Assistant Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration of landlocked country Botswana Dikgang Phillip Makgalemele arrives in Dhaka on a two-day visit tomorrow (Saturday) to explore prospective areas of cooperation between the two countries, reports UNB. The is going to...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Dec 18 (UNB): A mobile court here sentenced an alleged fake doctor to two years' imprisonment and his seven agents to one year's jail each in the district town on Wednesday. The convicts were identified as fake doctor Morshed,...
BAGERHAT, Dec 18 (BSS/UNB): Matlebur Rahman Chowdhury, father-in-law of lawmaker Sheikh Helal Uddin and advisor of Orion Group, died at United Hospital in the capital this morning at the age of 82. He left behind his wife, one son, two...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
Gazipur, Dec 18: A discussion, organised by Bangladesh Open University (BOU) was held at the university conference hall in Gazipur Thursday marking the 43rd victory day. Minister for Liberation War Affairs Advocate AKM Mozammel Hoque was present as the chief...
Publication ceremony of annual report on 'Governance situation' tomorrow A publication ceremony of annual report on 'Governance situation in Bangladesh 2013: Democracy, Party and Politics' organised by BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University will be held at...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) is set to introduce an intercity train, 'Bijoy Express', on Chittagong-Mymensingh route today (Friday), reports UNB. Railways Minister Mazibul Hoque will inaugurate the train service on the new route in Mymensingh at 5pm, said Director General of...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Friday). Mild cold wave is sweeping over the regions of Madaripur, Rajshahi, Pabna, Sayedpur, Jessore, Kushtia and Srimangal and it may spread...
FE Report | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
The second international Kaizen Convention 2014 was held Thursday in the capital with a call to ensure good governance of government offices for the benefit of the people. Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)...
FE Report | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
The government plans to conduct a survey on childhood blindness to determine the number of country's blind children. Prof AHM Enayet Hussain of National Eye Care under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the government plan at a...
FE Report | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) quizzed business tycoon Moosa Bin Shamsher on Thursday for allegedly accumulating illegal wealth abroad. ACC deputy director Meer Jainul Abedin Shibly questioned him at the commission for around three hours from 10:00 am, ACC public relations...
HAVANA, Dec 18 (AFP): The decision by the United States and Cuba to renew diplomatic relations marks the end of "hard Castro-ism" on the communist island and a victory for pragmatic diplomacy, analysts said. Cuban President Raul Castro helped pave...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has taken an initiative to check unauthorised investment in the 5-year Bangladesh Saving Certificate, reports BSS. The central bank last week asked all of its executive directors and general managers and managing directors and the chief executives...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) allocated on Thursday Tk 450 million (45 crore) for 13 public and private universities under the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) for establishing quality assurance cells (QACs), reports UNB. The universities receiving the fund...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is set to come up with a fund of US$250 million afresh to help complete the remaining reform programmes of Bangladesh's capital market and insurance sector. Ministry of Finance (MoF) officials said on Thursday, the...
A meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on the ministry of forest and environment asked the authorities concerned to ban movement of all risky and unfit oil tankers in and around the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, reports BSS....
FE Report | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
A significant rise in illicit money outflows from Bangladesh, as reported by the Global Financial Integrity (GFI), has raised concern among the relevant state agencies, economists and anti-graft activists. According to them, such illegal capital outflows not only cause a...
Monira Munni | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
Stroke was the leading cause of death claiming 178,354 lives in Bangladesh in 2013 replacing diarrheal diseases two decades ago, according to a new report on country-specific cause-of-death data for 188 countries. The data was prepared by an international consortium...
The country's foreign exchange reserve has hit a new high at $22.38 billion riding on the positive remittance inflow and increased export earnings, reports UNB. The reserve stood at $ 21.38 billion at the end of the day on Thursday,...
FE Report | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
The latest findings of Washington-based Global Financial Integrity (GFI) - that was formed in 2006 to analyse unrecorded money disappearing out of developing countries - show that 'illicit financial outflows' from Bangladesh averaged, on an annual basis, at $1.3 billion...
NEW DELHI (UNB): President Abdul Hamid on Thursday paid homage to India's Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi. The Bangladesh President placed wreaths at the Mahatma Gandhi's 'Samadhi' at Rajghat 4pm (local time). On his arrival at the Rajghat, Hamid...
JU Correspondent | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
A new species of butterfly (flat white yellow-breasted) has been identified by Prof Dr Monwar Hossain, a teacher of Zoology Department of Jahangirnagar University (JU). He disclosed this at a press conference held at the central cafeteria lounge of JU...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
After nearly four years of enactment of the Plant Quarantine Act 2011, the government has taken move to make the Plant Quarantine Rules and Regulations effective, officials said. The rules might be effective within January-February period next year, they said....
A Dhaka court on Thursday issued a warrant of arrest against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman in a case filed for calling Bangabandhu a "great Razakar". Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate M Yunus Khan issued the arrest warrant after M Mostafizur Rahman...
A total of 9,822 candidates have passed the written tests of the 34th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS). Of the successful candidates, about 5,922 candidates qualified under the general cadre while the rest under the technical and professional cadres, a press...
GAZIPUR, Dec 18: Two workers died as a dredger sank in the Shitlakkhya River being hit by another dredger at Saoraid in Kaliganj upazila Thursday. The deceased were identified as Sawkat Ali and Noab Ali, hailed from Chilmari upazila of...
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