Separate pay-scale is not going to be implemented for state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) and the Bangladesh Bank (BB) although the Prime Minister approved it November 14 last year. The Finance Division informed that it could not implement the gazette notification...
We agree that punishment of Shakib Al Hasan was necessary as he was breaching rules and discipline regularly. Even then the penalty given to him is severe and might affect his future career. We should not forget that Shakib is...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2014-07-10 00:00:00
The difference between producers' price and retail price of commodities, especially agricultural commodities, in our country is increasing day by day. There is no sign of mitigation of this problem. Recently we dealt with the price of watermelon in an...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-07-10 00:00:00
Mike Tunison tweeted: "STOP! STOP! THEY'RE ALREADY DEAD!" Yes, Brazil has died, shattering the mystique of Brazil football perhaps for good and dragging in the wake many millions of Brazil fans around the world to find their dreams left in...
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam Wednesday said the government has no plan to hold Zilla Parishad polls any time soon, reports UNB. "There's a process to hold Zila parishad polls…the process is underway. On completion of the process,...
CHITTAGONG, Jul 9 (UNB): - At least 11 people, including three women, sustained bullet injuries in a clash between two factions of local Awami League (AL) over establishing supremacy in Lohagarah Upazila Wednesday. The injured were identified as Mohammad Mannan,...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said Wednesday the Bangladesh-Myanmar Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) will be held in Dhaka next month, reports UNB. "A secretary-level meeting between Bangladesh and Myanmar will be held next month," he said while talking to reporters...
A nonagenarian man testified Wednesday in the trial of Maulana Abdus Subhan, accusing the incumbent nayeb- e-ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami for killing one Kolimuddin Khan with the help of his accomplices from Razakar Bahini during the War of Liberation, reports BSS....
A Dhaka court Wednesday again deferred until July 27 the deposition of witnesses against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, her eldest son Tarique Rahman and seven others in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases, reports UNB. Judge...
A Dhaka court Wednesday placed seven people on a five-day remand in a case filed in connection with the gun attack on former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) president Enamul Haque Shamim in the city, reports UNB. Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mostafizur...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haq Wednesday paid a surprise visit to the Registration Complex at Tejgaon in the city, reports UNB. He went round the nine sub-registry offices at the complex, said a PID press release. He...
BNP leaders will meet the press in the city today (Thursday) to give its formal reaction to the verdict on disputed maritime boundary with India. The press conference will be held at BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office, her media...
A total of 35 women have been recognised with Joyeeta Awards at the sub-district, district and divisional levels for their extraordinary achievements in different fields of development, reports UNB. Crests were distributed among them at a ceremony at Nawab Nabab...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-07-10 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) board will raise its concern to the securities regulator over the move of some companies, which are in the pipeline to go public with 'fabricated' financial disclosures and various 'loopholes', officials said. The decision was...
FE Report | 2014-07-10 00:00:00
The country's printers placed a letter of memorandum to National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) Wednesday demanding quality printing of textbooks for 2015. They said an unscrupulous syndicate of printers gets more work orders than those who can make less...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested Wednesday Chevron to supply gas from Bibiana Natural Gas Field Expansion and Capacity Building Project to the national grid from September this year, reports BSS. The Prime Minister made the request when Senior Vice President...
FE Report | 2014-07-10 00:00:00
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu urged officials concerned Wednesday to take initiative for utilising unused plots located at the industrial parks operated by the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC). "I asked the officials concerned to take steps for...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-10 00:00:00
JESSORE, July 9: Bangladesh Woman Lawyers' Association (BWLA) brought back home Wednesday a total of 25 Bangladeshi teenagers who were trafficked to India. The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over the adolescents to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel Tuesday...
The High Court (HC) summoned Wednesday deputy commissioner (DC) of police (Mirpur zone) and officer-in-charge (OC) of Mirpur Police Station over the rape of a garment worker in a moving microbus at Mirpur in the city, reports UNB. The HC...
FE Report | 2014-07-10 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has interrogated Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited (KGDCL) managing director (MD) Zamil Alim over irregularities and graft allegation. ACC deputy director Abdus Salam questioned him Wednesday from 10 am to 1 pm at the commission headquarters...
The High Court (HC) issued Wednesday a contempt of court rule against Prof Fahima Khatun, Director General of Directorate of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, reports BSS. A division bench of the HC comprising Justice M Moazzam Husain and Md...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed all scheduled banks to follow the government's decision on waiver of 5.0 per cent tax at source on the profit gains from investment up to Tk 0.5 million in pensioner certificates and wage earners development...
Tarik appointed HC to Sri Lanka The government appointed Tarik Ahsan, currently serving as Director General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Mr Tarik Ahsan served in...
Today is the 129th birth anniversary of noted educationist and internationally-acclaimed linguist Dr Muhammad Shahidullah, reports BSS. On the occasion, different socio-cultural organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to commemorate this great man in a befitting manner across the country....
Thirty six year old Md. Manjur Hossain, a chemistry teacher at the Barisal Government Women's College, has been diagnosed as having liver cancer. He is now under treatment of Prof. Zulfiqar Rahman at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. Manjur...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Barisal and Chittagong divisions today (Thursday). Moderately...
Monira Munni | 2014-07-10 00:00:00
The European Union has renewed its call for further amendment to Bangladesh's labour law, especially in the provision regarding requirement of minimum 30 per cent workers' representation for forming union, to make it fully compliant with core labour standards. The...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday said Bangladesh has been able to gain its due rights from India with the maritime boundary verdict and assured of taking steps to properly utilise the maritime resources for the betterment of the country's people,...
FE Report | 2014-07-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh should demonstrate transparency and accountability at every stage of using its own funds to mitigate adverse impact of climate change, speakers at a roundtable said Wednesday. They said transparency and accountability in the domestic climate finance governance will help...
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