 2009 Pilkhana carnage victims, including 57 army officers, who lost their lives while serving the paramilitary frontier force seven years ago, reports BSS. Representatives of the...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 24 (BSS): A mobile court of Chittagong District Administration (CDA) sentenced Tuesday a drug addict to two months' imprisonment. Executive magistrate Shahdat Hossain awarded the sentence to Sohel Dey (32), son of Halldhar Dey hailing from Satkania Upazila...
Parliamentary Standing Committee for Social Welfare Ministry asked Tuesday the ministry to take necessary steps for increasing allowances for insolvent persons with disabilities in the next annual budget, reports BSS. The recommendation was made at the 7th meeting of the...
Senior photojournalist Mir Mohiuddin Sohan died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in the city on Tuesday, reports UNB. He was 57. Mir Mohiuddin had long been suffering from cardiac disease. He had worked for the Daily Ittefaq for...
Six people were sentenced to death and four others to life imprisonment in Comilla, Chapainawabganj and Netrakona on murder charges on Tuesday, reports UNB. In Comilla, three people were awarded the capital punishment and four others life imprisonment for killing...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 24 (BSS): Health Minister Mohammad Nasim asked the doctors and others concerned of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) to discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty to ensure better services for the patients. He also urged them...
Bangladesh embassy in Stockholm, Sweden observed 'Shaheed Dibash' and International Mother Language Day on February 21 with due respect and solemnity, reports BSS. The day's programmes began with hoisting of national flag at the embassy. The other programmes included paying...
New Zealand Univ prof calls on DU VC Dr Tony Van Zijl, professor of the Department of Accounting & Finance Management of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, called on Dhaka University (DU) vice-chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at...
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