Today (Wednesday) is the 69th birthday of detained BNP standing committee member and former health minister Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain. He was born on October 1, 1946 at Goyeshpur under Daudkandi Upazila in Comilla, said a press release. To mark...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 30 (BSS): Chittagong district police arrested six activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir from different areas of Lohagarha Upazila early Monday. The arrestees were identified as Sarwar Alam, 25, Mohammad Yousuf, 44, Nazrul Islam, 23, Abdus Sukkur,...
FE Report | 2014-10-01 00:00:00
The struggle for buying railway tickets at the Kamalapur Railway Station (KRS) ahead of Eid and Puja festivals came to an end Tuesday with hundreds of frustrated ticket-seekers left the station empty-handed. Slow pace of sales at the counters, sudden...
A four-day annual general meeting of Commonwealth Open Schools Association in co-operation with Bangladesh Open University began at La-Vinch hotel in the city Tuesday. The aim of the meeting is to develop dropout learners' educational quality in the Commonwealth countries....
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Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday advised the country's tanners to fix by Friday next the prices for procurement of rawhide and skin of sacrificial animals during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. At the same time, he requested the tanners to inform...
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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved a charge-sheet (CS) against 32 people, including Bangladesh Railways (BR) officials, in a corruption case over railway recruitment graft. However, ACC has given a clean chit to former BR Eastern Zone general manager Yusuf...
The International Day of Older Persons-2014 will be observed across the country as elsewhere around the globe today (Wednesday) with a call for promoting a society for all, reports BSS. The theme of the day this year is "Leaving No...
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Channel i has organised week-long countrywide programmes to celebrate its 16th founding anniversary today (Wednesday), according to a press release issued Tuesday. The special programmes will begin at 12:01 am of Wednesday through cutting cake on the premises of the...
The 30th death anniversary of Advocate AKM Abdul Khaleque will be observed today (Wednesday). On the occasion, a Milad Mahfil will be arranged after Asr prayers at Dilu Bepari Mosque at Moghbazar in the city. The same programme will also...
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Biman Bangladesh has protested a news item published in the September 25, 2014 issue of The Financial Express headlined 'Compensation for contract breach - HK co seeks Tk 177.59m from Biman'. A statement issued on Monday by Biman's Assistant Public...
DU, Waali e. v. sign deal Dhaka University (DU) and Waali e. v. signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in order to support financially disadvantaged DU students at a simple ceremony at the vice-chancellor's office in the city Tuesday. Treasurer...
Lions Club free healthcare services for orphans Lions Club of Dhaka Dilkusha Green, Lions Clubs International, District 315 A1, Bangladesh launched a free health check-up and medicine distribution service in the city recently. Zone Chairperson of Lions Clubs International, District...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions until 6:00...
Siddique Islam | 2014-10-01 00:00:00
Four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) are set to start disbursement of about Tk 5.22 billion loans among tanners to help them procure rawhide and skin of sacrificial animals during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. The top management of the Sonali Bank has...
COMILLA, Sept 30 (UNB): A 55-kilometre long unusual tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway following a road accident at Doulatpur in Daudkandi upazila on Tuesday. The accident disrupted traffic from Meghna-Gomti Bridge to Paduar Bazar in Comilla Sadar Dakkhin upazila,...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-10-01 00:00:00
Home-goers on river routes are turning to faulty launches for their journeys ahead of the two major festivals being held in a week. The number of people using river routes may shoot up by three times this year as Eid-ul-Azha...
The rich keep getting richer. Forbes Monday released its annual list of the 400 richest people in America, and for the 21st straight year Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was No. 1, report agencies. Gates' net worth was pegged at $81...
Monira Munni | 2014-10-01 00:00:00
Industrial Police have identified some 385 garment units in Ashulia, Gazipur, Narayanganj and Chittagong as 'vulnerable' to labour unrest over payment of wage and festival allowance, sources said. Already there are some outbreaks in factories, even inside the capital, they...
JHENIDAH, Sept 30 (UNB): Two days after holding a press conference in Jhenidah district town against the father of her son for not recognising the relation, a woman was strangulated to death and her son was injured by miscreants in...
MANIKGANJ, Sept 30 (UNB): The death from the fire that erupted following a cylinder explosion at a CNG refueling station in Shibalaya upazila on Monday has climbed to six following the death of five more people Tuesday. Of them, four...
NARAYANGANJ, Sept 30 (UNB): A court here Tuesday sentenced Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the sensational seven-murder case, to one year imprisonment for keeping wild animals illegally. Senior Judicial Magistrate HM Shafiqul Islam handed down the verdict, said Narayanganj...
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 13 suspected members of dopers' gangs (Oggyan party) in separate incidents from different parts of the city Monday night, reports UNB. So far, 27 suspected dopers were arrested over the last...
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has estimated that Bangladesh's GDP (gross domestic product) growth would be 6.25 per cent for the fiscal year (FY) 2014-15. "With a calmer political environment economic activity is gaining momentum, and real GDP growth is...
Munima Sultana and Jubair Hasan | 2014-10-01 00:00:00
Dilapidated condition of the country's key highways and approach roads appears to be a major problem for taking increased pressure of the movement of traffic during the two upcoming religious festivals - Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja. Traffic officials, transport operators...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-10-01 00:00:00
The stock prices have been on the rise for several weeks since early September. The uptrend has gained pace for the past two to three weeks. The DSE general index, the DSEX, for the first time in past 21 months...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Tuesday that action would be taken against Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Abdul Latif Siddique, already under fire from different quarters for his derogatory remarks, through discussions once Prime Minister Sheikh...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Tuesday announced the appointment of Francois de Maricourt as the new Chief Executive Officer of its Bangladesh operations, with effect from today (Wednesday) (subject to regulatory approval). Francois joined the HSBC Group in...
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Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD)- the first ever Public Private Dialogue platform of Bangladesh held its 4th Trade & Investment Working Committee Meeting Tuesday in the Conference Room of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Dhaka (MCCI). Hedayetullah Al Mamoon,...
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