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UNDP, KOICA’s new project launched   The government, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and UNDP Bangladesh jointly launched Monday a new project, titled 'Accelerating Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Sexual and Gender Based Violence. The significant feature of this pilot...

Photo: A procession jointly organised by Bangladesh Communist Party (CPB)

PM goes to Nepal today to attend Saarc Summit

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Nepal today(Tuesday) afternoon to attend the 18th Saarc Summit to be held in Kathmandu on November 26-27, reports UNB. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...

Steps taken to reduce navigational crisis

Minister for Water Resources Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmood told the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Monday that the government has undertaken various projects to mitigate navigational crisis in the country's rivers, reports BSS. Initiatives have been taken to curb navigational crisis and...

RMG workers for Delwar\\\'s arrest

Garment workers demanded on Monday the arrest of Tazreen Fashions Ltd owner Delwar Hossain in connection with the devastating fire at the factory that claimed over 100 lives in 2012, reports UNB. The demand was made from a protest rally...

RU teacher murder: Eight put on remand again

RAJSHAHI, Nov 24 (UNB): A court here placed eight people on a fresh one-day remand on Monday in connection with the murder of Rajshahi University (RU) teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam. Magistrate of the Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-3 Sharmin Akhter...

Journalists vow for formulating gender policy for media houses

Journalist leaders at a view exchange meeting Monday vowed to work for formulating a gender policy for all media houses to improve coverage on women and create a women-friendly working environment in media. The opinion exchange meeting with media policymakers...

Mother, son\\\'s throat-slit bodies recovered

RAJSHAHI, Nov 24 (UNB): Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of a woman and her son from their house at Deulia village in Bagmara upazila on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Aklima Begaum, 50, wife of late Majibar Rahman,...

Two get death penalty for murder in N\\\'ganj

NARAYANGANJ, Nov 24 (UNB): A court here sentenced two people to death and another one to life term imprisonment on Monday for killing a businessman in 2011. The two death convicts-Rana Miah and Moslemuddin - and lifer Amir Hossain remain...

Fire safety training for RMG security guards

Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety Monday launched fire safety training programme for security guards of readymade garment (RMG) factories on safe evacuation, aiming to help protect lives of workers in any untoward incidents. The course, aligned with guidelines produced by...

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Navy chief leaves for Myanmar Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Navy Vice Admiral M Farid Habib along with his wife left Dhaka for Myanmar Monday on a five-day visit on the invitation of Myanmar Navy Chief. During the visit,...

Weather

Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky till 6:00 pm today (Tuesday). Night temperature may fall slightly and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, Met Office said. The country's highest temperature of 30.1...

Sovereign bonds will be issued next year: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Monday the government will consider issuing sovereign bonds next year to mobilise the required foreign currencies. "Our foreign currency reserve is quite well this year. So, we are not thinking of issuing the bonds this...

SC rejects Khaleda petitions

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has rejected two leave to appeal petitions BNP chief Khaleda Zia had filed over a case accusing her of graft in the Zia Orphanage Trust, report agencies. A five-member bench headed by...

China\\\'s hydro project may curb water flow to BD river

BEIJING, Nov 24 (PTI): China today partly commissioned its largest hydropower station in Tibet, built on the Brahmaputra river that could restrict the flow of water in the major river in the riparian regions in India and Bangladesh. The first...

BD to pay $9.87m for buying 1,364 more IBRD shares

The government is going to pay US$9.87 million for purchasing 1,364 more shares of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), a wing of the World Bank (WB) Group, officials said Monday. "All the official formalities have been completed....

Women entrepreneurs\\\' summit held in Ctg

CHITTAGONG, Nov 24: Entrepreneurs at a women business summit in Chittagong on Monday emphasized more business-friendly environment in respect of VAT and tax regime to encourage small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to be more creative and innovative. Hundreds of women...

BB sells $45m to 5 banks

The central bank resumed its foreign-exchange support through selling the US dollar to the commercial banks after nearly two years and a half to keep the market stable, officials said. As part of the move, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) sold...

Photo: Garment workers\\\' rights activists and family members of Tazreen fire victims

Photo: Islamist organisations held a rally and demonstrated in front of Baitul Mukarram

Irregularities involving Tk 61.95b found

The office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh brought 285 objections in its 17 audit reports on financial dealings by various government organisations that involved an amount of Tk 61.95 billion. Various government organisations, financial institutions and...

AIT pays dividends but individuals still shy of coming under tax net

The number of actual personal income tax-payers has been stagnant, if not on the decline, during the last two years. A substantial part of the individual income tax receipts comes in the form of as advance income tax (AIT). The...

Mobarak to die for war crimes

Mobarak Hossain, the first-ever union-level ruling Awami League leader of Brahmanbaria, was on Monday awarded death penalty for perpetrating crimes against humanity, especially genocide, during the Liberation War 43 years ago, reports UNB. With the 64-year-old war criminal in the...

TI seeks transparency in RMG units

Visiting Transparency International (TI) founder Dr Peter Eigen said on Monday the government, private sector and civil society members must work collectively for sustainable growth of RMG (readymade garment) industry here. Placing the concept of GITI (Garment Industries Transparency Initiative)...

Cost to go up by Tk 2b for extension of time

Cost of the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway project is set to increase again by minimum Tk 2.0 billion from the existing Tk 32 billion, as the project's lifetime has to be spun out by another year. Sources said the Roads and...

PM orders stern actions against troublemakers

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina directed the government officials Monday to take stern actions against those creating anarchy and violence at the educational institutions. She asked the officials to take prompt actions without waiting for permission from their higher authorities.  ...

Confusion over arrest of Latif Siddique persists

State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said Monday that the law enforcing agencies could not arrest Abdul Latif Siddique without consent of the parliament Speaker. "The parliament session is going on. He (Siddique) is still a member of...

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Get formalin detectors for food: HC

The High Court has ordered government to constitute an expert committee in a week for procuring detectors suitable for tracing formalin in food.  The bench of justices Salma Masud Chowdhury and Md Khasruzzaman gave the order Monday. They ordered that...