FE Report The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has warned of tough action against those resorting to fraudulent activities identifying themselves as officials of the anti-graft watchdog. "We have received a lot of complaints that some people used the ACC's name...
The tradtioal 'Chittaong Festival and Annual Mezban', organized by Chittagong Samity-Dhaka, will be held today (Saturday) at the Parliament Members Club in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar of the capital, reports UNB. Ministers, MPs, secretaries, politicians, businessmen, and high civil and military officials...
NATORE, Nov 28 (UNB): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members in a drive recovered a touchstone statue of a Hindu goddess worth Tk 70 million and arrested a man and his son in this connection at Sultanpur village in Natore Sadar...
Finance Minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith said Friday that the government would take initiatives to set up cultural centres in important cities of different countries, including Kolkata and London, to project the country's culture abroad, reports BSS. "The rich folk...
SIRAJGANJ, Nov 28 (bdnews24.com): A three-year old child has allegedly been raped in the district, police and victim's family say. The incident reportedly took place around Thursday noon at Bilashpur in Madhainagar Union, Tarash thana OC Ataur Rahman said on...
Workers of Wega Fashions, a garment factory in Dhanmondi of the capital, held a rally Friday protesting "illegal termination and attacks on the workers by the owner" of the factory, reports UNB. The rally was organised under the banner of...
KHULNA, Nov 28 (UNB): A police probe panel recommended taking action against the officer-in-charge (Investigation) and a constable of Dumuria thana over the death of a medicine trader in police custody. The three-member investigation committee formed by the Khuna Range...
BENAPOLE, Nov 28 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive rescued 34 people, including 10 women and three children, from Putkhali border of Benapole Friday morning while being trafficked to India. The rescued people hail from Bagerhat,...
Old man burnt to death in N'ganj NARAYANGONJ, Nov 28: A septuagenarian man was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at his house in Mazdair of Fotullah in Sadar upazila. The deceased was identified as Abed Ali,...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6pm today (Saturday). Light fog may occur over the country during late night until morning, Met Office said. Night temperature may rise by 1-2 degree...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-11-29 00:00:00
A good number of tax-related decisions have remained stalled as the law ministry recently asked the revenue board to seek legal clearance in the matters of some SROs through the Internal Resources Division (IRD). Some important Statutory Regulatory Orders (SROs)...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-11-29 00:00:00
Nearly 40 per cent of the Tk 25.19 billion funds sought for a proposed power sector project are set to be spent for less-important matters, including purchase of vehicles and foreign training, officials said Wednesday. Such huge spending of the...
Arafat Ara The government's borrowing from savings instruments during the July-October period of this fiscal (2014-15) surpassed the entire fiscal's target as higher yield rates lured the savers to invest more in these secure tools. The net sales of savings...
The pace of execution of the country's over Tk 803-billion annual development programme (ADP) in July-September period hit a four-year low at 9.0 per cent, official sources said. Such sloth in development works in the first quarter of the current...
Rezaul Karim The government may withdraw the upfront tax at source on profit earned from its different securities from the next fiscal year (FY), 2015-16, to help develop the secondary market for the same, officials said. The Bangladesh Bank (BB)...
DINAJPUR, Nov 28 (Agencies): Two members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were killed as a truck crashed into their motorcycle in Fulbari Upazila here Friday. The deceased were identified Al Amin (20), son of Golam Mostafa of Laxmipur, and Rubel...
Bangladesh candidate Captain Moin Uddin Ahmed has been elected Director General of the International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO) in an election held during the 23rd session of the IMSO Assembly in London. This is the first time in the 35...
FE Report | 2014-11-29 00:00:00
Agitated people at Natun Bazar area in the capital on Friday enforced road blockade in protest against murder of Farjana and demanded immediate arrest of the killers. The local people, along with her classmates, formed a human chain at about...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-11-29 00:00:00
Incidents of carjacking have marked a significant rise over the months as more than two vehicles are stolen in every 24 hours from the capital. Such growing incidents of vehicle theft have given rise to serious concern among the car...
Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal at her meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday said her country wanted to see strong democracies in South Asian countries for continuation of the...
Syful Islam | 2014-11-29 00:00:00
The government has sought more time to sign a financial agreement with the Chinese Exim Bank to fund procurement of six vessels for the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC), official sources said. Recently, the Economic Relations Division (ERD) sent a letter...
Tigers beat Zimbabwe by 21 runs in the fourth game of the five-match Bashundhara Cement ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday to move close to whitewashing the visiting team, reports UNB. Bangladesh is now...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 28 (UNB): A man died and at least 26 people went missing as a fishing trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal near the Saint Martin's Island early Friday. Sources at the Chittagong Sea Port said the fishing...
The Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) issued a threat to the government that it will call a hartal unless the step taken by the govt to hike the prices of power and gas is not scrapped. ‘We will call a hartal...
There are 'too many' trade unions in Bangladesh’s export-focused readymade garment (RMG) industry. Multiple trade unions are not good for the garment industry, said State Minister for Labour Mujibul Haque Chunnu while addressing a programme in the city. He cautioned...
Speakers at a discussion in Rajshahi said more public awareness on tax collection has become indispensable for successful recovery of tax, very important for development. They mentioned that the existing tax collection process and services need to be pro-people. So,...
An auto-rickshaw driver was killed and three passengers were injured in an accident on on Maijdee-Chaumuhani Road near Maijdee Bajar under Noakhali Sadar Upazila on Friday. The dead is Abdur Rahim 28, son of Md Idris Miah of Debipur village...
A mobile court has seized 1,500 metres of illegal fishing net in Surma River in Tuker Bazar area of Sunamganj district. The mobile court, led by magistrate Mohammad Jubair Ahmed, conducted a daylong drive in Surma River along Tuker Bazar...
Hundreds of people paid homage to former mayor of Dhaka City Corporation Mohammad Hanif on the 8th death anniversary of the Awami League leader who died from the wounds sustained in the grenade attacks on an AL rally in front...
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