NARAYANGANJ, July 12 (BSS): Communications Minister Obaidul Quader asked the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) authority Saturday to make all the major roads and highways of the country fit for transportation by July 20. "No excuse will be tolerated and...
US-based Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK) president said Saturday Bangladesh, among the top five countries in tobacco consumption, stands at a 'critical juncture' in controlling it, reports bdnews24.com. Matthew Myers told the news agency in an exclusive interview that tobacco...
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon said Saturday not only enactment of law but also mass awareness and people resistance are needed to make the country's food free from adulteration, reports BSS. The minister was addressing a rally...
COMILLA, Jul 12 (UNB): Railway Minister M Mazibul Hoque said Saturday security measures will be tightened in trains and railway stations ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr. "To prevent subversive acts and to serve the passengers properly RAB, BGB, police will be...
The Department of National Consumers Rights Protection (DNCRP) fined Tk 0.11 million eight shops and restaurants in the city Saturday for keeping unhygienic foodstuffs, reports UNB. The shops and restaurants are: New Café de Taz Hotel and Restaurant and Al...
FE Report | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
A five-day Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) Borsha Mela 1421 will kick off today (Sunday) at the BSCIC Bhaban in Motijheel. BSCIC chairman Shyam Sunder Sikder will inaugurate the fair in the morning as the chief guest at...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 12: President of Chittagong city Awami League and former city mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury accorded farewell to the retired judge SM Mojibur Rahman today. Mohiuddin Chowdhury, accompanied by former Chittagong Metropolitan public prosecutor (PP) Kamal Uddin Ahmed, visited...
A gang of armed hoodlums Saturday shot at a fish trader and looted Tk 25,000 and other valuables after injuring him in the East Rajabazar area in the city, police and hospital sources said, reports BSS. The victim was identified...
Samira Rahman Ali, director of Spotlight Event Management Ltd (Bitopi Group), has recently been appointed honorary consul of Iceland in Bangladesh, said a press release. She obtained her BSc degree in Economics and MSc in Development Studies and later involved...
Israeli forces urged to stop genocide in Gaza Israeli forces have been urged to stop genocide in Gaza in the Holy month of Ramadan. The high officials of International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) made the appeal when Israeli military killing...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet, Barisal and Khulna divisions until 6:00 pm today (Sunday), reports UNB. Moderately heavy falls...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is set to approve US$505 million loan for Bangladesh's railway sector. The bank will negotiate with the government next week on the credit, officials said Saturday. The Manila-based bank has already assured the Bangladesh Railway...
All those political parties, including BNP, which boycotted the January-5 national election may lose their registrations with the Election Commission (EC) as per the Representation of the People Order 1972 (RPO) if they do not join the 11th parliamentary elections,...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
The market monitoring drive against the unscrupulous traders in the capital by the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) is yet to yield any satisfactory result, consumers have alleged. Only 19 teams of the DNCRP are monitoring markets across...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 12: A gold ornaments trader committed suicide in the city Friday night. He had been living with his family at Barua Bhaban of Anderkilla under Kotwali police station for a long time. Kotwali police said Samir Das (48)...
Monira Munni | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
The apparel makers' body BGMEA may finalise the list of 160 readymade garment (RMG) workers, who still remained missing after the Rana Plaza tragedy at Savar in Dhaka in April last year. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA)...
CAIRO, July 12 (agencies): Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Saturday that escalating the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza would cost more "innocent lives," as the death toll climbed to 127 Palestinians. Sisi's spokesman said the government was...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Muggers have started becoming active ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr despite tight security arrangements made to avert incidents like snatching and robbery in the month of Ramadan. Sources with the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said the muggers had changed their strategy...
Arafat Ara | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
People of middle and lower middle-income groups on Saturday continued to crowd different shopping centres of the city like Gawsia and Chandi Chalk to purchase their desired Eid wears, shoes, ornaments etc at affordable prices. Traders said mostly middle-income people...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Afghanistan - the war-ravaged country for last several years - is now on the threshold of a new crisis over the outcome of its presidential election. So much so has been the intensity of the looming crisis that the United...
Munima Sultana | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
A substantial volume of public money spent every year on the construction of a number of bridges goes down the drain as the latter are found to be not compatible with the existing roads and also with the designs. Now...
Faruque Ahmed | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Maritime experts have suggested the government create appropriate organisations and take up necessary plan of actions to protect, conserve and commercially exploit its sea resources. The size of the country's territorial waters is now almost equal to that of its...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
The government of China has sought to invest nearly US$ 1.0 billion in modernisation and repair of 24 mills under the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) under a government-to-government (G2G) arrangement. The state-run China Northeast Electric Power Engineering Company (NEPC)...
JHENIDAH, July 12: Two activists of an outlawed party were killed in two incidents of 'shootout' between their cohorts and police in Kotchandpur and Harinakunda uapzilas of Jhenidah district early Saturday. One of the deceased was identified as Abdur Rashid,...
At least 10 people, including two policemen, were injured in a clash between the workers of a garment factory and police at Kachukhet in the city Saturday. Police said about 2000 workers of two garment factories took to the street...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina visited Saturday ailing journalist and former lawmaker Baby Maudud at the United Hospital in the capital. The PM stayed there for some time and enquired about her health condition. She also wished her early recovery. ...
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