Workshop on manuscripts begins at DU A two-day workshop on 'manuscripts', organised by the Central Library of Dhaka University (DU) began on the campus Monday. DU Vice-chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the workshop as the chief guest. Noted...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday), reports UNB. Severe heat wave is sweeping over Rangamati, Sitakunda, Chuadanga, Jessore and Khepupara and moderate to mild heat wave is sweeping elsewhere...
Monira Munni | 2014-04-22 00:00:00
Remediation for non-compliant garment factories has hit snags as operators of such units are not the owners of such factory buildings, sources involved in the process said. Due to such ownership problems, issues relating to responsibilities of carrying out the...
FE Report | 2014-04-22 00:00:00
Farm credit disbursement grew by more than 12 per cent during the first nine months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2013-14, as the central bank is persuading the banks continuously to increase lending to farmers. All scheduled banks disbursed...
Munima Sultana | 2014-04-22 00:00:00
New taxi cabs hit the city streets today (Tuesday) with the fares revised by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) amid criticism from different quarters. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will launch the Bangladesh Army Welfare Trust-led taxi cab service from...
DU Correspondent | 2014-04-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation (BLF) demanded Monday payment of compensation for the Rana Plaza victims and their families before the first anniversary of the tragic industrial incident (April 24), taking their loss of future earnings and sufferings into account. The...
FE Report | 2014-04-22 00:00:00
The almost unbearable bout of sweltering heat has jeopardised normal life in the country. Besides the scorching sun and dry weather, shortage of electricity and water supply has added to the people's sufferings in the urban areas. The ongoing 'heat...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-04-22 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Apr 21: Steel producers having opposing interests are now at loggerheads over the duty rates of imported billet consumed by the re-rolling mills. Re-rolling mills consuming greater volume of billets are strongly in favour of lowering duty on billet...
M A Taslim | 2014-04-22 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) abruptly raised import duties on sugar on April 6, 2014. Currently import duties on sugar are in the form of specific duties and advance trade value added tax (VAT). NBR has now imposed regulatory...
FE Report | 2014-04-22 00:00:00
The cabinet directed the authorities concerned Monday to constitute a committee for expediting government recruitment process and bringing dynamism in public administration to ensure timely completion of development programmes. The cabinet secretary will be the head of the committee. Its...
FE Report | 2014-04-22 00:00:00
Some 50,000 readymade garment (RMG) workers lost their jobs over the last one year as nearly 50 apparel units were shut down because of work order cancellation by the international buyers on ground of compliance deficiency, a study said. Revealing...
BNP has decided to kick off its planned long march towards Teesta Barrage today (Tuesday) from the Airport intersection instead of its Nayapaltan central office to avoid traffic congestions in the city, reports UNB. "Our long march will start at...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury from New Delhi | 2014-04-22 00:00:00
It is more than two weeks the Indians have been voting in one of the hotly-contested and highly-charged national elections, scheduled to be over in next three weeks' time. The results would start emerging from May 16 next. Nearly halfway...
Expenditure of all banks for CSR (Corporate Social Responsibilities) activities witnessed a significant rise in 2013 despite a downturn in their overall earnings. During the calendar year 2013, expenditure of banks increased by 46.56 per cent to Tk 4.47 billion...
Dhaka, Apr 21 (UNB) -Two young men were chopped to death by miscreants at Dakhkhin Pirerbagh in Mirpur of the capital on Sunday midnight. The deceased were identified as Kayem Hossain (32), son of Abdul Qader Mollah, a resident of...
A Dhaka court Monday issued a warrant for the arrest of Mohammad Ashraful Amin, chief coordinator of Destiny Group, facing a check bounce case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate MA Salam passed the order as the Destiny Group boss failed to appear...
Another big consignment of gold has been seized at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport. Three persons have been detained at the country’s main airport with 20kg gold on them. Customs department’s Deputy Director Mostafizur Rahman said the trio came on...
Tokyo stocks rose 0.30 per cent on Tuesday morning thanks to a weaker yen and following another advance on Wall Street. The Nikkei 225 index added 44.14 points to 14,556.52 by the break while the Topix index of all first-section...
Chinese shares were up 0.18 per cent in morning trade on Tuesday, helped by bargain hunting and a rise in US stocks, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index added 3.64 points to 2,069.47. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks...
Hong Kong stocks slipped 0.18 per cent at the open on Tuesday as investors returned from the long Easter holiday weekend. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was down 41.55 points at 22,718.69 in the first few minutes of trade, according...
US stocks finished higher on Monday as solid earnings reports from Halliburton and others kicked off the busiest week of the quarterly earnings season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 40.71 (0.25 per cent) to 16,449.25. The broad-based S&P 500...
Journalists on Monday midnight charged altogether 150 intern doctors at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in two criminal cases over an alleged assault on their colleagues on Sunday night. Rajparha police OC Md Erfan said ATN News cameraman Mahfuzur Rahman...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) began its long march towards Teesta Barrage to highlight the scarcity of water. Led by BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the party kicked off its two-day long march towards the Teesta Barrage...
The confirmed death toll from South Korea’s ferry disaster crossed 100 on Tuesday, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged ship. Improved weather conditions and calm...
Two days after she went missing, a female student of a dental college was found hanging from a ceiling fan at a coaching centre in the city on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified by a single named ‘Irin’, 20,...
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