Terming 'eyewash' the removal of Abdul Latif Siddique from the cabinet and Awami Legume (AL) presidium, BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy demanded Monday that Latif be booked and tried for hurting the religious sentiment of Muslims, reports UNB. "Abdul...
Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New York-based human rights organisation, has urged the government of Bangladesh to set 18 as the minimum age for marriage to comply with international prohibitions against child marriage, reports UNB. The global rights watchdog said...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has formally been invited to attend the 18th Summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to be held in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu next month, reports UNB. On behalf of Nepalese...
Awami League (AL) Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud, MP, urged Monday the people to remain alert against the quarters using religion for their narrow political interest, reports BSS. "We must create awareness against the quarters using religion to...
A Dhaka court deferred Monday the recording of statement by prosecution witnesses untill October 26 in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others, reports UNB. Judge Basudev Roy of the...
Senior Awami League (AL) leader Suranjit Sengupta said Monday that Abdul Latif Siddique should have resigned from the cabinet before being sacked, reports UNB. "He (Latif) should have resigned from the cabinet. It's unfortunate that he didn't do that," he...
FARIDPUR, Oct 13 (UNB): A local court extended Monday the bail of BNP leader Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anne until December 31 in three cases. Judge of the Judicial Court-7 Sarowar Hossain passed the order when Anne, BNP's student affairs secretary,...
The delivery of judgment on a contempt of court case filed against David Bergman, a British-origin journalist working at the local national daily, The New Age, was held back until December 1 as the International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) is yet...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will exchange greetings with members of the country's Hindu community following Durga Puja, reports UNB. The BNP chief will host a reception to members of the Hindu community and exchange greetings with them at the Institution...
Students of Kean University of the USA have expressed their desire to conduct research on the 1971 genocide of Bangladesh., reports BSS. "The genocide of 1971 in Bangladesh is rarely being discussed and researched in the global arena in comparison...
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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed separate cases against Abdul Jabbar, a former lawmaker of Satkkhira-2, and Md. Mahbub Hossain, his son, for accumulating wealth illegally. ACC assistant director (AD) Md. Masudur Rahman filed the cases with Ramna Police...
NARAYANGANJ, Oct 13 (UNB): A local court dealing with the sensational seven-murder case issued Monday a show-cause notice to the jail authorities as to why former Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officer Lt Col Tareque Sayeed Mohammad was not produced before...
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) is going to observe World Standards Day-2014 today (Tuesday) along with other national standards organisations across the globe, reports BSS. The theme of the day "Standards level the playing field" selected by the three...
Ministry of Health is going to take departmental action against five physicians of Palash upazila for their unauthorised absence at workplace, reports BSS. A team of health ministry led by its additional secretary M Ayubur Rahman Monday visited three upazila...
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Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain Manju blamed Monday developed countries' apathy to release their committed fund for implementing the disaster mitigation projects. The minister also held the developed countries responsible for causing environmental disaster in the world. Underlining the...
RANGPUR, Oct 13 (BSS): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-13) arrested abductor-cum killer of child Shahjalal of Brahmanbaria from a village in Dinajpur district on Sunday afternoon, RAB officials disclosed this at a press briefing here this afternoon. The arrested killer is...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested six suspected members of a mugging syndicate along with a truck and a microbus from Tongi of Gazipur city on Sunday night, reports UNB. Based on secret information, a special team of RAB-1 conducted...
Eminent poet Nirmalendu Goon underwent a bypass surgery at a city hospital on Monday, report agencies. Doctors at Labaid Cardiac Hospital conducted the nearly three-hour successful operation that ended at 3:20pm, Saifur Rahman Lenin, assistant general manager at the hospital,...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock on Monday at the loss of lives and property in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa due to cyclone Hudhud, reports UNB. In a message, the Prime Minister prayed for...
TANGAIL, Oct 13 (UNB): Police have arrested another accused in the case filed in connection with the arson attack that claimed the lives of a woman and her three daughters at Sohaghpur village in Mirzapur upazila. Abul Kalam, an FIR-named...
Discussion on 'current situation of edn' today A discussion on 'Current Situation of Education in Bangladesh' organised by Shushashoner Jonyo Nagorik (SUJON) will be held at the National Press Club in the city at 10:00 am today (Tuesday). — Press...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet until 6pm today (Tuesday). Moderately heavy falls are also likely at places...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-10-14 00:00:00
A proposed Bangladesh-Japan life insurance company hits snags, as the regulator has detected many 'deviations' in the revised proposal of the joint venture (JV), principally regarding its originally-quoted size of investment. The latest proposal on the maiden JV in this...
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The cabinet approved in principle on Monday the draft 'Trade Mark (Amendment) Act, 2014' for extending the timetable to 360 working days from the existing 120 days for smooth disposal of trade mark related cases. "The cabinet approved the draft...
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The country's overall export earnings grew by 0.88 per cent during the first quarter of current fiscal year of 2014-15 compared to the same period of last fiscal. The earnings stood at $7.69 billion during the July-September period which also...
Dr Piash Karim, a professors of BRAC University's Economics and Social Sciences Department, died of cardiac arrest early Monday. He was 56, reports UNB. His brother Zahir Karim said Piash Karim had complained of severe chest pain around 3am at...
Bangladesh has ranked 57 in 2014 Global Hunger Index (GHI), showing a significant improvement in hunger level along with nine other countries, according to the GHI released Sunday by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Welthungerhilfe, and Concern Worldwide,...
Three secretaries and a joint secretary have been show-caused for securing freedom-fighter credentials by committing fraud, reports bdnews24.com. The public administration ministry's Senior Secretary Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury told bdnews24.com on Monday that they sought explanations from the public servants....
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