Officials say at least 17 people are dead after Muslim rebels attacked a Catholic church in Central African Republic (CAR) compound that was housing thousands of displaced civilians. The Rev Thibault Ndemaguia said he had counted at least 17 bodies...
Abu Ahmed | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
If you ask stock investors whether Bangladesh's stock market is high or low in terms of stock prices, they will surely reply, it's low. If you ask them why it is so, they will refer to the prices of the...
Ziaul Haque Howlader | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
If you have many innovative ideas and good planning but no money for implementing them, obviously the planning will yield no results. The tourism sector in Bangladesh is more or less like that. There are a lot of ideas and...
The government has raised the international travel tax rate. The majority of the people who travel abroad are migrant workers, and it will be difficult for them to bear the extra cost. The migration cost the Bangladeshi workers bear is...
This is obviously the reality, yet sadly ignored by those who want to govern this country. If Bangladesh has to develop and grow, it must desist from all forms of violence. Among the lot, political violence is by far the...
The World Cup football has reached its final phase and out of thirty-two nations only four teams have survived in the competition. So far there is no much surprise as giant teams like Brazil, Germany, Argentina and Holland have qualified...
Farid Hasan Ahmed | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
Rain is a blessing of the nature. Floods are natural events occurring in many parts of the world each year to fertilise the plains. The south-western summer monsoon occurs from June to September. The Bay of Bengal part of southwest...
S Iftikhar Murshed from Pakistan | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
The battle lines are clearly drawn. Insofar as the armed forces of Pakistan are concerned, there is no looking back. The ongoing military onslaught in North Waziristan, code-named operation Zarb-e-Azb, will be relentlessly carried through and this was made clear...
Criticising the government for what she said its misrule and repressive acts, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia renewed Monday her threat to wage a united resistance against the current regime after the upcoming Eid, reports UNB. "The rule of Awami League...
Senior Awami League (AL) leader Suranjit Sengupta Monday said BNP has got derailed and deviated from ethical politics, reports UNB. "We understand BNP's condition. It has got derailed and deviated from ethical politics. BNP's re marks against AL are the...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia filed Monday two appeals with the Supreme Court against the High Court order that had rejected her two writ petitions in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases, reports UNB. Khaleda...
Selim Osman of Jatiya Party (JP) will take oath as Member of Parliament (MP) today (Tuesday), reports UNB. He was elected MP on June 26 in a by-election from Narayanganj-5 constituency. The seat fell vacant on April 30 following the...
The High Court (HC) asked the government Monday to provide machine readable passport (MRP) to BNP leader Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee within seven days, reports UNB. An HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Habibul Gani passed the...
Joint Secretary of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division Dr Namita Hawlader has been appointed private secretary to the Prime Minister (PM), authorities said Monday, reports UNB. The Public Administration Ministry said Dr Namita will act as the Private Secretary-2...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has strongly condemned the incident where miscreants "in the guise of law enforcers" attempted to pick up Dhaka Reports' Unity (DRU) president Shaheed Chowdhury from the capital's Bijoy Sharani Sunday evening, reports...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 7: Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) gets its new secretary as Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) secretary Zaker Hossain took up the post on Monday morning. Director (Admin) of the port authority Muhibul Huq, having additional charge of the secretary...
Even before this year's delayed and inadequate monsoon recently brought some relief to the Indian subcontinent, researchers discovered widespread concern by local experts that their governments were mismanaging the water supplies on which a billion people depend for survival, and...
The seven-day Rathajatra festival concluded Monday with the return journey of the chariots of Lord Jagannath, his sister Subhadra and brother Balaram termed as 'Ulto Rathajatra,'reports BSS. The Rathajatra, chariot festival of Lord Jagannath and one of the religious festivals...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, July 7: Leaders of Rajshahi Bus-truck Owners and Labourers Oikya Parishad at a press conference held at the office of Rajshahi Sarak Paribahan Group this noon said they would start transport strike if the plying of illegal vehicles on...
KHULNA, July 7 (UNB): Medical services in all private clinics, hospitals and diagnostic centres in the city remained suspended for the 3rd consecutive day Monday due to an indefinite strike, causing sufferings to the patients. Besides, the doctors of government...
KHAGRACHORI, July 7 (BSS): A group of miscreants abducted four construction workers engaged in a bridge development project from Bangmara area under Matiranga Upazila at about 10.30 pm Sunday. Police and local people said miscreants abducted them for extortion of...
TONGI, July 7 (BSS): Police recovered Monday the body of an unidentified youth from Tongi, on the outskirts of the capital. The body was found floating in a water body around 10:00 am, police and local sources said. Police suspected...
Bangladesh Armed Forces jointly hosted an iftar party Monday in honour of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina at Senakunja in Dhaka Cantonment, reports UNB. The PM went round different tables set for the members of the armed forces and other...
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) won the 1st prize as the best stall at the National Tree Fair 2014 in the government and semi-government category. Md Aminul Islam, general manager (Horticulture), received the prize on behalf of BADC from Anwar...
Books donated to DU Library Associate professor of the Department of Geography and Environment of Dhaka University (DU) Dr Ashraf Dewan donated 102 books of different kinds worth 0.7 million to the DU Library at a function in the city...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Chittagong, Barisal and Khulna divisions until 6pm today...
Faruque Ahmed | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
The process of merger of the Privatisation Commission (PC) and the Board of Investment (BOI) is now under way to create a new organisation the name of which is yet to be decided. The objective behind the move is to...
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