Swami Dhrubeshananda has been appointed as the new principal of Dhaka Ramkrishna Math and Mission, reports BSS. Swami Dhrubeshananda took the charge on August 20 last from outgoing chief of the Mission Swami Ameyananda in a ceremonial reception. Secretary of...
A court here on Sunday placed a man, arrested in connection with Thursday's triple murder in the city's Maghbazar area, on a five-day remand, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Tarek Mainul Islam Bhuiyan passed the order after police produced...
A court sentenced Sunday ATM Shamsuzzaman's youngest son ATM Khalequzzaman Kushol to life imprisonment for murdering his eldest brother ATM Kamruzzaman Kabir, reports UNB. The court also fined him Tk 50,000 and he will have to suffer one year more...
Sumith Nakandala, new Secretary General of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation), met Sunday Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, reports UNB. During the meeting, the Foreign Minister congratulated Nakandala on his assumption of office...
Desired career workshop held at Eastern University South Asian Youth Society (SAYS) arranged a seminar on 'Towards a Desired Career in 21st Century' exclusively for the students of Eastern University (EU) at its seminar room in the city recently. Eastern...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions until 6pm today...
Kamrun Nahar | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
Experts held income inequality and centralization of resources and power as the main reasons behind the regional disparity in poverty, as exposed in the recently-released poverty maps. They also feared the trend will hamper the country's poverty alleviation and middle-income...
FE Report | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
Test flow of natural gas from the third well of Shahbazpur gas field in Borhanuddin Upazilla under Bhola district, started from Sunday afternoon at a rate of 20 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd), Petrobangla Chairman Hussain Monsur told the...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
Homes, hotels, restaurants and even wayside sherbet kiosks -- everywhere jar water is available nowadays as a safe drink. But question arose how safe it is. Unauthorised drinking jar waters have flooded the market, putting public health at risk of...
FE Report | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
Several workers were injured in a fire incident at a garment factory in the capital's Mirpur area on Sunday evening, firemen said. According to them, the fire originated at Cordial Design, located on the third floor of a five-story building...
NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (agencies): Indian left bloc parties, including major partner CPI (M), have ruled out an alliance with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress to counter BJP in West-Bengal Bidhan Sabha election. The Bengal Chief Minister said in an interview...
FE Report | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
Annual incomes of short-term international migrants are much higher at Tk 143,000 each than those of other migrants. Besides, the incomes of international and non-migrants are Tk 83,000 and Tk 90,000 respectively per annum. The figures were revealed Sunday by...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
The government is set to allow the installation of around a dozen privately-owned new and 'expensive' oil-fired power plants without tender, a move termed 'illogical' and 'questionable' by energy experts. Besides, the Power Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy...
Siddique Islam | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
The central bank has relaxed foreign-exchange regulations on repatriation of sale proceeds from equity owned by non-residents in unlisted companies purchased by residents, as a measure to encourage foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country. Under the relaxed rules, the...
M. A. Taslim | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
Recently a research institute assembled a bevy of economists for a discussion on the biannual publication of Bangladesh Bank (BB), Monetary Policy Statement July-December 2014. The discussion revealed that there were sharp differences of opinions on several issues. The economists...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
Swirling waters in the rivers in the worst-hit northern and eastern parts of the country seemed receding Sunday but the major rivers in the central part are going into spate with the prospect of flooding of the areas in and...
FE Report | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
Experts' meet begins in Dhaka today (Monday) to work out policy guidelines and methodologies of harnessing marine resources from the blocks in the Bay of Bengal that Bangladesh had regained through international arbitration. Organisers say the two-day international workshop on...
Myanmar will start the process of repatriating Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh's camps within two months in 'a breakthrough' in bilateral relations, the foreign secretary has said, reports bdnews24.com. M Shahidul Haque said they would start the process of taking...
The third session of the 10th parliament begins today (Monday) which is likely to see a number of bills to be placed, including the much-talked-about 16th amendment bill aiming to restore parliament's authority to impeach Supreme Court judges. — UNB
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) celebrates its 36th founding anniversary across the country today through various programmes. On 1 September, 1978, late President Ziaur Rahman founded the party with a 19-point programme to build a self-reliant Bangladesh.—UNB
Customs Intelligence officials detained a man along with fake Indian currency worth Rs 16.5 million at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday morning. The arrestee was identified as Khalil Bepari (35) hailing from Shariatpur district. — UNB
The 11th teachers' registration examinations under Non-government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) will be held on December 12 and 13. The aspirant candidates will be able to apply online from September 1 to 30, says a handout. — UNB
Farid Hasan Ahmed | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
Floods are natural events in many parts of the world each year. The southwestern summer monsoon occurs from June through September. The Bay of Bengal outlet of southwest monsoon flows over the Bay of Bengal heading towards northeast India and...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
One can't expect social order, economic progress and political stability when moral values are lost or destroyed. A man has both animality and rationality. Ethical values are inculcated to control animality inherent in all human beings. Religions and laws aim...
The government owns quite a large number of errant organisations operating in different sectors of the economy and it has been paying a heavy price for running these establishments. Since the early '80s, the government has disposed of a good...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh is one of the most land-scarce countries in the world. Though the National Land Utilisation Policy has laid thrust on family-based land ceiling for rural housing and rural model house building, there is virtually no land-use plan for the...
S A Mansoor | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
The challenge of proper development of knowledge and skills suited to fill the needs for sustaining our global presence in an effective manner can not be ignored. Unfortunately, our political parties have totally failed to highlight this vital issue. The...
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