Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad left Dhaka Saturday for Kolkata, India on a six-day 'private' visit, said a party official, reports UNB. Ershad's son Eric Ershad and personal secretary Maj (retd) Khaled Akhter also accompanied Ershad. The JP chief,...
JESSORE, Aug 9 (BSS): A top leader of the Jessore unit of Swecchasebok League (SL) was gunned down by unidentified miscreants today. The deceased Abdul Mannan (47), was the president of Jessore town unit of Swecchasebok League. According to police...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Dhaka, Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions today (Sunday). Moderately...
It is not possible to make Dhaka a liveable city again unless a comprehensive plan is put in place to divert the large number of population influx to it, observed experts and city planners, reports UNB. They proposed building alternative...
Kamrun Nahar | 2014-08-10 00:00:00
The government has formed two committees in connection with expediting of the Uttara Apartment Project. The project is to be partially implemented by a Malaysian consortium, following an amended memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the governments of the two countries....
FE Report | 2014-08-10 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) decided Saturday to temporarily suspend movement of all kinds of launches and speed boats on Mawa and Kawrakandi river route due to high waves in the river Padma. "The turbulent and inclement weather...
NARAIL, Aug 9 (BSS): The 90th birth anniversary of world famous artist SM Sultan will be observed here tomorrow in a befitting manner. SM Sultan Foundation and the district administration have chalked out a daylong programme to mark the birthday...
MADARIPUR, Aug 9 (bdnews24.com): A mobile court of the Department of Shipping (DOS) has fined four launches including one owned by Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan's family firm. Registrations of two other launches have been temporarily cancelled for two months during...
Bilkis Moyezuddin, mother of State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki, died of cancer at Square Hospital in the city Friday night at the age of 75, reports BSS. Bilkis, wife of Shaheed Moyezuddin, who was an...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 9 (BSS): Two youths were arrested with 5,600 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from the Shaheed Minar area under city's Bakalia thana Saturday. The arrestees were identified as Abul Hossain (21) and Nasir Uddin (21). Kotwali thana police...
Jotsna Ara Begum (42), a mother who had earlier lost her younger child to blood cancer, is battling with leukemia. Doctors say it will require at least Tk 4.0 million to save her life-a fairly large amount her family is...
Matiur Rahman The 36th death anniversary of Matiur Rahman, former chief reporter of defunct Bangladesh Times and Weekly Holiday, will be observed today (Sunday), said a press release. Khatme Quran and milad mahfil will be held at the residence of...
ICMAB team meets Industries Minister A delegation of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) led by its President Muhammad Salim called on Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu at the latter's office in the city recently. The...
GAZA CITY, Aug 9 (Agencies): Israeli warplanes carried out 30 air strikes over Gaza on Saturday, killing five Palestinians, as militants fired six rockets into Israel, leaving international mediators scrambling to rescue ceasefire talks. Gaza emergency services said two men...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-08-10 00:00:00
The government has, of late, taken a fresh move to remove beggars from Dhaka city for their rehabilitation. Initially, the ministry of social welfare plans to keep six important places free from alms-seekers. The detailed scheme for the purpose is...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to sit with party's standing committee members tonight (Sunday night) to finalise party's action programmes to force the government for arranging a fresh election under a non-party administration. The meeting is scheduled to start...
Apparel workers' strike call drew lukewarm response Saturday amid a decision in a meeting on the day that the Tuba Group authority would pay the workers' dues for the month of July Sunday. Tuba Group owner Delwar Hossain agreed in...
FE Report | 2014-08-10 00:00:00
Three women of a family were killed and 10 others injured as a train rammed a human hauler on a level crossing in Natore Sadar Upazila Saturday, in a repeat of tragedy at unmanned rail-gate. The dead were identified as...
FE Report | 2014-08-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh peacekeeping troops in Ebola-hit West African countries such as Liberia and Mali are quite safe and keeping out of contact with local communities to remain unaffected by the epidemic having no known medicine so far, a defence ministry official...
NAYPYIDAW, Aug 9 (Agencies): China Saturday vowed "clear and firm reactions" to defend its interests in the South China Sea but rejected suggestions of aggression, as Beijing faces international pressure over maritime disputes with its neighbours. A series of incidents...
FE Report | 2014-08-10 00:00:00
Prime Minister's Adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chow-dhury Saturday said the government is considering to enact a law to legally compel the consumers to save energy by ensuring its efficient use to cope with the yawning demand-supply gap. He said under the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-08-10 00:00:00
The customs wing of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) expects to earn the major part of its revenue from petroleum imports in the current fiscal year (FY) in view of the upward revision of tariff structure for the same....
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-08-10 00:00:00
In a stark reversal of his fundamental foreign policy, United States President Barack Obama has involved afresh his country militarily in Iraq from where he had withdrawn American troops three years ago. Obama's predecessor, Republican George W. Bush, had sent...
FE Report | 2014-08-10 00:00:00
Leading buyers of readymade garments (RMG) were wary of the situation in the RMG sector as the tensions rose over the Tuba workers' payments. "Labour unrest at several garment units including those of Tuba Group is giving a bad message...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-08-10 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 9: Importers, particularly in the readymade garment (RMG) sector, are incurring immense financial loss everyday on account of destination service charges (DSC) realised by freight forwarders (FF) for what they say faulty procedure of submitting import general manifest...
MUNSHIGANJ, Aug 9 (Agencies): Salvage ship Kandari-2 detected a metal object, presumably a wreckage of the sunken launch Pinak-6 on Monday, six days after the launch capsized with 250 passengers on board. Search workers are saying the length of the...
Chief Minister of Indian state of Tripura, Manik Sarkar, during his maiden meeting with Prime Minister Narenda Modi in New Delhi on Friday stressed the need for further improvement of relations with neighbours, especially Bangladesh, for economic development of the...
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