There are reports in issues of different newspapers that manufacturing work of the Roopur nuclear plant has started in Russia! If so, we are going to be vulnerable to radiation disasters. Past 80 now, this writer may not be there...
The Dhaka WASA water supply is very low in many parts of Dhaka city and it is not adequate to meet the requirements. Residents have to depend on extracting water from the WASA main water line which involves additional cost....
Incidents of kidnapping and forced disappearance are still on in our society despite a lot of uproar about it. Often we read about news on forced disappearance and on occasions the relatives of the victims hold the members of law...
Accusing the government of shackling nation with a one-party cruel rule, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia said Friday democracy established in the country through the sacrifices of the blood of hundreds of martyrs is not safe yet, reports UNB. In a...
Major political parties, including the ruling Awami League (AL) and BNP, will observe the Democracy Day today (Saturday), marking the fall of autocratic ruler HM Ershad in 1990, reports UNB. On December 6, 1990, military dictator Ershad stepped down in...
BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam alleged Friday that the government had failed to give a boost to manpower export to the Middle East, Malaysia and other countries despite having tremendous prospects, reports UNB. "The government has failed to export increased...
KURIGRAM, Dec 5 (UNB): Some central leaders of BNP incurred the wrath of a group of local BNP men here Friday over the expired committee of the party's district unit. Several thousands BNP leaders and activists, led by district unit...
Islami Andolan Bangladesh will protest over three months demanding punishment for former minister Abdul Latif Siddique for his anti-Hajj comments, reports bdnews24.com. The party's chief Syed Mohammad Rejaul Karim announced the programmes Friday in Dhaka. The programmes include protest rallies,...
KERANIGANJ, Dec 5 (BSS): General Secretary of Hazratpur Union Awami League under Keraniganj Upazila of Dhaka district Md Alauddin Miah received bullet injuries Thursday night. Unknown miscreants opened fire at him in Bank Town area while he was going to...
Awami Swechchasebak League (ASL) deputy office secretary Probal Roy died of cardiac arrest Thursday night at a city clinic, said a press release Friday. He was 43, reports BSS. He left behind his mother, wife, a son, a daughter and...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 5 (BSS): Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) detained 10 activists of banned Islamist militant outfit Hizbut Tahrir when they brought out anti- government procession in city's Andar Killah area this noon. Kotwali thana police recovered some anti-government leaflets and...
Terming BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's meeting with some government officials Thursday night a 'midnight blueprint', Food Minister Quamrul Islam said Friday that necessary actions will be taken against those involved in the 'conspiracy,' report agencies. "It's a conspiracy against the...
RANGPUR, Dec 5 (BSS): Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury is expected to come to her constituency Rangpur-6 (Pirganj) on a two-day visit Tuesday next, local Awami League (AL) sources said. The Speaker will arrive at Pirganj...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
The government measures taken to improve highway transport service across the country are failing to make any headway amid scarcity of trained drivers, lack of fitness certification and meagre insurance coverage, sources said. According to a source at Bangladesh Road...
PATUAKHALI, Dec 5 (UNB): Miscreants stormed into the house of a union parishad (UP) member and hacked him to death in Sadar Upazila Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Nasir Hawlader, 42, a member of Motherbunia Union and also...
Bangladeshi devotees intending to perform Hajj next year will have to register their names online from December 15 to January 30, reports UNB. An inter-ministerial meeting chaired by Religious Affairs Minister Principal Matiur Rahman took the decision on November 26,...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 5 (UNB): Police arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 4500 pieces of Yaba tablets at Kalamia Bazar under Bakalia police station in the city Friday. The arrestees were Md Shah Alam, 30, hailing from Ukhia Upazila of...
Chief Justice M Muzammel Hossain urged Friday all concerned to be more cautious and responsible so that the women who fall victims to violence get justice, reports UNB. He made the call while addressing the inaugural session of a workshop...
In separate incidents, muggers stabbed two people and took away cash money, including foreign currency, worth about Tk 2.36 lakh in the city's Guran and Palashi areas on Friday, reports UNB. The first incident took place at Palashi crossing where...
Two people were killed and 20 others injured in separate road accidents in Magura and Mymensingh districts on Friday, reports UNB. In Magura, a microbus driver was killed and 10 other people were injured when a truck rammed into his...
COMILLA, Dec 5 (UNB): Bus movement between Comilla city and 10 other districts came to a halt Friday as a section of bus workers of Jangalia Bus Terminal in the city went on strike demanding punishment of those involved in...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Dec 5 (UNB): Police arrested a man along with four firearms, seven magazines and 15 rounds of bullet at Tarapur village in Shibganj Upazila Thursday. The arrested was identified as Babu, 25, son of Azizul Mekar of the village....
Customs Intelligence officials seized 90 cartons of illegal foreign cigarettes Friday and detained a Pakistani national at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital, reports UNB. Sources at the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) said Pakistani citizen, Yusuf,...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary, partly cloudy sky over the country today (Saturday). Light to moderate fog may occur over the country during midnight until morning, Met Office said. Night and day temperatures may remain nearly unchanged...
DU VC shocked at Latifa Akanda's death Dhaka University Vice-chancellor AASM Arefin Siddique expressed deep shock at the death of Latifa Akanda, former professor in the Department of Islamic History and Culture at DU. She passed away at a city...
FE Report | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
Ten renowned personalities and two organisations received the 'Nawab Bahadur Nawab Ali Chowdhury National Award 2014' on Friday for their outstanding contributions to different fields. The recipients of the prestigious award are late AKM Sarwarjan Biswas (posthumously for the liberation...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
Planned online Value Added Tax (VAT) payment system is set to see the light of day as the government is going to receive US$60-million loan, halted for more than one year, from the World Bank. Economics Relations Division (ERD) officials...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
Funds constraints have been hampering the operational activities as well as effectiveness of the Equity and Entrepreneurship Fund (EEF) for agro-processing sectors, officials said. They said, "The EEF agro-fund has dwindled while the information technology (IT) fund has a significant...
FE Report | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
The unidentified female patient, who was found alive three hours after being declared dead by the doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday, died on Friday there, officials said. Her body is now being kept at mortuary, as...
MALE (Maldives), Dec 5 (AFP): Drinking water had to be airlifted into the Maldivian capital Friday as desperate residents scuffled and attacked shops over dwindling supplies of bottled water following a fire at a desalination plant. India said it had...
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