A 12-year-old school student was electrocuted Saturday noon in the city's Matuail area, reports BSS. The victim was identified as Md Jasim Munshi, son of Khokon Mia, a resident of Dakhhin Matuail under Jatrabari police station. He was a student...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 5 (UNB): Police arrested three people, including two women, along with 1,500 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets in Chamrar Gudam area under Kotwali Police Station in the city Saturday. The arrestees were identified as Dilara Begum (23), Laila...
A mobile court seized 350 kgs of Jatka (hilsa fry) and fined four fish traders in the city's Karwan Bazar on Saturday, reports UNB. Members of Rab-2 along with executive magistrate Kazi Mahbubur Rahman conducted the drive at Karwan Bazar...
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena begins his weeklong tour today (Sunday) to visit Pabna, Bogra, Joypurhat, Gaibandha, Rangpur and Lalmonirhat, reports UNB. The visit is a continuation of the ambassador's pledge to visit all 64 districts in Bangladesh,...
A mobile court sentenced 642 people to various terms of imprisonment conducting anti-narcotics drives in the capital in the last two months, reports UNB. Briefing reporters at Dhaka Metropolitan Police(DMP) media centre, Joint Commissioner (DB) Monirul Islam said a mobile...
The 43rd death anniversary of martyred Nurnabi will be observed today (Sunday). In this day of 1971, the Pakistan Army arrested Nurnabi in front of the residence of his father erstwhile government officer late Sirajul Hoque Chowdhury in the Balurghat...
Certificate awarding ceremony held at GUB Green University of Bangladesh (GUB) arranged a certificate awarding ceremony in recognition of the outstanding academic performances of students placed in vice-chancellor's and dean's merit list in fall semester-2013. Vice Chancellor of GUB Prof...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions today (Sunday). Weather may remain mainly dry elsewhere over the country, Met...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
A large number of local residents-men women and children-thronged Dhanmondi Playground in the city on March 28 last to voice their protest against illegal occupation of this decades'-old open space. They demanded of the authorities concerned to restore the playground...
FE Report | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
The government will cancel allotment of industrial plots at Savar Tannery Park if anyone fails to relocate their factories within the stipulated time. The government has taken such strict stance as some buyers of the European countries have set time...
Bangladesh wants to work with the British government to address the problems of the catering industry in the UK and thus help it grow further, reports UNB. Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Mijarul Quayes said this while speaking at...
Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka arrested a Pakistani national and recovered Indian currency worth 88,17,000 rupees from his possession on Friday night, reports UNB. Contacted, Assistant Commissioner (Customs) Nazma Zabin said the Pakistani citizen identified as...
SYLHET, Apr 5 (BSS): Stressing need for taking more steps for empowerment of women, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said today Bangladesh's success in empowerment of women has been acclaimed worldwide because of the government's sincere efforts. "Women participation in government...
SIRAJGANJ, Apr 5 (bdnews24.com): A madrasa teacher has been slaughtered by a local youth allegedly for protesting sexual harassment of a girl at Shahjadpur Upazila in Sirajganj district. The deceased has been identified as Nazrul Islam, 65, a teacher of...
FE Report | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
Imposition of taxes on assets is necessary to ensure progressive taxation and equity so that the well-off section of people pays more taxes than others, an economist said while taking part in a seminar Saturday. "In Bangladesh, capital gain or...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
The Department of Shipping (DoS) asked on Thursday the country's shipbuilding firms to construct vessels meant for the Chittagong-Pangaon route under the supervision of the classification societies. The latest decision has solved complexity with regard to building of the ships....
FE Report | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate today (Sunday) four top officials of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited and Bapex (Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited) over graft allegations. The Commission's deputy director Ahsan Ali would quiz them...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
The central bank is going to create its own refinance fund to the tune of Tk 2.0 billion for the jute sector following refusal of the government to provide a payment guarantee against the scheme, officials have said. A complete...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
The contest between two cricket giants of the world in the finale of the 20/20 cricket tournament in the capital city of Bangladesh today (Sunday) is a triumph of south Asian cricket since both the teams are from this region....
NOAKHALI, Apr 5: Two more 'pirates' were killed in an 'encounter' with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Noakhali's Companyganj Saturday. RAB says those killed were 'outlaws' of the 'Jasu gang'. Shahadat Hossain Jasu was killed in a similar encounter...
Officials on Sunday were trying to confirm whether a "pulse signal" reportedly picked up by a Chinese ship in the Indian Ocean came from the missing Malaysian jetliner. The Australian agency coordinating the search for the missing plane said that...
Officials of Narcotics Control Department detained two smugglers along with 2 hundred thousand Indian rupees from a bus on Natore-Rajshahi highway in Natore Sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon. The arrested were identified as Sirajul Islam, son of Kalumuddin, of Chandpur...
A mobile court in Satkhira has sentenced a man to one month imprisonment for stalking a girl. Kaliganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and Executive Magistrate Syed Faruqe Ahmed gave the punishment to Bablu Dhali, 42, son of Atiar Dhali of...
Miscreants slaughtered two people in a flour mill in Narayanganj city at sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdul Aziz, 55, night guard of the mill and son of Mala Baks of Paikpara of...
KIEV, Apr 4 (Reuters): McDonald's has suspended work at its restaurants in Crimea for "manufacturing reasons", the US fast food chain said on Friday, the second international company to cease operations this week on the peninsula annexed by Russia. Crimea's...
LAGOS, Apr 4 (AFP): Nigeria could leap-frog South Africa to become Africa's biggest economy this weekend, when the results of a new way of calculating national output are announced. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said it will unveil the...
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