FE Report | 2014-02-24 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated Sunday former state minister for water resources Md Mahbubur Rahman Talukder on charges of his unusual wealth accumulation in last five years. The anti-graft body deputy director Khairul Huda quizzed him from 11.30am to 2.30pm...
Indian professors call on DU VC Prof M Chakraborty, Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India and Dr Avijit Gangopadhyay, Fulbright Professor of the School for Marine Science and Technology of University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA called on...
A memorial meeting on noted social worker Manzurur Rahman Ruskin was held at the auditorium of the Ichapura High School at Sirajdikhan, says a press release. The meeting, organised by the Birkrampur chapter of the Chander Haat, a well-known child...
Armed robbers have stormed the residence of Bangladesh High Commissioner to Kenya Wahidur Rahman and took away valuables, the foreign office and reports from Nairobi said Sunday, reports BSS. "The thugs took away the valuables . . . physically they...
Four accused in the Jubair Ahmed murder case escaped from the dock after a Dhaka court on Sunday cancelled their bail, reports UNB. The four accused are Ashiqul Islam, Khan Mohammad Rais, Mahbub Akram and Ishtiaque Mehbub Arup. Court sources...
Rain or thundershower is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions and the regions of Kushtia and weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country today (Monday). Night temperature...
Md Shah Jahan | 2014-02-24 00:00:00
The authorities of Biman Bangladesh Airlines are planning to scrap its two DC-10 aircraft locally, as no museum has agreed to keep one of them that had made a 'much-hyped' farewell flight to the UK -- finally destined for a...
FE Report | 2014-02-24 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed assured the readymade garment (RMG) businesses Sunday of providing duty-free facilities in import of different materials related to the industry especially the safety tools. "I assure you that we will definitely give you the duty-free facilities...
Criticising the Election Commission (EC) for its 'subservient' role, BNP said Sunday the commission is acting like a type machine of the current illegal regime, reports UNB. "It's the constitutional duty of the Election Commission to hold a free and...
Monira Munni | 2014-02-24 00:00:00
The IndustriALL Global Union will launch a special campaign to put pressure for funds on the global brands that sourced garment products from factories at collapsed Rana Plaza. The fund will be used for compensating the victims and their families,...
Achieving the national goal of becoming a middle-income country by 2021 is heavily dependent on successful implementation of economic zones in the country, said an expert here on Sunday, reports UNB. Dr Shoichi Kobayashi, team leader of the Private Sector...
FE Report | 2014-02-24 00:00:00
Local and international customers were satisfied with the 9th Bangladesh International Plastics, Packaging, Printing, and Food Processing Industry Fair - IPF 2014 which concluded Sunday, as the participants had large volumes of spot sales and orders. The participants including manufacturers...
FE Report | 2014-02-24 00:00:00
The government, for the first time, has taken a move to prepare comprehensive data by compiling profiles of foreigners working with different commercial and industrial units in the country. The move has been taken, as the number of foreigners working...
In a daring terror strike on a prison van Sunday, militants snatched three convicted members of the banned militant outfit Jama'at-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Trishal Upazila of Mymensingh killing a cop, but one of them was captured hours later in...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-02-24 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Feb 23: Gas shortage has become a never-ending problem in the commercial capital of Bangladesh. Low pressure of gas in thousands of domestic burners has added mounting owes to the city dwellers. Almost the entire port city with a...
FE Report | 2014-02-24 00:00:00
Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud listed Sunday the secondary level education as the most important 'missing link' in the country's entire education system and deplored the poor quality of education offered at the school level. In this context, he said, the absence...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed banks to properly maintain the rules and regulations in making transactions with people associated with boards and management of the banks concerned to ensure effective use of their funds, and to gain and maintain...
COX'S BAZAR, Feb 23 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday warned that the people of Bangladesh will not tolerate if BNP leader Khaleda Zia again wanted to play with their fate and dare kill them through acts of arson. "Let...
FE Report | 2014-02-24 00:00:00
At least 20 students of Jagannath University (JnU) were injured in a clash with police Sunday centring the recovery of Tibbat Hall, allegedly occupied by the incumbent member of parliament (MP) Haji Selim. According the university sources, most of the...
The country will have three new economic zones for export-oriented industries to fetch more overseas investment and external trade. Among the three planned economic zones, the first one will be situated at Sherpur in Moulvibazar district, around 35 kilometres away...
The government appointed Sunday Justice M Enayetur Rahim the Chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal-1, 54 days after the post fell vacant. A gazette notification was released in this regard. The post of the ICT-1 chairman fell vacant after Justice...
A total of 1,01,758 Muslims will perform hajj from Bangladesh this year, said Religious Affairs Minister Matiur Rahman Sunday. Of them, 10,000 people will perform hajj under government management, while 91,758 under private arrangements and the hajj package will be...
The government will actively consider the offer extended by China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) over the launch of the Bangladesh’s first satellite – ‘Bangabandhu Satellite’ – in space. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has conveyed the assurance...
A youth was crushed under a bus at Boro Moghbazar in Ramna area in the city on Sunday night. The deceased identified as Hridoy, a resident of Outer Circular Road at Boro Moghbazar, used to work at an automobile workshop...
At least four workers suffered serious burn injuries when a devastating fire broke out at a shoe factory in old part of Dhaka city on Sunday night. The injured were identified as M Sharif, Aminur Rahman, 24, Aminul Islam, 20,...
Asian stock markets mostly lost ground in morning trade on Monday, with investors little moved by the G20’s commitment at the weekend to boost global growth by $ 2 trillion over five years. After a weak lead from Wall Street,...
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