Despite some achievements in terms of the coverage of primary and secondary education across the country as well as the pass rates of public exams in the outgoing year, controversies like question paper leak in different terminal exams and unusual...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) introduced Wednesday body worn camera to ensure transparency and accountability of police sergeants in discharging their professional duties, reports BSS. "We introduced the body worn camera today. The service has started with 15 cameras while 400...
The newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque said Wednesday police forces will work for welfare of the people and ensure their security by eliminating militancy, terrorism and other criminal activities, report agencies. Soon after taking the...
A Dhaka court gave permission Wednesday for conducting DNA test on seized evidence to confirm whether actress Naznin Akter Happy had any consensual relationship with anyone other than national cricketer Rubel Hossain, reports UNB. Metropolitan Magistrate M Mostafizur Rahman passed...
Bharatia Parishad, a platform of tenants, demanded government initiative Wednesday to stop the unusual hike of house rent in the capital, reports UNB. The body formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club in the city to...
FE Report Barbara Wickham will join the British Council Bangladesh as its new Country Director today (Thursday). Ms Wickham will replace Acting Country Director Brendan McSharry, a media statement said Wednesday. It said Ms Wickham started her career as a...
Internet networking system launched at DU 'Basic Campus Network' has been established at Dhaka University (DU) to promote internet networking system of the university. UGC Chairman Prof Dr AK Azad Chowdhury inaugurated the 'Basic Campus Network' as the chief guest...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few place over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur and Sylhet divisions until 6:00 pm today (Thursday),...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Prevailing political uncertainty and macro-economic situation have made the task of meeting the target of attaining 9.79 per cent tax-GDP ratio in the current fiscal year (FY), 2014-15, difficult, taxmen said. After analysing the relevant indicators of tax-revenue collection, they...
FE Report | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
The visiting United Nations (UN) team of experts has suggested that the government should take necessary measures to halt movements of vessels through the Sundarbans rivers for protecting biodiversity of the world's largest mangrove forest. Allowing traffic through the sensitive...
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 31 (AFP): The UN Security Council failed Tuesday to adopt a resolution on Palestinian statehood that was strongly opposed by the United States. China, France and Russia were among the eight countries that voted in favor of...
FE Report | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Dhaka city witnessed a 6.82 per cent increase in the living cost in 2014 compared to that of 2013 with a significant rise in house rent, according to an annual report released by the Consumers' Association of Bangladesh (CAB). The...
FE Report | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Terming the country's human rights situation in 2014 'alarming', Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), said on Wednesday that at least 128 people were killed in "crossfire" and 88 disappeared across the country during the year. In its annual report, ASK...
Siddique Islam | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
The un-audited operating profits of the country's private commercial banks (PCBs) got into a mixed bag in the just-concluded calendar year, primarily due to the swelling of non-performing loans (NPL). Bankers attributed the fall in operating profits of some larger...
JESSORE, Dec 31 (UNB): Planning to make Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) more modern and a strategically strong and effective force within 2021, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that very soon new aircraft and helicopters would be added to...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia placed on Wednesday a seven-point demand, including arrangement of a fresh inclusive national election under a neutral administration, reports UNB. She also announced that the BNP-led 20-party alliance would observe January 5 as 'Democracy Killing Day'...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Creating an environment conducive to doing business by the entrepreneurs and netting higher private investment as its dividend might prove to be the most daunting challenges for the economy in 2015. This is what the most economists said on the...
Babul Barman | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) registered a 14.03 per cent year-on-year growth in the outgoing year compared to previous year despite favourable economic factors and political stability. "The country's stock market passed a relatively stable year...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
The government has injected Tk 15 billion into two state-owned banks --Sonali and BASIC -- which were sucked almost dry of capital through alleged lending forgeries. Officials said Wednesday that kiss of life was given to the two struggling banks...
The government formed on Wednesday a six-member review committee, headed by Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, to review the report of the Pay and Service Commission, 2013. — UNB
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Wednesday that BNP has taken a lesson from the ineffectiveness of hartal and hoped that the party would wait until 2019 for the next polls instead of calling destructive political programmes, reports UNB. "They've taken...
The fifth session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin at 4pm on January 19 next, reports BSS. President M Abdul Hamid summoned Wednesday the session of parliament as per article 72 (1) of the Constitution. This will be...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 asked Wednesday the Prothom Alo to furnish by January 14 next the names and full addresses of the 50 signatories to the statement over its judgment against journalist David Bergman for contempt of court, reports...
FE Report | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
The ruling Awami League-backed Blue Panel has swept the Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) polls, bagging all the 15 posts of the executive committee. The BNP-Jamaat-backed White Panel failed to win even a single post of the committee. Prof Dr...
FE Report | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
First day of the two-day nationwide shutdown enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami passed off amid stray incidents in the capital and elsewhere in the country Wednesday. The second day's hartal gets under way at 6:00am today (Thursday). It will end at...
After a delay of more than two months, the first border market, locally known as haat, in Tripura is likely to be inaugurated on January 13, a senior official said in Dhaka. This will be the third such market along...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday said five new MI-171 helicopters, nine basic training and 16 combat training aircraft would be added to Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) fleet soon to build the BAF as a strong and efficient force. Noting that...
UN experts on Wednesday recommended halting plying water vessels through the Sundarbans to avert further environmental disasters. Considering the environmental aspects, the movement of water vessels through the mangrove forest should not be continued, they said while sharing the preliminary...
Asking new Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque to work with team spirit, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the police force will have to earn full confidence of people by performing their responsibilities. The Prime Minister...
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