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...
It has been a long time since the UAE has stopped issuing all kinds of visa for Bangladeshi passport holders because of security concern over identification and fake documents. Whatever the reasons, we, the Bangladeshis, are facing various problems due...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh is vulnerable to climate changes. Indeed, it has internationally been established that Bangladesh, as a country, may suffer the most severe impacts from climate change. The country is one of the most densely populated on earth having more people...
Md Abdur Rouf | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
Question: An organisation has sponsored another organisation to arrange a talk show in a television channel purchasing airtime from the television. Gratitude is expressed to the sponsoring organisation in the midst of the talk show or it is said or...
BNP vowed Sunday to restore democracy and establish people's voting rights through a strong struggle together with people, reports UNB. "The government has imposed an autocratic rule on people through holding a lopsided election. We vow to initiate a struggle...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina is going to Satkkhira today (Monday) to open 11 development projects and provide financial assistance to the affected family members of leaders and workers of Awami League and its associate bodies, killed and injured in...
President Abdul Hamid Sunday stressed the need for early settlement of all the pending issues, including the Land Boundary Agreement of 1974 and its protocol of 2011, and Teesta water sharing, between Bangladesh and India soon, reports UNB. The President...
Four more Members of Parliament (MPs)-elect in the 10th national election were sworn in Sunday, reports UNB. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath to the new MPs at a simple ceremony at the oath chamber of Jatiya Sangsad...
The by-election to Rangpur-6 constituency, vacated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will be held on February 20, reports UNB. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad announced the election schedule at the EC Secretariat's media centre Sunday. As per the...
The High Court (HC) asked Sunday the police to further refrain from harassing five top BNP leaders, including Barrister Moudud Ahmed, MK Anwar and Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah, without due process of law, reports UNB. The two other leaders are...
SAVAR, Jan 19 (BSS): Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Rawshan Ershad Sunday paid tribute to the martyrs of the War of Independence of the country. She along with Jatiya Party (JP) lawmakers placed wreaths at the National Mausoleum at...
CHITTAGONG, Jan 19 (UNB): A local leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir was found dead on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Terial under Sitakunda Upazila Sunday. The deceased was identified as Mosharraf Hossain (22), general secretary of Sitakunda municipality unit of Shibir, and...
Awami League (AL) Publicity and Publications Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud Sunday said the BNP has to severe relations with the anti-liberation Jamaat-e-Islami if it wants to sit for dialogue with the ruling AL on political issue, reports BSS. "We want...
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Advocate Anisul Huq Sunday said the trial of crimes against humanity will go on as it is his first priority, reports UNB. "The trial of war criminals will go on… this is my...
A freedom fighter prosecution witness Sunday told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that the Razakar, an auxiliary force of the Pakistan occupation army, had carried out atrocities on May 13, 1971 at Ranjitpur village in Bagerhat, leaving 65 people, mostly members...
Re-voting in two centres of Kurigram-4 constituency now could be held as the Supreme Court (SC) Sunday stayed a High Court order that had stayed the re-polling in the two centres, reports UNB. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu Sunday said the government wants to frame a guideline for the operation of private TV channels and online news media, reports UNB. Among other priorities, the government wants to install video wings at Bangladesh Television...
FE Report | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
A team of Japanese experts Sunday conducted an earthquake preparedness training session for the students of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College at Bailey Road in the city to give the students an idea on how to react during a massive...
FE Report | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Sunday approved a charge sheet against nine persons including two officials of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) for allegedly making about Tk 30 million loss of public money. The approval was given in a meeting...
FE Report | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
Health Minister of the newly-formed government Mohammad Nasim Sunday expressed his determination of conducting special drive against counterfeit drugs by slapping capital punishment to the producers and distributors for safeguarding public health. The Minister also said the newly set up...
Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Affairs Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Bir Bilram Sunday underscored the need for regular supervision of the field level projects for socio-economic development of the people, reports BSS. The concerned divisional commissioners will have to...
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