Foreign Minister (FM) AH Mahmood Ali said Thursday the British government wants to strengthen its relations with Bangladesh on all fronts to help Bangladesh take its development trajectory to a newer height, reports UNB. "The election is over. It's past....
Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu claimed Thursday that there has been no government initiative to control the media or curtailing their independence, reports UNB. ''The Printing Presses and Publication Act, 1973 is not being amended but an initiative has been...
Hearing on Khaleda's corruption cases petitions deferred The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) deferred Thursday again the hearing on two criminal petitions (CPs) for leave-to-appeal filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia against a High Court (HC) order that...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-07-25 00:00:00
Sewerage system and waste management in the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) areas has virtually collapsed due to lack of coordination between two state-owned organisations, sources said. A senior official in the DSCC said in many spots in the city...
The Supreme Court (SC) trashed on Thursday the graft case pending with the trial court against Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, religious affairs secretary of the ruling Awami League, as 'being not pressed', reports UNB. A three-member Appellate Division Bench, headed by...
FE Rport | 2014-07-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) temporarily cancelled Thursday the registration of Shafiul Azam, a doctor of the Sikder Medical College and Hospital, on charge of cheating people and misbehaviour, said a release issued by BMDC. BMDC Registrar Dr ZH...
Rights activists in the city urged Thursday the UN Security Council and global leaders to take necessary steps to stop the killings of innocent people in Gaza by Israel, reports UNB. They said Israel is killing innocent people, including children...
A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held at the Islamic Foundation Baitul Mukarram conference room at 7.15 pm on July 28 to review reports on moon sighting for the holy month of Shawal, 1435 Hijri to...
US President Barack Obama thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her message of felicitations on the occasion of the 238th anniversary of independence of the United States of America on July 4, reports BSS. In his letter, the US president...
Muslims across the country will observe tonight (Friday night) the holy Shab-e-Qadr or Lailatul Qadr, the night when the first verses of the holy Quran were revealed to the Greatest Prophet, Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), reports BSS. According to the holy...
A projection meeting and Iftar party of Comilla's Daudkandi unit of Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha (JASAS) was held Thursday at Shaheed Nagar MA Jalil High School at Daudkandi Upazila, said a press release. Dr Khandaker Maruf Hossain, son of BNP...
The 15th death anniversary of Asiruddin Ahmed, a retired co-operative inspector of Rangpur, will be observed today (Friday). On this occasion, Qurankhwani and Dua Mahfil will be held at his residence at Mulatole of Rangpur. Relatives, friends and well-wishers are...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday advocated for the inclusion of Bangladesh in the decision-making body of the UN peacekeeping mission to increase coordination between the field and decision-making levels, reports UNB. She made the request when UN Under Secretary General...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-07-25 00:00:00
Stern actions will be taken against the launch owners if they charge fares beyond the chart fixed by the government for the homebound passengers on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, warned the government and launch owners association. The warnings...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in Saudi Arabia, has urged President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Dr Ahmad Mohamed Ali to increase his bank's assistance for Bangladesh's socio-economic development, reports UNB. Khaleda made the request when Dr Ahmad met...
GAZA CITY, July 24 (Agencies): At least 15 people have been killed and more than 200 injured when a UN-run school used as a shelter in Gaza was shelled, the Gaza health ministry says. Hundreds of Palestinians were in the...
As part of its global strategy, UK visa applications submitted in Bangladesh will be assessed by the visa section at the British High Commission in New Delhi from October 1, reports UNB. The visa section at the British High Commission...
The High Court (HC) Thursday upheld a lower court verdict sentencing two people to death, nine others to life term and another to 10 years in jail for killing seven people in Lalbagh area of the capital in 1994, reports...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-07-25 00:00:00
Beggars and vendors are coming to the capital ahead of the Eid festival to earn some extra bucks, deteriorating the city's traffic management and occupying the footpaths. Most of these seasonal fortune-hunters are from relatively under-developed areas, like - Rangpur,...
FE Report | 2014-07-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh has done well in almost all the indicators of the Human Development Index (HDI) as it has improved one step ahead to 142 from 143 among 187 countries in 2014, compared to 2013. Bangladesh has improved significantly in the...
ALGIERS, July 24 (AFP): An Air Algerie flight en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers has crashed with 116 passengers on board, almost half of them French citizens, said an Algerian aviation official. "I can confirm that it...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-07-25 00:00:00
A large number of clients holding non-performing loans (NPL) from private commercial banks (PCBs) belong to the Chittagong trading zone. Ali Reza Iftekhar, Chairman of the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB), a grouping of 39 PCBs, disclosed it at a...
FE Report | 2014-07-25 00:00:00
Terminals of all modes of transportation were full of thousands of passengers Thursday as home-goers started leaving the capital for celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with their near and dear ones. Gabtoli, Kalyanpur, Kalabagan, Mohakhali, Fulbaria, Sayedabad and Sadarghat areas in the city...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-07-25 00:00:00
The securities regulator has approved the amendment to the Investors' Protection Fund Regulations, 2014, raising the volume of support to Tk 0.5 million for an individual claimant from previous amount of Tk 0.1 million, officials said. Official sources said the...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-07-25 00:00:00
Electricity supply problem in the country's lone crude oil refinery - the Eastern Refinery Ltd (ERL) - has been rampant recently, affecting its regular production and delaying export of refined petroleum products, industry insiders said. The state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation...
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