A meeting of Awami League (AL)-led 14-party alliance will be held at the political office of AL president Sheikh Hasina at Dhanmondi at 11.00 am today (Thursday), reports BSS. In a statement Wednesday, spokesman of the central 14-party alliance, Awami...
FE Report | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
The number of street children in the country will cross 1.1 million at the end of the ongoing calendar year, said a study Wednesday. It also said the number of street children was 0.6 8 million in 2004. The finding...
FE Report | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) in a judgment has declared the present provision for qualifying in each of the three parts of the science subjects in the HSC examinations 'illegal', sources said. The three parts are: objective with 35 marks, creativity...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
Instead of going abroad people suffering from acute or chronic leukaemia and blood cancer-related diseases will now be able to get bone marrow transplant treatment locally at a low cost. According to an estimate currently near about 300 patients go...
Bangladesh Navy finds no trace of Malaysian jet liner in the Bangladesh maritime zone, reports BSS. Director of Naval Intelligence of Bangladesh Navy Commodore M Rashed Ali said Wednesday they have searched about 87,059 square kilometres in the Bay of...
Members of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) expressed deep shock at the death of MS Alam Mia, founder member and founder secretary of the institute, and conveyed sympathy to the bereaved family members and prayed for eternal...
FE Report | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
Unidentified miscreants snatched over Tk 0.1 million and a bank cheque for Tk 1.0 million from a businessman after exploding a cocktail in the capital's Gulistan area Wednesday, police said. The victim identified as Palash Chowdhury was admitted to Dhaka...
FE Report | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
At least four per cent government and six per cent private registered primary schools do not have any toilet while only 14 per cent schools have one toilet, speakers told a workshop. In most cases there is no proper water...
BRACU 'English Campaign' BRAC University (BRACU) launched an 'English Campaign' on its Mohakhali campus in the city recently to improve students' English skills. Vice-chancellor of the university Prof Ainun Nishat inaugurated the campaign, said a press release. Condolence meet of...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Barisal and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Comilla and Noakhali today (Thursday). Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly...
Md Shah Jahan | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
The Uttara apartment project of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) is set to face further delay as the construction firms are preparing for legal battle against the cancellation of their contracts by Rajuk authorities, sources said. After getting the cancellation notices,...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
The country's as many as 15 jute mills have been shut down recently and many others are on the verge of closure because of lower demand of jute products and their price fall in the international market, industry people said....
Yasir Wardad | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
Production of Aman crop, the second-largest source of food grain in the country, made record as output reached 13.023 million tonnes in the current fiscal year (FY) 2013-'14. Significant increase in yield per hectare helped achieve a 0.96 per cent...
FE Report | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
Workers, who worked in the garment factories at Rana Plaza, will get Tk 50,000 each as compensation, to be disbursed by the Rana Plaza Donor's Trust Fund by mid-April. Besides, the UK-based retailers have changed the previous stance of paying...
In a scathing attack on the Prime Minister (PM) for what she said making derogatory remarks about BNP founder Ziaur Rahman, its joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Wednesday Sheikh Hasina deserves a doctorate degree on falsehood and...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
A number of listed companies have gone out of operation for a considerable period of time, thus, depriving the general investors of their due, officials said. Officials at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) said since the bourses had...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
The government ministries and divisions sought an additional allocation of Tk 65.83 billion in the revised development budget for the current fiscal to help implement priority projects, officials said Wednesday. Since the Planning Commission (PC) cut the original outlay of...
A Dhaka court framed charges on Wednesday against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and seven others rejecting their time petition in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases, reports UNB. Judge Basudev Roy of...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
At a dialogue on Emerging Global Trends in Urban Thinking in the city this week, speakers said there is no need for any government to raise the gross domestic product (GDP) growth, rather it's the people of the country who...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Mar 19: Credit rating in the SMEs (small and medium enterprises) has been opening a window of opportunities for banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) to reduce and hedge risk in portfolio and capital adequacy management. When the SMEs...
With the implementation of 6th Five-Year Plan and 7th Five-Year Plan from 2015-16 to 2019-20, Bangladesh would be able to fulfil the conditions of becoming a middle income country by 2021 on the basis of further rise in per capita...
The government has promoted seven secretaries to senior secretaries. The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard Wednesday. Those who got the promotion are Commerce Secretary Mahbub Ahmed, Land Secretary Md Shafiul Alam, Planning Commission member Hedayetullah...
BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy has warned the government that it won’t be able to stop their movement by keeping their senior leaders in jail. “Bangabandhu had been in prison during the Liberation War. But the war had not stopped...
The FBI is aiding the Malaysian government's search for a Malaysia Airlines jet missing for more than a week. The US investigators are believed to be helping the Malaysians examine a home flight simulator belonging to one of the pilots...
Miscreants shot dead a member of Bangladesh Ansar in the city on Thursday morning. The victim was identified as Abdul Halim, 28, son of Mirza Fakir of Sahghata upazila in Gaibandha district. Contacted, Sub-inspector Hafiz of Ramna Police Station said...
A madrasah teacher and his wife were killed when a bus hit their motorcycle on Bogra-Rangpur highway at Shibganj upazila in Bogra on Wednesday. The dead are Shibganj Deuli Alim Madrasah vice-principal Maulana Golam Mostafa, 55, and his wife Jayeda...
A local leader of Swechchhasebak League was shot dead by miscreants at Ramganj upazila in Lakshmipur district on Wednesday night. The dead is Nur Hossain, organising secretary of Karpara union unit of the ruling Awami League’s voluntary wing and son...
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