The Election Commission (EC) is planning to issue new, more durable and secure national identity cards within the next five years, reports bdnews24.com.The plan comes less than two years after the caretaker government introduced laminated photo ID cards last year.Under...
Our CorrespondentJESSORE, Mar 14: At least 20 leaders and activists of Awami League backed Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in a factional clash in the district town Saturday night.Tension mounted in the town following the gunfight between two groups...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three militants in connection with the bomb attack on a CPB rally in 2001, reports bdnews24.com.The arrestees - Idris Ali, Abdul Latif and Md Sakhawat Hossain- are members of the banned Islamist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad,...
KANDAHAR, Mar 14 (AFP): A sophisticated Taliban assault on a key southern Afghan city killed 35 people, officials said Sunday as the militants claimed it was in revenge for plans to wipe them out.A series of massive explosions rocked Kandahar...
BANGKOK, Mar 14 (AP): Leaders of tens of thousands of protesters who swarmed into Bangkok from Thailand's rural areas Sunday threatened mass street demonstrations if the government didn't respond to their demand for a dissolution of Parliament within 24 hours.The...
TOKYO, Mar 14 (AP): A strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit off the eastern coast of Japan Sunday, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including the crowded capital.There were no reports of casualties, with only light damage to...
CHITTAGONG, March 14 (BSS): England played it absolutely safe as they did not impose follow-on to Bangladesh instead opted to bat on to take their lead to a mammoth 434 runs in the second innings on the close of the...
International Women Master Kiran Manisha Mohanty of India earned her norm for woman grandmaster and Women International Master Shamima Akter Liza of Narayanganj also bagged her International Woman Master Sunday at the conclusion of the Parachute Advanced International Chess Tournament,...
Rajshahi Kasba High School emerged champions in the Ecstasy 6th National School Hockey Tournament beating Armanitola High School of Dhaka by 2-1 goals in the final at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB.Education Minister...
NEW YORK, Mar 14 (AP): Martina Hingis will face top-ranked Serena Williams and two former No. 1 players in World Team Tennis competition.The WTT announced its 10-team schedule on Thursday. Hingis will play for the New York Buzz and face...
Pakistan will announce a captain for the World Twenty20 in the next couple of days, as speculation grows over the identity of the man in the wake of meetings the board chairman Ijaz Butt is said to have had with...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Defying the minimum standards set by the BSTI unscrupulous traders are having heyday selling untreated water in jars labelled purified in urban areas as WASA has failed to ensure its supply to citizens. Numbering between 350 and...
Planning Minister AK Khandaker said Sunday the government had plans to construct a second bridge on the Jamuna River that would facilitate both road and rail transport, reports UNB. "In order to develop rail and road communications between the north,...
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Premier Bank Limited H B M Iqbal has been awarded ' BCRA- Freedom Award-09' for his participation in the liberation war, said a press release. Bangladesh Cultural Reporters Association (BCRA) organised the...
FE ReportLeading telecom service provider Grameenphone Sunday unleashed three whole new ranges of price packages named Shohoj, Aapon and Bondhu for its pre-paid customers along with a new price plan for its trademark djuice product in the market.The telecom giant-...
FE ReportEric Chow, Chief Information Officer (CIO), Asia of Standard Chartered Bank, will arrive in the city today (Monday) on an official visit to Bangladesh. During his first visit to Bangladesh, Mr Chow will be reviewing Standard Chartered's operations and...
Monira MunniConstruction work of the proposed Active Pharmaceutical Ingred-ients (API) industrial park in Munshiganj is likely to begin in April, Industries Minister Dilip Barua said. "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the commencement of API project work," the...
Google Inc. has drawn up detailed plans to shut its search engine in China and is "99.9 per cent" certain of going ahead with the closure, the Financial Times reported Sunday, citing a person it didn't name, reports Bloomberg.The company...
Micro Industries Development Assistance and Services (MIDAS) will arrange a training course titled "Start Your Own Business" from March 21 to March 25, 2010 at its head office in the city, said a press release. The course has been designed...
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) has undertaken a plan to bring all 538 pumps in the city under dual connections to mitigate sufferings of the people in the upcoming summer season, DWASA source said, reports BSS. Under...
Agriculture Minister Motia Chowdhury laid emphasis on a vibrant platform of the farmers to organise them and address their issues. She was replying to questions from parliament members (MPs) during question answer session Sunday, reports BSS.Motia Chowdhury said every group...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Mar 14: Employees and workers of Rajshahi Sericulture Research and Training Institute(SRTI) started work abstention and staged demonstration in the institute premises Wednesday from 11-00 am to 2-00 pm, demanding payment of nine months of arrear salaries and...
COX'S BAZAR, March 14 (BSS): Unplanned and unauthorised construction of hotels and motels in Cox's Bazar town and adjoining areas has blurred the beauty of the world's largest sea beach, compromising its tourism potentials.Mayor and local administration, two main custodians...
Dhaka WASA gets into troubled waters for failing to supply pure drinking water to the city-dwellers, as the High Court (HC) hears today (Monday) a writ petition against the government utility agency, reports UNB.A division bench comprising Justice M Momtazuddin...
FE ReportA private university student was held with arms and ammunition by law enforcers from Pallabi in the city Sunday, RAB sources said. The arrested was identified as Abdur Rahman (20), son of Abu Taher of Pallabi and a BBA...
NEW DELHI, Mar 14 (BSS): Army Chief General Mohammed Abdul Mubeen arrived here Sunday on a five-day goodwill tour on an invitation by his Indian counterpart General Dipok Kapoor.General Mubeen is accompanied by his wife and a four-member army delegation.The...
DU CorrespondentA three-day international consultation on 'Prospects for Dialogue and Religious Studies in South Asian Universities' began at the TSC auditorium of Dhaka University (DU) Sunday.The Department of World Religions and Culture and the Centre for Inter-religious and Intercultural Dialogue...
Gazi Md Jahirul Islam recently obtained PhD degree in Arabic literature from the Arabic Department under Arts Faculty of Dhaka University, says a press release. The title of his thesis was 'Musahamatu Sayeed Kutub Fi Al-Adab Al-Arabi wa Al-Islah Al-Ijtima-e.'...
FE Report The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) complex and National Resource Centre on Assistive Technology by the Japanese government was inaugurated Thursday, said an embassy press release.CDD is a local NGO which works for the disabled people and...
The 25th death anniversary of Dr Aleem Al-Razee, the celebrated jurist, parliamentarian and educationist, will be observed today (Monday) with due solemnity in the country, reports UNB.An iconic figure, Razee was in the vanguard of all political struggles and social...
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