FE Report | 2014-10-13 00:00:00
The Dhaka University (DU) authorities have got approval from the University Grants Commission (UGC) to introduce two fresh disciplines from the academic year 2014-2015. These two new departments are: Applied Mathematics under the Science Faculty and Communication Disorders under the...
SYLHET, Oct 12 (UNB): Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid directed on Sunday the authorities concerned to take legal action against those involved in attacking Nandita Debi, a class X student of Syed Hatim Ali High School in the city. On...
The 48th death anniversary of Justice Muhammad Ibrahim will be observed today (Monday) with due solemnity, according to a press release. On the occasion, a Milad Mahfil will be held in the morning and food will be distributed among the...
The 35th death anniversary of Mukundalal Sarker, a prominent leader of anti-British movement and a war veteran of 1971 will be observed today (Monday), reports BSS. He was detained for several times for his role against British rule. To observe...
SATKHIRA, Oct 12 (UNB): Plain-clothes police in a drive on Sunday noon arrested four brokers from Satkhira Passport Office.
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Rangpur, Barisal and Rajshahi divisions and at many places over Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions until 6pm today...
Monira Munni | 2014-10-13 00:00:00
The government might face questions at a review meeting, for its failure to meet some of the major conditions set by the Sustainability Compact, informed sources said. The Compact will review Bangladesh's performance in implementing the conditions at the meeting,...
FE Report | 2014-10-13 00:00:00
Bakhrabad-5, a well at Bakhrabad gas field, started supplying around 5.0 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of natural gas to national grid from Sunday, a senior Petrobangla official said. The state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (BAPEX)...
FE Report | 2014-10-13 00:00:00
The capital city has started getting back to life with regular pulsation with the return of many of the holidaymakers and resumption of office and business activities in a greater way Sunday. Although government and semi-government offices, banks, financial institutions...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-10-13 00:00:00
Water crisis in Chittagong city is likely to persist for an indefinite period due to slow progress in construction of the Karnafully water treatment plant by CWASA, sources said. Against the demand for 500 million litres per day the water...
FE Report | 2014-10-13 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has quizzed BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas and Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan over alleged anomalies in allocation of 7-acre land by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK). ACC deputy director Jatan Kumar Roy interviewed the shipping minister...
Japanese experts on Sunday observed that important buildings in Bangladesh vulnerable to earthquake should be retrofitted to make those tremor-resistant, reports UNB. Retrofitting is a technology that could be used to make a vulnerable building earthquake-resistant without demolishing it. "There...
The Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) seized almost Tk 7.0 billion (700 crore) contraband items, mostly drugs, in the first nine months of the year, reports BSS. Apart from drugs, arms and ammunitions including 70 pistols, nine revolvers, 47 guns,...
The government would take steps to get back the properties of mills and factories particularly their lands which were privatised earlier to resume production afresh, but the owners failed to start their operations within the stipulated time. Prime Minister Sheikh...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-10-13 00:00:00
WASHINGTON, Oct 12: Bangladesh Finance Minister AMA Muhith aired on Saturday his optimism about achieving a growth rate of 7.0 per cent for the current fiscal year (FY). He expressed the optimism despite his dissatisfaction over Bangladesh's prevailing GDP (gross...
Siddique Islam | 2014-10-13 00:00:00
Setting October 20 as the deadline for compliance, the central bank has asked four private commercial banks (PCBs) to cut down the number of directors from a single family to maximum two or face action for breach of the law....
Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Abdul Latif Siddique was finally dropped from the cabinet Sunday, two weeks after his derogatory comments against hajj and Tablig Jamaat, reports UNB. President Abdul Hamid put an end to Latif's appointment as minister...
A Dhaka court Sunday sent Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in connection with the allegation of unusual wealth accumulation, reports UNB. Metropolitan magistrate Maruf Hossain passed the order...
FE Report | 2014-10-13 00:00:00
The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) registered a staggering 1.83 per cent gain Sunday, the biggest single-day gain in 2014 as the investors remained highly confident of the market's future outlook. DSEX, the prime index of the...
The very severe cyclonic storm 'Hudhud' moved northwestwards and crossed North Andhra coast of India Sunday, report agencies. In India three people were killed despite a mass evacuation when Cyclone Hudhud slammed into India's east coast with winds of almost...
COMILLA, Oct 12: At least seven people were killed and 29 others injured in a truck-bus collision on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway near Miabazar in Chauddagram upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased could not be identified yet. Sub inspector Shahabuddin, in-charge...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Sunday said the construction work for the 26-km Dhaka Elevated Expressway—from Shahjalal International Airport to Kutubkhali on Dhaka-Chittagong highway—would start towards the end of this month. Italian-Thai Development Public Limited will construct the...
Eminent educationist, social scientist, economist and researcher Prof Dr Piash Karim died of cardiac arrest at a Dhaka hospital on Monday. He was 59. Family sources said Dr Piash Karim passed away at Square Hospital at Panthapath (West) in the...
A Dhaka court has refused bail to Samiun Rahman Ibn Hamdan arrested for his alleged ties to Middle East-based militant group Islamic State (IS). The 24-year old British citizen of Bangladesh origin was arrested in Dhaka on September 28. A...
A young man was killed falling off the rooftop of a multi-storey building in Rampura area in the city on Monday. The dead is Kamrul Islam, alias Pappu, 20, son of Abdul Kader Mia. He passed A Level from Mastermind...
The eligible voters in Dhaka city who failed to fill voter registration forms in September last, there is still a chance for them to be voters. Those want to get enlisted as voters will have to turn up with necessary...
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