The United States Embassy in Dhaka will remain closed on March 26 (Wednesday), on the occasion of Independence Day. The Consular Section, the American Centre's Archer K Blood American Centre Library and the Education USA Student Advising Centre, will also...
SEU organises seminar Department of Pharmacy of Southeast University (SEU) organised a seminar on 'Prospects and Career Development in Pharmacy Profession' in the city Sunday. Prof Dr Anwar Hossain, Vice-chancellor of the university was present as the chief guest while ...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna and Chittagong divisions with isolated hails...
FE Report | 2014-03-25 00:00:00
'Brac Media Awards-2014' were handed over Monday to three national media houses and 24 reporters of various national and local media in recognition of their outstanding contribution to raising awareness about tuberculosis (TB) and its treatment. Brac organised the Media...
Monira Munni | 2014-03-25 00:00:00
Most of the readymade garment (RMG) factories are yet to introduce workers' bio-metric database system even after ten months of a move initiated by the BGMEA in this regard. Industry insiders attribute this to mounting pressure for meeting different safety-related...
FE Report | 2014-03-25 00:00:00
The cabinet approved Monday the draft 'Toll Policy, 2014' making it mandatory for vehicles to pay road toll for using national, regional and district highways under the Roads and Highways Department (RHD). "The policy will help make the toll realisation...
Awami League (AL) favourites took an overall lead in the ongoing staggered upazila (UZ) elections winning 52 more chairman posts in the fourth phase polls held on Sunday, taking their total tally to 167 and leaving behind its archrival BNP...
FE Report | 2014-03-25 00:00:00
The coordination committee started Monday the listing of compensation claims, paving the way for providing such benefits to the victims and their families of Rana Plaza building collapse Earlier, the multi-stakeholders' coordination committee, which was formed with international and Bangladeshi...
CAIRO, Mar 24 (AFP): A court ordered the execution of 529 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi after only two hearings on Monday, in the largest such sentencing in Egypt's modern history. The unprecedented verdict, amid an extensive crackdown...
The war crimes verdict for Motiur Rahman Nizami is expected to be delivered any day as fresh arguments in the case have ended, reports bdnews24.com. Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1, gave the order on...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-03-25 00:00:00
Fund worth Tk 3.0 billion under the capital market re-financing scheme remains cent per cent undisbursed, mainly because of tough conditions set for borrowers, even after eight months of its release. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) released Tk 3.0 billion out...
M Azizur Rahman back from Moheshkhali | 2014-03-25 00:00:00
The government has identified Moheshkhali island in the Bay of Bengal as an energy hub by implementing there a cluster of projects including power plants and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to boost the country's overall economy. It has also...
FE Report | 2014-03-25 00:00:00
The visiting European Union (EU) parliamentary delegation expressed its deep concern over the state of workplace safety in Bangladesh's apparel industry. "The EU and a lot of people who vote for us and who might vote for us have really...
FE Report | 2014-03-25 00:00:00
Dhaka stocks slid to a two-month-low Monday, triggering mild protest by a group of small investors in front of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), which is the first protest in the year. Starting on a choppy trading, the DSE prime...
The nation will recall the 'Kalo Ratri' (Black Night) of March 25' tonight (Tuesday) in commemoration of the cowardly attack and unleashing genocide on the unarmed sleeping Bangalees by the barbarous Pakistani occupation forces in 1971, reports BSS. On the...
FE Report | 2014-03-25 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith forecast Monday a downsized economic growth at 6.5 per cent instead of the 7.2 per cent target set for the current fiscal year, in view of the restive politics during the last three months of the...
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 (Agencies): Malaysia's prime minister has announced on the basis of new analysis it must be concluded that missing flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. He said Malaysia Airlines had told the families of the...
For millions in Bangladesh of extreme emotion and an obsession with the national cricket team, the Super 10 phase of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 begins today (Tuesday). A fair few teams have already played two matches each in the...
CHUADANGA, Mar 24: A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Munsipur border point in Damurhuda upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Ahad Ali, 29, son of Ayub Ali Mandal of...
BEIJING, Mar 24 (Reuters): China's economy may still grow around 7.5 percent this year despite signs of a slowdown, and there is no immediate need for the government to roll out fresh stimulus measures, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko...
BANGALORE, India, Mar 24 (AFP): Employees at Toyota's auto assembly plants in southern India failed to return to work Monday at the end of a week-long lockout after refusing to sign codes of conduct, their union said. Although around 500...
HONG KONG, Mar 24 (Reuters) : JPMorgan Chase & Co's chief executive for China investment banking, Fang Fang, will leave the firm, according to an internal memo - a departure that comes amid a probe of JPMorgan hiring practices in...
Air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide every year, with more than half of the fatalities due to fumes from indoor stoves, according to a new report from the World Health Organization published Tuesday. The agency said air pollution...
A special tribunal is set to deliver its judgment in war crimes cases filed against Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Maulana Motiur Rahman Nizami any day. The trial of the Jamaat leader for war crimes committed during the country’s independence struggle 43 years...
Asian markets were mostly down on Tuesday as traders booked profits after the previous day’s rally. Tokyo stocks slipped 0.35 percent by the break, Hong Kong fell 0.35 percent, Sydney eased 0.42 percent and Seoul shed 0.19 percent but Shanghai...
More than 0.3 million people will converge on the National Parade Square at Old Airport in Tejgaon in the city on Wednesday morning to sing the national anthem together on the occasion of the national Independence Day. Three hundred thousand...
Jim Bolger, special envoy to the New Zealand Prime Minister, on Monday witnessed the proceedings of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) from the VIP gallery. The special envoy entered the House after Magrib prayers. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury welcomed...
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