WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Agencies): Millions of immigrants living illegally in the US will be allowed to apply for work permits under a major shake-up unveiled by President Barack Obama. Pledging to fix America's "broken" immigration system, President Barack Obama offered...
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The government has taken preparations to make a breakthrough in emerging job markets in the European Union (EU) member-states, said officials. Most countries of the EU need a large number of foreign workers in different sectors. Recently, it showed willingness...
FE Report | 2014-11-22 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) called the government for speeding up project implementation, as it is unhappy over the progress of some seven projects, officials said on Friday. The Manila-based lender sat in Dhaka on Thursday for reviewing it's nearly...
NEW DELHI, Nov 21 (BSS): The Indian Cabinet approved on Thursday night the signing and ratifying of the SAARC pacts on railway, motor vehicles and energy during the forthcoming 18th SAARC summit scheduled to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal on...
The US stock market closed out its 5th straight week of gains with another record high on Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 index carved out all-time highs, extending the market’s gains for the week....
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal will arrive in Dhaka on November 27 (Thursday) on a 2-day visit to Bangladesh after attending the 18th Saarc Summit in Kathmandu, Nepal, according to a...
Tension gripped the Chittagong University (CU) campus with three factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) trying to gain control of a dormitory that has just been reopened. Islami Chhatra Shibir’s ultimatum regarding the allotment of hall seats to ‘legitimate’ students...
Teachers and students at Rajshahi University's Sociology department have been staying away from classes and tests for the last one week protesting the murder of Prof AKM Shafiul Islam. They are skipping classes and examinations since last Sunday (November 16),...
A top leader of Rajbari district unit of Krishak League has been shot to death by unknown assailants. Police and local people said a gang of armed miscreants fired two rounds of bullet at Munshi Nader Hossain, 60, President of...
Police have sought another 7 days to question 11 suspects detained over killing of Prof AKM Shafiul Islam of Rajshahi University (RU). The Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate’s court on Friday sent the detainees to jail and fixed Sunday for the remand...
Another man has become victim of enforced disappearances in the country. Local people found the body of Abul Based in Chatmohor Upazila in Pabna district on Friday, 10 days after he was picked up from his residence at Baraipara village...
A septuagenarian man was killed in a road accident in Shahjadpur Upazila in Sirajganj district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Abul Hossain, 70, a resident of Nabbila village of the Upazila. Police said a Pabna-bound bus dashed...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested an alleged extremist at Goalanda Upazila in Rajbari district on Friday. RAB identified the arrestee as Kodom Ali, a member of Purba Banglar Communist Party (ML-Lal Potaka), an outlawed group. Being tipped off, RAB...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son and her ICT affairs adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wajed Joy on Friday received the ‘South South Cooperation Visionary’ award on behalf of his mother. Prime Minister Hasina was nominated for the award for her government’s efforts...
Two factions of the local unit of Awami League (AL) engaged in a clash at Samta Bazar in Sharsha Upazila in Jessore district on Friday night over establishing dominance. Police said local AL leaders Liakat and Akbar Member had long...
At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Kamdia village in Saltha Upazila in Faridpur on Friday. Locals said there had been a long-running enmity between Nurul Islam Matubbar and Siddik Matubbar of the...
A Bangladeshi was shot dead allegedly by the members of an Indian tribal community in Jaintapur Upazila in Sylhet district on Friday. The dead is Kudrat, 30, a day labourer and son of Asad Ali of Guabari village of Jaintapur....
Mobile court will be deployed on a VIP road in the city on Tuesday to curb violation of traffic rules. The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Saturday declared that a mobile court will operate from Tuesday to prevent people from flouting...
The authorities of the city have evicted flower shops occupying the sidewalks in Shahbagh area for a long time. Dhaka City Corporation (South) started the drive, assisted by police, on Saturday morning. Shahbagh Police Station’s Inspector Habil Hossain said the...
Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) has recently donated an incubator to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital as a part of CSR activities on the occasion of 19th founding anniversary of the bank. Mr. S. K. Sur Chowdhury, Deputy Governor of...
A cargo ship sank with 160 tonnes of salt in Meghna River in Komolnagar Upazila in Lakshmipur district on Friday. Naval police and locals said the cargo vessel ‘MV Ziron’, with nine crew and 160 tonnes salt, was going to...
A 10-year old girl has been raped before being strangled to death in Old Dhaka. Chawkbazar Police Station’s OC Azizul Haq said the incident took place around Friday midnight on the Islambagh Beribadh. Moni Akter was raped and dumped near...
A pregnant housewife was killed allegedly by her husband over a family feud in Nabiganj Upazila in Habiganj district on Friday night. The dead is Reffat Begum, 25, wife of Raihan Uddin of Khagaura village. Mother of a three-year-old son,...
The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk 290,878,064.56 on the basis of cost price and Tk 255,624,575.14 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on 20 November 2014. The face value per...
Uncertainty looms over successful implementation of the government’s multimedia classroom project in Pirojpur district for various reasons, including shortage of skilled teachers and frequent load shedding. A strong initiative towards digitalisation of the education sector in the secondary and higher...
A battery-run auto-rickshaw driver died in a road accident in Kaliakoir Upazila in Gazipur district on Saturday. Three passengers of the auto-rickshaw were injured in the crash. The victim, Fazal Mia, 30, was a resident of Kaliakoir. Kaliakoir Police Sub-Inspector...
Slain Habiganj housewife Refa Begum's family on Saturday afternoon filed a case with Nabiganj Police Station accusing her husband Raihan Chowdhury for the grisly murder. Police have already arrested Raihan over the killing. Nabiganj police OC Liakat Hossain said after...
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking poison in Manirampur Upazila in Jessore district on Friday night. The dead is Roksana Begum, 35, wife of Hazrat Ali of Ghughurail village. Police said Roksana took pesticide at her husband’s house at...
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