The 83rd birth anniversary of renowned lawyer Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed will be observed today (Friday). On the occasion, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Smriti Parishad has taken various programmes to commemorate the day. Mr Ishtiaq Ahmed served as the attorney general and...
Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu said on Thursday the government will take strong measures to check video piracy, reports UNB. Inu said the cable operators in the country will not be allowed to screen local and foreign movies through their...
The United Kingdom (UK) issued on Thursday a travel alert for its citizens intending to visit Bangladesh or those who are already staying here because of political tensions, reports UNB. "If you're currently in Bangladesh or intend to travel to...
4th SEU convocation tomorrow The 4th convocation of Southeast University (SEU) will be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city at 10:00 am tomorrow (Saturday). President Md Abdul Hamid, also chancellor of the university, will confer degrees...
Light rain or drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over Chittagong division and weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6pm today (Friday). Moderate to thick fog may occur over...
Shah Alam Nur | 2015-01-16 00:00:00
Entrepreneurs are being compelled to use compressed natural gas (CNG) in their manufacturing industries for shortage of adequate gas supply or absence of new gas connections, industry insiders said. As a result, the manufacturers have to count more than 6...
FE Report | 2015-01-16 00:00:00
The central bank purchased US$93 million directly from commercial banks last week to help keep the country's foreign exchange market stable, officials said. The value of Bangladesh Taka (BDT) started gaining against the US dollar from January 12 last due...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-01-16 00:00:00
The government would set up a ticket clearing house in the city aiming to introduce an automated fare system for the passengers of public transports, including metro rail and proposed dedicated bus services, officials said Thursday. The state-owned Dhaka Transport...
Munima Sultana | 2015-01-16 00:00:00
A Chinese company has moved to mobilise fund from its government to finance the proposed Karnaphuli tunnel project in Chittagong. The initiative comes following signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the authority concerned in Bangladesh to construct the...
Shamsul Huda | 2015-01-16 00:00:00
The ongoing blockade has badly affected the supply chain of vegetables and other perishable items in the city markets pushing up their prices. According to a wholesale association source, supply from the northern districts has declined by more than 50...
A case was filed on Thursday against two employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd in connection with the seizure of 14kg gold from a flight of the national flag carrier, reports UNB. Authorities of customs at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...
FE Report | 2015-01-16 00:00:00
State-owned Petrobangla will invite Singapore-based consortium of Astra Oil and Excelerate Energy to ink the final deal to build the country's first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal soon, a senior official said. "We will invite the consortium to sign...
FE Report | 2015-01-16 00:00:00
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) in its latest report has found corruption in every level of service delivery at the Directorate of Drug Administration including illegal transaction of money for issuing licences. The amount of money ranges from Tk 500 to...
FE Report | 2015-01-16 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday termed hartal and strikes that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its alliance partners are now enforcing as 'hellish' for the country's economy. "The present troubled situation is hellish. It's a big obstacle. The...
FE Report | 2015-01-16 00:00:00
A transport worker was killed and several others were injured in separate arson attacks in various areas of the country during the nationwide hartal (shutdown), enforced by BNP-led 20-Party Alliance on Thursday. The alliance called the strike in protest of...
Arafat Ara | 2015-01-16 00:00:00
About 25 jute mills - both small and large -- were shut down over the last two years following decline in the demand for jute-made bags in the international market, millers said. They also feared that without diversification of products...
The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims after holy Hajj, will begin today (Friday) on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi on the outskirts of the capital, reports UNB. The congregation, also...
US Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Anne C Richard will visit Bangladesh on January 20-23, reports UNB. In Bangladesh, Assistant Secretary Richard will meet with government officials and representatives of international and non-governmental organisations in Dhaka,...
A group of foreign diplomats reportedly sat in a meeting with some BNP leaders in the city on Thursday night. "Envoys from France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Australia and Norway are there in the meeting with the BNP leaders...
Customs officials at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport detained a Pakistani national along with 8.0 million (80 lakh) Indian rupees on Thursday evening. The arrested Pakistani was identified as Imran Mahmud (28). Imran landed at the airport from Karachi via...
Outgoing Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain paid a farewell call on President Abdul Hamid on Thursday and stressed increasing the number of courts to deal with the county's judicial backlog. During the meeting at Bangabhaban, the Chief Justice expressed gratitude...
RU Correspondent | 2015-01-15 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Jan 14: Pro-BNP-Jamaat teachers of Rajshahi University (RU) under the banner of 'white panel' have decided to boycott the 9th convocation programme scheduled to be held on January 18 on the plea that there is no congenial atmosphere...
Publicity and publication affairs secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL) Dr Hasan Mahmud said Wednesday that BNP has now been launching attacks on its own leaders not getting people's response to its siege and hartal programmes, reports BSS. "Those...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina urged Wednesday all to extend their support in implementing 'midday meal' programme in schools aiming to check dropout rate, reports UNB. She urged all including the public representatives, school committees, guardians, teachers and financially solvent...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs recommended Wednesday setting up hostels for working women on Khas land or donated land in each upazila and district across the country, reports UNB. The recommendations came up...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid warned that stern actions will be taken against those who will get involved in question paper leakage or circulating those through facebook and spreading rumour about it during the upcoming Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination,...
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