Saudi Embassy in Dhaka has issued 63,989 Hajj visas until Tuesday. All the passports in which visa has been endorsed have already been handed over to the Hajj agents. The consular section of the embassy is still receiving passports for...
Light rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely at one or two places over Barisal and Chittagong divisions in next 24 hours till 6pm today (Wednesday).Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over...
Monira MunniBangladesh and India will sign the much talked about border haat agreement on October 23 to pave the ways for launching makeshift frontier bazaars initially at two points.In this regard, a 22-member business delegation, headed by Commerce Minister Faruk...
Major port users want army's supervision at the Chittagong Port for a longer term to help improve the port efficiency, which had deteriorated in the recent time due mainly to labour unrest, reports BSS.Leaders of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) Tuesday launched a new project to improve capacity of tax administration and ensure better services to taxpayers by 2015.The five-year project titled, "tax administration capacity and taxpayers services (TACTS)" will focus on strengthening...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Oct 19: US corporate sector is trying to influence the outcome of the coming midterm election with massive doses of cash infusion. The hidden donors are favouring the Republicans. They are spending billion of dollars. Contribution...
FE ReportThe government has approved a distribution line expansion project in rural areas under Khulna division although the country is facing severe electricity supply shortfall, officials said. The highest project approval body - ECNEC -- endorsed the Tk3.93 billion Rural...
In a major administrative shuffle the establishment ministry has transferred 17 secretaries, reports bdnews24.com. The order also made four secretaries officers on special duty. They are secretaries for livestock Sharful Alam and Ataharul Islam of the land ministry, Planning Commission's...
DU CorrespondentThe decomposed body of a college student was found hanging from a ceiling fan at Jagannath Hall of the Dhaka University (DU) Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Debashish Das, a first year student of Chemistry of the city's...
FE ReportSpeakers at a seminar in the city Tuesday said Bangladesh needs to reach a national consensus immediately for solving the long prevailing identity crisis of her people.They said most of the country's citizens have been confused over the issue,...
BTVam07:00 Announcement, The Holy Quran, The Holy Tripitak Paath and Programme Outline 07:20 Geet Malati07:45 Chalchitro08:00 Sakaler Sangbad08:15 Maati-O-Manush08:35 Muktijuddha Pratidin08:55 Sangbad Shironam09:00 Docu- Fire Dekha09:10 Computer09:35 Rupmoy Bangladesh10:00 News10:05 Muktijuddha Pratidin10:30 Nabo Anande Jago11:05 Nirbachito Anushthan11:30 Quiz Quiz 12:00...
Our CorrespondentGAIBANDHA, Oct 19: The T-Aman paddy fields have taken a greenish look in all the seven upazilas of the district. Official sources said the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) set a target to cultivate a total of 1, 22,950...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Oct 19: Nilphamari Chamber of Commerce & Industries (NCCI) elected its executive body for the session of 2010-12 recently. Abdul Wahed Sarker has been elected as president. Alhaj Nur Islam as senior vice-president and Samsul Haque as vice-president...
Our CorrespondentGOPALGANJ, Oct 19: A cockle is not less than a pear has been proved by Ratna Rani Sarker (30), a cockle business woman of village South Jalirpar under Muksudpur Upazila in Gopalganj district.Self-employed Ratna Rani Sarker made her life...
A CorrespondentNOAKHALI, Oct 19: Rampant sale, purchase and use of drug products have increased alarmingly at all the Upazilas in Noakhali district while the whole youth generation irrespective of male and female are being spoiled by taking these.According to the...
RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Oct 19: A Rajshahi University (RU) student was stabbed by two battery driven auto rickshaw drivers at the Hadirmore area in Rajshahi city Sunday night.The victim was identifie as Amzad Hossain, a second year student of Marketing...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Oct 19: By ensuring proper standards, Bangladeshi commodities can get access to the international markets. Already Bangladeshi products of Pran, Bombay Sweets, pharmaceuticals or of Beximco and many other commodities like cement, batteries, electronics and leather goods are...
KUSHTIA, Oct 19 (bdnews24.com): The Indian Border Security Force has released the five Bangladeshi teenagers, 11 hours after they were taken away from Daulatpur in Kushtia. Locals said Udaynagar BSF personnel took the teenagers around 6:30 am on Monday while...
An intra-departmental debate competition was held at the Southern University campus, Chittagong recently. The title of the competition was "It is Better to Have Brains Than Beauty," says a press release. The team for the motion was declared the winner...
RANGPUR, Oct 19 (BSS) : The Open Market Sale (OMS) of rice brought down market price of course variety rice by Taka four on an average in the rural and urban areas in Rangpur division, officials, market sources and consumers...
Sheikh Russel's birthday observed The 47th birth day of Sheikh Russel son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Muzibur Rahman was observed at Bonpara under Baraigram Upazila in Natore district on October 18. Shaheed Kollol swechchhay blood donation sangstha and Shaheed Dr. Aynul...
At least six people have been killed and several others injured in an attack on the parliament in the restive Russian republic of Chechnya, report agencies.Two security personnel and a civilian worker died after militants ambushed the building in the...
At least six suspected militants have been killed in a drone strike in north-west Pakistan, local officials say, reports BBC.Local officials say two planes fired two missiles into a militant compound and four missiles at a vehicle in Datta khel...
Typhoon Megi, which left at least 10 people dead as it crossed the Philippines yesterday, strengthened as it churned over the South China Sea on a path to Hong Kong, the U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center said, reports Bloomberg.The...
PARIS, Oct. 19 (agencies): During the sixth national strike after the summer vacation protesting the French pension reform, sporadic violence erupted Tuesday between young demonstrators and riot police in Paris' suburb.According to local media, some 200 high school students rallied...
A Burmese ethnic militia group, the Kachin Independence Army, is in a tense stand-off with the army following the arrest of three of its members, reports BBC.It says one of its offices has been surrounded by the Burmese military.The KIA...
Major aftershock rocks New Zealand's Christchurch WELLINGTON, Oct 19: A shallow aftershock rattled the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Tuesday, cutting power, forcing evacuations and sending items crashing from shelves, officials and witnesses said. The 4.7-magnitude quake hit at...
HONG KONG, Oct 19 (Reuters): The US dollar edged higher for a third consecutive day Tuesday, driven by traders continuing to take profits on gains in other currencies, while weakness in the technology and commodity sectors limited gains in Asian...
NEW DELHI, Oct 19 (Commodity Online): India announced plans to auction for exploring shale gas in the country. According to country's Petroleum Secretary S Sundareshan the auctions will be held before 2012. Technology to extract gas from shale involves drilling...
KOTTAYAM, Oct 19 (Commodity Online): The natural rubber (NR) production in the country during April-September 2010 was higher by 7.6 per cent over the corresponding period in the previous year, the Rubber Board Chairman, Sajen Peter informed today. He was...
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