Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday expressed her government's firm stance on taking stringent measurers to prevent all social crimes including repression on women and children, sexual harassment, acid throwing and teasing women on roads and educational institutions, reports BSS. The...
KHAGRACHHARI, Mar 8 (UNB): United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) and rival Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS), two rival groups of the hill tracts, exchanged heavy gunfire at Naraichhari under Dighinala Upazila in Khagrachhari district Tuesday. Local sources said the exchange of...
The government would undertake 49 projects with an outlay of Tk 192.051 billion to curb environment pollution as well as improvement of environment in the next 6th five-year plan, reports BSS. State Minister for Environment and Forests Dr Hasan Mahmud...
Abdul Momen Talukder Khoka, a BNP lawmaker from Bogra-3 constituency, has been sued on charges of killing two freedom fighters during the liberation war, reports bdnews24.com. Mohammad Subed Ali, a freedom fighter, filed the case against Momen, also chairman of...
A sculpture and a memorial plaque of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be built in Faridpur Jail premises to preserve his immortal memory who was imprisoned here for some time in 1952, official source said, reports...
Women in Bangladesh are playing a critical role in World Food Programme's work to break the cycle of hunger and create food secure communities, reports BSS. WFP Bangladesh Representative Christa Rader said: "WFP Bangladesh commemorates International Women's Day by renewed...
The condition of ailing BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain has improved slightly, reports UNB. Delwar is now under treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore. BNP sources said that the artificial respiratory support was withdrawn from Delwar Tuesday morning....
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry Tuesday suggested a number of steps under a proper town planning to develop Cox's Bazar into a modern tourist destination, reports BSS. The steps include ensuring improved tourism services, town...
FE Report | 2011-03-09 00:00:00
FE ReportFinance Minister AMA Muhith came down Tuesday heavily on multilateral lending agencies including the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for their dilly-dally tactics about releasing funds, on grounds of some 'flimsy' corruption allegations. The minister,...
Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) has called for countrywide dawn to dusk hartal on April 4 to protest the government decision of awarding equal right of women to paternal property in the National Women's Policy. IOJ chairman Fazlul Huq Aminee announced...
A private university student has been killed in a road accident at Farmgate in the city. Police said Mojibul Arefin Basunia (20), a student of Dhaka International University (DIU), was critically injured when a bus hit him in front of...
FE Report | 2011-03-09 00:00:00
FE ReportThe ECNEC approved Tuesday a Taka 7.73 billion project for construction of 8.25-kilometre-long Maghbazar-Mouchak flyover to ease traffic jam, officials said. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) in its meeting also approved 10 more projects involving...
FE Report | 2011-03-09 00:00:00
FE ReportThe parliamentary standing committee on civil aviation and tourism ministry Tuesday suggested Biman to replace the aging F-28's with new ATR aircraft. "Biman will receive two new wide-bodied Boeing aircraft by the end of 2011. Two more similar types...
Department of Forests has deployed six mobile voting transports at divisional headquarters and districts from Tuesday to facilitate people to vote for the Sundarbans to elect the mangrove forests as one of the seven new wonders of the nature, reports...
Our Correspondent | 2011-03-09 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 8: Western Marine Shipyard will organise a keel laying ceremony tomorrow (Wednesday) to start construction of a catamaran type passenger vessel for Chittagong Boat Club. Ceremony for building of the new ship will be held in the...
FE Report | 2011-03-09 00:00:00
FE ReportA middle aged man was beaten to death at Khilgaon in the capital Tuesday by his nephews during an arbitration over land dispute, the police said. The deceased was identified as Salah Uddin (50). A sub-inspector of Khilgaon police...
Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad Tuesday said the government is committed to reaching healthcare to the doorsteps of the people by establishing community clinics at union level, reports BSS. At present, he said, 9,722 community clinics are functioning at union...
NEW DELHI, Mar 8 (BSS): Bangladesh is likely to hand over a list of persons wanted by it to India and raise the issue of killing of its civilians by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the frontier when...
DU Correspondent | 2011-03-09 00:00:00
DU Correspondent The week-long "Clean Dhaka", a joint mission of International Volunteer University Students' Asso-ciation (IVUSA) of Japan and Dhaka University (DU), began in front of the registrar building of the university Tuesday. DU Vice-chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated...
A total of 1,257 women were killed in six years for their failure to pay dowry, according to human rights organisation Odhikar, reports bdnews24.com. Two hundred and forty-three women also committed suicide from Jan 2005 to Dec 2010 failing to...
Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) has called for countrywide dawn to dusk hartal on April 4 to protest the government decision of awarding equal right of women to paternal property in the National Women's Policy. IOJ chairman Fazlul Huq Aminee announced...
A private university student has been killed in a road accident at Farmgate in the city. Police said Mojibul Arefin Basunia (20), a student of Dhaka International University (DIU), was critically injured when a bus hit him in front of...
Our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina promises to build a country free from hunger and poverty. She pledges to build a country where economic prosperity, cultural richness, peace and stability will become the defining features. Inspiring thought indeed! On the same...
The 'capitalism' has gone sour. The collapse of 158-year old bank, 'Lehman Brothers' on September 15, 2008 raised an alarm bell. This was the largest bank closure in the history of the USA. More banks and credit unions in the...
Department of Forests has deployed six mobile voting transports at divisional headquarters and districts from Tuesday to facilitate people to vote for the Sundarbans to elect the mangrove forests as one of the seven new wonders of the nature, reports...
Our Correspondent | 2011-03-09 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 8: Western Marine Shipyard will organise a keel laying ceremony tomorrow (Wednesday) to start construction of a catamaran type passenger vessel for Chittagong Boat Club. Ceremony for building of the new ship will be held in the...
FE Report | 2011-03-09 00:00:00
FE ReportA middle aged man was beaten to death at Khilgaon in the capital Tuesday by his nephews during an arbitration over land dispute, the police said. The deceased was identified as Salah Uddin (50). A sub-inspector of Khilgaon police...
Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad Tuesday said the government is committed to reaching healthcare to the doorsteps of the people by establishing community clinics at union level, reports BSS. At present, he said, 9,722 community clinics are functioning at union...
NEW DELHI, Mar 8 (BSS): Bangladesh is likely to hand over a list of persons wanted by it to India and raise the issue of killing of its civilians by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the frontier when...
DU Correspondent | 2011-03-09 00:00:00
DU Correspondent The week-long "Clean Dhaka", a joint mission of International Volunteer University Students' Asso-ciation (IVUSA) of Japan and Dhaka University (DU), began in front of the registrar building of the university Tuesday. DU Vice-chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated...
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