BNP has chalked out a 10-day elaborate programme, including a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on November 8, to observe the ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day,’ marking the civil-military “uprising on November 7, 1975,” reports UNB. BNP acting...
Country’s eminent personalities, including academics, professionals, artists and human rights activists have strongly protested hartal (shutdown) programme during the examinations for Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC), reports BSS. In a joint statement, they expressed grave concern...
Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain Friday stressed the need for making a modern and time-befitting urbanisation policy, reports BSS. Such a policy should save farm land, he said speaking as chief guest at an exchange of opinion...
A faction of Ganajagaran Manch led by Imran H Sarker began on Friday their special campaign for staying the presidential clemency for war criminals and banning the politics of Jamaat-Shibir, reports UNB. A team of about 150 activists of the...
SYLHET, Oct 31 (UNB): A case has been filed against 45 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir in connection with the Wednesday’s clash following the ICT verdict against the Islamic party’s Ameer Motiur Rahman...
NARAYANGANJ, Oct 31 (UNB): A woman and her minor daughter were killed and her another daughter was injured when a truck rammed into a rickshaw carrying them at Missionpara in the city on Friday. The deceased were identified as Shirin...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-01 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Oct 31: The New Mooring Container Terminal (NMCT) under the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is likely to go into operation shortly. It is hoped, as the parliamentary standing committee on shipping ministry in its meeting on October 29 has...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expects same tough stance from India as Bangladesh's to combat terrorism, reports bdnews24.com. In an interview with Kolkata-based Anandabazar Patrika Friday, she said: "India needs to take actions to destroy Bangladeshi militants operating from India much...
FE Report The number of active internet users in the country has reached nearly 42.3 million until September, up from 40.8 million in the previous month, the telecom regulator said. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) recently published the figure of...
SYLHET, Oct 31 (UNB): Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Friday the European Union's opposition to death sentence awarded to war criminals would not affect its development assistance to Bangladesh. He came up with the remark while talking to reporters...
Sheikh Hasina might now prefer to advance her credentials as a wise, legitimate and moderate leader by leaving a flawed tribunal to grind forward only very slowly. After all, she wants Bangladesh to bolster its international reputation, says the prestigious...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested five suspected members of banned Islamic outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including its chief coordinator, from Sirajganj district early Friday, reports UNB. The elite force also recovered huge bombs and bomb-making materials from their...
Transactions in retail markets and superstores selling consumer goods in the city have recorded a significant fall in recent months, traders concerned said. But they remain clueless about the decline in the demand for even daily necessities. "It appears that...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-11-01 00:00:00
The prime minister's office (PMO) has sought a fund of Tk 27.0 billion from the ministry of finance in urgent allocation for land acquisition to set up three of a bunch of economic zones (EZs), officials said. They said such...
FHM Humayan Kabir The government would raise its share in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), one of the five institutions that make up the World Bank, by purchasing some 1,364 more shares, officials said Wednesday last. Currently...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Friday the government was considering restricting all kinds of rallies and processions in the capital to weekends in a bid to ease nagging traffic congestions in the city, reports UNB. "As...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-11-01 00:00:00
Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI), the International investment arm of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), has shown interest to build a 10 million- tonne per year capacity crude oil refinery worth US$6.0 billion in the country, a top official said Thursday. A...
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, the country's main global gateway, is the ninth worst airport in Asia, according to a recent survey, reports UNB. An organisation - Sleeping in Airports - conducted the survey titled 'Worst Airports of 2014' which also...
FE Report | 2014-11-01 00:00:00
A devastating fire broke out Friday in the Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation (BSEC) building wherein a few media outlets are housed, in a repeat of blaze within seven years. A firsthand report said the fire gutted all the valuables...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is scheduled to address a rally of the 20-party alliance in Natore today (Saturday). The rally is being held to mobilise public support in favour of the 20-party alliance's demand for early election under a non-party...
BAGERHAT, Oct 31: Members of Bangladesh Navy in a drive arrested 28 more Indian fishermen in the Fairway Buoy area of the Bay of Bengal under Mongla upazila on Thursday for trespassing into the Bangladesh waters. Sub-inspector of Mongla Police...
India's technology capital Bangalore will be formally known as Bengaluru from Saturday, eight years after the state first proposed the name change. Bengaluru is the city's name in local Kannada language and local politicians and historians say Bangalore is an...
A project has been taken to give a further boost to agricultural production in Sylhet division by over 86,000 metric tonnes a year through proper utilisation of ground and surface water by developing necessary irrigation infrastructures. The Executive Committee of...
A man was killed in an attack by his rival for land in Kulaura Upazila in Moulvibazar district on Friday. The dead is Shafiqul Islam Chowdhury, 60, son of late Abdul Gafur of Madangouri village. Police and locals said there...
A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) died and three others were injured as a boat capsized in a river in Tahirpur Upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday night. The dead is Bidharshan, 35, was a member of BGB Baliaghat...
Dhaka City Awami League General Secretary and Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya has said that BNP has turned out to be a fractured political party now while its main ally Jamaat-e-Islami is becoming lifeless gradually. ‘The...
A minor girl was killed in a wall collapse at Horogram Natunpara in the Rajshahi city on Friday. The deceased was identified as Suraiya, 6, daughter of Shariful Islam of the area. Victim’s father said Suraiya was playing inside the...
Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) authorities have rescheduled its November 6 admissions tests under 2014-2015 session for November 7 due to unavoidable reasons. As per the new timetable, the admissions test of ‘C’ unit will be held from...
A mentally retarded man went missing while taking bath in the Padma River at Kishorepur village in Bagha Upaizla in Rajshahi district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Kamar Uddin, 40, son of Saifuddin of the village. Witnesses said...
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