GAIBANDHA, Nov 11 (BSS): The final match of Bangabandhu Gold Cup Primary School Football Tournament-2010 in district level organised by district administration and Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) was held at Shah Abdul Hamid Stadium of the town here Wednesday.The...
KABUL, Nov 11 (AFP): Afghanistan is to get its first national women's cricket team, the sport's governing body in the country said Thursday, announcing plans for it to compete in an international tournament next year."This development is so exciting for...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanExpatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry has expressed its concern over the recent fall in remittance and held some Finance Ministry decisions responsible for it.It also expressed its worry that the decisions might discourage expatriates to send remittance...
Shahiduzzaman KhanThe government raised the CNG-run auto-rickshaw fares that would come into effect from January next year. The revised fare for the first two kilometres, according to reports, has been increased from Tk 14 to Tk 25, while Tk 7.0...
Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Nov 10: The G20 summit meeting beginning in Seoul, South Korea today is going to be a stormy with China, Germany and Brazil taking diametrically opposite stand taken by the US. China's rating agency downgraded the United...
FE Report The micro-credit regulatory authority (MRA) has capped the interest rate on micro finance at maximum 27 per cent initially, which would be slashed gradually through improving efficiency of the micro-finance institutions (MFIs). Under the new measures, the MFIs...
The law ministry published a gazette Wednesday adding of Section 509 of the Penal Code to the rules of the mobile court empowering the magistrates to punish stalkers with punishment ranging from one-year imprisonment, fine or both.-- bdnews24.com
The offices of all newspapers and news agencies will remain closed for three days from November 16-18 on account of holy Eid-ul-Azha. The decision was taken by the executive committee of NOAB. — Press release
Yasir WardadA number of illegal cattle markets have been set up in different areas across the city ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, depriving the DCC of around Tk 200 million in revenue, officials said Wednesday.The unhygienic markets are also creating problems...
NEW DELHI, Nov 10 (BSS): Indian state minister for Home Affairs Mr. Mullappally Ramachandran today informed the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) that fencing work along the Indo-Bangladesh border will be completed by March 2012. Responding to a question, the Minister...
Jasim Uddin Haroon A housewife at Gopibagh area was shocked at the price when she went to a nearby grocer to buy one kilogramme (kg) of turmeric. The price was as high as Tk 350 a kg. "I was just...
M Azizur Rahman Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) is preparing a policy on proper utilisation of a gas development fund worth Tk10 billion lying idle for over a year, official sources said."We are now giving final shape to a draft...
The hearing of opposition leader Khaleda Zia's appeal challenging a previous High Court verdict regarding her cantonment house has been adjourned until November 29, bdnews24.com. A regular bench of the appellate division, headed by chief justice ABM Khairul Haque, gave...
DINAJPUR, Nov 10 (bdnews24.com): There has been mixed reaction from local people living around the Barapukuria coal mine about the government's compensation package declared Tuesday. Some people affected by the mine have rejected the Tk 1.91 billion compensation package.They also...
TAHIRPUR, Sunamganj, Nov 10 (BSS): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has asked the leaders and activists of ruling Awami League (AL) to work for people's welfare with a sacrificing attitude."You are followers of the ideals of Father of the Nation...
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain alleged Wednesday that the government was trying to destabilise the situation by reviving the matter settled 29 years ago about the cantonment residence of Khaleda Zia.He questioned why the government is trying to evict...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 10: BNP central committee advisor and former state minister Mir Nasiruddin today said that his party would resist the government attempt to give transit to neighbouring India."The Awami League government has no right to give transit to...
The historic Noor Hossain Day was observed in the country Wednesday with a renewed pledge to materialise the dream of the heroic son of the soil who embraced martyrdom for restoration of democracy, reports BSS.Different political and socio-cultural organisations, including...
FE ReportAny person can sponsor a Bangladeshi student who wants to study in the United States, although parents' accounts are preferred, a top visa official said Wednesday."It's a question of credibility … Anyone can sponsor if it makes sense," Sandra...
A Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company will export five kinds of medicines to Uzbekistan, which is expected to push Dhaka-Tashkent trade relation to a new height, reports UNB. Uzbekistan announced to provide necessary certificate of registration in this regard. Health Minister of...
FE ReportThe state minister for women and children affairs Wednesday said the government will introduce a separate law to check sexual harassments in educational institutions and work places to ensure security of women in the society.Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury also...
Commander of US Air Force, Pacific (COMPACAF) General Gary L North paid a courtesy call on Chief of Army Staff General Md Abdul Mubeen at Army Headquarters in Dhaka Cantonment Tuesday, said an ISPR release.During the meeting, they discussed matters...
In line with the present government's vision to build Digital Bangladesh, 4,501 union information service centres (UISCs) will be inaugurated across the country today (Thursday), reports BSS.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to open the UISCs from her office at...
President Zillur Rahman has emphasised on taking necessary initiatives for modernising the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) through further increasing professional skills of all its members, reports UNB.The President made the emphasis when Chief Air Staff Air Marshal Shah Md Ziaur...
Colleges and other educational institutions under the National University (NU) have been asked to fill up the vacant posts of principals within six months of the posts falling vacant, reports UNB.The decision was taken at the 70th academic council meeting...
The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) has received a $0.10 million Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, reports BSS. The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by...
FE ReportThe Hunger Project, a non-government organisation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a leading contact centre company Windmill Infotech Ltd to provide mobile helpline service for Eve teasing victims to lodge complaints about incidences from next month....
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 10: The police on Tuesday night seized about three tonnes of adulterated spice and detained eight employees of two spice mills in the city. Metropolitan police said, acting on a tip off two teams headed by AC...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said the South Asian countries can benefit by exchanging expertise in technical and vocational sectors among themselves, reports BSS. An efficient and expanded technical sector can play an important role in developing the countries of...
Qul Khwani of Engineer Anwarul Islam Chowdhury (Nilu), Ex-Managing Director of A & A Enterprises Ltd will be held tomorrow (Friday) after Asr prayer at his Gulshan residence.Relatives, friends and well wishers have been requested to attend Qul Khwani and...
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