SIRAJGANJ, Nov 15 (UNB): Miscreants took away a CNG-run auto-rickshaw after killing its driver in Raiganj upazila here on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Jahanggir Hossain, 28, son of Tamijuddin of Monohorpur village in Shalonga Upazila. Police said...
FE Report | 2014-11-16 00:00:00
A female worker of a sari printing factory in the city died Friday night due to burn injuries sustained from hot water while working at the factory. Sources said the victim, identified as Jahanara Begum (35), accidentally fell in hot...
Over 100 students continued their indefinite hunger strike at the Central Shaheed Minar for the fourth day on Saturday demanding that the Dhaka University authorities withdraw its decision not to allow them to sit for its admission test twice, reports...
KHULNA, Nov 15 (UNB): A kidnapping case accused allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the police super's office here on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Tushar Kanti Paul, 38. Police arrested him from the city's Boyra area on...
DIU signs MoU with BCS With a view to celebrating WITSA Global ICT Excellence Award-2014, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Daffodil International University (DIU) and Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) at its auditorium in the city Thursday....
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6pm today (Sunday). Night temperature may fall slightly and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, Met Office said. Country's highest temperature 30.8...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-11-16 00:00:00
Illegal gas users, equipped with sticks, attacked a mobile court and Titas Gas employees, after they disconnected unauthorised connections in Narsingdi last week. Press reports say at least 20 people including an executive magistrate, Titas gas officials and journalists were...
BRISBANE, Nov 15 (AFP): Feuding G20 leaders found common ground on Saturday in vowing to "extinguish" the Ebola outbreak as they worked to revamp the global economy at a summit marked by discord over Ukraine and climate change. Along with...
FE Report | 2014-11-16 00:00:00
Better performance by the civil servants could play an important role in gearing up the country's growth, said experts Saturday at a workshop held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital. They said there should be a...
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 (UNB): Highlighting investment facilities in Bangladesh speakers at a seminar here on Saturday invited foreign investors to join hands with Bangladeshi partners to be part of the country's development process. They said a developing country like...
Dhaka and Moscow have finalised a joint "action plan" for developing the proposed 2000 MW nuclear power plant project in Bangladesh, reports UNB. Official sources said that after thorough discussion on a draft action plan in the 4-day joint working...
Health officials investigating the deaths of more than 13 women who died after attending government-run family planning camps in eastern India believe that they were killed by medicine contaminated with rat poison, according to theguardian. All antibiotics bought from Mahawar...
FE Report | 2014-11-16 00:00:00
Two pioneers in sustainable development received Saturday the SEBL-FE-PRI Green Trust Award for their outstanding contribution to protecting the environment through pursuing the course of sustainable development at this time of widespread pollution. Chittagong Waste Treatment Plants Ltd and Sustainable...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-11-16 00:00:00
Disappointed at high land prices and its shortage in Bangladesh, top Asian industrial giants are now considering relocating their factories to Myanmar, Vietnam and some other countries, sources said. Faced with higher worker wages at home, industrialists were seeking to...
FE Report | 2014-11-16 00:00:00
The government has decided to set up a separate fund to support research activities aimed at producing necessary and accurate inputs for the national planning exercise. "The government will include a provision for research fund in the next Seventh Five...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the members of Jubo League not to get involved in any such activities that will bring 'bad name' for the organization, reports UNB. "You've to look after one thing that no one should...
RU Correspondent | 2014-11-16 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Nov 15: Prof Dr AKM Shafiul Alam Lelin, a teacher of sociology department of Rajshahi University (RU) was killed by unidentified miscreants Saturday. Alamgir Hossain, officer in charge (OC) of Motihar police station said Prof Lelin was returning...
FE Report | 2014-11-16 00:00:00
The two-day Bangladesh-India High Commissioners' meeting concluded Saturday with the call for widening economic engagement between the two neighbouring countries, particularly focusing on increasing flow of goods and investments. The former envoys also agreed to work together for increasing mutual...
Customs officials at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital recovered 20 gold bars weighing 2 kg from the possession of a passenger from Malaysia on Saturday. The passenger was identified as Hashim Mollah (35), who hailed from Teknaf...
A man has died after being hit by a garbage truck at Kataban in the city. Police said the truck of the Dhaka City Corporation collided with another truck carrying floor tiles at the Kataban intersection around 3am on Saturday....
Although the government has acquired land six years ago in the capital, a victim on Saturday claimed that he did not get the compensation against his land. Prasad Chandra Biswas, a victim of Hatirjheel land acquisition project, called upon the...
A detainee accused in a kidnap case, allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the police super's office in Khulna city on Saturday afternoon. The dead is Tushar Kanti Paul, 38. Police arrested him from the city’s Boyra area on Friday...
Amra Sylhetbasi, a local social organisation, on Saturday called a daylong hartal in the district for Monday protesting the implication of the name of Sylhet City Corporation mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury in the supplementary charge-sheet in the former Finance Minister...
Expressing deep anguish over the gruesome murder of Rajshahi University (RU) teacher AKM Shafiul Islam, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered immediate arrest of the killers. Her Press Secretary AKM Shamim Chowdhury said that the prime minister gave the order...
Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation have been enforcing a 24-hour transport strike in Chittagong division on Sunday to press for its 5-point-demand, including repair of roads, issuance of appointment letters to transport workers, cancellation of the proposal to hold drivers...
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