FE Report | 2014-11-13 00:00:00
Communications experts felt the urgency of pressing into service new busses worthy of mass transit in the capital as the ongoing drive against gaggles of ramshackle vehicles created a crisis of public transport. Failing this, they observed, the outmoded buses,...
Eminent educationist Professor Zillur Rahman Siddiqui died of cardiac arrest early Wednesday. He was 85, reports UNB. Sources at Samorita Hospital said Zillur Rahman Siddiqui, who was a professor of the Department of English at Rajshahi University, had complained of...
FE Report | 2014-11-13 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed came down heavily Wednesday on US Ambassador Dan W Mozena's comment that Bangladesh pays 'zero tariff' for exporting its products to the US market. "The US does not give duty-free access to Bangladeshi products for entering...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-13 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Nov 12: Speakers at a roundtable Wednesday emphasized the completion of two under-construction special economic zones (SEZs) in Chittagong as early as possible, and setting up cord line between Laksham and Dhaka to facilitate cargo transportation through railways at...
FE Report | 2014-11-13 00:00:00
US-based leading search engine Google is now in Bangladesh with a comprehensive work plan under which half a million undergraduate students will be armed with ICT knowledge to act in the fastest-growing economic turf of the present-day world. The know-all...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-11-13 00:00:00
The feasibility study report on the proposed US$ 3.30 billion double-track high speed bullet train service between Dhaka and Chittagong would be submitted to the Ministry of Railways by next month, sources said. Aiming to reduce travelling time and distance,...
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members' endorsement of a roadmap for promoting the Free Trade Area of Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) process was "a decision to be written into history books", Chinese President Xi Jinping said in Beijing Tuesday, report agencies. The...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-11-13 00:00:00
The Planning Commission has sent back a power-generation project for Ghorasal as costly buyer's credits are being taken for implementation without trying for concessional loans, officials said Wednesday. Power Division officials said the Power Development Board (PDB) moved to borrow...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-11-13 00:00:00
The sudden disappearance of the unfit public transports from the city roads has resulted in untold sufferings to the commuters this week. The city wore almost a desolate look as if a relaxed hartal (strike) was going on. A special...
FE Report | 2014-11-13 00:00:00
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said on Wednesday the expected level investment is not taking place for growth of the private sector in the country. "More investment is now essential to meet the emerging domestic demand," he said urging...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 12 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday sought cooperation from all, including the people of Chittagong, in keeping the country free from all sorts of terrorism and militancy. "We've built a terrorism- and militancy-free Bangladesh, and want to...
KISHOREGANJ, Nov 12 (UNB): Asking her party men to face repressive forces with swords and shields, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday called upon the foreign countries not to provide arms and ammunition for Bangladesh's law enforcers for what she...
The government has retired Joint Secretary Abul Kasem Talukder, who is among five top bureaucrats who took to fraud to secure fake freedom-fighter credentials. Public administration ministry's Senior Secretary Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury has confirmed the development. An order to...
Two power generation units at the Ashuganj Power Station were forced to shut down following a technical fault at the 132/33 kV transformer in an adjacent substation early on Wednesday, disrupting power supply in some areas for several hours. According...
Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) member AHM Khairuzzaman Liton has said that the government initiated the war crimes trial and it will also complete the trial in time and execute the verdict in this regard. ‘No evil force can...
Three Bangladeshi students, who have been receiving education in India, were arrestedat Bhomra at Satkhira Sadar Upazila on Tuesday night while they were returning home from that country illegally. The arrested are Abdur Rahim, 27, son of Abdul Motaleb, Mahmud...
A daylong hartal, called by Parbatya Jubo Front, a platform of Pahari Bengali youths, in being observed in Rangamati district on Thursday demanding the release of three forest officials kidnapped from Langadu on November 6. M Shahjahah, general secretary of...
The war crimes verdict against Nagarkanda BNP leader Zahid Hossain alias Khokon Razakar will be delivered today (Thursday). Zahid Hossain, also a Nagarkanda municipality mayor, was indicted on 11 charges of murder, genocide, arson, rape, loot and forcible religious conversion...
A Sylhet court on Wednesday sentenced a man to death and two others to life term imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2010. The condemned convict, Shafiqur Rahman Shafique, 32, son of Hazi Rahmatullah, a resident of Ganaktuli Lane under...
Customs intelligence officials seized 40 gold bars weighing 4.50 kilograms (kg) from a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft at Hazrat Shah Amanat (R) International Airport in Chittagong’s Patenga on Thursday. Tapon Chakrabarti, Assistant Commissioner of air customs, said the Flight ‘BG...
Bangladesh were 336 for 3 wickets on Thursday morning, the 2nd day of their 3rd and final cricket Test against Zimbabwe at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. The Tigers resumed the batting in the morning on their overnight score...
An advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reportedly told the activists of the ruling party’s student wing that people who are holding important positions in the government will help them pass viva tests if they do well in written...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-13 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares at the country’s two bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – saw upward trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last session of the week. DSEX,...
A local leader of Bangladesh Awami League was injured in an attack by some miscreants in front of his house at Shalgaria in Pabna town on Wednesday night. The victim was identified as Saidur Rahman Ekram, 47, the president of...
Dhaka University authorities have asked students to leave the Central Shaheed Minar premises where they are on a hunger strike demanding a 2nd chance to sit for entry tests. The DU in a media statement on Wednesday night said the...
A motorcyclist was killed and his two co-riders were injured when a truck crushed into their bike at Gobindaganj Upazila in Gaibandha district on Wednesday night. The dead is Pichchi Milon, a leader of the Upazila unit of Jubo League....
Abdul Kader Siddiqui says he is now in the ‘custody’ of his wife and waiting for police to arrive to take him in custody ever since an arrest warrant was out for him in a defamation suit. His wife Nasrin...
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested two alleged drug peddlers in possession of 44 bottles of Phensidyl in Kalighat area in Sylhet city on Wednesday night. The arrested are Shuvo, 22, son of Aftab Uddin, a resident of Mehdipur Sherpur...
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