Khaleda's rally in Munshiganj tomorrow BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address a public rally in Munshiganj tomorrow (Wednesday). Local BNP will arrange the rally at Munshiganj Launch Ghat, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said this while addressing a...
A meeting of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance will be held today (Tuesday), reports UNB. The meeting will begin at 11:00 am at the office of AL President Sheikh Hasina at Dhanmondi in the city. Alliance spokesperson and Health Minister...
RU Correspondent | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, May 26: At least three cops and a leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) were injured in a clash between the law enforcers and the Shibir cadres in the Choddapay area near Rajshahi University (RU) Sunday night. Police...
FE Report | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Monday that necessary funds would be allocated in the next budget for the welfare of the country's disabled people, with a view to facilitating their education and training. "The highest emphasis will be given to...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has invited Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko for visiting Bangladesh to see for themselves the development achieved by the country since the Emperor's last visit to the country in 1975, reports UNB. Hasina, now...
CHITTAGONG, May 26 (BSS): The authority of the Bangladesh Railway (BR) east zone in a special drive evicted Monday nearly one hundred illegal structures at the port city's Station Road. The executive magistrate of the district administration Jamal Hossain accompanied...
The bodies of two schoolboys were recovered from separate places in Dinajpur and Natore districts Monday morning after they had gone missing, reports UNB. The dead are identified as Saiedul Mursalin (14), a class IX student of Cheradangi High School...
The authority of secondary education in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) under the Ministry of Education was handed over to the respective CHT district councils at a programme in the capital Monday, reports BSS. The authority was transferred in line...
A housemaid allegedly committed suicide at Korail slum in the city Monday, reports BSS. The dead is Hosne Ara (14), daughter of Md Helal Uddin, hailing from Purbodhala of Netrokona. "Hosne Ara might have died because of taking poison, as...
FE Report | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
Parvez Babul, a journalist, columnist and author, has received the 'Best Award' of Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF) for his article titled 'The Role of Media in Eliminating Avoidable Blindness', which was published in the FE on January 25, 2014, said...
BENAPOLE, May 26 (UNB): Eleven Bangladeshi construction workers have returned home from India on completion of their two and a half years in prison in that country. Indian police handed over the workers to the Bangladesh Immigration Police at Benapole...
Farida Anwar, a Bangladeshi-born British citizen, has been elected a councillor in Oxford local government polls in the United Kingdom, reports UNB. A Labour Party nominee, Farida, was earlier selected by the local government in Oxford to contest the election...
NETRAKONA, May 26 (BSS): US Ambassador in Bangladesh Dan W Mozena arrived in the district Monday on a two-day visit to some historical and cultural sites. On the first day of his tour, the US envoy visited Birisiri Khudra Nree...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong and at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions until 6pm today (Tuesday). Moderately heavy...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
Two years have gone by since the establishment of the public-private partnership (PPP) office, but the implementation of any project is yet to begin under it, different sources said. The PPP office has accorded approval to the Dhaka elevated expressway,...
DU Correspondent | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
Dhaka University (DU) authorities have expelled 43 students and fined some 59 others following their involvement in unfair means during departmental examinations. In addition, the university also terminated a Political Science Department teacher, Nur Uddin Alo, for alleged forgery in...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 26: Residents of Halishahar area in the port city staged a demonstration today in front of Chittagong WASA (Water Supply and Sewerage Authority) Bhaban and Chittagong Press Club and laid siege to the senior officials and managing director...
FE Report | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
Frequent outages coupled with low voltage of electricity have now been rampant across the country despite lower demand of power following fall in temperature due to the recent rainfalls. State-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) says that the country's average...
NARAYANGANJ, May 26 (UNB): A court here Monday granted three-day remand to Narayanganj City Corporation female councillor Jannatul Ferdous Nila, said to be a 'girlfriend' of councillor Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the much-talked seven murder case, in connection...
The Indian entrepreneurs Monday expressed eagerness to invest in the country's power and agriculture sectors and providing training to Bangladeshi youths to turn them into skilled human resources, reports BSS. The views were expressed when a delegation of Confederation of...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
The well-off section of the people may witness an upward revision of tax measures on their wealth and tax slab in the budget for upcoming fiscal year (FY), sources concerned said. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to...
TOKYO, May 26 (Agencies): Japan has pledged an assistance of 600 billion yen (equivalent to US$6 billion) to Bangladesh over the next five years, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday. Shinzo Abe's announcement came at a joint press conference...
NEW DELHI, May 26 (Agencies): Narendra Modi promised to forge a "strong and inclusive" India Monday after being sworn in as the 15th prime minister of the world's largest democracy. Ten days after his right-wing party won the first electoral...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
The official committee on hard loans has sent back a proposal on borrowing US$224 million from a Chinese bank for setting up the 275-megawatt coal-fired power plant at Barapukuria as it found the loan too expensive, officials said Monday. Besides,...
FE Report | 2014-05-27 00:00:00
State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Hoque Chunnu came down heavily on Accord and Alliance Monday for their 'arbitrary' decision to suspend factory production under the ongoing inspection programmes. The state minister said suspension of production in apparel factories...
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