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Stop torturing animals

2014-07-07 00:00:00

I whole-heartedly support the views of Professor Dorie LARue, a foreign national working in Dhaka, regarding the abuse and torture of horses in old Dhaka. The view was expressed in a letter published recently in an English daily. The description...

Foreign assistance

2014-07-07 00:00:00

Very often we learn through media about the assistance, grant, loan from many agencies like the World Bank, the Asian development Bank, the Japan International Cooperative Agency, the UN, the UNDP etc. As a resident of the city I would...

Making corporate governance properly functional

B K Mukhopadhyay | 2014-07-07 00:00:00

Corporate governance (CG) is a process and structure that is used to: direct and manage business, enhance shareholders' value and ensure financial viability. In a word, the very purpose of 'governance' is to build and strengthen: accountability, credibility, transparency, integrity...

About morality and crime

Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-07-07 00:00:00

At Palima village in Kalihati Upazila in Tangail, Harunur Rashid Mondol had allegedly tortured his wife Amena Begum to death on Monday, June 30. The husband was 28-year-old and his wife 10 years his junior. On Tuesday, Mondol was arrested...

AL now an abandoned political party: Fakhrul

2014-07-07 00:00:00

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed Sunday that Awami League (AL) has become an abandoned political party after the January-5 polls, reports UNB. "AL can't face the opposition politically as it has become a deserted political party...

Withdraw draft law on NGOs, HRW tells govt

FE Report | 2014-07-07 00:00:00

International watchdog body Human Rights Watch (HRW) called upon the government of Bangladesh to withdraw a draft law which is set to regulate foreign donations coming for the support of voluntary activities, mainly by the non-government organisations (NGOs).    The New...

Arrest of attackers demanded

Our Correspondent | 2014-07-07 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG: Organisations of indigenous people in Khagrachari hill district demanded Sunday immediate arrest of those who attacked the delegation of the International Commission on CHT Affairs in Rangamati Saturday. They took out a procession, staged demonstration and held a rally...

Minister for proper vested property management

2014-07-07 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, July 6 (BSS): Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif asked Sunday here the field level officials to take proper decision on the vested property related matters and discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty to this end. He said...

Six projects get cabinet body nod

2014-07-07 00:00:00

Cabinet Purchase Committee approved on Sunday a total of six proposals including a tender proposal for 400 MW gas-fired Bibiyana South combined cycle power plant, reports UNB. With Finance Minister AMA Muhith in the chair, the cabinet body meeting gave...

Rename Women & Children Affairs Ministry: JS body

2014-07-07 00:00:00

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Women and Children Affairs Ministry suggested Sunday renaming the ministry in its Bangla version, reports UNB. The committee suggested calling it 'Nari O Shisu Bishayak Mantranaloy' in stead of 'Mohila O Shisu Bishayak Montranaloy' in...

3-day DC conference begins tomorrow

FE Report | 2014-07-07 00:00:00

A three-day Deputy Commissioner (DC) Conference 2014 will begin tomorrow (Tuesday) in the capital, official said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the conference at Shapla Hall of Prime Minister's Office (PMO) at Tejgaon. "The DC conference is very important...

NPO calls for 2nd Nat\\\'l Productivity Award

FE Report | 2014-07-07 00:00:00

The National Productivity Organisation (NPO) under the ministry of industries (MoI) has initiated to award the country's entrepreneurs for the second time in recognition of their efforts to boost productivity in different sectors, MoI officials said. The award titled 'National...

Adequate public toilets in city demanded

2014-07-07 00:00:00

Rights activists have urged the government to set up adequate number of public toilets in the capital's busy points with a view to easing sufferings of pedestrians and floating people, reports UNB. The call was made on Sunday from a...

Jamaat man hurt in Ctg gunfight

2014-07-07 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, July 6 (UNB): An activist of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was injured in a gunfight with police at Kanchana under Satkania Upazila Sunday. The injured was identified as Kamaluddin (32), son of late Syed Ahmed of the Upazila.

BNP to lay siege to N\\\'ganj Titas office for smooth gas supply

2014-07-07 00:00:00

NARAYANGANJ, July 6 (UNB): Local unit of BNP and its front organisations will lay siege to the regional office of Titas Gas Distribution and Transmission Company Ltd at the city's Chashara on Wednesday demanding uninterrupted gas supply during the Ramadan....

Photo: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and journalists offering Munajat before Iftar

2014-07-07 00:00:00

Leasing system for 3 launch, ferry terminals to go before Eid

FE Report | 2014-07-07 00:00:00

The government will cancel the leasing system (Passenger entry fee of launch or ferry ghat) in three launch and ferry ghats before Eid-ul-Fitr with a view to ensuring better services to the passengers. The passengers of Kaorakandi launch or ferry...

Advance train tickets from July 20

FE Report | 2014-07-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh Railway (BR) will start selling advance tickets from July 20 for different routes to facilitate journey of homebound people during the Eid-ul-Fitr festival. Tickets of all classes of inter-city trains will be sold in advance and will continue till...

Magistrates urged to ensure rule of law

Our Correspondent | 2014-07-07 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, July 6: Executive magistrates in Chittagong have been urged to conduct all-out drives against food adulteration, environment polluters and public nuisance creators for ensuring peace and justice in the society. In a day-long training programme Saturday Muhammad Munir Chowdhury,...

President for creating awareness about cancer

2014-07-07 00:00:00

President Abdul Hamid stressed today the need for taking steps to create awareness about cancer as the number of cancer patients has been increasing in the country, reports BSS. The President said this when a delegation of Bangladesh Cancer Society...

Public varsity teachers demand independent pay scale

2014-07-07 00:00:00

Teachers of the country's public universities formed human chains at their respective universities Sunday demanding an independent pay scale and increasing their retirement age limit to 67 years from existing 65, reports UNB. The human chains were formed as per...

PM plans HK-like city near Padma

2014-07-07 00:00:00

A city like Hong Kong (HK) will be built on the banks of the Padma once the mighty river is bridged, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said. She says she discussed urbanisation in that area with the finance minister, specifically mentioning...

Khulna doctors\\\' strike extended sine die

2014-07-07 00:00:00

KHULNA, July 6 (UNB): An indefinite strike in all private clinics, hospitals and diagnostic centres in the city protesting Wednesday's attack on Gazi Medical Collage Hospital by Khulna University (KU) students entered the second day, Sunday, causing untold sufferings to...

BGB regains 75 bighas of land from India

2014-07-07 00:00:00

CHUADANGA, July 6 (BSS):  Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)-6 Battalion have regained possession of 75 bighas of Bangladeshi land from India at Benipur out post by the side of Bangladesh-India border demarcation pillar no-61 under Jibannagar upazila of...

Three fake DB men held with firearms

2014-07-07 00:00:00

Police arrested four fake Detective Branch (DB) men with firearms in Tongi Sunday, reports UNB. Police arrested three fake Detective Branch (DB) men with firearms from Khapara area in Tongi early Sunday. The arrested persons were identified as Jewel, Iqbal...

Abducted girl rescued, prime accused held

2014-07-07 00:00:00

JOYPURHAT, July 6 (UNB): A girl, who was kidnapped by her former husband by killing her brother in Dogachhi of Sadar upazila on Friday night, was rescued early Sunday, 30 hours after her abduction. Police also arrested the prime accused,...

0.17m yaba tablets seized in Cox\\\'s Bazar

2014-07-07 00:00:00

COX'S BAZAR, July 6 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized some 0.17 million yaba tablets from a fishing trawler in the Naf river in Teknaf upazila Sunday. It is the largest haul of contraband tablets by the border...

Khaleda condoles Justice Sirajul Islam\\\'s death

2014-07-07 00:00:00

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia expressed Sunday profound shock at the death of former Justice and Law Commission member M Sirajul Islam, reports UNB. Sirajul Islam, also the youngest brother of former Finance Minister and BNP standing committee member M Saifur...

Police arrest top terror Nuru in Ctg

2014-07-07 00:00:00

 CHITTAGONG, July 6 (BSS): Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested Nur-e-Alam alias Nuru,40, a CMP-listed top terrorist from city's Pahartali area early today. On his confession police recovered a Light Gun and cartridges from Ispahani rail gate area under Akber Shah...

Father dies, son injured in road accident

2014-07-07 00:00:00

Father died and son received serious wounds as a passenger bus hit their motorbike in front of Anarkoly Cinema Hall at Tongi on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway Sunday morning, reports BSS. The dead is Asaduzzman Khokon (42) and injured son Hamim Asfaqui...