Bangladesh and People’s Republic of China (PRC) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a 1,320 megawatt (MW) thermal power plant in Cox’s Bazar. The MoU was signed between Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and China’s Huadian...
Russia's armed forces chief of staff and its military intelligence chief were among 15 people listed Tuesday as targeted by the European Union's latest sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. General Valery Gerasimov, army chief and the country's deputy defence minister,...
The High Court has ordered authorities to implement its instruction on using Bengali language in all spheres and report on it by May 15. The bench of justices Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and ABM Altaf Hossain issued the order on Tuesday....
Washington's deadline for reaching a peace deal expired Tuesday with the sides bitterly divided and warnings that Israel risked becoming an "apartheid state" if it failed to make peace with the Palestinians. As final date for the nine-month negotiation period...
A Dhaka Court on Tuesday deferred to June 8 the hearing on charge framing against BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 26 other leaders and activists of the party in three separate arson cases filed with Paltan...
The European Commission on Tuesday accepted commitments by South Korean electronics giant Samsung to allow competitors access to key basic patents, but rapped Google-owned Motorola for pursuing a case against Apple. Samsung's commitment not to seek injunctions in Europe against...
European stock markets rose on Tuesday as traders reacted to a mixed batch of regional economic data, while keeping a close watch over escalating tensions surrounding the Ukraine-Russia crisis. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies climbed 0.61 percent to...
Supporters of abducted Narayanganj City Corporation panel mayor Nazrul Islam blocked Dhaka-Chittagong highway for two and a half hours on Tuesday, demanding the immediate rescue of Nazrul and his four associates. Lawyers in Narayanganj, meanwhile, demonstrated and boycotted the court...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved the ‘Enhancement of Capacity of Grid Substations and Transmission Line for Rural Electrification’ project costing TK 1,332.68 crore to improve rural power supply system in five divisions. The...
Britain's economic recovery picked up further speed in the first quarter, official data showed on Tuesday, boosting the coalition government one year before the country's next general election. The economy has expanded for five successive quarters, but has struggled to...
A car bomb and rocket attack on a government-held district of the Syrian city of Homs killed at least 45 people and wounded 85 on Tuesday, the provincial governor said. Governor Talal al-Barazi said, the car bomb detonated in the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO), Unicef and UNFPA have urged the South-East Asian countries to ensure survival and improved quality of life for each woman, newborn and child. About 76,000 mothers died as a result of pregnancy and childbirth in...
A large crowd of pro-Russian activists has stormed the regional administration's headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk. Hundreds of people, led by about 20 youths armed with metal bars, were attempting to take over the building. A few...
European banks will be expected to prove they can survive a 7% drop in GDP under new tougher stress tests unveiled by the regulator. It says banks should also be able to withstand a 14% fall in house prices and...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday directed the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) chairman to issue show-cause notice against BRTA Savar circle office Assistant Director Mohsin Hossain and inspector Ikbal Hossain for their absence in the office. The minister gave...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday left for Kazakhstan to attend the 47th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The four-day meeting will open on May 2 at Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan....
Gaza's Ark, a Palestinian-built protest boat which was preparing to run Israel's naval blockade of the territory, was badly damaged in an explosion on Tuesday that organisers blamed on Israel. The blast in Gaza City port struck at around 3:45...
Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday said the government will take steps to increase the allocation for disaster risk management in the coastal belt of the country. Addressing a memorial ceremony for the dead of the April...
A television debate show in northern India ended in horror after a spectator set himself ablaze and embraced a local politician, leaving both men fighting for their lives, police said Tuesday. The election show on India's state-owned national TV channel...
BNP vice chairman Abdullah Al Noman warned Tuesday that the government’s ‘growing repressive acts’ cannot suppress their movement as it will only hasten the Awami League regime’s fall. “It’s not possible to suppress a movement with arms and repressive acts...
President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Khandker Mahbub Hossain prayed Tuesday for dismissing the plea of the chief prosecutor before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 seeking to draw contempt-of-court proceedings against him over the remarks he made on the...
The High Court expressed Tuesday its disappointment at the government stance over implementation of its orders on the use of Bangla in all advertisements of electronic media and on vehicle registration plates, signboards and billboards across the country. “It appears...
The government is going to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China today (Monday) for setting up a 1320-megawwat (MW) coal-fired power plant in joint venture (JV) at Maheshkhali, Chittangong, reports BSS. After the signing of the MoU, Bangladesh...
Acquitting one, the High Court Sunday confirmed the death penalty of three of the four condemned convicts in the sensational Pallabi six-murder case, reports UNB. The HC confirmed the conviction of Masum Matabbar, Zakir Hossain Bahar and Kamruzzaman Kamrul and...
COX'S BAZAR, Apr 27 (UNB): Two alleged Yaba traders, known as close aides of controversial local MP Abdur Rahman Bodi, were killed in a gunfight between their cohorts and members of Rab and BGB near the Naf river along the...
Bangladesh has joined the 'Global Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict' as 123rd country reaffirming its commitment to denounce sexual violence during armed conflicts, reports UNB. British Foreign Secretary William Hague and UN Special Representative on Sexual...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-04-28 00:00:00
The almost three-fold hike over the past four years has pushed the country's average electricity tariff to a level higher than that of India, Nepal and Bhutan among the South Asian countries. The country's average electricity tariff is now US...
Monira Munni | 2014-04-28 00:00:00
Nearly one-fifth of the country's readymade garment (RMG) factories are engaged in sub-contracting business and they are not members of any of the two major apparel sector trade bodies -- the BGMEA and the BKMEA, sources said. Besides, there has...
FE Report | 2014-04-28 00:00:00
The second meeting of the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) cabinet secretaries concluded in the capital Sunday giving a serious focus on coordinated efforts to alleviate poverty in South Asia. The two-day meeting also discussed a number of...
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