The second world war started in 1939 and Germany occupied France, Holland, and Belgium within a very short time. After the end of the second world war in 1945, these countries became friendly with Germany in a few years' time....
The world observed international anti-corruption day and we also joined the party. Corruption has become an order of the day. We see it everywhere in our country and we see no light at the end of the tunnel which is...
In Thursday's editorial titled 'Making substance of anti-corruption move', the paragraph above the concluding para should read: 'It denies the poor and the disadvantaged access to basic services and other entitlements without bribe money.' The inadvertent lapse is regretted.
Ashish Chakraborty | 2014-12-12 00:00:00
E-commerce has left its footprint in every part of the world. The Asia Pacific region is a major part of it. The B2C (business-to-consumer) e-commerce sales in the Asia-Pacific region grew more than 33 per cent to $ 332.46 billion...
Speakers at a roundtable discussion in the city observed Thursday that the government is intentionally dillydallying to hold the election to the two city corporations of Dhaka 'fearing its defeat' in the polls, reports UNB. Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) organised...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia alleged Thursday that the current government has sent democracy into the grave by usurping the state power, reports UNB. "The country's independence and sovereignty are now in a deep crisis, as democracy has been sent into...
Dhaka City Awami League (AL) general secretary and Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya (Bir Bikram) said Thursday whatever BNP utters, City Corporation polls will be held as per schedule, reports BSS. "I came to know from...
Awami League (AL) presidium member, spokesman of the 14-party alliance and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said Thursday that leaders of BNP-Jamaat combine have been encouraging militancy through their remarks, reports BSS. "In the past, BNP sheltered and...
PIROJPUR, Dec 11 (BSS): Freedom Fighters (FFs) as well as local leaders and elite of the district are demanding withdrawal of Independence Award given to Peer of Sarsina Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh. Military dictator turned president late General Ziaur Rahman...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-12 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 11: Five people including a Pakistani national suspected to be militants have been sent to Dhaka Central Jail for being produced to court in connection with a case filed with Lalbagh police. Senior Jail Super of Chittagong Central...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) was highly critical Thursday of the eligibility of documents and investigation into the case before taking cognisance of the charges made against detained war crimes suspects Obaidul Haque alias Taher and Ataur Rahman alias Noni...
The 134th birth anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani will be observed today (Friday) with due respect, reports UNB. Different political parties and socio-cultural organisations have taken up elaborate programmes to commemorate the leader who championed the cause of...
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 framed charges Thursday against Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain Chutu of Chapainawabganj in a case for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, reports BSS. It also fixed January 12 for giving opening statement and...
Three persons suspected to be members of the banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir have been arrested from Dhaka's Badda area, reports bdnews24.com. The arrestees are Noor Alam, 27, Amjad Hossain, 32 and Mahmudul Alam, 18. "Pamphlets of Hizb ut-Tahrir were...
FARIDAPUR, Dec 11 (UNB): Police arrested the district unit president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and three other activists from Khabaspur intersection area of the town Thursday morning. The arrestees were identified as district Chhatra Dal president and sadar upazila...
PATUAKHALI, Dec 11 (Agencies): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina directed Thursday the members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) to be more active in protecting the country's maritime areas as the government has planned to extract marine resources. She also...
Stressing the need for ensuring energy security for the future generation, President Md Abdul Hamid said Thursday measures would have to be taken to increase the use of the environment- friendly renewable energy along with reducing the system losses and...
FE Report | 2014-12-12 00:00:00
Farmers have urged the government to support them producing crops alternative to tobacco farming, formulate and implement policies for thwarting tobacco cultivation. They made these demands at a press conference on "Voice of Victims: Non-profitable Tobacco Farming, Allurement to Harmful...
FE Report | 2014-12-12 00:00:00
Qatar expressed willingness to recruit nearly 50,000 Bangladeshis for meeting growing demand of foreign workers for hosting World Cup Football 2022. Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (EWOE) Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain said this to journalists Thursday after a meeting with...
JU Correspondent | 2014-12-12 00:00:00
The female students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) protested harassment in halls and the strict rule of returning to dormitories within 10:00 pm imposed by the university authorities. On Wednesday around 11:00 am, over three hundred female students from different dormitories...
FE Report | 2014-12-12 00:00:00
A female employee of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) was seriously injured when a bus hit her at Azimpur area in the city Thursday. Samita Rani (55) sustained injuries as a passenger bus of Dhaka-Dhamrai route rammed her legs from...
Indian High Commission (HC) in Bangladesh Thursday advised all the applicants who are approached by agents to help obtain Indian visas to immediately report their activities to the local police or law enforcement authorities, reports UNB. "We advise all applicants...
A prison guard died from electrocution at Dhaka Central Jail Thursday, reports UNB. Bearing jail guard badge No 12450, the deceased Ratan Khan (35), son of Ali Azam, hailed from Jamalpur. Nayon, another guard at the jail, said Ratan came...
Dhaka University (DU) will go on a 19-day winter vacation from today (Friday), reports UNB. The offices will also remain closed from December 25 to 27, campus sources said. The classes will resume on December 31.
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 11 (UNB): Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) seized 11,950 pieces of Yaba tablet from Shahpori Jelepara under Teknaf Upazila here Thursday. Acting on secret information, a team of BCG Shahpori station conducted a drive in the...
Kazi Golam Rasul, trial judge of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman murder case, died of old-age complications here this morning. He was 73, reports BSS. He breathed his last at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of...
BAPA to organise citizen-gathering on sunken oil tanker Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) will organise a citizen-gathering in front of the National Press Club in the city at 10:00 am today (Friday) demanding to make the waters of Shela river free...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Friday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country until morning, Met Office said. Night and day temperatures may remain nearly...
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