The 4th National Flag Festival was held on Dhaka University campus on Sunday, reports UNB. DU Vice-chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the festival, organised by cultural organisation Jayadhwani Sangskritik Sangathan marking the historical hoisting of the first national...
BSD demo against power price hike Bangladesh Socialist Party (BSD) will stage a demonstration in front of the National Press Club on Monday at 4:30pm demanding cancellation of government decision to increase the prices of electricity, said a press release....
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country and chances of light rain or thundershowers is likely at one or two places over Dhaka, Sylhet, Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions in next 24 hours till 6:00pm...
Babul Barman | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
Net foreign investment on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose 17.5 cent in February 2014, compared to the same month last year. It happened, as foreign fund mangers are now considering Bangladesh capital market lucrative for long-term investment due to...
Syful Islam | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh is examining the possible benefits of joining the ASEAN Plus initiative as the country has been invited to join the regional body, officials said. The chief representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Dhaka recently in a letter...
The Cabinet Purchase Committee approved on Sunday proposals of the Power Division to extend contracts with two more rental power plants to purchase electricity for next five (5) years, reports UNB. These two power projects are Max Power Ltd's 78.5...
JU Correspondent | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
Prof. Farzana Islam, a teacher of Anthropology Department of Jahangirnagar University (JU), has been appointed new vice-chancellor (VC) of the university. President and JU Chancellor Abdul Hamid appointed Sunday Farzana Islam as the VC for four years through a fax,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Mar 2: Entrepreneurs of Pakistan will be eager to invest in the Saad Musa Industrial Park at Anwara on the south bank of the Karnaphuli River. Commercial Counsellor of the High Commission of Pakistan in Dhaka Farah Farooq, accompanied...
Warren Buffett has reported a record profit for 2013, reports BBC. Berkshire Hathaway made $19.5bn (£11.6bn) last year, up from $14.8bn (£8.8bn) in 2012. "On the operating front, just about everything turned out well for us last year - in...
FE Report | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
The National Pay and Services Commission (NPSC) will recommend a hike in salary structure for government officials and employees to such an extent that it could be able to help prevent corruption and encourage productivity of public servants, it has...
Munima Sultana | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) is now set to seek financial proposals from all the three firms whose technical proposals for construction of the main Padma Bridge have been found responsive, officials said Sunday. "As technical proposals of all the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
Top tax officials met on Sunday to devise strategies including intensifying drives for realising disputed revenues to meet its sustained shortfall. Till January of this fiscal year (FY), the revenue collection under the National Board of Revenue (NBR) fell short...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
An abrupt enforcement of the Flag Protection Ordinance on the Mongla-Chittagong route has led to frustration among the main line operators (MLOs). The law has been enforced as the state-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) launched its feeder service between Mongla...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves the city today (Monday) morning for Myanmar on a two-day visit to attend the third summit of the Bimstec (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation), reports UNB. After a six-year break,...
KUNMING, Mar 2 (AP): More than 10 assailants slashed scores of people with knives at a train station in southern China, drawing police fire, in what authorities called a terrorist assault by ethnic separatists based in the far west, state...
FE Report | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
A meeting of the regulators of financial sector with the central bank Sunday decided to form a Financial Stability Group to ensure better coordination among various regulators. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has also assured the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Sunday the recent upazila election results have proved that people are against the current regime, reports UNB. "The government has resorted to various evil designs to manipulate the upazila election results,...
The government has nominated nine personalities and Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (Bari) for the Swadhinata Award-2014. The nine personalities were selected for the award in recognition of their glorious and outstanding contributions to the country's education and culture and the...
Pakistan beat world cup champion India by one wicket in Asia Cup match held at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday.
Twenty-five plots of five katha each in the Jheelmeel Residential Project have been given to the Supreme Court (SC) judges, Parliament was told Sunday. — UNB
The government has identified all the deceased in Bahrain fire of February 28. The fire at a residential building in Manama, the capital of the oil-rich Gulf state, in the early hours of last Friday, killed three Bangladeshi nationals and...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) DG Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed has said smuggling of firearms has increased across the border recently. Briefing to reporters at Pilkhana BGB headquarters, Maj Gen Aziz said the BGB has been already ordered to increase its...
Twin car bombs at a marketplace in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city blasted buildings to rubble and tore apart bodies the same night an attack on a farming village razed every thatched-roof hut. At least 90 people have been killed, officials and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Myanmar on Monday morning to attend the third summit of the Bimstec (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation). A Biman flight carrying the Prime Minister (PM) and her entourage...
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