A High Court (HC) bench Sunday delivered split verdicts on the death sentence awarded to seven people by a Narsingdi court in the sensational six murder case, reports UNB. While senior judge of the bench Justice Shahidul Islam acquitted all...
In separate incidents, two minor domestic helps allegedly committed suicide in the city's Uttara and Pallabi areas Saturday evening,. Reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Madhuri (12), daughter of Momin of East Meshoni in Netrakona district and Abdur Rahim...
Shaheed Asad Day will be observed today (Monday), commemorating the supreme sacrifice of the student leader during the days of mass uprising of 1969 that culminated in the country's independence, reports UNB. On this day in 1969, Asaduzzaman was killed...
COX'S BAZAR, Jan 19 (UNB): Five hours into his kidnapping from the classroom, police rescued a schoolboy following a gunfight with kidnappers in Pahartali area of the district town Sunday. The rescued is Saddam Hossain, a Class VII student of...
BSJ distributes warm clothes Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote (BSJ) distributed warm clothes among the cold-hit poor people at Central Shaheed Minar in the city on Sunday. President of the organisation Advocate Tarana Halim and Vice-presidents Syed Hasan Imam and Dr Inamul...
SAVAR, Jan 19 (BSS): Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif Sunday said the country's 90 per cent civil and criminal cases are filed centering land dispute. He said this while inaugurating the Survey and Settlement Training Course for BCS and Judicial...
A fire broke out in a footwear factory in the city's Bangshal area Saturday night, burning down good number of shoes, reports UNB. Fire service officials said the fire originated from an electric shot-circuit at a room in the factory...
Rear Admiral ASM Baten has been appointed as the first vice-chancellor (VC) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, reports UNB. The government also appointed Commodore Khandaker Towfiquzzaman as the first registrar and Commodore ANA Rezaul Haque the first treasure...
Former senior sub-editor of The New Nation daily AB Kutubuddin Ahmed died at a city hospital Sunday. He was 65, reports BSS. He had been suffering from various complications for a long time. His first namaz-e- janaza was held at...
A Dhaka court Sunday rejected a fresh bail prayer of Oishee Rahman, arrested for her suspected involvement in her parents' gruesome murder, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur passed the order following a hearing on the bail petition filed...
The country's 4,516 Union Information Service Centres (UISCs) will be turned into outsourcing centres for developing the IT literate youths as freelancers, reports BSS. The UISCs, Polytechnic and other institutions are creating each year thousands of IT literate youths who...
DINAJPUR, Jan 19 (UNB): A retired police officer, who was stabbed allegedly by his son at Jagannathpur Mondalpara at Birampur municipality Friday, died Sunday. The victim was identified as Aftab Uddin (60), a former assistant sub-inspector of police and a...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Monday), reports UNB. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins and light to moderate fog elsewhere over the country until morning,...
Monira Munni | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
Labour leaders of the country's ready-made garment (RMG) sector Sunday identified more than 20 problems troubling the RMG industry. Those include implementation of the labour law and the new wage structure, which they held responsible for the workers' agitation. The...
GAIBANDHA, Jan 19 (UNB): Over 80 people, including 22 policemen, were injured in a clash between law enforcers and Jamaat-Shibir activists during a police operation at Khanbari village in Sundarganj upazila early Sunday. Mosharraf Hossain, Assistant Superintendent of Gaibandha Police,...
Siddique Islam | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
The banks will have to maintain statutory reserve separately under the new procedure, declared by the central bank, from February 1, officials said. The statutory reserve consists of two components - cash reserve requirement (CRR) and statutory liquidity ratio (SLR)....
FE Report | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) granted anticipatory bail to Jamuna Group Chairman Nurul Islam Babul and Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in separate cases Sunday. Mr Babul got eight-week anticipatory bail in each of the two cases filed on charge of...
Bangladesh is in favour of reviving a 1999 treaty that allowed transshipment of goods through India, new Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has told a Kolkata-based English daily, reports bdnews24.com. He said the country was looking at establishing regional connectivity to...
The High Court (HC) asked BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman Sunday to surrender before the trial court in connection with the money-laundering charges he was acquitted of, reports UNB. After hearing the admissibility of an appeal filed by the Anti-Corruption...
A total of 102 upazilas across the country will go to polls on February 19 next, the Election Commission (EC) announced Sunday, reports UNB. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad declared the election schedule at the EC Secretariat's media...
FE Report | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
The European Union (EU) envoy in Bangladesh William Hanna ruled out Sunday the possibility of making any change in the on-going generalised system of preference (GSP) facilities for Bangladesh. "Our current assistance to the development of Bangladesh will continue. We...
FE Report | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
Dhaka stocks saw the gaining streak for the eighth running session Sunday with the turnover improving further amid investors' growing confidence. The turnover value on the DSE improved further to Tk 7.08 billion, registering 10.0 per cent increase from the...
FE Report | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh outpaced India in readymade garment (RMG) exports despite setbacks like a building collapse and a factory fire in the apparel sector, leading Indian newspapers reported Sunday. Between January and October 2013, RMG shipments by India to the US market...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
The insurance regulator will announce new tariffs for non-life insurance firms in a month replacing the old ones. The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) took the decision following the demand from the non-life insurers. IDRA sources, however, said the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-01-20 00:00:00
Enforcement of the Transfer Pricing (TP) provision from July 1 this year is likely to be delayed due to the non-formation of a relevant cell. The provision, incorporated in the Finance Act 2012, is scheduled to be enforced on a...
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