BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain Tuesday said the demand for midterm parliamentary elections was not the party's decision, reports UNB.After a joint meeting replying to newsmen, Delwar said it might be one's personal opinion as the party did not...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 2 (bdnews24.com): A sedition case has been filed against the president of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) and eight others for making derogatory statements about the Prime Minister and the Home Minister. Abu Tayeb, General Secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra...
FE ReportBangladesh spends 12 per cent of its total national budget allocation for social security programme and activities in this field are expanding, Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzak said Tuesday.The minister said, "Under this sort of programme, we...
Jubair HasanGarment union leaders Wednesday blasted the government for creating industrial police to keep order in the factory zones, saying the specialised force could be used as a workers-repressing tool by the owners.They feared that the 1580-men police unit could...
After long 18 years, trial of former President and Jatiya Party Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad in radar purchase corruption case began Tuesday, reports UNB.Divisional Special Judge Abdul Majid partly examined the prosecution witness Md Ali Haider. He deposed before court...
xThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to keep Jama'at-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi in prison until December 29, reports BSS. The tribunal chairman Justice Nizamul Haque on hearing a petition filed by the investigation agency seeking...
KHULNA, Nov 2 (BSS): Fourth reunion and annual commanders' conference-2010 of Army Service Corps (ASC) and Remount Veterinary and Farm Corps (RV and FC) was held at Jahanabad Cantonment here Tuesday.Chief of Army Staff General Abdul Mubeen attended the reunion...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 2: The local BCL and Juba League activists today attacked the municipal employees, ransacked the office of a city corporation magistrate and confined the city mayor for about two hours.At around 2.00 pm the activists under the...
FE ReportSeafarers have urged the government to ratify Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 to help them enjoy the rights they are entitled in the highly risky job.The seafarers made the appeal while speaking at a seminar organised by Nautical Institute, Dhaka...
GAZIPUR, Nov 2 (BSS): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has suggested the new graduates of Islamic University of Technology (IUT) to face future challenges with the knowledge and skills they acquired from the university. "You will need to overcome numerous...
FE Report The central bank has asked commercial banks not to collect fees in the form of pay order or bank draft from jobseekers, officials said Tuesday. "We've taken the move to encourage unemployed youths to apply for job in...
President M Zillur Rahman laid emphasis on creating a social movement for posthumous eye donation to reduce the numbers of permanently blind people in the country, reports BSS."We would have to make general people understand that there is no religious...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Tuesday called for a united social movement to resist Eve teasing, reports BSS.No Eve teaser would be spared. The offenders would have to face tough actions, if any female student, teacher or guardian is attacked,...
State Minister for Science and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Architect Yeafesh Osman stressed the need for applying technology to build a poverty-free digital Bangladesh, reports BSS. The government is working sincerely to reach technological facilities to the doorsteps of...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) Tuesday approved eight development schemes involving Tk 31.36 billion (3,136 crore) that includes the Laksam-Chandpur section railway rehabilitation project aimed at ensuring safe and fast train communication, reports UNB.The approval came...
BRAC Advocacy unit will organise a six-day inter-college debate competition at Asiatic Society in the city from today (Wednesday), reports UNB.Sixteen city colleges will take part in the competition with a slogan 'Exploring the path of poverty eradication through debating'.Dhaka...
Very quietly, amid the standard turmoil of Pakistan cricket this year, Shoaib Akhtar has managed as impressive a comeback as any of his many previous ones, according to website cricinfo. The saga continued in the third ODI against South Africa...
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club earned a facile 95-run victory over Azad Sporting Club in the Metropolis First Division Cricket League at the City Club ground in Mirpur Tuesday, reports UNB.Sent in to bat first, Sk Jamal Dhanmondi Club scored 225...
MELBOURNE, Nov 2 (AFP): Sri Lanka will keep the heat on an Australia side that will be without their skipper Ricky Ponting for Wednesday's opening one-day international in Melbourne, captain Kumar Sangakkara said Tuesday.The Sri Lankans received a significant boost...
HONG KONG, Nov 2 (AFP): China are again expected to be all-powerful at the Asian Games table tennis, although a Singapore squad coming off the back of a hugely successful Commonwealth Games could slow the fearsome juggernaut.Japan, South Korea and...
AHMEDABAD, India, Nov 2 (AFP): New Zealand fast bowler Chris Martin on Tuesday said he was looking to resurrect his stop-start career with a resounding performance against India in an upcoming three-Test series.Martin (35) had a poor last season which...
LONDON, Nov 2 (AFP): Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech wants his side to qualify for the Champions League last 16 at the first opportunity against Spartak Moscow at Stamford Bridge Wednesday so as to ease the pressure on the Blues' Premier...
Northern University (NU) makes a good start in Mentors' Inter-Private University Football Tournament beating University of Liberal Arts-Bangladesh (ULAB) 1-0 in the opening match at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamlapur Tuesday, reports UNB.Rubel scored the...
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 2 (AFP): South Africa fast bowler Makhaya Ntini officially announced his retirement from international cricket Tuesday although he will represent his country one more time.Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Gerald Majola announced that the best black bowler...
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 2 (AFP): Interim Argentina coach Sergio Batista, who succeeded Diego Maradona in July, is set to be confirmed in his post by the Argentine Football Federation (AFA) Tuesday. The AFA executive committee are expected to make the...
FE ReportFour listed companies have failed to submit their third quarter reports by the deadline that expired on October 30, officials of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) said.The companies are CMC Kamal, Delta Life Insurance, Eastern Insurance and Monno Jute...
Southtech Limited came second in the global competition for Innovative Technology in the Microfinance Recognition Awards in Washington DC, USA recently. The event was organized by Hanson Wade of the UK and sponsored by IBM, Symbiotic, IFC, and Gradatim. Overall...
A government initiative is underway to increase the income of farmers through strengthening marketing linkage between the rural and urban areas of two districts as well as diversifying their sources of income within four years, reports UNB.Under the initiative, the...
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Our CorrespondentJOYPURHAT, Nov 1: Joypurhat farmers are cultivating good winter vegetables this season. The city and village hats are the full of the winter vegetables. A good variety of vegetables like bottle-gourd, cauliflower, radish, brinjal, country-bean, cabbage, green chilly etc....
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