DUBLIN, Mar 13 (AFP): Eurozone member Ireland, which exited an international bailout programme at the end of last year, saw its economy shrink by 0.3 per cent in 2013, official data showed on Thursday. Gross domestic product dropped after a...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-03-14 00:00:00
The Election Commission (EC) has sought a Tk 25.26 billion to meet the costs of its elections, projects and administration for the Fiscal Years (FYs) 2014-15 and 2015-16, official sources said. The government has fixed a Tk 5.71 billion ceiling...
BNP Thursday alleged that the government has arrested its senior leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain as part of its conspiracy to divert people's attention from its misdeeds and misrule to a different direction, reports UNB. "The government is spreading the...
Former US Senator Edward Kennedy termed the 1971 genocide in the then East Pakistan a tragedy for the entire world, reports BSS. "The tragedy of East Bengal is not only a tragedy for Pakistan. It is not only a tragedy...
RANGPUR, Mar 13 (BSS): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's son noted IT expert Sajeeb Wazed Joy, who is also IT adviser to the PM, will address a big public rally at Rangpur Zilla School ground here on March 16 next....
Sangbadik Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SSKOP), a combined platform of journalists, press workers and general employees of newspapers and news agencies, will hold a rally in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the city at 11:00 am on March...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 Thursday adjourned the hearing of the trial of Matiur Rahman Nizami, charged with committing crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation, until March 19, reports BSS. The ICT-1 set the date as Advocate Mizanul...
CHITTAGONG, Mar 13 (BSS): Police in separate drives arrested 17 activists of Jammat-e-Islami from different area of Sitakunda, Satkhania and Lohagara Upazila last night. Acting on secret information, Sitakunda thana police in separate drives from 8.00 pm to 6.00 am...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has underlined the importance of joint efforts and mutual cooperation by the neighbouring countries to curb arms and drug smuggling alongside tackling smuggling of goods, and women and child trafficking, reports UNB. "We'll have to...
Eight people, including four of a family, were killed in two road accidents in Brahmanbaria and Feni districts Thursday, reports UNB. In Brahmanbaria, five people, including four members of a family, were killed and two people injured in a collision...
FE Report | 2014-03-14 00:00:00
About six million children under five in the country have been suffering from chronic under nutrition while 15 per cent infants up to three months old are underweight suggesting their birth with low weight, a study revealed. "Food insecurity has...
The Supreme Court (SC) Thursday exempted the Prothom Alo editor, its former publisher and two reporters and the Bhorer Kagoj publisher from the contempt of court charge for publishing reports that then additional High Court (HC) judge Faisal Mahmud Faizee...
The 29th death anniversary of Dr Aleem-Al Razee, a renowned educationist and pioneer of posthumous eye-donation in Bangladesh, will be observed tomorrow (Saturday), reports UNB. Dr Razee made a commitment to bequeath his eyes after his death to the visually-impaired...
Free medical checkup campaign held at BU A free medical checkup campaign jointly organised by Bangladesh University Pharmacy Association (BUPA) and Department of Pharmacy of Bangladesh University was held at Mohammadpur in the city Thursday. Engineer MA Golam Dastogir, secretary...
Weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky over the country with chances of light rain or thunder showers at one or two places over Khulna and Barisal divisions today (Friday). Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged and night...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has detected more than five former ministers who siphoned off money during the BNP-Jamaat alliance rule (2001-2006), reports UNB. "We're receiving information from abroad that the former ministers siphoned off money when they were in...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-03-14 00:00:00
The Bangladesh government would seek extended support from the European Union (EU) for developing its areas of infrastructure, energy and trade under the proposed seven-year cooperation programme that starts in 2014, officials said Thursday. "We will sit with the EU...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Home Ministry to update the list of terrorists, reports UNB. While talking to journalists at the secretariat in the afternoon, the state minister said that the Prime Minister had given the directive when...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-03-14 00:00:00
The country's tourism industry is eyeing better business after days of poor sales thanks to the ICC T20 World Cup, which will begin here from March 16, industry players said. Expressing their optimism over the mega competition where 16 cricket...
The government has gone against the people by increasing electricity prices, said BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, reports bdnews24.com . The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) announced the average 6.96 per cent hike in power price on...
KIEV, Mar 13 (AFP): Beyond Sunday's referendum on whether Crimea should join Russia, one big question looms: how viable will the disputed peninsula be if it decides to split from Ukraine? A week before the vote, a senior Russian lawmaker...
FE Report | 2014-03-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) announced Thursday a fresh hike in electricity tariff at the retail level by 6.96 per cent on an average with retrospective effect from March 1. The energy regulator declared the tariff hike 'abruptly' avoiding the...
The fifth edition of the ICC T20 World Cup kicked off in the city as Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina formally opened the gala event on Thursday evening seeking cooperation of all in making the tournament a grand success, reports...
FE Report | 2014-03-14 00:00:00
India offered Bangladesh Thursday a fresh US $ 1.0 billion line of credit for infrastructure development, a high Indian official said. The neighbouring country also offered to supply another 500 megawatts (MW) of power to Bangladesh on completion of required...
FE Report | 2014-03-14 00:00:00
With a view to ensuring uninterrupted power supply during the T20 Cricket World Cup tournament and the ongoing boro season, the government has decided to suspend gas supply to the fertiliser plants except Jamuna Fertiliser Company, officials said Thursday. The...
The curtain falls on the tense election campaign in 81 upazilas of 41 districts Thursday midnight, 32 hours before the voting opens in the upazilas, reports UNB. The voting will take place from 8.0am to 4.0pm tomorrow (Saturday) without any...
Jasim Khan | 2014-03-14 00:00:00
Biman is ahead of its target to be fully profitable by the fiscal year 2014-15, said Kevin John Steele, the Managing Director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on completion of his one year with the...
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