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19-day DU vacation begins tomorrow

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Dhaka University (DU) will go on a 19-day vacation from tomorrow (Tuesday) on the occasions of Eid-ul-Azha, Durgapuja, Lakkhipuja, DU Mourning Day and autumn vacation. The classes will start on October 19. The office will remain closed from October 2...

DPS STS School prize- giving ceremony held

2014-09-29 00:00:00

DPS STS School organised the annual prize giving ceremony for the 2013-2014 session in the city recently, says a press release. Principal Harsh Wal and Vice Principal Madhu Wal distributed prizes among the students. Parents of the students and teachers...

DPS STS School prize- giving ceremony held

2014-09-29 00:00:00

DPS STS School organised the annual prize giving ceremony for the 2013-2014 session in the city recently, says a press release. Principal Harsh Wal and Vice Principal Madhu Wal distributed prizes among the students. Parents of the students and teachers...

1 held with 5 gold bars at Ctg airport

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Customs officials seized five gold bars weighing around 600 grams at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong and detained a man in this connection on Sunday, report agencies. The arrestee was identified as Nurul Azim, 30, a resident of Raozan...

Photo: Hatiya Chhatra Forum formed a human chain

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Photo: This smiling kid on her mother\\\'s arms exhibiting advance train tickets

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Black marketeers capitalise on home-goers\\\' rush

Yasir Wardad | 2014-09-29 00:00:00

The home-goers are facing immense sufferings ahead of the two major festivals-Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja - due to shortage of tickets of different modes of transport. Many of the ticket aspirants alleged that a large number of tickets of bus,...

Indian cattle being injected with banned dichlorophen

2014-09-29 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, Sep 28 (UNB): Large numbers of Indian cattle injected with banned dichlorophen are heading towards major cities across the country from Bagachra Satmail cattle market in Sharsha upazila everyday as the sales here has picked up ahead of Eid-ul-Azha....

BD can be \\\'ideal country\\\' for investment if challenges met

FE Report | 2014-09-29 00:00:00

Outgoing US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena said Bangladesh can be an ideal country for investment if it can check corruption and establish good governance and rule of law. "The country endowed with so many potentials will not face...

Hides-laden vehicles won\\\'t be allowed to leave city till Oct 3

2014-09-29 00:00:00

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has decided not to allow any rawhide-carrying vehicle to leave the capital for three days following Eid-ul-Azha to prevent rawhide smuggling to a neighbouring country, said DMP commissioner Benazir Ahmed Sunday, report agencies. He said...

Govt agencies alerted against fake PMO officials

FE Report | 2014-09-29 00:00:00

The prime minister's office (PMO) has cautioned different government agencies against the people who pose as PMO officials to serve their personal interests, officials have said. The PMO recently sent letters to different ministries in this regard. When contacted, the...

Rab DG to be quizzed today

2014-09-29 00:00:00

The probe body, formed by the government to investigate the sensational seven-murder incident in Narayanganj, will quiz Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Mokhlesur Rahman today( Monday), report agencies . Shahjahan Ali Mollah, head of the probe body, said...

Photo: Blacksmiths passing a busy time ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Online mkts expand threefold in a year

Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-09-29 00:00:00

Online markets are making a fast buck in the country with a significant rise in the number of classified advertisements being posted every day for e-shoppers. Such virtual markets have expanded threefold in Bangladesh over the last one year in...

40pc garment factories fail to pay festival allowances

Monira Munni | 2014-09-29 00:00:00

About 40 per cent of the garment factories have failed to pay the festival allowances by the September 28 deadline set by the government, according to Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). BGMEA has kept some 1,000 factories under...

Police yet to make any headway, BB forms probe body

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh Bank (BB) formed a committee Sunday to investigate the robbery at BRAC Bank branch in Joypurhat, report bdnews24.com. However, police is yet to make any headway until Sunday in nabbing the miscreants involved in the looting of Tk 19.5...

WB to provide financial support to BRT project

Munima Sultana | 2014-09-29 00:00:00

The World Bank (WB) has assured the government of providing financial support to bus rapid transit (BRT) project and suggested that some critical issues be resolved before starting negotiation with the Bank. Of the issues, the WB has stressed on...

PM sees \\\'God’s role\\\' in keeping BNP away from power

2014-09-29 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Sept 28 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it was the Almighty Allah who helped the country by keeping a terrorist militant outfit and corrupt party like BNP away from power. "It was Almighty Allah's blessings that...

Ex-DSE chief urges investors to have patience

Our Correspondent | 2014-09-29 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Sept 28: The country's capital market will be heading towards sustainability compared to its size, said former president of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Shakil Rizvi. The ongoing momentum and sustained activity level have created optimism among the investors, and...

Photo: The photo, taken Sunday, shows illegal makeshift shops on the road

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Prayer Timings

2014-09-29 00:00:00

JS body for shifting land registration job

2014-09-29 00:00:00

The parliamentary standing committee on the Land Ministry has suggested bringing the land registration job under the ministry, with a view to completing the land survey and maintaining records in a timely fashion. Land registration currently falls under the aegis...

Fire at dyeing factory in Gazipur

2014-09-29 00:00:00

GAZIPUR, Sept 28: A devastating fire broke out at the Mega Young Dyeing Factory in Chakroborty area of Kashimpur under Gazipur Sadar on Sunday morning. The fire broke out on the fourth floor of the nine-storied building at about 4.00am.    ...

World Child Right Day, Child Right Week being observed

2014-09-29 00:00:00

World Child Right Day today. The World Child Right Day is being observed across the country as elsewhere in the world through various programmes. The World Child Right Week-2014 also began today. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,...

1 to die, 6 get life for murder in Dhamrai

2014-09-29 00:00:00

A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced a man to death and 6 others to life term imprisonment for killing a man in Dhamrai Upazila in 2012 in a clash related to a dispute over union parishad poll. The condemned convict...

90,000 Yaba seized

2014-09-29 00:00:00

The law enforcers seized over 90,000 pieces of Yaba in Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Sunday evening. Being tipped off, a team of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) conducted a drive in Sluice Gate area and recovered the contraband...

Breastfeeding can reduce child mortality rate: Speakers

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Speakers at a workshop have stressed the need for breastfeeding for reducing the child mortality rate to achieve the millennium development goal (MDG) by 2015. They said mortality rate of the children could be reduced to a great extent if...

BSMMU hospital director injured in bomb attack

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital's Director Brigadier General (Retd) Abdul Majid Bhuiyan was injured in a bomb attack in the city on Monday evening. Shahabagh Police Station's officer-in-charge (OC) Sirajul Islam said some miscreants hurled two bombs one...

Gold rush on

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Customs Intelligence officials seized 2 kilograms (kg) of gold at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport at Kurmitola in the city on Monday. The Customs officials also arrested a man – Rony – in this connection. Rony, 37, hails from Shirajdikhan...

UK citizen held in city over suspected IS links

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Detectives arrested a Bangladesh-born UK citizen for his alleged connection with Middle East-based militant group Islamic State (IS) in the city on Sunday night. Being tipped off, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) raided Kamalapur...