Syful Islam | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
A government committee has recommended formation of a commission to be headed by a retired judge or a secretary level official to take action against the organisations like Jubo Karmasangsthan Society (Jubok) and others which are involved in cheating people,...
FE Report | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety Independent Chair Ellen Tauscher on Sunday expressed satisfaction over the progress Bangladesh has made so far in implementing its commitments to ensure safe workplace for workers. "We have seen great progress that has taken place...
Assam police have arrested a key leader of the banned terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen from a sleepy district of Nalbari and initial questioning of the man identified as Sahanur Alon alias 'doctor' revealed an elaborate plot to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh...
FE Report | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs at a meeting Sunday approved in principle Orbital Slot lease from Russia for the Bangabandhu Satellite project at a cost of Tk 2.19 billion. Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith presided over the meeting....
Muggers allegedly snatched Tk10.9 million in cash in three separate incidents in the city, leaving three people injured Sunday, reports UNB. A group of muggers snatched Tk 9.0 million from BKash employees from a car after shooting its driver near...
Eminent actor Khalil Ullah Khan Khalil passed away at around 11am on Sunday at the city's Square Hospital at the age of 81, reports BSS. "Actor Khalil died of cardiac arrest today (Sunday)," a hospital official told the news agency....
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 7: Executive magistrates at a training session on mobile courts in Rangamati hill district have taken oath to establish rule of law for protecting rights of the people. District administration of Rangamati organised the training session at the...
A court in the city rejected Sunday a bail petition of sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique in a case filed for his disparaging remarks on Hajj and Tablig Jamaat, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Asaduzzaman Noor passed the order...
FE Report | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
Dishonesty and indiscipline are principally responsible for the recent serial financial frauds in the country's banking sector, senior bankers and experts said and proposed a recast of the bank boards. They underscored ensuring good governance through restructuring the boards of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked Sunday all concerned, including the owners of garment factories and consumers, workers and foreign buyers, to remain alert against conspirators, both at home and abroad, trying to destroy the country's highly potential RMG sector, reports...
Moazzem Hossain back from China | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
The falling cost of transport has been the driving force behind globalisation for much of modern economic history. This has created favourable conditions for what has now come to be known as "unbundling" of manufacturing. In the process, 'supply chains'...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
The government has backtracked on its previous stand and decided not to relax further the fiscal terms of model production sharing contract (PSC) for the next round of bidding to carry out oil and gas exploration in the Bay of ...
Three girl students of Rajshahi Government College were killed as a bus carrying them was rammed by another in a violent collision at Kantakhali near the city on Sunday afternoon. Seventeen more were injured in the accident in front of...
Ahsan Mansur | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh's financial system has, in recent years, experienced rapid expansion in terms of financial deepening and inclusiveness. Like most other countries, developing and developed, it has also faced a number of challenges. Challenges are many for any central bank of...
The BNP-led 20-party alliance Sunday threatened to announce non-stop protest programmes if gas and power tariffs are hiked as per the government's move, reports UNB. "Non-stop programmes will be thrown from the day the prices of power and gas will...
Shakib Al Hasan has regained his position as the top allrounder of cricket's shortest format Twenty20. Pakistan's Mohammad Hafiz's poor performance has catapulted Shakib to the top. He is currently ranked third among top ODI allrounders. — bdnews24.com
Kuwait has decided to reopen the entry of Bangladeshi workers in February after a seven-year ban on most Bangladeshi workers, said Bangladesh Ambassador to Kuwait Maj Gen Mohammed Ashhabuddin. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali recently met his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) formed on Sunday a seven-member committee to oversee the process of bringing government university colleges under the control of public universities. The seven-member committee, headed by UGC member Prof Dr Mohammad Mohabbat Khan, was formed...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has renewed her call on everyone to join forces together in pushing the ruling party from power. ‘This government will have to go in order to save the country. All of us will have to unite...
Police on Sunday night arrested 16 activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) along with a BNP leader while holding a meeting at a local school. The arrested include Rajshahi University (RU) unit JCD president Imtiaz Ahmed, general secretary Quamrul Hasan,...
A woman and her minor son were killed and 12 other people injured in a road accident in Jaintapur Upazila in Sylhet district on Sunday afternoon. The dead are Jesmin Akter, 22, wife of Oliur Rahman of Rupcheng village and...
Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, have arrived in New York City on the royal couple’s 1st official visit to the US. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s motorcade pulled up outside the Carlyle Hotel on Sunday night to...
Bangladesh Navy ship ‘BNS Samudra Joy’ has set sails for Maldives with emergency drinkable water and desalination plants. ‘Samudra Joy’ is carrying 0.1 million litres of safe drinking water and five mobile water desalination plants to the Maldives to help...
The Gaibandha liberation day has been observed through various programmes in the district town amid festivities and enthusiasm among the people from all walks in life. The Gaibandha Hanadarmukta Dibash Udjapon Committee in association with various organisations and freedom fighters...
Ferry services in the Daulatdia-Paturia route in Padma River resumed on Monday morning after a 6-hour disruption due to dense fog. Mahiuddin Rasel, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Aricha Ferry Ghat (terminal), Manikganj, said the ferry...
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