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...
SATKHIRA, Apr 7 (UNB): A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was expelled from the organisation on Sunday for violating party discipline by engaging in activities hurting party interests. The expelled leader is Abdur Rab, vice-president of Shyamnagar upazila...
The High Court directed the authorities concerned Monday to submit before it probe reports on police firing on the students of Rajshahi University made by police as per the Police Regulations of Bengal, 1943, reports UNB. An HC bench comprising...
President Abdul Hamid underlined Monday the importance of chalking out educational programmes by the country's universities in line with the global job market, reports UNB. "Educational programmes need to be worked out in line with the international labour market. In...
A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) mobile court unearthed on Monday another factory producing fake rice saline of ICDDR,B at North Badda in the city, reports UNB. The mobile court also sentenced the fake factory owner, his younger brother and three...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated Monday Sonali Bank managing director and a brother of chief whip ASM Feroz in connection with a loan scam, reports UNB. ACC assistant director Bahadur Alam quizzed Sonali Bank managing director Pradip Kumar Dutta and...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated Monday four top officials of two Petrobangla subsidiaries in connection with a graft allegation, reports UNB. ACC deputy director Ahsan Ali quizzed them from 10:0am to l:00pm at the ACC head office. Ahsan Ali said...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 7 (UNB): A Chittagong court on Monday sent former chief engineer (mechanical) of Bangladesh Railway (BR) east zone to jail in connection with a railway graft case. Divisional special judge Ataur Rahman passed the order when he surrendered...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 7 (UNB): Customs officials arrested a man along with 53 gold bars weighing 6.12 kilogram at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong on Monday morning. The arrested was identified as Anis Chowdhury, hailing from Boalkhali Upazila of the...
A court here on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment for killing his brother-in-law in 2012, reports UNB. The convict, Hafizur Rahman Khan, 45, was tried in absentia. The court also fined him Tk 50,000,...
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Professor Emeritus Dr Anisuzzaman was accorded a reception by AB Bank Limited at a city hotel on Monday evening for getting Padma Bhusan, the third highest civilian award of India. Finance Minister AMA Muhith as the chief guest and novelist...
Director General of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) Prof Rolf-Dieter Heur said on Monday he often wonders why Satyendra Nath Bose was not given the Nobel Prize, reports UNB. "Prof Higgs (Peter Higgs) together with Englert (Francois Englert)...
Truckload of steel cable seized in Ctg Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized a truckload of steel wire worth about Tk 2.6 million from Banglabazar area of the port city of Chittagong Monday noon. Acting on a tip-off, an operation...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Jessore, Kustia and Comilla in next 24 hours till 6:00pm...
GAUHATI, Apr 7 (Agencies): Indians began voting Monday in the world's biggest election, which is set to sweep the Hindu nationalist opposition to power at a time of low growth, anger over corruption and warnings about religious unrest. The country's...
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The central bank purchased $65 million more from the commercial banks Monday to keep the inter-bank foreign exchange market stable, officials said. "We've bought the US currency from six banks directly at market rate to protect the interest of exporters...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Monday the government seeks to set up a planned garment village to provide better and secured workplace for the RMG workers, reports UNB. She said this when President of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)...
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Executive Chairman of Board of Investment (BoI) Dr Syed Abdus Samad Monday requested foreigners working in Bangladesh to abide by rules regarding their work permit limit accordingly. Speaking as the guest of honour at a luncheon meeting of the Foreign...
Revealing that country's 39 million (3.90 crore) people are currently using internet, State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak Monday said internet connections in all the districts will be ensured through fibre optic cables by 2015,...
More than 33.5 kilograms (KG) of gold were recovered in Cox's Bazar and Chittagong Monday, report agencies. In Cox's Bazar, members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive on early Monday recovered more than 27 kilograms of gold ornaments...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-04-08 00:00:00
The latest hike in import tariff of sugar, an essential commodity, might push up its price in the domestic market ahead of Ramadan, retailers have expressed the fear. But the customs authorities have ruled out any significant impact on retail...
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed Monday the secretaries to select the development projects through effective inter-ministerial coordination taking public interest into consideration. The other directives include maintaining the existing pace of Annual Development Programme (ADP) of the government and finalising...
Indian High Commissioner Pankaj Saran said on Monday his country's 'policy' towards and 'interests' about Bangladesh would remain unchanged in case of changes in the Indian government as both neighbours need to 'survive and prosper together', reports UNB. "Every country...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-04-08 00:00:00
The government has not yet conducted any study over the probable costs of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), although it has moved to build the country's first-ever LNG import terminal on fast-track basis, a top government official said Monday. He...
Our Correspondent | 2014-04-08 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Apr 7: The Chittagong chapter of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has condemned attacks on, ransacking and looting of the port city's two factories by a group of unruly miscreants in the guise of garment workers. ...
Parliament passed Monday the 'Supreme Court Judges (Remuneration and Privileges) (Amendment) Bill, 2014' providing for increase in their remuneration by 50 per cent as 'special allowance'. Law Minister Anisul Haq moved the bill, which was passed by voice vote in...
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