FE ReportNobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has expressed his fear for the survival of his pioneering microlender Grameen Bank Saturday, days after his dismissal as its chief was upheld by the supreme court. The 2006 Nobel winner said the future of...
Shah Alam NurMalaysia has planned to recruit workers from Bangladesh as its export-oriented economy gathers pace, but Dhaka won't press Kuala Lumpur hard to speed up the recruitment process, a minister said Saturday. Labour and manpower minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left the city Saturday morning for Turkey on a four-day visit to attend the fourth UN Conference on LDCs to be held in Istanbul, report agencies. An Emirates flight carrying the Prime Minister and her delegation...
FE ReportPublic Administration Adviser to the Prime Minister HT Imam Saturday said mandatory submission of income tax returns should be introduced for all, whether people have taxable income or not, to ensure proper tax collection. He also stressed the need...
The nation observes the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate great poet Rabindranath Tagore today (Sunday) amid much enthusiasm and elaborate programmes across the country, reports BSS. The government has chalked out various programmes in the capital and other places...
Mohammad MufazzalFrustrated by the negative response of the market to the launch of the Bangladesh Fund (BF), the biggest ever open-ended mutual fund in the country, leaders of the bourses and experts Saturday suggested measures of varied nature to stabilise...
Minister for Education Nurul Islam Nahid Saturday said the government would formulate Education Act for implementing the National Education Policy properly as early as possible. "We are implementing the education policy to build the new generation as competent citizens by...
Nearly 4.6 million (46 lakh) people in the country use illegal drugs as Bangladesh is the most vulnerable for drug abuse and its illicit trafficking due to its geographic and strategic location, according to Department of Narcotics Control (DNC). DNC...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions in next 24...
FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...
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...
NEW DELHI, May 7 (UNB): India plans to make important announcements on certain longstanding issues with Bangladesh including sharing of Teesta waters and border matters during Prime Minister (PM) Manmohan Singh's visit to Dhaka some time this year. "We've special...
Awami League central leader and former home minister Mohammad Nasim Saturday said Sheikh Hasina's home coming on this day in 2007 from London freed the nation from the shackles of undemocratic rule, reports BSS. "The country would have been under...
Speakers at a discussion have said the journalists are still not getting necessary information from bureaucrats despite the execution of Right to Information (RTI) act. The speakers said this at the discussion on 'Press Freedom and Responsibility' organised by South...
BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed has blamed a 'government-backed syndicate responsible' for the price hike of essential commodities, reports bdnews24.com. Barrister Moudud made the allegation while speaking at a human chain programme organised by BNP-backed Peshajibi Parishad in...
COMILLA, May 7 (bdnews24.com): Chief Justice (CJ) ABM Khairul Haque has said the supreme sacrifices of the freedom fighters (FFs) should be in mind while amending the constitution. "We've got the constitution at the cost of blood and the supreme...
CHITTAGONG, May 7 (bdnews24.com): Detained Jama'at-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami has been quizzed in the cases filed in connection with the 10-truck arms haul. Officials of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) grilled him at Dhaka Central Jail gate for five hours...
KHULNA, May 07 (UNB): Three Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) leaders were seriously injured in an attack by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists at BL College in Doulatpur in the city Saturday noon. The injured are 4th year student of Islamic...
MAGURA, May 7 (UNB): At least 25 people were injured as rival union parishad (UP) member candidates, backed by Awami League (AL) and BNP, clashed at Kalinagar village in Sreepur Upazila from Friday night to Saturday morning. Supporters of BNP-backed...
Nearly 4.6 million (46 lakh) people in the country use illegal drugs as Bangladesh is the most vulnerable for drug abuse and its illicit trafficking due to its geographic and strategic location, according to Department of Narcotics Control (DNC). DNC...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions in next 24...
FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...
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...
Yasir WardadThe increasing use of chemical pesticides (CP) is causing serious hazards to human health while it is also creating organic matter deficiency in soil. However, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) can increase yield 10 per cent by reducing 80 per...
Around 35,000 eyes got back sight under the Dhaka Urban Comprehensive Eye Care Project (DUCECP) over the last five years in the city, reports UNB. Shefali, a 50-year-old widow with four children, was about to become blind due to bi-lateral...
A plan is underway to develop 3,000 midwives in the country by 2015, in line with Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's announcement to attain millennium development goals 4 and 5 on child and mother survival, reports BSS. A consultation meeting...
Permaculture -- sustainable land use that consists of intensive cropping without disturbing or damaging the natural habitat and biodiversity -- should be practised in the country's arable lands and by the highways and roadsides for the benefit of our livelihoods...
FE ReportThe present and former students of Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ) Department of Rajshahi University (RU) are going to celebrate the 20th founding anniversary of the department on July 9-10 this year. The MCJ department and the Journalism Alumni...
FE ReportA two-day exhibition on `meditation in media' concluded at the art gallery of Chittagong Fine Arts Academy Saturday attracting several hundred people. The exhibition displayed articles and photographs published in various national and international media to popularise the idea...
FE Report New executive committee of The Daily Star's Press Sramik Karmachari Union (PSKU) has been formed consisting of 10 members for 2011-2013. Md Monirul Islam Bhuiyan and Md Minhaj Uddin have been elected unanimously president and general secretary respectively....
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