Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali will have a bilateral meeting Thursday with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington on the sidelines of a White House-sponsored summit, the foreign ministry has said. Dhaka was also keen to have...
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan has urged the government to take necessary steps to shut BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's office in Gulshan diplomatic zone as she is conspiring sitting there to kill people in the name of a movement, report agencies....
Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member Suranjit Sengupta has requested BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to take recourse to democratic politics shunning the path of violence showing respect to the order of the country's apex court, reports BSS. "The country's...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina got stuck on Monday in severe traffic jam at three points of the city while going to attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Secretariat despite the countrywide blockade and hartal programmes enforced the BNP-led...
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury renewed his call on Monday to the country's two top leaders to engage in talks to resolve the ongoing political crisis and thus save Bangladesh, reports UNB. "The country is...
A Dhaka court placed on Monday BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on a three-day fresh remand in connection with a case filed under the Explosive Substance Act, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Maruf Hossain passed the order...
FE Report | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
Chairman of Bangladesh National Alliance (BNA) Barrister Nazmul Huda demanded Monday holding of national election without any delay for resolving the ongoing political crisis. "I, (Nazmul Huda) called for dialogue in 2011 for resolving the political crisis. But it did...
Munima Sultana | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
An opportunity to get wider market for the Bangladeshi non-traditional products in Nepal has been created following a Bangladesh-Nepal Expo that concluded in Kathmandu on Sunday last. Bangladesh Ambassador to Nepal Mashfee Binte Shams observed that trade between the two...
KUSHTIA, Feb 16 (UNB): Aminul Huq Badsha, deputy press secretary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was buried at his family graveyard at Courtpara in the town Monday. Earlier, his body was brought to the town from...
JU Correspondent | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
The general students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) Monday threatened to go for tough movement against the ward quota. At a press conference held in front of the central cafeteria, the students said they would wage tougher movement if the authority...
A security guard of Shaheed Sergeant Jahurul Haq hall of Dhaka University (DU) was found dead in a library of the hall Monday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Shankar Chandra Ray, 30, a security guard of Shaheed...
BAGERHAT, Feb 16 (UNB): The last phase of tiger census using 'pugmark (footprint)' method began in the Sundarbans Thursday last. Two teams of 18 trained workers have started the 'sign survey' work after identifying two areas as tiger zones. They...
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Air Command of the Indian Air Force Air Marshal SB Deo formally handed over the Dakota (DC-3) aircraft Monday, which has been installed at the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Museum, Tejgaon, reports UNB. This Dakota...
FE Report | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
A private car was stolen from the Karwanbazar area in the city around 8.25 am on Thursday. Driver Selim Parvez parked the silver colour car (Dhaka Metro-Ga-14-6116) on the road at Karwanbazar and went to buy fish. He found the...
Seminar on Economic Development 'Riddle' today A seminar on 'Economic Development 'Riddle' and Political Uncertainty' organised by Dhaka University (DU) unit of Bangladesh College-University Teachers' Association will be held at Teachers-Students Centre (TSC) games room of the university at 10:30...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Barisal, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Pabna, Comilla and Noakhali until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday), reports UNB. Weather...
FE Report | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
The government decided Monday to enhance the financial power of the heads of departments, district and upazila-level officials for gearing up development activity commensurate with increasing budgetary allocations. Officials said the government decision came following the cabinet approval for a...
FE Report | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was learnt to have asked the ministry of local government and rural development Monday to move fast for holding the stalled Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) elections. Informed sources said such signal came when the country's ongoing...
Yasir Wardad | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
Farmers in the northern districts are in dire straits as prices of their produce have declined drastically due to widespread disruption to transport of crops caused by the non-stop blockade and frequent hartals. Prices of potato, ginger, seasonal vegetables and...
FE Report | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith Monday blamed Dr Muhammad Yunus for a 'horrible situation' in the Grameen Bank (GB) administration. "The Grameen Bank is in a horrible situation, thanks to Mr Yunus. Because, he is a master in the art of...
FE Report | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
Arson, bomb attacks, detention and sporadic clashes across the country marked the BNP-Jamaat-enforced 42nd day of the countrywide indefinite blockade and the second day of fresh 72-hour shutdown. At least 10 vehicles, including two compartments of an intercity train in...
Shah Alam Nur | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
A large number of Bangladeshi expatriates and foreigners are now cancelling their scheduled air trips to Bangladesh due to political unrest, throwing airlines into difficulties, official sources said. The countrywide non-stop transport blockade is taking its toll on the aviation...
FE Report | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) will deliver its verdict over the electricity and natural gas tariff hike proposals as per the commission regulations within 90 days, said a BERC official. The energy regulator is now scrutinising relevant documents and...
FE Report | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
The country's overall imports fell substantially in this January, mainly due to the ongoing political unrest, officials said on Monday. Opening of letters of credit (LCs) against imports, generally known as import orders, decreased by more than 7.0 per cent...
Mohammad Ali | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
A special tribunal tasked with the job of trying cases of share scams couldn't commence trial even more than a year after its formation. Critics say such an inordinate delay undermines the government move to quickly dispose of the stock-related...
M A Taslim | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
To achieve high, a nation must aim high. The vision or goals of a nation should be consistent with the aspirations, opportunities and genius of its people. At the least, the goals should be home-grown and set indigenously. Unfortunately, our...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
The United States of America (USA) continued to collect higher tariffs on Bangladeshi products during import from this country. Last year, the US collected 2.5 per cent of its total tariff revenue against imports from Bangladesh. Data available with the...
Parliament passed Monday the long-sought 'Formalin Control Bill, 2015' having a provision of maximum life term imprisonment and TK 2.0 million (20 lakh) fine. The Bill was aimed at controlling the misuse of formalin, including in food items, report agencies....
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