Nazmul AhsanBangladesh Bank (BB) has proposed to increase either the existing lending rate or subsidy by two per cent on low interest-bearing farm loans for cultivation of maize and non-cereal produces, official sources said. The proposal, if implemented, would boost...
The Expatriates' Welfare Bank will be launched on Apr 20, aiming to lend money to those seeking jobs abroad. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate the long-awaited bank, having an initial paid-up capital of Tk 1.0 billion. The...
SINGAPORE, Apr 13: A report says a Bangladeshi port worker survived nine days trapped without food or water in a cargo container shipped to Singapore. Another man trapped with him died. The New Paper of Singapore reported Wednesday that Din...
A man was killed and another injured when a truck hit a motorbike near Kolagachhi area on Jessore-Benapole highway in Jessore Monday.The deceased was identified as Jahangir Hossain (40) of Boladanga village in Sadar Upazila. Witnesses said, a Jessore-bound truck...
Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from a waterbody at Alkinagar village in Sadar Upazila of Sylhet Sunday evening.Police said, local people found the body of the youth floating in the waterbody and informed police. Police said the...
A minor boy drowned in a waterbody at Korota village in Sadar Upazila of Natore Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Jibon, son of Faijul Islam of the village. Police said Jibon slipped into a waterbody near his house...
A road crash at Sadar Upazila of the Goplaganj district has left a teenage boy dead and 12 people injured. The accident took place in Bijoypasha area on Dhaka-Khulna highway when a microbus hit a tempo at about 9pm Monday,...
A man was arrested along with counterfeit currency notes from NCC Bank branch of Savar Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Kamrul Hasan, son of late Solaiman Khan of Panchkhola village in Sadar Upazila of Madaripur district.Police said Kamrul deposited 15...
Economists at a dialogue in the city Wednesday called for adequate budgetary allocation for the country's 10 per cent ultra-poor for lifting them out of the poverty, reports UNB. The ultra-poor live in a so miserable condition that they only...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 13: Former chief of DGFI retired major general Sadiq Hasan Rumi has given testimony in writing to a court here on the 10-truck arms smuggling case today. His nine pages written statement was recorded in the court...
HABIGANJ, Apr 13 (UNB): Awami League (AL) candidate won the president while BNP supporter general secretary and seven other posts of Habiganj district bar association election held on Tuesday. Alamgir Bhuiyan Babul of AL was elected president and Mohammad Badru...
Speakers at a human chain blamed a section of people for spreading propaganda in the name of Islam and asked them not to misinterpret Islam and relate it with the women policy, reports BSS. They said certain quarters were spearheading...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Wednesday permitted the investigation agency to interrogate Jama'at-e-Islami leaders Matiur Rahman Nizami and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid in a specified 'safe house' at Dhanmondi in the city, reports BSS. The three-member tribunal headed by Justice...
Next phase of the Union Parishad (UP) elections, third tier of the local government administration, will begin in May, an Election Commissioner said Wednesday, reports UNB. The Election Commission (EC) at a meeting Wednesday with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dr...
Reacting to the share scam inquiry report, main opposition BNP has demanded resignation of the ministers and chairmen of parliamentary standing committees of the ruling party who were found involved in the share market scam, reports UNB. It also demanded...
Nazmul AhsanBangladesh Bank (BB) has proposed to increase either the existing lending rate or subsidy by two per cent on low interest-bearing farm loans for cultivation of maize and non-cereal produces, official sources said. The proposal, if implemented, would boost...
The Expatriates' Welfare Bank will be launched on Apr 20, aiming to lend money to those seeking jobs abroad. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate the long-awaited bank, having an initial paid-up capital of Tk 1.0 billion. The...
SINGAPORE, Apr 13: A report says a Bangladeshi port worker survived nine days trapped without food or water in a cargo container shipped to Singapore. Another man trapped with him died. The New Paper of Singapore reported Wednesday that Din...
A man was killed and another injured when a truck hit a motorbike near Kolagachhi area on Jessore-Benapole highway in Jessore Monday.The deceased was identified as Jahangir Hossain (40) of Boladanga village in Sadar Upazila. Witnesses said, a Jessore-bound truck...
Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from a waterbody at Alkinagar village in Sadar Upazila of Sylhet Sunday evening.Police said, local people found the body of the youth floating in the waterbody and informed police. Police said the...
A minor boy drowned in a waterbody at Korota village in Sadar Upazila of Natore Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Jibon, son of Faijul Islam of the village. Police said Jibon slipped into a waterbody near his house...
A road crash at Sadar Upazila of the Goplaganj district has left a teenage boy dead and 12 people injured. The accident took place in Bijoypasha area on Dhaka-Khulna highway when a microbus hit a tempo at about 9pm Monday,...
A man was arrested along with counterfeit currency notes from NCC Bank branch of Savar Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Kamrul Hasan, son of late Solaiman Khan of Panchkhola village in Sadar Upazila of Madaripur district.Police said Kamrul deposited 15...
Munima SultanaThe government is yet to make any progress in constructing two new 2-lane bridges on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway with a view to making those commensurate with the ongoing road widening work that will also transform the busy highway into a...
Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique Wednesday asked the students to build themselves as competent citizens by acquiring proper education to face challenges of future, reports BSS. He was addressing the freshers' reception function of Department...
Segunbagicha Society, an association of the residents of Segunbagicha area in the city, has chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate Pahela Boishakh (the Bangla New Year) today (Thursday) like previous years, said a press statement. The programmes include a colourful...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Wednesday arrested five people including a government doctor from a house at Mohammadpur Bijli Mohalla for their suspected attempt to traffic children and rescued eight victims from their possession. A team of RAB-2 led by...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Wednesday permitted the investigation agency to interrogate Jama'at-e-Islami leaders Matiur Rahman Nizami and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid in a specified 'safe house' at Dhanmondi in the city, reports BSS. The three-member tribunal headed by Justice...
A Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) member has fallen prey to 'agyan party', a gang that dopes people to take away their valuables, at Gabtoli in the city, reports bdnews24.com. Sub-inspector (SI) Abul Hashem of RAB-7 was admitted to Dhaka Medical...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, April 13: A woman arrested in a child abduction case has committed suicide in police custody at Patenga police station in the city today. The police said Nigar Sultana Mina (25) hanged herself in the toilet of the...
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