It may seem strange that one of the strong venues of illegal drug trade is free from any surveillance, located within the secure walls of the two main jails in the country. These are the Dhaka Central Jail in the...
Zahedul Amin | 2014-04-08 00:00:00
The story of the Bangladesh economy exemplifies that of an underdog which had been continuously berated and belittled by the naysayers, as it struggled to maintain its growing population and at the same time, keeping away from myriad obstacles to...
An independent MP has demanded that a committee be formed with the Speaker as its chief to investigate the allegations that the medals awarded to foreign friends, who contributed to Liberation War, contained very little gold. Rustam Ali Farazi on...
Maswood Alam Khan from Cockeysville, Maryland, USA paying tribute to the memory of his former teacher | 2014-04-08 00:00:00
Teaching inside a classroom is a tedious yet challenging experience. A teacher has to be a great artist and teaching might be the greatest of the arts. His main job is to stimulate his students into learning; he has to...
FE Report | 2014-04-08 00:00:00
Stocks returned to the green zone Monday after single session break with improved turnover as investors took position on large and mid-cap stocks amid optimism. The market opened with a positive note and the uptrend continued till the market closure....
KIEV: Ukraine's state security service said Tuesday that pro-Russian separatists who had seized one of its regional headquarters had mined the building and were holding 60 people "hostage". The SBU security service said it had "established" that militants in the...
GENEVA, April 07 (AFP) - Swiss cement group Holcim and French rival Lafarge are merging to create the biggest global concrete group worth 40.0 billion euros, with an eye to booming construction in emerging markets, they said on Monday. The...
FE Report | 2014-04-08 00:00:00
Trading of the shares of Matin Spinning Mills Ltd will commence at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) from today (Tuesday) under 'N' category, officials said. DSE trading code for Matin Spinning Mills is "MATINSPINN" and...
Chairman of DBBL elected Mr. Sayem Ahmed was elected Chairman of Dutch-Bangla Bank at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bank held Monday. Mr. Ahmed is a sponsor director of the Bank and was the Chairman of...
bKash has launched a contest titled 'bKash Smile Contest' in its Facebook page where the users can upload pictures of their smiling face to win a grand prize worth Tk. 100,000. The contest has been organized to celebrate Phohela Boishakh. ...
LONDON, Apr 7 (Reuters): World stocks slipped from last week's six-year high on Monday on concerns about technology shares, while speculation the European Central Bank will ease policy further pushed down European bond yields. The Nasdaq suffered its biggest decline...
MUMBAI, Apr 7 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex closed at its lowest in more than a week on Monday, its third straight day of retreat from record highs hit last week, as blue chips such as ICICI Bank fell on caution...
Alhajj Abdus Samad and Alhajj Abdul Malek Mollah have been re-elected as Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively of Executive Commitee of the Board of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd. They were elected unanimously in the 255th meeting of the Board of Directors...
HONG KONG, Apr 7 (Reuters): Hong Kong shares ended lower on Monday, pulled down by index heavyweight Tencent as the Internet firm tracked a slide in tech stocks on Wall Street, while casino operators also fell. The Hang Seng Index...
Mr. Habibullah Khan and Ms. Zakia Rouf Chowdhury were elected Chairman & Vice-Chairman of Reliance Insurance Limited at the company's 26th Annual General Meeting held in Dhaka recently, it said in a statement. The meeting was presided over by outgoing...
Terming healthcare a fundamental right, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Monday that her government would continue its tireless efforts in reaching the healthcare services to the doorsteps of the people, reports UNB. "Providing healthcare services to the people is a...
The High Court (HC) granted on Monday six months' ad interim bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a murder case filed with Ramna thana, reports UNB. The HC bench comprising Justice Md Borhanuddin and Justice...
Bangladesh requested the Indian authorities on Monday to immediately hand over the bodies of three Bangladesh nationals killed by Indian civilians in Tripura, and launch an inquiry into the atrocious incident, reports UNB. Bangladesh also asked India to take appropriate...
Abdul Jabbar, a former MP of Satkhira-2, submitted the wealth statements of his family to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday, reports UNB. He submitted the wealth statements to ACC secretary Faizur Rahman Chowdhury at the commission's head office,...
The Election Commission (EC) plans to arrange polls in early May in the upazilas where the voting could not be held during the five-phase local body elections, reports UNB. "We're thinking of holding elections to the remaining upazilas in May,"...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 7 (bdnews24.com): A Chittagong court has withdrawn a tax evasion case against former Chittagong City Corporation mayor and Awami League leader ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury. Divisional Special Judge Ataur Rahman issued the order on Monday, more than four years...
The High Court (HC) summoned on Monday BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and two leaders of Doctors' Association of Bangladesh (DAB) over a contempt of court charge, reports UNB. An HC bench comprising Justice Kazi Reza-Ul Haq and...
SYLHET, Apr 7 (UNB): At least 10 policemen were injured in a clash with the activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, pro-Jamaat-e-Islami student organisation, at Uttar Kathaltali village in Barlekha upazila on Sunday night. Police and locals said a group of...
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