KHULNA, Apr 30 (UNB) : A journalist and his brother were critically injured by a gang of miscreants at Godaipur village in Paikgachha Upazila Friday night. The victims were identified as FMA Razzak, editor of local fortnightly 'Gonomichhil' and former...
Iraqi Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki made a brief stopover at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city Saturday on his way home from South Korea. Minister for Industries Dilip Barua received the Iraqi PM as he arrived for...
A four-member delegation headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka for Hanoi today (Sunday) to take part in the 44th Board of Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to be held in the Vietnamese capital on...
FE Report The government will make a further investigation into the recent share market scam as the report of the Ibrahim Khaled-led committee has been found to be based on assumptions rather than facts, Finance Minister AMA Muhith told the...
FE ReportThe government has decided to reconstitute the capital market watchdog, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), at its hierarchy by appointing a new chairman for the organisation. While making the report of the four-member probe committee officially public, Finance Minister...
Zaglul Ahmed ChowdhuryIt is not surprising that the government of India has taken Congress leader Mr. Suresh Kalmadi into custody following disclosures by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) about his involvement with financial malpractices in organising the Commonwealth Games...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the groundbreaking work on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway project with an aim to reduce acute traffic congestion in the capital, report agencies. "It's an epoch-making event for the nation," said Hasina. Italian-Thailand Development...
Doulot Akter MalaThe Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and the National Board of Revenue (NBR) are likely to establish interconnectivity to check abuse of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) facility, offered by the European Union, through fraudulent practices. The relevant...
FE Report Global graft watchdog Transparency International has asked Bangladesh Saturday to check graft in the management of forests and climate change fund, issuing warning that corruption can weaken the country's main defence against increasing number of deadly cyclones, tidal...
The historic May Day will be observed today (Sunday) in Bangladesh as in other countries across the world in solidarity with labour movement for establishing socio-economic rights of the working-class people, report agencies. May Day, also known as International Workers'...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government will set up an airport at Rampal in Bagerhat to boost flow of tourists at the world's largest mangrove forest the Sundarbans and facilitate the impoverished seaport Mongla, officials said Saturday. Civil aviation and tourism ministry...
M Azizur RahmanChinese oil and gas firm Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Services is the lone international firm to submit proposal for developing four onshore gas structures in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) under joint venture with the state-owned Bapex, a top government...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Saturday announced the restriction on all kinds of mass rallies and processions as well as carrying all types of sticks, lethal weapons, explosives and firearms at Muktangan, Paltan Maidan, Zero Point, North and South gates of...
Iraqi Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki made a brief stopover at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city Saturday on his way home from South Korea. Minister for Industries Dilip Barua received the Iraqi PM as he arrived for...
A four-member delegation headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka for Hanoi today (Sunday) to take part in the 44th Board of Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to be held in the Vietnamese capital on...
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Barrister Shafique Ahmed has urged the judges and lawyers to provide legal assistance to the poor litigants who are incapable of bearing the costs. The law minister said this, while speaking at a...
Awami League Ad-visory Council Member Suranjit Sengupta Satur-day said that the constitution of 1972 has been restored in the country after 40 years through the court verdict, reports BSS. He was speaking at a commemorative meeting on Abdus Samad Azad...
BIANIBAZAR, Apr 30 (UNB): BNP International Affairs Secretary Kamor Uddin was laid to rest at his family graveyard at Abdullapur under Bianibazar in Sylhet Saturday. Kamor Uddin, also president of UK BNP unit, died in Birmingham in England on April...
FE ReportSpeakers at a meeting held Saturday urged the government to approve and publish the "Domestic Workers Protection and Welfare Policy-2010" as early as possible to stop violence on the labour force in the country. They also recommended to extend...
BNP chairperson and leader of the opposition in parliament Khaleda Zia Saturday claimed that her party is always committed to work for realizing the rights of workers and never hesitated to do it, reports BSS. "We accomplished many epoch-making programmes...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 30: Chittagong University (CU) authorities have expelled seven students belonging to Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) for one year on charges of violence. The decision was taken Saturday at the CU disciplinary committee for attacking two activists of...
The historic May Day will be observed today (Sunday) in Bangladesh as in other countries across the world in solidarity with labour movement for establishing socio-economic rights of the working-class people, report agencies. May Day, also known as International Workers'...
Nerun YakubAccording to Webster G Tarpley, Zbignew Brzezinski could not refrain from 'gloating'---- towards the beginning of the Egyptian destabilisation --- about 'his ability to manipulate the youth bulge across the Arab world, using them to accomplish at low cost...
The Dhaka city is experiencing all the odds as the fallouts from rapid migration from rural to urban areas. The ones coming to Dhaka are very largely from the poorest segments of the population. The come to Dhaka desperately in...
Lutfor RahmanIn 1971, people form all walks of life participated in the liberation war. Freedom fighters comprising farmers, labourers, officers, doctors, engineers, scientists, journalists, diplomats and the teachers and students of schools, colleges and universities fought shoulder to shoulder for...
Ours is basically a poor country. Due to the violation of Article 19 (2) of our Constitution which envisages that the "state should adopt effective measures to remove social and economic inequality and ensure the equitable distribution of wealth among...
Five teams - Rajshahi, Comilla, Barisal, Narayanganj and Rajbari - emerged venue champions to reach the 2nd round of the 31st Inter-District Cricket Championship at different venues across the country Thursday, reports UNB. Results of day's matches: Rajshahi Division -...
JAIPUR (India), Apr 28 (AFP): A 12-year-old boy has been crowned Maharaja of Jaipur, becoming head of what was once one of India's most glamorous and wealthy royal families. In a grand marble hall, Kumar Padmanabh Singh was blessed by...
Iraqi general gunned down in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Apr 28: Gunmen using silenced pistols shot dead a senior Iraqi general in Baghdad Thursday, an official said, the latest in a spate of assassinations of top military and civilian officials. The killing...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Apr 28: An increase in demand for jute products, especially handicraft goods has made small enterprises of the north enthusiastic and optimistic of going ahead with ventures. More than 150 enterprises in Rangpur division are now producing...
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