State-owned Power Development Board (PDB) has proposed increasing the retail electricity tariff by 21 per cent while a technical committee of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) recommended it by 12.86 per cent, reports UNB. The average retail tariff is...
The cabinet decided Thursday to bring the salaries of the Prime Minister, ministers, state ministers, and deputy ministers under the tax net by amending two relevant acts, reports agencies. The decision was taken at the regular weekly meeting of the...
Awami League presidium member Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir retained his parliament membership as the High Court (HC) Thursday declared illegal the impugned Election Commission gazette notification vacating his seat. A division bench comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice M Jahangir...
MANIKGANJ, Nov 17: A local court has granted bail to the bus driver who was allegedly responsible for the death of Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier. Manikganj district and sessions judge A K M Mostafa Dewan granted the bail to...
Awami League (AL) Presidium Member and chairman of Parliamentary Committee on the Ministry of Information Obaidul Quader has urged the BNP leaders to raise their demands in parliament, shunning negative politics. The AL presidium member said this as the chief...
A court in the city Thursday completed partial hearing on discharge petition of former deputy minister of BNP Abdus Salam Pintu, an accused in the first charge-sheets of August 21, 2004 grenade attack cases, reports BSS. After completion of hearing...
A pro-opposition physicians' group has demanded immediate cancellation of promotions for doctors made by the departmental promotion committee (DPC), after raising allegations of serious irregularities. DAB Secretary General Prof Dr AZM Zahid Hossain made the demand at a press conference...
The cabinet at a meeting Thursday discussed at length various aspects of the trial process of crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971, reports BSS. The discussion followed the regular cabinet meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat...
KOLKATA, Nov 17 (bdnews24.com): Chief Minister (CM) of Pashchi-mbanga Mamata Banerjee has said interests of Bangladesh and her state will be safeguarded in signing the Teesta water-sharing agreement. "I'll be happy to give Bangladesh water. But we have some problems,...
TANGAIL, Nov 17 (BSS): Awami League (AL) leader and former home minister Mohammad Nasim said Kader Siddiqui has joined hands with Khaleda-Nizami to become a parliament member in future. Addressing a public meeting organised by Jadabpur Union AL at Airport...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Nov 17: Complainant of a case filed against the deputy director of the anti-corruption commission (ACC) has alleged that the investigation officer of the case was trying to save the government official by including managing director of...
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Wednesday installed seven Closed-Circuit Televisions (CCTVs) aimed at providing security and stopping theft of important documents at the SCBA Bhaban, reports BSS. Of the total, five CCTV were installed at the entrance of SCBA Bhaban...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has taken into cognisance the charges against detained BNP lawmaker Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury (SQC) for his involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971. The ICT Deputy Registrar Mesbahuddin Ahmed...
FE Report About 3.6 million children aged between 7-14 years are in employment which is 12 per cent of the total child labourers where boys constitute three times more the number than that of girls of the same age group,...
Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzak has urged the international community to come forward for reduction of disaster risks in Bangladesh, reports BSS. According to a message received in Dhaka from Jakarta, the minister said the international organisations...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 17 (BSS): Speakers at a daylong divisional workshop here today expressed the view that accurate statistics is the precondition to proper development planning for actual welfare of the people. Besides, they emphasised the need for compiling accurate database...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Nov 17: In spite of global economic meltdown Bangladesh has sent over 1.4 million manpower both skilled and non-skilled to different countries in the last three years. During the same period 0.34 million people have been employed...
Professor Muinuddin Khan, vice chancellor of ASA University Bangladesh (ASAUB) exchanged views with Mr Milko VAN GOOL, counsellor, Head of Cooperation, European Union (EU) Delegation to Bangladesh Thursday, says a press release. Chairman of iMart International Dr M Mahmudul Hasan...
A three-member inquiry committee was formed Thursday to investigate the death of a student of Faizur Rahman Ideal Institute following a wall collapse of an under-construction building at its Banasree branch Tuesday, reports UNB. The committee, headed by director of...
DU Correspondent Dhaka University (DU) "Gha unit" admission test (transfer unit) for first year honours courses for the academic year-2011-12 will be held today (Friday) at 10am. DU admission office sources informed that a total of 68,716 students will vie...
Our correspondent Tangail, Nov 17: A house-wife was brutally murdered at Bottola of the Tangail municipality today (Thursday) at about 2-30pm in Tangail. The deceased was identified as Helena Begum (50), wife of Motahar Hossain of Bottola in the town....
DU Correspondent An eight-day 'International book Exhibition' will begin Monday at Teacher-Students Centre (TSC) of Dhaka University (DU) to familiarise the local readers with world's renowned books.
Countries in South Asia are all on path of growth and poverty reduction, at varying paces and with varying patterns of inequalities in income and advancement opportunities for the poor. Larger economies like India have been growing at sustained high...
While European and North American leaders struggle to regain fiscal credibility by cutting back social entitlements, those of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in Bali this week at a historic turning point, an economic coming of age...
Many people dislike unnecessary killing of animals. Human, animal and plant are all important elements of the natural environment. But humans are cruelly destroying plants and animals and thereby creating a dangerous situation for us all. The destruction of forests...
It looks as though the traffic jam is also jamming a few of our mental faculties. Most of us are confined to the four walls of our apartment. Each locality has turned into a mini-city or enclaves within the Mega...
Still many treat females as voiceless beings who have to suffer silently all the wrongs done to them. Even many parents are obliged to tolerate mistreatment of their daughters in their in-laws house, as well. However, a young bride, namely...
Widespread evasion of income tax has reached an alarming level in recent years and it must be curtailed. In a country of nearly 160 million people, only about 0.9 million file their income tax returns annually. More importantly, a sizeable...
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) in its July - September quarterly review of economic conditions in the country has pointed out some potentially impeding factors capable of derailing the government's projected annual growth rate of 7.0 per...
Bangladesh has at the moment only one coal-fired power plant at Barapukuria. The plant has been set up by a company from the People's Republic of China, the world's largest producer of coal-based power. Bangladesh has, five coal fields with...
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