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Bangladeshi youth killed by BSF *****

2011-05-16 00:00:00

SATKHIRA, May 15 (UNB) : A Bangladeshi cattle trader was hacked to death and three others were injured by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Boikari border in Sadar Upazila early Sunday. Police recovered the body of Milon Hossain (20),...

News in brief

2011-05-16 00:00:00

Varsity student killed in Manikganj A varsity student was stabbed to death by miscreants at Ramanpur village in Sadar Upazila of Manikganj Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Imran Hossain, an LLB student of Savar Gono Biswabidyalay and son...

'Older people can bring about change, difference in living'*****

2011-05-16 00:00:00

Older people can bring about a positive change in society, making a difference in living, by applying their expertise and experience in the best possible ways in all sectors of development in the country. That is why, they must be...

UK RCDS team visits B'desh

2011-05-16 00:00:00

A 14-member team of the UK Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) arrived in the city Sunday on a week's visit to Bangladesh, reports UNB. The aim of the RCDS tour is to examine and assess the country's vulnerabilities to...

UNWTO to provide all possible support for tourism

2011-05-16 00:00:00

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) will provide all possible support for flourishing tourism in Bangladesh as the country can use tourism as one of its major tools to cut poverty, reports BSS. "UNWTO secretary-general assured me that his...

Increase of tax on tobacco demanded*****

2011-05-16 00:00:00

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...

B'desh embassy 'Open House' event draws visitors

2011-05-16 00:00:00

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...

Tax holiday until '13 with some changes: Muhith

2011-05-16 00:00:00

FE ReportFinance Minister AMA Muhith Sunday said the government will extend tax holiday facilities until 2013 with some changes in respect of the units that are currently enjoying the benefit. He said the government is not in favour of tax...

SC affirms Ershad's rule unconstitutional

2011-05-16 00:00:00

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) Sunday upheld the verdict of the High Court (HC) Division that declared the seventh amendment to the Constitution void, illegal and made without lawful authority, report agencies. The SC affirmed the HC...

SEC gets new chairman******

2011-05-16 00:00:00

FE ReportThe government Sunday appointed M Khairul Hossain as the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission for three years in an effort to bring stability to the capital market. Mr. Hossain quit his position as the chairman of the...

IMF chief charged with sexual assault*****

2011-05-16 00:00:00

Fazle RashidNEW YORK, May 15: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), was disembarked from plane at JFK yesterday and detained for questioning for alleged sexual assault on a maid at a Manhattan hotel. He was on his...

Sale of atta thru'OMS begins today

2011-05-16 00:00:00

The government will start selling atta (flour) from today (Monday) in the capital under the Open Market Sale (OMS) programmes of essential commodities. About 90 trucks will be deployed at different points of the city for selling atta at subsidised...

220 BD labourers held in Abu Dhabi

2011-05-16 00:00:00

A police raid on a workers' accommodation site in Abu Dhabi, has netted 220 Bangladeshi labourers, who had fake papers. The police said they had a tip-off about some 300 workers who were living in unhygienic conditions in the Musaffah...

Gulshan Youth, Azad SC win Women's Club League matches

2011-05-16 00:00:00

Gulshan Youth Club and Azad SC won their respective matches in the 3rd Women's Club League cricket at separate city venues in the city Saturday, reports UNB. Gulshan Youth Club (2199 in 32 overs) crushed Indira Road KC (969 in...

26 people arrested in Benapole while returning from India

2011-05-16 00:00:00

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...

Ferry catches fire in Padma

2011-05-16 00:00:00

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....

Services to char people for faster dev stressed

2011-05-16 00:00:00

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...

Revision to Tobacco Control Act suggested****

2011-05-16 00:00:00

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...

Reservation of one third of Union Parishad ward for women urged

2011-05-16 00:00:00

FE ReportElected female representatives from the local government on Sunday demanded the reservation of one third of the ward of Union Parishad and Pourashava for women which would be selected from every three wards by rotation every year. Their demands...

Khairul can't be CT govt head: BSCBA

2011-05-16 00:00:00

Pro-BNP Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association (BSCBA) has warned that outgoing chief justice ABM Khairul Haque cannot be the next caretaker government head, reports bdnews24.com. "Justice Khairul Haque, if you dream of heading the next caretaker government, you keep in...

Govt firm to protect human rights, freedom of people: Dipu Moni*****

2011-05-16 00:00:00

Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni Sunday said the government respects fundamental rights of all and is firm to protect human rights and freedom of the people, reports UNB. She said the government will continue to extend every possible support to...

Khoka heads new Dhaka BNP unit

2011-05-16 00:00:00

The BNP's Dhaka metropolitan unit has got a committee after nearly three years, reports bdnews24.com. The 21-strong committee with Dhaka City mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka as its convenor was announced Sunday. Party joint secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told the news...

Bangladeshi youth killed by BSF

2011-05-16 00:00:00

SATKHIRA, May 15 (UNB): A Bangladeshi cattle trader was hacked to death and three others were injured by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Boikari border in Sadar Upazila early Sunday. Police recovered the body of Milon Hossain (20), son...

220 BD labourers held in Abu Dhabi

2011-05-16 00:00:00

A police raid on a workers' accommodation site in Abu Dhabi, has netted 220 Bangladeshi labourers, who had fake papers. The police said they had a tip-off about some 300 workers who were living in unhygienic conditions in the Musaffah...

Gulshan Youth, Azad SC win Women's Club League matches

2011-05-16 00:00:00

Gulshan Youth Club and Azad SC won their respective matches in the 3rd Women's Club League cricket at separate city venues in the city Saturday, reports UNB. Gulshan Youth Club (2199 in 32 overs) crushed Indira Road KC (969 in...

26 people arrested in Benapole while returning from India

2011-05-16 00:00:00

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...

Ferry catches fire in Padma

2011-05-16 00:00:00

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....

Services to char people for faster dev stressed

2011-05-16 00:00:00

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...

Revision to Tobacco Control Act suggested****

2011-05-16 00:00:00

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...

Export of fruits, vegetables shows outstanding performance

2011-05-16 00:00:00

Yasir WardadFruits and vegetables are leading the export track of agricultural products by showing an outstanding performance in first ten months of the current fiscal year, according to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB). The export earning could be increased manifold...