COMILLA, Oct 15 (UNB): A Tk 100 million defamation case was filed with a local court Wednesday against Independent TV chairman Salman F Rahman and three others for broadcasting a 'defamatory' report. AKM Bahauddin Bahar, Awami League MP from Comilla-6...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-10-16 00:00:00
The World Food Day 2014 will be observed globally today (Thursday) recognising the worldwide phenomenon of hunger with the theme 'family farming: feeding the world, caring the earth'. The theme depicts the obligation of household agriculture for better food security...
FE Report | 2014-10-16 00:00:00
Singapore proposed to the government Wednesday to provide technical and financial support for establishing utility services at Purbachal satellite town near the capital, officials said. As per the proposal, Singapore will complete all the civic amenities there by 2019. The...
FE Report | 2014-10-16 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned six officials of Standard Bank Limited, including a senior vice president, to interrogate them in a debit card fraud case. ACC deputy director Moshiur Rahman issued a notice to the officers Wednesday. The...
FE Report | 2014-10-16 00:00:00
The 49th convocation ceremony of Dhaka University (DU) will be held at the university's central playground on January 13 next. Director General of World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Prof Francis Gurry will deliver his speech as the convocation speaker, a...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 15 (BSS): Chief Justice Mozammel Hossain asked Wednesday all the lower court judges and others concerned in Rajshahi to put in their best efforts for quick disposal of the old pending cases for welfare of the litigants. He...
FE Report | 2014-10-16 00:00:00
Surjer Hashi (Smiling Sun) clinics provide integrated family planning and health service coverage to 23 million people in both urban and rural areas through 334 clinics and over 9,018 satellite clinic sessions and 66,666 community workers of 26 national non-governmental...
Journalist Fouzul Karim passes away Fouzul Karim popularly known as Tara Bhai, former executive editor of the now-defunct Bengali daily Dainik Bangla, died of old-age complications at a hospital in the city Wednesday. He was 84. He breathed his last...
FE Report | 2014-10-16 00:00:00
The government has decided to appoint M Fazlul Karim, currently serving as Bangladesh Ambassador to Mexico, as the new Ambassador of Bangladesh to China. A career diplomat, M Fazlul Karim served in Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the UN in New...
Ex-Indian President due tomorrow Former Indian President and acclaimed scientist Dr APJ Abdul Kalam arrives here tomorrow (Friday) evening to take part in Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (MCCI's) celebrations marking its 110 years of service Saturday. Abdul Kalam...
The Dhaka University Mourning Day was observed on the campus Wednesday, commemorating the students, employees and guests killed in a building collapse at Jagannath Hall on the night of October 15 in 1985, reports UNB. A mourning procession, led by...
President Abdul Hamid underscored Wednesday the need for strengthening the Bangladesh Navy for protecting and tapping marine resources for the benefits of the country, reports UNB. The President said this when Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral M Farid Habib...
Mahbubur Rahman, a retired government official, died of old age complications at a hospital in the city Tuesday. He was 85. Rahman, who went on retirement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992, left behind two sons, three daughters...
COMILLA, Oct 15 (UNB): A woman allegedly committed suicide after killing her two children following a family feud at Bhaorkhola village in Meghna upazila Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Rekha Akter (27), wife of Alamgir Hossain, and their daughter...
Ziaur Rahman | 2014-10-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh's trade deficit with India has swelled in recent years with import continuously rising while export hitting rock bottom for barriers created on the neighbouring market. The gap amounted to US$5.579 billion in the last fiscal year. As per official...
FE Report | 2014-10-16 00:00:00
The credit-deposit ratio (CDR) of all banks that came down again to below 70 per cent in the last week of August indicates lower business activities in the country's banking sector, bankers said. All banks' CDR came down to 69.91...
State-owned Power Development Board (PDB) has submitted a proposal to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) seeking a hike in the bulk tariff of electricity, reports UNB. According to official sources, the PDB has appealed to the regulator to raise...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith says Bangladesh is 'more interested' the China-proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) than in the BRICS Development Bank, reports bdnews24.com. Highlighting Bangladesh's position in an interview to the news agency at Washington Sunday, Muhith said: "The...
FE Report | 2014-10-16 00:00:00
Campaigners made a fervent call for the tobacco industry to end its exploitation of farmers and for the government to support those who want transition away from growing tobacco, amid growing concern over its ill effects. On the eve of...
A US team has visited the Dhaka international airport to check Bangladesh's preparations to prevent the fatal Ebola virus from entering the country, reports bdnews24.com. Airport officials said that the team comprised US embassy officials and experts of the US...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Milan Wednesday afternoon on a four-day official visit to attend the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit-2014, reports BSS. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and members of her entourage landed...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-10-16 00:00:00
People are deprived of the benefit of a recurrent fall in the oil prices on the international market as domestic rates of the fuels are not readjusted in keeping with the cut-down import costs, observers said. The country has to...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-10-16 00:00:00
Complexities impede enforcing the newly introduced 'Green Tax' and thereby hold back government drive to penalise non-compliant industries which are polluting the environment. The Department of Environment (DoE) and the National Board of Revenue (NBR) have yet to prepare themselves...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-10-16 00:00:00
It is a major economic policy decision that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced. She has, thus, directed the ministry of textile and jute to take necessary steps for 'reclaiming' the mills and industries from private entrepreneurs who have failed...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-10-16 00:00:00
Contractors are likely to miss the extended deadline for completing the Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover project which could lead to further escalation of construction costs of the mega infrastructure, officials and experts said. Moreover, public sufferings in and around the project areas...
FE Report | 2014-10-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Deputy Governor S K Sur Chowdhury emphasized Wednesday the role of the insurance sector in mitigating risks and ensuring higher safety for the banking business, as new financial crisis and challenges are emerging worldwide. "Though, these are...
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