Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad has said burning the common people to death cannot be politics, reports BSS. Calling upon all to stop the politics of corpses and engage in the politics of people's welfare, he said how many...
Joint General Secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL) Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif alleged Saturday that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was responsible for torching public and private properties as well as murdering people, reports BSS. "By staging a drama of being under...
FE Report | 2015-01-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman has advised the foreign banks to enhance their business engagement in the growing economy here. Citing different attractive opportunities for the foreign banks, Dr Rahman, at a programme on Friday, also assured them...
Speakers at a discussion Saturday urged the country's political parties to take the path of peaceful democracy, shunning violence, report agencies. Sammilita Samajik Andolan arranged the discussion at the Liberation War Museum auditorium in the city. The speakers also urged...
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) recommended Saturday effective and immediate steps for implementation of unimplemented basic parts of the CHT Peace Agreement expeditiously for restoration of a lasting peace in the country's hill region, reports BSS. Speaking at a...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on carrying firearms, explosives and other harmful objects as well as holding any kind of rally and procession around Sangsad Bhaban to ensure smooth functioning of the 5th session of the 10th...
FE Report | 2015-01-18 00:00:00
Experts at a programme said Saturday the past and present development plan for Dhaka was mainly devised to serve the interests of a section of people like realtors, politicians, law enforcers and members of armed forces which indicated absence of...
Lyricist Gobinda Halder, whose patriotic songs had inspired millions of people during Bangladesh's Liberation War in 1971, died in Kolkata of India on Saturday, reports UNB. He was 84. Gobinda Halder breathed his last at 10.20 am (local time), Mofakkharul...
A member of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) was killed in a road accident in the capital Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Abdus Sattar, 50, a junior field officer of the city external operation branch of the NSI....
NARSINGDI, Jan 17 (UNB/BSS): Three people, including a minor girl, drowned as an overloaded boat capsized in the Meghna River near Bipin Shah Ghat in Sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Morsheda Begum (37), her daughter...
FE Report | 2015-01-18 00:00:00
The 4th Convocation of the Southeast University (SEU) was held Saturday at Bangabandhu International Convention Centre (BICC). As delegated by President and Chancellor of SEU, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid conferred the degrees upon the graduate students. Professor Dr M...
Our Correspondent | 2015-01-18 00:00:00
CHITTAGOG, Jan 17: Helper of a bus died on Saturday morning after the bus lost control and hit an electric pole in Halishahar area of the city. Halishahar police said Md Hanif (28), assistant of the bus driver on route...
COX'S BAZAR, Jan 17 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 0.1 million pieces of Yaba tablets from Golar Char area of Shah Parir Dwip in Teknaf upazila early Saturday. Commanding Officer of BGB-42 Lieutenant Colonel Abu Zar Al...
Capacity building workshop on CTCN at BUET today The opening session of the capacity building workshop on 'Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)' will be held at Council Bhaban of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in the city...
Light rain or drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places of Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong, and Sylhet divisions and weather is likely to remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country until 6pm today...
Questioning the logic behind the BNP-Jamaat alliance's ongoing blockade, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday issued a fresh warning that stern actions would be taken against those engaged in killing people and torching vehicles across the country, reports UNB. "We...
Khalilur Rahman | 2015-01-18 00:00:00
Work on relocation of tanneries in city's Hazaribagh area is progressing at a snail's pace. The latest deadline set for relocating those expired last month. Official sources say that all the tanneries will not be shifted at a time. This...
Munima Sultana | 2015-01-18 00:00:00
Two committees assigned to keep a close watch on the Padma Multipurpose Bridge construction got busy taking extra-cautionary measures as the field-level work has already begun. At its first meeting Saturday the implementation committee asked the officials to hold regular...
FE Report | 2015-01-18 00:00:00
Minister for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Khandker Mosharraf Hossain left for Saudi Arabia Saturday to meet high officials in the oil-rich country in a bid to boost manpower export. During his 8-day visit, Mr Hossain will meet labour minister,...
Our Correspondent | 2015-01-18 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Jan 17: Engineer of a private refinery was killed allegedly by 'Malam Party' miscreants in the port-city on Thursday, although the family learnt about his death after two days. Patenga police said Jyotirmoy Sarkar (51), an engineer of MJL...
The BNP-led 20-party alliance termed 'breach of discipline, out of jurisdictions and audacious' on Saturday the recent remarks made by the chiefs of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) over the opposition's ongoing movement. In...
Talha Bin Habib | 2015-01-18 00:00:00
Rainfall in some parts of the country on Saturday is likely to bring a mild cold-wave from middle of the current week, officials said. "The temperature might fall from one to three degrees Celsius, once the cloud in the sky...
Three more devotees died on Saturday, the second day today of the second phase of 50th Biswa Ijtema, the world's second largest congregation of Muslims after the holy hajj, that began on Friday on the bank of the Turag River...
Monira Munni | 2015-01-18 00:00:00
The United States has ruled out the possibility of reinstatement of Bangladesh's trade benefit under its generalised system of preferences (GSP) unless further progress is attained in certain areas, including labour rights and factory inspection. Furthermore, the US government's trade...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-01-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh has begun importing cleaner diesel with less sulphur contents to ensure a better environment by way of averting pollution, a top official said Saturday. However, Kuwait, a major supplier of the petroleum fuel, is going to miss the January...
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