Our CorrespondentNATORE, Dec 20: Natore paid homage to the intellectuals killed by the Pakistani occupation forces with the help of their local collaborators on December 14 in 1971.Islamic Foundation Natore and Al-Madrasatul Jamhuria to observe the day arranged a discussion...
Supreme Court (SC) judges, in the verdict on the Bangabandhu murder appeals, have slammed the post assassination government for being inactive in connection with the trial, the Attorney General said Sunday, reports bdnews-24.com."The Appellate Division cited the inactive stand in...
FE ReportFaridpur Service Holders Welfare Association will organise a discussion meeting on December 26 at 4:00pm at BCIC Auditorium in the city, said a press release.The discussion will focus on the significance and importance of the Victory Day in our...
FE ReportThe nation should show respect to its valiant martyrs and freedom fighters of the Liberation War of 1971 to uphold the spirit of independence, speakers at a discussion said.They said this at a discussion organised by Northern University of...
The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested five activists of the outlawed Jama'atul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB).They were arrested from Mymensingh, Jhenaidah and Narsingdi following overnight drives Saturday, said RAB Media Wing Deputy Director Major Sakhawat Hossain, reports bdnews24.com.
LALMONIRHAT, Dec 20 (UNB): Indian Border Security Force (BSF) opened a barrage of fire without any provocation at Daikhawa border village of Hatibandha Upazila killing a man and injuring another Sunday morning.Confirming the BSF firing, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Commander Lieutenant...
FE ReportMuggers snatched around Tk 1.2 million after shooting at the victims in two separate incidents in the capital's Pallabi and Jatrabari areas Sunday, police authorities said. Unidentified muggers shot in the legs of one Ali Akbar, 28, a Milk...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Dec 20: Speakers at the national neurology congress here today said neurological diseases like stroke and cerebral malaria are very common in Bangladesh and they account for at least 20 per cent of the country's disease burden.They demanded...
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has taken up a project for repair and conservation of the historic 'Bahadur Shah Park' which stands as a witness to many incidents of the past, reports UNB.The towering monument of the park in the...
Growing water scarcity, deforestation and unbalanced consumption trends will put human beings at substantial risks in future. Water sharing and water crisis factors may stimulate violent collisions as world population continues to grow while water resources deplete due to the...
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 20 (UNB): Armed robbers, in separate incidents, looted money and valuables from the passengers of eight buses on Cox's Bazar-Teknaf road Saturday morning and night.Police and witnesses said that the robbers injured 10 tourists and damaged two...
NARAYANGANJ, Dec 20 (UNB): Gas starved people Sunday blockaded Dhaka-Munshiganj road for about six hours demanding uninterrupted gas supply in Sadar Upazila.People of Kashipur, Masdaur and Hatkhola under Fatulla thana staged the demonstration and put up a barricade at Kashipur...
FE ReportBritish national Cat Barton has taken over as Dhaka Bureau chief of Agence France-Press (AFP).Ms Barton replaces Julie Clothier, who has returned to her native country - New Zealand, the bureau said in a statement. Ms Barton is originally...
The 12th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT) 2009 begins in the city today (Monday). Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) and Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) are jointly organising the three-day event.The opening ceremony of the conference...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Dec 20: A toxic adhesive (gum or solution) used by shoe-makers and carpenters for fixing shoes, leather and wooden materials is being widely used as a drug by the addicts.The addicts, failing to procure costly drugs like Phensidyl,...
Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) Sunday denounced terrorist attack on DRU publicity and publication secretary and special correspondent of Daily Amar Desh M Abdullah, reports UNB.In a joint statement, DRU President Shamim Ahmed and General Secretary Pathik Shaha said the terrorists...
FE ReportDhaka stocks nose-dived Sunday with the benchmark index witnessing steepest single-day fall in five months as anxiety gripped investors over conflicting signals from the authorities.The main DSE General Index (DGEN) plummeted 81.34 points or 1.85 per cent --- the...
Nazmul AhsanDhaka and New Delhi is likely to strike a deal to recognise the standarisation certificates of each other for both goods and services during the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India next month, sources in the...
HONG KONG, Dec 20 (AFP): Asian nations on Sunday welcomed the provisional climate change deal struck by the major powers at the UN summit in Copenhagen, saying it paved the way toward consensus on carbon emissions cuts.The Copenhagen Accord, passed...
FE ReportThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it would reconsider the recent decisions on the mutual funds (MFs) including restriction of loan facilities against those funds, the investors said.A group of small investors Sunday said they had individual discussions...
Siddique Islam Private sector credit flow again witnessed a rising trend in October after a month of declining growth, indicating that the country's overall business activities have started improving slowly. Private sector credit growth rose to 15.40 per cent in...
Outgoing Indian high commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty left Dhaka Sunday, ending his diplomatic assignment in Bangladesh. His successor Rajeet Mitter is scheduled to arrive in the city on December 26. — bdnews24.com
SYLHET, Dec 20: The Union Parishad (UP) elections will take place in 2011, after the city corporation and municipality elections throughout 2010, Election Commissioner Sohul Hussain said Sunday. - bdnews24.com
FE ReportBoth government-owned and private banks agreed Sunday to provide export credit at the rate of 8.0 per cent interest to the country's jute millers.The interest rate includes 1.0 per cent service charge in addition to the existing 7.0 per...
Doulot Akter MalaThe collection of income tax revenue has marked a significant growth in the first five months of the current fiscal, while two other major revenue earning wings- Customs and Value Added Tax (VAT) lagged behind.The National Board of...
Munima SultanaAn hard working rickshaw puller in the capital earns up to Tk14,000 a month --- eight times the basic minimum wages of a garment worker, a Japanese study on city's transport sector has revealed.Dhaka's half a million rickshaw pullers...
FE ReportPrime minister's energy adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury Sunday refuted the allegation against him and the PM's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy of receiving US $5 million as bribe from Chevron, a US oil and gas company.Speaking at a press conference...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Bangladesh Railway will introduce nationwide SMS ticketing system from next month mainly to reduce the sufferings of the passengers, officials said Sunday.Under the new system, travellers need to send short text messages from their cellular phones' messaging...
BOGRA, Dec 20 (bdnews24.com): Authorities closed Government Azizul Haque College in Bogra for an indefinite period following violent clashes between Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists that left scores injured Sunday. At least 50 activists of...
COPENHAGEN (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left for home Sunday afternoon after attending the UN-sponsored global climate-change conference in the Danish capital.She is likely to reach Dhaka this (Monday) afternoon by a flight of the Emirates airlines. Hasina left Dhaka...
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