One after another killing incidents have created a fear in the minds of the common people. In Moghbazar, three people were killed by extortionists who had asked for big amount of money as toll. Before this horrible triple murders a...
Motor launch Pinak-6 sank in the river recently. A week-long operation failed to find and salvage the vessel. The two salvage vessels, Rustam and Hamza, are too old and their lifting capacity is not compatible with our present-day launches. The...
We cannot ignore the children with autism. They deserve our immediate attention. Raising an autistic child is a difficult job for the parents and they often find themselves in helpless situations. Schooling for the special children is very expensive as...
In kitchen market, the retail price of a kg of ginger was Tk 40 a few years back, which is Tk 180 now as the price of ginger has increased in China owing to very low harvest in the current...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh is a country of 160 million people with a population density coming to 1142/sq.km. Its economy is not big and developed enough to support such a vast population; high incidence of poverty is the ultimate result. There is a...
A.K.M. Fakhrul Alam | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
In Bangladesh, palm oil is now a very familiar edible oil. In this country, palm oil is synonymous with Malaysia. Whatever be the source of import of palm oil, Bangladeshi people think that it is from Malaysia. Palm oil made...
Accusing the ruling party of making bloodletting as its political manifesto, BNP alleged on Saturday that the government has chosen killings and forced disappearances as the path to face stormy politics. "It's pointless to spread the message of peace among...
Underscoring the need for removing the politics of impunity from the process of justice, noted jurist Dr Kamal Hossain said on Saturday the security of life and property is a constitutional right and all need to be vocal to realise...
A three-day programme of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), marking its 36th founding anniversary, begins today (Sunday), reports UNB. This is for the first time in the last 23 years BNP is celebrating its founding anniversary when the party is neither...
Dhaka University (DU) Vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Arefin Siddique called Saturday for forming an independent broadcasting commission to formulate and implement an acceptable broadcasting policy, reports BSS. He made the call while speaking as chief guest at a seminar on...
President Abdul Hamid called for making highest effort Saturday to bring home the six condemned fugitive killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to execute their death sentence, reports UNB. The President said the trial of the cruel killing of Father...
FE Report | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh Cold Storage Association reiterated Saturday its demand for distribution of potato through government's various projects like Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) and Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) cards and Open Market Sale (OMS) to market unsold potato. They, however, sought government's...
RU Correspondent | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Aug 29: Northern University of Bangladesh (NUB), Rajshahi campus organised a seminar Thursday titled "The higher education: the role of Northern University Bangladesh". Local MP Fazle Hossain Badsha attended the seminar as the chief guest held at Kaisar...
PIROJPUR, Aug 30 (UNB): Two schoolgirls drowned in a pond at Gouripur village in Bhandaria Upazila Saturday. The deceased were identified as Sumaiya Akhter, 7, daughter of Abdus Salam, and her cousin Hafiza Akhter, 8, daughter of Abdul Khalek of...
Minister of State for Science and Technology, Architect Yafes Osman appealed for creation of a new generation that is skilled and competent through education in sciences, reports BSS. He was addressing as the chief guest, a Science Congress- 2014 for...
The authorities of Dhaka University (DU) suspended seven activists of pro-Awami League student body Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on charge of beating up a university student on Thursday, reports UNB. DU acting Proctor Prof Amzad Ali confirmed the news agency...
PANCHAGARH, Aug 30 (UNB): Maulana Nurul Islam Faruqui, a 'Channel i' programme presenter, was laid to eternal rest at his home village Nautari Nawabganj in Boda Upazila of the district Saturday. Maulana Faruqui, who was brutally killed by unknown assailants...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 30 (BSS): Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) in a drive arrested four drug traders with 9,000 pieces of contraband yaba tablets from Shah Amanat bridge area under city's Bakalia thana this afternoon. The arrestees were identified as Sayed Noor,...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 30 (BSS): Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) detained three drug traders with 10 kilogrammes of ganja from the port city Friday night and Saturday. The detainees were Mohosena Begum, 37, hailed from Cox's Bazar district, Parvin Akter, 23, Farida...
DU admission receiving process ends today Receipt of applications through Online for admission to first year honours under Dhaka University (DU) courses for the academic year 2014-2015 will end until 2.00 pm today (Sunday). Vice-chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique will...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Rangpur, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi division today (Sunday). Moderately heavy to heavy...
Terming BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia a killer, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the defeated force would not be able to rise again in Bangladesh, reports UNB. "The defeated force will not be able to rise again on...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
A mobile court in a drive conducted recently in Mirzapur upazila (sub-district) of Tangail-district snapped more than 2000 illegal gas connections. Press reports say, the inhabitants of the area informed journalists that some politically influential people, in connivance with a...
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said on Saturday the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami would get banned soon for its crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation, reports BSS. "No countries in the world allowed any political party, which...
FE Report | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
Three more garment units have been declared partially closed on safety ground after the inspections of western retailers-appointed engineers detected structural flaws in the factory buildings, sources said. The government panel has asked the authorities of two units-- Love Craft...
FE Report | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
Family members of forced disappearance victims sought Saturday Prime Minister's intervention in ensuring justice for them. They said they have been knocking at the doors of RAB, DB police and police stations to help trace out their near and dear...
FE Report | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
Former BNP minister Abdul Alim, who was sentenced to life in jail unto death for his offences in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, died of cancer on Saturday afternoon. Physicians said the 83-year-old breathed his last at 1:15pm at the...
FE Report | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
Integration of regional economies that can help attain inclusive growth in South Asia largely depends on the political will of the respective governments, experts told a regional conference in Dhaka. They said regional connectivity is vital for ensuring food security,...
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