Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Rajshahi University (RU) unit formed a human chain Sunday protesting the serial bomb blasts by JMB on August 17, 2005 across the country, reports BSS. The explosions killed two people and...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
The government has decided to install weighbridge scales at all the ferry terminals for detecting the overloading of vehicles that use ferries so that service charges can be realised from them based on the load, officials said. Bangladesh Inland Water...
Popular singer Nazmun Munira Nancy has been brought to Dhaka after she reportedly took an overdose of sedatives, reports bdnews24.com. She was moved to the Dhaka's LabAid Specialised Hospital Sunday morning from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. LabAid Hospital's Assistant...
LAXMIPUR, Aug 17 (UNB): Miscreants snatched a murder case accused from police after attacking them at Karpara in Ramganj upazila of the district Sunday. Being tipped off that murder accused Saiful Islam Mithu, son of Harunur Rashid of the village,...
Two people were found dead in Narayanganj and Khulna districts Sunday, reports UNB. In Narayanganj, the floating body of a Class-IV student of Joygobinda School, Adar Chowdhury (12), was recovered from the Buriganga river at Alirtek in Narayanganj city at...
Illegal border crossing as well as attempts of human trafficking through different border points with India and Myanmar are going on despite strict vigilance by the members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), reports UNB. Sources at the BGB headquarters said...
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) has selected noted educationist and economist Dr Muhammad Farashuddin for awarding the Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal-2013 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of education and macro-economics. The medal will be formally handed...
The 8th death anniversary of renowned poet Shamsur Rahman was observed in the city Sunday through various programmes, reports BSS. Floral wreaths were placed on the grave of the poet by members of his family, Jatiya Kabita Parishad (JKP), Bangabandhu...
KERANIGANJ, Aug 17 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested a fugitive convict from Amirabad area Sunday. The arrested person was identified as Omes Korati (30), a resident of Atasur area in Keraniganj upazila. Tipped off, a team of Keraniganj Model...
BAGERHAT, Aug 17 (UNB): Police arrested two alleged forest robbers from Joymonir Ghol area near the Sundarbans in Mongla upazila early Sunday. The arrested persons were identified as Malek Fakir (52) and his son-in-law Omar Sheikh (38), both are residents...
Sadia Saumik has secured golden A+ in HSC exams from Dhaka Board in business studies group this year. She was a student of National Ideal College, says a press release. Sadia's father Md Sayed Hasan works in computer section of...
Md Shahidul Islam has secured golden A+ in HSC exams from Dhaka Board in science group this year. He was a student of Dhaka College, says a press release. Shahidul's father Md Nazrul Islam works in computer section of The...
FE Report | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
The position taken by the scam-ridden Sonali Bank of late to deal with only 'clean' ones of the pending inland bills purchase (IBP) has given rise to fresh complexities. The state-owned bank has settled IBPs with minor faults and wants...
Siddique Islam | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
The central bank has purchased the US dollar from the commercial banks with changed instruments in a bid to offset inflationary pressures on the economy amid a glut of money supply, officials said. Under the latest move, the Bangladesh Bank...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Sunday the challenge for the country in the post-2015 period is to find out a model for having a solution to unemployment problem, reports UNB. "The challenges before us in the coming days are...
Munima Sultana | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
Legal experts have given the green signal for awarding the river-training work under the Padma Multipurpose Bridge project to a Chinese company which drew criticism for poor performance in an important highway expansion project, sources said. Bangladesh Bridges Authority (BBA),...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
Taxmen have, for the first time, detected forgeries of pay orders by vested quarters, raising concern over the security of taxpayers' money, sources said. Some taxmen in connivance with bank officials have encashed some pay-orders that the taxpayers submitted with...
LAHORE, Aug 17: A Pakistani court on Saturday ordered framing of murder charges against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his brother and Punjab chief minister Shahbaz and 19 others over the June violence near Canada-based cleric Tahirul Qadri's headquarters here that...
President Abdul Hamid left for London Sunday on a seven-day visit there for his eye treatment. A regular flight of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President took off from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 2.00 pm. The President...
Miscreants hacked a man in Dhaka's Mirpur area Sunday. The man identified as Md Hasan (25) died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) early on the day after miscreants hacked him with sharp weapons in front of a restaurant...
A fire broke out at a five-storied commercial building in the city's Boro Moghbazar area Sunday. Fire service sources said the fire broke out on the 4th floor of 'SK Tower' around 12:52 pm and spread soon. On information, nine...
Bangladesh will send a medical team to Gaza to help the people cope with a rising number of casualties caused by Israeli attacks. Health minister Mohammed Nasim said Sunday they had started talking with the foreign ministry and "the Red...
FE Report | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
The Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) felt the need for political stability, good governance and reduction of corruption, energy security and infrastructure development to take Bangladesh on a higher scale of economic advances. With this call to...
FE Report | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
Miscreants took away a money-loaded bag after shooting a land-broker in the capital's Mirpur area Sunday afternoon, police said. The victim, identified as Mojibur Rahman (43), was immediately taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). From there he was shifted...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
Flash floods and tidal surge, which affected parts of six districts in the country, have raised concern over seasonal Aman crop of nearly 3,000 hectares of land, officials said. Agriculture and water development officials said if the floods in parts...
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