The President has appointed Professor Farzana Islam as Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (JU). She is the first woman to hold the top post at a public university in Bangladesh. Islam, a teacher of the university’s Department of Anthropology, has...
FE Online Report | 2014-03-02 00:00:00
Stocks went down sharply on both the bourses Sunday, the opening day of the week and the key index of the prime bourse dipped below 4,700-mark after seven sessions with declining turnover as investors went for selling spree. The market...
Ukraine has announced it is calling up military reservists, following Russia's decision to allow deployment of troops. Acting President Olexander Turchynov had already ordered increased security at key sites, including nuclear plants. US President Barack Obama has called the Russian...
The Pay and Services Commission is unlikely to able to submit its report within a year recommending a new pay scale for the public servants. “The previous pay commissions had taken 15 months to submit their reports. I think we...
A Pakistani prosecutor said an anti-terrorism court has convicted six people on charges related to the killing of a local TV reporter, including two tried in absentia who were sentenced to death. Abdul Maroof said Sunday that four more defendants...
A violent clash between supporters of the president and the general secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Jahangirnagar University has left seven students injured. Witnesses said the two groups got into a fight at noon on Sunday even...
A meeting of the Awami League Parliamentary Board (ALPB) will be held on March 5 (Wednesday). The meeting will begin at 8 pm at Prime Minister’s official residence Ganobhaban with Awami League president Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Awami League...
Upholding the returning officer’s decision, the Election Commission on Sunday rejected Kader Siddiqui’s appeal challenging the cancellation of his nomination paper in the March 29 Tangail-8 by-elections. The commission, at its meeting held with the Chief Election Commissioner in the...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will send notices to three ruling party MPs and their four family members seeking their wealth statements following the allegations of illegal wealth accumulation. The Commission at its regular meeting Sunday decided to serve notices...
The National Flag Festival was held on Dhaka University campus Sunday. Organised by Jayadhwani Sangskritik Sangathan marking the historical hoisting of the first national flag of independent Bangladesh at the foot of Aparajaya Bangla, DU Vice-chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin...
Workers of seven jute mills of Khulna-Jessore region staged demonstrations Sunday to realise their 11-point demand, including providing fourth installment money of the National Wage and Productivity Commission through cash slips, according to a news agency. Witnesses said the workers...
Several companies, including Marico Bangladesh Ltd, Prime Finance, Eastern Bank Limited, United Commercial Bank Ltd, Pubali Bank, Brac Bank and Al Arafah Islami Bank, recommended cash dividends at the opening of the week’s trading Sunday. The Board of Directors of...
BOGRA: A young housewife, said to be mentally ill, attempted to kill herself after strangulating her two children to death in the district town Sunday afternoon, according to a news agency. Salma Begum, 35, wife of Farid Uddin, an officer...
The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition shared a stage. Sheikh Hasina and Raushan Ershad were at the Bangabandhu National Stadium Sunday. Along with Raushan, Hasina gave away Bangabandhu Goldcup Primary School Football Tournament-2013 and Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the recent upazila election results have proved that people are against the current regime. “The government has resorted to various evil designs to manipulate the upazila election results, but they couldn’t...
Pakistan defeated India by one wicket in a thrilling one-day international in Dhaka on Sunday to virtually knock the reigning World Cup champions out of contention in the Asia Cup. Pakistan, who restricted India to 245-8, survived anxious moments before...
Shahid Afridi quick-fired 34 off 18 deliveries to help Pakistan survive anxious moments to overcome India by one wicket in a thrilling last-over finish in their third Asia Cup match in Shere-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. With...
Meat traders protested Sunday the hike in slaughtering fee by the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) authorities. They also claimed that this will lead to the hike in the prices of meat. Leaders of Bangladesh Meat Traders’ Association and Dhaka...
Mohammad Anisur Rahaman | 2014-03-02 00:00:00
Sustainability can be defined as the ability of coordination - be it a business, an ecosystem, a government or a community - to endure. Sustainability can be used to describe all aspects of improvement or development in the spheres of...
The Cabinet Purchase Committee is set to consider in its Sunday’s meeting a number of proposals, including the extension of power purchase deals with two rental and quick rental power plants. The two power plants are DPA Power Generation’s 50...
UKRAINE: Ukraine accused Russia Saturday of sending thousands of extra troops into Crimea as the Kremlin vowed to help restore calm on the flashpoint peninsula and Washington warned of "costs" to Moscow should it use force. Defence Minister Igor Tenyukh...
The US government’s report on Bangladesh’s human rights situation in 2013 is baseless and inaccurate, says State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan. “The USA is a friendly country for us…it’s our development partner. Its report on Bangladesh’s human rights...
GUWAHATI: The police have denied that the woman, who died of burn injuries in Assam, was the one who had kissed Congress vice- president Rahul Gandhi during his recent two-day state visit, news reports claimed Saturday. A news channel quoted...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC summit at Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Taw. It would be her first meeting with the Noble Peace Laureate pro-democracy leader who...
Former member of parliament and BNP leader Advocate Khandaker Mahbubuddin Ahmed died of cardiac arrest at a city hospital Saturday evening. He was 88. Hospital sources said Mahbubuddin Ahmed, also a BNP standing committee member, was admitted to United Hospital...
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with terror offences related to Syria. Mr Begg appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court and denied the charges of providing terrorist training and funding terrorism...
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard detained 72 people, including 42 Bangladeshis, from St. Martin’s Island in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Saturday while going to Malaysia illegally, according to a news agency. Tipped off, an operation team of Coast...
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