Police seized a foreign made pistol from a goods laden truck at Shekari on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Sadar Upazila of the district yesterday. Acting on a tip off, a team of the police intercepted the Sherpur- bound truck from Dhaka...
A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Para village in Domar Upazila of Nilphamari early Tuesday.The deceased was identifies as Putul (25), wife of Dulal Hossain of the village.Police said Dulal married Putul nine...
A mobile court of Bogra Tuesday convicted a youth and sentenced him to six months imprisonment for teasing a college girl.The convict was identified as Shaheb Ali (24), son of Golam Rabbani of Bhutbari village in Dhunat Upazila. Police said...
FE ReportThe government is likely to allocate Tk 71.75 billion in fund to the Power Division in the development budget for 2011-12 fiscal, 46 per cent up from the current year's outlay, officials said Wednesday. Planning ministry officials said they...
Munima SultanaMiddlemen are still dominating different service centres of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) as it has failed to improve its service despite introduction of online system. BRTA service seekers said they are still dependent on middlemen at different centres...
Doulot Akter MalaAsian Development Bank (ADB) has identified 11 areas as roadblocks to investment growth and regional cooperation, which include lack of rail and road infrastructures, maintenance, power, air cargo, inland container depots and port capacities as well as policy...
Syful IslamThe poultry, fisheries and livestock sectors are set to receive a huge volume of incentives from next fiscal as the government targets a significant increase in their production to meet the rising demand, official sources have said. The Ministry...
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, May 13: Afghanistan accorded warm welcome to Indian Prime Minister Manmohon Singh who arrived Thursday promising to invest $500 million more on new projects bringing the total Indian contribution for the development to $2billion. India's...
Kamrun NaharRealtors of the country have differed with the government's condition to install rooftop solar panel to generate three per cent of power demand of a building for getting new power connections. "We welcome the government's decision to ask the...
Farmers are harvesting a bumper Boro paddy across the country while Agriculture Extension officials who have links with the field are hopeful of an yield of 20 million tonnes in terms of rice exceeding the target set at 18.65 million...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Geneva tomorrow (Sunday) to attend the 16th World Meteorological Congress (WMC) and the 64th World Health Assembly (WHA). During her four-day visit, the PM is scheduled to address the 16th WMC on...
Three construction workers were electrocuted and another injured when they came in contact with a live electric wire at Tanti Bazar in the city behind Chitra Mahal Cinema Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Akmal Haque (25), Saiful Islam,...
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized a private car with 1,071 bottles of phensidyl during a raid at Manikdihi village in Jessore Sadar Upazila here Wednesday. RAB sources said acting, on a tip-off, a team of the force...
Police arrested two people along with 20 sacks of OMS rice at Parajpur Mistripara village in Dinajpur Sadar Upazila Wednesday. Police said OMS rice dealer Zahurul Haque hired a shallow engine driven van to carry 20 sacks of government rice...
Police seized a foreign made pistol from a goods laden truck at Shekari on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Sadar Upazila of the district yesterday. Acting on a tip off, a team of the police intercepted the Sherpur- bound truck from Dhaka...
A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Para village in Domar Upazila of Nilphamari early Tuesday.The deceased was identifies as Putul (25), wife of Dulal Hossain of the village.Police said Dulal married Putul nine...
A mobile court of Bogra Tuesday convicted a youth and sentenced him to six months imprisonment for teasing a college girl.The convict was identified as Shaheb Ali (24), son of Golam Rabbani of Bhutbari village in Dhunat Upazila. Police said...
Asaduzzaman PallabBrokerage firms affiliated with two bourses have failed to introduce common 'Back Office Software', despite repeated directive from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). People familiar with the situation said the capital market regulator asked brokerage houses to use...
Md Jamal UddinThe commercial value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers (PCs) in Bangladesh has reached a record US$137 million as 90 per cent of the deployed software in the year was pirated, says a new study. The country...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The government Thursday instructed the country's off-docks, privately-run container terminals, to handle all sack-contained import items to reduce congestion at the premier seaport of Chittagong. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Thursday issued the instruction which was...
FE ReportPrices of garlic and sugar showed an upward trend while those of rice and vegetables decreased in the city's kitchen markets, traders said Friday. Rice prices cooled off in the city's kitchen markets mainly due to the arrival of...
Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG) and Sony Corp. (6758), along with other owners of music labels, agreed during a trial to settle their copyright lawsuit against Lime Wire LLC and its founder, Mark Gorton, for $105 million, reports Bloomberg. "The...
The rising floodwaters of the Mississippi River, threatening towns and farms between Memphis and the Gulf of Mexico, may affect 10 percent of Louisiana's onshore crude oil production, reports Bloomberg. A total of 2,264 oil wells are responsible for about...
HSBC expects to accelerate the Bank's growth in the Asia Pacific region while driving India, Singapore and Malaysia Indonesia - each to deliver over US$1 billion in profit before tax in the medium term, joining Hong Kong and mainland China...
Austerity measures "don't work" and prevent countries from creating jobs needed to generate economic growth, said Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. "Austerity is an experiment that has been tried before with the same results," Stiglitz said today in a...
Three construction workers were electrocuted and another injured when they came in contact with a live electric wire at Tanti Bazar in the city behind Chitra Mahal Cinema Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Akmal Haque (25), Saiful Islam,...
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized a private car with 1,071 bottles of phensidyl during a raid at Manikdihi village in Jessore Sadar Upazila here Wednesday. RAB sources said acting, on a tip-off, a team of the force...
Police arrested two people along with 20 sacks of OMS rice at Parajpur Mistripara village in Dinajpur Sadar Upazila Wednesday. Police said OMS rice dealer Zahurul Haque hired a shallow engine driven van to carry 20 sacks of government rice...
Police seized a foreign made pistol from a goods laden truck at Shekari on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Sadar Upazila of the district yesterday. Acting on a tip off, a team of the police intercepted the Sherpur- bound truck from Dhaka...
A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Para village in Domar Upazila of Nilphamari early Tuesday.The deceased was identifies as Putul (25), wife of Dulal Hossain of the village.Police said Dulal married Putul nine...
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