Munima SultanaThe government has formulated the draft of Axle Load Control Policy to prevent multiple damages of roads and bridges by stopping plying of overloaded vehicles on the highways.Officials said a committee on the load control policy submitted the draft...
Our CorrespondentGOPALGANJ, July 19: A seven-day Tree Fair-2010 has been inaugurated at Gopalganj Shilpakala Academy ground Sunday.District administration, Department of Agriculture Extension and Forest Department, Gopalganj have jointly organised the seven-day fair.Commissioner of Dhaka Division Md Mahinuddin Abdullah inaugurated the...
RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, July 19: More than 100 students of Monnujan Hall, a female dormitory of the Rajshahi University (RU), placed a memorandum to RU vice chancellor (VC) today demanding expulsion of a student.According to the sources, Assaduzzaman Siju, a...
CHITTAGONG, July 19 (BSS): An alleged dacoit was lynched at Fakirpara village of Haidgaon union under Patiya Upazila in the district in the early hours of Monday.Police recovered the body from the place of occurrence at 8.00 am and sent...
GAIBANDHA, July 19 (BSS): A programme has been taken to popularise the Ribbon retting method to the farmers to separate ribbon from the jute sticks and to rot those in the holes properly without water bodies.Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)...
A CorrespondentRANGPUR, July 18: The officials of Rangpur Division organised a views exchange meeting with local journalists for the first time Sunday with a view to gearing up development activities of the new Division.The meeting was held at the Divisional...
FE Report The central bank unveiled its first half-yearly monetary policy for the current fiscal year Monday to achieve inclusive economic growth through strengthening financial position while keeping inflationary pressure under control."The monetary policy will be maintained on a growth...
FE Report Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday urged the global patent watchdog to give another 15 years' waiver of Bangladeshi drugs for complying with the intellectual property rights regime.The waiver, which helped boom the local generic drug production, is set...
FE Report The US-based Citigroup has identified three key risk factors which need reckoning to keep the Consumers' Price Index (CPI) average inflation within 6.5 per cent during the current fiscal year. The key risks include trends in gas, fuel,...
FE ReportThe benchmark index DSE General Index (DGEN) hit a new high Monday following inflow of fresh fund to the market.The market opened with a strong note climbing steadily at close as the investors bet on banking, leasing, power and...
FE ReportThe parliament (JS) Monday passed Bangladesh Telecommunication (Amendment) Bill, 2010 clipping wings of BTRC and strengthening grip of the government over the telecom sector.Telecommunications minister Mohammad Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju piloted the bill and it was passed in voice vote.The...
FE ReportAn official team, led by commerce secretary Md Ghulam Hussain, is scheduled to visit Brussels next week with a view to convincing the European Union (EU) officials concerned to lift the recent stringent testing requirement imposed on shrimp consignments...
The cabinet with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair Monday gave a final approval to the proposed Environment Court Act, suggesting five years of imprisonment or Taka 0.5 million penalty or both as part of an intensified campaign against...
NARAYANGANJ, July 19: A daring robbery was committed at local sales office of Akij Corporation at Madaninagar in Siddhirganj thana Saturday night. Police and locals said that Tk 3.36 million (33.67 lakh) was looted from two vaults of the office,...
The High Court (HC) has asked telecoms Secretary Sunil Kanti Bose and Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) chief Zia Ahmed why they should not face contempt of court charges for ignoring a court order. They have four weeks to come...
Khalilur RahmanThe production of anti-rabies vaccine by the government remains suspended for the last three months. The vaccine is administered in injection form to a person after dog bite to prevent hydrophobia. The vaccine was so long produced in the...
FE ReportThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formed an inquiry committee Monday to look into the activities of those persons or organisations, who had been involved in 'unethical activities' in the name of private placement.The committee-forming ensued following the detection...
SAINTHIA, July 19 (AFP): A speeding express rammed into the back of a stationary passenger train in eastern India on Monday, killing more than 60 people and leaving 165 injured, many of them in critical condition.The standing train was waiting...
FE ReportA fire incident has forced the country's largest Ghorashal power plant to shed half of its total generation capacity worsening the country's overall electricity supply situation, officials said.The fire on Sunday damaged a turbine of the 950 mw Ghorashal...
The ruling Awami League (AL) has asked BNP to nominate its representative to the all-party parliamentary committee that will review the country's constitution as per the High Court's verdict. Chief whip Abdus Shahid on Sunday night mailed a letter addressed...
DINAJPUR, July 19 (bdnews24.com): Local people living around Barapukuria Coal Mine have laid siege to the mine since Monday morning demanding compensation for 2,600 buildings and establishments that they say have been affected by the mine's operations. Around 3,000 angry...
FE Report Coarse rice is becoming 'miniket', a finer variety of rice, not through a magic, hybrid or genome technology. Dishonest traders are doing it with machines. Wholesalers and retailers told the FE that some rice millers are turning the...
One hundred metres of hard point of Sirajganj town protection embankment were devoured by the strong current of Jamuna Monday, creating panic among the town's people, reports UNB. Local sources said at around 2:30pm piled bamboos surfaced from the bottom...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, July 19: Widespread tax evasion by the wealthiest in Pakistan have helped spread insurgency that is tormenting the country and complicating American policy in the region, claimed New York Times in a front page story today.The...
FE ReportBangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) organised a roundtable on traffic problem at its office in the city Sunday. Rashed Islam, vice president of HDR Engineering and managing principal of Austin Downtown office, the USA, presented the...
DU Correspondent The second national 'Biochemistry Olympiad' will be held at Curzon Hall ground of Dhaka University (DU) on December 24 this year.DU Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department is going to organise the event to popularise science study in the...
Newly elected Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor Md Manjur Alam Manju was sworn in Sunday.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath to Manju at a ceremony at the International Conference Centre of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), reports UNB. Cabinet...
KISHOREGANJ, July 18 (bdnews24.com): Four cases have been filed against the arrested leaders of the Indian separatist group, United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), Ranjan Chowdhury and Prodip Marak at Bhairab police station. Deputy assistant director of Rapid Action Battalion...
BNP has planned a series of programmes to gear up organisational activities and keep up the pace of ongoing anti-government movement before and during the holy month of Ramadan, reports UNB.As part of the programmes, the party will hold its...
RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, July 18: The leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) unit put today (Sunday) the administrative building and five dormitories under lock and key to press home its seven-point...
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