Handing over awards to film artistes and technicians at the National Film Award-2012 ceremony held on Saturday last (May 10), Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasised the need for highlighting the country's Liberation War in films. Indeed, a number of...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
Where are those parks with lush green trees in Dhaka city, the capital of an independent country? Not long ago, the stretch of road from Gulshan I to Gulshan II looked serene and soothing with long trees lining up on...
Niamat Ullah Sarker | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
Undoubtedly, with the process of globalisation and development of capitalism, a new horizon has been initiated in mounting trade and commerce throughout the world. Under capitalism, people are free to work at jobs of their own choice, to try to...
Ten Bangladeshi workers died in a fire incident in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Two Indian nationals also died in the same incident. The fire swept through a furniture factory. The families, losing their beloved members, are in problems as many of...
Bangladeshi cricket is passing through a rough phase. The players need to play more longer-version of cricket as it will instil patience in them. The team is not strong in wickets. We also need to concentrate on fast bowling. Our...
A new economic door is going to open for Bangladesh in the backward Northeast region of India. The Indian government has taken lot of initiatives for development of this region. The region is a storehouse of natural resources. Of late,...
Saleh Akram | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
Performance of state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) of the country has long been a topic of discussion in the country. The involvement of the SoCBs in general and Sonali Bank in particular, in facilitation of squandering of public deposits, in collusion...
Yasmeen Aftab Ali from Pakistan | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
Charles M. Schulz was a great cartoonist. His world-acclaimed cartoon series of Peanuts still remains popular being reprinted again and again. "How can I play baseball when I'm worried about foreign policy?" he asks (The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 6: 1961-1962)....
The Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka said it would take a while to know whether Indian foreign policy changes if BJP forms the government under the leadership of Narendra Modi, reports UNB. "The results of the election will be published...
India's Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Thursday picked up a Bangladeshi young man from Islampur frontier at Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat district on Thursday. The victim, Jabed Ali, 35, son of Umor Ali, a resident of Islampur village, is...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 14: Dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the Jamaat-e-Islami was partially observed with no report of violence from anywhere in the city or district in greater Chittagong today. Police said there was no report of violence from anywhere till 6.00...
KUSHTIA, May 14 (BSS): Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman were killed by some unruly elements in the Army. So, he asked: Will Khaleda Zia propose dissolution of the Army? The minister said...
The Public Administration Ministry has asked all the ministries concerned to submit their reports over implementation of the High Court (HC) order on using Bangla by the next 15 days, reports UNB. Senior Secretary of the Public Administration Ministry Dr...
CHUADANGA, May 14 (UNB): A Bangladeshi young man was beaten to death, allegedly by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF), at Munsipur border point under Damurhuda Upazila of the district Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Hasibur Rahman...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday Bangladesh has excellent relation with China, a close friend of the country, reports UNB. Sheikh Hasina made the remarks when Mrs. Yan Junqi, Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National...
JESSORE, May 14 (bdnews24.com): An Islami Chhatra Shibir leader has been injured in an encounter with police in Jessore Sadar upazila. Shibir's Jessore city unit president Zahidul Islam was arrested Tuesday morning, said Jessore's Detective Branch of police SI Abul...
Syful Islam | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh will soon seek dedicated allocations from the ORIO fund of the Netherlands, a grant programme which helps in public infrastructure development in developing countries, sources said. The Economic Relations Division (ERD) will write to the Embassy of the Netherlands...
FE Report | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
Agriculture Minister Motia Chowdhury laid Wednesday emphasis on removal of all impediments, including superstition, to girls' education to establish gender equality in the society. She said the people, who still were saying there was no need for girls' education beyond...
Monira Munni | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
BUET teams, out of their assessed 200 units, have identified two garment factories risky in terms of structural integrity, sources involved with the process said. The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) teams Wednesday submitted their revised reports to...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 14: Police have recovered stolen garment fabric and detained a person from a wholesale shop in the city's Terry Bazar area today. OC Zahid Hossain of Port thana said, acting on a tip off they raided the fabrics...
Mobile Kader gets life in Abdul Kader murder case The Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court sentenced Wednesday Abdul Kader alias Mobile Kader to life term imprisonment in the Industrialist Abdul Kader murder case. An Appellate Division bench headed...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong, Khulna and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6:00 pm today (Thursday). Weather may remain mainly...
FE Report | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
Speakers at a pre-budget discussion Wednesday stressed the need for increasing the tax net, ensuring proper allocation of budget in priority projects and establishing authority of parliament in budget formulation. They criticised budget allocations for the Annual Development Programme (ADP)...
Absolute power of the executive organ of Bangladesh creates a scope for power abuse and prompts executive decisions on a partisan basis, according to a study of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), reports UNB. The study reveals that the Prime...
FE Report | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
The central bank has formed a revolving re-financing fund of Tk 2.0 billion for strengthening financial inclusion programmes through providing loans to Tk 10 account holders, officials said Wednesday. "We've formed the fund aiming to bring un-banked people in the...
New York-based rights body Human Rights Watch (HRW) asked Bangladesh authorities Wednesday to establish an independent body to 'investigate evidence' that RAB has been responsible for extrajudicial executions, disappearances, torture, and other serious abuses over many years, reports UNB. Human...
Several Dhaka-based foreign diplomats have urged the government to keep open the option of holding a dialogue with opposition BNP on the modalities of future general election, reports UNB. The diplomats' call came at a briefing arranged by the Foreign...
Expressing sorrow over the attack on Prothom Alo reporter Shishir Morol, the authorities of ZH Sikder Women's Medical College Hospital Wednesday suspended its doctor Shafiul Azam in this connection, reports UNB. "The hospital authorities are sorry and disheartened over the...
FE Report | 2014-05-15 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) in a judgment Wednesday declared 'illegal' the much-talked-about securities regulator's notification on mandatory holding of 2.0 per cent shares by each of the sponsor-director of the listed companies. The HC bench comprising Justice Dr Quazi Reza-Ul...
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