Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 22: Members of the parliamentary standing committee on Labour and Employment Ministry today said that a separate wage structure would be announced for the workers of the ship breaking yards soon considering the health hazards they are...
NICOSIA, April 22 : At least 15 protesters were killed by security forces during massive demonstrations Friday across Syria, witnesses and activists told AFP in telephone interviews. Security forces opened fire with live rounds to disperse protesters who took to...
TOKYO, April 22 (AFP): Japan announced Friday a $49 billion budget to help fund reconstruction after last month's earthquake and tsunami as Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the country was facing a "crisis within a crisis". It was the first...
Islamic Law Implementation Committee (ILIC) chief Mufti Fazlul Haq Amini's missing son was found Friday, reports BSS. His relatives said Abul Hasnat was found in front of Nabokumar Institute at Bakshibazar at around 4:00 am. Speaking at a press conference...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Friday said the government is going to set up some 17 new public educational institutions (of which 11 are government secondary schools and six are public colleges) in Dhaka City Corporation area costing Tk 4.35...
The fifth floor of Thai Aluminium Tower at Road No 17, a multi-storied building in the city's Banani area, caught fire at around 5:00 pm Friday. Shahzadi Sultana, an official of Fire Service (control room) told the news agency that...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Saturday). Day temperature may remain nearly...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 22 (BSS): Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr Afsarul Ameen said construction work of flyovers at city's Nasirabad, Muradpur and GEC Crossing will start soon. Processes have been completed to begin construction and the work will be inaugurated...
GAIBANDHA, Apr 22 (UNB): A case was filed Friday with Sadar thana against 1,000 unidentified people in connection with vandalism at local Water Development Board (WDB) office Thursday. Abul Kalam Azad, Sub-assistant Engineer of WDB, filed the case. Over 2,000...
Booyoung Company Limited of South Korea would provide free of cost high quality education materials including 50,000 blackboards and 5,000 pianos for primary level students of Bangladesh, reports BSS. Korean Ambassador Taiyoung Cho said this as he called on Primary...
'Save the Environment Movement' Friday organized a boat rally in the Buriganga river to press home its demand for freeing the river from encroachment and punishing the illegal occupants, reports BSS. The rally of some 50 boats started from Waizghat...
BAGERHAT, Apr 22 (UNB): A court here Thursday convicted a woman and sentenced her to life term imprisonment in absentia for killing her husband in 2008. The convict, Majeda Begum (30), is the wife of Abdul Goni of Bhaijora village...
All mobile phone users in the country will get Bangla SMS service by February 21, 2012, reports BSS. Project Director of Access to Information (A2I) and Private Secretary to the Prime Minister Nazrul Islam Khan said this while addressing a...
Delicious summer fruits, both local and foreign varieties, have started pouring in in the city markets and roadside outlets though many of those are very costly for the ordinary buyers, reports UNB. Indian mangoes that look fresh and fabulous in...
TANGAIL, Apr 22 (bdnews24.com): Two police sub-inspectors (SIs) have been detained in a case filed over the death of another police SI's son. SI Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain and his colleague Mohammad Shahjahan were held from Tangail Model Police Station Friday....
COMILLA, Apr 22 (UNB): Two people were killed in a head-on-collision between two trucks at Amangonda on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Chouddagram Upazila early Friday. The deceased were identified as truck driver Bashar and helper Rubel, hailing from Noakhali district. Police...
Md Aminul Islam, a Bangladeshi, who is currently assistant professor and chairman of the postgraduate studies programmes of the Business School at Universiti Malaysia Perlis, was accorded with the prestigious "Best Lecturer Award 2010". Universiti Malaysia Perlis, a government university,...
The second death anniversary of Advocate Mahmood Al Noor Tarek will be held today (Saturday) at Zila School Jam-e-Masjid, Mymensingh. Milad mahfil and Doa will be held after Asr prayer at his residence on the same day, said a press...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 22: President of the premier trade body Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) Morshed Murad Ibrahim said today that language is the major barrier in the bilateral trade, commerce and economic relation with China. Chinese language...
M. Mizanur RahmanA report of Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR) says that 249 women were killed in 2010 in dowry-related violence, which is more than double the number of 109 deaths for the same reason in...
Humayun RashidNow-a-days we see a boom in posters advertising exciting jobs for students. These "posters", mostly in black and white, appear to be glued to bus windows, on lamp posts and places mostly visited by the public. With much surprise,...
Mohammad Shahidul IslamRecently, the good news for the nation is that the 160 million people have madly fallen in love with cricket. After 40 years of independence, we, from all walks of life, even above political interest, have finally agreed...
'Save the Environment Movement' Friday organized a boat rally in the Buriganga river to press home its demand for freeing the river from encroachment and punishing the illegal occupants, reports BSS. The rally of some 50 boats started from Waizghat...
BAGERHAT, Apr 22 (UNB): A court here Thursday convicted a woman and sentenced her to life term imprisonment in absentia for killing her husband in 2008. The convict, Majeda Begum (30), is the wife of Abdul Goni of Bhaijora village...
All mobile phone users in the country will get Bangla SMS service by February 21, 2012, reports BSS. Project Director of Access to Information (A2I) and Private Secretary to the Prime Minister Nazrul Islam Khan said this while addressing a...
Delicious summer fruits, both local and foreign varieties, have started pouring in in the city markets and roadside outlets though many of those are very costly for the ordinary buyers, reports UNB. Indian mangoes that look fresh and fabulous in...
TANGAIL, Apr 22 (bdnews24.com): Two police sub-inspectors (SIs) have been detained in a case filed over the death of another police SI's son. SI Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain and his colleague Mohammad Shahjahan were held from Tangail Model Police Station Friday....
COMILLA, Apr 22 (UNB): Two people were killed in a head-on-collision between two trucks at Amangonda on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Chouddagram Upazila early Friday. The deceased were identified as truck driver Bashar and helper Rubel, hailing from Noakhali district. Police...
Md Aminul Islam, a Bangladeshi, who is currently assistant professor and chairman of the postgraduate studies programmes of the Business School at Universiti Malaysia Perlis, was accorded with the prestigious "Best Lecturer Award 2010". Universiti Malaysia Perlis, a government university,...
The second death anniversary of Advocate Mahmood Al Noor Tarek will be held today (Saturday) at Zila School Jam-e-Masjid, Mymensingh. Milad mahfil and Doa will be held after Asr prayer at his residence on the same day, said a press...
© 2025 - All Rights with The Financial Express
