Faced with student protests, Bangladesh University Engineering and Technology (BUET) has permanently expelled two of the three students who assaulted another injuring him grievously and Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) was closed sine die after 25 students were...
The Election Commission (EC) Monday has decided to install webcams in all the polling centres of Comilla City Corporation (CCC) for the first time in the country's history aiming at ensuring a free, fair and flawless election, reports BSS.According to...
NARSINGDI, Jan 2: Election Commissioner Brigadier Gen (retd) Sakhawat Hossain today (Monday) said here, it was none of their business to see who would participate in the by-election of Narsingdi pourashava and who will not through EVM system.He said, "We...
TANGAIL, Jan 2 (BSS): President of Tangail district unit of Awami League (AL) and organiser of the War of Liberation, Shamsur Rahman Khan Shajahan, died at his residence here last night.Family sources said, Shamsur Rahman (81), a former joint secretary...
Our Correspondent RAJSHAHI, Jan 2: Leaders of Jatiya Sramik Federation (JSF) in Rajshahi at a conference held at local Bhuban Mohan Park have said that there will be no development in the country unless there is emancipation of the lot...
Yasir WardadThe cultivation of Boro crop has begun across the country with a target to harvest 18.7 million tonnes of rice, officials said.Following three consecutive bumper productions -- 17.8 million tonnes in 2009, 18.3 million tonnes in 2010 and 18.65...
Dhaka FM 90.4 a new radio station, has started its transmission. Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Abul Kalam Azad MP inaugurated the commercial transmission as the chief guest in the city Sunday, said a press release.Among others, Secretary of Information...
The inquiry committee has held the driver of BTRC bus, Md Sohel Rana, responsible for the accident in which journalist Nikhil Bhadra of the daily Kaler Kantha lost one of his legs on December 28, 2011, reports BSS."The accident has...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader Monday asked bus operators not to realize extra fares from passengers before the government resettle the issue, reports BSS."Extra fares would not only cause havoc to civic life, but also embarrass the government and the communications...
The government has taken a decision to send injured journalist Nikhil Bhadra abroad for better treatment, reports BSS."Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Monday instructed the Communications Ministry to take all necessary arrangements on an urgent basis for sending the journalist...
Police Week, 2012 will begin at Rajarbagh Police Lines ground in the city today (Tuesday), reports BSS.Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the three-day programme and take salute of the parade.President M Zillur Rahman and PM Sheikh Hasina issued...
Prof Major General (retd) Dr Md Ali Akbar and Dr Md Abdul Awal have been elected president and secretary general respectively of Bangladesh Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS), reports BSS.The biennial election was held on December 31, a press release...
MYMENSINGH, Jan 2 (BSS): Close Circuit (CC) camera has been installed at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) to monitor the healthcare services delivered to the people.Hospital sources said, the authority has taken initiative to install CC camera with a view...
Prof Dr Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, National Professor and Director of Research Institute of Chemistry at the University of Karachi, met Dhaka University (DU) vice chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at his office on Monday, reports UNB.
FE ReportDr Md Syedul Islam, a distinguished agricultural scientist of the country, has been appointed Director General of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) on January 1, 2012.Earlier, he was the director (Admin) and coordinator for Advanced Studies and Research (CASR).He...
Gazi Mozibur Rahman passed away at his residence in Borguna recently. He was 65. He left behind his wife, three daughters, four sons and a host of relatives, friends and well-wishers to mourn his death.
The government of Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki had declared December 31, 2011 as the "Iraq Day", as all American troops have been withdrawn from the country. The Iraqi premier has called the present situation as truly reflective of a "sovereign...
One of the dreams of each and every one is to have a proper living accommodation, which he or she could call his or her own, during his or her lifetime. People thus buy apartments built by the builders according...
Palestinian and Israeli negotiators will meet for the first time in more than a year in Jordan on Tuesday to discuss stalled peace talks, the Jordanian foreign ministry said on Sunday."Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Tuesday will host a meeting...
The question that most of the people all over the world are today boggling at is: What would the economic prognosis for 2012 be? The safest answer, as said by Annie Lowrey, an economic policy reporter for The New York...
In the past year, there seemed to be no let up in popular protests against incompetent governments, inequality, oligarchic politics, rogue elitism, corruption and other evils across the world. Despite the differences in the levels of deprivation among protesters of...
It's up to the consumer to drive the U.S. economy and lift world growth in 2012, and the outlook is far from encouraging.Over the past three and half years, growth in U.S. consumer spending has averaged a paltry 0.2 per...
On the day revellers were preparing for the 31st night, a completely different type of celebration came to its grand conclusion. That celebration befittingly titled in Bangla "Rabindrotsab" (commemorating Rabindranath Tagore marking the poet's sesquicentennial) had for followers of the...
Governments here in succession have been found to be saying that they remain totally dedicated to spreading primary education and retaining the greatest number of the young ones in schools. But the realities belie such claims. That is one of...
Putting a full-fledged official accreditation mechanism in place for the private universities has become all too important. The need for such an accreditation council to watch over the affairs of the universities is widely considered a major need because many...
Population ageing is a process through which the share of elderly population over 60 years of age becomes larger. For the world as a whole, the number of elderly population will to increase from 800 million now to over two...
The ongoing sogginess of spirit in the stock market is the result of a number of factors. Such factors include, among others, the lack of hope of investors in the regulatory body and other institutional authorities relevant to the stock...
FE ReportBangladesh Bank (BB) governor Atiur Rahman Monday put a thrust on austerity in the context of ongoing global economic recession, increased consumption of locally produced items and avoid excess import of luxury items in a bid to lessen pressure...
Babul BarmanThe total turnover of portfolio investment on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped by more than 16.49 per cent in the just concluded year compared to the previous year.According to the data available with the DSE, the total turnover...
FE ReportA views exchange meeting to identify the existing problems and find out their solutions in light engineering cluster financing and development in Bogra, was organised jointly by Eastern Bank Limited, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, BASIC Bank and Bangladesh Bank....
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