Our Correspondent | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 29: The UN peacekeepers from Bangladesh have brought honour and prestige for the country through their contribution to the world peace missions for the last 26 years. The Bangladeshi peacekeepers have been acclaimed for their efforts in keeping...
NARAYANGANJ, May 29 (UNB): A court sent Thursday Narayanganj City Corporation female councillor Jannatul Ferdous Nila, said to be a 'girlfriend' of Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the much-talked-about seven-murder case, to jail. Judicial Magistrate Ishtiaque Ahmed passed the...
SYLHET, May 29 (UNB): Two young people-- a boy and a girl-- were killed in separate incidents as lightning struck two villages in Goainghat Upazila Wednesday afternoon. The dead are as Shahab Uddin (18), son of Azir Uddin of Khalarchari...
SUNAMGANJ, May 29 (UNB): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a man with 96 fake notes of Tk 1,000 denomination from Jamtala area of the town Wednesday. The arrestee was identified as Humayun Kabir (30), son...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 29: Miscreants snatched away Tk 0.2 million Thursday from a foreign student at gunpoint at Prabartak Square under Panchlaish thana in the city. The victim, Lardez Warren, is an MBBS final year student of Chittagong Medical College (CMC)...
Vice-president of Jatiya Sramik League (JSL)and President of Jatiya Bidyut Sramik League Md Zahirul Islam Chowdhury left Dhaka for Switzerland to attend the 103rd International Labour Conference Tuesday. During his visit, he will exchange views with the Awami League and...
CHITTAGONG, May 29 (UNB): A young man was electrocuted in the city's Hazari Lane area early Thursday. The dead is Jony Dhar (27), son of late Sona Dhar of Boitali union under Chandnaish upazila of the district. Assistant sub-inspector (ASI)...
Memo submitted to NBR chief for more tax on tobacco Combined anti-tobacco alliance submitted a memorandum to NBR Chairman Golam Rahman in the city Tuesday in order to prevent people from smoking. In the memo, they said 65 per cent...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at few places over Rangpur, Dhaka, Sylhet and Chittagong and at one or two places over Khulna and Barisal divisions in next 24 hours till 6:00...
Monira Munni | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
Majority of the Alliance-surveyed apparel factories have been found to be structurally sound, although there are instances where the buildings are identified as overloaded, its assessment reports revealed. The overloaded factory owners have been urged to take immediate action to...
A man was shot to death during a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Government Victoria College in the city Thursday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Ahsan Habib Samu (40), Comilla branch director of...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh Post Office (BPO) is set to expand its Electronic Money Transfer Service (EMTS) to door steps of people across the country with a view to recovering its lost glory, a high official said. The official said expansion of the...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed expressed Thursday the hope that Bangladesh would win back the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) from the US whenever the US Congress revives this opportunity for many countries, reports BSS. Bangladesh fulfilled all 16 conditions imposed...
KHAGRACHHARI, May 29 (UNB): Police arrested Awami League (AL) leader Belal Hossain Patwary, one of the masterminds of the murder of Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram, from a house in Matiranga upazila here early Thursday. Acting on a tip-off,...
FE Report | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to launch a probe into the allegations of amassing illegal wealth by Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the Narayanganj seven-murder case. The decision was taken in a meeting of the commission Thursday...
Siddique Islam | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
The central bank has recommended the government to take action against the board of directors of BASIC Bank Limited in line with the existing Banking Companies Act. "We've recommended the government for taking action against the board of directors of...
Miscreants gunned down a contractor on Culvert road in the city's Arambagh area Thursday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sultan Ahmed (42), a contractor of Water Development Board and resident of Kadamtala of Sabujbagh Police Station in the...
FE Report | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has pleaded for an effective National Integrity Strategy (NIS) to fight corruption by removing shortfalls in the existing strategy. Releasing a research report, the Bangladesh chapter of the Transparency International (TI) on Thursday also stressed...
Syful Islam | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
Lobbying on the part of the prospective Chinese firms has intensified, of late, over the strong indication that Dhaka and Beijing might strike a framework deal next month on the construction of a deep seaport at Sonadia at an estimated...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
Very low turnover coupled with non-payment of a large amount of outstanding loans by the clients for long have put a good number of merchant banks and stock brokers in serious financial difficulty, market insiders said. According to the officials...
FE Report | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
The government is set to launch an investigation into how many foreigners are working in mobile phone companies to verify presence of illegal personnel on jobs in the companies, sources said. The government is taking the initiative on the basis...
BNP, its associate bodies and different socio-cultural organisations will observe the 33rd death anniversary of its founder late President Ziaur Rahman today (Friday) with various programmes, reports UNB. On this day, May 30, 1981, Zia was assassinated by a group...
Shab-e-Barat, the holy night of fortune and forgiveness, will be observed at the night of June 13 as the new moon for the month of Shaban was not sighted anywhere in the country Thursday. The decision came at a meeting...
The government has brought Readymade Garment (RMG) industry under the Ministry of Textiles and Jute for smooth management and effective coordination, an official said in the city Thursday. "The decision to this effect was taken at an inter- ministerial meeting...
The gas, which accumulated in the sewerage line in front of the 12-storey Mizan Tower at Kalyanpur under Mirpur Police Station, went off again Thursday afternoon. Earlier on Wednesday evening, at least five people were injured when the accumulated gas...
Bangladesh Bank Thursday gave permission to two private commercial banks---Bank Asia and NRB Commercial Bank-- to provide agent-banking services which will help strengthen the financial inclusion. Bank Asia can appoint 30 agents and NRB Commercial Bank 20 agents to extend...
bKash, the leading mobile financial service provider in the country has launched ‘Buy Airtime’ serviceallowing the bKash wallet users to top up mobile balance of Banglalink, Robi and Airtel numbers through bKash. Any individual bKash wallet user can recharge his/her...
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