An aircraft of the private United Airlines narrowly escaped a possible accident Sunday afternoon after one of its two engines faced a technical problem, reports BSS. The Cox's Bazar bound flight, that took off from the Zia International Airport at...
FE ReportThe government has taken some special measures to make Bangladesh one of the best tourism destinations in the south Asian (SA) region.As part of that goal Bangladesh Tourism Corporation would organise a month-long "Beautiful Bangladesh Festival" from February 1...
FE ReportThe Khwaja Mozammel Haque (R) Foundation (KMHF) will distribute scholarships among meritorious students at a ceremony in Sirajganj today (Monday).Foundation Chairman Khwaja Tipu Sultan is expected to attend the programme on the premises of Jamtail Dhopakandi Combined High School...
'Gaining professional skills is inevitable to attain success in the banking sector along with socio-economic development of the nation' underlined by the speakers of the inaugural session of foundation training course for newly appointed offices of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank...
A five-day South Asia International Humanitarian Law (IHL) course, organised by the British High Commission, began in the city Sunday, reports UNB.The aim of the course is to deliver training in international humanitarian law to officers and officials of armed...
Bangladesh Liberation War sector commander Lt Gen (retd) Mir Shawkat Ali was admitted to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore with various physical ailments, reports UNB.According to his family sources, Gen. Ali had been admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH)...
NARAYANGANJ, Jan 24 (UNB): A minor school girl died as she fell down from the veranda of Hazipur Govt Primary School in Bandar Upazila Saturday.Police said that Tahmina Akhter (8), a class-II student of the school, suddenly slipped over on...
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Jan 24 (BSS): The body of a female student of Rajshahi University (RU) was recovered from the university mass graveyard near the rail line Saturday. It was identified as the body of Samsad Parvin alias Anu, a second...
The biennial general meeting and election of The New Nation Sramik Karmachari Union (NNSKU) was held Saturday, says a press release.Editor of the daily Mustafa Kamal Majumder and other senior journalists attended and addressed it.All the executives were elected unopposed....
The concluding and certificate awarding ceremony of a month-long training course on TV News Presentation organised by Bangladesh Institute of Journalism and Electronic Media (BIJEM) was held Saturday, says a press release.Chairman, Sunman Group and Banglalion Communications Ltd Abdul Mannan...
FE ReportHuman Rights Legal Aid Society (HRLAS) Sunday named six people for this year's 'International Human Rights Award'.Prof Mozaffer Ahmed, founding chairman of Transparency International Bangladesh, won the award for his fight against corruption, while Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Dr...
Professor Abu Rushd Matinuddin (91), was in critical condition in the city's Modern Hospital at Dhanmandi in the city, reports BSS.He was stated to be in an unconscious state as a small tumor has been detected in his head, hospital...
Bangladesh is going to form a multi-donor trust fund soon for financing schemes to tackle adverse impacts of the global climate change on the country, reports UNB.State Minister for Environment and Forests Hasan Mahmud said this Sunday after a meeting...
Bangladesh has made a good progress in achieving the millennium development goals (MDGs) even though there are a number of disparity in education, child and maternal health among its 64 districts.According to a survey, the five best performing districts are...
RANGAMATI, Jan 24 (bdnews24.com): Rangamati hill district's indigenous residents barricaded the Dighinala-Baghaichharhi-Baghaihat road from early Sunday after tension ran high the night before in the main town as a land dispute sparked clashes between Bangali settlers and the indigenous locals.During...
Our CorrespondentJHENIDAH, Jan 24: Azizur Rahman who also bravely fought alongside Birshreshtha Hamidur Rahman during the liberation war, now sells tea to maintain his six-member family living at a slum on a khas land.Aziz, then working at Jhumjhumpur Ansar camp...
The Supreme Court (SC) Sunday put on hold for a week the keys to Proshika head office a day after the rebel Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the major NGO got it by High Court (HC) orders and opened the...
An extended meeting of the ruling Awami League will be held on January 30 at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Dhanmondi office and Ganobhaban.The venues were finalised at a meeting of organising secretaries with Hasina in the chair at her official...
MEHERPUR, Jan 24 (UNB): Some terrorists at Gopalpur village under Mujibnagar Upazila slaughtered a local Awami League (AL) leader Sunday.The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam Bablu, member of Mahajanpur Union Parishad.Police said some terrorists called Shahidul out of his...
Bangladesh received 52,461 cusecs of water at the Hardinge Bridge point during the first 10 days of this month under the Bangladesh-India Ganges Water-Sharing Treaty of 1996, said a Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) statement Sunday. According to the treaty, if...
GAIBANDHA, Jan 24 (UNB): At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League (AL) under Sundarganj Upazila headquarters Saturday.The clash took place between Swechhasevok League Leader Ahsan Habib Masud supporters and the upazila AL...
Indian batsmen did not waste time to pounce on their bowler’s good job as they were comfortably placed at 69 for no loss in reply to Bangladesh's pathetic first innings total of 233 on the first day of the second...
Bangladesh managed a four-wicket victory over Hong Kong in a consolation 9th place deciding play-off match of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup at the Mclean Park in Napier Sunday, reports UNB.Earlier, Bangladesh made an early exit from the main...
Hosts Bangladesh reaffirmed their confidence of winning 17 gold medals in the 8-nation South Asian Games, the biggest sports extravaganza of the region, beginning in the city Friday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, reports UNB.Briefing newsmen today Chef de Mission...
MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan 24 (AP): US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro's bid for back-to-back Grand Slam titles ended in a fourth-round, five-set loss to No. 14 Marin Cilic Sunday.Two higher-ranked women's seeds, both Russian, made their exits with him.Second-ranked...
Australia produced a commanding all-round performance to take a 2-0 lead with a 140-run demolition of Pakistan at the SCG. After being led by Shane Watson and Cameron White in their 6 for 267, the hosts delivered a stinging bowling...
FE Report The central bank has found strong link between the performance of the Bangladesh economy in the current fiscal and the pace of recovery of the global economy from deep recession. In its annual report (for fiscal 2008-09) released...
FE ReportThe turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hit a record high Sunday with the benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) crossing the 5,100-mark for the first time on buying support from institutional investors.The market started on a negative note...
TONGI (Gazipur), Jan 24 (UNB): Millions of devotees joined the Akheri Munajat of the three-day Biswa Ijtema Sunday on the bank of Turag River seeking divine blessings for the purgation of their souls and guiding them to the path of...
Nazmul AhsanThe government should outsource private agencies and rationalise the current tax exemption list to increase its revenue earnings, recommended a report of the Ministry of Finance (MoF).The report, styled Macro-Economic Situation: July-December, 2009, will be placed at a meeting...
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