CHITTAGONG, Oct 31 (UNB): Police, in a raid, arrested a kidnapper and a cadre of notorious "Didar Bahini" from Fatikchhari Upazila Saturday and rescued a kidnapped school boy from his clutch.A team of Hathazari and Fatikchhari police, led by Hathazari...
Our CorrespondentRANGAMATI, Oct 31: Danuttam Kathin Chibar Dan, the greatest religious festival of the Buddhist communities in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), concluded Friday at Rangamati Rajban Bihar amid offering prayers by thousands of devotees and donation of 'Chibar (cloths which...
BARISAL, Oct 31 (UNB): A Tk 180 million project will start soon for the development of the Barisal river port removing uncertainty over the implementation of the port development project since 1964.According to the latest decision of the ECNEC the...
BAGERHAT, Oct 31 (UNB): Two notorious pirates were killed in a 'shootout' between his cohorts and police in Poramahal area of Sundarbans in Mongla Upazila Saturday.The deceased were identified as Altaf Hossain (38), son of Adil Uddin and Mizanur Rahman...
FE ReportTwo people were feared killed and more than a hundred injured after thousands of garment workers clashed with police over unpaid wages at Tongi Industrial Area Saturday.Police said they fired rubber bullets and tear gas shells after the workers...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is set to issue online TIN and BIN certificates from a single window under which new companies will get the taxpayer status at the time of company registration with Registrar of Joint...
FHM Humayan KabirA bitter row has ensued between Biman and the government's procurement supervisory agency after the latter accused the state-owned airline of drafting a purchase guideline that contravenes the Public Procurement Rules (PPR).Biman prepared its own procurement rules and...
M Azizur RahmanThe government will form a new company styled 'Bangladesh Coal Power Company' to set up the planned coal-fired power plants and increase the country's electricity generation by using the mineral, officials said Saturday.The power ministry has already decided...
FE Report The country's apex body of apparel manufacturers Saturday said no one died in the labour unrest in a garment factory at Tongi and termed it sabotage by vested quarters. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) president Abdus...
FE ReportCivil aviation and tourism minister GM Quader said Saturday the government decided to invite foreign investors to help improve the country's rundown tourism infrastructure."The government is not in a position to invest in the tourism sector. We've other development...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to take appropriate action against the owner of a garment factory in Tongi following Saturday's violent incidents over non-payment of monthly salaries, PM's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said. —...
The Fifth Bangladesh Knitwear Exhibition-09 begins tomorrow (Monday) in the city. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the show organised by Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA). Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Labour and Employment Minister Khondaker Musharraf...
Six students, including five of Dhaka University, were arrested on charge of mugging a florist in Suhrawardy Uddyan early Saturday, police said. Sources said the arrested students were active members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). The arrested were identified as...
FE ReportThe Arthorin Adalat Ain 2003 should be amended making provisions for addressing concerns of the country's business community and making sure that circumstantial defaulters are not harassed, speakers said at a seminar Saturday. The seminar on 'Effects of Arthorin...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday asked the Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs) to work together with people's representatives, including Upazila chairmen, to ensure maximum welfare of the grassroots people, reports UNB."No one in the world can do all the jobs alone....
FE ReportBangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman said Saturday that an increased flow of farm credit from private banks and a subsequent rise in domestic consumption were likely to help achieve the GDP growth of over 6.0 per cent, a...
FE ReportThe government will spend Tk 3.02 billion to develop Cox's Bazar airport to attract more tourists to the world's longest sandy sea beach, officials said Thursday.The civil aviation and tourism ministry will invest the money to make the airport...
FE ReportBangladesh Railway signed an agreement Saturday with the Indian company Toma Construction for rehabilitation of the 20km Dhaka-Narayanganj rail route at a cost of Tk 430 million (Tk 43 crore).Under the agreement, the construction company will replace old rail-tracks,...
FE ReportThe draft competition law will be placed before the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs in November to get it enacted by January next year, Commerce Minister Faruk Khan said."Within next three to four months, the nation will have the...
Two new peaking power plants with a total capacity of 390 megawatts are likely to come into operation by early next year to partly meet the growing peak-hour demand for electricity, reports UNB.The new plants are 240 MW Siddhirganj and...
Militants blow up Pakistanschool, clinicPESHAWAR, Oct 30: Militants blew up a high school and a clinic in restive northwest Pakistan on Friday in the latest spike of violence that has left more than 300 people dead this month, officials said....
FE Report An eight-member delegation of the Committee on Development of the European Parliament will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow (Sunday) on a three-day visit. Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Nirj Deva (UK) will lead the delegation, said an EU...
The ruling party has transformed parliament into a place to smear the reputation of the opposition party, the BNP secretary general alleged Friday, reports bdnews24.com. The government is inventing stories against Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia and their family and running...
Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid has expressed the opinion that the physically challenged persons should be included in the government's social safety programme.Laws relating to physically challenged people are insufficient and for this reason social approaches toward them...
Pataka Michhil, a pro-liberation war organisation, called upon the government Friday to arrest and try the war criminals immediately, reports bdnews24.com. Pataka Michhil activists brought out a procession carrying national flags in the morning from the Central Shaheed Minar, assembled...
The police started quizzing former state minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar Friday for his suspected links to the August 21, 2004, grenade attack.The police went into action, a day after the apex Appellate Division overturned a High Court order...
FE ReportJatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-INU) celebrates its 37th founding anniversary today with different programmes across the country. To celebrate the occasion, the left leaning party would organise a discussion at the National Press Club where party's top leaders would discuss...
SUNAMGANJ, Oct 30 (UNB): Feud between two lawmakers of ruling Awami League (AL), Mr Suranjit Sengupta and Mr Matiur Rahman, over the ownership of a plot of land has created tension in Dirai Upazila headquarters of the district.Sources said both...
Detained Khandaker Mehnaz Rashid, the eldest daughter of Lt Col (retd) Khandaker Abdur Rashid, a condemned fugitive in the Bangabandhu murder case, was taken on fresh four-day police remand Friday in the bomb attack case on Awami League (AL) lawmaker...
Monira MunniThe government is going to set up a fully information technology-based public university to create more IT-educated and skilled manpower to help the country reach its Digital Bangladesh goal.Bangabandhu Digital University, a Korea-Bangladesh joint venture, would be the country's...
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