Food Minister and Dhaka City Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Advocate Quamrul Islam said Thursday faces of some BNP leaders were blackened with the maiden Bangladesh visit of Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, reports BSS. "BNP was...
GAZIPUR, June 26 (BSS): Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu, MP, said Thursday Khaleda Zia is leader of militancy. She is not a democratic leader. She wants to run the country with her son but that is not possible. "I want...
RU Correspondent | 2014-06-27 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, June 26: Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) enforced strike was observed through bus rampage and cocktail explosion on the Rajshahi University (RU) campus Thursday. Four Shibir activists were arrested for vandalising a student bus in the city. Shibir men...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Thursday arresting and killing opposition leaders and activists have become an obsession of the government, reports UNB. "It looks like killing opposition leaders and activists as well as detaining them have...
The government would provide power connection to 2.52 million new consumers by December next year after expansion of 71,136 kilometres new line and capacity enhancement, reports BSS. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid disclosed this in...
COMILLA, Jun 26 (UNB): BNP-backed candidate Abdus Sattar won the mayoral by-election to Daudkandi municipality held Thursday. Sattar bagged 4,235 votes while his nearest candidate of BNP rebel MI Khalil polled 3,786.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told the House that the government would take stern action against authorities of the privately run schools for taking additional money violating the government formulated policy, reports UNB. "The government would take action against privately...
The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was observed Thursday in the country as elsewhere across the globe aimed at launching a united social movement for an end to the menace, reports BSS. Established by the United Nations...
Nearly 40,000 kidney patients in the country die every year as treatment cost of the non-communicable disease is still high, reports BSS. There are 18 million kidney patients in the country and the number of the patients is alarmingly increasing...
The parliamentary standing committee on education ministry recommended Thursday integrating the madrasah students and teachers with modern information technology (IT) through proper use of computers, reports BSS. The recommendation was made at the 2nd meeting of the committee held at...
Menstruation health management state of affairs in Bangladesh is awfully alarming as 80 per cent girls are accustomed to using old pieces of cloth during their monthly period, according to a joint study on national hygiene, reports UNB. The study...
JESSORE, Jun 26 (UNB): President Parade of Summer Graduation-2014 marking the commissioning of No 69 Flight Cadet Course of Bangladesh Air Force was held at the BAF Academy in Jessore Thursday. Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari...
CHITTAGONG, Jun 26 (UNB): Customs officials seized 10 gold bars weighing 1.120 kg from a passenger at Shah Amanat International Airport Wednesday night. Assistant commissioner (Customs) Mashiur Rahman Mondal said the gold bars worth Tk 5.0 million were seized from...
The 3rd death anniversary of Shafiur Rahman, a pioneer of classical music movement in the country will be observed today (Friday). On the occasion, a programme was organised at Bishwa Shahitto Kendro in the city Thursday to pay tribute to...
A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held at the Islamic Foundation Baitul Mukkaram conference room tomorrow (Saturday), reports BSS. The meeting will begin at 7.15 pm. The meeting will review the news of moon sighting for...
CHITTAGONG, Jun 26 (BSS): Two people were electrocuted in Umbagan area in the city's Khulshi thana Wednesday night. The dead are rickshaw puller Mohammad Hanif and night guard Mohammad Mintu (41). Police said the victims were electrocuted after they came...
BUFT quiz competition held The grand finale and prize giving ceremony of the BUFT quiz competition 2014 organised by BUFT Cultural Club and BBA Department was held on the campus in the city Tuesday. A total of 100 students from...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few paces over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions today (Friday)....
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-06-27 00:00:00
The government is set to raise the tax-free limit of capital gain for individual stock market investors to Tk 2.0 million from Tk 1.0 million proposed for the next fiscal. Individual investors are likely to be required to pay 2.0...
FE Report | 2014-06-27 00:00:00
Despite having enormous economic potential, the country's insurance business remains one of the most neglected sector due to lack of government priority, speakers told at a seminar in the city Thursday. They also urged the government to streamline the Insurance...
FE Report | 2014-06-27 00:00:00
Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Kazuhiko Higuchi stressed Thursday the importance of holding continuous dialogues among the South Asian countries to reap equal benefits of regional cooperation. Speaking as the chief guest at a luncheon meeting, he...
FE Report | 2014-06-27 00:00:00
The government is well-prepared for providing all types of support to the Bangladeshi expatriates in Iraq, for protecting them from any untoward situation caused by the political turmoil there, the Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment (EWOE) Minister said Thursday. He...
FE Report | 2014-06-27 00:00:00
The central bank has formed a re-financing fund of Tk 1.0 billion to promote the country's new entrepreneurs in cottage, micro and small sector, officials said. "We've formed the fund aiming to create employment opportunities through promoting the new entrepreneurs...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-27 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, June 26: Chittagong Fruit Traders Association (CFTA) leaders have alleged that people of local administration are harassing local fruit sellers in the name of formalin test, done with a wrong device. They are conducting the test with formaldehyde Jet-300...
Jubair Hasan and Sonia H Moni | 2014-06-27 00:00:00
City-dwellers are yet to get any relief from water-logging, although the authorities concerned had spent billions of taka over the years to upgrade its drainage system, officials and urban experts said. The two major stakeholders of the capital's drainage system...
Bangladesh and India demonstrated Thursday their wiliness to engage in highest-level talks to bring momentum into their bilateral relations and take it to a greater height as the two countries' 'destinies are linked', reports UNB. India termed the discussions between...
NARAYANGANJ, June 26 (UNB): Jatiya Party candidate AKM Salim Osman was unofficially declared elected in the Narayanganj-5 by-polls held Thursday. According to unofficial result, Salim Osman bagged 82,322 votes in 140 centres, out of total 141, while his nearest independent...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-27 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, June 26: Inter-district bus owners in Chittagong have urged the government to urgently repair potholes, caused by recent rainfall and inclement weather, on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway, as the potholes have made plying vehicles difficult and dangerous. In a statement,...
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