Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday underscored the need for improved training for members of the Air Force for attaining professional excellence saying they will have to develop themselves as efficient and ideal Air Force personnel. ‘Attaining professional efficiency is...
Bangladesh Lighterage Sramik Union, an association of lighterage vessel workers, went on an indefinite strike on Saturday to press home their several demands, including that their security be ensured on the waterways. Abu Taher, president of the union, announced the...
The BNP has said that Awami League (AL) leaders use offensive language when they speak about Ziaur Rahman because he had established ‘multi-party democracy’ on the ‘graveyard created by BAKSAL’. ‘They (AL) were supposed to pronounce independence (of Bangladesh), but...
A clash between two groups has left at least 30 people injured in Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila. The Sadar’s police OC Akul Chandra Biswas said the clash started around 9am on Saturday at the Upazila’s Aminpur area. Ten of the injured...
Two people were killed and 15 others injured in separate road accidents in Rajshahi city and Godagari Upazila on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Tonny, daughter of Tazul Isalm and a student of Class III of Shishu Niketon...
An auto-rickshaw driver was killed when a truck rammed his auto-rickshaw at Goalondo Upazila in Rajbari district on Saturday morning. The dead is Mohammad Idris Sarder, 45, son of Sadek Sarder, a resident of No. 7 Kazipara Union Parishad of...
Law Minister Anisul Huq has said that the time limit for asking presidential mercy by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman has not yet been over. ‘We’ll have to take steps as per the verdict. According to Article 991 of the Jail...
The Jamaat-e-Islami has announced a nationwide protest for Sunday demanding release of its top leaders convicted or under trial on war crimes charges. The party’s acting Secretary General Shafiqur Rahman, in a statement on Saturday, alleged the government was ‘conspiring...
Indian police have arrested a 36-year-old woman suspected of being involved in a plot to assassinate Bangladesh’s prime minister and carry out a coup, police said on Saturday. The arrest comes days after Indian security officials said they had uncovered...
Some miscreants have killed a woman and dumped the body into Dhaleshwari River in Savar Upazila in Dhaka district. Being informed, Savar Model Police Station’s sub-inspector Abul Hossain Kazi recovered the body, bearing an injury mark, from Dhaleshwari River under...
All internal and external dealings at two major ports in Bangladesh – Chittagong sea port and Mongla port – have come to a halt due to suspension of work by river vessel workers. The lighterage vessel workers are on an...
Countries of Asia and the Pacific region have agreed to set up a network to share information on corruption. Members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) group on Saturday said in a statement that the purpose of the agreement,...
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Saturday said Jamaat-e-Islami leader and war crimes death row convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman has 7 days for seeking President’s mercy and that time expires on Sunday. ‘Condemned war crime convict Kamaruzzaman will get 7 days to...
Two siblings have been killed when a bottle containing spirit exploded in Durgapur under Faridganj Upazila in Chandpur district. They were identified as Arefin, 9, and Al Amin, 4, sons of Alamgir Hosain of Durgapur village. Victims’ family members said...
Publicity and publication affairs secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL) Dr Hasan Mahmud said Thursday the 20-party combine should seek apology to the people as they rejected its hartal , reports BSS. "By rejecting their hartal, people have also...
Food Minister and Dhaka City Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Advocate Quamrul Islam said Thursday that BNP founder Ziaur Rahman should be stripped off the national gallantry award 'Bir Uttam' for patronising the anti-liberation forces, reports BSS. The minister...
FE Report | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
The country's health sector has been plagued by unprecedented corruption, irregularities, violation of ethics and rules, ultimately hampering quality service delivery to ailing people, the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) revealed Thursday. A research, carried out by the TIB between November...
Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has received the 2014 Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Global Entrepreneurship Award, reports UNB. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Centennial Fund (TCF) and Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah handed over...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday said the government has taken a plan to shift Rohingya refugees to suitable places from the existing camps at Khutuppalang and Nayapara in Cox's Bazar, reports UNB. The Prime Minister said this at a meeting...
Siddique Islam | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
The country's overall imports grew by nearly 11 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY), 2014-15 due mainly to higher import of fuel oils and capital machinery, officials said. "The upward trend of overall...
FE Report | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
Low voltage disturbance in electricity transmission line inside Bangladesh caused Saturday's countrywide electricity blackout, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said Thursday, reversing initially-estimated reason. "The blackout did not originate from any fault in the western...
BNP will observe 'National Revolution and Solidarity Day' today (Friday), marking the civil-military 'uprising' in 1975, reports UNB. Other political parties and different socio-cultural organisations will also observe the day from different historical perspectives. On this day in 1975, amid...
The second day of the 48-hour nationwide hartal, enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the death penalties awarded to its two leaders for war crimes, saw no major untoward incident till filing this report at 9:30 pm on Thursday, reports UNB....
Ziaur Rahman | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
To curb middlemen's booming business in the country's jute industry, the government is going to take steps against stockpiling of raw jutes by the middlemen, especially those who procure bulk quantity of jute and make huge profits. From now on,...
The board of directors of Bangladesh Bank (BB) rejected an appeal filed Thursday by the removed managing director (MD) of BASIC Bank Limited. Kazi Faqurul Islam recently filed an appeal to the board after he was removed from the post...
Gold prices in Bangladesh have dropped again in a span of three weeks after its value plummeted in the international market. Businesses fear the prices may dip further. Every 'bhori' (11.664 grams) of gold was priced at Tk 44,521, Bangladesh...
SATKHIRA: A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was killed by smugglers at the Laxmidari border point in Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Nazrul Islam, company commander of Bhomra BGB camp. BGB...
Munima Sultana | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has taken a move to build a 'faulty' flyover-plus-tunnel in front of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to lessen traffic pressure on Old Airport Road in the capital. It will be built discarding the previous...
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