Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed Thursday said the recent High Court orders granting large-scale bails to various accused, including lifers, was quite unusual, reports UNB."I have found the High Court stance unusual," Barrister Shafique told the journalists referring to the...
Our CorrespondentJESSORE, Dec 3: A local court Thursday granted seven-day remand for Mufti Abdul Hannan, the leader of Harkatul Jihad (Huji) in Udichi bombing case.The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Mostafizur Rahman approved the remand prayer after Abdul Kayyum Shikdar,...
President Zillur Rahman emphasised on increasing training opportunities for country's journalists at home and abroad so that they could write quality reports to protect the interests of the common people, reports UNB. The President made the remark when a four-member...
PARIS, Dec 3 (UNB): Bangladesh's vulnerability to global warming was eloquently discussed in French National Assembly here Wednesday. France and Brazil were poised to make a joint push at the Copenhagen climate change conference for adopting a financial framework to...
BEIJING, Dec 3 (BSS): The visiting Bangladesh Awami League (AL) delegation Thursday sought China's economic and technical cooperation in different sectors, including infrastructure development of Bangladesh.The five-member AL team, led by party's General Secretary and LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed...
The 38th death anniversary of Shaheed Abdullah Hil Baqui Bir Protik will be observed today (Friday), says a press release. He embraced martyrdom in 1971 in a face-to-face fighting with Pakistani occupation forces. He was the commander of Baqui Unit...
CHUADANGA, Dec 2 (UNB): Two outlaws, including a divisional chief, were killed in a 'shootout' with law-enforcers at Kedarganjpara in the district town Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Jamal alias Robi (50), Khulna divisional chief of Purba Banglar Communist Party...
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr AFM Ruhal Haque Thursday said that the government was to start telemedicine project in the middle of next year to reach the healthcare services to the doorsteps of the people, reports BSS. "Due...
Economists, agriculturists and university teachers at a workshop in the city emphasised on taking care of Mother Earth by way of protecting environment to combat global worming, natural calamities and human sufferings. They asserted that economic globalisation is severely affecting...
Power and Energy Ministry Thursday recast the schedule of its planned Road Show to be held in three commercially important cities abroad to showcase investment opportunities and government's incentives for foreign investors, reports UNB. According to the new schedule, the...
RANGPUR, Dec 3 (BSS): Fewer number of migratory birds, also called 'guest birds', have started to arrive at the water bodies and major rivers in northern Bangladesh from the Himalayan and Siberian regions at the beginning of winter season, local...
SUNAMGANJ, Nov 3 (BSS): Days have become brighter for a number of hardcore poor fishermen in the southern parts of Sunamganj district after they became self-reliant cultivating new hybrid fish in the river Surma.The cultivation of fish variety called 'Monosex'...
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President AFM Mesbahuddin and Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) president Prof Khandoker Bazlul Haque have been nominated members of the DU syndicate, reports UNB.President Zillur Rahman in exercise of his power...
SAVAR, Dec 3 (UNB): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested two people along with forged non-judicial stamps worth Tk 300,000 at Hemayetpur here Thursday.The arrested people are - Tajul Islam (50) and Kazi Keramat Ali (35), of Comilla district.
The 18th death anniversary of former Minister for Jute, Commerce and Industries and Minister for Mineral Resources and EnergySM Shafiul Azam will be observed today (Friday), says a press release.He served as Chief Secretary of East Pakistan, Secretary of the...
UN independent expert on human rights, water and sanitation Catarina de Albuquerque and another expert on human rights and extreme poverty Magdalena Sepúlveda arrived in the city Thursday on a week's visit, reports UNB.The arrival of the two UN experts...
KHAGRACHHARI, Dec 3 (BSS): A jailer himself landed in jail in Khagrachhari hill district on charges of assaulting an inmate two years ago, officials said.Senior Judicial Magistrate Abdullah al Mamun ordered jailor Faridur Rahman Rubel to be sent to prison...
FARIDPUR, Dec 3 (BSS): Labour, Employment and Expatriates Welfare Minister Engineer Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain Wednesday inaugurated a bridge on river Kumar linking Rothkhola and East Khabashpur area of this town fulfilling the long felt demand of the people.
FE Report Plummeting export growth, stagnating investment, falling foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, surging unemployment with no increase in real sector production and rising inflation are posing a threat to the short- and medium-term growth prospects of the economy, according...
S M JahangirA high-profile committee has recommended resumption of production in the closed state-owned textile mills under public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement instead of disposing those through tender.The recommendation was made at a recent coordination meeting of the committee, formed earlier...
FE ReportThe overall food production in the current fiscal year (FY) may exceed actual production of last fiscal, although it may fall a bit short of the current year's target, according to the latest economic review by Metropolitan Chamber of...
FE ReportFinance Minister AMA Muhith said Thursday the government will formulate a policy for resolving the long-standing problems of the country's sick industries."We will frame a policy to deal with the issues relating to sick industries … We have already...
FE ReportThe government has deferred its planned road shows in New York and Singapore by one month to January next year considering the Christmas and new year vacation but kept the mid-December's London event unchanged.The energy ministry in a meeting...
FE ReportDhaka stocks gained slightly Thursday, led by shares having face value of Tk 10, after dropping on the previous session on price correction. The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) closed at 4410.47 with a meagre gain of 6.95 points...
The lone nomination paper for election to the post of chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), filed by Khaleda Zia, has been declared valid by the party's election commission, reports bdnews24.com. Commission's returning officer RA Gani, who is also the...
FHM Humayan KabirThe Japanese government has agreed to provide nearly $250 million fund for setting up a 360-megawatt (mw) power station at Bheramara, as it has recently completed negotiations with the government, officials said Thursday.Power and finance ministry officials said...
KUSHTIA, Dec 3: Five people, travelling in a three wheeler, died at the district town Thursday when their vehicle collided with a bus, the police said. The driver of the three wheeler was among the dead, said AKM Farukh Hossain,...
BHOLA, Dec 3: Rescue operations of the Bhola launch tragedy were called off Thursday, with the death toll reaching 85. The search for bodies was halted Wednesday night after the MV Coco-4 partially capsized in the Tentulia River at Lalmohon...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 3: Owner of a restaurant, Monjurul Alam (60), was killed by his customer upon a squabble for Tk 3.00 only in Shulakbahar area in the city Thursday. The police said, Abdul Hakim (55) having dined in Chistia Bhatghar...
FE Report The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning to channel around $700 million from two new investment funds to its developing member countries as part of a broad global initiative to help developing countries meet the cost of actions...
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