Major Abu Syed Ghazzali Dastgir and Major Mohammad Tanvir Haider Noor who were brutally killed along with other army officers during the February 25-26 carnage at the BDR Headquarters in the city were buried Tuesday with full state honour at...
DU CorrespondentThe election of the executive committee of Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) will be held today (Wednesday).Two panels-- Awami League-backed 'blue panel' and BNP-Jamaat-backed 'white panel'-are vying for 15 posts of the executive committee.Incumbent DUTA President Prof Khandaker Bazlul...
An emergency meeting of the Awami League Central Working Comm-ittee (ALCWC) will be held at the Prime Minister's official residence Jamuna on January 4 at 7pm.Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will preside over the meeting, reports BSS.General...
Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun has asked the law enforcers to work impartially without being influenced by anyone using their party connection.The minister also directed the law enforcers not to shelter anyone trying to influence them in any matter as...
The government has taken a three-year plan to bring all departments, agencies and associated organisations run by the ministries under e-governance, a state-of-the-art service delivery system.Under the scheme, a central data centre (CDC) would be set up and it would...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has sought formation of a separate Bench in the High Court for speedy disposal of corruption cases.ACC Chairman Golam Rahman made the request at a meeting with Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam at the latter's office...
SATKHIRA, Dec 29 (UNB): A fugitive leader of an outlawed party was arrested from his house at Majhihara village in Tala Upazila Monday.The arrested was identified as Jamrul Gazi (45), a regional leader of the banned Purbo Banglar Communist Party...
Bangladesh was drawn in Group A along with Maldives, Nepal and Bhutan when the draw of the South Asian Games football was held at a city hotel, reports BSS.Though the draw was held today and with only a month away...
Bangladesh Men earned the sixth position in the Men's section of the Asian Team Chess Championship held in Town Hall, Kolkata, India Monday, reports BSS. Bangladesh Men earned 8 match points. Men's team won 4 matches and lost 3 matches...
Khulna and Rajshahi Divisions won their respective matches in the 3rd Women's National Cricket League at separate venues across the country Tuesday, reports UNB.Hosts Khulna Division earned a comfortable 10-wicket victory over Chittagong Division at the Khulna University ground while...
Ian Bell was eventually dismissed for 141, as Andrew Strauss declared England's first innings on 575 for 9, after a rollicking 50-minute session after lunch in which 62 runs were scored for the loss of three wickets. South Africa were...
Pakistan stubbornly refused to concede the first Test in the face of a would-be world record run chase, but a steady trickle of wickets ensured the Australians maintained the upper hand entering the final day. Set an improbable victory target...
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 29 (PTI): South Africa have given their consent to a "compressed tour" of India, comprising two Tests and three ODIs, if the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ensures minimum travel between matches during the series...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday trimmed the 26-member preliminary national squad to 18 for the ODI Tri-Series involving Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka that will begin on January 4 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, reports UNB.The eight...
Holders Abahani Limited notched a hard-fought solitary goal win over Chittagong Abahani in the lone match of the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bir Shreshtha Saheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.With this win,...
ROME, Dec 29 (AFP): Bayern Munich's out-of-favour Italian World Cup winner Luca Toni revealed Monday he is close to a move to Serie A club AS Roma. "I only want AS Roma. Nothing else interests me," the player told Gazzetto...
Nazmul AhsanThe World Bank's opposition is likely to delay a government decision on the issuance of right shares by the largely state-owned Rupali Bank. The negative stand on the part of the multilateral lender has put the Ministry of Finance...
Shamsul Huq Zahid The prices of most essentials, including rice, flour (atta), edible oil and pulses, have gone up for the last few weeks. The prices of lentil have reached all time high and that of rice have increased by...
FE ReportConstruction of a permanent state-of-the-art fair centre in the city is likely to begin within next three months, Commerce Minister Faruk Khan said Monday.The project, to be implemented with the technical and financial assistance of the Chinese government, would...
Munima SultanaThe cost of the four-lane Dhaka-Chittagong highway project has been refixed at Tk 23.82 billion (2,382 crore), up by 43 per cent from the amount earlier proposed by the bid winners, who will build the country's most important transport...
Siddique Islam Disbursement of industrial term loans recorded a significant fall by nearly 21 per cent in first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal over that of the previous quarter, officials said. The disbursement of industrial term loans dropped to...
FE ReportThe government has revised the fund allocation of the three-year poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP) to US$49.60 billion from the original $45.60 billion which was initiated by the caretaker government in October 2008.Presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,...
FE ReportDhaka stocks continued its record-breaking rally for the second straight session Tuesday as the investors ran after shares of financial entities, which posted better-than-expected earnings. The market opened in an upbeat mood as the bench- mark index of Dhaka...
FE ReportThe agitated unsuccessful applicants of Golden Son Limited staged demonstration in front of the company office and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tuesday demanding quick solution of their refund warrants of its Initial Public Offering (IPO). After the...
Monira MunniThe government has selected 39 leading businessmen of the country to be bestowed the Commercially Important Person (CIP) status for a year on the basis of export performance and annual business turnover.They were nominated as CIPs as per the...
KISHOREGANJ, Dec 29: At least 14 people were killed and over 50 injured in an accident as a bus crashed into a roadside tree at Shimulhati in Tarail Upazila Tuesday. Witnesses said a Tarail-bound bus from the capital swerved off...
A moderate tremor was felt in Dhaka city and its adjoining areas at 4:01pm Tuesday. According to US Geological Survey, the epicentre of the quake was on the India-Myanmar border region. — bdnews24.com
Bangladesh Bank and all the scheduled banks will remain closed tomorrow (Thursday). A Bangladesh Bank circular issued Tuesday said there would be no banking transaction on the day, the last day of the year 2009. — BSS
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government is facing difficulty in overcoming a state of inertness left by the BNP-led four-party alliance and caretaker governments, reports bdnews24.com. She expressed her gratitude to the people for voting the grand alliance...
FE ReportThe role of chartered accountants is very important in the very complex world of economics as business today cannot operate without maintaining proper accounting books, Commerce Minister Faruk Khan said Tuesday."The country is resilient to global recession and part...
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