MYMENSINGH, Aug 13 (UNB): Decomposed body of a police constable was found inside a private car at Town Hall intersection in the district town Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, a constable of Dhaka Metropolitan police. Being...
Cadet Colleges emerged as the best performers in this year's HSC examinations published Wednesday as they are on top in four out of eight education boards, reports UNB. Faujdarhat Cadet College ranked top on the list of best-performing colleges under...
An International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) Bangladesh delegation led by its General Secretary M Shoeb Chowdhury met distinguished public figures of India during a visit to New Delhi recently. The team included Prof Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, chairman of...
NARAYANGANJ, Aug 13 (UNB): A dying factory labourer died and four others fell seriously sick after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a boiler at Fatullah in Narayanganj Sadar upazila Tuesday night. The deceased identified as Dulal Mia (35), hailing from...
COX'S BAZAR, Aug 13 (UNB): Three people were killed and 20 others injured in a collision between a bus and a microbus at Golarmara under Chokoria upazila of the district on Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway Wednesday afternoon. The deceased could not...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-14 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 13: Journalist Nurul Islam, one of the organisers of liberation war, passed away at his residence at Sher Shah Chittagong Journalists Cooperative Housing Society in the port city Tuesday. He was 81. He left behind wife, three sons,...
A national consultative meeting of the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Society (ECHO) has suggested further emphasis on resilience building and government's institutionalisation of disaster risk reduction (DRR) to improve disaster preparedness in Bangladesh. The meeting was held in...
Moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Chittagong, Sylhet, Dhaka, Barisal and Khulna divisions today (Thursday). Moderately heavy to heavy falls are also likely at places over the...
Ziaur Rahman | 2014-08-14 00:00:00
After a flicker of hope in the fiscal 2010-11, country's jute sector once again tumbled into serious crisis as exports of raw jute and jute-goods are under a downturn in recent days while domestic usage of the natural fibre is...
Syful Islam | 2014-08-14 00:00:00
Very few readymade garment (RMG) factories, inspected by the concerned government agency during April-June period, have trade unions (TUs) despite the last year's amendment of labour law that had given workers rights to form TUs, sources said. Inspectors of the...
FE Report | 2014-08-14 00:00:00
The ministry of commerce (MoC) has extended the tenure of the present board of directors (BoDs) of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) by three months following the request of the apex trade body. The tenure...
FE Report | 2014-08-14 00:00:00
The Garment Workers' Oikya Forum made on Wednesday a six-point demand including immediate payment of festival allowances of the Tuba Group workers and reopening of the closed units. The Forum also announced its next movement to realise their demands. Moshrefa...
SEOUL, Aug 13 (AFP): An Iranian-born mathematician has become the first woman to win a prestigious Fields Medal, widely viewed as the Nobel Prize of mathematics. Maryam Mirzakhani, a Harvard-educated mathematician and professor at Stanford University in California, was one...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested the owner of Pinak-6 launch, which capsized in the Padma River, at Agrabad in Chittagong city early Wednesday, reports UNB. Tipped-off, a special team of Rab headquarters in association with...
FE Report | 2014-08-14 00:00:00
Country's export-import trade and inward remittances may increase in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (FY) as a relatively calm political situation is expected to last further, a leading business chamber predicts. The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-08-14 00:00:00
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has sought extension of time for one-fourth of its development projects amid concerns about quality of work and spending. RHD officials said they have written to the Planning Commission (PC) seeking one to two...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-08-14 00:00:00
The government, as it has been reported in a section of the media, has given its thumb of approval to the open-pit mining method for coal extraction. It wants to begin work on extraction of coal within the next three...
FE Report | 2014-08-14 00:00:00
Some 78.33 per cent students passed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations 2014, with higher number of them bagging the highest grade compared to last year's. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid along with chairmen of all the...
FE Report | 2014-08-14 00:00:00
Energy efficiency and conservation can save around 2,640 megawatts (MW) of electricity, more than one-third of the country's daily electricity production, a study revealed Wednesday. It would save US$ 6.0 billion worth capital investment, said Joint Secretary of the Power...
FE Report | 2014-08-14 00:00:00
Road accidents alone cost Bangladesh 1.0 to 2.0 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), a study has revealed. The study titled "Road Safety in Bangladesh: Realities and Challenges said that in the absence of road safety measures, most...
Banks will now be able to provide loan up to 50 per cent or highest Tk 4.0 million to a client for the purchase of car in place of the present limit of Tk 2.0 million. Bangladesh Bank Wednesday issued...
A man was burnt to death when a fire broke out in five chemical warehouses at Champatuli lane in the city's Swarighat area on Tuesday night. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Farhaduzzaman, an official of...
Customs intelligence officials seized 2.2 kg gold and arrested a person in this connection at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Wednesday morning. The arrestee was identified as MA Rashid, 47, a resident of Comilla district. Sources with the customs intelligence...
Tokyo stocks rose 0.60 per cent on Thursday morning, helped by a weaker yen and gains on Wall Street. The Nikkei 225 index added 90.99 points to 15,304.62 by the break while the Topix index of all first-section issues was...
Hong Kong shares opened flat on Thursday despite a positive lead from US and European markets. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 14.84 points to 24,875.5 points in the first few minutes of trade, according to AFP.
Chinese shares were down slightly in morning trade on Thursday after the release of weak economic statistics the previous day, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.12 per cent, or 2.57 points, to 2,220.31. The Shenzhen Composite Index,...
US on Wednesday finished solidly higher despite a lacklustre US retail sales report and some disappointing earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 91.26 points (0.55 per cent) to 16,651.80. The broad-based S&P 500 gained 12.97 (0.67 per cent)...
European stock markets clawed back some ground on Wednesday despite weak eurozone data as the Bank of England hinted that a widely anticipated rate rise might be put on hold. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0.37 per cent to...
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