Leaders of Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) today suggested that the government take immediate steps to revise the Tobacco Control Act by imposing high tax on cigarettes and bidis to check smoking and its use, reports BSS. Speaking at a roundtable...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 14 (UNB): Patenga, one of the crowded tourist spots in Chittagong, is fast losing its charm with illegal shops mushrooming in the area. The beach usually attracts thousands of visitors daily round the year and becomes overcrowded...
Our CorrespondentKHULNA, May 14: 40 mw Quick Power Plant of Khanjahan Ali Power Company has been started on trial basis from last Thursday. Source said that Khanjahan Ali Power Company was established with a 40 mw quick power plant at...
Our Correspondent JOYPURHAT, May 14: A day long seminar on Digital Bangladesh organized by Joypurhat District Administration was held at DC conference room Saturday. Local member of Parliament Mahafuja Mondol Rina inaugurated the seminar as a chief guest. Among others...
KURIGRAM, May 14 (UNB) : A housewife was rescued after 14 hours of brutal torture perpetrated on her by her husband and in-laws at Nijai Khamar village in Ulipur Upazila early Friday. The victim was identified as Shahnaz Parvin (30),...
MAGURA, May 14 (UNB) : A schoolboy was killed as a speedy passenger bus knocked him down at Jagla village on Magura-Jessore highway of Sadar Upazila Friday. Magura Thana OC Maruf Hossain said the bus hit the unidentified schoolboy while...
Our Correspondent NATORE, May 14: Mobile court in Bagatipara upazila sentenced one hemp peddler to 7 days' terms of imprisonment Wednesday. In an anti-drug drive Bagatipara thana police arrested Kamal Hossain from Laxmanhati Pukurpar area in Bagatipara Upazila of the...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, May 14: Brahmanbaria district that was famous for jackfruit cultivation for long has started lichee cultivation. Lichee cultivators are going to reap a bumper harvest this season in the district with different varieties of the fruit. Over 400...
BENAPOLE, May 14 (UNB) : BGB members arrested 26 people including 7 women and 2 children while they were returning home from India at Boro Achra and Sadipur border areas Saturday early morning. The arrestees were identified as Alpona Begum...
MADARIPUR, May 14 (UNB) : Ro-Ro ferry 'Shah Mokhdum' on Maowa Kewrakandi route in the Padma river caught fire early Saturday. BIWTC sources said the ferry ran aground during a nor'wester when it reached Hazra channel at around 11pm Friday....
GAIBANDHA, May 14 (BSS): Speakers at a function here stressed the need for ensuring human rights and providing the government services to the neglected and underprivileged Char dwellers for their faster socio-economic development. "Living standard of the backward Char people...
Leaders of Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) today suggested that the government take immediate steps to revise the Tobacco Control Act by imposing high tax on cigarettes and bidis to check smoking and its use, reports BSS. Speaking at a roundtable...
LONDON, May 14 (Reuters): Britons probably suffered the biggest drop in incomes in 30 years over the past 12 months, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said Friday, leaving median incomes close to levels last seen in 2005. The estimates...
MUMBAI, May 14 (Economic Times): Essar Steel, the Mumbai-based steelmaker that is expanding its capacity to 10 million tonnes, will almost double its service centres in India to make more customer-friendly steel that would increase sales in the fast-growing local...
Our Correspondent JOYPURHAT, May 14: A day long seminar on Digital Bangladesh organized by Joypurhat District Administration was held at DC conference room Saturday. Local member of Parliament Mahafuja Mondol Rina inaugurated the seminar as a chief guest. Among others...
KURIGRAM, May 14 (UNB) : A housewife was rescued after 14 hours of brutal torture perpetrated on her by her husband and in-laws at Nijai Khamar village in Ulipur Upazila early Friday. The victim was identified as Shahnaz Parvin (30),...
MAGURA, May 14 (UNB) : A schoolboy was killed as a speedy passenger bus knocked him down at Jagla village on Magura-Jessore highway of Sadar Upazila Friday. Magura Thana OC Maruf Hossain said the bus hit the unidentified schoolboy while...
Our Correspondent NATORE, May 14: Mobile court in Bagatipara upazila sentenced one hemp peddler to 7 days' terms of imprisonment Wednesday. In an anti-drug drive Bagatipara thana police arrested Kamal Hossain from Laxmanhati Pukurpar area in Bagatipara Upazila of the...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, May 14: Brahmanbaria district that was famous for jackfruit cultivation for long has started lichee cultivation. Lichee cultivators are going to reap a bumper harvest this season in the district with different varieties of the fruit. Over 400...
BENAPOLE, May 14 (UNB) : BGB members arrested 26 people including 7 women and 2 children while they were returning home from India at Boro Achra and Sadipur border areas Saturday early morning. The arrestees were identified as Alpona Begum...
MADARIPUR, May 14 (UNB) : Ro-Ro ferry 'Shah Mokhdum' on Maowa Kewrakandi route in the Padma river caught fire early Saturday. BIWTC sources said the ferry ran aground during a nor'wester when it reached Hazra channel at around 11pm Friday....
GAIBANDHA, May 14 (BSS): Speakers at a function here stressed the need for ensuring human rights and providing the government services to the neglected and underprivileged Char dwellers for their faster socio-economic development. "Living standard of the backward Char people...
Leaders of Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) today suggested that the government take immediate steps to revise the Tobacco Control Act by imposing high tax on cigarettes and bidis to check smoking and its use, reports BSS. Speaking at a roundtable...
NEW DELHI, May 14 (Economic Times): The credit ratings agency Crisil recently launched real estate ratings in India, which will help end users make informed purchases. It is expected to bring in more transparency in real estate sector and will...
BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua): Big drops in international commodities prices have added to concerns over the uncertainty of global economic recovery amid slowing consumer spending in the US and monetary tightening policies aimed at cooling inflation in China. Crude oil...
MUMBAI, May 14 (Business Standard): Global Offshore, formerly known as Garware Offshore Services, plans to spend $110-112 million on adding two more Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) of 4,500 dead weight tonne (dwt) each to its fleet. Sandeep P Akolkar, president...
BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua): China opposes the European Union's decision to impose its first-ever anti-subsidy and anti-dumping duties on imports from China, said ministry of commerce (MoC) spokesman Yao Jian Saturday. Yao made the remarks in a statement on the...
NEW YORK, May 14 (AFP): The United States deployed $1.0 billion as part of a G7 intervention in foreign-exchange markets to tame the soaring yen after Japan's earthquake disaster, the Federal Reserve said yesterday. "The US monetary authorities intervened in...
Our Correspondent NATORE, May 14: Mobile court in Bagatipara upazila sentenced one hemp peddler to 7 days' terms of imprisonment Wednesday. In an anti-drug drive Bagatipara thana police arrested Kamal Hossain from Laxmanhati Pukurpar area in Bagatipara Upazila of the...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, May 14: Brahmanbaria district that was famous for jackfruit cultivation for long has started lichee cultivation. Lichee cultivators are going to reap a bumper harvest this season in the district with different varieties of the fruit. Over 400...
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