The admission test result of Dhaka University has created a nationwide debate. The Education minister termed it a 'faulty test system'. It adversely reflected on an important educational issue, one that is also important for the future continuing deterioration of...
Shah Md Ahsan Habib | 2014-10-04 00:00:00
The international community and the national government are trying to respond to the existing and potential devastating impacts of climate change. All other stakeholders including banks are working to mitigate its adverse effects and to cope with the upcoming challenges...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2014-10-04 00:00:00
The readymade garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh provided 3.6 million direct jobs, contributed 13 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) and fetched over 75 per cent of foreign exchange earnings in 2012, says the World Bank data as...
Chowdhury Shahed Akbar | 2014-10-04 00:00:00
The economic growth in the country has generated new consumers. The demographic changes in income, emerging middle class and changes in life style have evoked new expectation from customers for any business. For banking sector in the country, it has...
Munima Sultana | 2014-10-04 00:00:00
The government has planned to set up a clearing house to introduce the one ticket system for all modes of public and mass transport services to reduce hassles of commuters. Officials said the one ticket system, known as 'smart card'...
The five-day Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community, ended Friday with celebration of Maha Nabami and Bijaya Dashami which fall on the same day this year, reports UNB. However, the immersion of the idols of goddess...
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested a woman along with her three associates on charge of killing her son, reports UNB. The detectives conducted simultaneous drives in the capital and outside the city from early Thursday and...
In separate incidents, two people were chopped to death in Satkhira and Savar of Dhaka district on Friday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Zakir Hossain, 25, son of Zamiruddin Sarker of Sharafpur village in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira,...
Over 30 people have been killed and 15 others injured in a stampede during Dussehra celebrations at Patna's Gandhi Maidan, according to TV reports. The incident occurred soon after the effigy of Ravana was burnt in the ground. Bihar home...
Dhaka City Corporation will engage around 13,000 cleaning staffs to keep the capital clean during Eid-ul-Azha festival. This large number of cleaning staff will work round the clock for 48 hours. Apart from that, the two city corporations--North and South---will...
Hitting out at the Prime Minister for turning down their offer for talks, BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Friday warned the ruling party will have to pay a heavy price if it fails to take immediate steps for initiating...
Language Movement veteran Abdul Matin is breathing on a ventilator as his condition has worsened further, his family says. The 88-year-old has been put under intensive care at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). His wife Gulbadan Nesa Monica said...
People are heading home for the holidays, accepting of the fact that they will spend hours on the highways with other sufferings. Although Durga Puja and Eid-ul-Azha vacations begin from Saturday, because of the weekend most people are already heading...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-03 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Oct 2: The buyers and sellers of sacrificial animals at different cattle markets in Rangpur district are facing trouble as they are seriously being harassed by middlemen and 'dalals' (brokers) while the law enforcing agencies seem to be oblivious...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 2 (BSS): The fourth convocation of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) will be held on November 18, says a press release issued by Public Relation section of RUET here today. The release says President and Chancellor...
NETROKONA, Oct 2 (UNB): Heavy rainfall over the last few days and onrush of water from upstream hills worsened the flood situation in eight upazilas of the district, leaving about 1 lakh people marooned. The flashflood submerged some 250 villages...
PANCHAGARH, Oct 2 (BSS): A 50-bed upgraded hospital from 31-bed was inaugurated in Boda upazila under Panchagarh district on Wednesday. Local lawmaker Advocate Nurul Islam Sujon inaugurated the hospital by unveiling a plaque. A discussion meeting, presided over by Upazila...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 2 (BSS): Speakers at a media-briefing have unequivocally called for collective efforts alongside forging social resistance to end violence against women for taking the nation towards cherished goal. They viewed changing mindset towards women coupled with eradicating poverty,...
CHUADANGA, Oct 2 (UNB): A young man was chopped to death by his co-players over playing carrom at Senerhuda village in Jibannagar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Arif Hossain,24, son of Ajijor Box of the village. Witnesses...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-03 00:00:00
PABNA, Oct 2: Four robbers were held after a mob beating while three people were injured in robber attack in Gati area of Pabna Sadar Upazila early Thursday. The arrestees Md. Rony Hossain, 22, of village Sabusain, Md. Munna Hossain,...
SATKHIRA, Oct 2 (UNB): Members of Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 11 Bangladeshi nationals while entering the country through Kulia border point in Debhata upazila on Wednesday night, after going to India illegally. The arrestees were identified as Tarak Mandal,...
KUSHTIA, Oct 2 (UNB): A crockery trader was found dead at his house at Bhatapara in Sadar upazila early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Bachchu Bhuinyan,45, son of Yunus Bhuinyan, a resident of Katarikandi village in Raipur upazila of...
BANDARBAN, Oct 2 (UNB): A woman and her daughter were killed a lightning strike in Paglir Aga area of Lama here Thursday. The deceased were identified as Zohra Begum, 57, wife of late Habibur Rahman and her daughter Nasima Khatun,...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 2 (BSS): Officials of Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation Division released 300 indigenous species of birds and different other wildlife in the city Wednesday. The birds and wildlife included 85 herons, 160 munias, 12 doves and 65 eels...
Two factories fined Tk 0.1m in Rajshahi The regional office of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) expedited drives against manufacturing and selling of substandard and adulterated food items and fined Taka one lakh against food item factories in Rajshahi...
HONG KONG, Oct 2 (Reuters): Hong Kong's leader is willing to let pro-democracy demonstrations blocking large areas of the city go on for weeks if necessary, a source close to him said, while defiant protesters vowed they would not budge....
MONROVIA, Oct 2 (AFP): The UN launched a mission on Thursday to prevent the worldwide spread of Ebola as the US hunted for people who came in contact with the first African diagnosed with the deadly virus outside the continent....
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
