Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia wanted army's help for her party to win the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) elections by 'snatching votes', reports bdnews24.com. Responding to the main opposition's...
Rights activists at a rally Thursday urged the South Asian leaders to make it a visa-free region for its people, aiming to reduce poverty through enhanced cooperation among the SAARC countries, reports UNB. Eighteen rights groups under the banner of...
The government has allocated 80 thousand tonnes of foodgrains for distribution among 5.5 million cardholders under a special vulnerable group feeding (VGF) programme before the holy Eid-ul-Azha, reports BSS. Food and Disaster Management Ministry sources said the government, like the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday said construction of Padma Bridge is very important for Bangladesh for the development of the country's southern part as well as regional connectivity, reports BSS. The Prime Minister said this when new Japanese Ambassador to...
Yasir Wardad Thousands of limited income people failed to collect tickets of both buses and trains to go to their village homes for celebrating the Eid festival with their families for scarcity and high price of tickets. Many of the...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Nov 3: Bangladesh Bank (BB) Chittagong office has donated 10 forfeited note identifying machines to the city police today. General Manager of the central bank Naoshad Ali Chowdhury handed over the machines to the DC (Headquarters) of...
Kamrun Nahar A 19-member team of private tour operators and government officials will leave Dhaka tomorrow (Saturday) to take part in the World Travel Market (WTM) in London beginning from November 7, said a top tour operator. WTM is the...
FE Report The central bank has continued its foreign exchange support through selling the US dollar directly to the commercial banks for settlement of import bills. As part of the operation, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) sold US$10 million at market...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Nov 3: Trade body leaders are concerned at the growing incidents of killing traders in the port city. They have demanded stronger security net in the city and upazila headquarters of the district during the five-day Eid-ul-Azha...
FE Report The government needs to spend around Tk 20 million to repair nine damaged compartments of the Kishoreganj-bound Egarosindur Express, torched by aggrieved people Wednesday in protest against the killing of Narsingdi mayor. Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain told...
The Board Trustees and the members of the Bangladesh Rice Foundation (BRF) are deeply shocked at the sudden death of Dr SMH Zaman, pioneer rice breeder and agriculture scientist of the country, who led Bangladesh Rice Research Institute to develop...
The North Atlantic treaty organisation (NATO) military operations in Libya officially ended on October 31 and a post-Gaddafi era is now emerging in a country which has long been at the centre of discussions not only in the Arab and...
Political stability and good governance require institutional changes and cultural norms that can take many years, even generations, to become established; and investment in human capital is not likely to yield results until a new generation of better skilled workers...
Accounts of police brutalities have been frequently noted in the media in recent months. In one such recent case, the officer-in-charge of a police station in a district in south-eastern part of the country had allegedly allowed a sixteen year...
One of the priority areas for the incumbent government has been to ensure power. In fact, since taking office in 2009, the government laid out its mega plan to generate further 14,633 megawatts (MW) of electricity by 2016. The fact...
It was my overwhelming assumption from the very beginning (whether she got Awami League support or not) that the independent candidate Dr Selina Hayat Ivy would win the mayoral election race with a big margin. The ruling party directly supported...
basket" as it was labelled brfore. With a respectable social fabric, above average work ethics, increasing women's engagement, almost independent media and civil society, it is becoming a "Development Paradox," if it has not already become one, writes Nigar Sultana...
The financial crisis and a severe unemployment problem have demonstrated to the American people that they now have a government that is of the 1.0 per cent, by the 1.0 per cent and for the 1.0 per cent, as was...
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." - Albert Einstein We are rapidly approaching the blessed and spiritual time of Eid-ul-Azha (Kurbani Eid) when...
Demand for human security is universal all over the countries. The responsibility of ensuring justice and security of the citizen in every country is vested with police. In every continent, there are police services striving to become more professional and...
The G20 has declared itself 'the premier forum' for global economic and financial issues. But it must still give itself the means to work more effectively. Shouldn't the G20 include new subjects, such as development, on its agenda? Should it...
Under pressure from economic powerhouses China and the United States to put their own house in order, European leaders issued debt-laden Greece with an ultimatum, writes Hui Min Neo of AFP The leaders of the world's most powerful economies meet...
FE Report The poverty rate in Bangladesh has declined considerably from 49 per cent to 31 per cent, as per Human Development Index (HDI) report of the United Nations, in which the country ranks 146th among world's 187 countries. Bangladesh...
No case was filed in connection with Tuesday's murder of Narsingdi Mayor Lokman Hossain as his family apprehends that case against the culprits will endanger their lives. Anwar Hossain, acting officer-in-charge of Narsingdi thana, said no case was filed till...
The Supreme Court (SC) has directed Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to maintain a status quo on the notice for payment of the spectrum assignment fee and Value Added Tax (VAT) by the country's largest telecom operator Grameenphone (GP), reports...
WASHINGTON, Nov 3(AFP): US President Barack Obama has regained the top spot in Forbes magazine's list of the world's most powerful people, edging out Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and last year's winner, Chinese President Hu Jintao, who slipped down...
BERLIN, Nov 2 (AFP): Companies from Russia and China are seen as the worst offenders for paying bribes when doing business abroad, a new report said late this week, while Swiss and Dutch firms are the most honest. Firms from...
A Dhaka court has asked former adviser to the caretaker government (CG) for shipping MA Matin and former secretary of the ministry Sheikh Motahar Hossain to pay Tk 250 million in compensation to the Everest Enterprise, a Chittagong seaport berth...
FE Report A workshop on Exploring the Export and Investment Frontiers for Leather goods and Footwear sector of Bangladesh; jointly organized by Leathergoods & Footwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB) and Leather Sector Business Promotion Council (LSBPC) was...
FE Report The necessary preparations to offload the shares of 25 state-owned enterprises (SoEs) will be completed by next month (December) in a bid to boost share supply in the stock market, officials said. Md. Fayekuzzaman, the managing director of...
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