A. Mannan | 2014-09-29 00:00:00
The Teesta river emanates from the glaciers of the Himalaya's in Sikkim. The river travels 172 k.m. through the mountain range and gorges of Sikkim and finally touches alluvial soil of northern India and flows 97 k.m. in India and...
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-09-29 00:00:00
Some in Scotland have been seeking independence for a few decades. Matters moved to top gear when some activists started a fresh campaign about two years ago. The Scottish Independence Referendum held on September 18 however saw the people of...
The government will have some reasons to be elated over the projection made by the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the growth prospects of the Bangladesh economy in the current year. The ADB in its latest report -- Asian...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-09-29 00:00:00
Internecine feud among the members of the board of directors of the United Airways Limited (UAL), a private airliner operating on both domestic and international routes, had forced the airliner to suspend its operation abruptly late last week, keeping more...
Neil Ray | 2014-09-29 00:00:00
Irrelevant would have been admission tests each year for aspiring candidates for honours graduation courses, medical and engineering studies if only the number of students were far fewer or alternatively the reputed colleges and universities had adequate number of seats....
Reporting on the theft of nearly twenty million taka cash from BRAC Bank vault in Joypurhat, a newspaper provided a sketch which showed how the robbers came through the common wall of an adjoining office; which could be easily accessed....
We are taken aback by a news item that the launch owners have been demanding that their vessels be allowed to carry more passengers than the government-set limit during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. The owners claimed that most of their vessels...
Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina in an international conference in Dhaka recently stressed on saving the tigers. She rightly pointed out that tigers save the Sunderbans and the Sunderbans saves Bangladesh. In New York, the prime minister also attended an international...
The education system worldwide has been undergoing changes, but our education system has not changed much with the changing time. Although the number of 'A' plus students is increasing, this does not ensure that the quality of education is improving....
Nazir Ahmed | 2014-09-29 00:00:00
Courts in Bangladesh are overburdened with millions of cases. With the population rising and moral degradation increasing in society, the number of cases is also rising sharply at the geometrical rate (i.e. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 etc), though the...
Monira Munni | 2014-09-29 00:00:00
Hardship forced Shaheda to move to the capital city with her parents and siblings more than a decade ago from Kalikapur village in Narsingdi district. She is now an operator at a unit of Urmi Group at Tejgoan Industrial Area. ...
NEW YORK, Sept 27 (UNB): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday he is very much serious about resolving the pending issues like the Teesta water sharing treaty and the land boundary agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh. Modi said this during...
Awami League (AL) acting President and deputy leader of parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury called Sunday party's publicity affairs secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud an absolute boor as he held a counter-programme to her one on the occasion of party president Sheikh...
Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader said Sunday the activities of BNP are now circling only in speeches and press releases, reports BSS. "There is nothing to concern about BNP as the party has no activities except delivering...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Ministry scrutinised Sunday three amendment bills relating to the three CHT District Councils, reports UNB. The committee, in its 5th meeting, scrutinised the three bills-Rangamati Hill Tracts District Parishad...
A Dhaka court granted Sunday Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) general secretary Habibur Rashid Habib on a three-day police remand in connection with a vehicle-torching case, reports UNB. Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Noor passed the order after hearing both the remand and...
Joint general secretary of Awami League (AL) Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif, MP, said Sunday BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is hatching conspiracy to topple the present government, reports BSS. "We have got the evidence in support of her conspiracy in our hands," Mr...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) cautioned Sunday the prosecution of war crimes accused Maulana A Sobhan not to take the war crimes case lightly over its documentary evidence which it intends to rely upon in support of the charges made...
Outgoing French envoy meets President Outgoing French Ambassador to Bangladesh Michel Trinquier made a arewell call on President Abdul Hamid on Sunday at Bangabhaban. During the meeting, the President recalled the support of French people during Bangladesh's liberation war in...
Amid widespread criticisms over the standard of education after the admission test results of the country's premier public university, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said on Sunday Dhaka University's selection process is defective, report agencies. The minister came up with...
FE Report | 2014-09-29 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) quizzed nine police officials from different zones on Sunday on charge of embezzling 165 gold bars during an operation in the capital's Banasree neighborhood. ACC deputy director Jatan Kumar began the interrogation at about 10:00am at...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-29 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sept 28: A Prime Minister does not select the members of her or his entourage abroad, said Minister for Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozammel Haque. "May be, the Prime Minister selects one or two members of the Cabinet for...
FE Report | 2014-09-29 00:00:00
The government has appointed Ambassador Syed Muazzem Ali as the new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India. A career diplomat, Mr. Ali had served as Ambassador of Bangladesh to Bhutan, Iran and France. He also worked at Bangladesh missions in...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Sept 28 (UNB): Traffic on Chapainawabganj-Rajshahi highway was disrupted for six hours as cattle traders of the district put barricades on the highway at Biswa Road intersection on Saturday night, protesting the seizure of cattle by BGB members. Later,...
A Dhaka tribunal sentenced on Sunday a man to death and six others to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 2012, reports UNB. The condemned convict was identified as Abdur Rashid of Char Chouhat village in Dhamrai upazila...
The results of admission test for the first year honours courses under 'Cha' unit of Dhaka University (DU) were published Sunday, says a press release. DU Vice-chancellor Prof Dr AASM Arefin Siddique formally published the results at the administrative building...
Ghasful organises prog on Santosh Gupta Ghasful, a mass-media house, organised a discussion and documentary film show 'Master Moshai' on the life and work of late journalist Santosh Gupta at Biswa Shahitya Kendra in the city Saturday. Kamal Lohani, president...
Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) has called for submission of reports from journalists in print, electronic and online media for 'DRU-Grameenphone Reporting Award', reports UNB. DRU and Grameenphone officials made an announcement in this connection at a press conference at DRU...
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