The BNP-Jamaat backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya (Blue Panel) swept the elections to the Dhaka Bar Association for the 2014-15 term by bagging 18 posts out of 25, including those of the President and General Secretary, reports bdnews24.com. The ruling Awami...
Tendons of both the legs of a rebel BNP candidate, who is contesting for the vice-chairman post in the elections to Morelganj Upazila Parishad in Bagerhat district, were cut allegedly by a rival group on Friday noon, reports bdnews24.com. The...
In the second phase upazila elections held Thursday BNP favourites bagged 51 chairman posts while its arch rival Awami League (AL) candidates got 43. According to unofficial results, candidates loyal to Jamaat-e-Islami, an ally of BNP, took eight chairman posts...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate BNP leader Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee on March 13 in connection with the allegation of acquiring wealth illegally, reports UNB. The Commission recently sent a notice to Anee asking him to be present...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Friday the repressive acts against opposition leaders and activists by 'Awami cadres' during the staggered upazila elections came as part of the government's deep-rooted conspiracy to annihilate its opponents, reports...
Monira Munni | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
Apparel makers have expressed their reservations about incorporating key information, especially on factory inspection and their trading profiles, in the proposed database fearing that their business secrets may leak out, industry insiders have said. Instead, they want to make public...
Khairul Islam | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
The month-long 'Amor Ekushey Grontho Mela' (Ekushey Book Fair) concluded Friday. According to many book lovers, the fair this year has failed to meet their demand as the event witnessed lower numbers of new titles including fictions and popular books....
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
The Planning Commission has proposed a Tk 540 billion Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the current fiscal (2013-14) cutting the original allocations by 18 per cent. The ADP for the FY 2014 is Tk 658.72 billion. Planning Commission (PC)...
Syful Islam | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
A team of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) will visit several apparel units and shrimp processing plants in the country to get a firsthand experience on the progress Bangladesh has made so far on labour rights and safety issues,...
In the second phase upazila elections held Thursday amid sporadic violence at different parts of the country, BNP favourites took lead again bagging 51 chairman posts while its arch rival Awami League candidates got 43, reports UNB. According to unofficial...
NEW DELHI, Feb 28 (AFP): The head of India's giant Sahara group surrendered to police Friday, two days after the Supreme Court ordered his arrest over delays in repaying billions of dollars illegally collected from small investors. Subrata Roy "wilfully...
A thousand years old Buddhist temple was discovered in Nateshwar area of Tongibari upazila in Munshiganj district. "We estimate the temple was built more than a thousand years ago during the Gupta or Sen Dynasty. More importantly, the temple was...
A youth was killed after falling from a building in the city's Lalbagh area early Friday. The police found the unidentified young man, aged about 35, from a place adjacent to a building at Kashmeritola under Lalbagh police station with...
Three Bangladeshi workers died of smoke inhalation on Friday after a fire broke out in their room in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. Confirming the incident, Shameem Ahsan, Director General (External Publicity Wing) at the Foreign Ministry, said two of...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 28: At least nine employees of Jamuna Oil Company Ltd suffered burn injuries as a fire broke out at its depot in the port city's Patenga area Friday evening. Fire Brigade sources said the fire originated from sparks...
SYLHET, Feb 28 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Friday urged the people here and all others concerned to ensure a peaceful environment in the divisional headquarters during the matches of the upcoming T20 World Cup (WC) to be held there....
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Feb 28: Export earning from the RMG sector is likely to exceed US$ 30 billion in the next five years, hoped the State Minister for Land Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Jabed. He said the readymade garment (RMG) industry is...
As part of her move to rejuvenate the party's grassroots leaders through district tours, BNP chairperson Khaleda is going to Rajbari today (Saturday) to address a public rally, reports UNB. The BNP chief will address the rally to be organised...
FE Report Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Friday that the businessmen of the country had regained their confidence due to the measures taken by the government to restore political stability. "Businessmen have regained their confidence due to political stability restored...
FE Report The World Bank Board approved Friday US$ 600 million in concessional financing to improve the quality of electricity supply in the rural areas in the eastern part of Bangladesh, said a press release. The money will be spent...
A thousand years old Buddhist temple has been discovered in Nateshwar area of Tongibari upazila in Munshiganj district. “We estimate the temple was built more than a thousand years ago during the Gupta or Sen dynasty. More importantly, the temple...
Four men including two Bangladeshis have been jailed for robbing East London-based Bangladeshi BARAKAH Money Transfer Agency of £340,000. Shetu Meah, 32, Junior Abdion Hassan, 23, Akbar Hussain, 40, and Vinton Meade, 29, would have to serve 12 years, 9...
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's foundation is donating $10 million, nearly Tk 77.50 crore, to prevent the drowning of Bangladeshi children of working parents. Bloomberg Philanthropies, the charity of the billionaire businessman and former mayor, is partnering with...
Bangladeshi flag carrier MV Crystal Gold has staged a nail-biting getaway from the clutches of pirates in the Arabian Sea. Somali pirates had chased the ship while it was heading for Iran’s Bandar Abbas after offloading goods at the Kadla...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lead a 32-member Bangladesh delegation to the third Bimstec Summit to be held in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar, on March 4. The Prime Minister will leave Dhaka for Nay Pyi Taw on...
At least 20 people were injured in a clash between activists of the ruling Awami League–Bangladesh Chhatra League and Jubo League– and BNP at Hazirhat in Manpura upazila in Bhola on Friday. Local sources said a group of activists of...
A day-long hartal, enforced by the local unit of BNP protesting vote rigging during the second phase upazila election, is progressing amid violence in Munshigonj Sadar uapzila today leaving 12 people, including three with bullets, injured. Mohammad Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge...
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