The board of directors of Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh Ltd on Tuesday recommended final 400 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2013. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on May 6,...
Additional secretary GM Jainal Abedin Bhuiyan, who is now on post-retirement leave (PRL), has been made chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) for a one-year period on contractual basis. The Public Administration Ministry issued a circular in this regard on...
State Minister for Finance MA Mannan has been made the State Minister for Planning in addition to his current portfolio in the Finance Ministry. The Cabinet Division issued a circular in this regard on Tuesday. MA Mannan took oath as...
RANGPUR, Apr 8: Local BNP has called a half-day hartal in the district for Wednesday demanding the release of Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal president Habib–un-Nabi Khan Sohel and others and withdrawal of ‘false’ cases filed against them. District BNP convener Mazaffar...
The government is going to sign a deal with another Chinese company to set up a 1320MW coal-fired power plant at Maheskhali Island in Cox’s Bazar district. According to official sources, the state-owned Power Development Board (PDB) will sign the...
NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal was slapped by a man during a roadshow in Sultanpuri area of north west Delhi Tuesday in second such attack in four days. The AAP leader immediately held BJP responsible for it. The man identified as...
Police arrested four people, including one woman, on charge of holding an illegal firearm and eight rounds of bullets from a house at Shantibagh early Tuesday. Police said they also seized 30 bottles of contraband Phensidyl from their possession of...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was released from jail on bail Tuesday. The BNP leader walked out of Kashimpur Central Jail part-2 around 7:15pm after his release order reached the prison. A good number of leaders and...
The US Embassy in Dhaka has recently requested the Foreign Ministry for taking actions against three government officials who were allegedly trying to go to the USA showing fake invitation letters. Foreign Ministry sources said the US Embassy in Dhaka...
Rusayl Health Center in Oman will recruit 35 physicians and 50 male and female nurses from Bangladesh soon under government arrangements. Md Abdul Hannan, managing director of Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Ltd (BOESL) through which the manpower will be...
Bangladesh will sign a treaty on research with European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in June next. The decision was taken at a meeting between Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid and CERN director general Prof Rolf-Dieter Heuer at Nahid’s ministry...
India's Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi has declined to provide a copy of her passport to a US court, saying that government of India had denied her permission to do so. However, in a letter filed by her lawyer in...
Jatiya Party (JP) MP Kazi Firoz Rashid on Tuesday said his party is not seen as a real opposition in the parliament. Standing on point of order in the House he expressed his dismay after no one from JP has...
Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari returned from the USA on Tuesday after taking part in "Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium (PACS)". During his visit, the BAF chief took part in various briefings and conferences and visited Pacific...
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has described the moment he fired the shots which killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his home. He told his trial in Pretoria he had heard noises from the toilet and thought an intruder was...
For all his deadly yorkers and a great assortment of slower deliveries, Lasith Malinga is a gentle soul. Beneath that unruly curly mop lies a shrewd cricket brain, and a smile is never far away, not even when he is,...
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RANGPUR, Apr 7: The demand for Benarasi sarees manufactured at Benarashi Palli in Gangachara upazila in Rangpur district is growing day by day due to its high quality, intricate designs and extraordinary beauty. A good number of people have changed...
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GOPALGANJ Apr 7: The World Health Day-2014 was observed in a befitting manner in Gopalganj today. The day Health Department, Gopalganj brought out a colourful rally which paraded through the streets. Students, teachers, doctors, NGO'S, nurses, government officials and local...
SYLHET, Apr 7 (UNB): Although Boro rice cultivation at Muria Haor in the district is frequently affected by flashfloods, the government has taken no remedial measures so far. Each year, huge Boro paddy on a vast track of land in...
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RAJSHAHI, Apr 7: A special meeting of the Board of Directors of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) was held with the officials of Bangladesh Bank at the Board room of RAKUB on Sunday. Presided over by Chairman of the Board...
NARAYANGANJ, Apr 7 (BSS): Two-day long Astami Snan, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Hindu community, begins at Langalbandh under Bandar Upazila here Sunday with due respect and solemnity. The holy bath will start at 1.55am on Monday...
PANCHAGARH, Apr 7 (BSS): The farmers of char areas across the river Karatoa in Sadar upazila and other parts of the district expecting a bumper production of maize this year. Maize cultivation in char areas and some other places of...
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PABNA, Apr 7: People of Pabna observed the birth anniversary of legendary film actress Suchitra Sen who hailed from Pabna Sunday. Suchitra Sen Smrity Shangrakhhan Parishad (SSSSP), Pabna chalked out daylong programme in Pabna Girls High School, the institution where...
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MAGURA, Apr 7: BRAC distributed cheques of Tk 0.7 million (7lakhs) and among 49 girls in Magura Monday. Each girl got Tk 15000. The distribution ceremony was arranged at BRAC Parnanduali office of Magura Rafiqul Islam, deputy director, Magura Social...
In separate incidents, a construction worker and a housewife were crushed to death by trains at the city’s Malibagh level crossing on Tuesday. The victims were identified as Mukul Hossain, 45, a construction worker and son of Abdus Salam of...
SATKHIRA, Apr 7 (UNB): A schoolboy was crushed under the wheels of a truck at Shikri village in Sadar upazila on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Nayem Hossain,8, a student of class II at Shikri Primary School and...
14 shops gutted in Magura At least 14 shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at Gangarampur Bazar in Shalikha Upazila in Magura Sunday night. Maniruzzaman, an official of Magura Fire Service, said the fire originated from an...
Captain of the Bangladesh women cricket team Salma Khatun is the lone Bangladeshi cricketer to find a place in the ICC World T20 Women's team list, which the ICC announced Monday in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com. Finalists England and Australia contributed...
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