BNP reaffirmed Sunday that the 20-party's ongoing countrywide transport blockade would continue until the fall of this regime, reports UNB. "I call upon leaders and activists of the BNP-led 20-party alliance to continue the blockade programme. This programme will continue...
Bangladesh urged the international community Sunday to come up with a 'louder voice' to resolve the long-pending Rohingya refugee issue and ensure return to their homeland, reports UNB. A meeting was held with stakeholders at the foreign ministry with Foreign...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Sunday the terrorist activities and sniper attacks being carried out by BNP and its allies in the name of blockade would be dealt with an iron hand indicating that the government will go for a...
Minister for Railways M Mujibul Hoque said Sunday the government will soon deploy around 8,000 Ansar personnel across the country to strengthen security measures to deal with any possible act of sabotage on railway tracks, reports UNB. The minister also...
Our Correspondent | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
MAGURA, Jan 11: A case was filed against 42 leaders and workers including Magura district unit BNP president Kabir Murad on charge of torching vehicles. Sub-Inspector (SI) of Magura thana Manik Chandra Gain filed the case against them, said Nikunja...
A bus helper, who suffered burn injuries in an arson attack by some pickets during the countrywide blockade Wednesday last, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Sunday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Murad Mollah (20), son of...
GAIBANDHA, Jan 11 (BSS): Speakers at a function here said Sunday the AL-led grand alliance government achieved tremendous success in different sectors after assuming power in 2009. "The government has been working relentlessly to turn the country into a middle...
After evaluating the overall performance of its appointed prosecutors, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has planned to reshuffle its panel engaging some competent lawyers in a bid to effectively fight its cases in courts. "We're thinking about it as we've...
Five people, including three female police constables, were killed on Sunday in two separate road accidents in the capital city and at Keraniganj, report agencies. In the city, two policewomen were killed and at least 20 others injured as a...
FE Report | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
In terms of participation, girl students will outnumber their male counterpart at the 49th convocation of Dhaka University (DU) scheduled to be held tomorrow (Tuesday) at the university's central playground. This year, a total of 6,104 students of the university...
Police recovered three bombs from separate court rooms of the High Court and a loaded pistol from the Bar Council building Sunday, spreading panic around the court compound, reports UNB. Law enforcers recovered two bomb-like objects from court room No...
A schoolboy was crushed to death by a speeding train while crossing rail tracks at Kuril Bishaw Road in the city on Sunday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Pavel Ahmed, 13, a Class-VII student of Kuril Ideal School....
JS body for completing embankment projects before next monsoon The parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) asked the authorities concerned on Sunday to complete the Karnaphuli River Embankment Protection Project before the next monsoon sets in....
KERANIGANJ, Jan 11 (UNB): Police recovered the headless body of a young man cut into six pieces from six separate places at Baiddapotti in Kaliganj of Keraniganj upazila on Saturday night. The identity of the deceased, aged around 30, could...
A Dhaka court placed on Sunday ETV chairman Abdus Salam on a 5-day remand in a sedition case, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Waez Kuruni Khan Chowdhury passed the order when Tejgaon Police Station Officer-in-Charge ABM Moshiur Rahman produced him...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6pm today (Monday). Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur else where over the country...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
A number of development projects under the Ministry of Education (MoE) are facing difficulties due to shortage of funds, officials said. They said the MoE has sought an immediate allocation of Tk 17.40 billion for its development projects from the...
Syful Islam | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
The cabinet committee is set to approve the proposed amendment to Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 empowering Bangladesh Bank (BB) to fine forex dealers, and to enquire abut the wealth of non-resident Bangladeshis, officials said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is...
Eminent film director and producer Chashi Nazrul Islam died at a city hospital on Sunday morning, report UNB/BSS. He was 74. Shahadat Setu, assistant of the noted film maker, said Nazrul, who had been receiving treatment at Labaid Hospital for...
Police have recovered a little over Tk 12 million only five hours after the corporate branch of Rupali Bank Limited in Faridpur town reported the stealing of more than Tk 15 million from its vault, reports bdnews24.com The district's Superintendent...
COLOMBO, Jan 11 (Agencies): Former Sri Lankan leader Mahinda Rajapakse tried to deploy the army when he realised that he had lost elections, a spokesman for new President Maithripala Sirisena has alleged. He said that the head of the armed...
FE Report | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
Prof Dr Ashraf Uddin Chowdhury of the University of Dhaka and Dr Jamaluddin Ahmed, FCA, have been elected president and general secretary respectively of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) to lead the forum of economists for two years (2015-16). Chief election...
FE Report | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
The government's revenue authority has sought legal opinion on placing demand notice to the telecom-giant Grameenphone (GP) Limited for realising Tk 800 million in unpaid VAT along with interests on the amount. Officials said the Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) under...
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