State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haq Chunnu said Friday that enactment of a new law favouring domestic workers across the country is now underway, reports BSS. The draft of the act will be placed at the Jatiya Sangsad...
All district hospitals in the country will have a cancer unit soon, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Md Nasim, reports BSS. "If money was available then every hospital would have a linear accelerator cobalt machine," he said this while...
Leaders and workers of the ruling Awami League (AL) and other socio-cultural-professional bodies paid glowing tributes Friday to Mohammad Hanif, former president of Dhaka City AL and first elected mayor of Dhaka, in observance of his 8th death anniversary, reports...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu heavily criticised Khaleda Zia and BNP Friday to take a blunt stand for militants and war criminals and requested all the democratic and progressive forces to stop favouring the BNP just now, reports UNB. He...
KISHOREGANJ, Nov 28 (UNB): A court here sent Friday Advocate Shamsuddin Ahmed, arrested for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity, including killing, arson attack and looting, during the Liberation War in 1971, to jail. Senior Judicial Magistrate SM Rajibul...
KHULNA, Nov 28 (BSS): The triennial council of Khulna city unit of Awami League (AL) will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at 10.00 am at Khulna Circuit House Ground. In this connection, a press conference was held today at the VIP...
Dhaka City Awami League (AL) joint secretary and Food Minister Advocate Quamrul Islam alleged Friday that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has been conspiring to kill Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS. "A few days back BNP leader Begum Khaleda...
An Islamic Foundation official was crushed to death by a speeding bus in the city's Kalyanpur area on Friday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam (40) son of Wahid Ali of Paschim Changhat village in Rangpur. Rafique,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Friday noon after attending the 18th Saarc Summit held in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu on November 26-27, reports UNB. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her...
Bangladesh artist Naeem Mohaimen has been short-listed for the Asia Pacific Breweries Award 2014 by the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), reports UNB. The short-listed artworks from different countries have been put on display at Singapore Art Museum from November 14...
GAZIPUR, Nov 28 (UNB): The five-day 'Jor Ijtema', a preparatory event of the two-phase Biswa Ijtema, began on the bank of the Turag river at Tongi Friday. Over 0.1 million devotees from both home and abroad are expected to join...
FE Report The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has warned of tough action against those resorting to fraudulent activities identifying themselves as officials of the anti-graft watchdog. "We have received a lot of complaints that some people used the ACC's name...
The tradtioal 'Chittaong Festival and Annual Mezban', organized by Chittagong Samity-Dhaka, will be held today (Saturday) at the Parliament Members Club in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar of the capital, reports UNB. Ministers, MPs, secretaries, politicians, businessmen, and high civil and military officials...
NATORE, Nov 28 (UNB): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members in a drive recovered a touchstone statue of a Hindu goddess worth Tk 70 million and arrested a man and his son in this connection at Sultanpur village in Natore Sadar...
Finance Minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith said Friday that the government would take initiatives to set up cultural centres in important cities of different countries, including Kolkata and London, to project the country's culture abroad, reports BSS. "The rich folk...
SIRAJGANJ, Nov 28 (bdnews24.com): A three-year old child has allegedly been raped in the district, police and victim's family say. The incident reportedly took place around Thursday noon at Bilashpur in Madhainagar Union, Tarash thana OC Ataur Rahman said on...
Workers of Wega Fashions, a garment factory in Dhanmondi of the capital, held a rally Friday protesting "illegal termination and attacks on the workers by the owner" of the factory, reports UNB. The rally was organised under the banner of...
KHULNA, Nov 28 (UNB): A police probe panel recommended taking action against the officer-in-charge (Investigation) and a constable of Dumuria thana over the death of a medicine trader in police custody. The three-member investigation committee formed by the Khuna Range...
BENAPOLE, Nov 28 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive rescued 34 people, including 10 women and three children, from Putkhali border of Benapole Friday morning while being trafficked to India. The rescued people hail from Bagerhat,...
Old man burnt to death in N'ganj NARAYANGONJ, Nov 28: A septuagenarian man was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at his house in Mazdair of Fotullah in Sadar upazila. The deceased was identified as Abed Ali,...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6pm today (Saturday). Light fog may occur over the country during late night until morning, Met Office said. Night temperature may rise by 1-2 degree...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-11-29 00:00:00
A good number of tax-related decisions have remained stalled as the law ministry recently asked the revenue board to seek legal clearance in the matters of some SROs through the Internal Resources Division (IRD). Some important Statutory Regulatory Orders (SROs)...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-11-29 00:00:00
Nearly 40 per cent of the Tk 25.19 billion funds sought for a proposed power sector project are set to be spent for less-important matters, including purchase of vehicles and foreign training, officials said Wednesday. Such huge spending of the...
Arafat Ara The government's borrowing from savings instruments during the July-October period of this fiscal (2014-15) surpassed the entire fiscal's target as higher yield rates lured the savers to invest more in these secure tools. The net sales of savings...
The pace of execution of the country's over Tk 803-billion annual development programme (ADP) in July-September period hit a four-year low at 9.0 per cent, official sources said. Such sloth in development works in the first quarter of the current...
Rezaul Karim The government may withdraw the upfront tax at source on profit earned from its different securities from the next fiscal year (FY), 2015-16, to help develop the secondary market for the same, officials said. The Bangladesh Bank (BB)...
DINAJPUR, Nov 28 (Agencies): Two members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were killed as a truck crashed into their motorcycle in Fulbari Upazila here Friday. The deceased were identified Al Amin (20), son of Golam Mostafa of Laxmipur, and Rubel...
Bangladesh candidate Captain Moin Uddin Ahmed has been elected Director General of the International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO) in an election held during the 23rd session of the IMSO Assembly in London. This is the first time in the 35...
FE Report | 2014-11-29 00:00:00
Agitated people at Natun Bazar area in the capital on Friday enforced road blockade in protest against murder of Farjana and demanded immediate arrest of the killers. The local people, along with her classmates, formed a human chain at about...
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