Obscenity in leaflets, walls and transports is now noticed not only in the capital city, but also in several district towns. Various kinds of leaflets and handbills containing slang language and obscene photographs are being distributed by street kids and...
Our CorrespondentRANGPUR, Dec 6: Farmers of 8 districts in Rangpur division are worried at the beginning of the Boro season owing to scarce supply of quality seeds while unscrupulous traders are marketing inferior seeds under different brand names, sources said....
A CorrespondentDINAJPUR, Dec 6: Prices of essential commodities have gone up in Dinajpur district hitting the poor people, particularly those belonging to the poor and fixed income family. Prices of rice, pulse, edible oil, garlic, ginger, onion, potato, brinjal and...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 6 (BSS): Speakers at a daylong advocacy workshop have underscored the need for ensuring a transparent and accountable public service delivery for the sake of freeing the nation from the curse of corruption in every spheres of the...
Our Correspondent JOYPURHAT, Dec 6: Farmers of different areas of the district are changing their fate by cultivating onion. Unlike in previous years they are getting handsome benefit from this spice item this year.According to Joypurhat DAE office this year...
BARISAL, Dec 6 (UNB): Three people were killed in separate road accidents in the city Saturday night. Police said Rafikul Islam (35), a sales representative of Kohinoor Chemical Industries Limited and former JCD leader of Gournadi Upazila was wounded when...
Our CorrespondentKHULNA, Dec 6: Adulterated poultry feed has flooded the markets of the south-western region of the country causing grave concern among the owners of the poultry farms of the region. There are at least 5000 poultry firms in the...
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 6 (agencies): A suicide bomb attack in north-west Pakistan has left at least 40 people dead, local officials have said.The attack took place at a government compound in the Mohmand Agency as officials met anti-Taliban allies. Dozens of...
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) : Fears are running high again among residents of Yeonpyeong Island as the South Korean military launched live-fire drills in the waters off all three coasts of the Korean Peninsula, according to local media Monday.Yeonpyeong Island...
NEW DELHI, Dec. 6 (Xinhua): India and France Monday inked a civil nuclear pact which will pave the way for construction of French nuke reactors in this country, besides four agreements for deeper bilateral cooperation in the atomic energy sector.The...
Iran and six world powers are in Geneva for talks about the country's controversial nuclear programme, reports CBC.Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili arrives at the Swiss mission to the United Nations in Geneva Monday. The talks - the first in...
Egypt's ruling party crushes opposition in voteCAIRO, Dec 6 : President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party has swept to a predictable huge parliamentary win, state media reported Monday, after an election boycotted by Islamists who were crushed in a vote they...
A three-day training of trainers on "Improving remittance related banking services" was inaugurated in the city Sunday, said a press release. Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) and International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in association with UKaid from Department for...
Monthly managers' conference of the Premier Bank Ltd was held at the bank's head office in the city recently.Premier Bank Chairman Dr HBM Iqbal was present as the chief guest at the conference with Managing Director Niaz Habib in the...
FE ReportDhaka Bank Limited has issued BDT 2.0 billion 7 Year Fixed Rate Subordinated Bonds for their capital base in line with the Basel-II framework. This is first ever bond issuance of Dhaka Bank Limited. Standard Chartered Bank was the...
FE Report Commerce Minister Muhammed Faruk Khan Monday said the government will set up an international standard testing laboratory to test mild-steel (MS) rod to facilitate manufacturing of quality rods in the country. "The Commerce Ministry will set up the...
Julian Fong, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Asia and Global Head Country Finance for Standard Chartered Bank is in Dhaka for a two-day official visit. Julian is also an Executive Director of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited. Julian is accompanied...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has decided to appoint district judges in tax tribunal in an attempt to ensure fair justice for taxpayers mired in litigation, a senior tax official said.Tribunal act of the income tax law will be amended to...
FHM Humayan KabirThe Uzbek government has assured Bangladesh of supplying 0.20 million tonnes of cotton every year under direct trading system eliminating the present complex business procedure, officials said Sunday.Commerce ministry officials said following request from Dhaka, Tashkent has decided...
Although most of the Bangladesh missions abroad could not achieve their target, key missions like Washington, Berlin, Ottawa, Madrid, The Hague, London and Paris exceeded their export target in the first quarter of current fiscal (July-September), reports UNB.The actual export...
FE ReportMEDEXPO-2010, the eighth international medical equipment and healthcare services exposition, will be held at the Ballroom of Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city from December 9 to 11, 2010.Prof Dr Syed Modasser Ali, adviser to the Prime Minister...
Leaders of Municipal Association of Bangladesh (MAB) have demanded amendment of the Pourasava (Election Code of Conduct) Rules 2010 and the Local Government (Pourasava) Election Rules 2010 to ensure free and fair elections.The MAB leaders said this at a press...
The Cabinet has expressed gratitude and congratulated Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina for her tri-nation visit to Japan, Belgium and Russia, reports UNB.Following a thanks giving reference raised by Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain, the Cabinet observed that PM's visits...
Hearing on the government's appeal against the High Court (HC) order in jail killing case has been adjourned until January 9, 2011, reports bdnews24.com. A regular bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque, Monday adjourned...
JESSORE, Dec 6 (UNB): Two Jubo Dal activists were injured in attacks by party factional rivals in Shankarpur Chopdarpara area of the district town Saturday.Locals said there was a longstanding rivalry between the two factions of Jubo Dal-one led by...
Jatiya Party (JP) will reject the newly printed Constitution if Islam and Bismillah are erased from it.JP chairman Hossain Mohammad Ershad said this at a discussion at their Banani office in the city Monday, reports UNB."I had sacrificed a lot...
Special Court-8 Monday fixed January 4 for taking depositions as it framed charges against 187 alleged BDR mutineers of Signal Sector in connection with the BDR mutiny at the BDR headquarters, reports UNB.The court, set up at the Darbar Hall...
SYLHET, Dec 6 (UNB): At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League (AL) over toll collection at Sreepur village in Tahirpur Upazila Sunday.Locals said AL activists Akbar-Motiur Rahman group of village Sreepur Kurerpar...
Mid-way through an overcast morning, Bangladesh were in a familiar predicament: the top-order had failed and Shakib Al Hasan, the reluctant captain, was saddled with the responsibility of achieving a target his spinners could defend on a pitch that assisted...
BREMEN, Germany, Dec 6 (AFP): Werder Bremen are looking to end their unhappy Champions League campaign on a rare high Tuesday when they host defending champions Inter Milan who are aiming to finish top of Group A. Inter are already...
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