Health Ministers from World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region (WHO-SEAR) adopted the Dhaka Declaration on vector-borne diseases on Tuesday. The Dhaka Declaration, which spells out the steps to control and eliminate vector-borne diseases for the Region, was adopted at the...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left Dhaka for Singapore for medical treatment on Tuesday. The BNP leader left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Singapore in a regular flight of Thai Airways around 1:45 pm, BNP chairperson’s press...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Tuesday said Bangladesh wants to exchange technology of alternative medicines with India as the close neighbouring country is very advance than Bangladesh in this field. He made the remark while briefing reporters...
The 16th Amendment to the Constitution will empower Parliament to remove judges, not impeach them, says Suranjit Sengupta. People with vested interests were spreading 'misinformation' regarding 'impeachment', he alleged Tuesday, according to a news agency. The 'Constitution (16th Amendment) Bill-2014,...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit the flood-hit Jamalpur district to meet the victims and distribute relief materials among them on September 25. “The BNP chairperson has a plan to visit Jamalpur district to distribute relief materials among the flood-stricken...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, 8 Sept: Thousands of people of some villages under Porahati union in Jhenidah Sadar upazila and Udaypur village of Jhenidah municipality have long been suffering severely for absence of a bridge at Udaypur-Baroikhali ghat over the Naboganga River. Banker...
BNP accused Monday Law Minister Anisul Huq of resorting to falsehoods by providing distorted information in the ‘The Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Bill, 2014’ about the annulment of parliament’s power to remove judges. “The Law Minister Sunday told parliament that Ziaur...
Traffic has stopped on the Gulshan-Mohakhali road after Government Titumir College students vandalised cars in front of the institution, according to a news agency. After a brief march, students began vandalising cars on the road around 6:15pm Monday. Some students...
The Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) on Monday advised all microcredit operating agencies to suspend loan realisation programmes from clients in the flood affected areas for at least two months, in consideration of their plight. This was part of a 4-point...
An exclusive showroom of country’s leading brand Walton has been opened on Kalshi Road in the capital’s Mirpur area. Famous film actor Ilias Kanchan, also the executive director of Walton, inaugurated the exclusive showroom by cutting a ribbon on Saturday,...
Distributors of fraudulent multi-level-marketing (MLM) company Destiny on Monday demanded that the license of the company be restored, allowing its businesses to resume. Addressing a press conference organised by Destiny Distributors Forum (DDF) at Dhaka Reporters Unity, they noted that...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Monday officially sought cancellation of freedom fighter (FF) certificates of five senior government officials who arranged the recognition for themselves prior to retirement, intending to avail various benefits earmarked for those who fought to liberate...
Three European envoys on Monday emphasised the importance of an international agreement to tackle climate change. The three envoys --- British High Commissioner Robert W Gibson, French Chargé Babou Kamichetty and German Chargé Dr Ferdinand von Weyhe --- were visiting...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday received a special memento from UNESCO in recognition of her outstanding contribution to promotion of girls' and women's education. UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova presented the memento titled "Tree of Peace" to the Prime Minister...
The Defense Division spent at least an additional Tk 6.23 billion in the 2010-11 fiscal on top of its final allocation, according to an appropriation report of the Defense Services. Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday placed the report in...
Gareth Jones and Gabriela Baczynska of Reuters from Kiev/Donetsk (Ukraine) | 2014-09-08 00:00:00
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine said on Saturday that a ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists was holding up fairly well and they discussed urgent humanitarian aid for the shattered region. Residents and combatants in eastern Ukraine...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has cautioned admission-seekers and their parents against pursuing higher education on 48 campuses of 12 private universities in Bangladesh, according to a news agency. The universities are-- Darul Ihsan University, Prime University, Southern University, Northern...
Serajul Quadir and Ranga Sirilal of Reuters in Dhaka/Colombo | 2014-09-08 00:00:00
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flew to Bangladesh this week for a two-stop tour of South Asia as the globe-trotting leader asserts Tokyo's interest in a region where it has ceded influence to China. Abe becomes the first Japanese prime...
Nita Bhalla of Reuters in New Delhi | 2014-09-08 00:00:00
The United Nations failed in its mandate to protect Sri Lankan civilians caught up in the final phases of the Indian Ocean island's bloody war, a new report has said. Sri Lanka's civil conflict ended in May 2009 in cataclysmic...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has nominated the daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Saima Hossain Putul for the South Asia Award for Excellence in Public Health. Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim made the disclosure at a press...
Rajesh Kumar Singh of Reuters from New Delhi | 2014-09-08 00:00:00
Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised last week to provide a bank account for every Indian household when he launches a major initiative that could save billions of dollars in welfare spending and help mend strained state finances. India has grown...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-08 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Sept 7: Kamol Chandra Sarker, 71, a pipe-maker and piper-man of Kumiradah village under Shailkupa upazila in Jhenidah is playing bamboo flute and enchanting people at home and abroad with the sweet cadence of his musical instrument. Kamol started...
BOGRA, Sept 7 (UNB): A five-year-old child and a college student drowned in separate incidents in Adamdighi upazila and Sonatala upazila respectively of the district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Mashrafee, 5, Son of Mamun Hossain of Palanpara...
CHUADANGA, Sept 7 (BSS): Electricity supply programme under rural electrification programme was inaugurated in two villages in Alamdanga upazila of the district here Saturday. The villages are Ruitonpur and Hafania. Whip of parliament of Jatiya Sangsad Solaiman Haque Joardar formally...
NILPHAMARI, Sept 7 (UNB): A mentally retarded middle-aged man was crushed to death under the wheels of a running train near Chilahati railway station in Nilphamari on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, 50, son of Delwar Hossain,...
KURIGRAM, Sept 7 (UNB): Serious flooding of three straight weeks caused extensive damage to the agriculture, fisheries and infrastructure sectors in the district. The flood damaged properties worth Tk 15 billion in the three sectors, records of the Water Development...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-08 00:00:00
KHULNA, Sept 7: Morelgong Upazila Fisheries Department has issued over 6 thousand identity cards to local fishermen in a bid to check piracy in Sundarbans and in the Bay. Without the ID cards provided by the administration no fisherman will...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 7 (BSS): The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has been supplying arsenic-free drinking water among people in some parts of the dried tract for around last 18 years. So far, the BMDA has installed more than 1000 water...
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