FE Report | 2014-12-05 00:00:00
Leading economist Professor Wahiddudin Mahmud said on Thursday the country's sustainable development is not possible without decentralising urbanisation and industrialisation from the capital to other parts of the country. "Currently industrial and urban developments are not taking place in districts...
Canada government is introducing a new "Express Entry" system from January 1 to attract 181,000 new immigrants through economic immigration programmes in 2015, reports BSS. The government aims to attract up to 285,000 new immigrants in 2015, around 181,000 of...
Hours after his conviction by the High Court (HC), former managing director (MD) of the Bangladesh Teleco-mmunication Company Ltd (BTCL) SOM Kalimullah was sent to Dhaka Central Jail Thursday, report agencies. The High Court has sentenced former MD to four...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-12-05 00:00:00
The government is going to empower the ministries to approve development projects costing up to Tk 500 million at their own discretion to cut the time spent in their approval process, officials said on Wednesday. The Ministry of Finance has...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-12-05 00:00:00
A new insurance policy has been introduced for banks to cover risks with money in cash, lying in vaults, ATM booths and cash in transit. The Insurance Develop-ment and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) initiated the new non-life insurance policy aimed at...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-12-05 00:00:00
The higher purchase cost of petroleum products by state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) from another state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is increasing the country's overall electricity generation costs, sources said Thursday. The BPDB is purchasing furnace oil from the...
Munima Sultana | 2014-12-05 00:00:00
BUET has withdrawn its partnership with Bangladesh Army from the Padma Bridge supervision work, putting the project in fresh quandary. The Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation (BRTC) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) decided to discontinue the...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-12-05 00:00:00
Gold smugglers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) have gone into hiding following the latest arrest of senior Biman officials as no consignment of illegal gold was found over the last two weeks at the country's prime airport, officials said....
FE Report | 2014-12-05 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) summoned DATCO Group chairman Moosa bin Shamsher to appear before it on December 18 next for alleged siphoning off money and amassing wealth illegally. The ACC sent a notice to the businessman on Thursday asking...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Thursday problem regarding border enclaves will be solved soon , according to a report by www.firstpost.com. Accrodint to the website report the hope for implementation of the long-pending Land Boundary Agreement(LBA) brightened up...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet the press today (Friday) to brief journalists about the outcomes of her recent Nepal visit to attend the 18th Saarc Summit and the subsequent Malaysia tour. The press conference will start at 4:00 pm...
US Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement William R Brownfield arrives here on a three-day visit to Bangladesh tomorrow (Saturday). During the visit, Brownfield will hold meetings and discussions with government and law enforcement officials on...
A teenage boy was stabbed to death allegedly by another boy in the city's Moghbazar area Thursday over the share of scraps they collected from streets for living. The deceased was identified as Muhammad Raju (19). Further details about the...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has withdrawn restrictions on cricketer Shakib Al Hasan that prevented him from playing abroad. Thursday's announcement of the BCB ended the star cricketer's 18-month ban on taking part in tournaments outside the country for a breach...
The qulkhani of noted journalist Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury will be held today (Friday) after Asr prayers at Gulshan Azad Mosque in the city. His relatives, friends, colleagues and admirers have been requested to join the qulkhani for seeking eternal peace...
A group of former government officials met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her political office at Ghulsan in the city on Thursday night. Nearly 20 to 25 former government officials of different ranks held a meeting with the BNP Chairperson,...
A leaflet found in Bangladesh’s northeastern region during the country’s independence struggles in 1971 announced on behalf of the then Bangladesh government that Mukti Juddho (Liberate War) is going on and people aged between 17 and 38 years eligible for...
The 51st death anniversary of Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy is being observed in the country today (Friday). President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep respect to the memory of Suhrawardy on the occasion of his death anniversary. In...
Thieves have tried to break into a Sonali Bank branch in Rajshahi city by digging a tunnel, police say. However, a pedestrian intervened to foil their Thursday night’s attempt. Police have found instruments used in the heist attempt at the...
The Anti Corruption Commission has summoned business tycoon Moosa bin Shamsher to probe if he has illegal wealth. Letters have been sent to his Gulshan home and the DATCO Group chief’s office at Banani, said ACC Deputy Director Pranab Kumar...
A woman was found alive four hours after a doctor declared her dead at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday. However, identity of the woman, aged around 45, could not be known. DMCH doctors and employees said several...
Leaders and activists of different professional and socio-cultural organisations have condemned the move to close the proposed Cancer Institute of Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH). They also condemned the attempt to shift equipment of Khulna station of BTV to Dhaka....
There has been a loud explosion in a toilet of the Narayanganj District and Sessions Judge’s Court. Panic spread among lawyers and plaintiffs after the Thursday afternoon explosion, though no one was hurt. Additional Superintendent of Narayanganj Police Subrata Kumar...
A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident in Banskhali Upazila in Chittagong district on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Md Ayub, 50. Police said a Chittagong-bound bus of ‘Allah Malik Paribahan’ rammed his bike instantly killing him...
Autopsy report on a housewife in Chittagong’s Raozan Upazila has negated the confessional statement of her husband who is a suspect. In the statement to a court, Abu Bakkar had admitted to having murdered Rima Akter, but the autopsy report...
The body of Dr Shamarukh Mahjabin Shama has been handed over to her family after a second autopsy. The body samples collected during the two-hour re-examination will be sent to the CID’s Forensic Chemical Laboratory at Mohakhali in Dhaka. Six...
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