Dhaka has become a city of beggars. Wherever we go we find beggars moving around. It seems begging has become a lucrative profession as many able-bodied men and women are seen pursuing this derogatory profession. But we must discourage begging....
Md. Atiqul Islam | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
The story of the readymade garment industry (RMG) in Bangladesh reads almost like a miracle. Over the last three decades, this industry has established itself as a global player. Its contribution to the economy of Bangladesh, and in providing employment,...
Mamun Rashid | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh policy planners and apparel industry leaders are expecting readymade garment (RMG) exports to fetch $50 billion when the country reaches its 50th year of independence in 2021. However, most are of the opinion that the industry needs to address...
Former caretaker government (CG) adviser Dr Akbar Ali Khan lamented Saturday that the country's police administration is now working under full political control and cautioned that the situation would deteriorate further if necessary steps are not taken, reports UNB. "If...
Castigating the government high-ups for making 'derogatory' remarks about the US and its diplomats, BNP feared Saturday such an attitude of the regime may dent Bangladesh's diplomatic ties with America, report agencies. The party termed devoid of diplomatic etiquette Awami...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 6 (BSS): Awami League (AL) General Secretary and LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam categorically said the BNP-Jamaat axis has been doing politics in the country as masked evil forces. He said the BNP-Jamaat has betrayed the...
Sammilito Islami Dal Samuho, a coalition of Islamic parties, in the city gave the government Saturday until December 25 for enacting a new law with a provision of capital punishment to bring those who defame Islam, including former minister Latif...
The conviction of journalist David Bergman on contempt charges by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) further shrinks the narrowing space for observers to comment on the war crimes proceedings, said three international rights groups, reports UNB. The Amnesty International (AI),...
A joint team of Assam Police and National Investigation Agency (NIA) nabbed Friday night a key accused in the October 2 Burdwan blast, Sahanur Alam, from Mukalmua in Nalbari district of Assam, reports bdnews24.com.
SYLHET, Dec 6 (UNB): Police arrested an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in connection with the organisation's infighting at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) from Jugipara village in the city Friday night. The arrested was identified as...
The local inventor of a new technology for power generation using gravitational energy is seeking financial support from the government or local entrepreneurs to commercialise his project, reports UNB. "We want either the government or any local entrepreneur to come...
KHAGRACHHARI, Dec 6 (UNB): A school headmaster was gunned down and a local leader of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS-Santu Larma faction) injured in a gun attack in Manikchhari upazila on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Chingsa...
FE Report | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
Police recovered Saturday the body of a young woman (22) from an abandoned building at Wari in the capital. Informed by the locals, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body by breaking open the locked door at 5/3...
Customs officials arrested a man along with 3.8 kg gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday, reports UNB. The arrested was identified as Abhishek, hailing from Munshiganj district. Sources at the airport said Abhishek landed at the airport from...
AF Mujibur Rahman Gold Medal awarded at DU A total of nine meritorious students of the Department of Mathematics of Dhaka University (DU) have been awarded AF Mujibur Rahman Foundation Gold Medals for their outstanding academic excellence in BS Honours...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country today (Sunday). Light to moderate fog may occur over the country during midnight until morning, Met Office said. Night temperature may fall slightly and day temperature...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
The Non-government Organisation (NGO) Forum for Public Health has, for the first time in the northern region of Bangladesh, introduced aquifer recharge facility in Nachole Upazila of Chapainawabganj district. The method aims at recharging the aquifers with rainwater for keeping...
An estimated 53,000 people departed from Bangladesh and Myanmar for Thailand and Malaysia by smugglers' boats during January-November 2014, risking their lives, reports UNB quoting a new UNHCR report. The UNHCR estimates that 54,000 people have undertaken irregular maritime journeys...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 6: Salvage operation of fishing trawler FV Bandhan has been abandoned with the trawler itself and its 28 fishermen remaining under deep water in the Bay of Bengal. All the fishermen and crew inside the vessel are feared...
Removed minister Abdul Latif Siddique, who was arrested for his anti-Islamic remarks, was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from Dhaka Central Jail after he fell sick at the jail on Saturday, reports UNB. Latif, who has been...
FHM Humayun Kabir | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has taken an initiative to purchase 55 vehicles including 15 SUV luxury cars under one of its proposed development projects spending Tk 638 million public fund, officials said Saturday. The state-owned BR recently sought approval of...
FE Report | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is making strategic changes to the existing techniques of its supervision on banks for ensuring financial stability in the banking sector that saw some deviations. Governor of the central bank Dr Atiur Rahman spoke about the initiative...
Bangladesh and Bhutan signed on Saturday two agreements, including one on trade that will see duty-free export of 90 items between the two nations, reports UNB. Another agreement is on allocation of a piece of land at Dhaka city's Baridhara...
Moazzem Hossain, back from China | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
Acronyms are aplenty in economic parlance, in both global and regional perspectives, these days. In one way or other, these are now part of semantics, making sound or creating 'noise'. Do they make sense or carry substance, too? Perhaps, not...
FE Report | 2014-12-07 00:00:00
The three-day Dhaka Apparel Summit begins today (Sunday) with the hope that the platform will help Bangladesh recover its image tarnished over poor workplace and safety conditions in the country's $24 billion garment industry. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters...
A case was filed against 14 people, including 10 officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, in connection with the seizure of over 124 kg gold, at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in 2013. Customs Inspector Mustafa Jamal filed the case on...
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