Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-05-10 00:00:00
The government is likely to cut subsidies by more than 20 per cent in the next fiscal year (2014-15). The possible cut, economists believe, is aimed at minimising budget deficit as revenue mobilisation might prove difficult in the next fiscal....
MADRID, May 9 (AFP): Maria Sharapova beat Li Na to book her place in the last four of the Madrid Open as top seed and reigning champion Serena Williams pulled out of the tournament Friday. Williams was due to face...
Table topper BCB North Zone bowler Taijul Islam's 8-wicket haul restricted Prime Bank South Zone at 271 on the opening day of the five-day match of the 2nd Bangladesh Cricket League final at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Friday, reports...
Azad Sporting Club and Fire Service won their respective matches of the National Bank Limited Premier Division Volleyball League Friday at the Volleyball Stadium in the city, reports BSS. In the day's matches, Azad SC beat East and Club by...
International Open Rating Chess Tournament will start from May 15 (Thursday) at the Chess Federation Hall Room at 3:00 pm, reports BSS. It's an open event for all chess players that will be held in Swiss League system. Interested players...
ZURICH, May 9 (AFP): FIFA president Sepp Blatter Friday strengthened expectations that he will soon announce his bid for a fifth term as the head of global football. "I want to do this, because things aren't over yet. My mandate...
Ireland-Sri Lanka ODI washed out DUBLIN, May 9: The second one-day international between Ireland and Sri Lanka in Dublin Thursday was abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain. Umpires Richard Kettleborough and Richard Smith took the decision after a...
BNP will announce the names of its Dhaka city unit convening committee soon, reports UNB A BNP leader close to party chief Begum Khaleda Zia told the news agency that the city unit new committee is likely to be announced...
Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, whose son-in-law led RAB-11 during the sensational seven murders in Narayanganj, has issued a statement claiming none of his family has had any role in the crime, reports bdnews24.com. The disaster management minister, using his...
Dogged by a slew of challenges, the Information Commission seeks power to draw contempt of court proceedings against errant party to effectively implement the Right to Information (RTI) Act, reports UNB. "It's possible to implement the Right to Information (RTI)...
Publicity and Publication Secretary of Awami League (AL) Hasan Mahmud demanded on Friday arrest of the persons who called upon people to make clandestine attacks, reports BSS. Three members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) were suspended following allegation of involvement...
GAZIPUR, May 9 (UNB): BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy was released from jail on bail on Friday. The BNP leader walked out of Kashimpur jail around 11:30 am after his release order reached the prison. A good number...
SATKHIRA, May 9 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested a local leader of Jubo Dal and an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami at Dhandia Bazar in Kolaroa upazila on Thursday. The arrestees were identified as Siddikur Rahman, president of Joynagar union unit...
Although four years have elapsed since the High Court (HC) order to procure necessary rescue equipment, the government is yet to comply with it, leaving the country mostly unprepared to carry out any search and rescue operation in case of...
The US Ambassador escaped unhurt when his car skidded off the road in Kapasia, Gazipur, reports bdnews24.com. Kapasia Police Station Officer-in-Charge Ahsan Ullah said the SUV was on a country road in Lohadi village around 10:30am when the driver lost...
The government will hand over National Film Award-2012 today (Saturday) to 23 noted film artistes and technicians in 24 categories for their glorious and outstanding contributions, reports BSS. Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will distribute the awards at a function...
A milad and doa mahfil was held at Sudha Sadan, the residence of late Dr MA Wazed Miah, an eminent nuclear scientist and husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after Asr prayers Friday on the occasion of his fifth death...
Green activists threatened Friday to take tougher steps involving local people if the government fails to recover the Pushpa Saha Pond in old part of the city, reports UNB. They said the Pushpa Saha Pond is the only wetland in...
RANGMATI, May 9 (UNB): Four live grenades were recovered from the Ghagra Bazar area under Kaukhali Upazila Thursday. Sources said a group of children while taking bath in a pond near Ghagra Bazar in the afternoon noticed a bomb-like object...
CHITTAGONG, May 9 (UNB): Two workers were burnt to death in a fire which broke out at a socks factory in Oxygen area under Bayazid Bostami police station of the port city early Friday. The victims were identified as Arafat...
MAGURA, May 9 (UNB): Local people caught three youths while they were attempting to abduct a female school teacher of a government primary school in Sadar Upazila Thursday. Magura thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) Jahangir Alam said a gang of local terrorists...
SYLHET, May 9 (UNB): Robbers looted valuables worth Tk 1.0 million from an expatriate's house at Rautkhai village under Osmaninagar thana in the city Thursday.
The spoon-billed sandpiper, a critically endangered species of migratory birds, will face extinction losing their habitats if the government will establish a deep seaport in the Sonadia Island, as planned, reports UNB. "There are only about 200 pairs of the...
Youth shot dead in Gazipur GAZIPUR, May 9: A young man was shot to death by miscreants at Kamarjuri in the city early Friday. Police said being informed by locals, they recovered the bullet-ridden body of the unidentified young man,...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at few places over Chittagong and Sylhet and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Barisal, Khulna and Rangpur with moderately heavy falls at places...
Monira Munni | 2014-05-10 00:00:00
Outcome of the ongoing inspection programmes has come under doubt following a fresh row between the local experts and those appointed by the retailers over the required concrete strength of apparel factory buildings, sources involved with the process said. The...
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