Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Sunday said the government is looking forward to Singaporean investment to invest in the power generation and agro-processing industries in the country. The minister said this when the Singaporean High Commissioner Chan Heng Wing...
The cabinet committee on public purchase on Sunday approved 13 proposals including eight from the power and Mineral Resources Ministry for refined oil import for the first of the current calendar year. The cabinet committee at its 4th meeting, chaired...
The hearing on the summing-up arguments will begin afresh on Monday at the reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal-1 in the case of detained Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami being tried on charges of crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War....
President Abdul Hamid on Sunday visited St Martin’s island, the country’s lone coral island in the Bay of Bengal. On his arrival at the tiny island on board a helicopter, the President was received by Chief of Naval Staff Vice...
A court in Chittagong on Sunday extended bail to 30 BNP men, including its chairperson’s adviser Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin, city unit president Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and secretary Dr M Shahadat Hossain, in a case. Metropolitan Magistrate Noor-e Alam Bhuiyan...
Pointing at BNP, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Sunday said that the law enforcement agencies will not turn a blind eye to its conspiracies to topple an elected government before the expiry of its tenure. “It won’t happen that...
Police on Sunday arrested 14 people, including the two gun-totting ones, in connection with Saturday’s clashes between the supporters of Awami League-backed chairman candidate and its rebel contestant in the election to Sreepur upazila. The officer-in-charge of Sreepur Police Station...
Visiting Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani on Sunday witnessed the proceedings of Jaitya Sangsad from its VIP gallery. After the Magrib prayers, the OIC Secretary General entered the House with his team. Speaker...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday he wanted to find a "diplomatic solution" to the crisis in Ukraine, in a telephone call with British Prime Minister David Cameron. Downing Street also said Cameron had called the Russian strongman to urge...
While the High Court granted bail to three BNP leaders, the Supreme Court cancelled HC bail granted to five of its leaders in separate cases on Sunday. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court scrapped bail granted by the High...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the construction work on the country’s first-ever tunnel under the Karnaphuli River will begin in the next fiscal year. The minister said this while talking to reporters after inaugurating the repaired Kalarpol Bridge...
Mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited has launched an experience centre in Cox's Bazar. Managing Director and CEO of Robi Supun Weerasinghe on Saturday inaugurated the experience centre at a ceremony aimed at ensuring quality services for its subscribers in...
DONETSK, Ukraine, Mar 8 (AFP): Pro-Russian activists rallied in the eastern heartland of Ukraine's ousted leader Saturday after Moscow threatened to cut off gas to its ex-Soviet neighbour following its tilt toward the West. Rallies in industrial cities that rely...
LOS ANGELES, Mar 8 (AFP): The top US college where a student has revealed she works as a porn actress to pay her fees said Friday she has broken no rules, and stressed that financial aid is available. First-year student...
TEHRAN, Mar 8 (AFP): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended Saturday what he called "freedom of the press with responsibility" and criticised the practice of shutting down offending newspapers. "The government is in favour of freedom of expression with responsibility," he...
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Mar 8 (AFP): A magnetic bomb attached to a district governor's vehicle exploded in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, killing the governor and his bodyguard, provincial authorities said. The attack in Nangarhar province highlights the security threat surrounding presidential elections...
ANKARA, Mar 8 (AFP): A Turkish court has freed five men accused of torturing and murdering three Christian missionaries in 2007, after the suspects' time in detention while on trial exceeded new legal limits, local media said Saturday. The men...
CARACAS, Mar 8 (AFP): Venezuelans will march again Saturday against the country's chronic food shortage, one of the major grievances in a wave of protests shadowing President Nicolas Maduro's government. At least 20 people have now died in Venezuela since...
Plane catches fire landing in Nepal; no casualties KATMANDU, Mar 8: An Indian jetliner with 170 people on board caught fire while landing in Nepal's capital Saturday, but there were no casualties reported. The right wheels of the Airbus 320...
Md Abdullah Al Helal | 2014-03-09 00:00:00
Private Universities are those higher education institutions established privately by a group of people or an organisation under Private University Act, 1992 (Amended 1998) that was passed on 9th August in 1992. The present scenario of private universities reveals a...
Farhan Jumani | 2014-03-09 00:00:00
Our times are unparallel in the history of mankind. We are lucky that knowledge is freely available at our finger-clicks. In the past, one has to go through series of troubles to get information handy and accurate. But today knowledge...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 8 (BSS): Unfavourable weather coupled with different diseases and unexpected market price have frustrated potato farmers as they are now harvesting less yield than the previous season in the region. The farmers, however, are passing their busiest days...
SYLHET, Mar 8 (UNB): Agriculture and greenery of scenic Chhatak upazila of the district are in jeopardy as mindless soil extraction by a reputed cement manufacture from the hills and hillocks in its surroundings goes on unhindered. Vast tracts of...
GAIBANDHA, Mar 8 (BSS): A two-day 'Nari Protiva Mela' (NPM) began on the premises of Bijoy Stambha at Poura Park here on Friday with a call to recognize women's contribution to nation building activities. District administration, Department of Women Affairs,...
Our Correspondent JHENIDAH, Mar 8: Thousands of people are facing trouble for lack of periodical maintenance of a 7.2-kilometre Poradah UP (Chitholia footbridge) to Jagoti Sugar Mill road bearing ID No. 250943017 under Mirpur upazila in Kushtia. This road has...
MAULVIBAZAR, Mar 8 (UNB): Police recovered the body of an expatriate form his house at Kunagaon village in Juri upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Dubai expatriate Shafiq Miah, 55, son of Karim Khan, a resident of the...
Our Correspondent PABNA, Mar 8: A mental patient was killed by another patient in Pabna Mental Hospital Saturday morning. The victim Md. Joynal Abedin, 45, son of Loghu Pramanik, of village Nangtadah of Boraigram Upazila in Natore district was admitted...
RANGPUR, Mar 8 (BSS): Speakers at a training course here have asked the concerned officials for attaining skills in preparing news stories, features and press releases on agricultural information for disseminating those through mass media. Effective and quicker dissemination of...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Mar 8: The International Women's Day 2014 was observed in a befitting manner in Khulna Saturday. District Women Affairs Department and local NGOs jointly organised the programme. Bagerhat District Administration also observed the day in a befitting...
Our Correspondent GOPALGANJ, Mar 8: A motorcyclist was killed and his two companions injured in a road accident on Muksudpur-Baritala road at Kamlapur village under Muksudpur Upazila in Gopalganj district Friday. The victim was identified as Shawan Munshi (18), son...
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