Our correspondent MAGURA, Jan 3: Rural court has raised hope among the distressed people of Magura as people are getting justice within very short time from the court. Moreover a plaintiff requires no lawyer to run his case in this...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Jan 3: Revenue income has come down during the first 6 months of the current fiscal year from the Benapole Customs House. The revenue income has been fixed at Tk. 24.75 billion for the current fiscal. According...
NILPHAMARI, Dec 3: Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up an extensive scheme for cultivation winter crops in Nilphamari district. The crops include mustard, maize, peanuts, sugarcane, lentil, green gram, pulse, pepper, onion, garlic, coriander and so on. DAE...
MYMENSINGH, Jan 3 (BSS): The 'Text Books Distribution Festival' was celebrated here with festive mood through distribution of books among the students of Primary, Secondary and Dhakhil madrasa students in the district yesterday.State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Jan 3: Revenue income has come down during the first 6 months of the current fiscal year from the Benapole Customs House. The revenue income has been fixed at Tk. 24.75 billion for the current fiscal. According...
JAMALPUR, Jan 3 (UNB): A housewife was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Dhanua village in Bakshiganj upazila early Monday.The deceased was identified as Khuku Moni, 28, mother of three children.Police said Moni, daughter of late...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 3 (BSS): Some rural people have attained economic emancipation with social initiative creating jealous among their respective fellow people in the district.But, once upon a time, they thought that their distressed condition was the curse and that fate...
GAIBANDHA, Jan 3 (BSS): Meritorious students who obtained GPA-5 in the Ebtedayee Terminal Examinations-2011 from Darul Huda Dakhil Madrasha of Sadar Upazila in the district were accorded reception Monday.A function at the arrangement of the madrasha was also held on...
Madrasa student dies on taking insecticideA madrasa student died following intake of insecticide at Battajore Purbopara village in Bakshiganj upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Mizanur Rahman, 16, a student of Class IX of Battajore K. R. I....
The daughter of the former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to six months in prison for "making propaganda against the ruling system", reports BBC.Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani's trial took place behind closed doors last month.According to the conservative...
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, (Egypt), Jan 3 (agencies): Egyptians were voting Tuesday in the final round of a landmark post-revolution election that has propelled Islamist movements into the centre stage of politics.Around 15 million eligible voters have their chance to cast ballots...
Buddhist devotee weeps as she attends teaching session of Dalai Lama BIHAR, (India) : A Buddhist devotee weeps as she attends the teaching session of Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama during the third day of the Kalachakra Festival in...
YANGON, Jan 3, (agencies): Activists and Myanmar's opposition expressed frustration Tuesday after an order to cut jail terms for all inmates appeared to fall far short of hopes for an amnesty for political detainees.Around 300 people gathered outside Yangon's notorious...
KABUL, Jan 3, (AFP): The Taliban announced on Tuesday that they had come to an "initial agreement" to open their first political overseas office, possibly in Qatar, as part of peace talks with the United States.In a statement on their...
Six Republican presidential candidates are preparing for the first official test of the US election season in the rural state of Iowa, reports BBC.Tuesday's ballot is the first contest in the nationwide battle to be the Republican who will challenge...
HONG KONG, Jan 3 (AFP): Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, taking a lead from European markets which started 2012 in positive territory and after China announced better-than-expected manufacturing data.Australian shares closed up 1.1 per cent, or 44.6 points, at 4,101.20,...
FE ReportAs part of corporate governance Eastern Bank Ltd. organised a photography competition titled 'simple pleasures of life' for its employees recently.A total of 27 EBL employees submitted 115 photographs for the competition. Of them, eight were awarded for their...
MUMBAI, Jan 3 (Reuters): Indian shares rallied the most in nearly two weeks Tuesday, led by ICICI Bank, construction major Larsen & Toubro and software bellwether Infosys, as investors bet the central bank will soon start cutting interest rates to...
Mr SM Mahbubul Karim has been promoted to the post of managing director (MD) of Nitol Insurance Company Limited, said a press release. Mr Karim started his insurance career by joining the United Insurance Co. Ltd. in 1986.He joined the...
Munima SultanaAll the mega projects, initiated so far by the government to improve infrastructure facilities, have been stuck up in various problems making them well-nigh impossible for implementation in the next two years' time, experts observed.Of four such mega projects,...
Shamsul Huq Zahid The period encompassing two consecutive calendar years -- 2009 and 2010 -- was the golden one for the country's commercial banks. Riding on the stock market bull, most of them made hefty profits during that time. But...
FHM Humayan KabirThe country's planned oil unloading facilities in the deep sea has faced a blow in its initial stage, as its fund provider - the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) - has refused to provide additional money for the project,...
FE ReportPetrobangla Chairman Dr Hussain Monsur Tuesday differed with the Power Sector Master Plan (PSMP), and suggested seeking alternatives to natural gas for generating electricity, as the reserve of the primary fuel is gradually depleting. The Power Division should not...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday announced that top five police positions would be upgraded to Grade-I, a pay scale only the inspector general of police (IGP) currently enjoys, reports bdnews24.com. "The (home) ministry has been instructed in this regard. The...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will soon appoint new deputy governors as the high-ranking positions fell vacant with the retirement of three deputy governors. The three deputy governors -- Nazrul Huda, Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui and Murshid Kuli Khan -- went on retirement...
A minor girl was killed inside Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ishrat Jahnan Ria (3), daughter of Nurul Islam amd Rozina Akther and resident of Hajaribagh area of the capital. Police said Rozina went...
Nizam AhmedDespite facing resource constraints the government is likely to keep on offering deals and running oil-fired plants until power generation rises to 15,000 mega watt (mw) by 2016, officials said on Tuesday.By then, according to the officials, some major...
KHULNA, Jan 3 (UNB): Bangladesh Petroleum Dealers Distributors Agents, Petrol Pump Owners Association and Bangladesh Tank Lorry Owners Association threatened to enforce strike in 15 districts from January 8 if their 4-point demand is not met by the time.Reading out...
FE ReportDozens of students of Jagannath University (JnU) staged a demonstration on the campus Tuesday demanding cancellation of the decision of the university authorities to impose development fees on first year undergraduate students.They also threatened a violent protest unless the...
FE ReportThe Cabinet Committee on Purchase Tuesday approved seven projects worth above Tk 10 billion. Finance Minister AMA Muhith presided over the meeting, held at the Cabinet Division.The Committee approved import of 50,000 tonnes of wheat at a cost of...
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