Almost all the 14 quick rental power plant projects, which were undertaken by the government on a fast-track basis to generate electricity to meet the current irrigation season's requirement, have failed to come into operation. According to available statistics received...
NARAYANGANJ, Apr 16: Workers of a garment factory blocked Narayanganj-Demra road for an hour Saturday morning and vandalised five vehicles for their dues at Siddhirganj in Sadar Upazila. Witnesses said, workers of YRS knitwear Ltd took to the street and...
Opposition BNP Saturday urged the government to quit power by offering mid-term election and withdraw "false" cases against Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko, reports UNB. Criticizing Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's recent comments in the cabinet meeting regarding quick...
Opposition BNP has alleged that Moulana Abul Hasnat, younger son of Mufti Fazlul Huq Amini, was kidnapped at the directive of the government and demanded that he be immediately returned to his family, reports UNB. BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza...
At least 12 BNP activists were injured as police charged baton on them when they brought out a procession at Post Office crossing in Jhenidah district town Saturday as part of the party's countrywide demonstration programme, reports UNB. Witnesses said...
Leaders of different political parties Saturday demanded immediate arrest of Islamic Oikya Jote (IOJ) leader Maulana Fazlul Haque Amini for his "audacious" comments threatening to paralyse the country using 20,000 madrasahs across the country, reports BSS. "I wonder why Amini...
Jama'at-e-Islami has claimed what the International Crimes Tribunal called a safe home will in fact be a torture cell, reports bdnews24.com. "Instead of the Dhaka Central Jail, the tribunal has ordered that Jama'at-e-Islami Amir Motiur Rahman Nizami and Secretary General...
A Union Parishad (UP) member was murdered by miscreants at Haripur village in Fulbaria Upazila under Mymensingh district early Saturday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam (55), member of Rangamatia Union Parishad of the upazila. Police said...
RANGPUR, Apr 16 (BSS): Leaders of Awami League (AL) and its front organisations here Friday evening demanded immediate trial and execution of the verdicts against the war criminals to free the nation from the four-decade long stigma. They vowed to...
State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Advocate Qamrul Islam Saturday said trials of some listed war criminals will be completed within a few months, reports BSS. Rejecting any confusion about holding of trial of war criminals, he said...
Country's children are under great health risk as paints containing lead toxicity can be a significant source of childhood lead exposure and poisoning, according to a study, reports BSS. The study found that the paints manufacturers are using a lead...
FE Report | 2011-04-17 00:00:00
FE ReportJournalists, legal and communication experts Saturday put emphasis on writing investigative stories using Right to Information (RTI) act as a strategic tool. They made this comment at a roundtable titled "Use of RTI Act by Journalists: Lessons from international...
NOAKHALI, Apr 16 (bdnews24.com): Thousands of farmers have been struggling to stomach a massive crop loss of hybrid rice 'Jhalak' in Noakhali district. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) in the district said, 'Jhalak' was cultivated on 1,665 hectares of...
Our Correspondent | 2011-04-17 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 16: Members of the Coastguard in the Bay Saturday detained seven pirates engaged in looting in the drowned Korean flag vessel MV Hang Ro Bong at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port. Acting on a tip off,...
A rickshaw-puller was stabbed to death and his friend was also injured following a conflict over playing cricket in city's Mohammadpur area, reports UNB. Police arrested three persons in this connection. The victim was identified as Shafique, a rickshaw-puller, son...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Jessore, Kushtia and Comillain next 24 hours till 6.0pm today...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 16 (bdnews24.com): Army corporal (clerk) Mohammad Yunus Mia, one of two soldiers killed in a UN plane crash in Congo, has been buried at his Nayahat family graveyard in Satkania Upazila in state honour. Satkania Police Station officer-in-charge...
The Daily Star observed its 20th anniversary on Friday with participation of academics, business leaders, politicians, cultural activists, media personnel and members of the diplomatic corps, says a Press release. As many as 10 newspaper editors from India, Pakistan and...
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will arrive in the city tomorrow (Monday) on a three-day state visit to Bangladesh at the invitation of President M Zillur Rahman, reports BSS. The Sri Lankan First Lady will accompany Rajapaksa during his visit,...
FE Report | 2011-04-17 00:00:00
FE ReportThe victims of the Spectrum sweater factory mishap in 2005 were given out Tk 26.8 million as donation for their family members. Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Associations (BGMEA) with the cooperation of Inditex, a world leading fashion group,...
Nobuko Horibe, regional director of UNFPA, Asia and the Pacific regional office, Bangkok arrives in the city today (Sunday) on a four-day official visit to Bangladesh, reports UNB. During her stay, Ms Horibe will observe the status of UNFPA Country...
Our Correspondent | 2011-04-17 00:00:00
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Apr 16: Four persons including two brothers died from toxic gas in a septic tank at a village of Satkania upazila of north Chittagong Saturday. Police said one Sohail (23) opened cover and entered the septic tank...
The present government can duly claim some positive achievements. The economy is poised to generate a growth rate of about 7.0 per cent this fiscal year, and available indicators seem to point to that direction. Second, more than 1000 MW...
President Barack Obama in his much vaunted policy speech on America's financial woes this week proposed a $4.0 trillion federal budget deficit cut over next 12 years, in contrast to Republican proposal of $4.4 trillion budget deficit cut over next...
In Bangladesh, democratic deficits are growing alongside its uninterrupted course, other than during the emergency rule in its electoral democracy. If human development is about expanding people's choices to lead the lives they value, then democratic rights should surely be...
Our Correspondent | 2011-04-17 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 16: Members of the Coastguard in the Bay Saturday detained seven pirates engaged in looting in the drowned Korean flag vessel MV Hang Ro Bong at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port. Acting on a tip off,...
A rickshaw-puller was stabbed to death and his friend was also injured following a conflict over playing cricket in city's Mohammadpur area, reports UNB. Police arrested three persons in this connection. The victim was identified as Shafique, a rickshaw-puller, son...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Jessore, Kushtia and Comillain next 24 hours till 6.0pm today...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 16 (bdnews24.com): Army corporal (clerk) Mohammad Yunus Mia, one of two soldiers killed in a UN plane crash in Congo, has been buried at his Nayahat family graveyard in Satkania Upazila in state honour. Satkania Police Station officer-in-charge...
The Daily Star observed its 20th anniversary on Friday with participation of academics, business leaders, politicians, cultural activists, media personnel and members of the diplomatic corps, says a Press release. As many as 10 newspaper editors from India, Pakistan and...
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