Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director of the World Bank Group, arrives in Dhaka today (Tuesday) for high level meetings on development priorities of Bangladesh. Officials said during her three-day visit Dr Ngozi will hold high-level meetings with the government on...
Nazmul Hassan Shahin, chairman of Bangladeshi American Democratic Caucus (BADC), has received Martin Luther King Jr Freedom Award recently. The Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) has given the prestigious award to Mr Shahin for his contribution to promoting equality and inclusion...
COLOMBO, April 25 (LBO): Sri Lanka has raised import duties on several categories of petrol-engined cars and three wheelers with steeper increases seen in larger hybrid vehicles, which had exceptionally low taxes earlier, officials said. A senior treasury official said...
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Nilur Kahmar village in Nageshwari upazila Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Lucky, 25, wife of Azim Uddin of the village. Police quoting local people said following a quarrel with...
Police arrested five highway robbers including a ringleader at Shimultoli diversion on Sherpur-Jamalpur highway early Monday while taking preparation to commit robbery. Police nabbed notorious ringleader of Morakandi area of sadar upazila Ajad alias ZKalu Dakat,30 and his associates-Mobarak Ali,22,...
A mobile court here on Monday awarded a youth one month imprisonment for sexually harassing a schoolgirl. Police said Sumon Hawlader gave bad proposal to Shapla Akter, daughter of Liton Hawlader of Dabhit Co. Para in front of Hawkers' market...
A court here on Monday sentenced 13 people to different terms of jails-from five to nine years- for committing robbery at Jabra village in Gheor upazila in 2008. The convicts are Raja Mia, Rezaul Karim, Bachchu Mia, Alauddin, Lavlu, Mostafa,...
Outraged by persistent power outages, local people attacked two officials of Sarsha palli bidyut office, leaving them injured Tuesday morning. The injured were-Mafijur Rahman, Deputy General Manager and Shariful Islam, Assistant General Manager of the power office. Local people said...
Opposing the High Court (HC) ruling declaring fatwa (religious edict) illegal, noted jurist Rafique-ul Huq Monday said that fatwa is a kind of opinion that has no legal force, reports UNB. "Fatwa cannot be barred as the freedom of thought,...
FE Report Speakers at a seminar Monday laid emphasis on investment and promotion of entrepreneurship in rural areas of the country to generate employment. They also said non-farm activities in the rural areas have a great contribution in the country's...
Ershad-led Jatiya Party (JP) has opposed banning the religion-based political parties, but favoured ban on the misuse of religion in politics, reports UNB. The views came at a meeting of the special parliamentary committee on constitution amendment with Jatiya Party,...
FE ReportNewly formed Insurance Development Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has launched its website regarding their various activities to oversee the insurance sector. IDRA started its journey in January this year aiming to regulate the insurance sector. Shefaq Ahmed, the country's lone...
The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested one of the top leaders of Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji) along with his aide in Keraniganj in the outskirts of the city early Monday. The arrested were identified as Nayeb-e-Ameer of...
BSRM Steels: Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills Ltd, one of the corporate sponsorsdirectors of BSRM Steels Limited, has expressed its willingness to sell 100,000 shares (bonus shares) out of its total holdings of 9,034,105 shares of the company at prevailing market...
Bangladeshi restaurant Balaka has received invitation to provide catering at one of the events to celebrate the marriage ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton to be held on April 29, said a press statement. Balaka will provide food items...
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director of the World Bank Group, arrives in Dhaka today (Tuesday) for high level meetings on development priorities of Bangladesh. Officials said during her three-day visit Dr Ngozi will hold high-level meetings with the government on...
Nazmul Hassan Shahin, chairman of Bangladeshi American Democratic Caucus (BADC), has received Martin Luther King Jr Freedom Award recently. The Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) has given the prestigious award to Mr Shahin for his contribution to promoting equality and inclusion...
COLOMBO, April 25 (LBO): Sri Lanka has raised import duties on several categories of petrol-engined cars and three wheelers with steeper increases seen in larger hybrid vehicles, which had exceptionally low taxes earlier, officials said. A senior treasury official said...
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Nilur Kahmar village in Nageshwari upazila Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Lucky, 25, wife of Azim Uddin of the village. Police quoting local people said following a quarrel with...
Police arrested five highway robbers including a ringleader at Shimultoli diversion on Sherpur-Jamalpur highway early Monday while taking preparation to commit robbery. Police nabbed notorious ringleader of Morakandi area of sadar upazila Ajad alias ZKalu Dakat,30 and his associates-Mobarak Ali,22,...
A mobile court here on Monday awarded a youth one month imprisonment for sexually harassing a schoolgirl. Police said Sumon Hawlader gave bad proposal to Shapla Akter, daughter of Liton Hawlader of Dabhit Co. Para in front of Hawkers' market...
A court here on Monday sentenced 13 people to different terms of jails-from five to nine years- for committing robbery at Jabra village in Gheor upazila in 2008. The convicts are Raja Mia, Rezaul Karim, Bachchu Mia, Alauddin, Lavlu, Mostafa,...
Outraged by persistent power outages, local people attacked two officials of Sarsha palli bidyut office, leaving them injured Tuesday morning. The injured were-Mafijur Rahman, Deputy General Manager and Shariful Islam, Assistant General Manager of the power office. Local people said...
In a dress rehearsal for the final, Rajshahi Division outclassed Dhaka Division by innings and 157 runs and clinched the top slot after the 2nd phase of the four-day 12th National Cricket League at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra...
Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force and Chittagong University reached the men's group semifinal in the Walton National Volleyball Championship eliminating their respective rivals in the quarter- final at the Volleyball Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB. The...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 25: Alam Bolee of Teknaf has become champion of Jabbar's Bolee Khela (wrestling competition) for the second consecutive time. In the final bout Alam defeated Jashim Bolee from Comilla within two minutes of the start of first...
BARCELONA, Apr 25 (AFP): World number one Rafael Nadal created more history Sunday when he became the only man to win two tournaments more than six times after defeating David Ferrer 6-2, 6-4 in the Barcelona Open final. The Spanish...
Touring South Africa National Cricket Academy team suffered an innings and 125 runs defeat to hosts GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team on the fourth and last day's play in the 2nd four-dayer at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur...
ISLAMABAD, Apr 25 (AFP): Runaway former Pakistan wicket keeper Zulqarnain Haider returned home from Britain Monday after assurances from Interior Minister Rehman Malik about the safety of his family, witnesses said. The 24-year-old fled to Britain in November last year...
GERMANY, Apr 25 (AP): Julia Goerges upset top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix Sunday. The 22-year-old German won in Bad Gastein, Austria, last year but had never captured a title in one...
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