Our Correspondent | 2014-12-04 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 3: Speakers at a seminar have said that the eastern South Asia Sub-region is one of the least developed areas of the whole world with the majority of the people of Bangladesh and India living in abject poverty...
Observing that the unopposed election of 154 MPs was legal, Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said Wednesday they were elected legally, reports UNB. "There's a provision of uncontested election of MPs in the Representation of the People Order (RPO). The (national)...
FE Report | 2014-12-04 00:00:00
An under-frequency problem caused from the lack of synchronisation between manual and automated systems in the national load dispatch centre caused the November 1's countrywide electricity blackout, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said Wednesday. "The...
KOLKATA, Dec 3: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) government of West Bengal has decided to withdraw his objection to the land-swapping deal between India and Bangladesh, according to a report on www.oneindia.com. According to a report published in leading Bengali daily...
FE Report | 2014-12-04 00:00:00
Around 65 per cent households do not get proper services without bribing the land officers, a study revealed. It identified institutional failure as the key reason behind the poor and unexpected services delivery by local land offices and recommended ensuring...
FE Report | 2014-12-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh on Wednesday signed a deal with Sri Lanka for exporting boiled rice to the island nation, officials said. Earlier, Bangladesh had decided to export 50,000 tonnes of rice following a request of the Sri Lankan government. Price of rice...
FE Report | 2014-12-04 00:00:00
Corruption is perceived on a rise in Bangladesh, as the Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2014 showed that the country slipped two steps back from last year's ranking. The TI Bangladesh (TIB) revealed the findings at a press...
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 3 (UNB): Bangladesh and Malaysia Wednesday agreed to boost bilateral trade and commerce, especially to reduce the trade gap, with Kula Lumpur assuring Dhaka of starting negotiations on Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Malaysia also assured Bangladesh of extending...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-12-04 00:00:00
The capital city appears to have turned into a bus station. The buses allegedly stop anywhere in the city at the drivers' wish now. Even the passengers, in many cases, are forced to get down from the running buses. The...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-12-04 00:00:00
A fall in global petroleum prices has helped cut the government's subsidy payment on account of marketing the fuel oil in domestic market. The state-owned BPC (Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation) is unlikely to seek subsidies for payment of fuel bill immediately,...
Siddique Islam | 2014-12-04 00:00:00
The central bank moved to ask the commercial banks to take all-out measures to reduce the increasing volume of classified loans by the end of this calendar year through a vigorous recovery drives across the country. A decision to this...
Water and environmental experts at a dialogue in the capital on Wednesday urged the South Asian countries to formulate policies "using the trans-boundary lens" for governing common ecosystems in the region, reports UNB. They said the use and share of...
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard detained 36 people from Chittagong boat club area on Tuesday night while trying to go to Malaysia illegally by a trawler. Five crew of the trawler and an alleged human trafficker were also arrested. The...
A truck driver was killed and two more people were injured in a head-on collision between two trucks in the city's Purana Paltan area early Wednesday. The accident took place in the area when a sugar-laden truck collided head-on with...
Police recovered 5.2 kg explosives and arrested two young men from the city's Khilgaon area on Tuesday night. The arrestees were identified as Md Mahbubur Rahman (18) and HM Atiqur Rahman (21). — UNB
The agitating students of the Institute of Health and Technology (IHT), Barisal, engaged in a clash with police in Barisal city on Wednesday. At least 25 people were injured in the clash. Police arrested 14 students. The students blocked the...
Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB), has urged the government to observe the International Anti-corruption Day officially aiming to promote anti-corruption campaign. The International Anti-Corruption Day is observed annually on December 9 since the passage of the United Nations Convention against Corruption...
Leaders of Trade Union Centre (TUC) have said there is no place for anti-liberation organisations Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir in the country for the welfare of the workers. Terming the Jamaat-Shibir as enemies of Bangladesh, the...
A 2nd set of question papers for Primary School Certificate (PSC) and Ebtedayee examinations that just ended was not prepared due to financial constraints, authorities say. Making more than one set of question papers is considered an important means to...
A farmer was killed over land dispute at Gouripur Upazila in Mymensingh district on Wednesday afternoon. The victim was identified as Kamrul Islam, 28, son of Abu Siddique of Saniapara village. Police said, there had been a long standing dispute...
A woman has been raped allegedly by a member of the staff of a Kazi office (marriage registration office) in Ramna area in the city. Sub-Inspector (SI) Saidul Islam of Ramna Police Station said the incident took place at Maghbazar...
Bangladesh has been entrusted with the task of coordinating the least developing countries (LDCs) in the global climate conference being held in Lima, Peru. Secretary of the Ministry of Forest and Environment M Nazibur Rahman, who is now attending the...
The current year is in the running to be the hottest globally and for the UK since records began, early estimates show. In the first 10 months of 2014 (January-October), global average air temperature was about 0.57 degrees Celsius above...
FE Online Report | 2014-12-04 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw negative trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE,...
Dhaka's rail communications with the port city of Chittagong remained suspended from Thursday morning following the derailment of a train in Sadar Dakkhin Upazila of Comilla district. However, no casualty was reported in the incident which took place in Jangalia...
A kidney of a patient has been dismembered at a private hospital in the city’s Uttara in a botched surgery to remove kidney stones. The doctor concerned, however, termed it as a ‘mere accident.’ The victim is one Babul Sarkar...
Gambia wants to learn from Bangladesh's experience to power its own socio-economic development, the country’s visiting minister for trade, industry, regional integration and employment has said. ‘We came to Bangladesh to see, hear and learn. What we have found is...
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