Condemned convict and Jamaat policymaker Mir Quasem Ali filed an appeal Sunday with the Supreme Court challenging the death penalty awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 for his crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation in 1971, report...
Claiming that only the Awami League (AL) government has established education as a right, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury said Sunday criticisms of the education system do not go with those who did not do anything for it, reports UNB. "Mistakes...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 sent Sunday detained war crimes suspects Maulana Sakhawat Hossain, a former lawmaker of Jessore-6 constituency, and advocate Shamsuddin Ahmed of Kishoreganj, to jail as police through the prosecution produced the duo before the tribunal in...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hassan Mahmood Khandker asked Sunday the senior police officers to increase use of information technology (IT) to identify criminals, reports UNB. The IGP made the call while addressing the quarterly crime review conference (July-September 2014)...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said Sunday Bangladesh will not tolerate any form of terrorism and never allow its soil to be used against the interest of any country, particularly India, reports UNB. "It is the principled and unequivocal position...
The High Court (HC) granted Sunday interim bail for four weeks to BNP's Dhaka city unit member secretary Habibunnabi Khan Sohel in a case filed for vandalism, reports UNB. An HC bench comprising Justice Syed AB Mahmudul Haque and Justice...
FE Report | 2014-12-01 00:00:00
Under-nutrition costs Bangladesh more than Tk 70 billion in lost productivity every year and even more in health care costs, a survey said. The country's 39 districts out of 64 have stunting rates above the WHO critical threshold level which...
The body of Dr Shamarukh Mahjabin was yet to be exhumed for re-autopsy even six days after a court order. A letter carrying the order was received by the Jessore Civil Surgeon Dr Atikur Rahman on Thursday. A three-member committee,...
SUNAMGANJ, Nov 30 (UNB): To everyone's surprise, Tahirpur upazila chairman Kamruzzaman Kamrul went to Upazila Health Complex on Sunday morning with broomstick in his hands and started cleaning up the compound. As the news spread around, the health complex authorities...
A Dhaka tribunal freshly indicted Oishee Rahman along with her two friends on Sunday in a case filed for killing her police officer father Mahfuzur Rahman and mother Swapna Rahman, reports UNB. Judge of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 ABM Sazdeur...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-01 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Nov 30: The Ice Breaking Evening for the new management and sub-committee members of Chittagong Boat Club (CBC) was held on Saturday evening on the club premises. The function kicked off with a meeting held by the new management...
Gallery Cosmos will be showcased among 50 other international art galleries and new artist projects at the Select Art Fair 2014 at Miami Beach, Florida from December 2 to 7, reports UNB. The Gallery Cosmos will be featuring artworks of...
JU Correspondent | 2014-12-01 00:00:00
The viva voce for the first year Honours admission to Jahangirnagar University (JU) for the academic session 2014-15 will begin today (Monday) and continue until December 4. The final list of the students who will get chance for admission to...
COX'S BAZAR, Nov 30 (UNB): A young man was shot to death by a gang of robbers at Purba Goakhali village in Pekua upazila early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Khalek,28, son of Ola Miah, a resident of...
DINAJPUR, Nov 30 (UNB): A restaurant employee was found dead beside a road in Chandganj College area in the district town on Saturday morning. The victim was identified as Rana, 14, an employee of Jamil Hotel and Restaurant at Gopalganj...
Sakhawat Hossain Badsha, special correspondent of the daily Inqilab and Elias Hossain, special correspondent of Independent TV, were elected president and general secretary respectively of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Sunday for the 2015 term, reports UNB. Badsha bagged 366...
'Joi Bangla' sculpture to be set up at DU Zia Hall today 'Joi Bangla,' a sculpture in memory of the Liberation War, will be unveiled on the premises of Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall of Dhaka University (DU) at 3pm today...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Monday), reports UNB. Light to moderate fog may occur over the country during late night until morning, Met Office said. Night and day temperatures...
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A total of 43 banks, non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs), insurance companies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and public-sector entities won the ICAB National Award for their best presented annual reports on their financial affairs in 2013. Finance Minister AMA Muhith handed over...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court rejected on Sunday BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's leave-to-appeal against a High Court verdict allowing framing of charges by a trial court in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case, reports UNB. The full bench...
A court here Sunday fixed December 7 for framing charge against 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....
NARAYANGANJ, Nov 30 (UNB): A Jubo League activist was hacked to death and 10 people were injured in a clash between the activists of Awami Leauge and BNP in Araihazar upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased was...
Celebrated painter Qayyum Chowdhury has died after falling sick at the Bengal Classical Music Festival, reports bdnews24.com. He collapsed on stage around 8:40pm after addressing the audience on the third day of the festival being held at Dhaka's Army Stadium...
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The time for submission of individuals' tax returns expired Sunday with a last minute rush of the taxpayers in the tax offices. Tax officials said the number of tax returns by individual taxpayers would see an increase in the current...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 30 (UNB): The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday submitted chargesheets in two cases over railway graft dropping the name of suspended general manager of Bangladesh Railway (East) Yusuf Ali Mridha. Two ACC assistant directors (Dhaka region) submitted...
An opposition Jatiya Party MP has laid the blame for the question paper leaks during all public examinations on the education ministry, reports bdnews24.com. Sunamganj-4 MP Pir Fazlur Rahman during an unscheduled discussion in Parliament on Sunday demanded immediate action...
COX'S BAZAR, Nov 30 (UNB): Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive rescued two fishermen and arrested 10 pirates from the Bay of Bengal under Kutubdia here on Sunday. Commander of Coast Guard Kutubdia station Firoz Ahmed said gangsters...
MANIKGANJ, Nov 30 (UNB): Ferry services on the Daulatdia-Paturia route resumed this (Sunday) morning after four hours' disruption due to dense fog. Mahiuddin Rasel, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Aricha, said they kept suspended ferry services...
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