President for upholding real history of Liberation War President Md Abdul Hamid urged all to work from one's respective position to uphold the real history of country's War of Liberation. The President said this when an 11-member delegation of Bangamata...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
The consultants engaged in pilot capital dredging have recommended that twenty-three rivers be revived to its full capacity on priority basis, officials said. The costs for the work have been estimated at Tk 9000 billion. If the money is available...
Speakers at a view-exchange meeting in the city stressed Tuesday the need for taking effective steps to protect the four rivers surrounding Dhaka city--Buriganga, Shitalakkhya, Turag and Balu--as per the High Court order issued earlier in this connection, reports UNB....
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will invest around $ 1.20 billion in power and other priority sectors in Bangladesh during the next fiscal year, reports UNB. JICA chief representative Bangladesh office Mikio Hataeda stated this during a meeting with Planning...
The High Court issued Tuesday a contempt of court rule against three officials of Dhaka South City Corporation for violating its earlier order, reports UNB. After preliminary hearing a petition, an HC bench comprising Justice Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Ashraful...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said Tuesday the government would take tough actions against the BNP, if it does politics through destructive activities, reports BSS. "We want the BNP to criticise the government in a democratic way, shunning destructive activities...
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan said Tuesday the government wants prisons to function as correction centres involving prisoners in various productive programmes to reduce the risks of repeated crimes, reports UNB. He mentioned programmes such as skill development training,...
Bidyut Opoychoykari Oboidha Batterychalito Rickshaw-Van Protirodh Committee urged Tuesday the government to ban the plying of battery-run rickshaws and vans immediately, reports UNB. Power is being wasted for such vehicles and people are being killed in road accidents caused by...
CHITTAGONG, May 6 (BSS): Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) ordered Tuesday over 50 building owners of Mehedibagh to demolish the unauthorised structures on both sides of Mehedibagh road in the port city within next 15 days. The buildings were constructed at...
CHITTAGONG, May 6 (BSS): A Chittagong court awarded Tuesday life term rigorous imprisonment to a youth for kidnapping a college girl. The Judge Jakir Hossain of The Women and Children Repression Preventive Tribunal-1 delivered the verdict convicting Mohammad Milton Hawlader...
CHITTAGONG, May 6 (UNB): Two people, including a minor girl, were killed and two others injured in a road accident at Chandgaon in the port city Monday night. One of the deceased was identified as Awana (7), daughter of Anisur...
IBFB members to get preferences for US visa The members of International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) will get some preferences for US Visa under the US Embassy IBFB Business Visa Programme. The Consular Section of US Embassy is going...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Barisal, Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi and Dhaka divisions and the regions of Comilla, Jessore, Noakhali and Kushtia in next 24 hours...
Siddique Islam | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
The central bank has relaxed foreign exchange regulations allowing all industrial enterprises in export processing zones (EPZs) to borrow medium and long-term loan from overseas sources, officials said. Under the relaxed regulations, industrial units in the EPZs will submit borrowing...
Munima Sultana | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
The government is going to conduct a detailed feasibility study for setting up the country's first express highway on the Dhaka-Chittagong corridor. The Roads and Highway Department (RHD) is set to select an Australia-Japan-Bangladesh joint venture (JV) firm for the...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
A section of apparel units, against the backdrop of a decline in work orders from the international buyers, are, allegedly, undercutting their rivals at home. Industry insiders said the 'unhealthy' trend that has become strong lately has been causing substantial...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
The cash-strapped state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has sought over Tk 14.50 billion again from the government to meet its fuel import bill, officials said. The state entity is facing acute financial problem mainly because of non-payment of outstanding dues...
In the wake of growing incidents of abduction across the country, the Home Ministry Tuesday issued a circular asking for the removal of all artificial coverings as well as nontransparent and colourful glasses from car windows, reports UNB. Artificial coverings...
A Dhaka court Tuesday framed charges against Oishee Rahman and her two friends in the case filed over killing her police officer father Mahfuzur Rahman, and mother Swapna Rahman, reports UNB. Judge M Jahurul Haque of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
A lower-than-expected provisional estimate of the country's economic growth for the current fiscal year (2013-14), done by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), has evoked deep dissatisfaction in the planning ministry, according to reliable sources. After expressing his dissatisfaction over...
FE Report | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
The FBCCI, country's apex trade body, has proposed a set of tax measures to 'encourage' investments and check capital flight. It has also suggested to increase tax-free limit of individual taxpayers' income and cut corporate tax in the upcoming national...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
The power generation during the peak evening hours was 541 megawatt (MW) more than the demand for the same on May 05 last (Monday). So there was no load-shedding on that day across the country. In fact, according to the...
FE Report | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
Emergency services resumed at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after nearly five hours of suspension following a scuffle between interns of DMCH and students of Dhaka University (DU) on Tuesday. The patients who needed emergency services had to suffer...
NARAYANGANJ, May 6 (UNB): Lawyers here threatened today to lay a siege to the RAB-11 office on May 11 (Sunday) if the accused in the seven-murder case are not hunted down by the time. President of Narayanganj Bar Association Advocate...
Syful Islam | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
China is awaiting a decision from Bangladesh regarding replacing tariff preference it offers under the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) with zero tariff treatment, sources said. It is seeking Dhaka's opinion before Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits Beijing next month to...
SUNAMGANJ, May 6 (UNB): BNP UK chapter vice president Mujibur Rahman Mujib and his driver have been missing since Sunday on their way from Sunamganj to Sylhet, their family members have said. Mujib, who is also a convening committee member...
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