Ruling out disbanding the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said Tuesday the government has no intention to dismantle the elite force as suggested by Human Rights Watch (HRW) or any others. "RAB is a...
The maiden meeting of the newly-formed BNP's Dhaka city unit convening committee will be held today (Wednesday) to start its formal journey, reports UNB. The meeting will be held at the Bhashani Bhaban at around 12:00 noon with its convener...
Law Minister Advocate Anisul Haq said Tuesday the draft of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Act amendment would soon be placed before the cabinet for its approval, reports UNB. "The government has prepared a draft for the amendment of the...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said Tuesday 31 per cent newborn deaths can be reduced if mothers ensure breastfeed to her baby within an hour after birth, reports BSS. "At least 31 per cent child deaths are preventable...
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The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case Tuesday against five officials of National Housing Authority (NHA) on charge of allocating a plot of land illegally. Mabbubul Alam, deputy assistant director of ACC, filed the case against them with Shahbagh thana,...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 censured Tuesday the prosecution for seeking adjournment in an informal way, reports UNB. The prosecution was supposed to submit Tuesday formal charge before the tribunal against war crimes-suspect Syed M Hassan alias Hasen Ali, now...
MUNSHIGANJ, Aug 5 (UNB): The relatives of the people, who were feared dead in the Padma launch capsize, blocked the Dhaka-Mawa highway near Mawa Ghat in Lauhajang upazila Tuesday morning, demanding salvage of the sunken vessel. Witnesses said some 140-150...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock at the loss of lives and property in a powerful earthquake in China Sunday, reports BSS. In a condolence message sent to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Tuesday, Sheikh Hasina said, "I am...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina expressed Tuesday deep shock at the loss of lives in Monday's tragic launch capsize in the Lauhoganj channel in the Padma river, reports UNB. In a condolence message, she prayed for eternal peace of the...
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina called Tuesday for creating mass awareness about breastfeeding children and increasing the rate of feeding homemade supplements instead of milk powder and tinned baby food, reports BSS. They made the...
Former chairman of the Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) Ghulam Rahman took over Tuesday as the president of Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB), reports UNB. Ghulam Rahman served as the ACC chairman for four years from June 24, 2009 to June...
Today (Wednesday) is the 73rd death anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, reports BSS. Different organisations and television channels will hold special programmes marking the death anniversary of the greatest poet of Bangla literature. In his long seven decades of endeavours in...
Today is the 10th death anniversary of veteran journalist and writer Santosh Gupta. Santosh Gupta, born in 1925 at Runshi village in Jhalakathi, was involved with left politics before starting journalism as a profession and jailed for about 12 years....
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions today (Wednesday). Moderately heavy to heavy falls are also likely...
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The agitating workers of Tuba Group Tuesday hemmed in employees and office bearers of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association inside the BGMEA headquarters for two hours amid police intervention, in an unflinching stance on realising full payment of their...
FE Report | 2014-08-06 00:00:00
The Appellate Division Tuesday vacated a High Court Division order of stay on a government circular making mandatory the use of jute bags for product packaging, paving the way for enforcement of the law, court sources said. They said the...
Faruque Ahmed | 2014-08-06 00:00:00
Quite a good number of Japanese investors have applied for factory space at some export processing zones (EPZs) encouraged by BEPZA'a reservation of industrial plots and standard factory space for them at those locations. But their number can't be divulged...
Siddique Islam | 2014-08-06 00:00:00
The government's net borrowing from banking system surged in the recent weeks due mainly to release of Padma Bridge construction funds and disbursement of export subsidies, officials said. Its net borrowing from banking system shot up to Tk 70.52 billion...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday expressed the hope that the Japanese government would provide more assistance for Bangladesh's socioeconomic development as the government is working for the welfare of people, reports UNB. "Our government has been working hard for the...
Cabinet Purchase Committee approved Tuesday the extension of power purchase agreement (PPA) of two more power plants in the private sector, reports UNB. The committee, at a meeting with Finance Minister AMA Muhith in the chair, gave its nod to...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-08-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh's services account deficit gaped to US$ 3.8 billion in the fiscal year (FY) 2013-14, the largest at least in the last three fiscal years, mainly due to higher payments on account of international transportation. The country's services balance that...
Monira Munni | 2014-08-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh pitifully keeps banking mainly on six exportable items and four markets in its external trade over the years apparently for failing to effectively implement the plans for diversification of the export basket and overseas market. Officials and analysts deplore...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-08-06 00:00:00
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of India on August 02 night arrested the chief executive officer (CEO) of a state-run bank from southern city of Bengalore along with 11 others, allegedly, for taking bribes in exchange for loan extensions...
FE Report | 2014-08-06 00:00:00
Rescuers from several government agencies kept sweeping the turbulent Padma river with sonar detectors but failed to spot either the sunken launch or over a hundred of the missing people even after two days of the fatal ferry accident in...
LONDON, Aug 5 (Agencies): UK Foreign Office minister Baroness Warsi has resigned from the government, saying its policy on the crisis in Gaza is "morally indefensible". She wrote on her Twitter feed that she was leaving with "deep regret". Lady...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-08-06 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, August 5: Bangladesh is likely to be blacklisted by International Maritime Organization (IMO) shortly as serious lapses have been detected by the IMO in Bangladesh maritime training, examination and forgery in certification processed from 2009 till 2013. The lapses...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith Tuesday said the cancellation of fund by the World Bank for the Padma Bridge project for alleged conspiracy of corruption was a wrong policy of the global lending agency, reports UNB. "Now they've admitted it was...
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