FE Report Climate change impact on food security will dominate the agenda when an eight-member European Parliament delegation arrives today (Sunday) in the country.The European Commi-ssion (EC) said the parliamentary team led by UK's Nirj Deva will discuss with top...
Renata Dessallien, United Nations Resident Coordinator reaffirmed the UN's full commitment to support Bangladesh in consolidating democracy and the Millennium Development Goals, reports UNB. "We stand ready and will do our utmost to respond to the needs of the government...
Six youths, said to be activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), were arrested on charge of snatching valuables from a flower trader on the Dhaka University (DU) campus Saturday, reports UNB.Five of the arrested were identified as Md Mehrab, Qudrat-e-Khuda,...
Tigers made things look very easy when their bowlers and batsmen hit top form to stroll to take a 2-1 lead over Zimbabwe in the five-match one-day-international series as Bangladesh recorded an emphatic four-wicket win in the third ODI played...
Michael Hussey hit a serene unbeaten 81 after Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson laid the platform with sedate knocks to push Australia to a competitive 229 in the third ODI in Delhi, according to website cricinfo. "A total of 220...
Saiful KaiserThat Zimbabwe would give up the ghost for under 200 even though they had a good start was something some people had been predicting but only half in jest. When they were finally all out for 196, the home...
About 75 per cent of our natural gas is being misused at inefficient power plants across the country wasting thousand of millions of takas and valuable non-renewable natural resources, reports BSS.The dilapidated and old power plants have now become white...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 31 (BSS): More than 50,000 people are working in ship breaking industry in Chittagong with serious health hazards because of the poisonous waste released from old ships. The workers and people in adjoining areas are being attacked with...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Saturday called upon the Shishu Hospital authorities to expand their service across the country by setting up two branches in Dhaka and one branch in each division to provide quality treatment to child patients, reports...
Reputed schools in the city have begun the admission process for academic year 2010 as the Education Ministry asked all secondary schools and madrasas to begin their classes on the first office day of the academic year, reports BSS."Secondary educational...
DU CorrespondentEducation Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Saturday called upon the country's chemistry teachers to make people aware of the problems that can be caused by uncontrolled and improper use of various chemical products."People would become more aware and more proactive...
Dr. Kazi Naushad-un-Nabi has joined Apollo Hospitals Dhaka as senior consultant paediatrics and neonatology. After graduating from Dhaka Medical College in 1982, he did his Diploma in Child Health (DCH) from National University of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland, says a...
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,...
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