The opposition BNP has made the final list of 2,512 councillors ahead of the party's fifth national council to be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on December 8.Talking to reporters at the party's Naya Paltan office Tuesday, Office Secretary...
The month-long countrywide Bijoy Utsab (victory festival) programme of the Awami League (AL) began Tuesday with a fresh vow to uphold the spirit of the War of Liberation, try the war criminals and establish a hunger and poverty-free Bangladesh, reports...
MAGURA, Dec 1 (UNB): At least 30 people were injured in a factional clash between two groups of BNP supporters at Mortuzapur village in Sreepur Upazila Tuesday.Witnesses said the clash erupted in the morning between the supporters of BNP leaders...
FHM Humayan Kabir The World Bank will revise financial agreements on 24 of its funded projects in Bangladesh after the government amended procurement laws ignoring the lender's objections, officials said. The decision by the country's biggest anti-poverty donor would involve...
Shamsul Huq Zahid Moves are, reportedly, underway to provide the Members of Parliament (MPs) with duty-free motor vehicles. However, the state, not the MPs, is likely to bear the cost of vehicles and also the expenditure on their regular maintenance...
FE Report The government has decided to cut salaries of top bosses of three corporatised banks as it moves to reduce the gaping discrepancy in perks in the state-controlled banking sector, officials said.Officials at the finance ministry said that the...
FE ReportThe European Union (EU) ruled out Tuesday a "dramatic change" in relations with Bangladesh as the Lisbon reform treaty came into force, marking the new journey for the 27-nation bloc.Stefan Frowein, head of the delegation of the European Union,...
S M JahangirThe Ministry of Finance has started assessing the government equities in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) under an initiative to streamline the overall assets and debt recovery system, official sources said. "A process is underway to calculate the overall government...
FE ReportThe police launched a massive weeklong traffic regulating and awakening campaign from Tuesday to bring discipline in the vehicles plying on the city streets. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has adopted the move to ease the terrific traffic congestion that...
GENEVA, Dec 1 (AFP): Ministers at a key World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting moved on Tuesday to bridge a gap between emerging and developed nations which has long delayed a global trade pact ahead of a 2010 deadline set by...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened Tuesday with a positive sign after Eid holiday-break with the benchmark index crossing 4400-mark for the first time.The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) closed at an all-time high of 4424.01, adding 43.07 points...
FE ReportThe central bank has favoured the decision of the board of directors of the Rupali Bank, a 'Z' category listed issue, to issue right shares to meet the paid-up capital shortfall of the Bank, official sources said.The central bank...
BHOLA, Dec 1: Officials of the MV Coco-4 face charges for overloading the vessel and causing deaths to more than 75 passengers, in a criminal case filed by M Faisal, a passenger who survived the ferry disaster at Lalmohon in...
Law Minister Shafique Ahmed said the government would appoint an ombudsman by next January to establish rule of law in the country. He said in October that nominations were being finalised to appoint an ombudsman in line with the constitution....
Export-import between the two countries remained suspended Monday as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) enforced a daylong general strike in West Bengal of India. - Our Correspondent
M Azizur RahmanThe government will meet the energy demand of the port city Chittagong and its adjoining areas by liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the energy-starved region was struggling to get natural gas supplies for years, officials said Tuesday."We have...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanThe committee for formation of a power and energy development fund is working relentlessly to prepare a working paper on raising money from the capital market for this purpose.The paper will be submitted to the government this month....
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Dec 01: The United Nations (UN), facing a resource crunch, has sent in urgent appeals to affluent member states to provide the world body with $7.1 billion in emergency aid to finance a humanitarian assistance for...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanThe tanners are expecting a brisk business this time around as the world economy is showing signs of recovery and the prices of hide and skin are low in the domestic market.Export orders are picking up as there...
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 (AFP): Malaysia has turned down a request from Bangladesh to lift an eight-month-old freeze on taking in new Bangladeshi workers, reports said Monday.Malaysia in March cancelled the work visas of 55,000 Bangladeshi workers who had not...
BHOLA, Nov 30 (UNB): The death toll in Friday night's ferry accident in the river Tentulia rose to 77 as 23 more bodies were retrieved from the river Monday.Bhola Deputy Commissioner M Mesbaul Islam confirmed that 72 bodies were recovered...
PORT OF SPAIN, Nov 28 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina demanded separate financial assistance for Bangladesh-like Most Vulnerable Countries (MVCs) to the global climate change for enabling them to cope with the threats stemming from calamitous weather conditions.She made the...
Nazmul AhsanMember countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) have agreed in principle to establish road and railway links with the territories of each other to bolster the regional economic cooperation, officials in the ministries of commerce...
Bangladesh will put strong arguments for receiving duty-free and quota-free (DFQF) trade facilities by next year and will call for an immediate decision at WTO talks beginning Monday in Geneva, reports bdnews24.com. Delegations of some 153 WTO members are joining...
Eid-ul-Azha, the second-largest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated in the country Saturday amidst due religious fervour and spirit of sacrifice in commemoration of Prophet Hazrat Ibrahim's (SM) complete submission to the will of Almighty Allah, reports UNB.On the...
The government will pay five months' dues, July to November, under the recently approved pay scale within seven days, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Monday, reports bdnews24.com. Until then, however, salaries for November will be disbursed according to the old...
Canada has agreed to deport Noor Chowdhury, one of 12 former army officers sentenced to death for the 1975 assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, law minister Shafique Ahmed said Monday, reports bdnews24.com. "Canadian authorities have seized Noor Chowdhury's passport for...
FE ReportThe capital remained in a holiday mood Monday despite the government-announced holidays for Eid-ul-Azha officially ended.City dwellers, who preferred staying in the capital instead of going to their ancestors' home away from the capital, enjoyed a traffic jam free...
Bangladesh has been elected member of the Programme Committee of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Bangladesh's Alternative Permanent Representative to FAO Sultana Afroz bagged the highest 33 votes in 138th Council of the FAO, which was held...
SYLHET, Nov 30: A Jubo League leader was hacked to death at Tajpur in Chhatak Upazila of the district Monday. The deceased was identified as Jamir Ali (40) of Nuralpur village of the upazila and upazila unit Jubo League leader....
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