National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman urged the government Sunday to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) peace accord as early as possible, else the country will have to suffer, reports UNB. "My earnest request to the...
Ershad off to Malaysia on 5-day visit Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad left Dhaka Sunday for Malaysia on a five-day visit at the invitation of the Malaysian ruling party. A regular flight of Malaysia Airlines carrying Ershad and his...
With some observations, the High Court (HC) Sunday disposed of the plea that sought to revoke the evidence made by prosecution witness (PW) Jodge Mia before the trial court in the August 21 grenade blast case a decade ago, reports...
Condemned convict Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami filed Sunday an appeal with the Supreme Court (SC) challenging the death penalty awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) for crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, reports UNB. Emerging from...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has fixed Monday for order on the two leave to appeals filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia against the High Court (HC) verdict upholding the orders of the trial court in two...
The defence counsel for war crimes accused Maulana A Sobhan Sunday outright denied the charges made against his client of carrying out operation in Kulonia and Dogachhi villages in Pabna killing five people after abduction and torching several houses in...
Monira Munni | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
Today is tragic November 24. On this day in 2012, one of the most devastating fire incidents in recent memory took place at Tazreen Fashions -- a garment factory -- at Ashulia on the outskirts of Dhaka city. The blaze...
The Primary and Ebtedayee Terminal Examinations-2014 began across the country Sunday, reports UNB. The examinations were held in 6,791 centres across the country. A total of 27,88,544 students from schools and 3,05,721 from madrasahs took part in the examinations. Of...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the government, Spanish government and ILO have joined hands to implement a new project - SWAPNO - to help the poorest women move out of extreme poverty, reports UNB. Spanish Ambassador in Dhaka Luis...
FE Report | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
Parliamentary standing committee on the environment and forest ministry formed a sub-committee to submit report along with recommendations to ban polythene bags of all types in the next meeting. Standing committee member Tipu Sultan was made chairman of the sub-committee....
FE Report | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
Speakers at a discussion programme in the city stressed Sunday the need for creating awareness to prevent deadly and costly kidney diseases. They said about 40,000 patients out of 20 million (two crore) kidney patients in the country die every...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 23 (Agencies): Detective Branch (DB) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested five persons including a Pakistani citizen from Hotel Lord's Inn, a residential hotel at the city's GEC crossing at 1pm today. Police suspects that the arrested persons...
The Parliament on Sunday unanimously passed three separate bills for the three district councils of Chittagong Hill Tracts aiming to increase the number of members in the councils for bringing dynamism to serve people of the small ethnic groups in...
Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) chairman M Badiuzzman said on Sunday the ACC is being called by a certain quarter as a commission of impunity intentionally, which is 'designed to tarnish its image', reports UNB. "Injustice has been shown calling the...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim told the Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday that no Ebola virus patient was detected in Bangladesh, reports BSS. Medical team to prevent Ebola virus so far screened 216 incoming international passengers, especially those landed...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 23 (UNB): A Chittagong court Sunday asked police to conduct re-autopsy on the body of a Naogaon judge, who was found dead at a city house on September 16. Metropolitan Magistrate Faridul Alam passed the order following a...
Nurses under the banner of 'Bangladesh Nurses Oikya Parishad' staged demonstrations at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city on Sunday to press home their eight-point demand, reports UNB. The demands include appointment of nurses on the basis of merit...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Monday). Night temperature may fall slightly and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, Met Office said. The country's highest...
Form Safe Food Authority in 3 months: HC The High Court(HC) Sunday asked the government to constitute 'Safe Food Authority' and 'Central Safe Food Management Coordination Council' within three months to ensure safe food for all citizens of the country....
KERANIGANJ, Nov 23 (UNB): Two suspected robbers were beaten to death by a mob in Dharmasur area under Keraniganj Model thana early Sunday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Quoting locals, Majibar Rahman, officer-in-charge of the...
Bangladesh has made a significant leap in the Competitive Industrial Performance (CIP) country ranking, co-prepared by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the World Economic Forum (WEF), reports BSS. The UNIDO and the WEF published the CIP ranking...
FE Report | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism (MoCAT) formed Sunday a committee to investigate into the involvement of Biman officials in gold smuggling. Additional secretary of the MoCAT Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Munim will investigate into the matter. "The committee...
FE Report | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
The Cabinet Committee on Purchase approved on Sunday seven proposals worth Tk 4.55 billion. The approval was given at a meeting held on the day at the Cabinet Division of the Bangladesh Secretariat with Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith...
FE Report | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) honoured 24 top remitters at a function at a city hotel Sunday for contributing to the country's economic growth by sending a significant amount of foreign currency in 2013. The central bank formally acknowledged the contribution...
FE Report | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested early Sunday four members of the banned outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including its women wing chief, from the capital's Sadarghat area. The women wing chief was identified as Fatema Begum, wife of Kolkata...
NEW DELHI, Nov 23, 2014 (BSS/AFP) - India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley promised Today to unveil a whole series of "second-generation" reforms to try to kickstart the stuttering economy. In an interview with the Press Trust of India (PTI) news...
Police recovered the body of a young man from inside an almirah at a house in old Dhaka city's Lalbagh area on Sunday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Alauddin Shikdar(29), son of Hossain Shikdar, a resident of...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
The number of personal or individual-level income taxpayers in the country gives quite a disconcerting picture, notwithstanding the 'big bang' about annual tax fairs, the much-vaunted drives for expanding the direct tax net and the much ado about reorganisation, recast,...
FE Report | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
An oil tanker exploded into a blaze with a big bang at a fuel station in Dhaka's Tejgaon industrial area on Sunday night, sending people in panic. Firefighters said the fire erupted while the tanker was releasing fuel at Sotota...
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