Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Monday said the government will soon undertake a project, ‘Grameen Janapad’, to ensure housing and other civic facilities for the rural poor. He stated this when World Food Programme (WFP) Representative to Bangladesh Christa...
Iran is negotiating with the leading international auction house Christie's to hold sales inside the Islamic republic to support its blossoming art scene, it was reported on Monday. Dubai, across the Gulf from south Iran, is currently a hotspot for...
Qatar Airways has become 100-percent state-owned after the government bought out private investors, including a former prime minister, its chief executive Akbar Al-Baker said Monday. Al-Baker said the acquisition took place last year, shortly after a political shake-up in which...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday offered his mediation to help end the escalating crisis in Ukraine. "I have been discussing this matter will all the parties concerned -- Ukranian leaders, leaders of the Russian federation, the European Union,...
BENAPOLE: Law enforcers have been put on red alert along the Benapole border so that the suspected killers of Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam and six others cannot flee to India, according to a news agency. The immigration police, Border...
Hefajat-e-Islam Dhaka City unit convener and Nayeb-e-ameer Moulana Nur Hossain Kashemi Monday demanded formation of a judicial committee to investigate “killing of Hefajat men” at its Shapla Chattar rally on May 5 last year. He also demanded the withdrawal of...
A joint meeting of BNP will be held on Wednesday to chalk out programmes to mark the 33rd death anniversary of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman. The meeting will be held at the BNP’s Nayapaltan central office at 11am, said a...
Airtel Bangladesh Limited has launched an educational portal called “Airtel Learn” to help students before examinations. Airtel Bangladesh Limited in partnership with the renowned educational brand S@ifur’s and Live Technologies made the launching announcement of Airtel Learn services Monday at...
Withdrawal of water from common rivers by setting up dams in the upstream areas causes a loss of about Tk 50 billion to Bangladesh each year, according to water experts. “Bangladesh suffers a loss of about Tk 50 billion each...
NARAYANGANJ: The district administration has taken away the licences of 11 firearms of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) councillor Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the seven-murder case. Deputy Commissioner of the district Anisur Rahman Miah cancelled the licences Monday, asking...
Senior Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta said Monday there is a need for a full minister to head the Home Ministry with the requisite personality, political experience and having knowledge of law. Suranjit said this while addressing a discussion organised...
Leading mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Ltd has launched a new airtime recharge channel for its post-paid and pre-paid subscribers. The 24/7 instant online recharge service, developed in partnership with easy.com.bd, was introduced on Sunday. In the presence of Robi...
President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed said absence of political stability and poor infrastructure facilities are the major impediments to boosting FDI (foreign director investment) inflow into Bangladesh. “The hurdles...
Calling upon the country’s people to wake up, Gonoforum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Monday said it is time to spread strong protests everywhere against the incidents of extrajudicial killing, forced disappearance and abduction to have such acts stopped immediately....
NEW DELHI: Indian frontrunner for prime minister Narendra Modi taunted the Gandhi political dynasty on its home turf Monday, saying "nothing" could rescue the ruling Congress party from defeat. Congress has ruled India for most of the period since independence...
SLOVYANSK: Ukrainian troops fought pitched gunbattles Monday with a pro-Russia militia occupying an eastern city, and the government sent an elite national guard unit to re-establish control over the southern port city of Odessa, according to a news agency. The...
The High Court (HC) on Monday issued a suo moto rule asking the government to form a seven-member committee to investigate the allegation that Rab personnel were involved in the killing of Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam and six others....
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-05-05 00:00:00
The European Council President Herman Van Rompuy recently welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to Brussels. This was the first time a Chinese President had visited the European Union (EU) headquarters. The trip was however a little bit more than just...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2014-05-05 00:00:00
Public sector jute mills are in a bad shape. Their production has gone down for want of raw jute according to their needs. The traders are not willing to sell raw jute on credit to the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been trying to be bold so far as its collection of income tax is concerned. In the last few fiscal years (FYs), it had set income tax targets that prompted sceptics to raise...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-05-05 00:00:00
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD), one of the major spenders (and a top abuser also) of development funds has reportedly requested the Planning Commission (PC) for extension of tenure and additional fund for a bridge project. There is no...
Neil Ray | 2014-05-05 00:00:00
Narayanganj, once a leading business centre, has already earned the notoriety of an urban conundrum of disappearance and death. The recovery of bodies from the river Sitalakhya following abduction of Narayanganj city corporation councilor Nazrul Islam, four of his aides,...
Storms lash our country during the summer and we see many heart-wrenching launch accidents which cause loss of lives and property. Recently, a launch capsized in Golachipa River in Patuakhali resulting in eight deaths and missing of more than 50...
Dhaka University Professor of Economics Abu Ahmed wrote appropriately in an article, published in The Financial Express on April 30, that there has been nobody to oversee the Public Health Sector in our country. Here physicians or medical practitioners, also...
Miscreants on Monday demanded Tk 0.1 million as ransom for the release of a mason who was kidnapped in Sadar upazila of Naogaon five days ago. The kidnappers called the brother of victim Majed Ali, 30, of Hasaigari village, over...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has formed a 40-member anti-kidnapping squad. It is good news but we see nothing happens unless order comes from the top level in our country. Police don't show any alacrity to rescue the abducted victims. If...
LONDON: European main stock markets ended mixed Monday, with the DAX 30 in Frankfurt shedding 0.28 per cent to close at 9,529.50 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.10 per cent to 4,462.69 points, while London was closed for...
Bangladesh Bar Council vice chairman Khandaker Mahbub Hossain on Monday said the people of the country are not safe in the hands of the current ‘illegitimate government’. “This government has assumed office illegally through holding a farcical election on January...
Tanvir Raquib | 2014-05-05 00:00:00
With a population of 161 million people living in less than 150,000 sq. km. area, Bangladesh is the most densely-populated country in the world. The population density here stands at 1,015 people/sq. km. With the current population growth rate of...
China has temporarily banned imports of British cheese after the country's food inspectors complained about hygiene standards at an unnamed UK dairy. The Chinese officials were reportedly dissatisfied with its maintenance and storage, raw milk transport temperatures and air sanitisation....
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