The 104th birth anniversary of late Chief Justice Syed Mahbub Murshed, an eminent jurist and independent thinker cum judge, will be observed today (Sunday), said a press release. In this connection, a Quran Khwani will be held at Justice Murshed's...
TANGAIL, Jan 10 (UNB): Three members of a family were killed as a truck crashed into their motorcycle on Ghatail-Gopalpur road in Shantanagar-Majidpur area of Ghatail upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Sumon, 25, his sister Asma...
2nd confce of BCA held at DU A day long second conference on "The Importance of X ray Crystallography in Materials and Biological Sciences" organised by Bangladesh Crystallographic Association (BCA) was held at the Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury Auditorium of Dhaka...
Four Bangladeshi workers died from suffocation as a result of faulty heating in their room in a mountainous region north of Lebanon, reports AP. The four were found dead on Saturday in the Dinniyeh region. The Middle East has been...
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina have congratulated Maithripala Sirisena on his election as Sri Lankan President, reports UNB. In separate messages issued on Friday night, the President and the PM expressed the hope that bilateral relations...
CHITTAGONG, Jan 10 (UNB): A teacher of Chittagong Government Nursing College was stabbed to death by some unidentified miscreants in Chakbazar Telipotti intersection area in Panchlaish thana on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Anjali Devi, 50. Police said...
RANGAMATI, Jan 10 (UNB): Local administration Saturday imposed Section 144 in the district town for an indefinite period prohibiting mass gathering following a clash between Paharhi Chhatra Parishad (PCP) and ruling party activists at Hapiar Morh in the district town....
Our Correspondent | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Jan 10: Bangladesh exported on Saturday the second consignment of boiled rice to Sri Lanka by the BSC vessel MV Banglar Kollol. The ship left the Chittagong Port for Sri Lanka at around 2.00 pm. Officers of the Department...
Kamrun Nahar, associate professor of Dhaka College, died at Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital in the city Saturday, said a press release. She left behind her husband, son, mother, three brothers and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn her death....
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Sunday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur else where over the...
Khalilur Rahman | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
The bifurcated Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) seems to be indifferent to the need for eradicating mosquitoes. For the last few months mosquito menace has assumed an alarming proportion much to the sufferings of the city dwellers. This tiny creature has...
Yasir Wardad | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
Transport workers of private buses, trucks and covered vans are now struggling for survival due to the ongoing blockade, started from January 6, as it has directly affected their livelihood, insiders said. When transportation in the capital city seems to...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company (Bapex) and Russia's state-owned Gazprom are set to sort out modalities next month on constitution of a proposed joint venture (JV) for oil and gas exploration, a top official has said. A...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the academic activities of 11 new public medical colleges, aiming to fulfill the country's huge demand for physicians to provide better medical services to its people, reports UNB. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched...
FE Report | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
Speakers at a discussion Saturday underscored the necessity for finding alternatives to build nuclear power plant on safety ground. They pointed out that the country lacks necessary preparedness to tackle any sort of nuclear accidents, if any. The discussants were...
The Standard Chartered on Saturday announced Abrar A. Anwar as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Bangladesh office of the oldest and largest international bank in the country. Jim McCabe, who has led the Standard Chartered franchise in...
Syful Islam | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
Japan has expressed its concern over poor implementation rate of projects it has funded under official development assistance (ODA) scheme in Bangladesh, officials said. In nine months (April-December 2014) of Japanese fiscal year (JFY), some 25 billion Japanese yen were...
Munima Sultana | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
A move is under way to extend the time of completing the 3rd Shitalakhya Bridge project to 2018 as its tenure ended last month without starting its construction work over an issue of appointing a consultant. Officials said the department...
FE Report | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
Most of the persons involved in the country's capital-market scams go scot-free because of their influence on politics and economy, said the head of the body formed to investigate the 2010 scam, Khandkar Ibrahim Khaled. A total of 17 cases...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
Government authorities have decided to sign customs deals with many countries of the world to check duty evasion, done mainly by means of smuggling in goods and invoice tampering, official sources said. The under-and over-invoicing tricks are also allegedly applied...
Kamrun Nahar | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
The ongoing political turmoil threatens to deal yet another blow to the tourism sector, which is still reeling from the last year's sharp fall exacerbated by the pre-poll unrest. In-bound tour operators said the peak season of tourism ranges between...
FE Report | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
The countrywide indefinite blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance, was going on amid incidents of arson attacks and cocktail blasts on the fifth consecutive day on Saturday. The train schedule across the country collapsed and most of the inter-district...
FE Report | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
The country's apex trade body called upon the political parties Saturday to resolve the ongoing political crisis, otherwise it will take legal measures for protecting the country's economy. "We call upon the political parties to take effective steps for resolving...
FE Report | 2015-01-11 00:00:00
The BKMEA urged the political parties Saturday to withdraw blockade to help continue the growth of knit products exports, especially in the new markets, and the country's economy. Expressing grave concern over the ongoing political situation, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and...
The "Akheri Munajat" (concluding prayer) of the first phase of Biswa Ijtema on the bank of the river Turag at Tongi will be offered today (Sunday) at the end of the three-day annual Muslim congregation. Tens of thousands of the...
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