In another historic feat, renowned animal scientists from Bangladesh and China on Friday formally announced the water buffalo genome sequencing success, reports UNB. Lal Teer Livestock Limited, a Bangladeshi company and Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), one of the world's premier...
President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Friday paid rich tributes to Michael Madhusudan Dutt on the occasion of the 190th birth anniversary of the great Bengali poet today (Saturday), reports BSS. On the occasion, they wished...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 24 (BSS): Four examinees appearing for the admission test in Rajshahi University Friday were caught on charge of cheating with the help of electronic devices and mobile phones. Admission tests for the 2013-14 session, which were postponed five...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 24 (UNB): Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up three fishermen from Berpara in Paba Upazila Thursday night. The victims were identified as Ali Hossain (18) and Shaheen Alam (15), both sons of Pialam, and Abdul...
'Salma', a female worker who was miraculously found alive beneath the debris several days after the horrific Rana Plaza building collapse at Savar, has committed suicide, reports bdnews24.com. Police said the readymade garment worker, who was just 27, hanged herself...
An alleged mugger sustained gunshot wounds to his leg in firing by police in the city's Pallabi area early Friday, reports UNB. The injured was identified as Javed alias Khella Javed alias Karmi Javed (25), belonging to a mugger gang...
Our Correspondent JESSORE, Jan 23: Major General Aziz Ahmed, director general (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Thursday said, 38 Bangladeshis were killed along the border last year. He disclosed the information at a press conference at 26 Border Guard...
CHITTAGONG, Jan 24 (BSS): Chittagong Mass Killing Day was observed in the port city today with a call for expediting trials of the persons responsible for the heinous crime on this day in 1988. Different political parties, socio-cultural organizations organized...
Hilful Fuzul leader visits fire-affected area Convener of Bangladesh Hilful Fuzul Chandanaish Pouroshova unit Md Jasim Uddin visited the fire-affected area in West Harla Shikder Para of Ward-3 recently. Member Secretary Shahjada Daem Bahadur Chandanaishi, among others, present during the...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins and light to moderate for elsewhere over the country until morning,...
Jasim Khan | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to share suspicious transaction reports (STRs) with all commercial banks by using goAML software so that banks can become aware of their clients involved in suspicious transactions. Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) is working...
The first phase of the 49th Biswa Ijtema, the second largest gathering of Muslims after the holy Hajj, began early Friday on the bank of the Turag river at Tongi amid tight security, reports BSS. Several lakhs of Muslim devotees...
Syful Islam | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
At least 50 per cent containers stuffed with raw cotton and capital machineries will be delivered through the newly built Pangaon ICT (Inland Container Terminal) to make it operational, sources said. The ministry of shipping (MoS) has taken the decision...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
The state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) feared incurring heavy financial losses while its oil storage tanks would remain idle, if private power plants were allowed to import oil of their own, a top official said Friday. All the three oil...
DAVOS, Jan 24: The risk of a hard landing for the economy in China as well as the threat of military conflict with Japan stoked fears at the World Economic Forum in Davos Friday, reports AFP. Days after the world's...
Apparel exporters are now breathing easy, as foreign buyers are beginning to return, with Bangladesh getting down to business after a spell of political upheaval, reports bdnews24.com. Upset over deadly factory fires, collapsing buildings, raging workers' unrest over wages, and...
The government, seized by the spirit of BAKSAL, has pushed democracy to the brink of death, Khaleda Zia has said, urging people to unite against it, reports bdnews24.com. "We have to swear today to overthrow this anti-democratic regime that came...
Awami League lawmaker ASM Feroz has been appointed chief whip of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad. An MP from Patuakhali-2, he was a whip of the 9th parliament. The Parliament Secretariat published a gazette notification Friday appointing the chief whip and...
Egyptian Prime Minister Dr Hazem Al Beblawi has congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her assumption of office as Bangladesh Prime Minister for the third time. In a message to Sheikh Hasina, the Egyptian premier expressed his confidence that the friendship which...
GAIBANDHA, Jan 24: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of the Teesta Bridge here this (Saturday) afternoon. Deputy Commissioner (DC) M Ehsan-e-Elahi confirmed it. He said the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) would implement the...
The Detective Branch of police arrested six people along with six pounds of cocaine worth Tk 45 million (4.5 crore) from the city's Nikunju area Thursday. The arrestees were drug peddlers identified as Md Kamrul Alam (40), and Md Abu...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
Development analysts and economists have expressed their doubt about the achievement of more than 6.3 per cent economic growth in the current fiscal year (FY) as has recently been said by the finance minister. Finance Minister AMA Muhith on January...
Brushing aside busy schedule, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Friday spent some time with artists, singers, players, and high civil, military and police officials, as she hosted a "cha chakra" (tea party) for them at Gonobhaban, reports BSS. The grassy lawn...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is set to revise the existing rates of depreciation for reconditioned cars. The move is being considered after it found car importers are not being able to release cars aged up to one year...
Though the party boycotted the January 5 national election, BNP is going to participate in the upazila polls in a bid to invigorate its frustrated grassroots-level leaders and activists and establish its influence on local politics, reports UNB. Buoyed by...
Jamal Uddin | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
The country's VoIP Service Providers (VSP) are going to get exemption of annual licence fee following a recent move of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The regulator sent a proposal to the finance ministry through telecom ministry to allow...
Though the party boycotted the January 5 national election, BNP is going to participate in the upazila polls in a bid to invigorate its frustrated grassroots-level leaders and activists, and establish its influence on local politics. Buoyed by their successes...
The chairman and chief executive of JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon, will be paid $20m (£12.1m) for the past year's work. Mr Dimon's pay was cut to $11.5m in 2012 following huge trading losses. This was half the $23m he received...
Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones and TVs, has reported a drop in quarterly profit for the first time in two years.Net profit was 7.3tn won ($6.8bn; £4bn) in the October-to-December period, down 11% from the previous...
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