FE Report | 2014-04-24 00:00:00
High Commissioners of Canada and the United Kingdom and Ambassador of the Netherlands have reaffirmed to continue support of their respective countries in the improvement of working condition of the readymade garment (RMG) units in Bangladesh for contribution to poverty...
FE Report | 2014-04-24 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) Wednesday issued a contempt of court rule against the education secretary, the chairman of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka, and four others for not complying with one of its judgments on HSC script re-examination....
JU Correspondent | 2014-04-24 00:00:00
The Centre for Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) has been providing treatment to the critically injured survivors of the Rana Plaza building collapse. "We have so far received some 502 seriously injured victims, and around 50 per cent of them...
A two-day 'Annual Drama 2014' arranged by The Cine & Drama Club of NSU (NSUCDC) ended Tuesday. Ramendu Majumder, president of International Theatre Institute (ITI), inaugurated the festival as the chief guest, while Prof Amin Sarkar, vice-chancellor of NSU, chaired...
Load shedding in the capital and elsewhere in the country has been rising following the closure of operation, due to a fire incident, at Meghnaghat 450 MW combined cycle power plant, reports UNB. All the three units of the plant...
FE Report | 2014-04-24 00:00:00
Speakers at a discussion meeting Wednesday called for raising allocation in programmes for women under the Annual Development Programme (ADP). They also informed the meeting that the budgetary allocation under the ADP for women continued to decline over the last...
SAVAR, Apr 23 (UNB): At least 30 people were injured when an Otobi furniture factory in Akran area of the upazila caught fire Tuesday night. Witnesses said the fire originated from an unknown source at the factory at around 10.00...
Chief chemist of Elite Paint and Rumana Paint MA Latif passed away in the city Tuesday. He was 86. He left behind two sons and a daughter. He was born in Poorkhali village under Avoynagar thana of Jessore. His qulkhwani...
Md Helal Uddin and Md Rabiul Alam have recently been elected unopposed president and general secretary of Dhaka Customs Excise and Vat Commissionerate Executive Officers' Association (DhakaEV) and Bangladesh Customs Excise and Vat Commissionerate Executive Officers' Association respectively for two-year...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country today (Thursday). Severe heat wave is sweeping over Khulna division and the regions of Rajshahi, Pabna and Faridpur, and moderate to mild heat wave is sweeping elsewhere over...
Bijoy Primary Education-1, an educational software programme for students of class one was published Tuesday, says a press release. It has been published in accordance with the curriculum of Bangladesh Curriculum and Text Book Board on Bangla, English and Mathematics.
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said development plans should be taken considering the highest benefit of the common people at the low cost, reports UNB. "Ministers, lawmakers and those powerful try to approve development programmes like roads or railway tracks...
FE Report | 2014-04-24 00:00:00
Survivors of the Rana Plaza building collapse are at serious risk of destitution after one year of the tragedy mainly due to non-payment of the compensation by the brands, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday. "One year after Rana Plaza...
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in the city Wednesday issued a warning that if anyone is found guilty of spreading negative propaganda against the country's garment sector, she or he will face stern actions as per the existing law of...
FE Report | 2014-04-24 00:00:00
Sonali Bank Limited (SBL) filed Wednesday the 13th case against the top officials of Hall-Mark Group in a bid to recover about Tk 2.26 billion, allegedly embezzled by one of the entities of the group. SBL executive officer Md Abdus...
NEW DELHI, Apr 23 (BSS): The sixth phase of Indian Lok Sabha (LS) elections for 117 constituencies spread across eleven states and one union territory will be held tomorrow. Polls will be held for 39 seats in Tamil Nadu, 19...
NILPHAMARI, Apr 23 (UNB): Urging neighbouring India to ensure 10,000 cusecs of water to Bangladesh from the Teesta river to maintain good relations between the two countries, BNP concluded its two-day long march on Wednesday to Teesta Barrage at Dalia...
FE Report | 2014-04-24 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has reduced tax rate for readymade garments (RMG) exporters to 0.30 per cent, with effect from Wednesday. The facility will continue until June 30, 2015. NBR issued a statutory regulatory order (SRO) Wednesday, signed...
Monira Munni | 2014-04-24 00:00:00
The tragic Rana Plaza day is back today with some core issues relating to the payment of rightful and long-term compensation to families of the victims of the worst industrial disaster in ready-made garment (RMG) sector still unresolved. Over 100...
China is now waiting to know the government decision about two vital projects-building a deep seaport and launching Bangladesh's first satellite 'Bangabandhu Satellite' in the space - as the world's number two economy has already expressed its interest for the...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-04-24 00:00:00
Efforts of the government to eliminate middlemen and corruption from the country's land offices are going in vain as middlemen and a section of dishonest officials, in an unholy nexus in the country's land offices, still reign supreme. A report...
FE Report | 2014-04-24 00:00:00
Discussants at a CPD dialogue Wednesday expressed their dissatisfaction over the state of implementation of the promises made by different quarters following the man-made Rana Plaza disaster. They felt that quick initiatives needed to be taken for narrowing down the...
FE Report | 2014-04-24 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed Wednesday favoured protection to domestic industries when the Policy Research Institute (PRI), private think-tank, suggested scaling down the level of protection offered to the same. Mr. Ahmed, felt that protection had paid dividends and industries concerned...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-04-24 00:00:00
AGRA (India), Apr 23: A visit to the city of "Tajmahal", where voting will be held tomorrow (April 24), gives an impression that the turn out of voters this time will be high compared to that of the previous elections...
The High Court (HC) has rejected BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's request to quash the charges against her in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases, reports bdnews24.com. The bench of Justices Borhanuddin and KM Kamrul Kader gave...
A 1,000-bed super-specialised hospital will be built in Dhaka under a partnership between Bangladesh and South Korea, official sources said. The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and Exim Bank of South Korea will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU)...
The number of users of Mobile banking in the country has crossed 1.5 crore mark. At this moment, clients of Mobile Financial Services have crossed 15 million as 0.4 million new people have joined the service in March, said A...
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