Shamsul Huda | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
The government has sought World Health Organisation (WHO) support in getting Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing regent, a chemical to test DNA and RNA, for early detection of the dreaded Ebola virus in anyone's body. Official sources said the process...
Maids from Bangladesh and Myanmar -- brought to the city to bolster a shrinking workforce -- are returning home just months after arriving, aggravating a shortage of domestic helps, according to online scmp.com Monday. In addition, agencies supplying maids report...
The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations of 2014 will be published tomorrow (Wednesday), reports UNB. All the examination centres and educational institutions have been asked to collect the results on Wednesday from their respective education...
The 62nd birthday of journalist and poet Ahsan Hamid will be observed Thursday (on August 14), according to a press release. Elaborate programme has been chalked out to mark the day. Poet's friends and well-wishers have been invited to attend...
A Dhaka court has acquitted Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmad Akbar Sobhan, his son and an employee in a fraud case, reports bdnews24.com. Judge Erfan Ullah of the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court Monday, however, framed charges against two of the...
The 10th death anniversary of eminent writer, linguist and educationist Prof Dr Humayun Azad will be observed today (Tuesday), reports BSS. Dr Azad served as a teacher of the Bangla Department of Dhaka University (DU) for a long time. He...
PM mourns death of photojournalist Rakib Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina expressed Monday deep shock at the death of senior photojournalist MA Rakib Khan. In a condolence message, the PM said the nation has lost a dedicated and professional photojournalist...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions today (Tuesday). Moderately heavy to heavy falls are also likely at places...
MUNSHIGANJ, Aug 11 (UNB): The operation to salvage sunken launch 'Pinak-6' was postponed due to rough weather Monday. Munshiganj deputy commissioner Md Saiful Hasan Badal announced this at a press briefing at Padma Rest House here around 11am. The salvage...
Monira Munni | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
The country's overall export earnings in July, the first month of the 2014-15 fiscal, declined by 1.37 per cent over the corresponding month of last fiscal, officials said. Total earnings from shipments of merchandise products stood at $2.98 billion during...
LONDON, Aug 11 (AFP): Britain's Africa minister Mark Simmonds resigned Monday, a spokesman for the prime minister's Downing Street office said, becoming the second Foreign Office minister to quit in a week. The spokesman insisted that Simmonds' decision was unrelated...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
Hundreds of laid-off garment workers of five factories of the embattled Tuba Group are on a search for new jobs as an uncertainty looms large over resumption of production in the industrial units. They are at loose ends, having no...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
The national exchequer incurred loss in respect of revenue receipts by Tk 50 billion against its revised target for the last fiscal year largely due to volatile political situation and resultant sluggish investment trend. According to final data of tax-revenue...
FE Report | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) has pledged to help the local owners of ocean-going ships who are now in deep troubles. As part of the pledge, the MoS will sit with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) for devising favourable policy...
FE Report | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
The amount of classified loans in the country's banking system increased further in the second quarter (Q2) of 2014 primarily because of a surge in default credits handed out by the scam-hit BASIC Bank, officials said. According to provisional figures,...
FE Report | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
Land conflict has emerged as a serious social concern in Bangladesh as one in every five households had or has dispute in one of their land parcels, according to a study revealed Monday. Economists, experts and public officials concerned suggested...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 11: China is likely to construct an economic zone (EZ) at Anwara, south of Chittagong Port, as the government is actively considering the issue to be settled within next few months. A high-powered delegation from China is likely...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) will gradually shift some of its responsibilities to the bourses as per the international practice. "The securities regulator has to attend a number of issues that are supposed to be the job of...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
India is not supplying electricity at 'full grid capacity' to Bangladesh, prompting the government authorities to increase dependence on high-cost oil-fired rental and quick-rental power plants to meet a mounting demand. "Indian authority is supplying electricity less than our grid...
Narayanganj City Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy Monday said godfathers were involved in the Narayanganj seven-murder incident, reports UNB. "People of the country know who the godfathers of Narayanganj are", Ivy told reporters after the seven-member inquiry committee formed by the...
FE Report | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh has so far made a significant progress in improving overall working conditions in the country's readymade garment (RMG) sector, but still much work remains to be done, said Canadian High Commissioner Heather Cruden on Monday. Terming the sector vital...
The 3rd session of the 10th parliament will begin on September 1. President Abdul Hamid has summoned the parliament session that will begin at 5pm on the day, said a Parliament Secretariat media release Monday. — UNB
A fire broke out in a cosmetics factory at Dalpatti of Chakbazar in old Dhaka on Monday. Fire service control room sources said the broke out in the tin-shed factory situated on the rooftop of a 3-storey building around 4:15...
Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport seized 36 gold bars, weighing about 4.200 kgs, and arrested a Biman passenger on Monday. The arrestee was identified as Md Jamal Uddin (45), who arrived in a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines...
GAIBANDHA, Aug 11: Three people went missing as a jute-laden boat capsized in the Brahmaputra river near Sonnasir Kura area Monday. The missing people were identified as Ayatullah, Sohrab Ali and Taslima Begum. — UNB
Tokyo stocks rose 0.32 per cent on Tuesday morning, tracking a rise on Wall Street and as the weak yen supported exporter shares. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 48.25 points to 15,178.77 by the break, while the Topix index...
A Dhaka court has ordered Sunmoon Group owner Al-haj Mizanur Rahman into prison after he surrendered in an arms case. He turned himself in before the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court, Dhaka, on Monday afternoon and sought bail but his plea...
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