The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday interrogated former Housing and Public Works Secretary Dr Khondaker Showkat Hossain and three others in connection with irregularities in Rajuk plot distribution. ACC deputy director Jatan Kumar Roy started grilling them at about...
Pakistani government and Taliban negotiators resumed peace talks Wednesday and said they were ready to move to a decisive "second phase" even as a militant attack killed six military personnel. The government opened negotiations with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) last...
A huge and damning new report revealed Wednesday "extensive" physical or sexual abuse against women across the EU, with one in three falling victim but far too few going to the police. In addition, five percent of the 42,000 women...
Police in India have failed to act on hundreds of corruption complaints over an eight-year period because they did not know a computer password, it seems. Delhi officers could not operate a portal holding more than 600 complaints - a...
Criticizing the government for its move to hike electricity prices BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Wednesday said this administration must go for the people to get power at cheaper rates. “Everything will get pricier as long as they will...
Former State Minister for Education ANM Ehsanul Haq Milon has been indicted in a hijacking and extortion case. The BNP leader was present when Chandpur’s Additional District and Session Judge Mahbubur Rahman gave the order Wednesday. He and 18 others,...
Bangladesh Bank has decided to provisionally approve two new financial institutions. The institutions are-- CAPM Venture Capital and Finance Ltd, promoted by Mahmud Hussain, and Meridian Finance and Investment Ltd by prime promoter Kazi Aminul Islam. The central bank’s Board...
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena will travel to the United States this month to attend the U.S. Department of State’s Global Chiefs of Mission Conference in Washington, D.C. In addition to participating in the conference, the Ambassador will...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament that her government will soon turn the Vision 2021 into Vision 2041 as a long-term Perspective Plan in the context of her party’s election manifesto titled: ‘Bangladesh marching ahead,’ “In implementing the Vision-2041, Bangladesh...
Only 13 out of 49 police stations under Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have got their own buildings, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan told the Parliament on Wednesday. He came up with the disclosure while responding to a scripted question...
Leaders of two left leaning parties – Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) Wednesday alleged that Sheikh Hasina-led Aawmi League government has breached its own commitment through initiating move to raise electricity tariff. CPB president Muzahidul...
Students of Jagannath University agitating to recover illegally occupied dormitories will block an encroached land, a part of one of the facilities, Thursday. At present, a school run by the Dhaka City Corporation is on the land of the ‘Shahid...
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 Dhaka Wednesday, according to a news agency. Spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin shared seven...
Police in a drive arrested three alleged robbers along with firearms at Satais under Tongi Police Station in Gazipur city on Wednesday. The arrestees were identified as Abul Mansur, 35, Md Al Amin, 27, and Md Jobair, 25. Sources at...
US Ambassador Dan W Mozena on Wednesday said there are still some challenges Bangladesh needs to address to get back the GSP (generalised system of preferences) facilities. “We looked at the progress. We looked at the remaining challenges. We had...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said the Awami League-backed candidates suffered defeat in the ongoing upazila elections due to the party’s internal conflicts. He viewed that the local government elections like upazila (UZ) parishad polls should be held on...
Chevron Bangladesh has won ‘Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award (AREA) 2014-South Asia’ for its corporate responsibility initiatives, conferred by Enterprise Asia. The award was officially announced on Tuesday evening at a ceremony held at the JW Marriott in New Delhi, said...
LONDON: Europe’s main stock markets fell Wednesday on fresh concerns over Chinese growth and after a rollercoaster start to the week caused by the crisis in Ukraine. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 0.61 per cent to stand at 6,782.19...
China has set its economic growth target for the year at 7.5 per cent, as it looks to continue its efforts to stabilise the economy. The country also set its inflation goal at 3.5 per cent, aimed at keeping prices...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has begun talks with counterparts from the US and key EU states to try to resolve the crisis in Ukraine. The US wants independent observers in the flashpoint region of Crimea and direct talks between...
Pro-Russian protesters took back the regional government building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk Wednesday, leaving around a dozen people injured, an AFP reporter witnessed. Some of the demonstrators could be seen with bloodied faces after they forced through...
The BNP will honour four foreign friends, who contributed to Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971, on Mar 20, about a week ahead of the Independence Day. Those chosen for the honour are late US senator Edward M Kennedy, late British...
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Bangladeshi footwear is getting a brand status in the global market and the export may cross $ 1.0 billion mark within next few years, sector insiders have said. The optimism has come as the export growth is showing a positive...
The High Court issued contempt of court rule against 12 senior government officials for violation of an earlier ruling against building any infrastructure on the lands of Forest Department in Cox’s Bazar district Tuesday. The officials are Environment Secretary M...
Ruling Awami League (AL) is likely to finalise its candidates for the reserved women seats in Parliament Wednesday. Awami League Parliamentary Board (ALPB) will sit Wednesday evening at the official Ganobhaban residence of the party chief and Prime Minister, Sheikh...
Small and Medium Enterprise Foundation (SME Foundation) managing director Ihsanul Karim on Tuesday said they will follow the Japanese ‘Kaizen’ model for developing the SME sector in the country. Addressing a seminar on ‘Productivity Enhancement of SMEs through Implementation of...
Café Joyeeta, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration’s (IOM) Mukti project, reopened its Department of Women Affairs (DWA) outlet on Tuesday. Mukti, one of Bangladesh’s first initiatives promoting a public-private partnership for the economic empowerment of women, is...
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Tuesday began a three-day public hearing on power tariff hike proposals from the five state-owned electricity distribution companies. On the first day, the Power Development Board (PDB) and West Zone Power Distribution Company Ltd (WZPDC)...
A court in Shariatpur on Tuesday dismissed a Tk 1.0-billion defamation case filed by a local Awami League leader against the editors, publishers and Shariatpur correspondents of three national dailies. Senior Judicial Magistrate Shahidul Islam trashed the case as the...
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