The historic May Day was observed across the country on Saturday amidst a strong workers' voice to fix minimum wages at Tk 5,000 and ensure their job security, reports UNB.Various trade unions raised the demands while observing the May Day...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all the ruling party lawmakers to carry out their constitutional duties with sincerity for the welfare of their respective constituencies.She made the call when newly elected Bhola-3 MP Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon called on her...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 2: Intra-party feud and obstruction by local freedom fighters today barred BNP central leader and lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury from addressing a public meeting at Chandanaish of South Chittagong.The leaders and workers of Chandanaish Upazila BNP organised...
RANGAMATI, May 2 (UNB): A special court Sunday convicted nine BDR mutineers of Rajnagar 12 Rifles Battalion in Rangadu Upazila and sentenced them to different prison terms in BDR mutiny case.Special Court-4, headed by outgoing BDR Chief Major General Mainul...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has expressed serious disdain for the 'admission trade' prevailing in different educational institutions of the country, reports UNB.The PM gave vent to her anger when the standing committee members of the Association of Universities of...
Twelve people were killed and 12 others injured in lightning in Habiganj, Mymensingh, Sunamganj, Narayanganj and Gaibandha Sunday, reports UNB.In Habiganj, Lightning struck to death to six persons including two women and left 4 injured at Baniachang, Bahubal and Sadar...
FE ReportRapid Action Battalion (RAB) Sunday recovered a major part of the HSBC bank's Tk 4.5 million looted by a driver of a security firm last month and arrested three people for their alleged links.On a tip-off, a team from...
GROS ISLET (Saint Lucia), May 2 (AFP): Pakistan got the defence of their World Twenty20 title off to a sound start with a 21- run win over Bangladesh on the Beausejour Stadium here Saturday. Victory was built around a huge...
Graeme Smith won the toss in their first match of the tournament and chose to use whatever moisture there would be in the pitch for the 9.30am (WIT) start, reports cricinfo website.They were up against India who posted their first...
Fire Service beat East End Boys' Club by 3-1 sets (25-16, 24-26, 25-22 and 25-19) in a match of the NBL Metropolis Premier Division Volleyball League at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium Sunday, reports UNB.The day's other two matches involving Bangladesh...
The 2nd four-day match of the GP-BCB Academy Cup between GP-BCB Academy team and South Africa National Cricket Academy team ended in a draw on the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra Saturday, reports UNB.Chasing a target of 361 runs in...
A 14-member West Indies A team, led by Travis Dowlin, arrived in the capital today (Sunday) on a 25-day tour to Bangladesh, reports UNB.During the visit, the 2nd string Caribbean team will participate in a triangular one-day series, also involving...
Dhaka XI, led by veteran booter Kaiser Hamid, was due to leave here for London later Sunday night to play three exhibition matches at the joint invitation of London Tigers and East End United AFC teams to be held on...
Doulot Akter MalaThe country's acute energy crisis and protracted decision making process has led to sharp decline in both local and foreign investment proposals in the current fiscal, officials said. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposals dropped by 70.47 per cent...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday said her government has taken massive plans, including revival of commuter train services and construction of six railway flyovers, to free the capital city from traffic congestion, reports UNB. She spelt out the plan at...
M Azizur RahmanImmature decisions taken by successive governments, dilly-dallying in explorations by foreign firms and donors' reluctance to provide necessary funds have caused the country's unprecedented natural gas crisis, top officials said Sunday.The country's 'feeble' economy during the late 1990s...
FE Report An independent rights watchdog urged the government Sunday not to bring any change to the Anti-corruption Commission Act, saying that such a move would only undermine the commission's independence."If the law is changed as planned by the government,...
FE ReportDhaka stocks fell on profit taking Sunday despite financials gaining new ground with turnover hitting three months high, dealers said. The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) closed at 5631.29, dropping 23.58 points or 0.41 per cent, after ending flat...
NEW YORK, May 2 : Police found an "amateurish" but potentially powerful bomb that apparently began to detonate but did not explode in a smoking sport utility vehicle in Times Square, authorities said Sunday.Thousands of tourists were cleared from the...
Nazmul AhsanA number of government agencies and the Bangladesh Bank have opposed certain clauses incorporated into the draft agreement sent by India on its $1 billion loan proposal, official sources said.The major clauses 'in question' include the provisions for importing...
Assam separatist leader Ranjan Daimary and his two comrades arrested from elsewhere were handed over to Indian border security force (BSF) at Dawki, opposite Tamabil border Saturday, said reports reaching from across the border.A BDR 21 Battalion official stationed in...
Mohammad MufazzalThe securities regulator Sunday fined two big traders and two companies Tk 66.8 million after they were found guilty of manipulating share prices by spreading rumours and breaching laws, officials said. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) slapped the...
FE Report Bangladesh Bank (BB) will not encourage the culture of waiving defaulted farm loans, the central bank governor said Sunday. "We would never encourage the culture of waiving defaulted agriculture loans, nor tolerate this culture," BB Governor Atiur Rahman...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 2: An international flight of Biman Bangladesh airlines, the national flag carrier, on Saturday landed at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport with a missing flap, a part of the wing of the aircraft.Airport officials said, BG-022 of...
The Election Commission (EC) Sunday decided to ask Jamaat-e-Islami to amend its constitution, so that it conforms to the electoral laws, reports bdnews24.com. The commission told the fundamentalist Islamist party to amend certain sections of its constitution by May 31...
THE 16th summit meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has ended amid the usual pageantry in the Bhutanese capital, Thimpu. The SAARC was founded in 1985 and, thus, the latest summit also marked the silver jubilee...
Shamsul Huq Zahid In Bangladesh, until now power is more or less is synonymous with crisis. But the government might soon be facing a real dilemma with the sector when a good number of new rental and peaking power plants...
Zubair HusseinThe Right to Information (RTI) Act has been in existence for over a year. But ironically, this Act which is full of significance in creating conditions for good governance, accountability of the government and promoting people’s basic rights to...
It was prominently written in the election manifesto of the Awami League that they would take tough and relentless steps against corruption.But thirteen months down the road they are sensed to be doing just the opposite. The Cabinet has proposed...
It is not that authorisation cannot be bought and sold for money in this country. Even then, it provides the assurance of a minimum of standard whereas the unauthorised ones are not bound by any regulation or supervision and prove...
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