Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, December 18: Traders of the country's major wholesale market Khatungonj have demanded of the two brothers of a trading house to refund Tk 1.45 billion to the creditors allegedly misappropriated by it and withdrawal of the case...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Bangladesh's tea production is likely to miss target this year marginally, mainly due to unfavourable weather conditions, according to senior planters. Bangladesh Tea Association (BTA), a group of local tea planters, Saturday released figures that estimated the...
Munima Sultana The government has moved to launch school bus service throughout the city as a short term remedy for traffic jam, officials said Sunday. A meeting led by Communications Minister Obaidul Quader made the decision as part of a...
Nizam Ahmed The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said lack of economic reform has been eroding Bangladesh's growth in garment exports, remittance inflow and power generation over the past several years. "Bangladesh had growth performance by resilient garment exports, more reliable...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Sunday warned of stern action against any fraudulent activities relating to manpower export and said the government would not only cancel the recruiting licence of offenders, but would also take other punitive measures against those...
Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia Sunday urged the freedom-fighters (FFs) to use their training in saving the nation, now passing through a great crisis and danger, reports UNB. The call from the BNP chief, seen as quite significant, came while she...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, December 18: Traders of the country's major wholesale market Khatungonj have demanded of the two brothers of a trading house to refund Tk 1.45 billion to the creditors allegedly misappropriated by it and withdrawal of the case...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Bangladesh's tea production is likely to miss target this year marginally, mainly due to unfavourable weather conditions, according to senior planters. Bangladesh Tea Association (BTA), a group of local tea planters, Saturday released figures that estimated the...
Munima Sultana The government has moved to launch school bus service throughout the city as a short term remedy for traffic jam, officials said Sunday. A meeting led by Communications Minister Obaidul Quader made the decision as part of a...
Nizam Ahmed The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said lack of economic reform has been eroding Bangladesh's growth in garment exports, remittance inflow and power generation over the past several years. "Bangladesh had growth performance by resilient garment exports, more reliable...
Backlash of police action and killing of an activist in bomb blast in Dhaka City on Sunday witnessed in different parts of the country including Sylhet, Chittagong, Faridpur, Bogra, Narayanganj where more than 55 people were injured in clash with...
`The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has set December 28 to consider whether it would take into cognizance the war crimes charges brought against four detained Jama'at-e-Islami leaders, including its ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami, reports UNB. The tribunal's consideration will take...
President Zillur Rahman will start dialogue with political parties on December 22 for taking their opinions about the appointment of the next chief and other election commissioners. "The dialogue will begin at Bangabhaban at 11 am on December 22," President's...
Deputy Leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury vehemently protested the nefarious designs unleashed by the BNP-Jama'at in the city and elsewhere in the country on Sunday saying that their all evil efforts will go in vain and the trial...
The constitutional validity of the appointment of district council administrators to 61 districts has been challenged before the High Court (HC), reports UNB. After holding a brief hearing on a petition filed in the form of Public Interest Litigation (PIL)...
Film experts called upon the government to take initiative to bring the films with rare visual footages on the War of Liberation from abroad including India aimed at exposing the worst ever brutalities perpetrated by the war criminals in 1971,...
Weather is likely to remain mainly dry with temporary or partly cloudy sky over the country in next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Monday). Moderate to thick fog may occur during mid night till noon over Rajshahi and Rangpur...
Awami League (AL), its front organizations and other different bodies brought out anti-vandalism rallies at different parts in the city protesting Sunday's chaos in the capital, committed by Jamaat and Shibir activities, reports BSS. A man was killed and another...
Three Bangladeshi men were shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Kurigram, Dinajpur and Meherpur districts Friday night and Saturday. In Kurigram, a youth was gunned down by the troops of BSF at Gorokmondol border in Fulbari upazila...
Munima Sultana The government has slapped weight restrictions on three major bridges on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway from December 25 in an effort to save the key economic lifelines from collapsing under overloaded vehicles. All trucks, buses and trailers weighing over...
FE Report The head of the country's apex trade promotion body -- the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FBCCI) -- urged Saturday the government to stop borrowing from the banking system, saying 'unbridled loan-taking' by the state...
M. A. Taslim When the ordinary people of the country are reeling under a relentless yoke of a double digit inflation rate, the Finance Minister has famously said: "I am not worried about inflation at all" (Oct 17, bdnews24.com). This...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury Bangladesh has come across forty long years since its inception as a sovereign nation. The nation has fittingly celebrated its four decades of existence in a great carnival-like atmosphere on December 16 when a unique spectacle was...
The nation celebrated Friday the 40th anniversary of its glorious victory over the Pakistani occupation forces, paying rich tributes to three million martyrs for their supreme sacrifice, reports UNB. People from all walks of life and ages came to the...
FHM Humayan Kabir The government's Bhola 225-megawatt power generation project faces setback at its initial stage as the lender, Islamic Development Bank (IDB), has expressed its unwillingness to provide fund due to uncertainty over gas supply, officials said Saturday. Power...
Siddique Islam The local currency, taka, has so far depreciated by over 13 per cent against the US dollar this calendar year mainly due to higher demand for the latter for settling the import bills, particularly that of fuel oil....
NEW DELHI, Dec 17 (agencies): Bangladesh, along with Nepal and Bhutan, has scored better than other South Asian countries in areas of human development. Nobel Laureate and noted economist Amartya Sen said on Friday, while addressing Delhi Economics Conclave organised...
Khalilur Rahman Government efforts to save the four rivers - Buriganga, Shitalakhya, Turag and Balu - flowing around the metropolis through restoring their navigability are yet to make any headway. Ceaseless dumping of wastes, haphazard dredging and encroachment on these...
MANILA, Dec 17 (AP): Pounding rain from a tropical storm swelled rivers and sent walls of water crushing into two southern Philippine cities in the thick of night, killing at least 436 people, many caught in their beds, officials said...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Dec 17: Gas production at Sangu, the only offshore gas field of the country, will remain suspended temporarily from December 20 for maintenance work, officials said. Managing Director of Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company (KGDC) engineer Sanwar Hussain...
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