Jayant Rikhye, Head of International Asia Pacific and Head of Strategy and Planning HSBC Asia Pacific is visiting Bangladesh from 3 – 4 June 2014. During his visit, Jayant Rikhye will meet colleagues from Bangladesh and a number of key...
The Communications Ministry on Monday afternoon approved work order for China Major Bridge Engineering Company (CMBEC) Ltd to construct a bridge over Padma River. The CMBEC got the $1.55 billion job last month at 12.62 per cent lower than the...
Leading Taiwanese tech firm Asus unveiled a hybrid device which combines a laptop, tablet and mobile phone Monday in what it hailed as a "world first". The launch came the day before Computex -- Asia's biggest technology trade show --...
The Board of Directors of Chittagong Stock Exchange Ltd. in its 6th meeting held recently approved the appointment of Mr. Ahmad Dawood, FCA and FCMA as Chief Regulatory Officer (CRO) of the bourse. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission also...
Qatar Airways is interested in buying into India's budget airline IndiGo, the head of the fast-growing Gulf carrier said on Monday. "We are very keen on investing in IndiGo if it's available," Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker said,...
A new Palestinian unity government was sworn in before president Mahmud Abbas on Monday in line with a surprise unity deal between leaders in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The cabinet, which is made up of political independents, comprises...
Defending the law minister for his comment on the trial of Jamaat-e-Islami as an organisation for its anti-Liberation War role, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said Saturday the law minister described the fact taking the law and the reality into...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Saturday there is no alternative to holding a fresh national election under a non-party administration to resolve the ongoing political crisis, reports UNB. "The country's people are passing through a hard...
A forum of city dwellers urged the Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina to stop any commercial use of Dhanmondi playground so that it remains open to all, reports UNB. They made the appeal while speaking at a press conference organised...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said Saturday BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has become mentally distressed after loosing all the hopes and now she has started giving irrelevant speeches, reports BSS. "There are no signs of democratic values in...
RU Correspondent | 2014-06-01 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, May 31: Awami League backed Sabbir-Mithu panel swept the election of the Fourth Class Employees' Association of Rajshahi University (RU). BNP-Jamaat backed Masud-Shamim panel got no post. Md Sabbir Hossain and Shakhawat Hossen Mithu were elected president and...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said Saturday Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will be put on trial after flawless preparations and properly following the legal procedures, reports UNB. "A quarter is out for the hurried trial of Jamaat with a motive to have...
RU Correspondent | 2014-06-01 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, May 31: Police detained Thursday night six Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) leaders and activists from the Institute of Health and Technology (IHT), Rajshahi, including its institute unit president Saddam Hossain in connection with seditious activities. Other detainees are...
President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu demanded Saturday budgetary allocation for curbing militancy in the country, reports BSS. "Political peace is essential for attaining eight per cent national economic growth by 2015 . (for...
A freedom fighter (FF), who was a defence witness (DW) to Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, has died in a Dhaka hospital, reports bdnews24.com. Shamsul Alam Talukdar (74) passed away at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital early...
President Md Abdul Hamid urged Saturday welfare-oriented organisations to come forward to supplement the government efforts to turn Bangladesh into a middle-income country by 2021, reports UNB. "The government has adopted the plan to turn our beloved motherland into a...
At least 4,621 people were killed and 977 others went missing in 571 incidents of launch capsize across the country over the last 15 years, reveals a study, reports UNB. The study was conducted by the National Committee to Protect...
Some nine persons were arrested along with 15 gold bars weighing around 2kg from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city Friday, reports UNB. The arrestees are: Md Ataur Rahman, Atwar, Jakir Hossain, Ali Hossain, Rafiqul Shah, Kamrul Islam,...
Eight people were killed and 29 others injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Chuadanga, Chapainawabganj, Bagerhat, Gopalganj and Gaibandha districts on Saturday, report agencies. In Chuadanga, three people were killed and 29 others injured in separate lightning strikes...
COMILLA, May 31 (UNB): Four of the nine Bangladeshi nationals, who were burnt to death in a fire at a furniture-manufacturing factory in Riyadh on May 12, were laid to eternal rest at their respective villages in Homna and Titas...
turday for allegedly killing his wife and daughter at Siddhirganj in Narayanganj, reports bdnews24.com. The victims were identified as Moyna Begum (26) and Swapna (13). The incident took place in Mukkingar madrasa area early Saturday, said OC of Siddhirganj thana...
Admission quota for FFs’ wards into JU begins Jun 16 Admission from freedom fighter (FF)'s wards quota into Jahangirnagar University (JU) under academic session 2013-2014 will begin from June 16, a press release said Saturday. The admission will take place...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has launched banking service for the street children, which will allow them to open a bank account with Taka 10 only, reports BSS. All the government and private banks in the country will operate the accounts...
FE Report | 2014-06-01 00:00:00
The journalists covering the labour migration beat Saturday formed a forum with a view to working for wellbeing of Bangladeshi migrants abroad. A nine-member convening committee of Reporters for Bangladeshi Migrants (RBM)" has been formed at a meeting at the...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet divisions until 6:00 pm today (Sunday), reports UNB. Day and night temperatures may fall slightly over...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-06-01 00:00:00
About 0.8 million people living on hill slopes in Chittagong city and its adjoining areas defying instruction by the district administration to move to safer places are risking their lives in the event of landslides which may occur anytime. Landslides...
FE Report | 2014-06-01 00:00:00
The government should pass the draft Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Act 2013 in parliament soon for accelerating the economic development of the country, said speakers at a discussion in the capital Saturday. They said rapid infrastructure development, smooth supply of gas...
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