A book launching ceremony was held at the Pathak Somabesh Centre, Shahbagh in the city on Sunday, said a press release. The ceremony was organised by the newly-launched online newspaper portal dailybanglanews24.com. The author of the book Aziz Rahman, also...
The maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three, as a well-marked low, formed over the West Central Bay and adjoining areas, persists, reports UNB. Under its influence,...
CHITTAGONG, May 25 (BSS): Police arrested two security guards of Chittagong Port on charge of stealing goods from the port early Sunday. The arrested security guards are Jahid Hossain and Rajib Sharif. Bandar police arrested them from the port area...
A six-daylong combined exercise of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) and US Pacific Air Force, codenamed Exercise Pacific Angel - 2014-1, will begin in Rangpur and Dinajpur on June 1, reports UNB. In the exercise, local people will be provided with...
Menon opens 'Digital Tax Watch' A Digital Tax Watch was set up at Kadam Fuara near the National Press Club in the city recently in a bid to prevent people from smoking. Combined anti-tobacoo alliance organised the programme. Civil Aviation...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur, and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6:00 pm today (Monday). Mild heat wave...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-05-26 00:00:00
Fire department has given some 350 apparel factories a one-month timeframe for meeting the required fire-safety compliances in an ongoing initiative to ensure full-proof workplace safety in the sector, officials said. Fire Service and Civil Defence issued the deadline recently...
A High Court (HC) bench has issued a split verdict on BNP chief Khaleda Zia's appeal challenging the legality of appointment of a lower court judge who indicted her in two corruption cases, reports bdnews24.com. While Justice Farah Mahbub issued...
FE Report | 2014-05-26 00:00:00
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena said Sunday that there will not be any other trade privileges in the US market for Bangladeshi products before reinstatement of generalised system of preferences (GSP) which was cancelled in June last year...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-26 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 25: Construction of flyovers in the port city without any feasibility study was creating traffic congestions and causing trouble for commuters instead of easing the same. City planners, architects and communication experts expressed the view at a press...
FE Report | 2014-05-26 00:00:00
The rights based coastal organisations Sunday put forward 10-point demand, including that of taking punitive actions against the officials involved in issuing approval to faulty vessels, in a bid to prevent waterways accidents. Their other demands include decentralisation of licence...
Siddique Islam | 2014-05-26 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) ordered Sunday the removal of Managing Director (MD) Kazi Faqurul Islam from the post of MD of BASIC Bank Limited on the charges of negligence of duty and irregularities apart from the failure to protect the...
TOKYO, May 25 (UNB): Urging Japanese friends to keep on nurturing the wonderful relationship between the two countries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday said Bangladesh needs Japan by its side to have support in many fields like infrastructural and human...
FE Report | 2014-05-26 00:00:00
Corruption and political interference eat up almost half the total government allocations for Local Government projects. As a result, people do not get desired benefits from such spending, speakers at a roundtable said Sunday. They also said it would be...
NARAYANGANJ, May 25 (UNB): A court here Sunday showed former Rab officer Lt Commander MM Rana arrested in the sensational seven-murder case and placed him on a fresh eight-day remand. Senior Judicial Magistrate KM Mahiuddin passed the order when Detective...
Munima Sultana | 2014-05-26 00:00:00
The government has initiated negotiations with the Chinese firm on various financial and technical aspects for signing the final deal on construction of the Tk 121.33 billion Padma Multipurpose Bridge (PMB). The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) sits today (Monday) with...
FE Report | 2014-05-26 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) may further extend the time for obtaining online Taxpayers Identification Number (TIN) following a steady rise in its registration. The deadline for obtaining e-TIN is scheduled to expire on June 30. NBR has found...
FENI, May 25 (UNB): Local Awami League leader Jahid Chowdhury alias Jihad, one of the masterminds of Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haq, was arrested at Barahipur in the district town Sunday. Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive...
NEW DELHI, May 25(Agencies): The swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as the 15th Prime Minister of India will be the biggest event so far to have been staged at Rashtrapati Bhavan with the guest list, which includes top leaders from...
The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed tonight night across the country with due religious fervor. Different Islamic organisations will arrange special prayers and milad mahfils in mosques and at other places to seek blessings of the Almighty Allah. The Muslims...
RANGAMATI, May 25: Three people were killed and 11 others injured in a lightning strike at Begenachhari in Barkal upazila Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as Shanti Priya Chakma, Refresh Chakma and Sunil Chakma. — UNB
The Pay and Services Commission has posted a questionnaire on its website to gather information and data related to salaries. The questionnaire was published on the website www.paycom.portal.gov.bd, said a handout Sunday. Employees under the National Pay Scale will be...
Three people were killed and 11 others injured in a lightning strike at Barkal upazila in Rangamati district on Sunday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Shanti Priya Chakma, Refresh Chakma and Sunil Chakma. A thunderbolt struck the victims when...
The Dhaka University (DU) has fired a teacher for falsifying research and expelled 102 students from different departments and affiliate colleges for cheating in examinations. The syndicate took the decisions at a meeting on Sunday night, Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin...
Tokyo shares rose 0.73 per cent on Monday morning, tracking a rally on Wall Street, while exporters were boosted by a weaker yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 104.87 points to 14,567.04 by the break, and the Topix index...
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