CHITTAGONG, Nov 8 (UNB): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina underscored Saturday the need for improved training for members of the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) for attaining professional excellence saying they will have to develop themselves as efficient and ideal Air...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
PABNA, Nov 8: Miscreants chopped a district unit BNP leader in the Pabna town Friday night. The victim Md Anisul Haque Babu, 48, joint secretary of Pabna district unit BNP and also a resident of Kachaipara village, was admitted to...
The Jamaat-e-Islami has announced a countrywide protest for Sunday demanding release of its top leaders convicted or under trial on war crimes charges, reports bdnews24.com. The party's acting secretary general Shafiqur Rahman, in a statement Saturday, alleged that the government...
Law Minister Anisul Huq said on Saturday that at least a short order of the Appellate Division verdict would be needed in executing the death sentence of Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, reports BSS. The minister, also an eminent jurist, came...
FE Report | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
The government has been urged to enforce the Safe Food Act -2013 strictly to ensure public health at a discussion held in the capital Saturday. The speakers at the discussion also called upon the government to enact the Formalin Control...
FE Report | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
Loss of lives in road crashes is taking a heavy toll on economic growth in the country, speakers at a programme held in the city said Saturday. They were speaking at the event arranged by Trauma Center Medical Institute to...
SYLHET, Nov 8 (UNB): Seventeen policemen were reportedly injured in a drive against a group of people when the latter were reportedly preparing to illegally take possession of a water body in Thubri Shilchand area of Goainghat upazila early morning...
Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay will be in Dhaka on a two-day bilateral visit in the first week of December next which is expected to strengthen ties between the two South Asian nations, reports UNB. Officials on both sides are...
FE Report | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
Embassy of the Republic of Korea (ROK) in Dhaka organised "Charm of Korea V," a cultural programme, as part of the Cultural Exchange Programs between the Korean government and the government of Bangladesh. It was indeed a concert performed by...
A total of 1688 lecturers and assistant professors of different government colleges across the country have been promoted to assistant and associate professors, reports BSS. A government order to this end was issued on Saturday evening. "The teachers, 643 associate...
Human chain of domestic workers With a view to saving life and protecting rights of the domestic workers, a human chain and demonstration jointly organised by Grihoshramik Adhikar Protistha Network, Bangladesh Shramoadhikar Forum and Jatiya Garhostho Nari Shramik Union was...
Light rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Barisal, Khulna and Chittagong divisions until 6:00 pm today (Sunday), reports UNB. Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country, Met Office...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
The recent seizure of ten truckloads of spurious ingredients used for manufacturing cosmetics and toiletries by the law enforcers in the city has surprised many. This reflects to what extent fakery has gone deep into the society exposing public health...
FE Report | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in cooperation with the World Bank will develop a digital poverty database, accommodating necessary information of around 34 families across the country. A pilot project styled "Development of the Bangladesh Poverty Database" to collect house...
FE Report | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
Experts have called for expediting enactment of tobacco control rules to reduce deaths and major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including heart disease, stroke, cancers, diabetes, tuberculosis etc. They said evidences proved smoking and tobacco consumptions to be directly linked to those...
FE Report | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
The non-tax revenue collection has dropped by 25 per cent in the first two months of the current fiscal year, leading to fall in the overall revenue earnings, according to official statistics. The overall revenue earnings stood at Tk 230.18...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
The government has decided to form a separate corporation to maintain the railway container services to enhance its transportation capacity and boosting business, an official said. The ministry of Railway (MoR) took the decision at an inter-ministerial meeting in the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Nov 8: Widening of the Chittagong-Dhaka four-lane project in 66 kilometres of the Chittagong section is nearing completion and the contractors have said they will hand over the portion of the highway to the authority concerned within this December....
Jubair Hasan | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
Country's property market has been going through a sluggish trend in recent months with the sales of both apartments and residential plots reaching rock bottom, business-insiders said. In a sort of paradox created by a number of adversities, house prices...
BEIJING, Nov 8 (UNB): President Abdul Hamid sought on Saturday further concession for access of Bangladesh's products to China and greater Chinese investment in Bangladesh, aiming to address the trade imbalance between the two countries. The President sought the support...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police has brought 100 business firms under surveillance following preliminary probe findings on their involvement in money laundering, competent sources said. According to them, these businesses used L/Cs as a tool of money laundering....
Denied permission for its rally on Saturday at the city's Suhrawardy Udyan, BNP announced a countrywide demonstration programme for today (Sunday), protesting what it said the government's undemocratic attitude, reports UNB. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir declared...
FE Report | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
Prof Nurul Islam, emeritus research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), suggested on Saturday placing knowledgeable persons in institutions working on economic development planning. The suggestion came as a galaxy of economists at a discussion said cooking...
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