Rezaul Karim | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The government is likely to initiate a move to enhance imports of some key commodities that will be locally marketed through the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB). The authorities have expressed the hope that such import would help keep the...
Claiming that the government's public support has hit the zero level, BNP said on Saturday the current 'illegal' regime will be ousted through a mass movement, reports UNB. "The present government came to power through the January 5 farcical election....
PALMA, Feb 8 (AFP): Smiling under the gaze of the world's media, Spanish King Juan Carlos's daughter Cristina faced a judge on Saturday as a corruption suspect, in an unprecedented blow to the royals. A judge started questioning her over...
Jasim Uddin Haroon and Pankaj Dastider | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The freight forwarders have triggered a row with readymade garment exporters as the former raised their charges to the extent of 75 per cent from February 01. However, the Customs authority has intervened asking all freight forwarders not to enforce...
A child was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at Modhubagh in city's Moghbazar area on Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. The fire started around 8:15am at a slum, adjacent to Hatirjheel, Fire Service official Mohammad Ali told the...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The elections in Thailand are now over, but hardly anyone thinks that the polls would help resolve the debilitating political crisis in the country. The voting on February 02 went off rather peacefully in that country barring some areas and...
Monira Munni | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The government has moved to launch hotlines as an effective complaint mechanism for workers to report on violation of their rights, fire and building safety and other related issues. The ministry of labour and employment in a letter has requested...
DU Correspondent | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations begin across the country today (Sunday). This year, a total of 14, 32,727 examinees are expected to sit for the secondary level examination from 27,489 institutes under the ten education boards,...
Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) AK Azad Chowdhury said on Saturday they are going to recommend the government to appoint administrators to at least eight private universities for four to six months, reports UNB. Addressing a press conference,...
SARDA (Rajshahi), Feb 8 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked each and every member of Bangladesh Police to adopt a friendly attitude towards the people to earn their confidence, saying that the police force must maintain neutrality, accountability and...
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of World Vision International (WVI), a global humanitarian organisation, Kevin J Jenkins is in the city on a four-day tour. Jenkins, on his first visit here, is mainly focusing on interaction with community people...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 8: A local Jubo Dal leader was shot dead by some miscreants at Muradnagar in Sitakundu upazila Friday night. The deceased was identified as Nizamul Karim Sajeeb, 31, a member of Muradnagar union unit of Jubo Dal and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that her government has undertaken a programme to build modern flat buildings at union and upazila levels with civic amenities as in urban areas to upgrade the living standard of rural people. Hasina...
Cellular subscribers in Pakistan reached 132,333,853 at the end of November 2013, as per stats made available by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. All five operators added 800,071 subscribers during the month of November 2013, while around 2 million subscribers were added...
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations began across the country at 10 am today (Sunday). This year, a total of 14,32,727 students under 10 educational boards, including one madrassah and one technical boards, are appearing in the...
Delwar Hossain, Managing Director of Tazreen Fashions Ltd, and his wife Mahmuda Akter, also the Chairman of the ready-made garment (RMG) factory, surrendered before a Dhaka court on Sunday seeking bail in a case over the devastating fire that killed...
FE Online Report | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The prices of most of the stocks on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading Sunday, the opening day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE...
Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu said Rangpur will become a traffic-jam free and modern city with well-planned road communication networks. To achieve the goal, all infrastructural development work like construction of roads, bridges, culverts, housing, institutions,...
Neil Wagner captured four wickets at crucial times as New Zealand held off a counter-attacking India to win the first cricket Test by 40 runs after tea at Eden Park in Kolkata on the fourth day on Sunday. India had...
Dense fog kept disrupting ferry service in important waterways of the country despite the winter is readying to take a bow and the spring knocking at the door. Ferry movement on the Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed on Sunday morning after four...
Police have recovered the bodies of two unidentified men from railway tracks in Sharsha and Sadar upzilas of Jessore district. Local people found the body of a man severed in two from the rail tracks at Rupdia in Sadar upazila...
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club dashed Mohun Bagan's hope for an elusive trophy as the Bangladeshi outfit ousted local favourites from the meet with a 1-0 win to set up a semifinal clash against East Bengal in the 118th IFA Shield...
Detained war crimes accused Maulana AKM Yusuf died at the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday morning. He was 87. Maulana AKM Yusuf, also a central leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, was rushed to the BSMMU (formerly PG...
A fire broke out in an apartment at Paribagh in Kalabagan area in the city on Sunday. Nilufar Yasmin, the duty officer at the Fire Brigade and Civil Defence headquarters in Phulbaria, said the fire originated from an electric short...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Sunday arrested 20 people, including seven women and two children, from Putkhali border under Benapole union in Sharsha upazila in Jessore. BGB and police claimed that the arrestees were trying to go to...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered 10 Indian rifles (air gun) from Baropota border under Benapole union in Sharsha upazila of Jessore on Sunday. Commanding officer Shafiuddin of BGB-23 Battalion said on secret information, a BGB team conducted a drive...
A young man who was detained following a clash between two groups of Bihari people in Pallabi area in Dhaka city, died in police custody on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Jony, 25, son of late Md Mostafa,...
US stocks has surged despite a labour report that said the US economy added far fewer jobs than expected in January. Recovering from an early-week swoon, trades closed with net gains on Friday, picking up enough momentum mid-week to override...
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