FE ReportGono Front leaders have made a call to the people to be united against corruption. At a discussion meeting Saturday in the city, they said the country needs a new leadership to root out social diseases like corruption, terrorism...
The 22nd death anniversary of founder of the Coopera-tive Credit Union Movement in Bangla-desh Father Charles J Young will be observed today (Sunday), said a press release. Marking the day, the member organisations of Cooperative Credit Union League of Bangadesh...
Opposition leader Khaleda Zia's lawyers met with Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque at his official residence Saturday morning, as the authorities concerned started the process of vacating her Cantt house, report agencies.Barrister Rafiq-ul Huq, Barrister Maudud Ahmed, Supreme Court Bar...
WASHINGTON DC, Nov 13 (BSS): Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Akramul Qader said Bangladesh would highlight global action on the need for vulnerable countries at the forthcoming Cancun Climate Conference. He was speaking at a discussion organised by the Humanity's...
Leaders of different political parties have expressed reaction to dawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal call by main opposition BNP terming it as an undemocratic step against establishing the rule of law, reports BSS.This hartal was not against the government or any particular...
LALMONIRHAT, Nov 13 (bdnews24.com): The main opposition BNP has observed a half-day general strike at Lalmonirhat as part of its three-day protest against the murder of a Bangladesh Chhatra Dal (BCD) leader. District unit members of the party and its...
COX'S BAZAR, Nov 13 (BSS): The police arrested 35 people, including four women, on suspicion of militancy links from a hotel at Kalatoli in the district today (Saturday). Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sadar police station M Shajahan said on secrete information...
Light rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions before 6pm today (Sunday).Night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, Met Office said.Country's highest temperature at 32.8...
North South University (NSU) retained the Mentors' Inter-Private University Football title beating Independent University-Bangladesh (IUB) by 4-0 goals in the final at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamlapur Saturday, reports UNB.IUB finished runners-up in the...
GUANGZHOU, Nov 13 (AFP): Hosts China made clear who was boss on the opening day of the Asian Games Saturday by claiming 16 gold medals, including its 1,000th since first competing in 1974.The sporting extravaganza, the most ambitious Asiad so...
Barisal Division batsman Nasiruddin Faruq has been suspended for one month for showing dissent and using abusive language after he was given out against Dhaka Division in the 2nd phase last round match of the One-Day National Cricket League at...
HYDERABAD, Nov 13 (AFP): Virender Sehwag smashed an entertaining 96 and Gautam Gambhir hit 54 before New Zealand removed both the openers on day two of the second Test against India Saturday.Sehwag unleashed 15 fours and a six in his...
UNDP administrator Helen Clark said Bangladesh should show its strategy and capacity to secure the global climate adaptation fund, which could be as big as US$100 billion a year.She said her organisation is advocating for the "best system" to deliver...
Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Begum Khaleda Zia on Sunday "vacated" her cantonment residence hours after police and elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) troops laid a siege around the house to "execute a High Court order", report...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Saturday urged the opposition to withdraw Sunday's dawn-to-dusk hartal called in protest against, what the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) alleged, 'eviction' of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia...
The pro-democracy leader of Myanmar and the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been released by the military authorities in Burma, report agencies.She was detained for 15 of the past 21 years.Following her release, Ms Suu Kyi,...
The DSE is going to submit today (Sunday) its proposals regarding the calculation of DGEN to the SEC for its approval, officials said.The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will implement the new index calculating formula after getting approval from the Securities...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 13: Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has said cargo handling and delivery in the port remain quite satisfactory and the vessels' average stay-time continues between two and a half days to three days.They said loading, unloading and delivery works...
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), Bangladesh, is finding it difficult to bring in cash currency of US$10 million from overseas due to heavy tax burden.The SCB has said it will have to pay 26.5 per cent of the foreign currency as...
Three persons have been killed, including a suicide bomber, in an attempt on Awami League MP of Kushtia Afaz Uddin Ahmed at his home. Daulatpur police chief told bdnews24.com that Afaz Uddin and four others were injured in the bomb...
Businessmen of old Dhaka Saturday urged the government to stop harassing them and create a business-friendly environment in the area providing necessary licences from different agencies. They agreed to shift their business if the government builds a special industrial zone...
The tilting of a seven-storey building at Kathalbagan area in the city last week is another glaring example of negligence and gross violation of building rules on the part of all those who joined together to erect such a huge...
The central bank may continue its liquidity support to the commercial banks and financial institutions aiming to keep call money rate stable ahead of the Eid festival.The inter-bank call money rate shot up on Thursday as increased demand for liquidity...
THE rise of inflation, generally in the economic context, is understood to be a phenomenon that may be caused by multiple factors such as fall in production and supplies, excess money supply, failure to reach goods and services smoothly to...
An overwhelming number of people from all over the country converged last month, October 30, at Fulbari, Dinajpur, at the end of a seven-day long-march, inspired once again by the National Committee for the protection of the country’s oil, gas,...
On Sunday and Wednesday nights, many of the young women of our country switch on Channel I to watch the Lux Channel I Super Star programme. The next morning, in their everyday gossip with friends and family members, they discuss...
The commuters of Dhaka city are dismayed at the sudden and unilateral decision of the authority to raise the fare of auto-rickshaws unjustifiably which came as a bolt from the blue to them. Every day there are reports coming in...
It is learnt from Bangladesh Bank’s Annual Report 2004-2005 [http://www.bangladesh-bank.org/pub/annual/anreport/ar0405/index0405.html] that the bank “processed and disposed of 25.9 million pieces of torn/soiled notes during January-June 2005.” Again, “As a part of clean note policy in circulation, special attention has been...
Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2010 of Transparency International (TI) places Bangladesh in 12th position in ranking from the bottom with a score of 2.4 points out of 10 among 178 countries surveyed. In 2009, it scored the same points...
The policy of Bangladesh Bank administering directly the interest rates of deposit and lending was abolished through the reforms of the banking system in the past decade. Lending rates are now influenced by forces driven by market. Inflation, ratio of...
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