CAIRO, Nov 2 (AFP): Arab foreign ministers meet anew Wednesday to step up pressure on Syria to end nearly eight months of deadly violence, as 14 more civilians were reportedly killed in the country. Hours before the meeting was due...
Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo grabbed 5-90 as the West Indies trounced Bangladesh by 229 runs in the second Test in Dhaka on Wednesday to win their first away series in eight years, reports AFP. Bangladesh, who were set an improbable victory...
KARACHI, Nov 2 (AFP): Retired stars and ordinary fans united on Wednesday to urge Pakistan to act immediately to save future generations of cricketers from corruption as three of its top players face jail in England. Former Test captain Salman...
DividendsNational Tubes: The board of directors of National Tubes has recommended 20 per cent stock dividend for the year that ended on June 30, 2011 to be distributed from retained earnings of the company amounting to Tk 284.1 million. The...
Sixty-nine per cent of global mobile phone users report using a smartphone and 47 per cent of mobile users have increased their data usage in the past year - a larger percentage than text or voice. A recent study operated...
A three-day Islami Bank Bangladesh International Tourism Fair was held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the city recently, said a press release. Bangladesh Federation for Tourism Development (BFTD) organised the fair to promote the tourists towards different tourist...
Nazmul AhsanThe Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global body to combat money laundering and terror financing, has asked the government to scrap the existing money whitening facility offered to the country's stock investors. The FATF has said Bangladesh may...
Shamsul Huq Zahid The election of Dr. Selina Hyat Ivy as the first mayor of the newly created Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) last Sunday almost coincided with the endorsement given by the cabinet to an amendment bill that seeks to...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has sought the regulator's permission to revise the settlement period of stocks transaction for implementing the reduced T+2 cycle, officials said. The move came after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took a decision...
FE ReportFinance Minister AMA Muhith said Tuesday it is not possible for the government to move ahead with the Padma Bridge Project without having a response from World Bank (WB) to the request for making available fund for the project....
M Azizur RahmanThe government has decided to launch bidding for oil and gas exploration in the country's shallow-depth blocks, avoiding areas that have been disputed by neighbouring India and Myanmar, officials said Monday. "The new bidding round will take place...
FE ReportThe government will sign an inter-governmental agreement (IGA) with Russia today (Wednesday) for construction of two nuclear power plants with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts (mw) each at Rooppur in Pabna. "All is now set for signing the IGA...
The Supreme Court's chamber judge, Justice Mohammad Imman Ali felt embarrassed to hear a BTRC appeal to stay a High Court(HC) order over Grameenphone's 'unpaid' spectrum fees. The hearing was held at Justice Ali's residence Tuesday due to court vacation....
The cabinet's decision to bifurcate Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) into two separate units is a 'conspiracy.' Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque alleged this at a human-chain in the city Tuesday morning, reports bdnews24.com. Zia Sangskritik Jote...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 01: Liberal Democratic Party president Oli Ahmed has demanded release of Jama'at leaders including Matiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Delawar Hossain Sayedee. He made the demand at the party's fifth anniversary at Muslim Hall...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Tuesday set December 5 for the prosecution to submit formal charges against four top Jama'at-e-Islami leaders including party chief Matiur Rahman Nizami, now detained in jail for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during...
A close aide of executed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai was arrested in Naogaon town on Tuesday. The arrested was identified as Sanwar Hossain, also former general secretary of Jubo Dal Raninagar thana unit. Being...
The government has taken initiatives to bring change to the judicial system through making the existing laws time befitting for ensuring justice to the common people. Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Barrister Shafique Ahmed said this at an...
Awami Legaue (AL) Advisory Council Member Suranjit Sengupta MP has called for strengthening the grand alliance on the basis of common principles and ideology. The AL advisory council member said this at a discussion organised by the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal...
Ismail HossainBangladeshis are now learning Chinese in greater number, once thought to be the hardest language to learn, to simplify their ways to businesses, professions, study and many other relations with China -- the world's fastest growing economy. At least...
The North South University's (NSU) Department of Public Health (DPH) in support of UKaid, EU, Norwegian Embassy, Sida, AusAID and UNDP organised an expert group workshop on 'Finalisation of Curriculum for Emergency Healthcare Management after Natural Disaster in Bangladesh' in...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 01: Speakers at a view exchange meeting today said political leaders have failed to achieve expected national growth due to lack of acumen and wrong policy of centralization. They said the leaders have also failed to exploit...
Police in simultaneous drives in the capital and its outskirts Keraniganj held 10 suspected car lifters and recovered 15 stolen motorcycles and two private cars from them, reports UNB. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, led...
FE ReportBangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) and Bangladesh Railway (BR) are starting their Eid services from today (Wednesday) to facilitate the home-bound people to celebrate Eid-ul- Azha with their near and dear ones. Officials said though full-fledged BRTC bus service...
She also said it was possible to hold a free and fair election in Narayanganj City Corporation since Awami League is in power. Ivy, the rebel Awami League candidate, reached Gonobhaban at 8pm for a courtesy meeting with Awami League...
Mohammad Monir Hossain and Ms Rehena Aziz have been elected president and general secretary respectively of the BUET Employees' Association recently, according to a press release. Two new vice-presidents have also been elected recently. They are M Sahid Ullah and...
Md Saidur Rahman in the first of his three-part articleA motorised goods carrier locally known as Kariman, Alamshadhu, Nasiman, covered van etc., improvised in Bangladesh villages costs approximately Tk 85,000-Tk 100,000 each. This carrier can transport around 1800 kgs of...
Mohammad Tareq HasanIndigenous knowledge refers to the local and traditional knowledge used by the people of a particular geo-physical setting for agriculture, natural resource management, fisheries, livestock, healthcare practices, disaster risk reduction and other activities. Since the start of exploration...
Afia Islam Lopa In recent decades women's health issues have received higher international visibility and renewed political commitment. Limited access to education or employment, high illiteracy rates and increasing poverty levels are making health improvements for women exceedingly difficult. Mental...
Syed Mansur HashimAgainst countless rumours and endless speculations, the independent candidate Selina Hayat Ivy carried the day at the Narayanganj mayoral polls. It would appear that history is repeating itself as her father too had been swept to the same...
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