Finance Minister AMA Muhith informed the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Tuesday that the country's poverty rate was estimated currently at 24.5 per cent as per the mid-term implementation report 2014 on the Sixth Five-Year Plan, reports BSS. "Besides, the poverty...
The tannery industry at Hazaribagh in the city would be relocated to the newly-built industrial estate at Savar by March 2015, reports BSS. Department of Environment Director General Raisul Alam Mandal said this while visiting the Shubhadda canal in Keraniganj...
BOGRA, Nov 25 (UNB): Six people were killed and four others injured as a truck crashed into a human hauler carrying a group of farm labourers in Kahalu upazila on Monday night. Witnesses said 10 farm labourers met the accident...
Foni Bhushan Chowdhury was sworn in as a member of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) Tuesday, reports BSS. Chief Justice M Mozammel Hossain administered the oath at a simple ceremony at the judges' lounge of the Supreme Court at...
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A motorbike rider was killed, when a Jabale Nur Paribahan bus knocked him at Kalshi in the city's Mirpur Cantonment area at around 8:30pm Tuesday. The victim was identified as Nazmul Huq. Angry people set two buses of the Paribahan...
PATUAKHALI, Nov 25 (UNB): Police arrested Tuesday four people for their alleged involvement in the looting of valuables of five tourists, including three female ones, after assaulting them near Mahipur fish port in Kalapara Upazila. In another development, in-charge of...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Cultural Affairs Ministry suggested Tuesday raising allocations for institutes and organisations on poet Kazi Nazrul Islam to conduct research on him and increase publication, preservation and circulation of his works, reports BSS.
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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UNWomen, and Ministry of Women and Children Affairs jointly organised the launching of 16 Days Activism for the elimination of all forms of violence against women from society Tuesday. The programme was held at the...
4 to walk gallows for murder in Netrakona NETRAKONA, Nov 25: A tribunal here Tuesday convicted four people of killing a minor boy after abduction in Durgapur upazila in 2013, and sentenced them to death. The condemned convicts are Saidul...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country today (Wednesday). Night temperature may fall slightly over southern part and may remain nearly unchanged elsewhere over the country and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the...
The 4th death anniversary of valiant freedom fighter and former joint secretary Kazi Farid Ahmed will be observed today (Tuesday). On this occasion, family members of the deceased have requested all relatives, well wishers and friends to pray for the...
Review petitions can be filed over appeal verdicts in war crimes cases, says the Supreme Court's (SC) Appellate Division, report agencies. The Appellate Division has ruled that both the prosecution and the condemned 1971 war criminals may enjoy the right...
The High Court (HC) questioned Tuesday the legality of holding office by Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain even after holding a profitable post in a company, reports UNB. The court issued a rule upon the authorities concerned...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-11-26 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has long been facing serious trouble with stockpiles of cancelled and torn notes as the Department of Environment (DoE) has refused permission to it to burn those, sources said. "A huge amount of torn notes has...
The first Chief Negotiator's Meeting (CNM) of the recently launched China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will he held on November 28 in Kunming with representatives from Bangladesh and 20 other founding-member countries participating in it, reports UNB. "The CNM...
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) of the central bank does not have any data on how much money has so far been siphoned off abroad, Finance Minister AMA Muhith told Parliament Tuesday, reports UNB. Efforts are on to sign...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-11-26 00:00:00
The ratio of population and actual taxpayers, implying those who submit their annual tax returns, in Bangladesh is at one of the lowest levels among the South-Asian countries, largely due to lax tax compliance and 'fear factor' among the taxpayers....
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-11-26 00:00:00
The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), established under the article 127 of the Constitution, Monday last made the audit reports on financial dealings of a number of government organizations public. The CAG himself disclosed the contents of...
Former minister Abdul Latif Siddique, who made headlines for his anti-Hajj remarks, has landed in jail in a case for hurting religious sentiments, report agencies. A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrates Court gave the order Tuesday after he surrendered to Dhanmondi police...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-11-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh Railway (BR) will convert the Akhaura to Laksam section to dual-gauge line although remaining part of the Dhaka-Chittagong railway line is metre-gauge (MG), officials said Tuesday. On the Dhaka-Chittagong 327km railway line, some 117km is MG and the BR...
KATHMANDU, Nov 25 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in the Nepalese capital Tuesday afternoon to a rousing reception to attend the 18th Saarc Summit to be held on November 26-27. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the...
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Syed Nasim Manzur, managing director of Apex Footwear Limited, has been elected president of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) for 2015. The committee members unanimously elected him the MCCI president at its first meeting on November 18....
The NBR has decided to keep its income tax offices open on November 29 to facilitate individual taxpayers submit their tax returns within the deadline. The deadline for submission of individual tax returns for 2014-15 tax year is scheduled to...
The remark of independent member Rustum Ali Faraji saying ‘there is no real opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament)’ was expunged from the parliament proceedings amid protests by opposition Jatiya Party members on Tuesday. Taking floor to give personal clarification,...
An activist of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) was shot dead during a 'gunfight' between 2 rival groups in Baghaichhari Upazila in Rangamati district on Tuesday. The dead is Shyamol Chakma, 35. Marisha zone BGB officials at a press...
Bangladesh still hopes that Saarc Framework Agreement for Energy Cooperation (Electricity), one of the 3 much-sought deals, will be inked during the 18th Summit which begins today (Wednesday). Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, who is now in Kathmandu, Nepal, to...
A high government official of Bangladesh has said that the Prime Minister’s active participation in the 18th Saarc Summit will help strengthen cooperation among the member states in the areas of connectivity, trade, energy and security. The 2-day Summit of...
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a meeting this (Wednesday) afternoon in Kathmandu on the sideline of the 18th Saarc Summit. This will be their 2nd meeting with the 1st one being held...
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