NICAR okays 2 new UZs, 2 municipalities, 1 thana

The National Implemen-tation Committee for Administrative Reforms (NICAR) approved Monday seven proposals including setting up of two new municipalities, two new upazilas and one thana, report agencies. The approvals were given at the NICAR'S 109th meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat...

Dislodging AL govt only option: BNP

Accusing the government of its failure to run the state, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Monday there is no alternative to unseating this regime, reports UNB. "Now it seems there's no government in the country as...

Judiciary shouldn\\\'t cross jurisdiction: Anisul Huq

Law Minister Anisul Huq said Monday that the judiciary should not take any such step that might create anarchy in the country's judicial system, reports UNB. The Law Minister, however, said the government welcomes the steps taken by the court...

BGB man Mizan laid to eternal rest

COMILLA, June 2 (UNB): Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member Nayek Subedar Mizanur Rahman, who was killed in firing by Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) men in Bandarban, was laid to eternal rest at Bhelanagar village in Debidwar Upazila Monday. Mizanur...

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Thrust on creating public awareness about RTI act

Chief Information Commissioner Mohammed Farooq Monday stressed the need for creating massive public awareness about right to information (RTI) act to reap benefit from it. "Regrettably, we are yet to obtain the absolute results of the mach-needed RTI act, only...

BB allows agent banking in municipal areas

Banks can now operate "agent banking" in municipal (Pourashabha) areas alongside the rural areas, reports UNB. A Bangladesh Bank (BB) circular Monday amended its previous circular where it had barred agent banking within metropolitan, city corporation and municipal areas. The...

City\\\'s drainage system needs renovation, say experts

Water experts at a workshop in the city stressed Monday the need for immediate renovation of the existing drainage system and sewerage network of the capital to address the water-logging and urban flooding problems, reports UNB. They said the drainage...

Hanif gets land at Gulshan in \\\'privilege\\\' quota

Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif has been allotted a 5-Katha (1.65 decimals) land in Gulshan, the capital Dhaka's most expensive real estate area, reports bdnews24.com. Rajdhani Unnyan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) allotted plot number 3 on 32/A, Gulshan residential...

Govt urged to protect playgrounds

Environment activists urged Monday the government to take immediate steps to protect the existing playgrounds as well as to set up new ones in every locality so that the country's sports sector becomes vibrant in the coming days, reports UNB....

Fazle Hasan Abed receives Leo Tolstoy award

BRAC founder and chairperson Sir Fazle Hasan Abed has been awarded the Leo Tolstoy International Gold Medal by the Russian Children Foundation on the occasion of International Children's Day, reports bdnews24.com. He received the award from the organisation's leader Albert...

Putul to advise WHO on mental health

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has drafted global autism advocate Saima Wazed Hossain into its highly prestigious 'Expert Advisory Panel' on mental health, reports bdnews24.com. Better known in Bangladesh by her nickname, Putul, she is the daughter of Prime Minister...

4th anniversary of Nimtoli fire tragedy today

The fourth anniversary of Nimtoli fire tragedy will be observed today (Tuesday) through various programmes, reports BSS. The programmes include Doa, Milad Mahfil and special prayers in mosques and temples, placing wreaths at the memorial for the fire victims and...

Bodies of 3 BD nationals Arrive today from KSA

The bodies of the three of nine Bangladesh nationals who were burnt to death in a fire at a furniture-manufacturing factory in Riyadh on May 12 will be brought back home today (Tuesday), reports UNB. Assistant director of Expatriates' Welfare...

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weather

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions today (Tuesday). Moderately heavy to...

Cabinet approves draft law to regulate foreign-aided NGOs

The cabinet approved in principle Monday the draft 'Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Regulation Act, 2014 to ensure transparency and accountability of the non- governmental organisations (NGOs) in the country. "The draft law will ensure proper inspection, monitoring and evaluation of...

JS committee for steps against contractor as job left unfinished

CHITTAGONG, June 2: Parliamentary Standing Committee for the ministry of shipping (MoS) said today that appropriate actions will be taken against the contractor who had fled leaving the Karnaphuli capital dredging project unfinished. Expressing grave concern at the half-done project...

Evidences show Rana was involved: IO

NARAYANGANJ, June 2 (UNB):  A court here Monday placed former Rab officer MM Rana on a fresh five-day remand in the sensational seven-murder case. Senior Judicial Magistrate KM Mahiuddin passed the order when Detective Branch of Police Inspector Mamunur Rashid...

Delhi upset with Mamata

India's home ministry is upset because police in West Bengal state are not acting firmly against several Islamic radicals known to be hiding there, according to bdnews24.com. Intelligence Bureau has provided the ministry with details of several Jamaat-e-Islami activists and...

Strike at CNG pump stations likely from June 8 as talks fail

CNG refueling station owners are going to enforce a nonstop countrywide strike as their meeting with state-owned Petrobangla ended inconclusively on Monday, reports UNB. After over an hour-long meeting, president of Bangladesh CNG Filling  Station and Conversion Workshop Owners' Association...

Planning minister trashes CPD questions about GDP

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Monday dismissed the questions raised about the government's GDP growth estimates for the outgoing fiscal (2013-14) claiming that all areas of the economy including the service sector have expanded adequately during the fiscal despite political...

\\\'Govt\\\'s growth assumptions for next fiscal unrealistic\\\'

Leading economists are not in agreement with the government's growth assumptions for the fiscal year 2014-15 saying those are not sufficient for a higher trajectory of growth. They also found a number of assumptions not compatible with ground realities. The...

Water-logging caused by rains paralyses city

Water-logging caused by the monsoon rain almost paralysed the city for about six hours on Monday. The city experienced 40 millimetre of rainfall during the six-hour long downpour until noon, Bangladesh Meteorological Department director Mohammad Shah Alam told The Financial...

Next budget set to offer special tax incentives for industries

The budget for fiscal year (FY) 2014-15 is set to offer special tax incentives including extension of tax holiday facility and reduction of corporate tax for facilitating industrial growth.   The tax holiday facility for local industries is likely to be...

Government issues letter of acceptance to Chinese co

The government has finally issued letter of acceptance to China Major Bridge Engineering Company to award the work on main Padma Bridge construction. Project Director of the US$2.9 billion Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project issued the letter to the Chinese firm...

Remittances mark 3.55 per cent fall

The country's inward remittances in the current fiscal year (FY) 2013-14 are unlikely to reach the last year's amount as the earnings registered a 3.55 per cent fall until May last. Bangladesh received a total of $12.93 billion during the...

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