West Indies part ways with coach Gibson ST. JOHN'S, Antigua and Barbuda, Aug 20: The West Indies parted ways with coach Ottis Gibson Tuesday, just a day ahead of a home one-day series against Bangladesh. The West Indies Cricket Board...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said Wednesday that the August 21 grenade attack was aimed to frustrate our independence, democracy, peace and development, reports BSS. "The aimd of the August 21 was also to give killing, conspiracy, militancy, corruption and...
Brushing aside the ruling party leaders' claim that the next national election to will held on completion of the current government's five-year tenure, BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Wednesday that the election will be held much ahead of...
President Abdul Hamid has paid rich tribute to the memory of those killed in a barbaric grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) rally in city on August 21, 2004, reports BSS. "I express my deep respect to the memory...
A Dhaka court here sent Wednesday City Awami League (AL) leader Zahidul Islam Tipu, an accused in the case of Jubo League leader Riaz Uddin Khan Milky killing, to jail rejecting his bail petition, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad...
RU Correspondent RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Aug 20: A patrol team of DB of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) arrested a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Rajshahi University (RU) unit from the campus area for his alleged role in kidnapping. The...
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) kept Wednesday its verdict pending for delivery any day on the war crimes case against accused SM Qaiser, a former state minister during HM Ershad's military rule, reports UNB. Closing the case summing-up arguments with...
President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Khandaker Mahbub Hossain termed Wednesday an 'evil effort' the government's move for the 16th constitutional amendment, aiming to restore parliament's authority to impeach judges of the apex court, reports UNB. Addressing a...
Kamrun Nahar | 2014-08-21 00:00:00
Inefficiency and poor monitoring of the nutrition specific interventions have been making insignificant impact at the field level worsening the country's already pitiable nutrition scenario although the government has declared it to be a priority area. Experts note the faulty...
FE Report Police intercepted Tuba Group workers who were staging demonstration Wednesday demanding immediate reopening of all closed units. Several hundred workers under the banner of Tuba Group Sramik Sangram Committee came under police action at about 3:10pm when they...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina underscored Wednesday the need for a united stance of the Muslim Ummah to protect its rights against the backdrop of the ongoing crisis in Palestine, reports UNB. The PM came up with the remark when...
A Dhaka court here placed Wednesday placed Rabiulla Robi, news editor of daily Inqilab, on a five-day remand in a case filed under Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate SM Ashiqur Rahman passed the order...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said the government has taken an initiative to amend the existing Public Examinations (Offences) 1980 (Amendment-1992) Act with a provision of giving out harsher punishment for leaking question papers during public examinations, reports UNB. The...
US embassy in Dhaka announced Wednesday that Standard Chartered Bank will not collect Machine Readable Visa (MRV) fee after August 31, reports UNB. The HSBC will begin collecting MRV fees for visa applications beginning on September 14. The MRV fee...
SYLHET, Aug 20 (UNB): Finance Minister AMA Muhith assured Wednesday the local journalists of forming a panel to look into the arrest and allegations brought against Manabzamin special correspondent Chowdhury Mumtaz Ahmed. Muhith called Shafiul Alam Chowdhury, editor and publisher...
The tender for constructing the 1290-meter long third Shitalakhya bridge involving Tk 3.77 billion was floated Wednesday, reports UNB. Communications Minister Obaidul Quader disclosed this at a meeting at the Secretariat on traffic jam and water logging problem due to...
AIMST University, Malaysia has organised a training on "HR Leadership in 21st Century" to be held in the AIMST University Campus, Kedah, Malaysia from November 14 to 16, according to a press release received in Dhaka. This training will cover...
The court has instructed the investigation officer of the Narayanganj multiple murders to submit the probe report on October 13, reports bdnews24.com Senior Judicial Magistrate of Narayanganj, AKM Mahiuddin gave the order Wednesday after hearing the cases filed over the...
SAVAR, Aug 20 (UNB): In separate incidents, the bodies of three people have been recovered from separate places here. The deceased were identified as Sagorika Akhter, 20, wife of Rabiul Islam, Jewel Hossain, 22, and Rahat Hossain, 7, son of...
MBBS, BDS admission tests Oct 24 The written tests for admissions into the country's medical and dental colleges will be held on October 24. The decision came at a meeting of the Health Ministry Wednesday. The schedule of the admission...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong, divisions today (Thursday). Moderately heavy to...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-08-21 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 20: Chittagong Port is likely to face work suspension by a section of workers under the banner of Chattagram Bandar Raksha Parishad protesting what they termed Saif Powertec Ltd’s monopoly in cargo handling. They alleged that Saif Powertec...
FE Report | 2014-08-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh remains far behind in education, information and communications technology (ICT), invention, and knowledge-based economy among the South Asian and Pacific countries, said the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday. The ADB carried out a study on 28 countries of...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-08-21 00:00:00
The government appears, of late, to be tough and, thus, considering to go for hard action in order to compel the country's millers and traders to use the environment-friendly jute sacks to pack rice for domestic marketing. Last week, the...
FE Report | 2014-08-21 00:00:00
Editors in a meeting Wednesday expressed their concern over the recently-announced National Broadcasting Policy as they fear it would hinder freedom of expression and free flow of information.A statement issued by Chairman of the Editors' Council Golam Sarwar said the...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-08-21 00:00:00
Experts, stakeholders and insiders hold varied views regarding tangible success of the demutualised exchanges in bringing buoyancy in the country's capital market. Some of the brokers of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), who were on the boards of previous mutual exchange,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally inaugurate Hajj flight on August 26, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on religious affairs Bazlul Haque Harun told journalist after the meeting of the committee Wednesday. At the press briefing Harun said as...
FE Report A parliamentary body asked Wednesday the government to frame and submit a draft trade policy framework within next two months, as a comprehensive measure for upgrading the sector suiting current advances. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce Ministry...
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