Syful Islam The World Bank (WB) has tagged a condition on operating New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) under 'landlord' system with its proposed funding for construction of Karnaphuli Container Terminal (KCT), sources said. The WB officials labelled the condition at...
BNP will stage demonstration across the country tomorrow (Sunday) in protest against police action that barred it from holding its scheduled rally at the Engineers' Institute in the city Thursday. BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the propgramme...
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The country's telecom regulator has started taking stringent measures to realise its dues, coming to around Tk 9.0 billion, from the international gateway (IGW) operators, which work for termination of international VoIP calls in the country. The operators, mainly some...
Badrul Ahsan Talented Bangladeshi youths are eventually drawing the attention of the entrepreneurs in developed countries in outsourcing their IT-enabled products through freelancing in the country, mainly prompted by the job's competitive charge and better quality, industry insiders said. Companies,...
Members of the Bangladesh Police, engaged in UN peacekeeping missions in different trouble-torn areas of the world, have earned nearly Tk 40 billion in the last 25 years, reports UNB. Bangladesh police has contributed to 19 peacekeeping missions in 14...
The Awami League MP AKM Shamim Osman has admitted that he spoke to Nur Hossain over telephone after Narayanganj Ward-2 Councillor Nazrul Islam and six others were abducted on April 27. Nur Hossain is the prime accused in the case...
The prevalence of malaria has declined to a significant extent in recent years in the Chittagong Hill Tracts due to the initiatives taken by the government as well as the development organisations to check the disease. “I earlier suffered from...
India's security establishment and intelligence agencies suspect an ISI hand in the attack on the country’s consulate in Afghanistan's Heart province. ‘We have reasons to believe the Haqqani network is involved in the attack and they have strong rapport with...
A ring belonging to 18th century ruler of Mysore Tipu Sultan has been auctioned in London amidst a controversy over the piece of jewellery. The jewelled ring is inscribed with the name of Hindu deity Ram in raised Devanagri script...
Police arrested an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami in Sylhet city on Saturday for attacking cops and vandalising vehicles. The arrestee was identified as Fahim Ahmed, 28, son of late Masddar Ali of Akhalia Neharipara in the city. Ataur Rahman, officer-in-charge of...
The prices of all varieties of rice have increased by 13 to 19 per cent, says a Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) survey. Price of medium-coarse rice has risen the most, followed by the prices of fine and coarse rice....
Following is a mobile-phone conversation between Nur Hossain, the prime suspect in Narayanganj 7-murder, and Shamim Osman, MP, that, according to private station Channel 24, took place two days after the 7 men were abducted in Narayanganj on April 27....
A housewife died after she received a bite of a venomous snake in Bagha upazila in Rajshahi district on Friday. The dead is Soneka Das, 28, wife of Kumar Chandra, a resident of the Upazila headquarters. Sources at Rajshahi Medical...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said that if the maritime transports were made safe and reliable, the economy would be better off. The minister was speaking at a rally at BIWTA Terminal at Sadarghat in the city. The rally...
The 115th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be celebrated at Trishal at Mymensingh through a 3-day national level programme. The celebrations, jointly organised by Cultural Affairs Ministry and Mymensingh district administration, will begin on Sunday (May...
Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat will be the next US ambassador to Bangladesh. She will replace present US envoy in Dhaka, Dan W Mozena. A career Foreign Service officer, she is currently Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Human Resources...
Trinamul leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not attend the swearing-in of Narendra Modi as Indian prime minister on Monday, but send two of her close associates to the event, a state minister announced. However, the opposition...
A man was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Enayetpur village at Jhenidah Sadar upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Khalek, 45, a vegetable trader and son of Lutfur Rahman of the village. Imrul Hasan, in-charge...
US stocks finished a bumpy week on a high note as technology and small-cap equities shook off the blues from recent weeks and led the overall market higher. The broad-based S&P 500 closed the week on an especially dramatic note,...
Indian stocks kept soaring as Narendra Modi’s swearing-in is nearing. Modi, who led BJP to a landslide victory in Indian polls, will take oath as India’s Prime Minister in New Delhi on Monday. With Modi’s installation nearing, the Indian shares...
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim Friday announced the appointment of Hiroshi Naka as vice president and auditor general of the bank. Naka, a Japanese national, has more than 25 years of experience working with the Japanese ministry of finance...
Eight persons, including 7 suspected to be professional killers, have been arrested for their alleged involvement with the killing of Feni’s Phulgazi Upazila Chairman Ekramul Haque, RAB says. Those arrested include the prime suspect Abidul Islam Abid. RAB’s Additional Director...
The Unnayan Onneshan (UO) has called for labour-intensive production capacity expanding restructure of economy in order to stave off increase in unemployment and decelerated decline in the incidence of poverty. The independent multidisciplinary think-tank in its current monthly issue of...
The Unnayan Onneshan (UO) has called for labour-intensive production capacity expanding restructure of economy in order to stave off increase in unemployment and decelerated decline in the incidence of poverty. The independent multidisciplinary think-tank in its current monthly issue of...
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is to attend the inauguration of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India on Monday. It is the first time since the two countries won independence in 1947 that a prime minister from one state...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Saturday said there is no official announcement yet over Indian Prime minister-elect Narendra Modi’s any visit to Dhaka but it surely wants to see such a tour. “We don’t know about it (Modi’s visit)...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday lambasted the government for preventing pro-BNP lawyers from holding a rally in the city, asking it not to 'go overboard'. 'Excesses are not good,’ Khaleda Zia said in her address at a rally of...
The 3rd Accreditation Course on Mediation arranged by Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) in collaboration with Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), UK began in Dhaka Saturday at a local hotel. The course was arranged by the Bangladesh International Arbitration...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit in Japan would open ‘a new era’ of Dhaka-Tokyo relationships, foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said on Saturday. Hasina will leave Dhaka tonight (Saturday) in her first foreign visit since she returned to power...
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