Senior Awami League (AL) leader Suranjit Sengupta alleged Friday that BNP and Jamaat are plotting anew to topple the government with the help of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan and other foreign intelligence agencies, reports UNB. "BNP and Jamaat are...
Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu said Friday that the government rejected the draft regarding the Press Council Act and sent it back to the Press Council for redrafting, reports BSS. The minister, in response to a question, said that they...
JAMALPUR, Sept 26 (BSS): BNP chairperson Khaldea Zia will visit Jamalpur tomorrow (Saturday). BNP leaders at a press conference said here the BNP chief will address a public meeting at Zilla School ground in the town. BNP leaders in Jamalpur...
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (UNB): Nepalese Prime Minister (PM) Sushil Koirla has invited his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina to join the next SAARC Summit, scheduled to be held in Kathmandu in November. The Nepalese PM extended the invitation during his...
Some 87 persons, including 64 Jamaat-Shibir men, were arrested from Chittagong, Sylhet and Jhenidah districts on various charges, reports UNB. In Chittagong, police in a drive on Thursday night and Friday arrested 35 persons, including 22 Jamaat-Shibir men, from different...
BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah alleged Friday that the government is alluring some 'deserter leaders of few parties in the alliance' with posts and positions in their nefarious bid to split the BNP-led 20- party alliance, reports...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) will be able to carry 40,000 more passengers a day by early 2016 as it has taken a set of measures, including the introduction of new coaches, setting up of new rail routes and renovation of some...
KUSHTIA, Sept 26 (BSS): Ruling Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, MP, said here as the present government believes in democracy, free of media and freedom of expression, anybody could come up even with its bitter criticism. "How...
Sakhawat reelected N'ganj Bar president Advocate Sakhawat Hossain Khan has been reelected president of Narayanganj Bar Association as the two panels backed by Awami League and BNP shared its 17 posts. BNP-backed panel won nine posts while Awami League-blessed panel...
NEW YORK, Sept 26, 2014 (Agencies): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants to see the volume of US investment in Bangladesh will go past the billion-dollar mark within the next three years. In 2014, the Prime Minister noted that the US...
New York, Sept 26 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday extended Bangladesh's full support to the UN Secretary General's strategic review on peacekeeping, and the country's resolve to strengthen his hands by providing rapid support at all times since...
Twenty-four candidates were detained last Friday for allegedly adopting unfair means in the Dhaka University's 'Gha Unit' admission tests for the 2014-15 session, reports bdnews24.com. RAB claims to have also detained 12 members of a racket that assisted university admission...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-27 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sept 26: The Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has leased out four temporary cattle markets in the port-city at Tk 23.01 million. The markets are Karnaphuli Bazar in Nur Nagar Housing area, Poster Par Bazar, Steel Mill Bazar and Patenga...
NEW DELHI, Sept 26 (AFP): A New York court has ordered Narendra Modi to answer allegations of "attempted genocide" over deadly anti-Muslim riots, reports said Friday, as he began his first US visit as India's prime minister. The complaint relates...
Plainclothes police arrested a suspected member of Islamic State (IS) from Purana Paltan in the city Thursday night for his alleged efforts to spread activities of the militant group, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Hafizur Rahman(22). Tipped off...
LONDON, Sept26 (BBC): The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) says electronic devices such as mobile phones can be left switched on during flights. EASA says that electronic devices do not pose a safety risk. The announcement clears the way for...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-09-27 00:00:00
Japan is expected to give Bangladesh nearly US$1.2 billion in soft loan early next year for five infrastructure-development projects, the priority one being a special economic zone (SEZ) exclusively for Japanese investment, officials said. They said main purpose of the...
FE Report | 2014-09-27 00:00:00
Homebound people suffered immensely for collecting tickets ahead of the two major religious festivals with the beginning of advance ticket sale by Bangladesh Railway (BR) and Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC). Many of the ticket aspirants returned empty-handed after failing...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-09-27 00:00:00
The process of Bangladesh joining the proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a founder-member has got under way, officials said. A three-day multilateral consultation meeting began in Beijing on Friday on the founding of the bank, with representation from...
Munima Sultana | 2014-09-27 00:00:00
Consultants are now facing difficulties in finding the best possible route for the Dhaka-Chittagong Expressway out of the government's three proposed options. The consultants have recommended conducting a study with another option. They are also facing a challenge to make...
FE Report | 2014-09-27 00:00:00
The trouble-torn United Airways will resume its flight operations from today (Saturday), following an amicable solution to the crisis that led to suspension of its flights from Wednesday. "We are hopeful of resuming the domestic flight operations from Saturday," said...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Bangladesh is lagging far behind the deadlines for implementing some of the key reforms, including a review of the foreign exchange control law, suggested by a multilateral lender. The reform measures, mostly financial sector-related, were initiated mainly...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today (Saturday). The crucial meeting between Hasina and Modi...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved a charge-sheet against seven people, including a deputy general manager of Rupali Bank, on charge of swindling Tk 6.9 million from the bank. The Commission approved the charge-sheet at its regular meeting Thursday,...
The World Tourism Day 2014 is being celebrated in the country today (Saturday) as elsewhere in the globe with the theme of ‘Tourism and Community Development’. Bangladesh Tourism Board (BTB), the National Tourism Organisation and Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) under...
At least two people were killed in two separate road accidents in Habiganj district on Friday. One Habibur Rahman, 40, son of late Shabaj Miah of Olipur village of Sadar Upazila, was instantly killed when a speedy truck ran over...
A man was killed in a road accident in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area in Dhaka city on Friday night. The dead is Nazmul Hossain, 32. Police, hospital sources and witnesses said a truck ran over Nazmul near Assad Gate petrol pump...
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