Neil Ray | 2014-10-27 00:00:00
Protectors have become predators in all ages. But in recent times, the predatoriness has evidently surpassed all past records. In a modern state, the weak are protected from the clutches of the aggressors by its set organs and agencies where...
A general strike, popularly known as hartal in our country, always affects the life of common people as it hampers the economic activities of our country to a great extent. None supports it and I think we should do away...
Last week while I was passing by the Bhahadur Shah Park near the Jagannath University, I saw a small blind lad playing a flute sweetly. There was a small crowd. On performance of his feat, everyone paid him some money....
Now we are inching towards welcoming the winter and it is the most favourite season of the dwellers in Dhaka city, as during this time we do not experience any load shedding, sweltering heat or water shortage. So the nagging...
Burhanul Hassan Palash | 2014-10-27 00:00:00
In most of the developed countries, plastic money has replaced the paper currency on a large scale and is now being adopted in developing countries gradually. Plastic money basically consists of different cards, both debit and credit, used as a...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-10-27 00:00:00
When we get up in the morning and listen to the radio or television or read the newspaper, we are confronted with the same depressing news and horrible stories: violence, crime, wars, and disasters. Not a single day passes without...
FE Report | 2014-10-27 00:00:00
Leading Asian businessmen and academicians have underscored the need for increasing investments in both public and private sectors for infrastructure development, alongside framing investment-friendly policies and regulations to tap the high investment opportunities in the region. They have also observed...
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad asked on Sunday his party men to take all-out preparations for the next general election as people want to get rid of Awami League and BNP, reports UNB. "People have not forgotten me. They're looking...
Alleging that the current regime is running the country with "Satan soul", BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Sunday the much-sought peace in the country will be restored with the fall of this "devil", reports UNB. "This...
A Dhaka court placed Sunday six leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations, including Jubo Dal president Moazzem Hossain Alal, on a three-day remand each in a case filed with under the Special Powers Act 1974, reports UNB....
The Appellate Division on Sunday fixed November 6 for hearing the leave to appeal filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia against a High Court verdict upholding the trial court order on charge-framing in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, reports...
The government will launch a crack down on vehicles without fitness clearance and drivers without licence from November 10, reports bdnews24.com. The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges has also decided to start a drive against fraud, 'middlemen' and harassment...
Visiting Assistant Secretary General and Director at the Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy of UNDP Michael O'Neill on Sunday commended Bangladesh people's resilience in adapting to climate change and fighting urban poverty, reports UNB. The commendation came during O'Neill's...
The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive recovered 57 crude bombs and nearly two kilogram gunpowder in an abandoned condition in the Oli Baba Mazar Road area near the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology(RUET) campus early...
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Oct 26 (BSS) : A total 22 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit, were expelled for different terms and fined following a factional clash at the Maulana Bhasani Hall on August 20,...
FE Report | 2014-10-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh is doing well and it has great potential to go forward, Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Dr Mukhisa Kituyi said Sunday. The visiting UNCTAD secretary general was talking to the media after...
The Industries Ministry has prepared a preliminary draft of the 'National Industrial Policy 2015' aimed at increasing the stake of the industrial sector to 40 per cent from 28 per cent of the national economy, reports UNB. This was informed...
FE Report | 2014-10-27 00:00:00
The 'Halloween Programme,' a western cultural event, was celebrated at Hotel Agrabad in Chittagong recently in a befitting manner, said a press release. The students of local reputed schools, especially English medium ones, took part in the programme. They participated...
Dhaka University authorities are planning to introduce three more departments in a bid to create well-trained and skilled manpower in the country in printing, public health and engineering sectors, reports UNB. DU VC Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique disclosed this during...
President Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka for Dubai today (Monday) morning to attend the 10th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) summit, reports UNB. "The President will leave Dhaka for Dubai at 9.55 am by a flight of Emirates Airlines," said...
UK international development minister Lynne Featherstone arrived in the city on Sunday to see for herself the actions being taken to end child marriage and prevent violence against women and girls, reports UNB. Her visit comes in the wake of...
The government has taken up a Tk 4.0 billion project for the development of Gulshan-Banani Lake as it will be linked with Hatirjheel project widening facilities for the city dwellers, reports UNB. "Hatirjheel project will be linked with Gulshan-Banani Lake....
Additional Inspector General of Police Fatema Begum has been made Rector of the Police Staff College Bangladesh situated at Mirpur in the capital, reports UNB. The Home Ministry issued a notification on Sunday in this connection.
The results of tests for admission to the country's medical and dental colleges for the 2014-2015 academic session were published on Sunday, showing a pass rate of 34 per cent, reports UNB. Some 22,759 candidates, out of 69,477, secured the...
MUNSHIGANJ, Oct 26 (Agencies): Four people were killed and 29 others injured in two separate road accidents on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Gazaria upazila of the district on Sunday. Two of the deceased were identified as Masud Rana, 18, and Khadem...
Anne Aarnes, assistant administrator for Asia at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), arrives in the city today (Monday) on a four-day visit, reports UNB. During her stay, Aarnes will visit development projects in Khulna, Jessore, Bagerhaat and Munshiganj....
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday fixed November 20 for hearing the contempt of court charge filed against Abul Asad, editor of the daily Sangram, a mouthpiece of Jamaat-e-Islami, and three others, for publishing reports on a subjudice matter on...
Publication ceremony of 'Ganomanusher Arthonitibid Abul Barkat' held The publication ceremony of a recently published book entitled "Ganomanusher Arthonitibid Abul Barkat" was held at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban auditorium of Dhaka University Saturday. Chairman of Bangladesh Law...
Light rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions until 6pm today (Monday). Day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged...
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