Nilratan Halder | 2015-01-09 00:00:00
Once again viewing television programme has been a cause of a tragic death. This time it is more than death -a plain murder, to go by reports carried in the media. Once again, the watching involved one on the Indian...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-01-09 00:00:00
With the nation watching a war of attrition in bated breath --- between the government and the 20-party opposition combine, ominous prospects loom. In the murky developments over the last week centring on Awami League's observance of the 1st anniversary...
The common people are now living in a state of panic and uncertainty as we see helplessly the incidents of death and damage. The outside world gets a grim picture of our country and we cannot blame them. The ruling...
It is estimated that more than 15 million people in Bangladesh have been diagnosed as diabetic. Another significant portion of the population is suffering from diabetes, although not formally diagnosed. White cane sugar, white beet sugar, corn syrup, honey, molasses,...
Every year thousands of people from Bangladesh travel to India for various purposes. But unfortunately Indian visa system for Bangladeshi is arduous and lengthy. A visa applicant has to make repeated attempts to get a date for visa from online...
K.B. Ahmed | 2015-01-09 00:00:00
It is ordinarily said that "end justifies the means." But what end? In Jean Paul Sartre's opinion, means is not justified if end is not justified. Bertrand Russell was more categorical and dismissed any means if it is not for...
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) said Thursday that the government is suppressing the constitutional rights of freedom of speech through its interference in the media, reports UNB. In a statement issued Thursday, the association also claimed that an 'unwritten...
Joint General Secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL) Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif, MP, said Thursday that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will be held responsible for the violence following the ongoing blockade programme, reports BSS. "Marking January 10, homecoming day of the...
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) president Prof AQM Badrudozza Chowdhury again failed to meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at her office Thursday due to police barricade, reports UNB. The former President went to see BNP chief as a physician by his...
GAZIPUR, Jan 8(bdnews24.com): BNP spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, arrested on sabotage charges, has been taken to the Kashimpur Central Jail. He has been kept at the 'Surma Bhaban' used for VIP prisoners, said the jail's Senior Superintendent Md Jahangir...
CHITTAGONG, Jan 8 (BSS): BNP Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman was sued in another sedition case for calling Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a 'top Razakar,' Mohammad Bashir Hossain, central organising secretary of Bangladesh Awami Porjaton League, filed...
GAZIPUR, Jan 8 (UNB) : Railway Minister Mujibul Haque said on Thursday necessary measures would be taken to prevent the acts of sabotage on railways during the 20-party-sponsored countrywide blockade. "Railway police have been put on alert …they'll work to...
FENI, Jan 8 (BSS): A house in Feni of a High Court (HC) judge, Justice Kazi Reza-Ul Hoque, who gave a verdict against Senior Vice-chairman of BNP Tarique Rahman, was torched and vandalised Wednesday night. Police held one person for...
Police arrested Titumir College unit general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal on Thursday in front of the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office, reports UNB. Law enforcers held the JCD leader, Abdul Awal Khan, around 1pm. Police said they detained him for...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 8 (UNB) : A court here on Wednesday placed eight Jamaat-Shibir men on a two-day remand each in a case filed for attacking police in the Shalbagan area of the city on Tuesday. Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Hakim Khaled...
Dhaka city will experience severe environmental problems in the coming days due to urban flooding caused by climate change, according to an eminent water expert, reports UNB. "Dhaka city will face severe impacts of flood in the future due to...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-01-09 00:00:00
A novel government initiative to launch a fund styled 'Stand Alone Fund' to boost country image abroad couldn't take off for delays in making necessary money available, officials said. Allocation for overseas campaign funds to mobilize support for the government...
FE Report | 2015-01-09 00:00:00
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) Nasrul Hamid has stressed the need for extracting coal from domestic coal mines for its best utilisation against the backdrop of mounting energy demand. "We must extract it no matter which...
FE Report | 2015-01-09 00:00:00
The ministry of commerce (MoC) has proposed that the ministry of finance (MoF) should provide 20 per cent cash incentive on export of blood tubing sets (BTS) for haemodialysis aiming to diversify export goods, officials said. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed...
The Islamic Foundation Bangladesh urged on Thursday the BNP-led 20-party alliance to withdraw their nonstop blockade so that Muslim devotees can take part in the Biswa Ijtema beginning today( Friday), reports UNB. Mejbaur Rahman Chowdhury, the head of Islamic Foundation...
President Abdul Hamid urged the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday to play its due role in ensuring the quality of education in the country's universities, reports UNB. The President made the directive when a delegation, led by UGC chairman...
Costume distribution Jan 11, 12 on DU convocation Costume and invitation cards for the 49th convocation of Dhaka University (DU) will be distributed between January 11 and January 12 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Participants in the convocation can...
CHITTAGONG, Jan 8 (BSS): The Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) in cooperation with Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) in a joint drive removed 14 illegal billboards from Chittagong WASA area today. The eviction drive began from city's WASA intersection around 10 am...
Turning down the bail plea, a Dhaka court asked the police on Thursday to interrogate Ekushey Television (ETV) chairman Abdus Salam at jail gate in five working days in connection with the case for violating the Pornography Control Act, reports...
COX'S BAZAR, Jan 8 (UNB): An alleged robber was killed in a gunfight with his rivals at Charandeep in Chakaria upazila over taking control of shrimp enclosures in the area early Thursday The deceased was identified as Jahed,23, a resident...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6pm today (Friday). Light to moderate fog may occur over the country during midnight until morning, Met Office said. Night temperature may fall slightly and day temperature...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2015-01-09 00:00:00
A few months ago Finance Minister A M A Muhith reminded us how during a meeting of the WTO he had been advised by his peers to redefine thrust sectors and reduce dependence on exports. Ostensibly this was to allow...
FE Report | 2015-01-09 00:00:00
The apparel apex body urged the political parties Thursday to keep the RMG sector outside the purview of the blockade for the sake of uninterrupted shipment of the country's largest exporting sector. In a statement, the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and...
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