The police have detained nine activists of Jama'at-e-Islami's student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) from Dhaka's Pallabi area when they were holding a meeting on a boat. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Pallabi police KM Shahabuddin told bdnews24.com, "The ICS activists...
RU Correspondent RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Oct 10: The students of the Rajshahi University (RU) of management department observed the World Postal Day through an exceptional programme on the university campus Sunday. To recall the traditional way for communication they posted more...
KABUL, Oct 9 (AFP): An Afghan woman MP was in a critical condition Sunday, her doctor said, after entering the eighth day of a hunger strike to protest against her expulsion from parliament over alleged vote fraud. Semin Barakzai, one...
SYDNEY, Oct 9 (AFP): A female soldier serving with Australian forces in Afghanistan was allegedly sexually assaulted on a military base, officials said Sunday, just days before the release of a report into defence abuse cases. The soldier, whose rank...
FE Report The World Bank (WB) has suspended its pledged funding worth US$ 1.2 billion for Padma Bridge amid allegation of corruption in the bidding process of the country's longest multipurpose bridge, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Monday. The government...
FE ReportPrime Minister's Economic Affairs Adviser Dr. Mashiur Rahman Monday said the stock market will behave properly, provided the investors make right investment decisions, analysing possible gains and risks, and the regulator implements its regulations properly. Dr Mashiur said this...
FE Report Country's business leaders Monday demanded of the government not to implement the decisions taken by the insurance regulatory authority as they say those will harm the development of insurance business. They also called upon the government not to...
BHAIRAB (Kishoreganj), Oct 10 (UNB): Opposition leader Khaleda Zia, who is leading a long march to Sylhet, said Monday afternoon that the next national election will definitely be held under a caretaker government and Awami League will have to participate...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed her ministers to file cases against reporters and editors of newspapers concerned, if false reports are published against them, reports UNB. The PM was learnt to have given the directive during the cabinet meeting...
Siddique Islam The Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association (BAFEDA) has asked its member banks not to quote per US dollar beyond Tk 76 at customer level for the next 15 days to bring discipline in the country's foreign exchange market....
STOCKHOLM, Oct 10 (AFP): US researchers Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won the 2011 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for their work on macro-economics and government economic policymaking, the Nobel jury said. This year's laureates "have developed methods for answering...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would inaugurate the first-ever Bangladesh-made laptop this (Tuesday) morning. The inaugural function will be held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre at 10:30 am. The laptop branded as "Doel" with four different models priced at Tk...
SIRTE, Libya, Oct 9 (AFP): New regime forces have suffered heavy losses in the street-by-street battle for Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte as the deposed despot's loyalists put up fierce resistance, medics said today. The fighters loyal to the ruling...
KABUL, Oct 9 (AFP): An Afghan woman MP was in a critical condition Sunday, her doctor said, after entering the eighth day of a hunger strike to protest against her expulsion from parliament over alleged vote fraud. Semin Barakzai, one...
SYDNEY, Oct 9 (AFP): A female soldier serving with Australian forces in Afghanistan was allegedly sexually assaulted on a military base, officials said Sunday, just days before the release of a report into defence abuse cases. The soldier, whose rank...
A total of 5,500 members of law enforcement agencies will be deployed during the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election to be held on October 30. Election Commissioner Brig Gen (Retd) M Sakhawat Hossain said this, while talking to journalists after...
Advisory Council member of Awami League (AL) Suranjit Sen Gupta Monday urged the main opposition BNP to join Parliament, if they have any specific proposal on any issue. The AL leader said this at a discussion on 'There is no...
Saudi Arabian Majlis al Shura Chief (Speaker) Abdullah Ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh has expressed interest to increase existing facilities of Bangladeshi expatriate workers there for ensuring their welfare, reports BSS. President M Zillur Rahman was apprised of this by the...
Bangladesh is among five most vulnerable countries to climate change-induced food crisis and hunger, says an international report. It says the 10 countries that rank most vulnerable are Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, South Africa, Haiti, Bangladesh, Zambia, India, Sierra...
A youth team of Awami League (AL) leaves Dhaka for Beijing tomorrow (Wednesday) on a 10-day visit at the invitation of Chinese Communist Party (CCP), reports BSS. Barrister Biplab Barua, Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) former leader of Dhaka University, will...
Siddique Islam The Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association (BAFEDA) has asked its member banks not to quote per US dollar beyond Tk 76 at customer level for the next 15 days to bring discipline in the country's foreign exchange market....
STOCKHOLM, Oct 10 (AFP): US researchers Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won the 2011 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for their work on macro-economics and government economic policymaking, the Nobel jury said. This year's laureates "have developed methods for answering...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would inaugurate the first-ever Bangladesh-made laptop this (Tuesday) morning. The inaugural function will be held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre at 10:30 am. The laptop branded as "Doel" with four different models priced at Tk...
SIRTE, Libya, Oct 9 (AFP): New regime forces have suffered heavy losses in the street-by-street battle for Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte as the deposed despot's loyalists put up fierce resistance, medics said today. The fighters loyal to the ruling...
KABUL, Oct 9 (AFP): An Afghan woman MP was in a critical condition Sunday, her doctor said, after entering the eighth day of a hunger strike to protest against her expulsion from parliament over alleged vote fraud. Semin Barakzai, one...
SYDNEY, Oct 9 (AFP): A female soldier serving with Australian forces in Afghanistan was allegedly sexually assaulted on a military base, officials said Sunday, just days before the release of a report into defence abuse cases. The soldier, whose rank...
FHM Humayan Kabir For the first time, a lender is going to finance Bangladesh's large scale solar and wind power generation as the government has decided to install three units with a total capacity of three-megawatt, officials said Monday. Power...
The residents of Dhaka city are now experiencing about 35 per cent load-shedding, reports UNB. "The power supply situation has worsened recently with increased temperature," a top official at the Dhaka Electric Supply Company (DESCO) Monday said. However, the Power...
President M Zillur Rahman Monday asked the authorities of all private universities to fulfill all conditions, set by the government, for ensuring quality of higher education at their respective own campuses, reports BSS. "It's essential to ensure that private universities...
Dr Afsana Alamgir Khan, MBBS, MPH, Bacteriologist at the Institute of Public Health, Mohakhali in Dhaka has recently gone to Japan under the Young Leaders' Programme to take an MS degree in Healthcare Administration at the Nagoya University. Dr Afsana...
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