Badrul Ahsan | 2014-01-21 00:00:00
More than one million people are driving vehicles on the country's roads without valid licences creating serious threat to the lives, property and causing a large amount of revenue loss to the government, data showed. Also worrying is that the...
The Cabinet cleared on Monday the draft of the Supreme Court Judges (Remuneration and Privileges) (Amendment) Bill, 2014 with a provision to provide 50 per cent special allowance to higher court judges, reports UNB. The approval was given at the...
TANGAIL, Jan 20 (UNB): Awami League MP from Tangail-8 constituency Shawkat Momen Shahjahan died at Sakhipur Upazila Health Complex early Monday. He was 64. Shawkat Momen, also an agronomist and former president of the parliamentary committee on agricultural affairs, was...
FE Report | 2014-01-21 00:00:00
Finance Minister A M A Muhith said Monday the annual GDP growth for the current fiscal year (FY), 2013-14, will not be less than 6.3 per cent. "The economy has performed very well despite adversaries during the first six months...
Siddique Islam | 2014-01-21 00:00:00
Foreigners have started investing in the country's treasury bond market after withdrawal of the one-year lock-in period for them on the government approved securities, officials said. Foreigners, particularly institutions, have invested around Tk 9.0 billion in Bangladesh Government Treasury Bonds...
SATKHIRA, Jan 20 (UNB): Issuing a strong note of caution to the militants and terrorists responsible in the recent attacks on minority community and pro-Awami League men, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Monday none of them will be spared...
Terming the new government illegal, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia demanded on Monday fresh parliamentary polls as soon as possible under a neutral administration, reports UNB. "I call upon this shameless government to prove its popularity by holding a fresh election...
FE Report | 2014-01-21 00:00:00
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was scheduled to have a meeting with Chief Ministers (CMs) of all northeastern (NE) states Monday to review infrastructure and development projects, including railway connectivity with Bangladesh, leading Indian newspapers reported. As per the schedule,...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-01-21 00:00:00
Prices of key construction materials, mainly mild steel rod that shot up during political turmoil, now remain almost the same in the local markets. The prices of cement have now more or less been stabilised following its smooth supply in...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-01-21 00:00:00
The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has sought an immediate allocation of Tk 17.58 billion as subsidy from the government to keep its fuel import and supply uninterrupted, officials said. The BPC chairman Thursday sent a letter, seeking the fund...
FE Report | 2014-01-21 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested former deputy managing director (DMD) of Jamuna Bank Limited Mozammel Hossain Monday in connection with the swindling of about Tk 11 billion bank loan by Bismillah Group, a terry towel company. Deputy assistant director...
Elections to all upazila parishads would be completed by May this year, said Election Commissioner M Shahnewaz while talking to reporters at the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat Monday. "Upazila polls will be held in phases on the basis of completion...
A young man died in a lift accident at the Sir PJ Hartog International Hall of Dhaka University (DU) around 6pm Monday. The youth was identified as Sohel Rana, 30, nephew of Babul Munshi, an employee of the dormitory. Mohammad...
COX'S BAZAR, Jan 20: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 39,700 pieces of Yaba tablets at Leda along the bordering area in Teknaf upazila early Monday. — UNB
Police in separate drives arrested at least 59 opposition activists from different areas of Narayanganj district in the last two days. Police said 14 opposition activists were detained from different places from Sunday night to early today. Besides, police picked...
Asia's markets rose on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei index the standout performer thanks to a weaker yen, as investors moved in for cheaper stocks following the previous day's sell-off. With US markets closed on Monday for a public holiday, investors...
The Election Commission (EC) has said it will unveil the schedule this week for second phase of Upazila Parishad elections eyeing the ballots in February or the last week of March. “Polls to over 100 Upazila Parishad will take place...
Ferry service on the Paturia-Daulatdia route remained suspended for six hours till Tuesday morning due to poor visibility caused by dense fog. Mohiuddin Russel, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Aricha Ferry Ghat (terminal), said they kept...
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
The European Commission was pro-active in its engagement with the relevant authorities and political parties who were supposed to be associated with the tenth parliamentary elections in Bangladesh (held on January 05, 2014). Unfortunately, at the very end, their effort...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
The economy that has suffered the effects of political turbulence, is now showing signs of return to health. Many things, however, still remain unpredictable and, thus, uncertain. A relative calm has apparently returned to the polity and the national highways...
In a country where nearly one-third of the population still live below the poverty line and many more exist on the border line, the state can hardly ignore its responsibility for extending the much-needed social protection to the most disadvantaged...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
Most people remained engrossed with the political developments centring round the recently held 10th parliamentary elections. Never before, had the nation witnessed so much violence involving any political issue. For nearly a couple of months capital Dhaka remained cut-off from...
Neil Ray | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
She had something transcendental about her beauty. Mesmerising and yet full of a distinct personality, Suchitra Sen curved for her a niche in every Bangalee's heart, particularly in his or her prime of youth. It was an indelible impression she...
The High Court has very rightly and dicisively directed the government to ensure security of the minorities as published in The Financial Express on January 16. This ugly and hateful communal attitude is being spread by the criminals of several...
Suchitra Sen is a name which creates magic in the mind of Bangla-speaking movie-goers. The 83-year-old legendary actress has died in a hospital in Kolkata. She had been suffering from lung-related disease for a long time. Her status in Bangla...
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