NARAYANGANJ, Nov 23 (UNB): A judicial magistrate's court here today granted a two-day third remand for former deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu of BNP in connection with the bomb attack on Awami League office at Chashara.Judge Arifur Rahman of the...
Leader of the Oppositions in Parliament Begum Khaleda Zia and other BNP lawmakers remained absent for 47 working days in a row until the third session of the ninth parliament.Begum Khaleda Zia, also BNP chairperson, was present in only three...
The Election Commission (EC) has enlisted 2,32,465 new voters of whom 1,05,590 are first time voters in the recent voters update drive carried out for the next Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) polls. Deputy Election Commissioner Biswas Lutfar Rahman told BSS...
KHULNA, Nov 23 (BSS): The Awami League(AL)-led Combined Lawyers Coordination Forum got the majority posts including president and general secretary of Khulna Lawyers' Association in its annual election held here Sunday. The polling was held at the Khulna Bar auditorium...
FE ReportEditor and publisher of Dainik Prothom Alo Motiur Rahman, and Chairman and Managing Director of Mediastar Limited and Transcom Group Latifur Rahman has filed a Tk 2.0 billion defamation suit against Bashundhara Group of Industries.Dr Kamal Hossain and Associates...
FE ReportExperts urged the government to train farmers, food processing holders and investors on post harvest handling of crops to minimise agricultural losses to ensure the food security of the country.According to FAO estimation, some 30 - 50 per cent...
US Ambassador James F Moriarty said the Urdu-speaking "Biharis" should get equal rights with the Bangalis as per Bangladesh constitution, reports bdnews24.com.He also said the people living in the 'Geneva Camp' in the city's Mohammadpur area wanted to go outside...
NARSINGDI, Nov 23 (UNB): A section of BNP activists blockaded the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway for half an hour Sunday to press home their demand for cancellation of district convening committee.They brought out a procession and put up barricade on the highway...
Food and Disaster Management Secretary Md Mokhlesur Rahman said most of the buildings in the capital would not withstand any earthquake with magnitude of over 6.5 in the Richter scale, reports UNB."People are not following the building codes. Most of...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has said her government is going to formulate a specific media policy soon in connection with media publicity on army and defence. At the same time, the PM said her government has taken steps to...
FE ReportBangla Lion Communications Limited signed a syndicated loan agreement of Tk 1.91 billion with a number of banks and NBFIs in the city Monday to expand its WiMAX service network across the country. AB Bank Limited is the lead...
Chittagong OfficeCHITTAGONG, Nov 23: The special metro service buses plying on the city roads abruptly suspended their operation from Sunday evening and continued the same for the second day today demanding of the traffic police to allow them to ply...
Our CorrespondentMANIKGANJ, Nov 23: Sukkuri Begum, who went to Jordan as a female worker, has returned home, experiencing a lot of trouble and torture there.She hails from Charmastal village under Doulatpur Upazila. She bought the visa from her cousin for...
Some major decisions were taken by the BCB Board of Directors at their 12th meeting at the BCB's office at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur in the city Monday, reports BSS. The meeting was chaired by BCB President AHM Mustafa Kamal.BCB...
MONTE CARLO, Nov 23 (AFP): Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt and Jamaican-born United States 400 metres runner Sanya Richards were named athletes of the year here Sunday. Bolt, 23, wooed the crowds again this year at the world athletics championships in...
Old DOHS SC, Victoria SC, Khelaghar SKS and CCS won their respective matches in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at separate city venues Monday, reports UNB.Victoria SC recorded their 7th win, Old DOHS and CCS posted their 4th win...
Eskaton Sabuj Sangha coasted to a comfortable four-wicket win over Rupali Bank SC in a match of the First Division Cricket League at Jahangirnagar University ground in Savar Monday, reports BSS.Batting first, Rupali Bank SC scored 208 for 6 in...
Paul Collingwood and Jonathan Trott had plenty to celebrate as England's one-day series finally got underway at the second attempt in Centurion, and the pair duly set about doing so in style, according to website cricinfo. England's most experienced one-day...
Title aspirant Swapan Pervez of Bashundhara Club stormed into the Premier Division final of the Prestige Bengal Open Squash Tournament 2009, reports BSS. Swapan beat his archrival Bhola Lal Chauhan of Sonargaon by 3-2 sets in his last round robin...
Sri Lanka started brilliantly in the first Test but were thwarted first by Rahul Dravid and then the pitch in Ahmedabad. Momentum is an over-rated word, though, and both teams will start afresh in Kanpur, according to website cricinfo. Experts...
Nazmul AhsanThe Ministry of Finance (MoF) has rejected a move to restore some facilities granted under an ordinance that now stands lapsed.The ordinance, promulgated during the last caretaker government, allowed the Grameen Bank (GB) to operate in the urban areas...
FE ReportDhaka stocks extended their record-breaking rally Monday for the second straight session as the banking issues continued to buoy the investors' sentiment.The DSE General Index (DGEN) rose 70.92 points or 1.68 per cent to a new high of 4273.91,...
Munima SultanaTraffic situation is unlikely to improve shortly by introducing automated signal light system as the city road network lacks sufficient number of signals, experts said Monday.The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will operate the automatic traffic lights until December 7...
FE ReportThe government, facing a talent crunch in bureaucracy, has decided to appoint private sector executives for the proposed Public-Private Partnership (PPP) unit to make it more dynamic, officials said Monday. They said the top boss of the unit would...
FE ReportThe securities regulator is likely to seek more time on execution of the verdict passed by the High Court allowing mutual funds (MFs) to increase the fund size by issuing bonus and rights shares.The Supreme Court earlier stayed the...
The Cabinet Monday approved the Public Servants (Amendment) Bill 2009 extending the service age of freedom fighters (FFs) by two years from 57 to 59, report agencies.The Cabinet has approved the holiday list for 2010 including March 17, the birthday...
Leader of the Opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad Khaleda Zia Monday sent an Eid greeting card to Leader of the House and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of the Holy Eid-ul Azha. Earlier, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sent...
Unidentified miscreants gunned down the manager of a paperboard factory at his office at Wari in the city's Sutrapur area Monday afternoon, police said.The deceased was identified as Omar Ali (34), manager of M/s Jewel Enterprise at 28/29/1, Larmini Street...
Burglars took away Tk 10 million (one crore) from Daudkandi branch of Agrani Bank Sunday night. —UNB
FE ReportBangladesh and India has finalised the draft of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for power trade and exchange between the countries, officials said Monday.The draft of the MoU was finalised during the visit of a Bangladesh delegation comprising power...
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