FE Report | 2014-09-14 00:00:00
Speakers at a programme stressed the need for building confidence among the non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) Saturday for attracting investment from them by improving law and order situation, airport services and ensuring security of their properties and investments. They also called...
Bangladesh Foreign Ministry dismissed on Saturday the Indian media reports that Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata Abida Islam was summoned by the West Bengal Chief Minister, reports UNB. "Attention has been drawn to some media reports about summoning the...
The government is looking into the reported funding to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami 'seriously' to unearth the fact, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Saturday, reports UNB. "We've seen the Indian media report. We're taking it very seriously...
MOULVIBAZAR, Sept 13, 2014(BSS) - Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu called upon Khaleda Zia to refrain from "dirty politics". "Now she has deviated from the normal course of politics and is pursuing a wrong path. In the process she is...
Chittagong, Sept 13 (UNB)-Police on Friday night arrested four activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir in connection with bomb attack on a bus carrying teachers of Chittagong University in Hathazari upazila here on Wednesday. Police launched a drive on the campus...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-09-14 00:00:00
A committee tasked to recommend ways of ensuring launch passengers' safety failed to start work even after a fortnight of its formation, sources said, in a repeat of how grim waterway tragedies sink into oblivion. A launch, MV Pinak-6, sank...
Kamrun Nahar | 2014-09-14 00:00:00
The governments dilly-dally in enforcing the Breast Milk Substitute (Regulation of Marketing) Act 2013 one year after its enactment has yielded little result in controlling BMS products as the implementing authorities have failed to create awareness among the consumers and...
Amid reports of obtaining freedom fighters' certificates through forgery by many, including officials, the government has decided to prepare a fresh digitised list of genuine war heroes, aiming to prevent the illegal practice. "After conducting a massive scrutiny, a fresh...
The orientation ceremony of fall-2014 semester for the newly enrolled undergraduate students of BBA, ETE, EEE, Economics, Law, Environmental Science, Architecture, English, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Pharmacy, Microbiology and Biochemistry of North South University (NSU) was...
President and Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Abdul Hamid appointed Prof Khaleda Ekram as Vice-chancellor (VC) of the university last week for next four years. Prof Khaleda took over on Saturday as VC at a simple...
The written test for admission into first year Bachelor of Fine Arts (BAF) courses (Cha unit) for the session 2014-2015 of University of Dhaka (DU) was held on Saturday, reports UNB. A total of 8,983 candidates appeared at the admission...
World First Aid Day observed Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) observed on Saturday World First Aid Day amid festivity. This year's...
A construction worker was killed Saturday after falling from a multi-storied building at Motijheel in the city, reports BSS. The deceased was identified as Md Khokon, 38, son of late Kunu Mia.
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Sylhet, Barisal and Chittagoang divisions and at one or two places over Dhaka, Rajshahi and Khulna divisions in next 24...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-09-14 00:00:00
Consumption of fattened cattle meat exposes public health to serious hazards. Poribesh Bachao Andolon (POBA), a rights organisation, warned people last week that vital organs of a human body would suffer permanent damage if a person eats meat of animals...
FE Report | 2014-09-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh Railway (BR) authorities demolished Saturday around two thousand makeshift shops and shanties built on and along the rail tracks from Khilgaon to Malibagh in the capital, in a continuing cleansing operation after the repeat of fatal accident. Witnesses said...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-09-14 00:00:00
Buying house dependency on outsourcing readymade garment export orders has been reduced by more than 60 per cent over the last three decades, BGMEA sources said. Skilled human resources, better production, forward linkages, own fashion and designing technology and offshore...
Unidentified miscreants attacked former Dhaka University teacher Professor Mahbub Ullah on the Supreme Court premises in the city on Saturday, reports UNB. He came under the attack as he was leaving the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) auditorium after attending...
Senior army officials of the Asia-Pacific region will join a seminar in Dhaka beginning today (Sunday) to discuss "opportunities and challenges" of the region, reports bdnews24.com. Titled 'Pacific Armies Management Seminar', this is the brainchild of the US Army Pacific....
Unidentified miscreants attacked former Dhaka University teacher Professor Mahbub Ullah on the Supreme Court premises in the city on Saturday, reports UNB. He came under the attack as he was leaving the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) auditorium after attending...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-09-14 00:00:00
The ongoing 'movement' spearheaded by a ruling-party leader against a private berth operator at the Chittagong Port has triggered worries among the port users from home and abroad. Many a user of the Chittagong seaport -- considered Bangladesh's commercial lifeline...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-09-14 00:00:00
While the United States president Barack Obama has vowed "relentless" air strikes against the Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, some nations including the powerful Russia have reacted adversely. They said the decision to bomb inside Syria violates international...
Prime Minster Sheikh Haisna placed on Saturday a six-point proposal, including those for poverty alleviation and facing climate change challenges, for consideration of BIMSTEC member states in the greater interest of this region, reports UNB. The Prime Minster placed the...
FE Report | 2014-09-14 00:00:00
Experts alleged faults in auditing financial statements of businesses and public bodies and stressed the upgrading of ethical standards of chartered accountants to prevent financial fraud. Speaking at a World Bank-funded seminar in Dhaka Saturday, they also suggested finalising the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are likely to hold a meeting on the sidelines of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on September 27, reports UNB. The meeting...
Renewing her call for talks to pave the path for holding a fresh inclusive election, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday warned that they would have no option but to wage a strong street agitation programme if the government does...
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