Although the multiple use of lead acid battery is growing fast in the country, concern is mounting among the environmentalists about its proper disposal as most manufacturers lack appropriate disposal system, reports UNB. Battery industry insiders said presently, a legal...
Chapainawabganj, Mar 28 (UNB): A minor boy was killed and his driver father injured when a tractor rammed into a human hauler at Chouka in Shibganj Upazila Friday. The deceased was identified as Nahid (10), son of Milon, driver of...
A fourth-class employee of Dhaka Zoo reportedly committed suicide in a huff after being beaten by his wife and brother-in-law Thursday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Samir Majumder (31), son of Swapan Majumder. He had been residing...
Sirajganj, Mar 28 (UNB): A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was arrested along with heroin and Yaba tablets on the Ullapara Science College premises in Ullapara Upazila on Thursday. The arrested was identified as Firoz Mahmud (25), convener...
RCSC, DIU sign partnership MoU Russian Center of Science and Culture (RCSC) and Daffodil International University (DIU) signed an MoU to offer DIU students the programmes of Russian language study, exchange students for visiting summer schools and camps, opportunities for...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country with chances of rain or thundershowers at one or two places over Sylhet division today (Saturday). The mild heat wave that is sweeping Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Dhaka...
Kamrun Nahar | 2014-03-29 00:00:00
The fate of the Chittagong City Outer Ring Road (CCORR) project hangs in balance following a row between the planning commission (PC) and the housing ministry over disbursement of Tk 2.50 billion allocated for acquisition of land, officials said. However,...
A patient died Friday afternoon at the Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) while hundreds of patients in Rajshahi city did not get treatment as the doctors resorted to strike since Thursday in protest against the jailing of a clinic...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-03-29 00:00:00
German development bank Kfw is set to emerge as a key development partner of Bangladesh by providing Euro 60 million (US$ 82.31 million) worth of assistance for developing the power sector, officials said Friday. Economic Relations Division (ERD) officials said...
Water Resources Minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud said on Friday the government will initiate talks with the new Indian government after the general election in India to pave the way for signing the long-pending Teesta deal, reports UNB. "Indian Prime...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-03-29 00:00:00
The government has taken a new initiative to build multi-storeyed apartment buildings in the capital to cope with the growing housing demand, officials said. National housing authority (NHA) under the ministry of housing and public works will implement the apartment...
Two matches will be played today (Saturday) at Zahur Hossain Stadium in Chittagong. New Zealand will play Netherlands at 3.30 pm and England will face South Africa at 7.30 pm. The confidence England would have gained from the win against...
A new passenger steamer, MV Bangalee, will be commissioned on Dhaka-Barisal route via Chandpur today (Saturday). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will launch the new steamer service at Sadarghat in Dhaka. Besides, another steamer, MV Madhumoti, is under construction and it...
Two people were killed in separate incidents Friday in the city. An unidentified man, aged around 50, was killed as he was hit by a bus in front of Gate-2 of Bangabandhu National Stadium around 1:30am. In another incident, SI...
A residential building caught fire in the city's Mirpur area on Friday afternoon. Fire Brigade sources said the fire originated at a clothes warehouse on the 3rd floor of the four-storey building opposite Gate-5 of Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at...
WASHINGTON, March 28 (AFP): US President Barack Obama in an interview aired Friday said Russia must "move back" its troops from the Ukraine border and start negotiating. Obama told CBS News that Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to assemble forces...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Mar 28: There is a lack of coordination in the government in implementing the customs automation process. NBR (National Board of Revenue) Chairman Ghulam Hossain said this while speaking as the chief guest at a function in...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-03-29 00:00:00
The central bank finds it difficult to finance projects under its Equity and Entrepreneurship Fund (EEF) due to dearth of resources, officials said. About 65 per cent projects under the Fund's ambit are eligible for receiving money, sources concerned said....
FE Report Some 430 victims and their families of New Wave Bottoms (NWB), one of the garment factories situated at the collapsed Rana Plaza, have received Tk 50,000 each as compensation from the trust fund. However, compensation money was not...
Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan), a non-government organisation, alleged on Friday that the Election Commission (EC) had not exercised its authority to curb vote rigging and anomalies to ensure a fair election, reports UNB. Sujan, working on good governance, also alleged...
The export of primary commodities overall gained slightly higher growth than the manufactured goods in the first half (July-December) of the current fiscal (2013-14) though major manufactured goods like RMG, leather and leather products fared better during the period, reports...
Rice cultivation in many northwestern districts have long been facing greater difficulties for inadequate irrigation during the dry or Boro season due to the depletion of groundwater table, reveal some recent surveys, reports UNB. This depletion of groundwater is actually...
Police arrested Habibur Rahman Habi, president of Satkhira municipality unit BNP and brother of BNP-backed chairman candidate in the upazila (UZ) polls, on Friday evening on charge of violating the electoral code of conduct. Witnesses said a police team picked...
A man was killed and eight other people were injured in a clash between transport workers and passengers of a picnic bus over a trivial matter in Bakerganj upazila in Barisal district on Friday. The dead is Jasimuddin Hawladar, 30,...
Direct bus and minibus services from Dhaka's Mohakhali to Tangail and Sirajganj district resumed on Friday night after a two-day suspension following a dispute over the plying of buses without route permits. Bus and minibus operations on the route resumed...
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