Our Correspondent | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
JESSORE, Jun 28: A Bangladeshi cowboy was beaten to death by BSF men at Charermath under Benapole land port police station in Jessore Saturday morning. The dead is Mohammad Sharif (38), son of Md Afzal of Koplauri under Shibganj Upazila...
CHITTAGONG, Jun 28 (BSS): Founder of the local daily Dainik Purbodesh, eminent social worker and founder of many educational institutes Master Nazir Ahmed died of old age complications at a hospital in New Delhi Friday evening. He was 84. He...
TANGAIL, Jun 28 (bdnews24.com): Four officials of a private NGO have been killed when a truck rammed into their pickup van in Tangail's Kalihati. The accident took place on the Dhaka-Tangail Bangabandhu Bridge around 7am on Saturday, police said. Another...
A garment worker killed his boss and fatally wounded another colleague in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the capital early Saturday, reports BSS. The dead is Ahmed Ali Arif (29), owner of Arif Garments situated in Babul Dhali Market in...
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Friday three criminals with stolen items, including gold, mobile phone sets, laptop and camera from the city's Dania area, reports UNB. "We arrested Rubel Hossain (24), Shamsul Alam (40) and Yeasin Begum (40) from...
The 27th death anniversary of Siddiqur Rahman, former MP and former president of Awami League Borguna district, will be observed today (Sunday). On the occasion, Siddiqur Rahman Srmiti Foundation has organised a condolence meeting and milad mahfil on Shaheed Srimiti...
New outlet of Nabila Boutiques in Uttara Nabila Boutiques, a leading fashion house in Bangladesh, opened another showroom in Uttara in the city Saturday. Managing Director of the fashion house Shamima Nabi inaugurated the showroom. Chairman of the fashion house...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions until 6pm today (Sunday). Moderately heavy to heavy falls are also likely...
A commemorative meeting on photojournalist Zahirul Haque will be held at the Jatiya Press Club in the city today (Sunday), reports UNB. Prime Minister's Information Adviser Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury will attend as the chief guest the function to be organised...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
About two million people living in Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) project area on the eastern side of Dhaka city find themselves in a difficult situation as civic amenities are hardly available. Their sufferings further aggravate during monsoon when rainwater enters houses, besides...
FE Report | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) expressed on Saturday deep concern over growing illicit flight of money out of the country. It called upon the government to take advantage of the relevant national and international legal instruments including the UN Convention...
FE Report | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus stressed Saturday the need for providing institutional support for young people who have nothing but creative business ideas to become entrepreneurs and thus remove unemployment problem from the country. He also expressed dissatisfaction over the...
Munima Sultana | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
Japan is interested in setting up economic zones in and around Dhaka and Chittagong cities to increase the number of Japanese enterprises to almost double but wants land free from dispute. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) prefers land in...
Faruque Ahmed | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
The Power Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources is working on its own plan to import 500 mmcf LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) per day to exclusively supply gas to the fuel-starved power plants. "It will be...
FE Report | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
The government imposed a new type of surcharge at 1.0 per cent on import and production stage of mobile-phone handset as the Finance Bill 2014, with a number of changes in the proposed fiscal measures for the upcoming fiscal year...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina expressed on Saturday her government's firm determination to implement the new fiscal budget and thus ensure the country's socioeconomic development, report agencies. "We'll implement the budget properly. If the budget is implemented, the country's socioeconomic...
FE Report | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
The Shahjalal Islami Bank Ltd (SJIBL) has filed another case against its director and former chairman Mohammed Solaiman and four others over embezzlement of Tk 250 million (25 crore). The case was filed with the Gulshan police station Wednesday following...
Holy Ramadan, the month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begins tomorrow (Monday) as the new moon was not sighted anywhere in Bangladesh sky on Saturday, reports UNB. Lailatul Qadr, the night of divine blessings and benediction, will be observed...
MA Taslim | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has slapped on an increase in the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by one-half percent on the commercial banks. The CRR now stands at 6.5 per cent. Many people will not be familiar with this term or what...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
Undeniably, seldom does a visit by a foreign minister of a country arouse the kind of interest and curiosity that were witnessed during the just-concluded one of Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to Bangladesh. Her first trip in her...
FE Report | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
The government has moved for a fresh hike in natural gas tariff for the consumers to introduce expensive liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the domestic market. State-owned Petrobangla has already been asked to place a tariff hike proposal to the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, June 28: The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) and the Chittagong Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CMCCI) have started selling different items at subsidised rates to the poor people in the city. CCCI President Mahbubul Alam...
BENAPOLE, June 28: A Bangladeshi young man was beaten to death allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on the Putkhali frontier here early Saturday. The identity of the deceased, aged around 35, could not be known immediately.— UNB
Brazil survived a huge scare to edge past Chile into the 2014 World Cup quarter-finals in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. A titanic second-round battle in Belo Horizonte saw Brazil beat Chile 3-2 on penalties after the South American rivals...
The Holy month of Ramadan begins on Monday as the moon was not sighted anywhere in the country on Saturday. The Holy 'Lailatul Qadr' will be observed on the night of July 25. The decision was taken at a meeting...
James Rodriguez scored a contender for goal of the tournament and put the finishing touch to a sweet, flowing attacking raid as Colombia beat a toothless Uruguay 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the 1st time...
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