A Chittagong court on Thursday sentenced a businessman to 19 years imprisonment for evading tax worth about Tk 0.7 million (700,000), court officials said. The special divisional court of Ataur Rahman handed down the punishment to Bikash Chowdhury, a businessman...
Speakers at a meeting have stressed for preventing corruption to improve standard of public services being provided by the local government bodies and government departments in building a corruption-free Bangladesh. Kawnia Upazila unit of corruption prevention committee with the assistance...
An official of Islamic Foundation (IF), Bangladesh, died in a road accident in the city on Saturday morning. Mirpur Police Station, Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and local sources said a bus knocked down Rafiqul Islam, 35, son of late...
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal has hailed Bangladesh for playing vital role in international peacekeeping efforts. She said rhe United States and the international community are profoundly grateful to the people...
The last-ditch deal on energy cooperation for a common electricity grid has brightened the ‘Kathmandu Declaration’. The Saarc leaders welcomed the agreement and directed the relevant bodies to identify regional and sub-regional projects in the area of power generation, transmission...
A three-month-old baby girl was strangulated to death allegedly by her father at Montit village in Boraigram Upazila in Natore early Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Nusrat Jahan Sinthi. Quoting family members police said when Sinthi was sleeping...
BNP on Friday accused the government of creating obstacles towards holding the party-led 20-party’s public rally in Comilla scheduled to be held on Saturday. 'The government is carrying out various undemocratic acts ahead of Saturday's rally, alleged BNP's joint secretary...
serajul7@gmail.com | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
The Grand Jury (GJ) to investigate the death of unarmed African-American young man Michael Brown in the hands of white police officer Daren Wilson has given its dreaded verdict. It has decided not to indict the police officer, which means...
Organic farming and export of organic products have run into a snag. At the backdrop of enormous potential for this sector to grow, this snag that can wear away much of the hopes is the lack of accredited certification. Local...
Abu Ahmed | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh economy does not have any lawful gambling centre except the stock market. That too is not lawful. In the stock market, it is the gamblers who make and unmake the things that happen, especially when it comes to pushing...
Gopal Sengupta | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
The other day we had a long debate with some professionals on how we can start with big dreams and make life worth living. When will Bangladesh become a middle-income country? To accomplish the 'Vision 2021' by a least developed...
It is really great to hear that law enforcers have imposed fine on the jaywalkers who try to jaywalk at the Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue from 25th November. Possibly this is the first time I have heard that the government...
Traffic jams continues to be on the rise in metro Dhaka. While construction of some flyovers has eased the problem to an extent, some are going to add to it in future. Maghbazar-Malibag-Banglamotor flyover will worsen the traffic jam. At...
Everyday newspapers carry news reports of a women being tortured and often murdered for dowry. I was shocked to read a report on a girl named Zohra who was brutally tortured by her husband because she was unable to pay...
Saleh Akram | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
The economy encountered an unpalatable experience in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. The trade deficit almost doubled during the period and rose to $2.4 billion due to rising imports and falling exports. Import growth of 13.62 per...
Abu Afsarul Haider | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Youths are the greatest wealth and strength of any nation. The future of a nation lies in the hands of its posterity. That is why a society that prepares its youths for the future will not only ensure its future...
Ahmed Aboulenein of Reuters in Birmingham, England | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
For some British Muslims, the path to jihad and the path to peaceful aid work can traverse much of the same terrain. From an office in Britain's second largest city, Waseem Iqbal and a friend are planning a trip to...
FE Report | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
A parliamentary body Wednesday recommended necessary changes to the Vested Property Act to remove complexities in the law that deals with such landed property. The parliamentary standing committee on the land ministry also ordered taking stern action against all land...
Observing that democracy is set to slip into a deep hole in the country, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia urged all Wednesday to get united to foil the plots of evil forces of democracy killers, reports UNB. "We all must get...
Shaheed Dr Milon Day, commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, will be observed today (Thursday) across the country in a befitting manner, reports BSS. On this day in 1990, Dr Milon, the then joint- secretary general...
The prosecution at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 Wednesday concluded arguments on charges that have been framed against former Jatiya Party (JP) MP from Mothbaria, Engineer Abdul Jabbar, reports BSS. Prosecutor Jahid Imam argued on charge number 3, 4 and...
KATHMANDU, Nov 26 (UNB): Pakistan Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif called on the SAARC member states Wednesday to fight for resolving common problems like poverty, rather than fighting against each other. Speaking at the inaugural session of the 18th South...
Health and family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said Wednesday the government will make sure that the physicians attend minimum a day in a week at the community clinics to ensure health services to the village people, reports BSS. "Health services...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, said Wednesday "Securing democracy, independence is a long, arduous struggle," reports BSS Expressing deep sympathy to the family of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, a political colleague, who was martyred in the battle against...
RAB says it has traced the auto-rickshaw used by the killers of Rajshahi University teacher AKM Shafiul Islam, reports bdnews24.com. RAB's Rajshahi wing Deputy Commander Maj Shafiqul Islam said the vehicle was found abandoned near the city's railway station. Sociology...
The Anti Corruption Commission on Wednesday interrogated former State Minister for Water Resources Mahbubur Rahman for reportedly acquiring illegal wealth, reports UNB.
State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Zahid Maleque said Wednesday Bangladesh has made tremendous progress in the fields of population and reproductive health, reports BSS. With a population of 161 million, Bangladesh has achieved the highest life expectancy rate...
FE Report | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal will pay a three-day visit to Bangladesh from today (Thursday). This will be Nisha Desai Biswal's second visit to Bangladesh. She visited the country soon after taking...
FE Report | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
A total of 256 pedestrians were fined by the mobile courts on the second day of the week-long drive against jaywalkers on the capital's busy Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue Wednesday, officials said. They also realised fine to the tune of...
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