Trial of the BDR rebels under the 36th battalion and its affiliated units began Monday at the special court-5 at the Darbar Hall of the Pilkhana headquarters, reports UNB.As the court sat at 10:15 am, complainant Naik Subedar Giasuddin presented...
President Zillur Rahman urged the authorities of private universities to ensure proper infrastructure facilities for their students alongside maintaining requisite standard of education."The universities must ensure proper educational environment with world-standard curriculum," he said.The President was presiding over the first...
NEW DELHI, Mar 15 (BSS): The visiting Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff General Mohammad Abdul Mubeen began his official engagements here Monday by placing a wreath at the Aamar Jawan Jyoti (AJJ) at the India Gate, in memory of the...
Nurul Alam Chowdhury has been appointed Bangladesh ambassador to Oman, reports UNB.Mr Chowdury was born in 1945 in Fatikchhari Upazila of Chittagong. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) in 1973 and 1986 with Awami League ticket.He holds a post...
RANGAMATI, March 15 (BSS): A housewife reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling at her house at Alam Dockyard in the town Sunday.Police recovered the body of Momtaz Parvin Rupa (25), wife of an employee of a local...
BARISAL, Mar 15 (UNB): A youth accused of sexually harassing a schoolgirl has been fined Tk 10,000 by a local arbitration in a remote coastal area of Patuakhali, police said Monday.Mizanur Rahman (22), son of Idris Mia of Gabunia in...
MANIKGANJ, Mar 15 (UNB): Robbers in separate raids looted Tk 0.8 million (8 lakh) from two filling stations in Sadar and Shibalaya Upazilas early Sunday.Police said that 8 to 10 robbers coming in a microbus went to Dhaleshwari filling station...
Planning Minister AK Khandaker said that the government would not make any block allocation of Tk 150 million each in cash to the MPs for infrastructure development in their respective constituencies.He was responding to a supplementary question from M Mojibul...
The scheduled rule-hearing on the legal dispute over the leasehold Dhaka cantonment residence of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was again deferred to Thursday following a time petition before the High Court (HC) Monday, reports UNB.As the matter came up for...
Leader of the opposition in Parliament and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Monday sought cooperation of the UK government for overcoming the 'failures' of recent Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change, reports UNB.Khaleda Zia made the request when visiting British Environment, Food...
SHARAITPUR, Mar 15 (UNB): A court Monday issued arrest warrant against Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque of BNP after a defamation case was filed against him for making "derogatory comments" about Prime Minister's son, Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed (Joy).District Chhatra...
The election schedule for the overdue Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) polls might be announced in middle of April aiming at holding the election within May, Election Commi-ssioner (EC) M Sohul Hussain said this Monday, reports UNB.Talking to the journalists at...
Our CorrespondentJESSORE, Mar 15: The police is yet to arrest the killers of BCL leader Ripon Hossain. BCL brought out a protest procession in the town and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits involved in the murder.A case was filed...
NATORE, Mar 15 (BSS): The government has decided to build six monuments at the places of mass killings by Pakistan occupation forces in 1971 in the district.Sources said the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs decided to preserve with honour 176...
CHITTAGONG, Mar 15 (BSS): Zunaed Siddique and Mushfiqur Rahim kept the frustrated English fielders on the field with a gutsy partnership to delay the inevitable defeat looming as Tigers were set on to an improbable target of 513 on the...
MADRID, March 15 (AFP): Superstar Lionel Messi is on course for a record-breaking goal-scoring season following his sublime hat-trick in Barcelona's 3-0 win over Valencia Sunday. Argentine international Messi scored three brilliant goals to bamboozle third-placed Valencia and move him...
INDIAN WELLS, California, Mar 15 (AFP): China's Zheng Jie has battled past former champion Maria Sharapova 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to reach the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open.Zheng, whose run to the Australian Open semi-finals along with that of...
Mohiuddin BabarINTERNATIONALLY famed The Economist recently bracketed Dhaka city as the second worst city to live. The Economist research cell conducts a survey across the world every year and lists the good cities to live in along with the bad...
Gousal AzamFour decades ago the seed of friendship sowed by Henry Kissinger between America and China has now turned into a big tree with fruits for both. China considers Taiwan to be its integral part and opposes arms supply to...
Mohiuddin Aazim DURING the last five years Pakistan has increased its exports to some non- traditional markets. And it has also diversified its export base. (See Tables). The Great Recession has changed the world markets. New economic giants are emerging....
FE ReportDhaka stocks Monday shed 37 points after recovering from the steepest fall ever-over 152 points-in the first 35 minutes of the day's trading. The biggest single-day fall was 137 points recorded in 2001.The market witnessed ups and downs throughout...
FE ReportOnly a few poor people have graduated from the poverty level by using the microfinance tools, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Monday said.He also blamed the microfinance institutions (MFIs) for encouraging the indigent borrowers to use low level...
FE ReportCommerce Minister Faruk Khan said the consumer protection law enacted within five months of formation of the government will be evaluated soon to identify any discrepancy that might hinder its enforcement to ensure consumers' rights."The government will not tolerate...
S M JahangirThe renewed government move to streamline debt servicing by state-owned enterprises and autonomous bodies appears to have hit snags due mainly to poor response from most of the defaulters concerned, official sources said.Citing the figures compiled by the...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government is set to adopt a new strategy on import of reconditioned and new cars from the next fiscal in a bid to check evasion of billions of taka in revenue through under-invoicing and false declaration of...
FE ReportThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Monday raised margin loan ratio to 1:1.5 from 1:1 to boost purchasing capacity of investors, effective from Thursday.This means an investor will get Tk 150 against a deposit of Tk 100 from merchant...
Steps will be taken to bring amendment to SIM registration forms, besides collecting photocopies of national ID cards from subscribers to check terrorism through mobile phones. Talking to BSS, Director of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Rezaul Qader said the...
The Bangladesh Bank and all scheduled banks throughout the country will remain closed on March 17, on the occasion of birthday of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, said an official release of the central bank in...
A freedom fighter (FF) died Sunday in a lift accident in a seven-storey building owned by the Freedom Fighters' Welfare Trust in the city's Gulistan Complex Monday. Mohammad Abul Miah (78), who was born in Sylhet's Jaflong area, had been...
FE ReportThe significant increase in the number of microfinance institutions (MFIs), the need for ensuring appropriate fund utilisation as well as establishing institutional structure and ascertaining financial and operational transparency warrant the creation of a regulatory and supervisory environment, an...
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