MILAN, Dec 23 (Reuters): The Bank of Italy would not oppose a foreign takeover of troubled domestic bank Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS.MI), a senior central bank official said in a newspaper interview. Bank of Italy Deputy Director...
NEW YORK, Dec 23 (AFP): Israel's Bank Leumi Group has admitted to helping US taxpayers hide assets and agreed to pay a $270 million fine to settle a criminal probe, the Department of Justice announced Monday. From at least 2000...
Accusing the government of accelerating the trial process of Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases filed against Khaleda Zia with an evil motive, BNP feared Tuesday that its chairperson is unlikely to get justice in the two...
Awami League (AL) Advisory Committee Member and Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Tuesday that any move by the BNP to create anarchy in the name of movement would be resisted with an iron hand, reports BSS. "The BNP is issuing...
Dhaka City Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Minister for Relief and Disaster Management Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya said Tuesday the anarchy of BNP-Jamaat would be countered with the help of the people, reports BSS. "The alliance led by Khaleda...
State Minister for Women and Children's Affair Meher Afroz Chumki, MP, said Tuesday Tarique Rahman is the country's lone person to be linguistically-challenged, reports BSS. "As he did not learn to speak the language of the Liberation War, he does...
A Dhaka court dismissed Tuesday a compensation suit filed against Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan for 'defaming' BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman through his derogatory remarks, reports UNB. Court sources said joint general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum's Dhaka chapter...
WASHINGTON, Dec 23, 2014 (AFP): North Korea's Internet has gone dark amid rumors of US retaliation over its alleged hacking of a Hollywood studio, just as the pariah state came under attack at the UN over its rights record. It...
MYMENSINGH, Dec 23 (UNB): Police in separate drives arrested five suspected activists of the banned Islamic militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Fulbaria Upazila Monday. The arrestees were identified as Abdul Barek Munshi Bari, 45, teacher of Jorbaria Balika...
The High Court (HC) granted permanent bail Tuesday to Asif Adnan, a suspected member of militant outfit 'Ansarullah Bangla Team,' reports UNB. An HC bench of Justice M Abdul Aowal and Justice Abu Taher M Saifur Rahman granted the bail,...
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Speakers at a dialogue urged the government to assist tobacco cultivators financially to switch over to alternative crops instead of the health-hazardous one and demanded a strong policy to curb tobacco farming. Policymakers, researches, development experts, and media people were...
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The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) has fined 15 businesses in Dhaka, Gazipur and Barishal for violating relevant provisions of the Consumer Rights Protection Act 2009. Three separate teams of DNCRP realised the fine of Tk 80,000 from...
RANGPUR, Dec 23 (BSS): Chairman of Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Md Badiuzzaman at a views-sharing meeting here called upon everyone Tuesday to raise voice against corruption for stamping out the curse from the society. He was addressing the meeting organised by...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 23 (UNB): An alleged kidnapper was killed and three others were hurt in a lynch mob attack at Madam Bibirhat under Sitakunda Upazila Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Tofazzal Hossain (30). Police and locals said a group...
Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu said Bangladesh Television (BTV) is committed to the people's welfare, reports BSS. "One cannot think of life without TV today. It has become a part of our everyday life", the minister said this while speaking...
Chinese Foreign Minister (FM) Wang Yi will arrive in Dhaka on December 27 on a three-day visit which is expected to boost further the bilateral ties between the two countries, reports UNB. The Chinese FM is coming at the invitation...
Japan's Okayama University of Science has shown its willingness to manufacture Stevia products in Bangladesh under the university-industry collaboration programme with the Dhaka University (DU) through the University Grants Commission (UGC), reports UNB. A four-member delegation, led by Dr Hiroki...
Three persons were sentenced to death Tuesday for killing electrician Rubel by beheading him in the old parts of the city in 2010, reports BSS. Judge Muhammad Rezaul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge's Court-5 handed down the verdict at around...
The American Embassy, including the Consular Section and the American Centre with the Archer K Blood American Centre Library and the Education USA Student Advising Centre, will remain closed today (Wednesday) and tomorrow (Thursday) in observance of Christmas, an American...
Noted writer Noyon Rahman will be buried today (Wednesday) afternoon after arrival of her daughter from abroad, reports BSS. Noyon Rahman died Sunday night in the city's United Hospital at the age of 74. She was suffering from heart disease....
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), reports UNB. Mild cold wave is sweeping over the regions of Rajshahi, Pabna, Kushtia, Jessore, Srimangal and Mymensingh and it may...
HR Observation Forum body formed A 21-member convening committee of Bangladesh Human Rights Observation Forum was formed recently. Shahabuddin Ahmed Sabu and Shahed Ahmed were made convenor and member secretary respectively of the committee. Justice Mohd Amirul Kabir Chowdhury was...
Mohammed Salim Ishfaque Ali obtained Postgraduate Diploma in Bar Professional Training from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle in UK, said a press release. After receiving the bar professional training, he became a member and was admitted into the Honourable...
KASHIMPUR (Gazipur), Dec 23 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the Dhaka Central Jail would be relocated to Keraniganj from Lalbagh by June next. Inaugurating the Jail Week 2014 on Kashimpur Prison Compound Parade Field, the Prime Minister...
At least eight people were killed and over 20 injured as a bus tumbled into a roadside ditch in Jhalakathi Tuesday, sources said. Police and witnesses said a bus swerved off the Jhalakathi-Khulna highway into a ditch in Rajapur Upazila's...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-24 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 23: Port-users on Tuesday said the New Mooring Container Terminal (NMCT) should be made fully operational without further delay. The businesses are suffering a lot for failing to make timely shipment of their export cargo and get delivery...
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The government has formed two taskforces to oversee the post-inspection activities in the RMG sector, including hiring consultancy firms to conduct detailed engineering analysis (DEA) as well as approving corrective action plan (CAP) and monitoring its implementation, officials said. The...
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