Reaffirming that there will be a movement soon, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday night warned the government of dire consequences if their peaceful action programmes are obstructed, reports UNB. "Our movement is on and this will be intensified in...
RANGPUR, Oct 19 (BSS): Special Envoy to the prime minster, former President and Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad stressed the need for improving the quality of healthcare services at Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH). He said this while...
HC issues rule over 3 Indian TV channels The High Court (HC) issued Sunday a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why it would not direct the cable operators to stop airing the three Indian satellite television...
A Dhaka court has rejected a sedition complaint against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman, reports bdnews24.com. Bangabandhu Foundation's chief Moshiur Malek had filed the complaint with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on Sunday. Judge Asaduzzaman Nur scrapped the plea...
The 13th death anniversary of former lawmaker Mustafizur Rahman will be observed today (Monday) in a befitting manner, reports BSS. Popularly known as "Dwip Bandhu", Mustafizur Rahman died at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore on this day in 2001. On...
FE Report | 2014-10-20 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Sunday that Bangladesh wouldn't have to wait until 2030 for poverty eradication as the rate of poverty would drop to 14-15 per cent by the end of 2020 from 26 per cent at present. Addressing...
FE Report | 2014-10-20 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission gave Sunday approval for the investigators to file charge-sheet against scam-ridden Hallmark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam for amassing wealth. Sources in the ACC said the approval was given on Sunday afternoon, after thorough investigations. Earlier on December...
Bangabhaban trashed on Sunday an advertisement published in several newspapers involving the President, the highest institution of the state, report agencies. Several national dailies, including the Daily Bartoman, published the ad, titled 'Unconditional apology to the honourable President: Fervent appeal...
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan police arrested eight alleged criminals, including three gunrunners, and recovered eight firearms and 12 magazines in separate incidents in the city's Kalyanpur and Azimpur areas on Sunday, reports UNB. The arrested gunrunners are-Moniruzzaman alias...
US embassy in Dhaka has instituted several changes to make it easier for visa applicants to pay their visa processing fees, schedule visa interview appointments, and drop off and pick up their passports and other documents, report agencies. Information about...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-20 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Oct 19: The Trust Transport Service under Army Welfare Trust (AWT) has introduced modern, air-conditioned taxicab service in the port-city. The rental taxicabs will be stationed in Lalkhan Bazar and Chittagong Stadium areas. The octane-driven vehicles will have GPS...
National Professor Salahuddin Ahmed died of old age complications at his residence Sunday.He was 92, reports UNB. Prof Salahuddin was born in 1922 in Faridpur. He started his teaching profession in 1948 as a lecturer at Government Jagannath College. He...
Nari Unnayan Shakti (NUS) organised an awareness campaign for the schizophrenia patients at Banasree in the city Sunday. Schizophrenia survivors, their parents and local elite attended the campaign programme. Forum for Culture and Human Development and Fatema Kamal Foundation jointly...
The 35th North America Bengali Conference-Banga Sammelan (NABC 2015) will be held on July 10-12, 2015, in Houston, Texas, USA, reports UNB. Organisers of NABC from both Houston and Kolkata along with Bangladeshi representatives announced this at a press conference...
BAF peacekeepers awarded UN medal in Congo A total of 358 Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) peacekeepers deployed in UN Mission in Congo were awarded prestigious UN medals as recognition of their success and excellent service. Ituri Brigade Commander Brigadier General...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Monday), reports UNB. Day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over the country, Met Office said. The country's highest temperature of 33.0...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina underscored on Sunday the need for constituting a separate commission to recruit qualified teachers for primary schools as the government has decided to upgrade the posts of teachers, including that of the head teachers, reports UNB....
FE Report | 2014-10-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh has sought Sunday consular access from Thailand to bring back its nationals who are now detained in Thailand for their alleged illegal entry, said Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali. The minister said that some 740 Bangladeshi nationals reportedly...
FE Report | 2014-10-20 00:00:00
Agitating students seeking admission to Dhaka University (DU) gave a five-day ultimatum to the university authorities Sunday to reconsider their decision of 'not allowing aspirants to sit for the enrolment test for a second time'. They warned that they would...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-20 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Oct 19: Gesin Group, a Korea-based multinational company and leading manufacturer of outdoor recreational products, has set up two tent-producing factories in the Karnaphuli EPZ (KEPZ). The units - Gesinha Outdoor Ltd and Campha Outdoor Ltd - have been...
MANIKGANJ, Oct 19 (UNB): A drug addict young man was lynched by locals after he had hacked his father and mother to death in Niltek village under Manikganj's Singair upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Saidur Rahman...
NEW DELHI, Oct 18 (Reuters): India's government on Saturday lifted diesel price controls and raised the cost of natural gas, giving market forces greater sway as it seeks to attract energy investment, boost competition and cut subsidy costs. The decisions...
Munima Sultana | 2014-10-20 00:00:00
A jumble of existing unplanned utility infrastructures along the metro-rail route in the city poses big challenge to the authorities to kick-start its construction work, officials said. They said more than a dozen government and private agencies have been involved...
FE Report | 2014-10-20 00:00:00
Dhaka Stock Exchange witnessed Sunday the biggest single-day fall in the last 14 months as the prime share-price index shed 109.08 points and dragged the turnover down to one-month low. Market operators and traders said the benchmarks hurtled down as...
Jim Yong Kim | 2014-10-20 00:00:00
We have made tremendous progress over the last quarter century in the fight against poverty. In 1990, 36 per cent of the world's population, or 1.9 billion people, earned less than $1.25 a day. By next year, we estimate that...
FE Report | 2014-10-20 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) unveiled Sunday a three-year programme, starting from 2015, to digitise its tax administration and tax return filing system. The board will launch a pilot project in this connection within eight to nine months from...
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