Foreign Minister (FM) AH Mahmood Ali said that the government has a vision for shaping the Armed Forces as modern and professional to help the forces perform better, reports UNB. "Already our government has taken several pragmatic steps for the...
The government on Sunday formed a high-level committee with representatives from all ministries and departments concerned to oversee the environmental disaster that emerged in the rivers of Sundarbans following the capsize of an oil tanker, reports UNB. The committee, led...
The fifth death anniversary of Quazi Azher Ali, former secretary, founder president and first vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University, will be observed today (Monday). He died of old age complications on December 15, 2009, said a press release. On this occasion,...
Md Yusuf Hossain Mollah, president of the Awami League Agoiljhara Upazila unit in Barisal, passed away at his residence at Goila Sunday, said a press release. He left behind his wife, two sons, two daughters and many well-wishers to mourn...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 14 (UNB): A Chittagong court Sunday sent owner of Tazreen Fashion Delwar Hossain to jail rejecting his bail prayer in a fraud case. Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Syed Mashfiqul Islam passed the order when he surrendered before the court...
An extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of the National Press Club will be held today (Monday) at 11am at the club auditorium to deal with important matters related to its elections. "The meeting has been convened as per provision of clause...
A total of 10 journalists working for print and electronic media have been awarded with Bandhu Media Fellowship 2014, reports UNB. The awardees are Karamot Ullah Biplob, special correspondent of ATN Bangla, Akhil Kumer Podder, special correspondent of Ekushey Television,...
Hedayet Hossain Chowdhury, an eminent businessman, chairman of HRC Group and father of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) president Saber Hossain Chowdhury, MP, died of old-age complications in the city's United Hospital Sunday. He was 82, report agencies. He left...
A leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed by an alleged gang of criminals over extorting money from a coaching centre at China Goli in the city's Azimpur area Saturday last, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Gazi...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 14 (UNB): Eleven officials and employees of Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) have been suspended on charge of embezzling money. The suspended staff members are assistant engineer Ashique Mahmud Chowdhury, deputy assistant engineer Shahidul Islam, overseer...
The US Embassy in Bangladesh including its Consular Section will remain closed Tuesday on the occasion of Victory Day, a Bangladeshi national holiday, reports UNB. The American Centre, Archer K Blood American Centre Library, and the Education USA. Student Advising...
Weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Monday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country until morning, Met Office said. Night temperature may rise slightly and day temperature...
Spelling Bee competition held at SEU The grand finale of Spelling Bee competition, organised by the Department of English at Southeast University (SEU) was held in the city recently. Six contestants were selected for the grand finale. They are Ateef...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
Lives in both water and land have been trapped in the petroleum pollution of the Sundarbans environs for oil spills following a tanker capsize that left its master drowned, experts said. The pollution spread despite the mopping up of more...
A total of 750 industries have been short-listed, from among 2,500 selected earlier, to be penalized with green tax for polluting the environment through spewing untreated exhausts. The government authorities have trimmed the preliminary list of the number of industries...
The High Court (HC) Sunday summoned the heads of 26 schools in the city and their governing body chiefs to explain the additional examination fees charged from Secondary School Certificate (SSC) candidates from their respective institutions, reports UNB. The court...
Syful Islam | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
The Planning Commission (PC) sent back a development project proposal (DPP) of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) on procurement of six vessels citing the corporation's inability to repay the loan it moved to take from the Chinese Exim Bank for the...
FE Report | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
Outgoing US Ambassador Dan W Mozena said Sunday that partnership between US and Bangladesh truly strengthens each day. "Perhaps, you think that I am merely chanting diplomatic niceties….such is not the case…America's partnership with Bangladesh truly strengthens each day," he...
Exit polls suggest that the party of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has secured a large majority in the country's parliamentary elections, reports BBC. Mr Abe had called a snap poll to boost support for his economic reforms. He was...
FE Report | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday summoned 10 officials of the Nasir Group including its chairman Nasir Uddin Biswas and his wife Talima Sultana on charge of money laundering and amassing illegal wealth. ACC Assistant Director and Investment Officer...
FE Report | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
The rate of implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the first five months of the current fiscal year (FY'15) was as low as 21 per cent. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, who did not hide his worries, while...
GAZIPUR, Dec 14 (UNB): Criminals stole Tk 6.0 million (60 lakh) from the state-owned Janata Bank's Gazipur corporate branch at Joydevpur Bazar in Gazipur early on Sunday by doping its security guard. Police arrested the security guard named Nurul Islam,50,...
The nation on Sunday observed the Martyred Intellectuals' Day paying deep tributes to a galaxy of intellectuals systematically killed at the fag end of the Liberation War in 1971 to cripple the Bengalis aspiring after nationhood, reports UNB. On this...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
The government is going ahead with the plan to establish a private sector-controlled fuel company to import and supply petroleum fuels to oil-fired power plants despite opposition from the state-run companies in the field, said officials. Once constituted, the company...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 14 (Agencies): A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) factional clash at Chittagong University (CU) on the Martyred Intellectuals Day has left one dead. The deceased was identified as Taposh Roy, a second year student of the Sanskrit Department of...
State-owned Power Development Board (PDB) will sign a contract Monday with a Spanish-South Korean joint venture firm to implement its 400 MW Bibiyana South combined cycle power plant project.The joint venture of Isolux Ingenieria of Spain and Samsung C& T...
A rawhide trader was shot dead by some miscreants at Hazaribagh area in the capital on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Afzal Hossain Sattar( 42), son of late Hazi Abdul Aziz, a resident of Moneswar road of Hazaribagh area....
A mobile court has sealed off an illegal hospital and laboratory in Rayerbagh under Kadamtali police station in the city on Sunday. Four people, including a fake doctor couple, were also punished in this connection. A team of Rab-10, led...
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