Eleven new medical colleges are set to begin their academic activities on January 10 next, reports UNB. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the academic activities of the new medical colleges on the day, Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said on...
Visiting Qatar Navy Chief Staff Major General (Sea) Mohammed Nasser Al-Mohannadi called on his Bangladesh counterpart Chief of the Naval Staff Vice Admiral M Farid Habib at Naval headquarters at Banani in the city Sunday, says a ISPR press release...
She never thought she would ever be able to enter Bangabhaban, let alone meeting the President. To her surprise, Sanjida Afrin Smriti, a fourth-grader, saw everything unbelievable happening in one day. "I'm very excited today. I never imagined meeting the...
NARAYANGANJ, Dec 28 (UNB): Two people were killed and a minor girl was injured critically when the water tank of a house collapsed on them in Godnail Noyapara area of Siddhirganj upazila on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Jharna...
The election of Bangladesh Customs, Excise & VAT Executive Officers' Association (BCEVEOA) for the year 2015 will be held on January 10, 2015. The schedule of the election was announced at a meeting of the executive committee of the Association...
COMILLA, Dec 28 (UNB): A case has been filed against a UP chairman of Debidwar upazila on charge of violating a Hindu schoolgirl. Victim's father filed the case against Uttar Gunaighar union parishad chairman Khorshed Alam with Kotwali Model Police...
GAZIPUR, Dec 28 (UNB): A man was shot dead by a gang of muggers and another sustained bullet wound on Konabari-Kashimpur road in front of Konabari Brac Bank Sunday. The deceased was identified as Roman (35), a messenger of Konabari...
Two construction workers were electrocuted in the city's Islambag area on Sunday morning, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Asadul,24, son of Kalu, a resident of Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur district, and Kota,35, son of Torab Ali, a resident...
Kamal Lohani reelected Udichi chief Kamal Lohani and Prabir Sikdar have been reelected president and general secretary respectively of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi. They were elected at the 19th national conference of the organisation at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Public...
FE Report Teachers and staff of the country's non-government schools and colleges announced Sunday 21-point demands including payment of their salaries according to the newly proposed national pay scale. Their demands also include establishing a separate directorate for the secondary...
President Abdul Hamid underscored on Sunday the need for establishing direct road and rail links between China's Kunming and Chittagong via Myanmar to enhance trade and commerce as well as people-to-people contact between the two countries, reports BSS. The emphasis...
HABIGANJ, Dec 28 (UNB) : A court here on Sunday sent Habiganj municipality mayor Golam Kibrai Gaus to jail, rejecting his bail prayer in a case filed in connection with the killing of former Finance Minister Shah AMS Kibria. Senior...
The parliamentary standing committee on religious affairs ministry asked Sunday officials concerned to ensure appropriate steps for transparent and accountable management of Waqf property, reports BSS. "At a meeting the committee urged the ministry to take steps for proper management...
A Dhaka court set Sunday January 20 for hearing on framing charge against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 22 others in connection with a case of damaging and torching vehicles, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Tareq...
HC asks govt not to harass 2 BNP leaders The High Court on Sunday directed the authorities concerned not to harass or arrest BNP leaders Abdul Awal Mintoo and Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin in two cases filed against them. An...
FE Report | 2014-12-29 00:00:00
The central bank will sit with commercial banks at district, divisional and regional levels from next month to expedite both disbursement and recovery of agricultural credits, officials said. Ten branch offices of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) will organise the daylong...
FE Report Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said Sunday that Jihad, the minor, died from drowning after fall into a deep well in the capital. The head of DMCH forensic department, Dr Habibuzzaman, disclosed the finding after autopsy...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-12-29 00:00:00
A single-point mooring (SPM) that remained stalled for at least five years for want of funds may move now as a Chinese firm is making arrangement of nearly $500 million to fund the project. The SPM is meant for facilitating...
Internet and 3G mobile network of North Korea were paralysed again amid bickering between the United States and the former over an earlier cyber attack on Sony Pictures, reports IANS. At 7.30 pm Pyongyang time Saturday, North Korea's internet and...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-12-29 00:00:00
The government has rejected Chevron's plea to raise natural gas tariff of its Bibiyana gas-field by 3.0 per cent annually and extending tenure of the production sharing contract (PSC), a top official said. "We have rejected the proposal, as there...
Detained Jubo Dal president Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday night after he fell ill, reports UNB. Police said Alal, who is now on a three-day remand in a case filed in...
China proposed on Sunday the signing of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Bangladesh to boost trade ties between the two countries and thus minimise the trade gap with the latter, reports UNB. The Chinese side came up with the...
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday his country would always remain beside Bangladesh in its development needs, reports BSS. He said this during a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganobhaban in the city in...
Sadiq Ahmed | 2014-12-29 00:00:00
The proposed hike in the salaries of the civil service employees by the National Pay Commission has provided meat for a substantial debate over the past few days. This is arguably the single most discussed economic subject presently. People have...
The BNP-led 20-party alliance enforces a nationwide daylong hartal today (Monday), protesting the 'foiling' of its scheduled Gazipur rally and demanding release of its arrested senior leaders, reports UNB. The hartal that will begin at 6am and end at 6pm...
Siddique Islam | 2014-12-29 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed the commercial banks to be more careful while opening and maintaining accounts of the domestically influential people, officials said. Influential people means individuals who are or have been entrusted domestically with prominent public functions,...
FE Report Bangladesh's overseas employment grew by one percent in 2014 than the previous year, mainly due to an increase in the outflow of female workers, said a report of the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU). It also...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-12-29 00:00:00
Passport became costlier for people seeking to go abroad as the government began collecting 15 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on passport-issuance fees from Sunday. Those who came on the day for the important service were found in a...
JAKARTA, Dec 28 (AFP): An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore Sunday morning, officials and the Malaysian airline said. "The AirAsia flight flying from Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with Jakarta...
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