SATKHIRA, Mar 5 (UNB): A mobile court here Tuesday sentenced a leader of the local unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir to two years' jail term for committing subversive activities. Police arrested Masud Rana, 24, president of Kushulia union unit of...
CHANDPUR, Mar 5 (UNB): A court here Wednesday indicted former State Minister for Education ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon in a case filed for snatching and extortion. Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahbubur Rahman framed charges in the morning when Milon...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-03-06 00:00:00
Ground water level has been depleting alarmingly in the country's north and north-western regions, leaving people of seven upazilas there in severe crisis of water for drinking and irrigation. Excessive extraction of ground water for Boro farming and obstacles to...
Daffodil International University (DIU) will hold its 4th convocation today (Thursday) at Ashulia permanent campus, said a press release. Mr Nurul Islam Nahid, MP, Minister for Education, will preside over the convocation ceremony and confer the degree. Dr Achyuta Samanata,...
JU Correspondent | 2014-03-06 00:00:00
The expansion of the biogas plant on Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus has been put on hold due to non-availability of required garbage and wastes, authority said. The bio-gas plant, which was built in 2009, is now supplying gas to nearly...
Munima Sultana | 2014-03-06 00:00:00
Seven female chiefs of foreign missions and UN agencies have been serving now in Bangladesh. This is for the first time that so many women foreign diplomats are working at a time in the country. Ambassador/high commissioners are from Brazil,...
A High Court (HC) bench Wednesday refused to hear the progress report on journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case from its investigation officer as it is the matter of the trial court, reports UNB. The HC joint bench comprising Justice Shawkat...
A housewife died after she jumped from the rooftop of a seven-storey building at Kalyanpur in the capital Wednesday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sadia (18), wife of Badsha Mia of the area. Inspector Mozammel, in-charge of...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged Brunei to take more trained and skilled manpower from Bangladesh, reports UNB. The PM made the request when newly appointed High Commissioner (HC) of Brunei to Bangladesh Pengiran Haji Abdul Haris Bin...
A housewife died after she jumped from the rooftop of a seven-storey building at Kalyanpur in the capital Wednesday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sadia (18), wife of Badsha Mia of the area. Inspector Mozammel, in-charge of...
FE Report | 2014-03-06 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Scouts has taken a move to register its all members in collaboration with the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). The national scouting organisation will conduct a pilot survey on membership registration in Manikganj district shortly. Statistics and Informatics...
Classical Vocal Music at IGCC Friday Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) in association with Asian Paints, IRCON and Marico Bangladesh will hold an evening of Classical Vocal Music by classical vocalist of Bangladesh, Anil Kumar Saha at 6:30pm tomorrow (Friday)...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country today (Thursday). Day temperature may rise slightly and night temperature may fall slightly over the country, Met Office said. The country's highest temperature of 31.7 degrees Celsius...
Hazi Abdul Aziz, uncle of Dr Ahmed Al Kabir, chairman of Rupali Bank Ltd died of old-age complications recently. He was 85. He left five sons, one daughter and lot of well-wishers to mourn his death. His qulkhwani will be...
Bangladesh take on Sri Lanka in their last match of the Arise Asia Cup schedule to be held today (Thursday) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city, reports BSS. The match kicks off at 2:00 pm. The outcome...
Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim is thoroughly disappointed with their defeat against Pakistan despite making the highest One Day International (ODI) score, reports bdnews24.com. He believes in-form Shahid Afridi's whirlwind innings took the game away from the Tigers in Tuesday's match...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 5 (AFP): Brazil Tuesday marked 100 days to the World Cup finals with President Dilma Rousseff announcing major public buildings in the host cities would be bathed at night in the national colours, green and yellow,...
Mohammad Sajib Ali of Bangladesh leads the individual category of the 29th Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship after first round matches at the Kurmitola Golf Club in the city Wednesday, reports UNB. In the individual category, Sajib Ali tops the list...
World Cup champions India ended their disappointing campaign in the Asia Cup with an eight-wicket romp over minnows Afghanistan in their final league match in the city Wednesday, reports AFP. Spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin shared seven wickets as...
Rangpur district emerge zonal champions Inter-Dist V'ball Rangpur District emerged zonal champions in the Rangpur Division zonal phase to reach the final round of Walton Smart TV Inter-District Volleyball tournament beating Dinajpur District by 29-27, 25-23, 25-21 points at the...
FE Report | 2014-03-06 00:00:00
Stocks inched lower Wednesday, a day after positive trend with turnover dipped below Tk 4.0 billion-mark after 10-session as investors went for selling spree on large and mid-cap stocks. The market opened with a mixed trend in the morning session...
FE Report | 2014-03-06 00:00:00
Lafarge Surma Cement's profit in 2013 stood at Tk 2.54 billion, up 37 percent from the previous year. The company performed particularly well in the last quarter of 2013 though the period was hit by political turmoil, recording Tk 1.10...
Bonus shares credited Padma Oil: Padma Oil Company Limited has informed that it has credited the bonus shares for the year ended on June 30, 2013 to the respective shareholders' BO Accounts on February 27, 2014. The Company has also...
LONDON, Mar 4 (AFP): The soldiers who took control of Crimea without firing a single shot are likely to be Russian special forces, airborne units, and possibly commandos from the elite Spetsnaz force, London-based military experts say. Igor Sutyagin, a...
BANGKOK, Mar 4 (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra could face murder charges after relatives of two anti-government protesters who died following clashes with police filed a complaint with a criminal court, a lawyer said Tuesday. The protesters were among...
KUNMING, Mar 4 (AFP): Chinese state television on Tuesday broadcast an interview with a police officer said to have shot five knife-wielding thugs who killed and injured scores of people in a railway station attack in Kunming. Security remained tight...
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