The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court sent Sunday Khandaker Mehnaz Rashid to Dhaka Central Jail after 12 days of interrogation by the Detective Branch (DB) of police, reports BSS.After expiry of her remand for third time, the DB police produced...
State Minister for Law Advocate Qamrul Islam said Sunday that names of investigating agency to probe war crimes and names of prosecutors of the war crimes tribunal would be announced in the next two months.The trial will start after providing...
The Jatiya Sangsad Committee on Communication Sunday asked the concerned authorities to initiate measures to take back railway land from former minister and BNP leader Mirza Abbas who has taken these land in illegal way, reports BSS. Chairman of the...
Taking part in the appeal hearing on the Bangabandhu murder case, Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam, Sunday stated that some betrayers had killed Bangabandhu on August 15, 1975 and Mostaque was their leader, who would be identified as a hateful...
BOGRA, Nov 8 (BSS): Chairman of the Anti- corruption Commission (ACC) Golam Rahman said most of the corruptions take place in the process of recruitment, promotion and transfer of the government officials.He said that the ACC would take punitive measures...
Our CorrespondentKHULNA, Nov 8: At last 1,758 retrenched workers of Mongla Port have been given their retirement allowance. The Shipping Minister Shahajan Khan inaugurated the retirement allowance giving programme through handing over of cheques to the 25 workers as chief...
Dr Nazimuddin Ahmed, a senior archaeologist in the country, died of cardiac failure at a city hospital Saturday evening. He was 84.Family sources said he breathed his last at 5:30 pm.He left behind his wife, three sons and a host...
DU CorrespondentThe results of Kha Unit admission test for first-year honours admission to Dhaka University (DU) under the academic year 2009-10 were published Sunday.A total of 3,138 candidates, out of 24,657, have qualified in the admission test. Of the successful...
Three Bangladeshis were killed and four others injured in a fire at a house in New York early Saturday, the New York Times said, reports bdnews24.com. Referring to neighbours and Fire Department officials, the newspaper said the fire 'started in...
Md Manjurul Islam Siddiqui, a researcher of Arabic department of Dhaka University (DU), has been awarded PhD degree by the university syndicate meeting recently, said a press release.His thesis subject was 'Imam Abu Hanifa (R): His Contribution to the Fiqh...
The fourth death anniversary of Professor Mobashsher Ali will be observed today (Monday), says a press release. He traced the glorious past of the nation in his book Bangladesher Sandhaney (In Quest of Bangladesh). The book started with the ancient...
FE Report The government of the Federal Republic of Germany has granted an additional amount of 50,000 euro for a project that is being implemented by the German NGO 'Kindernothilfe' at Jaymoni in Bagerhat. The area in Mongla upazila was...
FE ReportThe High Court Sunday allowed mutual funds to raise their size by issuing bonus and rights, without curbing the securities regulator's absolute power to determine which funds would be eligible to expand capital base.A High Court division bench comprising...
FE ReportBoosting savings and investment would be the key to attain double-digit economic growth, the head of Board of Investment (BoI) said Sunday.Dr. S.A. Samad, executive chairman at the state-run BoI, said the investment-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio should be...
FE ReportHundreds of thousands of passengers were stranded at the country's river ports Sunday as an indefinite strike enforced by launch and ferry crew brought inland water transport to a total halt.The shipping ministry held an emergency meeting with the...
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (AP): The Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard won victory on his signature domestic priority.Republicans were nearly unanimous in opposing the plan that would expand coverage to...
FE ReportStock prices fell marginally Sunday with both the DGEN and the DSI losing fractionally, while the DSE-20 gained slightly.Total turnover, however, again crossed Tk 10.0 billion-mark, 20.7 per cent up against the previous trading day.All the mutual funds declined,...
FE Report The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) sought immediate government support for enhancing their competitiveness in the post-recession global market. A day after the closing of the annual Bangladesh Apparel and Textile Exposition (BATEXPO-09), the leaders of...
FE ReportThe Financial Express launched Sunday its new website, www.fe-bd.com.On an average, 150,000 readers now visit the web edition of the Financial Express everyday. With the launching of the new website, the number of visits is expected to go up...
BANDARBAN, Nov 8: The police arrested 26 Myanmar citizens, including children, Saturday night, as they entered into Bangladesh illegally at Naikhangchhari in the district. They were handed over to Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) for deportation back to their country. They admitted...
The Supreme Court (SC) Sunday stayed for a week a High Court (HC) order that had asked the Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakhha (Rajuk) to refrain from allotting third phase plots at Uttara project until disposal of the writ petitions filed by...
FE ReportThe government will introduce the national service scheme (NSS) from the next month, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Sunday. Under the scheme, prepared in line with the election pledge made by the incumbent government, one educated member of...
Siddique Islam The central bank Sunday launched its automated clearing house on testing and trial basis that would function in full swing by early next year, officials said.Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman, Deputy Governor Ziaul Hassan Siddiqui, Executive Director...
FE ReportHome Minister Advocate Shahara Khatun said Sunday that the government would not allow any terrorist elements or organisations to use the country's borders for terror activities against neighbouring countries."Bangladesh will strictly ensure that its territory is not used by...
A joint technical mission of the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) will arrive in the city today to assess the country's debt management and the requirement of future financial assistance from the multi-donor agencies, reports BSS. Official...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) Sunday turned down a plea of Bashundhara Industrial Complex for withdrawal of the income tax evasion case against them as it contradicted with existing income tax laws.The revenue board has decided not...
Power crisis has been plaguing the country for almost the whole of the past decade. Soon after coming into office, in January, the present government took up the issue on a priority basis and things started showing improvement. There has...
Shahiduzzaman KhanFormation of a regulatory standing commission is now deemed essential to expedite manpower export and ensure the rights of the migrant workers. If this is done, the manpower sector -- which is the highest foreign exchange earner -- could...
Fazle RashidThe media in New York was full of horror and negative stories last Friday. Most brutal and deadly was that of an army psychiatrist, selected for deployment in one of the American war zones. He went on a rampage,...
AUTOGRAPH-hunting has been my hobby since I was twelve years old, which is more than five decades ago.I have already collected more than 3,000 autographs, not-facsimile, of eminent personalities, both national and foreign. I received replies from hundreds of personalities...
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