With the rendering of the national anthem-Amar Sonar Bangla, Ami Tomai Bhalobasi-by over 0.25 million people from all strata of life at the capital city's National Parade Square, the nation observed the 44th Independence and National Day on Wednesday paying...
FE Report | 2014-03-28 00:00:00
Trust Transport Services and Toma Group are ready to press into service 47 octane-run modern taxicabs in the capital from Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the new Bangla year 1421. The step is expected to break the long spell...
Khairul Islam | 2014-03-28 00:00:00
The National Forensic DNA Profiling Laboratory has identified ten more Rana Plaza victims who were buried without identification, officials said. With the latest detection, the number of victims identified through DNA test rose to 210, causing a matter of little...
BNP chief Khaleda Zia has lent support to her son's claims that her husband Ziaur Rahman was the 'first president' of Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. She made the assertion at a discussion arranged by 'Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal' to honour freedom fighters...
FE Report | 2014-03-28 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to propose a set of amendments to the existing customs act with an aim to introduce a single 'goods declaration' system, authorised economic operators (AEO) to simplify customs clearance and a provision...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-03-28 00:00:00
After the Padma Bridge financing debacle, a World Bank senior official arrives in Dhaka today (Friday) for the first time on a week-long visit seeking to rebuild the lender's relations with the government, officials said Thursday. Officials of the World...
FE Report | 2014-03-28 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Thursday that the priority of the government was to raise both domestic and foreign direct investment (FDI) of the country in the next budget. "Although the public sector investment growth was good, the same in...
All the 11 countries of the WHO Southeast Asia region, including Bangladesh, were certified polio-free by an independent commission under the World Health Organisation (WHO) certification process on Thursday, reports UNB. This is the fourth of six WHO regions to...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina reiterated her call to the officials and employees of Bangladesh Biman to make the national flag carrier as a profitable organisation by improving the quality of its services, saying that no organisation could survive by...
FE Report | 2014-03-28 00:00:00
Sonali Bank Limited (SBL) filed Thursday three cases against three entities of the Hall-Mark Group with the Artha Rin Adalat in a bid to recover about Tk 217.12 million, allegedly embezzled y by the group. SBL executive officer Md Abdus...
Defending champions West Indies and Australia face off in a do-or-die clash in Dhaka today (Friday) as action resumes in group two of the World Twenty20 Super-10s after a two-day break, reports AFP. India lead what is billed as the...
CHITTAGONG, Mar 27: Customs officials arrested three people along with 54 gold bars weighing 6.30 kg at Shah Amanat International Airport here Thursday morning. The market value of the seized gold bars is Tk 27 million (2.70 crore). The arrestees...
BOGRA, Mar 27: Four people were killed and three others injured as a train rammed a human-hauler at a level-crossing near Bhelurpara rail station in Sonatola upazila here Thursday. The deceased were identified as Nayeb Ali(40), Sarwar Hossain(48) of Gar...
Awami League-backed candidate was unofficially elected chairman in Hizla upazila of Barisal while BNP-supported contender in Muktagachha of Mymensingh after voting in the suspended centres on Thursday. In Hizla, AL-blessed chairman candidate Sultan Mahmud Tipu won the upazila (UZ) election...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu has said dissidence and factional feuds have contributed to the Awami League (AL)’s poor show in the 4th Upazila (UZ) Parishad elections, specially in the first three rounds of voting. "We are responsible for our...
The Cabinet Division has formed a high-profile taskforce to bring back the fugitives who have fled abroad. Headed by the Law Minister, the 10-member task force also includes the Foreign Minister, the State Minister for Home, the Attorney General and...
At least 30 people were injured in a series of clashes between the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Islami Chhatra Shibir in Monohorganj upazila in Comilla district on Thursday. Locals said activists of the upzila unit BCL caught...
Police arrested three people from a Secretariat gate on Thursday afternoon while they were trying to enter it with a visitor pass of the Prime Minister’s Office. Police recovered a PMO Visitor Card (G-2-150), a fake visiting card and an...
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub Ul Alam Hanif on Thursday said BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman could be sued for distorting history and violating the constitution. “Tarique’s remarks that Ziaur Rahman proclaimed independence and was country’s first President are...
More than 2,000 people have died in custody of law-enforcement agencies since 2004, says a report by human rights group Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK). It says 2,054 people died in the so-called ‘encounters’, now dubbed as ‘crossfire’. It says...
The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday passed a non-binding resolution declaring invalid Crimea's Moscow-backed referendum earlier this month on seceding from Ukraine, in a vote that Western nations said highlighted Russia’s isolation. There were 100 votes in favour, 11 against...
Police have arrested three newly-elected Upazila (UZ) Parishad chairmen and two vice-chairmen from Rangpur for alleged involvement in violence during the January 5 parliamentary polls. They were also accused of ‘causing obstruction’ to police in discharge of duty. Detective branch...
Police have arrested the owner of a guest house near Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital in Kolkata because a Bangladesh national was nabbed from it without travel documents. Subrata Mitra, DC (Southwest) of Kolkata police said the arrested Bangladesh citizen, Mujibur Rahman,...
Doctors in Rajshahi have gone on strike in protest against incarceration of one of their colleagues. The strike has caused immense suffering to those seeking medical help. Public and private hospitals, clinics have downed their shutters. A Rajshahi court on...
Chittagong's train communications with capital Dhaka and the north-eastern divisional city of Sylhet have been snapped after an express train derailed in Comilla Railway Station. Railways officials say a compartment of Chittagong-bound ‘Jalalabad Express’ train went off the track at...
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