BRAHMANBARIA, Jan 2 (UNB): After two months of disruption that led to a colossal loss worth Tk one billion (100 crore), production in Ashuganj Fertiliser Factory resumed on Friday. Officials at the factory noted that they produced only 42,700 tonnes...
Mr Golam Mahmud (63), a valiant Freedom Fighter and a senior leader of Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) passed away Friday at his residence in Dhaka, (Innalilahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Rajioon). He was also a Director of Eastland Insurance Co. Ltd....
The new Board of Directors of Bangladesh Indenting Agents' Association (BIAA) for the year 2015 & 2016 assumed the office Thursday. M.S. Siddiqui, Dr. S. M. Jaglul A Mozumdar, Syed Tasadeque Hossain (Jahangir) were elected as President, Senior Vice-President and...
The local brand 'Marcel' is rapidly growing in the country's electronics, electrical and automobile market through expanding its market across the country. With the aim of catering the local demands for kitchen and home appliances, Marcel is going to add...
KABUL, Jan 2 (AFP): The Taliban insurgency may still be raging but the poor state of the economy could pose a bigger threat to Afghanistan's long-term viability, and huge mineral reserves are unlikely to offer a quick fix. In Kabul's...
JAKARTA, Jan 2 (AFP): Indonesia's inflation rate shot up in December and its trade balance swung to a deficit after the country's new president hiked fuel prices by 30 per cent a month earlier, data showed Friday. December inflation jumped...
SINGAPORE, Jan 2 (AFP): The euro edged lower against the dollar in Asia on Friday amid mounting speculation the European Central Bank will start buying sovereign bonds, analysts said. The euro bought $1.2055 in afternoon Singapore trade -- near two-year...
TAIYUAN, Jan. 2 (Xinhua): The world's largest facility to turn excess methane gas from coal mines into electricity has been completed in north China's Shanxi Province. The facility was completed by the Lu'an Group, which owns the Gaohe Coal Mine...
YANGON, Jan 2 (Xinhua): Myanmar will host ASEAN Tourism Forum-2015 later this month in Nay Pyi Taw aimed at enhancing the country's growth of tourist industry, the Hotels and Tourism Ministry said today. The 34th ASEAN Tourism Forum, the first...
Ismail Hossain | 2015-01-03 00:00:00
A government move is now in top gear for introducing Lead MFI (micro-finance institution) System to coordinate poverty-reduction programmes at the root level. The Micro-credit Regulatory Authority (MRA) is preparing the new model of action under the poverty-alleviation recipe. "Lead...
COMILLA, Jan 2 (UNB): An auto-rickshaw driver was slaughtered by some miscreants at Alekhachar village in Sadar upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Monir Hossain, 32, son of Fariduddin, a resident of the village. Police said Monir remained...
MUNSHIGANJ, Jan 2 (UNB): A garment trader was found dead in Srinagar upazila on Friday, four days after he had gone missing. Police recovered the body of Sohagh Dhali, 25, owner of 'Sohagh Garment' situated in the district town of...
MADARIPUR, Jan 2 (UNB): Two people were killed by their rivals following previous enmity over establishing supremacy at Bachamara village in Shibchar upazila on Thursday night and Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Milon Hawlader,30 and Abbas Hawlader,35. Police...
It is possible to ensure healthcare facilities in rural areas through grooming up village doctors providing them with proper education and training, according to new studies, reports UNB. Two new icddr,b studies find that better education, training and access to...
Biggyan Andolon Mancha, a citizens' platform, launched a countrywide mass-signature campaign on Friday to save the Sundarbans from 'destructive' development activities, reports UNB. Prof Dr Anu Mohammad inaugurated the campaign in front of the Jatiya Press Club. The campaign was...
BENAPOLE, Jan 2 (UNB): At least 271 people were killed in Benapole in the outgoing year 2014 giving a clear manifestation of the deterioration of law and order. The above information was revealed by a survey conducted by Human Rights...
Two balloon traders were injured when a gas cylinder blasted at Kachupatti at Shyambazar in the city on Friday morning, reports UNB. The injured were identified as Fariduzzaman, 35, and Abdur Rashid, 45. Sources said the gas cylinder of a...
SUPRO's workers meeting on pro-people tax system Sushashoner Jonno Procharavijan (SUPRO) and Shwadhin Bangla Garments Workers Federation will organise a workers' meeting and Mass Song programme at the National Press Club Auditorium in the city tomorrow (Sunday) demanding pro-people tax...
Light rain is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions until 6pm today (Saturday). Light to moderate fog may occur over...
JU Correspondent | 2015-01-03 00:00:00
Ruling out any possibility of holding dialogue with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) before 2019, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said on Friday the next general election will be held under the Awami League (AL) government. The minister made the remark while...
Ganoforum president Dr Kamal Hossain said on Friday the state now has lost the sense of humanity as the rulers have got detached from people, reports UNB. "The state has lost the sense of humanity. Why? Those who are running...
BNP leader Khandaker Mahbub Hossain has said the party will 'start a new journey to retrieve democracy' from January 5, report agencies. The chairperson's advisory council member speaking at a discussion in Dhaka on Friday said, "The January 5 polls...
BENAPOLE (Jessore), Jan 2 (UNB): One person was injured in a gunfight between two groups of the ruling Awami League (AL) over taking control of a cattle market at Bagachra in Sharsha upazila of the district on Thursday night. Police...
NEW YORK, Jan 2 (bdnews24.com): The recall of 12 members of the staff will affect the mission, says Bangladesh's Permanent Representative to the United Nations AK Abdul Momen. The transfer of almost half the Bangladesh UN mission staff at a...
SYLHET, Jan 2 (UNB): A crude bomb was hurled targeting the vehicle of former Sylhet City Corporation mayor and city Awami League president Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran at Pathantula here on Friday afternoon. However, he escaped the attack unhurt as...
BENAPOLE (Jessore), Jan 2 (UNB): Police on Thursday night filed a case against 27 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami on charge of violence in the Kuyada Bazar area in Jessore Sadar upazila during Wednesday's countrywide hartal enforced by the party.
SYLHET, Jan 2 (UNB): One more Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist has been held in connection with the organisation's infighting at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) that left one dead. Police picked up Ramim Ibn Jahan, a third...
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