Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Saturday called for freeing the country from Polio by vaccinating every child of 0-59 months' age against the disabling disease, reports UNB.She urged the people of all classes and professions to inform parents and guardians...
FE ReportA robber was shot dead in a gunfight between his accomplices and police in the city's Pallabi area early Saturday. Police said a group of four to five miscreants attempted to enter an under-construction building in the area at...
DU CorrespondentA delegation of teachers and students of three universities of the US called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's office Saturday. Director of the School of Social Work of Southern Illinois University Mizanur Rahman...
The second death anniversary of freedom fighter, photojournalist and former chief photographer of The Daily Ittefaq Mohammad Alam will be observed today (Sunday).Marking the day, a Milad Mahfil will be held after Zohr prayers at his residence at Delpara of...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 9 (BSS): Adviser to the Prime Minister (PM) on Education, Social Development and Political Affairs Alauddin Ahmed said that the new educational institutions would be brought under the Monthly Payment Order (MPO) after necessary scrutiny for over all...
The Democratic Left Alliance has urged Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina not to sign any deal on anti-terrorism or prisoner exchange during her India visit this week.The alliance leaders said there were fences across the border, so no Indian terrorist...
The leaders of the Cox's Bazar Paribesh Barchao Andolan (CPBA) and Coast Trust demanded to constitute an independent commission to probe into the encroachment of government owned hills and forests in Cox's Bazar, the prime tourist centre of the country,...
The historic Homecoming Day of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed in the country today (Sunday) in a befitting manner, reports BSS.On this day in 1972, the architect of the independence and unparalleled leader...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain dismissed an allegation of a meeting between former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and ULFA leader Anup Chetia during the previous four-party government, terming the statement made by Awami League leader Syed...
DU CorrespondentBangladesh Chhatra Moitri (BCM) leaders and activists staged demonstration on the Dhaka University (DU) campus Saturday demanding exemplary punishment to the killers of BCM Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute unit Vice-President Rejaul Islam Sunny. Protesting the brutal killing of Sunny, BCM...
FE ReportBangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) announced Saturday it would hold a grand rally in the capital on March 13 in protest against, what it said, repression against journalists across the country. The announcement came at the BFUJ's annual...
FHM Humayan KabirThe World Bank's aid deal revision proposals, held up for nearly two months, have affected aid flow and project implementation as the lender asked the government to suspend local procurement before amendment of agreements, officials said.The Washington-based lender...
CHITTAGONG, Jan 9 (UNB): Bangladesh and Myanmar Saturday agreed to demarcate the maritime boundary of the two countries through a coordinated policy having the "principle of equity' and 'equidistance system'.Both the countries reached the consensus to formulate the coordinated policy...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanShipping companies are losing about $0.1 million every day as ships are not allowed to enter or leave the Chittagong port at night.It takes two to three days for a ship to anchor at the port, unload and...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will fly for New Delhi today (Sunday) on a four-day official visit to India, amid high hopes for a breakthrough in decades of bipartite negotiations for resolving the longstanding issues between the two neighbours, reports...
Sonia H MoniTextile production has declined around 50 per cent due to severe interruption in gas supply, said the country's apex textile sector trade body, BTMA."Textile sector consumes 70 per cent of the total gas used by the private sector...
The top jail official has said three of the five former army officers convicted and condemned to death for the 1975 killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman have sought clemency from the president, reports bdnews24.comInspector general of prisons Brig Gen...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has taken a move to relocate the Kamalapur Inland Container Depot (ICD) to Gazipur in an effort to ease pressure on the capital and reduce cost of business.Bangladesh Landport Authority (BLA) recently formed a seven-member committee...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanAlthough the main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has passed its judgment on the incumbent government as one that has been a failure in all respects during the last one year, this conclusion appears to be...
Ameer HamzaDCC has been spending millions annually on thousands of litres of poisons, fogging and spraying them now and then, and inevitably leaving behind serious side effects on vulnerable citizens ---- ranging from nausea and headache, loose motions, conjunctivitis and...
Andrzej Zwaniecki in WashingtonIN a cartoon featured on CartoonStock.com, a man standing in front of the "Missing Persons" service window asks: "What happened to consumer confidence?" The background is this: The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index hovers around historic lows....
MH HossainSakib Hossain is the son of Monowara Begum and late Abdur Rashid of Tok Nagar village under Tok Union under Kapasia Upazila of Gazipur district. Shahnaz Begum of Bikrampur, a distant cousin of Monowara, lived in Dhaka. When Sakib...
Neena Bhandari Kamina Feza, brutally raped and abandoned with serious injuries, symbolises many would, who become victims of the crime each day in conflict-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Gender-based violence is systematically used as a weapon of war by...
Michael Georgy and Zeeshan HaiderThe United States will push Pakistan hard to take the risky move of going after the Haqqani militant network if the group is linked to a Jordanian who killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan.No evidence may...
Ed StoddardEfforts to protect an iconic bird could disrupt oil, natural gas and wind energy development in the U.S. West and add to the Democratic Party's green woes ahead of the 2010 congressional elections.The US Fish and Wildlife Service has...
THE observance of the Police Week has started with the usual ceremonies that accompany this occasion every year. The Prime Minister was present in the inaugural session of the week and offered many advice to the police force to discharge...
Nerun YakubA week after the blast, at one of the ship-breaking yards at Sitakunda, killed and maimed scores of workers, the Prime Minister was reported to have said that her government was soon 'going to formulate a policy', to save...
Amirul Islam FOOD security should be a major concern for Bangladesh in the backdrop of its recent experience. Only two years ago, production shortfall cost the country dearly. The foodgrain import bill had surpassed previous records.Foodgrain availability even at exorbitant...
VOTERS in Bangladesh in general were very much swayed by the Awami League's ringing promise that they would normalise prices. The landslide in favour of this party was prompted in large measure by its loud promise of pushing down the...
Despite slow growth in exports of fresh vegetables and fruits, the businessmen are optimistic of the potentials of these items. The country would be able to export more fresh produces provided 'one modern processing centre' is set up for testing,...
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