Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Wednesday categorically her government will take actions against those found responsible for price hike of essentials through illegal hoarding, report agencies."We must take actions against the illegal hoarders," she said while replying to a supplementary...
Militiamen loyal to Moammar Gadhafi clamped down in Tripoli, with the sound of gunfire ringing in the air, while protesters who control much of the eastern half of Libya claimed new gains in cities and towns closer to the heart...
FE ReportUnidentified gunmen shot dead a local Awami League (AL) leader and his driver at city's Jurain Commissioner Road at 3:30pm Wednesday.Vice president of Shyampur-Kadamtoli Thana AL Mohammad Ullah (55), along with his driver, Harun-or-Rashid (45), was shot when they...
Siddique Islam Country's overall balance of payments (BoP) situation and the recent stock market debacle may feature prominently in the first review meeting on sovereign credit rating, to be held next month. "Representatives of Moody's will review the country's sovereign...
HAMBANTOTA, Feb 23 (AFP): Shahid Afridi took five wickets and Umar Akmal scored one of four half-centuries as Pakistan crushed Kenya by 205 runs to get their World Cup campaign off to a flying start Wednesday.Hapless Kenya found their opponents...
President Zillur Rahman is scheduled to leave the city for Kuwait tomorrow (Friday) on a three-day state visit to attend the golden jubilee celebration of State of Kuwait's independence. During the visit the President will attend the air show, cultural...
A gang of armed robbers looted gold ornaments and cash from a jewelry shop at Bakshibazar Lane of Chawkbazar in the old city early Wednesday. Police quoting employees of New Shohagh Jewelers said a gang of robbers numbering five or...
Weather is likely to remain dry over Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions and the regions of Tangail, Mymensingh, Jessore, Kushtia and Srimongal and it may continue in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Thursday). Light to moderate fog may...
Mahmudur RahmanThere is a certain naiveté to the thought that the wave of protests sweeping the middle-east and Islamic world is happening by chance and patriotism. If only this were so. Given that the people of Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Sudan...
Syful IslamState owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will soon start open market sale of edible oil, sugar and lentil to rein in soaring price of the three essential commodities, officials said Wednesday."We have asked the TCB to start OMS...
FE ReportFinancing is now the major problem for development of the country's shipbuilding industry, said stakeholders in a meeting Wednesday. They said lack of comprehensive policy, cost of fund, bank guarantee and power crises are the other hindrances for the...
FE ReportBangladesh along with 85 oil producing and consuming countries, transit states and leading international organisations has recently endorsed International Energy Forum (IEF) charter in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an energy ministry official said Wednesday.Prime Minister's Energy Adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith, now in New Delhi, is likely to request his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee to expedite the process of inclusion of selected projects in the one billion-dollar Indian line of credit, reports UNB.Muhith went to the Indian...
Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Feb 23: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, lovingly known as DSK, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) strongly indicated that he would be a candidate in the next presidential race in France. This caused a ripple at the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated Wednesday in Parliament that Bangladesh will never allow its land to be used for carrying out any acts of terrorism in any neighbouring country, report agencies. "We are determined to ensure that no terror activities...
BNP front ranking leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed Wednesday strongly criticised the government for changing the name of BDR to BGB and said it would be again changed in due time to restore the dignity of the paramilitary force, reports UNB.The...
National Human Rights' Commission (NHRC) Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman Wednesday said there has been a marked fall in extra-judicial killing in the country though it has not come to an end, reports bdnews24.com. "Extra-judicial killings have apparently decreased. We're working...
The visiting 5-member military delegation of Indian Eastern Command visited the Bogra Cantonment Wednesday, reports UNB.The delegation, led by GOC-in-C Lt Gen Bikram Singh, paid a courtesy call on GOC 11 Infantry Division and Bogra Area Commander Major General Mohammad...
The government has approved 1,000 new posts at different levels of the police department to improve traffic management in the metropolis, reports BSS. Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun said this in Parliament while replying to a question from female member...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 23 (UNB): Fifty people were injured in a clash between students of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) and a school and college situated on the RUET campus Wednesday.The injured students are from Agrani School and College...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 23 (UNB): Ten persons were injured in sporadic clashes between two groups of Jubo Dal, youth wing of opposition BNP, during their procession here Wednesday. The divisional rally of Jubo Dal began at Laldighi Maidan in the city...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday stressed on maintaining amity among the people irrespective of caste and religion aiming at building Bangladesh as a peaceful country, reports BSS. "Maintaining religious harmony is needed as we want to establish Bangladesh as a...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid stressed on bringing changes in the existing curriculum of education with a view to building the new generation as skilled human resource to face global challenges, reports UNB."The existing curriculum of education is not suitable...
President M Zillur Rahman has emphasised increasing mutual relations of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) with the Air Forces of other SAARC countries in the coming days, reports UNB.The President made the remark when Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Shah...
Planning Minister AK Khandker said that digital reporting system would be introduced by the Implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) as part of the government's initiative to build digital Bangladesh, reports UNB."A web-based software on "Project Monitoring Information System...
Kamrun NaharThe first Vascular Anomaly Treatment and Research Centre of South Asia is set to start providing service at Care Hospital in Dhaka after it was inaugurated by Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on February, 19 last. "It will be a...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) is working for the beautification of Dhaka city as exclusive sponsor of Bangladesh Cricket Board for the ICC Cricket World Cup-2011, said a press release.Important squares, over bridges, bus stands, circles, different locations and establishments...
The chehlum of late NG Banu, wife of late Osman Ghani Khan (former Defence Secretary, Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh and Member of Parliament), will be held at her Dhanmandi residence after Maghreb prayers Friday. All relatives, friends and...
FE ReportBdjobs.com, one of the largest job sites of the country, has announced the name of winners for the 'Bdjobs.com Best Employer Award 2010' in a press conference at a city hotel Wednesday.The award for the second time was given...
FE ReportTitas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited severed 905 domestic gas connections for illegal use in Dhaka and adjacent areas. The action taken by Titas, a listed company is aimed at helping improving the situation created due to gas...
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