A court hearing two graft cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has set a new date for witness deposition after granting her plea for more time. A testimony hearing in the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust cases filed...
Reiterating Bangladesh’s keen interest to become a member country of the APEC, President Abdul Hamid on Sunday hoped that the APEC would consider soon lifting its existing moratorium on including new members. ‘Bangladesh has already expressed its keen interest to...
The World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) has vowed to continue to promote the development of Islamic Finance to bridge economic gap through strengthening economic activity and growth. In addition, it also agreed to promote and enhance the development of women...
The BNP on Sunday staged nationwide demonstration in protest against denial of permission by the authorities to it for holding the prescheduled rally in Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday. Sporadic clashes between BNP supporters and police in Dhaka and Gazipur...
The Jamaat-e-Islami staged protests across the country on Sunday demanding release of its top leaders convicted or under trial on war crimes charges. However, its procession in Dhaka was dispersed by the police. Jamaat’s acting Secretary General Shafiqur Rahman, in...
The US embassy Dhaka has introduced a new system for ‘Immigrant Visa’ collection and post-interview document submission through a new customer-friendly website www.ustraveldocs.com/bd. Ambassador Dan Mozena announced the new system at a ceremony in Dhaka on Sunday. In the past,...
DONETSK: Heavy shelling around the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk increased strains on a two-month-old ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists on Sunday. Reuters reporters in rebel-held Donetsk said shelling by heavy artillery continued throughout the night and...
Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal will issue a death warrant for Mohammad Kamaruzzaman once it gets a copy of the Appellate Division verdict, the attorney general has said. Whether a summary or the full verdict will be sent depends on the...
President Md Abdul Hamid has told Myanmar to take measures to stop Rohingyas and illegal drugs from entering Bangladesh’s borders. Currently on a visit to China, he had a meeting with Myanmar President U Thein Sein at a guesthouse in...
The risks facing China's economy are not "scary", President Xi Jinping has told global business leaders. In a speech to chief executives ahead of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit he sought to dispel concerns about the economy. "There...
A faction of agitating vessel workers has withdrawn their strike after a meeting with senior police officers in Chittagong. But another faction is continuing with their protests demanding security on the waterways. A robbery on a lighter vessel on river...
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expanded his council of ministers inducting 21 new faces, keeping in view of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s political calculations in the states and balancing the regional aspirations. Although there was an...
Bangladesh Bank is going to make CSR guidelines “tougher” to prevent terror or militant funding, its governor says. Atiur Rahman Sunday said they would take the steps in view of the “unholy use” of CSR funds. He said the new...
The BNP has slated police attacks on its agitation programmes across Bangladesh. At Sunday's media call, party's acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir dubbed the 'assaults' the "latest example of the government's fascism". The BNP announced the protest programmes...
M Jalal Hussain | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
The globalised world of 21st century, as we know, is more advanced in terms of science, technology, education and culture. People of all sectors-- specially the rich, ultra-rich and the educated ones-- relish the fruits of lives. In this scenario,...
LALMONIRHAT: Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran Sunday said both Bangladesh and India are working together to ensure transit facilities for businesspeople for the smoother functioning of their export and import. He came up with the remark at an...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
There has been a crying need for structural reform within the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a long time. The required reforms fall in the areas of representation, governance and funding. In spite of acknowledgement of the need for reform...
Syed Ashraf Ali | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
Qurbani is an important religious rite performed by the Islamic world as an expression of obedience to Almighty Allah and sacrificing everything to seek His pleasure and nearness. Allah commands, "Therefore, to thy Lord turn in prayer and sacrifice (108.2)"...
The people have their own impression about the state of affairs in sectors that concern them most. Such a sector-wise impression may not be accurate or factual but it is based on their real-life experience. The public health sector is...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
Belying all expectations, job market in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) remains elusive as yet. There was no signing of agreement on resumption of manpower export to the Gulf nation during the visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina there....
Mahtabul Alam Siddique | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
Fire incidents in the capital city, particularly in its old part, appear to be common occurring at regular intervals. Such incidents leave dozens killed and hundreds injured ever year. The recent fire incident at Nawab Bari in old Dhaka has...
The Tigers on Friday beat Zimbabwe in the second Test match in Khulna and sealed a series victory, with one match yet to be played. And Shakib elevated himself to the height of legendary cricketers like Imran Khan and Ian...
Should the government allow the secretaries, who forged freedom-fighter certificates and rose to the peak of government job, to resign and get away with their crimes? The newspapers of November 07 highlighted this issue. These people should be given the...
The number of kidney patients is increasing everyday in our country. Indiscriminate use of chemicals in food items is the prime reason for it. If the present trend of kidney diseases continues, it will be catastrophic. Every year, the second...
Kamaluddin Bhuiyan and Md Jahangir Alam | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
Maritime security in the 21st century poses new challenges and needs more strategic mechanism to face these. Much importance has been given to internal and regional security by combating land-based trans-national crimes and terrorist activities. But maritime security remains less...
Muhammed Ali concluding his two-part article | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
So far we haven't talked about profit or revenues. Because we believe, we need to have first the full picture of the landscape where we operate in. Once we are abreast with the overall scenario, we would be able to...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 8 (BSS): Prospect of aromatic and fine quality rice production in vast Barind tract is very bright as it is endowed with many native fine and aromatic rice varieties, which have enormous demands both at home and abroad....
SAVAR, Nov 8 (UNB): Police recovered the decomposed body of a young woman from the Dhaleshwari River at Tetuljhora union parishad in Savar of Dhaka district on Saturday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately. Local...
RANGPUR, Nov 8 (BSS): Speakers at a views-sharing meeting have stressed for ensuring Right to Information (RTI) of all citizens to ensure quality education for all side by side establishing good governance and accountability. 'Gano Swakhkhorota Avijan' and 'Polli Shahittya...
PANCHAGARH, Nov 8 (BSS): Solar power plant is gaining popularity in five upazilas of the district as it gives uninterrupted power supply costing less. About five thousand families of rural areas under Boda, Debiganj, Tetulia, Atwary and Sadar upazilas of...
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