SAVAR, Feb 5 (UNB): President Abdul Hamid has called for the collective efforts of all to protect the country's hard-earned democracy putting behind the differences of opinion. "I hope all will be active to uphold the spirit of the liberation...
FE Report | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
Ministers and professionals at a human chain programme Thursday vowed to resist violence during hartals and blockade, being enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance, in a bid to safeguard the country's independence and sovereignty. They said the BNP along with...
RANGPUR, Feb 05 (BSS): A case has been filed with the Judicial Magistrate Cognizance Court-3 in Panchagarh against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, its Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. General Secretary...
Fakhrul challenged | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
A writ petition was filed to the High Court (HC) on Thursday challenging the validity of the lower court order that had placed BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on a five-day remand for the third time in...
Executive Committee Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury called on Thursday upon members of all parliaments across the Commonwealth countries to work together to make the parliamentary democracy in the world stronger, reports UNB. Dr...
A group of scientists of Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) staged demonstrations on BCSIR premises in the city on Thursday protesting an alleged move to appoint a 'fake' PhD holder to the post of its Chief Scientific...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia drew on Thursday the attention of democratic world and international community saying that Bangladesh and South Asian region may face a security threat due to the Awami League government's "repressive policy", reports UNB. In a statement,...
The Imran H Sarker-led faction of Ganajagaran Manch began a non-stop sit-in programme at Shahbagh in the city on Thursday to press home its six-point demand, reports UNB. The supporters of the faction started thronging Shahbagh intersection from 10:30am, marking...
RU Correspondent | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 5: Two organisations of the Pro-BNP-Jamaat teachers at the Rajshahi University (RU), under the banner of White Panel and Nationalists Teachers forum (NTF) boycotted all of their classes and duties in examinations following the current political unrest...
MIRSARAI (Chittagong), Feb 5 (UNB): Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain here claimed on Thursday that Awami League (AL) will return to power with 95 per cent of votes if any election is held in the country right...
FE Report | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to file a case against five people, including four officials of AB Bank, on charge of swindling of Tk 37.9 million from the bank. The Commission at its regular meeting on Thursday approved...
Prime Minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy called Thursday for making public services available to the people by utilising the opportunities of ICT aiming to bring a meaningful change in their life and livelihood, reports BSS. "The main objective of...
Stephens Bloom Bernicat said Thursday she would work with everyone in the government to make relations with Bangladesh 'stronger', reports UNB. "We've such a deep and broad relationship. I've a direct mandate to make it even stronger," she told reporters...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 5 (BSS): Members of the Bangladesh Navy seized country's biggest ever consignment of Yaba tablets from a fishing trawler at the outer anchorage of the Chittagong port early today. The Navy recovered 1.5 million pieces of Yaba tablets...
Outgoing Iraqi ambassador in Bangladesh Shakir Quasim Mahdi said Thursday that Bangladeshi workers would get priority in the gigantic development work launched in Iraq, reports BSS. He said this during a farewell call on Foreign Minister (FM) Abul Hasan Mahmood...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina visited Thursday ailing Deputy Leader of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) and Awami League (AL) presidium member Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury at city's Square Hospitals, reports UNB. The PM stayed there for some time and enquired about...
The two-day polls to elect the leaders of the Dhaka Bar Association, the largest Bar of the country, will be held on February 25 and 26, when its around 20 thousand members will choose their leaders for 2015-16 term, reports...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 5 (BSS): Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) recovered the body of a rickshaw puller from the city's Bakalia area today. The body was identified as Mohammad Aziz, 32, hailed from Cox's Bazar district.
Human chain for arrears salary today National Garment Workers Federation will form a human chain in front of the National Press Club in the city at 11:00 am today (Friday) demanding payment of two months' arrears salary from ATN Fashions. ...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Friday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick fog may occur over northern part of the country and light to moderate fog may occur...
KERANIGANJ, Feb 5 (UNB): A man and his daughter were killed in a road accident that also left his other daughter injured in Kadampur area on Dhaka-Mawa highway in South Keraniganj here Thursday. The deceased were identified as Sirajul Islam...
FE Report | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
The country's energy regulator has instructed the state-run Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution Systems Ltd (JGTDSL) to submit a copy of its gas sales agreement with Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd, a multinational company (MNC), smelling rat in the deal. "Please...
Shifted twice, the much-awaited SSC and equivalent examinations will finally begin today (Friday) amid tension and anxiety among the examinees and their guardians as countrywide blockade called by BNP and its allies is still in force, reports UNB. The examinations...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
The Power Division has sought Tk 2.8 billion less fund in the upcoming revised development budget. It attributed the demand for a cut in funds to failure in implementing project works in time and apprehending slower execution in the remaining...
FE Report | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
The ongoing political deadlock could wipe out all the achievements that the country has made in rural socio-economic sectors so far, former caretaker government advisor Dr. Akbar Ali Khan said on Thursday. Speaking as the chief guest at a book...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-02-06 00:00:00
The revenue board has introduced a two-tier verification system with passports and other valid documents to check inclusion of fake TIN (Taxpayer's Identification Number) in the new online TIN database. The system has been launched after the National Board of...
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