The glittering star of Bangla music, Bashir Ahmed, was laid to eternal rest at Eidgah Graveyard on the Tajmahal Road in the capital's Mohammadpur area at 2:30pm Sunday, reports BSS. The popular singer was buried after his namaz-e-janaza at Chader...
A 13-member high-powered committee has been formed to check fish smuggling in the sea and intrusion of other countries' fishermen into the Bangladesh water territory, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Sayedul Hoque said Sunday, reports UNB. He said this while talking...
Bangladesh and the United States (US) will hold a 'Security Dialogue' in Dhaka Tuesday that reflects the growing defence relationship between the two countries and shared commitment to peace and prosperity in the region, reports UNB. This will be the...
NARAYANGANJ, Apr 20 (BSS): A court here sentenced Sunday one person to death and another life-imprisonment for killing a housewife in Mizmizi- Batenpara area under Siddhirganj thana of the district in 2006. The convicts were also fined Tk 10,000 each...
One killed in city road accident A pedestrian was killed in a road accident at Dhaka's Gulistan on Sunday, police said. Rezaul Karim (55), a cook in a Motijheel hotel, lived with his family at the city's Bangshal, Paltan Police...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Monday), reports UNB. Moderate to severe heat wave is sweeping over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barisal divisions and the regions of Sandwip, Rangamati,...
FE Report | 2014-04-21 00:00:00
The majority of Rana Plaza tragedy survivors have been facing immense financial hardship, as over 73 per cent of them are yet to get back work even nearly a year after the industrial accident, according to a survey report. ActionAid...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sought Sunday all-out cooperation of scientists, researchers and technologists of the country in building the nation as a dignified one in the world by utilizing their innovative power, reports UNB. Assuring all sorts of assistance and...
Syful Islam | 2014-04-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh will highlight the outcome of Compact initiatives to improve working conditions at its ready-made garment (RMG) factories at a meeting next week in Brussels, sources said. Bangladesh ambassador in Belgium Ismat Jahan will place a report at the meeting...
Out of the 350 lawmakers of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS), 175 MPs are businessmen (50 per cent), 51 MPs lawyers and 21 Farmers, reports UNB. Out of the 300 MPs elected directly, 258 pay income taxes. Besides, 275 MPs...
FE REport | 2014-04-21 00:00:00
Official level meeting of Bangladesh and India begins in Dhaka today (Monday) for enhancement of cooperation in railway and connectivity between the two neighbouring countries. Observers said since the launching of Maitree Express to reestablish railway passenger service between Dhaka...
Siddique Islam | 2014-04-21 00:00:00
The country's overall trade deficit widened by nearly 28 per cent in the month of February last due mainly to higher import payments and relatively lower export revenue growth, officials said Sunday. The overall trade deficit rose to US$3.56 billion...
FE Report | 2014-04-21 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to complete probe into illegal financial benefits some officials of state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) allegedly took from petroleum product suppliers abroad, officials said Sunday. The Commission in September last year filed a...
FE Report | 2014-04-21 00:00:00
The parliamentary standing committee on the public administration ministry formed a two-member sub-committee Sunday to probe the alleged use of fake national identity cards in registration for mobile SIM cards. The move came following the seizure of 53,000 fake national...
Zaidi Sattar | 2014-04-21 00:00:00
Despite heavy odds that confront exporters time and again in this country, they seem to come out with flying colours. The latest report of export performance is proof of that. For the July-March period (i.e. first nine months) of the...
FE Report | 2014-04-21 00:00:00
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has proposed a cut in corporate tax rates in the next budget to attract investment in the country. The chamber leaders said corporate tax rates in Bangladesh are one of the highest...
A court in the city Sunday sent two BNP leaders --Amanullah Aman and Gayeshwar Chandra Roy -- to jail after rejecting their bail petitions in a case filed in connection with the killing of a Islami Chhatra Shibir activist on...
At least three people were killed in a gunfight on Sunday near a Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Russian separatists, shaking an already fragile international accord that was designed to avert a wider conflict. The incident triggered a war of words...
The law ministry has appointed Syed Haider Ali as the acting Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal. The order came on Sunday, as the Chief Prosecutor, Ghulam Arieff Tipoo, has gone on a month’s leave. Tipoo went to Singapore...
Tokyo stocks rose 0.63 per cent on Monday morning on a weak yen, while data showed Japan’s trade deficit quadrupled year on year in March in 2014 to US $ 14 billion. The Nikkei 225 index added 91.71 points to...
Chinese stocks eased in morning trade on Monday on worries that a possible pick-up in initial public offerings will put pressure on market liquidity, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slid 0.62 per cent, or 13.02 points, to 2,084.73....
Share prices in South Korea’s Seoul stock exchanges eased 0.25 per cent as Asian markets are witnessing a mixed trend in an Easter holiday-hit trade since Monday morning. Hong Kong, Sydney and Wellington were closed for the Easter holidays, according...
A court in Jessore has sent to jail 36 opposition leaders and activists in a violence case filed in November last year. Judge of the Senior Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Benapole, Maruf Ahmed passed the order on Sunday afternoon when the...
A man was killed and three policemen were injured in a 'shootout' between cops and 'robbers' on Ramu-Naikkhongchhari Road at Ramu upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Sunday night. Identity of the deceased could not be ascertained yet. Police claimed...
South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Monday the actions of the captain and crew of Seowl, the ferry that sank last week with hundreds feared dead, were tantamount to murder, as authorities arrested four more officers of the vessel....
Two young men were chopped to death by miscreants at Dakhkhin Pirerbagh at Mirpur in the city on Sunday midnight. The deceased were identified as Md Kayem, 32, resident of Madhya Pirerbagh of Mirpur, and Jahangir, 31, hailing from Savar...
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