Munima Sultana | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
A Chinese company has now shown interest in constructing the planned Dhaka-Chittagong Elevated Expressway under government-to-government arrangement. Officials spoke about the latest development on outsourcing Bangladesh's major infrastructure-building works, despite the fact that the project is being processed under public-private-partnership...
GAZIPUR, Jan 11 (UNB): The first phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims after holy Hajj, concluded Sunday with Akheri Munajat attended by millions of people at Tongi on the outskirts of Dhaka city, amid countrywide...
Zaidi Sattar | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
The yearlong calm that we experienced during 2014 has been ruptured by recent events that put a damper on the long awaited recovery. In the fiscal year 2014-15 the economy was expected to grow at a respectable pace though not...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh bids for further cut in interest rate on loan from the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) to help lower the cost of petroleum import further. A top official said the state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has undertaken the...
FE Report | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
The student front of the BNP called on Sunday daylong hartal in Dhaka and 13 other districts for today (Monday) protesting against confinement of the party's Chairperson Khaleda Zia and demanding release of the party leaders. Dhaka city remains exempted....
A minor girl was burnt alive and 400 shanties were gutted as a slum caught fire at Battala in Katasur area of Mohammadpur in the city on Sunday morning, reports UNB. Azizul Haque, officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station, said the...
Siddique Islam | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
The government has moved to slash yields on savings instruments against the backdrop of an unusual rise in its borrowing from the system, officials said. As part of the move, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has sought information from the...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have given permission to the ruling Awami League to organise a rally in the city on Monday. DMP's Deputy Commissioner Abdul Baten on Sunday confirmed clearance for the Awami League's rally at Suhrawardy Udyan to...
Police arrested BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser Shamsuzzaman Dudu from Dhaka, said Mirpur police OC Salauddin Ahmed on Sunday evening. He was apparently arrested from Mirpur amid the BNP-sponsored countrywide transport blockade. -bdnews24.com
Nojibur Rahman has been appointed as secretary to the Internal Resources Division (IRD) and chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR). The Ministry of Public Administration issued a circular in this connection on Sunday. Prior to the appointment, he...
Inflation is not good for any economy in the long run. Obviously any news of decline in inflation makes us happy. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said that the rate was 6.11 per cent in December against 6.21 per cent...
The picture FE carried in the feature, 'A visit to Maheshkhali', published on Saturday on Page-17, has wrongly been printed. It is not Adinath Mandir's picture. In fact, the picture is of the Buddhist temple on the other side of...
M Jalal Hussain | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has badly affected the economies of some countries in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. World economy has been experiencing the worst impact of GFC since the depression started in 2008. Many giant and strong economies have...
M. G. Neogi | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
Seeds are the most important input to increase crop production. They enhance food security and alleviate poverty in the agro-based developing countries. It is believed that good seeds alone can increase 20-25 per cent yield. If the seed is capable...
Shushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan), a rights body, urged Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Saturday to engage in dialogue to break the present political standoff over a fresh national election, reports UNB. "The initiative has to...
Voicing apprehension that the government might carry out 'subversive' acts over the 20-party's ongoing non-stop blockade programme, BNP asked its leaders and activists Saturday to remain alert about it, reports UNB. "This regime is carrying out acts of sabotage at...
Awami League (AL) publicity and publication secretary Dr Hasan Mahmood said Saturday that the BNP should apologise to the international community for "forgery of information," reports BSS. "The BNP has now started forgery of information with the international leaders as...
The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed Saturday in a befitting manner, reports UNB. On January 10 in 1972, Bangabandhu returned to independent and sovereign Bangladesh after over nine and half months'...
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) have placed a formal proposal to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) to hold a public hearing for reducing power tariff instead of increasing it, reports UNB. The left-leaning parties,...
Local BNP has called dawn-to-dusk hartal in Patuakhali and Sirajganj districts today (Sunday) protesting the arrest of local party men and filing cases against them, reports UNB. A press release signed by district unit organising secretary Advocate Majibar Rahman Totan...
Strongly condemning the attack on Executive Magistrate of Feni Md Abdul Qader Mia by the miscreants of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina asked the authorities concerned Saturday to bring to justice the real culprits of the cowardice...
Our Correspondent | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
PABNA, Jan 10: At least 20 people were injured as two rival groups of Awami League (AL) clashed for establishing supremacy in the Dipchar area under Pabna Sadar Upazila Friday morning. Six houses and three shops were vandalised and set...
Three crude bombs went off in front of the Awami League's (AL) central office at Bangabandhu Avenue Saturday, reports UNB. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Paltan police station Morshed Alam said unidentified miscreants blasted three crude bombs in front of the AL...
LALMONIRHAT, Jan 10 (BSS): A case was filed against over 500 leaders and workers of BNP and Jamaat, including former deputy minister Asadul Haque Dulu Friday night. Local BNP leaders called a press conference at district BNP office at 11.00am...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has sought immediate allocation from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) for implementation of some of its selected essential programmes, officials said. Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has recently sent a letter to Finance...
A move is underway to set up five full-fledged stations of Bangladesh Television (BTV) in Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet, Rangpur and Barisal regions, aiming to give the state-run television channel a competitive edge. The government is working to implement a project...
Speakers at a convention in the city blamed a vested quarter on Saturday for the non-implementation of the policies and laws to protect the environment, reports UNB. "Government high-ups are sincere to protect the environment. But, various policies, laws and...
Bangladesh will host a regional consultation of 'Secretary General's High-level Independent Panel on UN Peace Operations' in the city on January 20-22, reports UNB. Representatives from 31 countries and 20 panel members will take part in the meeting which will...
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