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400 job seekers on way to KL by sea remain missing

FE Report | 2014-11-23 00:00:00

More than 4000 overseas job seekers from Sirajganj district went to Malaysia by sea route last year, said a preliminary study report. Of them, 400 migrants have been missing while going to Malaysia by trawler, it also said.   The report...

PM gets UN South-South Visionary Award

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has got the "South-South Cooperation Visionary Award" of the United Nations for her extraordinary role in advancing Bangladesh towards the digital system and the expansion of education through revolutionary concepts, reports BSS. The award was given...

Drive against jaywalking begins in city Tuesday

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Police will launch a drive through mobile courts in the city from November 25, aiming to prevent jaywalking and raising awareness among pedestrians about using footbridges and underpasses, reports UNB. "A three-day campaign will be launched from Saturday to create...

Shahbagh flower shops evicted

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Dhaka city authorities have evicted flower shops occupying the sidewalks at Shahbagh for a long time, reports bdnews24.com. Dhaka City Corporation (South) started the drive, assisted by police, on Saturday morning. Shahbagh police Inspector Habil Hossain said the city corporation...

Photo: Devices to prevent vehicles from taking the wrong route

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Little done after Doha, Bali talks

FE Report | 2014-11-23 00:00:00

Little progress has been made in implementing the measures taken in WTO conferences, especially in Doha and Bali ministerial meets, for the benefit of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and developing nations. Speakers at a dialogue here Saturday on 'Recapturing the...

Pension payments on high rise as retired personnel grow in numbers

Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-11-23 00:00:00

Payments on account of pension and retirement benefits of government employees from public exchequer have been ballooning, following a significant rise in the number of retired personnel, officials said. Rise in life expectancy, coupled with thousands of retirements of public...

2 deepwater blocks may go to US-Norway JV

M Azizur Rahman | 2014-11-23 00:00:00

The government is set to award two deepwater blocks, instead of chosen three, to the joint venture of US-based ConocoPhillips and Norwegian Statoil for oil-and-gas exploration in the Bay of Bengal. Officials said the Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD)...

Illegal aliens involved in serious financial crimes

Shah Alam Nur | 2014-11-23 00:00:00

Several thousand foreign nationals are allegedly involved in serious financial crimes across the country as organised gangs are now eyeing a bonanza in various thriving sectors. According to intelligence sources, the foreigners are involved in illegal voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) trade,...

RHD takes up yet another major road expansion project

FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-11-23 00:00:00

The Road Transport and Bridges (RTB) Ministry is in search of funds for turning the Dhaka-Mawa road into a four-lane highway. It is mulling reconstruction of the road to facilitate smooth transportation passengers and goods using the planned Padma Bridge,...

Bangladeshi killed by Indian tribals

2014-11-23 00:00:00

SYLHET, Nov 22: A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by members of the Indian tribal community Khasia at a Guabari border point in Jaintapur upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Kudrat, 30, a day labourer and son of...

Cargo trawler sinks in Meghna

2014-11-23 00:00:00

LAXMIPUR, Nov 22: A cargo trawler sank with 160 tonnes of salt in the Meghna in the Motirhat area under Komolnagar upazila of the district on Friday. Naval police and locals said the cargo trawler "MV Ziron" was going to...

Prayer Timings

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Announcement

2014-11-23 00:00:00

PSC, Ebtedayee exams start today

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Primary School Certificate (PSC) and Ebtedayee examinations begin today (Sunday). This year 2.7 million students have registered to take the PSC tests and 311,265 will appear for the Ebtedayee examinations. The exams will start with the English test from 11am...

Khaleda meets alliance leaders

2014-11-23 00:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has met the leaders of the constituents of the 20-party alliance to discuss strategies for their anti-government movement. However, neither what was discussed nor the decisions taken at the meeting were disclosed to reporters after it...

Form inter-country body to stop illegal migration: DU research unit

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Refugee and Migratory Movement Research Unit (RMMRU), a Dhaka University institute, has recommended the creation of an inter-country commission for taking effective actions to stop illegal migration from Bangladesh to Malaysia via Thailand. The research unit came up with the...

SUST authorities trash BCL claim

2014-11-23 00:00:00

The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has rubbished the claim of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) that the university authority was responsible for Thursday's clash on the campus that killed one. Rejecting BCL's claim, Vice-Chancellor Aminul Haque Bhuiyan on...

\\\'Sidor\\\' and \\\'Hudhud\\\' – born on a bus

2014-11-23 00:00:00

A woman has given birth to twin boys on a bus in Raiganj Upazila in Sirajganj district. Shahina Akhter, along with her husband Khatibar Rahman Bhutto, was heading home to Rangpur on a ‘SM Elegance’ bus on Saturday. The 30-year-old...

Jessore AL leader gunned down

2014-11-23 00:00:00

A leader of Jessore's Abhoynagar Upazila unit of Awami League (AL) has been shot to death by some unknown assailants. Locals said Oliar Rahman, 50, joint General Secretary of the Abhoynagar Upazila unit of AL and also a councillor of...

Indian, Myanmar separatists won\\\'t be allowed to operate from BD: Kamal

2014-11-23 00:00:00

The government will not allow the separatists of India and Myanmar to operate from Bangladesh’s soil, State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said while speaking with the reporters after attending a programme on Saturday. However, he declined to...

PSC, Ebtedayee tests start

2014-11-23 00:00:00

The Primary School Certificate (PSC) and Ebtedayee examinations-2014 began at 11:00am today (Sunday). This year 2.7 million students have registered to take the PSC tests and 311,265 are appearing for the Ebtedayee examinations. The exams started with the English test...

Cox\\\'s Bazar transport strike withdrawn

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Cox's Bazar transport workers have lifted the strike they called after a mobile court recently penalised transport workers in the town. Long-route buses have been operating since Saturday evening, after almost a 3-day halt. Transport owners and workers withdrew the...

Mobarak\\\'s war crimes verdict Monday

2014-11-23 00:00:00

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 will deliver its verdict on Mobarak Hossain in war crimes cases on Monday. The (ICT)-1 concluded the trial of Mobarak on June 2 this year and kept the verdict pending. The 62-year-old has been charged...

Stocks down at opening amid volatility

FE Online Report | 2014-11-23 00:00:00

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw negative trend in early hours of trading on Sunday amid modest see-saw, the first session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by...

\\\'Appointment of 17,000 police personnel soon\\\'

2014-11-23 00:00:00

State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that the government will very soon appoint 17,000 people in Bangladesh police force. ‘There is only one policeman for 1,035 people in Bangladesh currently,’ the state minister said adding that...

Man strangled dead in city

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Some miscreants have strangled a young man to death in Lalbagh area in Dhaka city. Police recovered the body of Alauddin Shikder, 29, from a wardrobe at a house in on Sunday morning. Confirming the incident, Lalbagh Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge...

Nizami appeals against war trial verdict

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami on Sunday filed a petition with the apex court challenging the death penalty awarded to him by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on October 29 for wartime offences. The (ICT)-1 handed capital punishment to...

Tangail multiple murders prime suspect held

2014-11-23 00:00:00

Police on Saturday night nabbed the suspected mastermind of the gruesome killing of a woman and her three daughters at Tangail’s Mirzapur Upazila. Jahangir Hossain was arrested from his house at South Sohagpur village at Mirzapur’s Gorai Union around 8:30pm,...

Appellate Division rules on Khaleda petition Monday

2014-11-23 00:00:00

The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday will give its order on 2 leave-to-appeal petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in 2 graft cases. The 5-member Appellate Division bench, led by Chief Justice M Muzammel Hossain, set the date today...