SATKHIRA, May 19 (UNB): At least three alleged robbers were injured in a 'gunfight' with police at Chhoyghoria under Sadar Upazila Monday. The injured were identified as Polash Rahman (35), son of Sheikh Afazuddin under Patkelghata thana in Satkhira, Alamgir...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-20 00:00:00
JESSORE, May 19: A Bangladeshi national was beaten to death by the Border Security Force (BSF) of Angrail camp along the Putkhali frontier under Benapole port thana in Jessore district early Monday, said the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) . The...
A discussion in memory of late renowned journalists Gias Kamal Chowdhury and ABM Musa will be held in the city today (Tuesday), reports UNB. Feni Journalists' Forum in Dhaka will arrange the programme at the Jatiya Press Club, said a...
SYLHET, May 19 (UNB): Nurses at Osmani Medical College Hospital (OMCH) went on an indefinite work abstention Monday, protesting an alleged assault on one of their fellow colleagues by some interns. Sources said two interns - Tofail Ahmed and Jonny...
MUNSHIGANJ, May 19 (UNB): A case was filed Monday against seven people, including the owner of MV Miraj-4, in connection with the launch capsize in Munshiganj Thursday. Haidar Hossain Akand, sub-inspector (SI) of Gazaria Police Station, filed the case against...
LAXMIPUR, May 19 (UNB): Two people were killed and five others injured in a clash over a cricket match in Hajipara area of Sadar upazila Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Abu Noman, vice-president of Chandraganj union unit of...
A delegation of Kazi Nazrul Islam University (KNIU), led by its Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Moheet Ul Alam, paid a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban Monday afternoon, reports UNB. During the meeting, the delegation members apprised the...
Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport detained a passenger from Singapore and recovered three gold bars weighing about 2.1 kg worth about Tk10 million from his possession Sunday night, reports UNB. Contacted, Assistant Commissioner (Customs) Israt Zahan Ruma said...
MAGURA, May 19 (UNB): At least 10 people were injured as a nor'wester lashed several unions in Shalikha and Sadar upazilas of the district Sunday night. Of the 10, seven were injured as houses and trees collapsed on them during...
The 4th death anniversary of former justice Abdul Kuddus Choudhury will be held today (Tuesday). He was born in Chittagong in 1926. He graduated in Economics from Calcutta Islamia University in 1946 and completed his MA in Political Science and...
Ghashful organises seminar on Gitanjali Ghashful, a media house, organised a seminar and cultural programme on 'Bangla and English edition of Gitanjali,' the masterpiece of Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the great poet at Daily...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur over Dhaka, Sylhet and Chittagong divisions and the regions of Pabna, Bogra, Jessore and Kushtia until 6pm today (Tuesday). Weather may remain dry elsewhere over the...
FE Report | 2014-05-20 00:00:00
A writ petition was filed with the High Court (HC) Monday challenging the legality of allowing duty-free import of cars for the Members of Parliament (MPs). A Supreme Court (SC) lawyer filed the writ petition saying that the decision of...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-05-20 00:00:00
The maritime boundary dispute between Bangladesh and India is set to be resolved next month. The United Nation's Permanent Court of Arbitration is likely to pronounce a verdict over the issue in June, a senior foreign ministry official said Monday....
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-20 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 19: Members of the delegation of Ranong Port of Thailand and Chittagong Port officials emphasised today the need for direct shipping services between the two ports and signing of a coastal shipping agreement between the two governments. They...
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya left for Thailand Monday afternoon to attend an international conference on disaster management there, the ministry's public relations officer Omar Faruk Dewan said, reports bdnews24.com. Maya has faced criticism since his...
NAOGAON, May 19 (UNB): A court here sent former state minister for housing and public works Alamgir Kabir to jail Monday in a case filed for obstructing government employees from discharging their duties and issuing threat to the then TNO...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-05-20 00:00:00
The government is set to approve today (Tuesday) Tk 790.31 billion Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal. The allocation is 31.71 per cent higher than the revised and 19.98 per cent higher than the original ADP for the...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-05-20 00:00:00
The Bangladesh's economy expanded substantially to US$ 419.2 billion, in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), in the fiscal year 2012-13, according to the latest estimate released last month by the International Comparison Programme (ICP) -2011 of the World Bank....
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-05-20 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is considering to impose income tax on allowances of the government officials to make tax treatment equal with the employees of the state-owned entities and autonomous bodies, sources concerned said. The changes might take...
FE Report | 2014-05-20 00:00:00
Turnover of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell to a fresh seven-month low on Monday as the investors remained reluctant to make fresh investments in the market amid ongoing bearish trend. Both the bourses --- DSE and CSE --- shortened...
FE Report | 2014-05-20 00:00:00
The newly formed anti-kidnapping squad has found the existence of a strong syndicate of abductors, who are allegedly using young women to trap people of affluent families, plainclothes police revealed Monday after busting a gang of professional kidnappers. They said...
Eighteen officers and members of RAB-3 were closed to RAB Headquarters Monday for their alleged controversial activities, report agencies. Among them is Maj Ali Ahsan, commander of Crime Prevention Company (CPC)-3, according to a report on DMP News Monday, titled...
FE Report | 2014-05-20 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) standing committee Monday took note of what BASIC Bank Limited managing director (MD) Kazi Faqurul Islam said in defence of his alleged involvement in financial irregularities. A four-member committee, headed by BB deputy governor Nazneen Sultana,...
The voting in 12 upazila parishads in eight districts was held amid stray incidents from 8:00am to 4:00pm without any break. The counting of votes started at 4pm Monday. Meanwhile, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad claimed that the election...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader Monday said China Major Bridge Engineering Company got the main construction work of the much-talked-about Padma Multipurpose Bridge. The work order will be given to the company within the next three weeks. He came up with...
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