The High Court (HC) granted on Monday six months' ad interim bail to BNP joint secretary general Amanullah Amanin in five separate cases of violence, reports UNB. An HC division bench comprising Justice M Borhanuddin and Justice KM Kamrul Kader...
FE Report | 2014-03-04 00:00:00
The Ministry of Education (MoE) formed on Monday an eight-member high-powered probe committee headed by local lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid to recover the Jagannath University (JnU) dormitories, which are allegedly under the illegal occupation. In the face of month-long protest...
Experts at a discussion in the city Monday stressed the need for protecting the country's wildlife from extinction with a view to averting environmental havoc, reports UNB. They said the forest area is shrinking rapidly in the country due to...
Bangladesh has launched the third phase of 'Sharique', a programme for promoting local governance with assistance from Switzerland with an particular objective of fighting poverty, reports BSS. "The new phase will be implemented by a consortium comprising the HELVETAS Swiss...
Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) will send a new group of troops to Ivory Coast soon as UN peacekeepers, reports BSS. The new group will replace the BAF contingent that is currently deployed as UN peacekeepers in Ivory Coast, an ISPR...
CHITTAGONG, Mar 3 (UNB): A court here Monday sent suspended Bangladesh Railway (East Zone) general manager Yusuf Ali Mridha to jail after rejecting his bail petitions in five cases filed over his alleged corruption in railway recruitment. Judge of Chittagong...
A two-day career fair will begin at Jahir Raihan auditorium on Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus in avar from today (Tuesday), reports BSS. Bdjobs.com, the largest job portal in the country, is organizing the fair. A total of 22 national and...
A Tk 2.0 billion libel suit was filed with a Dhaka court here Monday against the vernacular daily Prothom Alo editor Motiur Rahman and its two other journalists for running 'false and baseless' reports over complainant's commercial ventures since December...
UK college director visits BUP Maj Gen ML Ridel Webster, director, College of Management and Technology, United Kingdom visited the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) at Mirpur Cantonment, in the city Monday. He exchanged views with BUP Vice-chancellor Maj Gen...
GAZIPUR, Mar 3 (UNB): A policeman sustained injuries as he unconsciously fired a bullet from his shotgun while cleaning it on the Tongi Police Station premise in Monday morning. The injured was identified as Emdadul Haque (50), a constable of...
KURIGRAM, Mar 3 (UNB): The body of a Bangladeshi national, who was killed in firing by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Phulbari Upazila early Saturday, was handed over to BGB Monday. The BSF returned the body of...
At least seven people, including famous TV actor Afzal Hossain, have been sued on charge of beating two employees of Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU), reports UNB. DRU employee Solaiman filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station Sunday night. Sources said...
KURIGRAM, Mar 3 (UNB): The body of a Bangladeshi national, who was killed in firing by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Phulbari Upazila early Saturday, was handed over to BGB Monday. The BSF returned the body of...
CHITTAGONG, Mar 3 (BSS): State Minister for Land Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Jabed in a surprise visit to Chittagong Land Office today temporarily suspended a land officer and passed order to transfer two others for irregularities and corruption. The state minister made...
LOS ANGELES, Mar 3 (AP): The brutal, unshrinking historical drama "12 Years a Slave" won best picture at the 86th annual Academy Awards where diversity was perhaps the biggest winner. For the first time, a film directed by a black...
FE Report | 2014-03-04 00:00:00
Policymakers, academicians and civil society members Monday singled out absence of good governance in education, corruption in administration and politicisation of SMCs (school management committees) as the main impediments to ensuring quality of education in Bangladesh. Besides, poor budgetary allocations...
All banks have been asked to be highly cautious in reporting suspicious transactions so that the central bank can take timely steps against money laundering and terror financing, reports BSS. Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman gave the directive...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-04 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Mar 3: Bangladesh and Pakistan can better grow their business to mutual benefit through shipping operation between Chittagong Port and Karachi Port. Both countries can also draw more benefits from Pakistan's cotton supply at competitive prices as Bangladesh RMG...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-03-04 00:00:00
A 'not-so-satisfactory' scenario unfolds before the government with the economy in focus, specially its projected growth, and the shrinking inflow of remittances. The Finance Division drew the picture of the economy in its half-yearly report to be placed before the...
NAY PYI TAW (Myanmar), Mar 3 (UNB): Myanmar President Thein Sein requested Monday the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina to join the India-Myanmar-Thailand connectivity system. He said it would help these countries to increase the trade among the neighbouring...
FE Report | 2014-03-04 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) upheld Monday the High Court (HC) judgment that earlier vacated posts of eight directors of Pubali Bank Ltd (PBL) including its chairman, lawyers said. Earlier on February 26 last, the Chamber Judge...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-03-04 00:00:00
The Planning Commission (PC) has finally diverted Tk 2.0 billion of the total Padma Bridge project allocation to the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) in the proposed RADP this year, as requested by the Communications Minister, officials said. Earlier, the...
FE Report | 2014-03-04 00:00:00
Tea traders demanded Monday of the government for imposition of a 20 per cent supplementary duty (SD) on import of tea to save the local industry. A delegation of the Bangladesh Tea Association, led by its Chairman Mohd. Safwan Choudhury,...
Three people, including two suspected kidnappers, were killed in separate incidents of 'shootout' in the city and Savar on the outskirts of the capital Monday, reports UNB. In the capital, two alleged kidnappers were killed in a 'shootout' with Rapid...
Syful Islam | 2014-03-04 00:00:00
The outstanding debt liabilities of state owned enterprises (SoEs) to five state-owned commercial banks (SoBs) stood at Tk 91.109 billion with a slight decline in January compared to December last, statistics shows. In January this year, the outstanding debt declined...
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has regained the top spot as the world's richest person, according to Forbes magazine's annual ranking of global billionaires, reports BBC. Mr Gates' total net worth was estimated at $76billion (£45.5bn) this year, up from $67...
Two slums and a warehouse were gutted in three separate fire incidents in the city. The cause of these fires could not be known immediately. Mirpur's 'Milkvita' slum, Gandaria's Railway slum and a warehouse belonging to RAK Paints caught fire...
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