A housewife has been strangulated to death allegedly by her husband and his family members in Raiganj upazila in Sirajganj district. The deceased was identified as Mariam Khatun, wife of Rubel Hossain of Dathiadighar. Police said Rubel, son of Abdus...
At least two people, including a woman, were beaten to death in two separate clashes in Baratipara and Baraigram upazilas of Natore on Friday night and early Saturday. The dead are Yeasin Ali, 60, village head of Koichar village in...
The Finance Bill 2014 was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) on Saturday in presence of the opposition Jatiya Party. Finance Minister AMA Muhith presented the bill that included the government’s financial proposals and amendments to several laws. It was...
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has recently signed an agreement with SSL Wireless (Software Shop Limited) for Online Payment Service through MTB’s Internet Banking at MTB Centre, the bank's corporate head office located in the capital's Gulshan area. The agreement...
Intel Bangladesh Saturday celebrated the Intel Mobility Roadshow. The event showcased the best of Intel’s mobile solutions across the full range of form factors and features, powered by Intel® Atom™ processor and Intel® Core™ processor, with a focus on what’s...
Opposition leader Raushan Ershad on Saturday came down heavily on Finance Minister AMA Muhith and Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman for what she said mishandling the country’s financial sector. ‘We’ve got an efficient Finance Minister and Bangladesh Bank governor, then...
A man was shot dead and 50 other people were injured, many of them by bullets, in separate clashes between the activists of local unit of Awami League and BNP at Rupganj Upazila of Narayanganj and Kanchan municipality on Saturday....
Finance Minister AMA Muhith told the Jatiya Sangsad on Saturday that undisclosed income or ‘black money’ could be invested in real estate by paying a ‘certain amount’ of tax per square metre of property bought. He, however, did not elaborate...
A proposal to tax profits made in the stock market has been scrapped in the new budget. The capital gain tax has been withdrawn to help the wobbling capital market flourish. Finance Minister AMA Muhith in his closing budget speech...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her ‘firm belief’ that Bangladesh will turn into a middle-income state by 2021. However, she said that political stability needed to ensure development of the country. ‘We will become a middle income country and...
Voicing deep concern over growing illicit flight of money out of the country, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to take advantage of the relevant legal instruments, including UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), to bring back stolen assets...
Holy Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, will begin on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, the state-run Al-Ekhbariya television channel reported on Friday. Citing the authorities, it said that because the crescent moon was unable to be seen with the naked...
Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begins Monday as the new moon was not sighted anywhere in Bangladesh sky Saturday. Lailatul Qadr, the night of divine blessings and benediction, will be observed on the night...
Laymen with no knowledge about formalin should refrain from making public comments about the chemical, which has come into limelight for its abuse in foodstuffs, a seminar was told Saturday, according to a news agency. Those who are not expert...
Parliament passed Saturday the ‘Finance Bill-2014’ introducing a new one per cent surcharge on mobile phones. The money from the new surcharge will be used for the development of the education and health sector, according to a news agency. For...
The development of economic zones in the country will attract more Japanese investment, Chief Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Bangladesh Mikio Hataeda said on Saturday. He said Japanese investment will help technological development of industries in Bangladesh....
Over 400 shanties were gutted in a fire that swept through a slum in city’s Mirpur Saturday, police said. The flame was put out around 12:45pm, an hour after it had broken out at the slum, locally known as ‘Jhut...
CHITTAGONG: Communication Minister Obaidul Quader expressed dissatisfaction over Chinese firm Sinohydro Corporation for its slow pace in the implementation of the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway project. Speaking at a views exchange meeting at the Road and Highways Division auditorium in the...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction over Chinese firm Sinohydro Corporation for its slow pace in the implementation of the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway project. Speaking at a views exchange meeting at the Road and Highways Division auditorium in...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday greeted Nobel Laureate and microcredit pioneer Dr Muhammad Yunus on his 75th birthday. BNP chairperson’s adviser Sabihuddin Ahmed and her special assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas presented a bouquet to Yunus at Hotel Radisson...
Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu, MP Saturday said, "The main obstacle to democratic progress is influence peddling. This generates corruption." The minister called upon the administration and media to refrain from engaging in nepotism based on familiarity or party affiliation....
Ministry of Industries has undertaken a project involving Taka 3.82 billion with an aim to expand the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in the country, said an official. Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) will implement the project titled...
Ten mobile teams of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will conduct drives to prevent adulteration of iftar and other food items during the Ramadan. Masudur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) of DMP told UNB Saturday the drives are aimed...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
A general impression is that Vicente del Bosque has presided over the funeral of Tiki-Taka football -a brand that has conquered everything to do so in football. Even great Maradona has seen the end of the art that Pele once...
Masum Billah | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has visited Japan and China in less than two weeks' time. It attaches a significant importance to bilateral economic cooperation and further strengthening of diplomatic ties with the two Asian giants. She has sought financial...
F R Chowdhury | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
Singapore has a unique place in history. Geographically also it has a unique location. Trade from Europe, Asia, Africa and Mid-East has to pass through Singapore to reach Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. It is a God-given...
Saima Mehedi Khan | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
'Yesterday was history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a present, for, it is really the present.' According to this popular quote, the present is all that matters. For, it is the time that we are living in, the...
Pamelia Khaled | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
'Honour killings' are on the rise in the Muslim countries including Canada. According to the United Nations Population Fund, approximately 5,000 women and girls are murdered every year in so-called honour killings around the world. Why do conservative parents want...
M Jalal Hussain | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
Dhaka metropolitan city is one of the most overcrowded and jammed cities in the world. The population of the city exceeded 15 million, unusually high to accommodate the large population within the small area of land. The city's population has...
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