SAVAR, July 21 (UNB): Three people, including two fish traders, were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka district early Monday. The deceased,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, July 21: Two minor schoolgirls drowned in a pond in village Pirpurkullah of Karpashdanga union under Damurhuda Upazila of the district Sunday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Shulee Khatun (09), daughter of Siddique Ali and a resident of...
RAJSHAHI, July 21 (BSS): Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (RWASA) has been implementing a project by spending around Taka 340 million in order to bring a qualitative change in the city's water supply system. According to concerned sources, implementation...
PABNA, July 21 (UNB): An employee of Square Pharmaceuticals Limited was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Shalaipur in sadar upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain, 35, a senior executive chemist of the pharmaceutical company...
BHOLA, July 21 (UNB): Eleven fishermen went missing as a trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal in southern part of the district on Sunday evening. The trawler carrying 18 fishermen sank in the Bay while they were fishing in...
GAIBANDHA, July 21 (BSS): Some 65 poor people including women of Jumarbari union of Shaghata upazila here got spray and sewing machines worth Taka 0.3 million from Local Government Support Project (LGSP)-2 on Sunday. A distribution function was held on...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
MAGURA, July 21: A roundtable meeting on tuberculosis was held in Magura Monday. BRAC, health department, Magura and Magura Press Club jointly arranged the meeting at Magura Press Club. Magura additional deputy commissioner AKM Tareq was the chief guest while...
SIRAJGANJ, July 21 (UNB): A man was killed and 17 others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers at Majnabari village in Kazipur upazila on Monday. The deceased was identified as Majibar Rahman ,60. Witnesses said the...
KUET launches Bio-Medical Engg department Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) has launched a new Bio Medical Engineering Department (BMED) under the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Faculty from 2014- 2015 academic session. On July 17, the University Grant Commission...
Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo has been declared the winner of Indonesia's hotly contested presidential election. The election commission said Mr Widodo - widely known as Jokowi - won 53.15pc of the vote with his rival, ex-general Prabowo Subianto, on 46.85pc,...
A train carrying the remains of victims of the Malaysian airliner which crashed in Ukraine has arrived in the city of Kharkiv, outside rebel territory. Flight MH17 crashed in an area held by pro-Russia rebels last Thursday, killing all 298...
Mohammad Ashraful has appealed to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) disciplinary panel to get reduced the eight-year ban imposed on him by the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) anti-corruption tribunal for his part in spot-fixing during a BPL 2013 match. The...
M.S. Azad | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
Corporate Social Responsibility, commonly known as CSR, refers to activities integrating economic, environmental and social aspects of financing. In recent times, the development of conceptual framework and practices of CSR has been broadened in multi-dimensional aspects. Along with direct expenditure...
Appearing before public four days after he has been made convener of BNP’s Dhaka city unit committee, Mirza Abbas on Tuesday said their post-Eid movement will be peaceful unless the government obstructs it and shows undemocratic attitude. “The government has...
M. Serajul Islam | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
A Minister is reported to have said recently that if the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) did not give up its demand for fresh elections, the current government's term would be extended for a year beyond 2019! The Minister failed to...
LONDON : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Tuesday her government is addressing child marriage problem in a holistic manner leading it from the front against significant opposition from religion-based political parties such as Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, according to a news agency....
Union Parishads (UPs) and Upazila Parishads (UZs) are two local government (LG) institutions that lie at the door-step of the majority of the country's population. All politicians, irrespective of their affiliation to various parties, make electoral pledges to strengthen such...
Abu Ahmed | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
If we put our own house, Bangladesh, in order, ensure justice, give people the freedom of expression, continue with the practice of democracy by holding credible elections, put an end to acrimonious politics, establish transparent and accountable system and, above...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
The 1959 film version of Manik Bandopadhyay's novel Padma Nodir Majhi as Jago Hua Savera opens with a spectacular scene. The camera takes a long aerial shot of the river Padma just after daybreak. The camera pans slowly -hundreds of...
The escalation of the Middle East crisis reflects the failure of diplomacy in the region and the stubbornness of the Israeli government. The asymmetrical nature of this conflict is immense cause for concern in the realm of global politics. The...
As the Eid approaches nearer the muggers in the city are more desperate and we often read about muggers snatching away money and injuring people. Life is becoming increasingly insecure. The law-enforcement agencies should strengthen vigilance to ensure safety of...
On Sunday evening I went for shopping at the Nurjahan Bhabon opposite Dhaka College. The building, a big one, houses a number of show rooms of renowned drapers and manufacturers of textile products on its first and second floors. I...
Ace Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al-Hasan has appealed against his punishment, and we sincerely hope that the Bangladesh Cricket Board will reduce his punishment. I believe Shakib needed a reminder and he has got the message from the penalty. Shakib is...
Parvez Babul | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
The Girl Summit 2014 is scheduled to begin in London today (July 22). Heads of government including the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, women and human rights activists, community leaders, civil society organisations (CSOs) and development partners will join the summit....
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
Child labour is an acute problem in Bangladesh. Children in the country are engaged in many 'worst forms of child labour', primarily in hazardous activities in agriculture and domestic service. In 2002-2003, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) conducted the second...
The government has set an export target of $33.2 billion, eyeing a 10.02 per cent rise from the last fiscal. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed revealed the target for FY 2014-15 in a press conference at the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB)...
A heavy storm in the sea has drowned a fishing trawler in the Bay of Bengal. The trawler 'FB Maa-2' drowned 200 km south off the Char Fashion Upazila coast, Bhola Sunday night. Seven men have been rescued but 11...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
