When we go out in Dhaka we find too many private cars on the roads. We cannot blame people buying personal cars since public transport sector is in shambles. Recently the central bank has doubled the ceiling for a car...
Every year on 1st December, World Aids day is observed to create awareness among the common people about the deadly disease. People around the world wear red ribbons to express their solidarity with the Aids patients and create awareness about...
A fascinating last page report of a magnetic levitation train in Japan travelling at 311 miles per hour; was published in a local English daily recently. It is faster than many local and regional passenger aircrafts. My first ride in...
Md Abdul Halim | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is now 7 years old and the present Commission has completed its four-and-a-half year tenure with a tardy claim that it has no 'teeth but jaws'. Of course, this statement was made by the...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2014 released by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on December 3 shows that Bangladesh's position has worsened in both score and ranking. The country has scored 25 on a scale of 0-100 this year, two points lower...
The European Parliament (EP) is not calling for new elections in Bangladesh, but is encouraging all political parties to find a solution for making the next elections inclusive whenever it takes place, said an influential EP member in the city...
BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam alleged Wednesday that human rights in Bangladesh are not only at risk but also on the verge of annihilation as the state itself is snatching people's all the basic rights, reports UNB. "When the whole...
Dhaka City Awami League (AL) general secretary and Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya (Bir Bikram) said Wednesday that a vested quarter had carried out killings in various names at different times to create a vacuum in...
A Dhaka court fixed December 28 for hearing on charge framing against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 22 others in a violence case last year under the Speedy Trial Act, reports UNB. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate M...
A 1971 martyr's son blamed war crimes accused Syed Hachen Ali alias Hasan Wednesday, now on the run, for perpetrating the massacre that had taken place at Shimulhati village in Tarail of Kishoreganj during the Liberation War, on September 9,...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 10 (UNB): Police arrested an activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) along with firearms and bullets and one of his associates from Achua Koshaipara area of Godagari Upazila Tuesday. The arrestees were identified as Ahsan Habib, 22, son...
The Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) has removed all bars from arresting Amanur Rahman Khan Rana, MP, for his alleged involvement in the killing of Awami League (AL) leader and Freedom Fighter Faruk Ahmed, reports BSS. The...
The schedule of the Jatiya Press Club election has been changed. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the press club managing committee Wednesday, reports UNB. As per the new schedule, the biennial election to the press club...
A new prosecution witness (PW) at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 testified Wednesday in the trial of Sheikh Sirajul Haque alias Siraj Master, Khan Akram Hossain and Abdul Latif Talukder, alleged Razakar trio from Bagerhat, reports BSS. Nandalal Das, son...
Reaffirming her resolve to turn Bangladesh Air Force into a strategically and technically capable force, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the force will get Mi- 171 and YAK -130 helicopters and PT-6 and LET-410 planes soon, report agencies....
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 10: A delegation of the European Union (EU) visited the PHP Ship Breaking Yard at Shitalpur in Sitakunda on Tuesday. The EU team, during the visit, focused on formulation of some guidelines for the ship-breaking and ship-recycling industry,...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will visit Patuakhali today (Thursday) to commission the newly-built training base of Bangladesh Coast Guard 'CG Base Agrajatra', reports UNB. The PM will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of a number of development...
Edouard Beigbeder assumed his duties as the new UNICEF Representative in Bangladesh Wednesday, reports UNB. As a development and emergency specialist, he has over 20 years of experience of working to further children's and women's rights around the world. As...
Bishwo Shahitto Kendro (BSK) launched its website (www. bskbd.org) Monday, according to a press release. Available in both Bengali and English language, the website was loped with the BRAC Bank Limited. Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed, president and chief executive officer...
FE Report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) seized smuggled gold bars weighing 43 kilogrammes (kg) on Wednesday, its intelligence officials said. The gold bars worth Tk 215 million were found in three cartons at cargo village of the airport...
Deputy Country Director of UNDP in Bangladesh Nick Beresford has said corruption leads to creating unemployment and the young people suffer badly as a consequence, reports UNB. "Fighting corruption is a global concern because corruption is found in both rich...
MYMENSINGH, Dec 10 (UNB): In a daring attack on a police vehicle, miscreants snatched an accused at Chanpur village in Muktagachha Upazila Wednesday, leaving two assistant sub-inspectors (ASI) of Muktagachha thana injured. Officer-in-charge (OC) of the thana Kamal Hossain said...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 9 (UNB): Several hours after the train accident at Chittagong Railway Station, the railway authorities suspended three of its employees Wednesday for negligence to duties. The suspended employees are ATM Jahurul Haque, driver of the train engine, its...
A seminar on "Energy Security in Bangladesh and the Role of Nuclear Power" organised by Mechanical Division of Institution of Engineers' Bangladesh (IEB) will be held at its seminar room in the city today (Thursday), said a press release. State...
Swedish envoy calls on DU VC Ambassador of Sweden in Bangladesh Johan Frisell called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's office Wednesday. During the meeting, they discussed possibilities of strengthening bilateral relationship...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Thursday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins and light to moderate fog elsewhere over the country,...
Siddique Islam | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
Country's foreign-exchange market eased slightly Wednesday as an upturn in both remittance inflow and export earnings began to take the heat out of the greenback, bankers said. "Higher inflow of remittance and rising trend of export earnings have contributed to...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in its probe found the involvement of 21 of its officers, including Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowhdury's son-in-law Lt Col Tareque, Major Arif Hossain and Lt Commander MM Rana, in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case, reports...
FE Report | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
The government formed a three-member body, finally, to probe capsize of an oil tanker which sank in a river in the Sundarbans with over 350,000 litres of furnace oil 30 hours after a collision. The probe committee, led by Nautical...
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