The Article - IV mission of International Monetary Fund (IMF) will arrive in Dhaka on December 6 to discuss economic and development policies of the incumbent government for the current and next fiscal years, a top official has said.David Cowen,...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has estimated that the rate of Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) growth would increase by 1.2 per cent after completion of construction of the Padma Bridge, reports UNB.The regional growth rate in the southwest region of...
BNP will call more general strikes as part of their demonstrations against the government, party standing committee member Khandker Mosharraf Hossain has said, reports bdnews24.com. "Our agitations will continue until this fascist government steps down," Khandker Mosharraf said addressing a...
BRUSSELS, Nov 26: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will fly from here Saturday at 11.20am (local time) for Tokyo to begin a four-day official working visit to Japan. Japan will be the last leg of her 12-day tri-nation tour. — UNB
A garment unit in Ashulia suspended production for an indefinite period after unrest Friday by workers, who accused the factory management of creating anomaly in new pay structure. Hundreds of workers of The Natural Denims Ltd at Tangabari became unruly...
Speakers at a business seminar on Friday in Dhaka emphasised the need for maintenance of political stability and making concerted efforts for enhancing productivity and diversifying export markets in order to ensure sustained and promising growth of the Bangladesh's readymade...
Development experts at an international dialogue called Friday for devising strategies to embrace the emerging "East-West order" by shedding the old North-South order.They also urged the poor countries to boost cooperation among themselves to graduate out of the LDC (least-developed...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to experience bull-run for the 10th straight week that ended Thursday, which was the longest winning week this year.The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) gained 6.52 per cent or 533.76 points to close at...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 26: Bangladesh's leading ship building company, Western Marine Shipyard, delivered today two ocean-going vessels to its German owner, Grona Shipping GmbH Co KG.Saiful Islam, chairman of Western Marine Shipyard finally delivered the twin vessels - Grona Ammersum and...
MUMBAI, Nov 26, 2010 (Agencies): Indian federal investigators have announced today an inquiry into 21 companies in connection with a banking loans scandal.Police arrested eight people, including senior executives of leading state banks, in Mumbai Wednesday on accusations of accepting...
A mobile court Friday sentenced a college teacher to one-year imprisonment without labour for harassing a female admission seeker during 'Ga' unit admission test of Dhaka University.The accused teacher was identified as Saiful Islam, a teacher of Physical Training Department...
BRUSSELS, Nov 26 (Agencies): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has requested the Belgian government to recruit skilled sailors and skilled manpower for IT and other related sectors from Bangladesh.Besides, Sheikh Hasina said Belgium has wider scope to increase their investment in...
GENEVA, Nov 26 (AFP): The number of very poor countries has doubled in the last 30 to 40 years, while the number of people living in extreme poverty has also grown two-fold, a UN think-tank warned yesterday. In its annual...
In the lead item headlined "Govt offers $1b stimulus package to SMEs" in the yesterday's (November 26) issue of The Financial Express, it was mentioned that the government will offer a stimulus package of $1.0 billion (Tk 100 crore) …....
The government will amend the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, 2003 in its next parliamentary session providing exemplary punishment for sexual harassment of women, reports bdnews24.com."It's not a major issue to implement a tough law. But what is more...
RANGPUR, Nov 26 (bdnews24.com): Prime Minister's Advisor HT Imam has said promotion is not a matter of right. It is given according to the government's own thoughts. The civil servants should be skilled, honest and dedicated to the state.Ha said...
Speakers at a walkathon urged the government to take effective steps to reduce road accidents which claim many lives every year in the country, reports UNB. They said that a large number of people are killed in road crashes in...
State Minister for Law Quamrul Islam has said that the November 30 general strike is not against the government but against the High Court (HC), reports bdnews24.com."BNP lawyers have come to realise that the Appellate Division will not deliver the...
The names of 10 Indian citizens, suspected to be members of Indian separatist group Ulfa, have been found on the voter list at village Chhoto Dhamai of Purba Juri Union-2 under Juri Upazila in Moulvibazar district, reports bdnews24.com. Moulvibazar superintendent...
Expelled BNP leader Barrister Nazmul Huda has appealed to Khaleda Zia for withdrawal of the expulsion order, claiming him to be innocent, reports UNB.Huda sent the letter of appeal to the BNP chairperson Thursday night through his special representative, a...
GOPALGANJ, Nov 26 (UNB): Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmud Khandaker warned that strict steps would be taken if anyone tries to create anarchy in the name of hartal.The IGP said this while talking to journalists after paying tributes...
Bangladesh called for restraints asking all to avoid 'provocative acts' in Korean peninsula as North Korea today staged an artillery drill within earshot of a South Korean island and warned an upcoming US-South Korean naval exercise heightened the war risks,...
BANDARBAN, Nov 26 (bdnews24.com): A Bandarban court has rejected the request seeking cancellation of the public litigation filed to ban tobacco cultivation and processing in the district.The petition was filed by three tobacco companies-British American Tobacco (BAT), Dhaka Tobacco and...
NARAYANGANJ, Nov 26 (bdnews24.com): At least 20 people have been injured after the police charged baton on a procession of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Friday here. Witnesses said the police assailed the procession twice, first at around 11am near the...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over many places of Dhaka, Rajshahi, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Khulna division today (Saturday).Light fog may occur over the river basins of...
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has been moving at a snail's pace in carrying out the High Court order to pull down illegal billboards from the city, reports bdnews24.com.Sources said, there were nearly 2,500 unauthorised billboards of which only 230 had...
Thousands of students will receive modern education at lower costs when the country's first private residential university starts functioning early next year.Located at Shakhipur in Tangail, Bangabandhu International Residential (Cadet) College and University will host nearly 12,000 students and begin...
The 824 suspected main culprits of 2009 massacre of 57 army officers, who were serving the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), are set to appear on the dock in January next year to be tried in a Speedy Trial Tribunal, Law Minister...
Security officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka Friday arrested a passenger along with a firearm on his way to Sylhet by a aircraft of United Airlines. Mashfiq Mahmud Khan (30), son of Yeahia Khan of Doublemuring thana of...
NEW DELHI, Nov 26 (BSS)- A piece of history is to be notched up shortly with the international release of director Goutam Ghose's Indo-Bangla co-production, Maner Manush that had its first screening at the 41st International Film Festival of India...
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