Despite a dredging work done for long 6 months on the 13-km-long Mawa-Kewrakandi river route by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) to keep ferry plying smooth, about 11-km stretch of the route from Louhajong turning point in Munshiganj district...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed the hope that Biman, the national flag carrier, will be a profit making organisation in the near future. The PM voiced the hope while launching the induction of a 777-300ER aircraft named ‘Akash Prodeep’...
Abdus Sobhan Sikder has been made the Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary. He was in-charge of the public administration ministry as a Senior Secretary. Sikder will be replacing Shaikh Md Wahid-uz-Zaman, who is going on leave prior to his retirement from...
Saleha Munir, mother of journalist Sagor Sarwar who was killed along with his wife Meherun Runi two years ago, has demanded justice for all murdered journalists. “My only request to you all, don’t stop your movement. Carry on your movement...
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Stocks closed lower for the third running session on Tuesday with turnover dipped below Tk 5.0 billion-mark after five weeks as investors followed ‘wait-and-see’ strategy amid captious trading. The market opened with a negative trend and the downtrend continued till...
The government on Tuesday provided CIP (commercially important person) cards to 54 industrial entrepreneurs in recognition of their contributions to employment generation and economic development. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu handed over the CIP cards to the recipients at a...
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club thrashed Kolkata East Bengal football club 3-0 this afternoon to reach the final of the 118th IFA Shield tournament in Kolkata.The Bangladesh outfit reigned supreme over the whole 90-minute game and eight minutes of extra time...
A confidential cable from the US embassy in Dhaka to the State Department on Nov 3, 2008 recommended a ban on entry into USA of BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique "The Embassy believes Tarique is guilty of egregious political corruption that...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved six development projects involving Tk 9.61 billion including one to bring country’s 4.5 million people, aged 15-45 years, under basic literacy programme. The approval came from a meeting...
Responding to a public interest litigation (PIL) writ petition, the High Court Tuesday asked the Public Service Commission (PSC) to republish the 34th BCS preliminary test results, including the 280 indigenous candidates dropped from the revised results. An HC division...
The government on Tuesday signed a $310-million loan deal with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to give a further boost to the country’s power supply system and reduce power outages. The assistance is the second tranche of ADB financing under...
The board of directors of Grameenphone (GP) Ltd has recommended 50 per cent final cash dividend for the year 2013. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on April 9, 2014 at 10:00 am at Bashundhara...
Stressing the importance of maintaining international standard, US Ambassador Dan W Mozena called on the RMG factory owners to reject ‘business as usual’ and lead ‘enthusiastically and creatively’ the transformation of the sector to avert tragedies like Tazreen and Rana...
Fifteen eminent personalities have been selected for the Ekushey Padak 2014 in recognition of their contributions to respective fields. The recipients are Shamsul Huda and Dr Badrul Alam (posthumous) for language movement, Samarjit Roy Chowdhury, Ramkanai Das, SM Solaiman (posthumous)...
An Algerian military transport plane has crashed in the north-east of the country, killing 103 people, Algerian media say. The plane crashed in a mountainous area in Oum al-Bouaghi province, said private TV station Ennahar. Its source said that contact...
ALGIERS: An Algerian military aircraft crashed in the east of the country Tuesday killing all 103 people on board, an Algerian security source said. The C-130 Hercules aircraft, which was flying to the eastern city of Constantine crashed "in poor...
Garment Workers’ Trade Union Centre Tuesday said many readymade garment factories have not yet implemented the new wage board for workers. The minimum wages for the garment workers, effective from January, have been set at Tk. 5,300. Addressing a press...
Local BNP on Tuesday called a day-long hartal in four upazilas (UZs) of Rajshahi district for Wednesday protesting a court order sending central BNP executive committee member Abu Sayeed Chand to jail. Judge Mohammad Sanaullah of the Rajshahi Judicial Magistrate...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday said all-out efforts are on to fulfil all the US conditions to get back the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) facility within the next two months. Bangladesh has three more conditions, out of 16,...
Bangladesh earned US$ 27.02 billion in the last fiscal (2012-13) by exporting 705 items to 192 destinations across the world. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed informed this in Parliament while replying to a starred question of Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury (Sylhet-3). ...
The High Court (HC) on Monday directed the government to withdraw locally made human-haulers, Nasiman, Kariman and Bhatbhati, from highways in 10 districts within seven days. An HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Habibul Gani asked the...
Four political parties -- Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB), Gano Forum and Nagarik Oikya -- on Sunday slammed the government for its move to commercialise education in the country’s public universities. Addressing a human chain,...
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena on Monday reconfirmed America’s views on January 5 elections saying there has been no change in USA’s position which called for immediate dialogue to hold election as soon as possible. He, however, said it...
The prime minister has instructed that the factory inspectors be appointed from the BCS exam finalists who could not make it to the cadre service. Sheikh Hasina issued the instruction at a cabinet meeting Monday while discussing the progress of...
The High Court has asked the government to explain why it should not be stopped from setting up a coal-fired power plant at Matarbari near Moheshkhali channel in Cox's Bazar district and why the plant should not be declared illegal....
The 2nd edition of Dhaka Art Summit (DAS) concluded in the city Sunday, ushering in a new era of South Asian contemporary art. As it was envisaged by the organisers, the three-day art summit at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy from February...
Nineteen newspapers in the country have implemented the 8th Wage Board, Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu told Parliament Monday. The newspapers which implemented 8th wage board are: Ittefaq, Bonik Barta, Prothom Alo, The Financial Express, The Bangladesh Today, The News...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said in Parliament on Monday that the government has no plan to stop the plying of battery-run auto-rickshaws as these are eco-friendly. However, the government has taken the initiative to...
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