The Benchmark General Index DGEN showed signs of reversal to register gain of 1.26%. Finance Minister's comment in the parliament that he has not yet mentioned anywhere about imposing capital gain tax on retail investor's profit or requirement of TIN...
The country's oldest cellphone operator Citycell will expand this year its network focussing on voice and data services, the company chief said Tuesday. As part of the network expansion drive, the company inked an agreement with the Chinese network solution...
The South Korean government has decided to pursue an early imposition of tariffs on rice imports in a bid to deal with its growing rice reserves, local media reported Tuesday. The ministry for food, agriculture, forestry and agriculture is seeking...
President M Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina expressed their deep shock at the death of Mirza Abul Kashem, father of Jatiya Sangsad's Whip Mirza Azam, reports UNB. In separate messages, the President and PM prayed for the...
Senior journalist Azizul Haque Banna died of cardiac arrest at the city's Apollo Hospitals Tuesday morning. He was 62, reports UNB. He left behind his wife, three daughters, one son and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his...
FE Report Md Ehiyar Rahman, father of SM Jahangir Alam - First AGM (Public Relations) of Janata Bank Limited, has recently died of a cardiac arrest at a city hospital. He was 74, according to a press release. He left...
LONDON, May 19: The BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia spent a busy day holding meetings with several ruling party leaders of the UK Wednesday. During the meetings with Parliamentary Human Rights Group Vice-Chairman Lord Avebury at the House of Lords and...
Leaders of different social and environmental organisations Sunday demanded increase of tax on bidi, cigarette and all tobacco products in the upcoming budget for protecting public health and saving lives from their harmful effects, reports BSS. Tobacco and tobacco products...
A day-long Embassy Open House programme of Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC drew a large number of visitors from all over the United States (US) and tourists from other countries, reports UNB. The programme was organised in coordination with Cultural...
RAJSHAHI, May 24(BSS): Sericulture has bright prospects of creating employment for the rural people and alleviating poverty through its expansion and development by utilising existing natural resources. As an agro-based and labour-intensive industry, sericulture can involve a huge number of...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, May 24: Syedpur Chilahati rail route renovation and rehabilitation works have started recently. Sourced said 63.90 km railway track renovation works going on rather slowly. A private company MAPZ-TTCL-JV was contracted at Tk. 1.4368 billion for the renovation...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, May 24: The construction of a number of high-rise buildings has been started in port cum industrial city Khulna. Most of the construction work of a 20-storied building has been completed and another 25-storied building is in...
RANGPUR, May 24 (BSS): The farmers achieved a bumper wheat production exceeding the fixed production target by 4.43 per cent despite shortfall in farming target by 8.16 per cent in northern Bangladesh during this season. Adoption of the latest conservation...
RANGPUR, May 24 (BSS): Two-day celebrations of the 112th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam began in Panchagarh today through various programmes chalked out by the district administration. A huge colourful rally led by Deputy Commissioner of Panchagarh...
Our CorrespondentGOPALGANJ, May 24: A five-day long cultural fair-2011 began at Sheikh Monir Auditorium in Gopalganj town Sunday. District administration of Gopalganj organised the cultural fair which started on May 22 and will continue till May 26.
NARAIL, May 24 (BSS): Boro paddy production in three Upazilas of Narail has exceeded target this year due to the favourable climatic condition and timely supply of quality seeds, fertilisers and pesticides. The Boro yield in Sadar, Kalia and Lohagora...
Vendor beaten to death A vendor was beaten to death as he refused to pay additional toll to market leasers at Kharibari hat in Fulbari Uapzila Kurigram of Monday night. The deceased was identified as Kochimuddin (60).Police said when Kochimuddin,...
Senior journalist Azizul Haque Banna died of cardiac arrest at the city's Apollo Hospitals Tuesday morning. He was 62, reports UNB. He left behind his wife, three daughters, one son and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his...
FE Report Md Ehiyar Rahman, father of SM Jahangir Alam - First AGM (Public Relations) of Janata Bank Limited, has recently died of a cardiac arrest at a city hospital. He was 74, according to a press release. He left...
LONDON, May 19: The BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia spent a busy day holding meetings with several ruling party leaders of the UK Wednesday. During the meetings with Parliamentary Human Rights Group Vice-Chairman Lord Avebury at the House of Lords and...
Leaders of different social and environmental organisations Sunday demanded increase of tax on bidi, cigarette and all tobacco products in the upcoming budget for protecting public health and saving lives from their harmful effects, reports BSS. Tobacco and tobacco products...
A day-long Embassy Open House programme of Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC drew a large number of visitors from all over the United States (US) and tourists from other countries, reports UNB. The programme was organised in coordination with Cultural...
TEHRAN, May 24 (AFP): An accidental blast at Iran's Abadan's oil refinery killed one person and wounded 25 during a visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was not affected and went on to make a televised speech, a local official...
Ten policemen, including one senior officer, have been killed and dismembered by Maoist rebels in India's Chhattisgarh state, police say, reports BBC. The attack reportedly took place in the densely-forested Gariyaband area on the state's border with Orissa. The bodies...
DNA found on the clothes of a New York hotel maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her matches that of the former IMF chief, US media reports say, reports BBC. The unconfirmed reports cited sources close to the...
LONDON, May 24 (agencies): Airlines halted hundreds of flights Tuesday after a plume of ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland blew over Britain, even forcing US President Barack Obama to revise his travel plans. Barely a year after a...
SANAA, May 24 (AP): With chains and locks, a powerful Yemeni tribe has sealed several government buildings as it lays siege to a vital Sanaa district in fierce clashes with government forces. A medical official says Tuesday that a total...
Obama 'heartbroken' over killer tornados LONDON, May 24: US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was "heartbroken" over the devastation wrought by tornados in the US midwest, which killed more than 100 people, and said he would visit the disaster...
NARAIL, May 24 (BSS): Boro paddy production in three Upazilas of Narail has exceeded target this year due to the favourable climatic condition and timely supply of quality seeds, fertilisers and pesticides. The Boro yield in Sadar, Kalia and Lohagora...
Vendor beaten to death A vendor was beaten to death as he refused to pay additional toll to market leasers at Kharibari hat in Fulbari Uapzila Kurigram of Monday night. The deceased was identified as Kochimuddin (60).Police said when Kochimuddin,...
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