Our Correspondent | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 8: Chittagong city Awami League has warned its treasurer and chairman of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) Abdus Salam of violating discipline in the party and anti-organisation activities. A letter of the party in this connection has been sent...
A senior Awami League (AL) leader Suranjit Sengupta advised BNP leaders to put their house in order before contemplating to launch a movement against the government, reports bdnews24.com. Referring to media reports about BNP's threat to start movement in the...
RU Correspondent | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Dec 8: Police arrested on Sunay night 17 leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), Rajshahi University (RU) unit, including its president and general secretary, while holding a meeting at a local school in the Rajshahi city adjacent to...
Worried at the growing incidents of murder and road crash, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad said Monday now there is no guarantee of people's natural death in the country, let alone the security of their property, reports UNB. "Now there's...
BENAPOLE, Dec 8 (UNB): A local Jubo League (JL) leader, who was injured in an attack by miscreants at Nabharan Bazar in Sharsha Upazila of Jessore district Sunday night, succumbed to his injuries at 250-bed Jessore Sadar Hospital Monday morning....
The High Court (HC) stayed Monday for six months the order of the LGRD Ministry suspending Faridpur municipality mayor Sheikh Mahatab Ali Methu, reports UNB. The court also issued a rule upon the government to explain in four weeks as...
Newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) from Sirajganj-3 (Raiganj-Tarash) constituency Gazi Amzad Hossain Milon was sworn in Monday, reports UNB. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath to the Awami League (AL) MP at a simple ceremony at her...
Police submitted Monday the charge sheet (CS) of a sedition case against BNP vice-chairman Sadek Hossain Khoka, reports UNB. According to the case, Khoka at a party programme on October 14 last year urged the BNP activists to demonstrate with...
A banking conference held in the city has rightly focussed on digital crimes the country's banks are now fighting to avoid. Private banks, in particular, are on a steady course - opting for a paradigm shift in banking in order...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
The state-owned Bangla-desh Railway (BR) still lives in the sixties as far as the quality of the services it offers to thousands of passengers everyday is concerned. Its passenger coaches wear a sickening look and the worn-out and diesel-run locomotives...
Masum Billah | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
TV talk shows are a new phenomenon in our world of electronic media claiming credit and discredit, applause and criticism. These have already earned popularity, particularly among the conscious citizens of the country because of lively discussions on the issues...
I was very sad to learn about the sudden death of veteran actor Khalil. I remember watching his movies in the early eighties when he mostly played negative roles. His powerful acting and screen presence really impressed me and I...
The catchments area of the community clinic at Jangalia under Dagun Bhuiyan upazila of Feni district serves the villages Jangalia, Sumaspur, Bat Shree, Mehdipur, Abdul Nobi and Jadabpur with a total population of 25 thousands. Jangalia and Sumaspur are two...
On 8 December, an advertisement of Bangladesh Institute of Capital Marketing (BICM) inviting applications for studying 'Post graduate Diploma in Capital Marketing' was published in the Financial Express. It is a one-year course, containing 13 courses including internship after graduation...
FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) called upon the government Monday to ensure proper environment for the people working against corruption in the country to save the nation from this menace. "Unfortunately, sometimes high-ups from the government publicly criticise people working voluntarily...
FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case on Monday against five officials of Sadharan Bima Corporation, including a former general manager (GM) for allegedly embezzling nearly Tk 3.8 million. "ACC assistant director M Fazlul Haque filed the case with...
FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
Japan has expressed its interest to recruit technical interns from Bangladesh. Japanese International Manpower Development Organisation (IMDO) Managing Director Kazuo Tusubota conveyed this message Monday during his meeting with Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (EWOE) Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain at...
The 134rd birth and 82nd death anniversaries of Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, the pioneer of awakening for women's rights in the subcontinent, will be observed today (Tuesday) amid various programmes in the capital and elsewhere across the country, reports BSS....
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 8: Class-III and class-IV government employees staged demonstration today in front of the Chittagong Press Club demanding implementation of their five points including the lowest basic salary at Tk 18,000 per month. Hundreds of government employees under the...
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources, Power and Port will arrange a grand rally at Phulbari in Dinajpur on December 27 in protest against the renewed activities of Asia Energy, now renamed as Global Coal Management...
Awareness prog on 'Hepatitis B Virus' held An awareness programme on 'Hepatitis B Virus and Cervical Cancer' was held at ASA University Bangladesh (ASAUB) in the city Saturday. ASAUB and the GlaxoSmithKline Bangladesh Limited jointly organised the programme. Prof Dr...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina provided on Monday financial support to a number of ailing senior and renowned cultural personalities of the country, reports UNB. The recipients are ailing film actor Abdus Samad, popularly known as Tele Samad, film director...
Police in a drive arrested seven outsiders along with 1,250 pieces of Yaba tablets on Dhaka University (DU) campus Monday, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as Wasim, Sajib, Shuzan, Bachchu, Shahidul Islam, Kabul and Akbar. Tipped off, a team...
FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh citizens are no more eligible for the Diversity Visa (DV) Programme following an end to the country's 50,000 quota in 2012. The US Embassy, in a media statement on Monday, requested the Bangladeshi citizens not to take any attempt...
A Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) mobile court Monday unearthed a fake medicine factory, sealed it off and punished its owner, reports UNB. The mobile court, led by RAB Headquarters Executive Magistrate AHM Anwar Pasha, along with RAB-10 personnel conducted a...
Customs Intelligence officials seized four gold bars worth Tk 2.0 million and UAE currency dinar worth over Tk 3.24 million in two separate incidents at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) Monday, reports UNB. Ummey Nahida, assistant director of the Directorate...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick for may occur over the riverbasins and light to moderate fog elsewhere over the country, Met...
FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
The government announced Monday Hajj package that will allow 101,758 pilgrims to perform Hajj on September 22 (subject to the moon sighting in Saudi Arabia) next year with two packages being offered by the government and the private sector. "Under...
FE Report | 2014-12-09 00:00:00
The country's export earnings from apparel products registered an upward growth during the first five months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2014-15, helping reverse a negative growth in overall export receipts till the previous month. The country fetched $4.99...
Bangladesh and Bhutan have agreed to boost trade and negotiate a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries apart from strong collaboration in the power sector, especially hydroelectric power, reports UNB. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque said this at...
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