JESSORE, May 10 (BSS): A court here sentenced a schoolteacher to 46 years' rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a schoolgirl. Court sources said ASM Zahirul Islam, judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal of Jessore, announced the verdict...
Our CorrespondentRANGPUR, May 10: More than 60 thousand people of seven villages under Kawnia upazila of Rangpur district have been suffering for around forty years in absence of a bridge over the river Dhum. The people of Uttar Dumerkuti, Balapara,...
Our CorrespondentNATORE, May 10: The election to 52 unions under six upazilas in Natore district will begin on June 4, according to a declaration made recently. According to the district election officer Natore GM Sahatab Uddin, the union parishad polls...
MANIKGANJ, May 10 (UNB) : A woman was killed and 35 people were injured as a bus crashed into a tree at Uchutia in Sadar Upazila Monday morning. The deceased is-Lucky Akhter(30), hailed from Jessore Sadar Thana. Police and local...
RAJSHAHI, May 10 (BSS): One woman was killed and at least 10 others were injured in a nor'wester that swept some parts of the district Monday afternoon. According to the local sources, the woman identified as Hazera Bibi (45), wife...
RANGPUR, May 10 (BSS): Handloom sewing has turned into a reliable profession for the distressed women, unemployed and physically challenged young girls in northern Bangladesh as an effective means of overcoming poverty. Side by side with earning livelihoods, thousands of...
In general, ships over 20 years are not considered sea-worthy and are literally dumped with all their steel, asbestos, and toxins on the beaches of some developing countries, including Bangladesh. In 1965, a violent storm beached a giant cargo ship...
House rent in the capital is on the continuous rise as it is beyond any control of the authorities and the law of the land. Although there is a law relating to house rent, it is not being enforced strictly....
Mazadul HoqueVarious kinds of summer fruits have started pouring in the city markets and the prices are higher than expected. City's fruits sellers of different areas told the FE Monday though the most succulent fruit for summer season-mangoes which are...
The second death anniversary of Dr MA Wazed Miah, an internationally renowned nuclear scientist and husband of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina was observed Monday, said a press release. Dr Wazed Miah passed away on this day in 2009 at...
FE ReportHundreds of employees of Grameen Bank Monday observed one-hour work abstention at the bank's headquarters in Mirpur to protest abduction and attack on one of its staff. Nearly 800 employees of the Nobel peace prize winning organisation under the...
Murad Hossain Masum, an employee of The News Today has been suffering from cancer. The doctors have advised his family to send him abroad for better treatment immediately. But the family is unable to bear the expenses of his treatment....
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Comilla and Noakhali in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Tuesday). Weather...
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 (Monday). Day temperature may rise slightly...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
Mamun RashidA green bank is a bank that promotes environmental and social responsibility but operates as a traditional community bank and provides excellent services to investors and clients. Its progressive approach to the community and the earth makes it different...
Asaduzzaman PallabTk 11 billion di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertiliser factory remains virtually non-functional due to shortage of raw materials and working capital. Sources in Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) said, so far only 32,000 tonnes of DAP fertiliser was produced in...
Mahmudur RahmanJust days after the launching of the Tk. 50 billion Bangladesh Fund in the share market the stocks keep going down. The sight of a man with a placard on his chest saying "Pl shoot me" can hardly be...
Kenya and Uganda have agreed to give lease of land to Bangladesh government for farming, report agencies. Kenya will offer lands for 99 years at a very cheap price of 19 cents per bigha annually. The Ugandan authorities informed that...
ISLAMABAD, May 9(Agencies): Pakistan said Monday it was "absurd" to level accusations of complicity or incompetence over the discovery of Osama bin Laden in a garrison city and announced an official probe into the affair. In a speech to Islamabad's...
Mazadul HoqueVarious kinds of summer fruits have started pouring in the city markets and the prices are higher than expected. City's fruits sellers of different areas told the FE Monday though the most succulent fruit for summer season-mangoes which are...
The second death anniversary of Dr MA Wazed Miah, an internationally renowned nuclear scientist and husband of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina was observed Monday, said a press release. Dr Wazed Miah passed away on this day in 2009 at...
FE ReportHundreds of employees of Grameen Bank Monday observed one-hour work abstention at the bank's headquarters in Mirpur to protest abduction and attack on one of its staff. Nearly 800 employees of the Nobel peace prize winning organisation under the...
Murad Hossain Masum, an employee of The News Today has been suffering from cancer. The doctors have advised his family to send him abroad for better treatment immediately. But the family is unable to bear the expenses of his treatment....
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Comilla and Noakhali in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Tuesday). Weather...
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 (Monday). Day temperature may rise slightly...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
FE ReportDhaka stocks closed higher amid high volatility on Monday although early slump prompted the angry investors to stage demonstrations for the second consecutive day. The small investors took to the street coming out from the different brokerage houses at...
Novartis Bangladesh Limited, a multinational medicine producing company based in Basel of Switzerland, hosted a programme at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) in Savar recently marking the 15th anniversary of the Community Partnership Day, said a...
Alhaj Akram Hussain (Humayun) has been elected chairman of the Audit Committee of Mercantile Bank Limited. The election took place after re-constitution of the Board of Directors of the Bank recently, said a press release. A Freedom Fighter, Mr Humayun...
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