The tragic bus accident at Natore took away 33 lives. Many more were injured and are now fighting death in hospitals and clinics. Many among the injured will be crippled for life. Media reports indicated, the collision happened as one...
Khawaza Main Uddin | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
Western multinational corporations (MNCs) have been criticised for years for their notorious role - corrupting the political system and even overthrowing elected regimes - in the Third World countries. Recently, the US Department of Justice has investigated a few companies...
Syed Mahbubur Rashid | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank proudly displays its foreign exchange reserve, which is sufficient to meet the import requirements of the country for seven months. This comfortable condition has been prevailing for a pretty long period of time. Credit for it goes to...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is on the way to Bogra as she will address a public rally in Nilphamari today (Thursday), aiming to mobilise public support in favour of 20-party alliance's demand for holding fresh polls under a non-party administration,...
Awami League (AL) Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud urged all pro-liberation forces Wednesday to be united to face the anti-state plotters, reports BSS. "Khaleda Zia is the leader of those who had taken stand against the country's liberation...
Police arrested a young man Tuesday night from near Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) on the Dhaka University (DU) campus and recovered from him a pen drive containing some offensive pictures of and remarks about Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB....
With a view to making the founding anniversary of Bangladesh Awami Juba League (JL) a success, the presidium meeting of JL will be held today (Thursday) at the party's central office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the city. JL chairman Omar...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) will hear on December 2 the appeal filed by convicted war criminal Ghulam Azam against the verdict sentencing the nonagenarian retired Jamaat-e-Islami ameer to 90 years in jail unto death for his...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said Wednesday the religious sanctity will be protected as per the country's constitution, reports BSS. "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led government has arranged all measure for performing religious activities of all people in different faiths, whatever...
Voicing satisfaction over the progress, US Ambassador Dan W Mozena has said the remaining uninspected RMG factories need to be inspected to agreed standards soonest to safeguard against another Rana Plaza or Tazreen Fashions calamity in Bangladesh, reports UNB. "Although...
FE Report | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
The pay commission will propose to the government to bring the government employees under a comprehensive health insurance scheme to ensure their proper treatment. The employees will get treatment, accident and death coverage and their family members will get healthcare...
FE Report | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
The parliamentary standing committee on primary and mass education ministry discussed Wednesday how to recover the grabbed land of 51 government primary schools in Dhaka metropolitan area and recommended steps to be taken. The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) committee made the...
President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister (FM) AH Mahmood Ali will undertake separate foreign trips next week to attend global forums and hold bilateral meetings, reports UNB. The President will visit Dubai from October 28-30...
Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal have joined hands to conserve wildlife and tackle poaching, reports BSS. The authorities concerned of the three countries will pursue a coordinated effort to combat wildlife trading and protect biodiversity under the 'Strengthening Regional Cooperation for...
FE Report | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
Novelta Bestway Pharmaceuticals Ltd (NBPL) has joined hand with Dhaka University (DU) to develop appropriate vaccine strains against a fatal virus in the country. To work jointly, the NBPL signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Microbiology Department of the...
In a bid to check hi-tech forgery in admissions tests for medical and dental colleges, the government has slapped a ban on carrying all kinds of electronic devices by examinees to the examination centres, reports UNB. The Health Ministry issued...
A two-member Iranian delegation led by Dr Ali Azam Khosravi, official representative of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran, called on BUET Vice-chancellor Prof Khaleda Khanam at the latter's office Wednesday, said a press release. They discussed...
MUNSHIGANJ, Oct 22 (UNB): Four people, including women and children, were killed and two others injured in a road accident on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Gazaria upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased -- two women and two children -- could...
Cabinet Division Additional Secretary Istiaque Ahmed has been appointed chairman of the state-run Petrobangla, reports UNB. The Public Administration Ministry on Wednesday issued a notification announcing Istiaque Ahmed the new chairman of Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla).
A condolence meeting on journalist Md Al-Amin, who died of cardiac arrest on Monday, is scheduled to be held at DUCSU Bhaban on the Dhaka University (DU) campus at 4:00pm tomorrow (Friday), says a press release. His friends and colleagues...
Police arrested on Wednesday a sub-inspector of Sher-e-Banglanagar Police Station as he deliberately shot a youth due to previous enmity, reports UNB. Officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station Abdul Momin was withdrawn and transferred to the Detective Branch of Dhaka...
FE Report | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nari Sangbadik Kendra (BNSK) has condoled the death of journalist Sabia Siddique in a road accident and demanded actions against the driver responsible for the accident to stop this kind of unnatural death in the future. At a condolence...
RU Correspondent | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Oct 22: The Rajshahi University (RU) authority announced the dates of practical test for Fine Arts, Music and Theater departments. The admission test will be held November 06 to 08.
Chhaya's musical evening Oct 25 A musical evening by Chhaya Karmokar will be held on October 25, 2014 at 6:30 pm at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC), Gulshan-1 in the city. The IGCC, in association with Asian Paints, IRCON...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6pm today (Thursday). Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged and night temperature may rise slightly over the country, Met Office said. Country's highest temperature 34.2 degree Celsius...
As the Human Rights Watch (HRW) demands trials of RAB members who allegedly maimed Jhalakathi's youth Limon Hossain, the state minister for home has sought to water it down as a "mere accident", reports bdnews24.com. "The accident took place while...
The High Court (HC) has ordered the posting of doctors at the country's entry points to identify people infected by the Ebola virus, reports bdnews24.com. If identified, they will be taken to specialized hospitals for treatment to prevent a possible...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Oct 22: Unusual delay in un-stuffing and delivery of imported raw materials under the less container load (LCL) system is severely hampering export of readymade garments (RMG), apparel makers and trade body leaders have said. The RMG exporters said...
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