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Japan pledges loan to help Myanmar improve communication network

2014-08-10 00:00:00

Japan has pledged to provide 10.5 billion yens (105 million US dollars) in loan to Myanmar to help the country improve communication network linking major cities of Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw. The low-interest loan, aimed at meeting the...

5 arrested with foreign currencies at Shahjalal

2014-08-10 00:00:00

Airport Armed Police (AAP) personnel at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in Kurmitola arrested five Malaysia-bound passengers along with foreign currencies worth about Tk 8.6 million on Sunday. The arrestees were identified as Maksudur Rahman, 38, Md Rafiqul Islam, 40,...

At least 20,000 Iraqis have safely fled Mt Sinjar

2014-08-10 00:00:00

At least 20,000 civilians who had been besieged by jihadists on a mountain in northern Iraq have safely escaped to Syria and been escorted by Kurdish forces back into Iraq, officials said Sunday. The breakthrough coincided with US air raids...

Pakistani Drone Aircraft Crashes near Air Base

2014-08-10 00:00:00

An air force spokesman in Pakistan says one of his country's drones has crashed while trying to land at a base. Air Commodore Tariq Mahmood said the drone crashed Sunday during a routine flight in eastern Punjab province. Mahmood says...

US airdrops food, water to Iraqi civilians

2014-08-10 00:00:00

US military planes dropped containers with water and thousands of meals to civilians fleeing jihadist violence in Iraq, the Pentagon said. US fighter planes escorted one C-17 and two C-130 cargo planes that dropped 72 bundles of supplies to ‘thousands...

BD, NZ agree to widen ties

2014-08-10 00:00:00

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Sunday said he and his New Zealand counterpart Murray McCully have agreed to further widen and strengthen bilateral relations between Bangladesh and  New Zealand after discussing matters of mutual interests. During a meeting held...

12-digit e-TIN mandatory for taxpayers

2014-08-10 00:00:00

Taxpayers will have to get a 12-digit e-TIN number this year for taking any kind of service from the National Board of Revenue (NBR) including submission of income tax return under universal self assessment system. The government introduced the 12-digit...

Ukraine keen to import Walton products

2014-08-10 00:00:00

There arises a potential to export Walton brand products to the member countries of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as Ukraine has show its keenness to import the products. Oleksandr D Shevchenko, ambassador of Ukraine to Bangladesh, India, Nepal and...

Suspension on sending workers to Iraq to remain in force

2014-08-10 00:00:00

The government on Sunday said the suspension on sending workers to trouble-torn Iraq would remain in force till the security situation improves there. The Bangladesh Embassy in Baghdad is in constant touch with Bangladesh nationals working in Iraq to ensure...

Minister Mohsin Ali apologises to journalists

2014-08-10 00:00:00

Twenty-four hours after badmouthing and threatening journalists, the social welfare minister has apologised to them. In a statement, Syed Mohsin Ali said his remarks were not meant for ‘all members of the press’ and it was addressed to some local...

31 freedom fighter certificates revoked

2014-08-10 00:00:00

The government revoked 31 freedom fighter certificates. The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs issued an order to this effect Sunday. Gazettes and certificates of 29 people have been scrapped, based on reports by the NSI, it said, according to a...

Shamim, Ivy face questioning on Narayanganj murders

2014-08-10 00:00:00

A government investigation committee has said it will interrogate Narayanganj's local MP Shamim Osman and city Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy in connection with the sensational murder of seven, according to a news agency. Probe body member secretary and public administration...

Mirza Abbas cleared in explosives case

2014-08-10 00:00:00

BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas has been acquitted in a case of violence. Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court  Sunday indicted 19 other accused in the case filed with Motijheel police for obstructing police duty, sabotage and exploding crude bombs....

Mirza Abbas acquitted in explosives case

2014-08-10 00:00:00

BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas has been acquitted in a case of violence. Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on Sunday indicted 19 other accused in the case filed with Motijheel police for obstructing police duty, sabotage and exploding crude...

Do not allow VIPs to drive on wrong side, Obaidul asks cops

2014-08-10 00:00:00

Communications Minister Obaidul Quader Sunday directed police not to allow any very important persons (VIPs) to drive on the wrong side of a road. He came up with the directive while addressing an awareness programme on road safety organised by...

Prof Muzaffer, Dr Swadesh to get BB Award

2014-08-10 00:00:00

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has decided to confer the 'Bangladesh Bank Award-2013' on Prof Dr Muzaffer Ahmad and Dr Swadesh Ranjan Bose (posthumous) for their distinctive and remarkable contributions to the field of development economics. A jury board comprised of five...

BNP wants to face AL in field minus police: Abbas

2014-08-10 00:00:00

BNP’s Dhaka city unit convener Mirza Abbas on Sunday said though they want to face Awami League (AL) in the field, the ruling party opts to resist them by law enforcers. “Nasim (Health Minister) has announced to face us in...

Khaleda sits with party policymakers

2014-08-10 00:00:00

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia sat with BNP standing committee members on Sunday night to finalise her party’s fresh action programmes. The meeting began around 8:40pm at Khaleda’s Gulshan political office. Party sources said Khaleda at the meeting with the party...

Dhaka issues special alert on Ebola

2014-08-10 00:00:00

The government has issued a special alert at immigration centres of all land, air and river ports for the next 90 days to prevent Ebola Virus Diseases (EVD) from getting into Bangladesh. "Several teams of physicians will work at all...

Tofail for BGMEA fund to handle Tuba-like crisis

2014-08-10 00:00:00

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday suggested that the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) to create a fund to tackle crisis like the Tuba Group’s one. The minister made the recommendation at a press conference at BGMEA Bhaban...

Encroachment, unplanned projects put Jessore rivers in death throes

2014-08-10 00:00:00

JESSORE, Aug 9 (UNB): The rivers in Jessore district are in a moribund state as their flows have fallen drastically for widespread encroachment by land grabbers and unplanned government development projects. Sources concerned said though official records put the number...

3 killed in road accidents

2014-08-10 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Aug 9 (UNB): Two people were killed and three others injured as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch at Moslem More on the Kharkhari Bypass Road under Matihar thana in the city early Saturday. The deceased were identified...

Govt trying to reduce TB death rate to half by 2015: Speakers

2014-08-10 00:00:00

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Aug 9 (BSS): Speakers in an advocacy meeting on Friday said Bangladesh government has been trying to reduce the rate of death in tuberculosis (TB) to half by 2015 through Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) programme. The meeting...

Pro-liberation forces urged to work for national interest

2014-08-10 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Aug 9 (BSS): Leaders of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and Jatiya Jubo Jote here today called upon all pro-liberation forces to work unitedly for greater national interests in line with the spirit of the Liberation War for continuous uplift....

25,000 poor women achieve self-reliance in Narsingdi

2014-08-10 00:00:00

NARSINGDI, Aug 9 (BSS): About 25,000 under privileged women and girls in the six upazilas of the district have achieved economic self-reliance through various income generation activities during the last ten years. The women and girls with their own initiatives...

Ethnic communities demand ensuring legitimate rights

2014-08-10 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Aug 9 (BSS): Speakers at a post-rally discussion here today unequivocally called for ensuring legitimate rights of the ethnic community people for their peaceful existence in society. They said the living and livelihoods of the ethnic community people have...

BGFCL celebrates National Fuel Safety Day

Our Correspondent | 2014-08-10 00:00:00

BRAHMANBARIA, Aug 9: Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL) officials and the district administration observed the National Fuel Safety Day-2014 in a befitting manner in the district town today (Saturday). BGFCL officials brought out a rally and paraded the streets...

Man chopped to death in Jhenidah

2014-08-10 00:00:00

JHENIDAH, Aug 9 (UNB): A man was chopped to death by miscreants following a conflict over a social matter at Shingnagar village in Shailakupa upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Abu Sayeed Mandal,55, son of late Bhedai...

21 arrested in Benapole while crossing border

2014-08-10 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, Aug 9 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 21 people on charges of their illegal attempt to enter India through Putkhali border Benapole early Saturday. Among the arrestees, there were 13 men, seven women and a child....

Another new airline set to start service to Syedpur

Our Correspondent | 2014-08-10 00:00:00

NILPHAMARI, Aug 9: One more private airline US Bangla, is going to start operation in Syedpur Dhaka airway very shortly. Sources said after the closure of the flights of Bangladesh Biman in this air route for lost making reasons, the...