The first university presidents' forum on climate change and sustainable growth in Asia and Africa held at Korea University in Seoul on August 17 agreed to continue domestic and international cooperation, reports BSS.It also agreed to form a "Network for...
FE ReportThe launching of 'Dhaka Club Chronicles' written and compiled on the history and heritage of the elite Dhaka Club was held Wednesday at the Club building marking the occasion of the club's 98th founding anniversary.Written by founder of Bangladesh...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanThe commerce ministry's move to allow private sector import of potato has stumbled as the agriculture ministry doubts that the standard of imported item may not be at par with the homegrown potato. The essential was selling between...
FE ReportA listed criminal was killed and three others injured in separate gunfights between RAB men and two gangs of criminals at Agargaon and Mohammadpur in the city early Wednesday, RAB sources said.Assistant Police Commissioner of RAB-2 unit Talebur Rahman...
The government has taken an initiative to build new power plants on an urgent basis to tackle the growing electricity shortage, reports BSS.As part of the move, Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) has taken a massive initiative to set up...
Agriculture Minister Motia Chowdhury Wednesday urged the scientists to develop salinity, drought and submersion tolerant variety of paddy to further increase rice production for ensuring food security in the country, reports BSS."We face three problems--drought, salinity and inundation in cultivating...
FE Report Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $22 million for Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project. The project will improve rural livelihoods through the nationwide financing of investments in participatory small-scale water resources management, including flood management, drainage improvement,...
BARGUNA, Aug 19 (UNB): Twenty fishermen abducted by pirates for ransom Friday from the Bay of Bengal here could not be rescued until Tuesday. Sources said a gang of pirates of infamous 'Julfikar Bahini' stormed into 20 fishing trawlers and...
Office hours for the Archer K Blood American Centre Library and the Student Advising Centre of the US Mission in Bangladesh have been rescheduled for holy month of Ramadan, reports UNB. From August 23 to September 23, 2009, the American...
Police arrested 1,755 people on various charges in separate drives across the country in 24 hours until 6:00 am Wednesday, reports UNB.Seven firearms, two bombs and 18 rounds of bullet were also seized during the drive, said a press release...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 19 (BSS): Police arrested a suspected Rohingya national from the city's Foy's Lake area in the small hours of Monday for his alleged involvement in murdering an elderly woman and her domestic aide six hours after the crime...
NARAIL, Aug 19 (bdnews24.com): A Tk 100 million (10 crore) defamation suit has been filed against BNP lawmaker Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury for his derogatory remarks about the assassination of independence hero 'Bangabandhu' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.Siddiq Ahmed, former general secretary of...
RANGAMATI, Aug 19 (bdnews24.com): Deputy leader of the Parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury said Wednesday all temporary camps in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are to be dismantled serially, although the six main army cantonments will remain in place, reports bdnews24.com.She...
State Minister for Science and Information Commu-nication Technology (ICT) Architect Yeafesh Osman Wednesday expressed his optimism that Bangabandhu's dream of turning the country into `Sonar Bangla' will be materialised through building a digital Bangladesh, reports BSS.He was addressing as the...
Minister for Textiles and Jute Affairs Abdul Latif Siddiqui Wednesday said there are no war criminals in Bangladesh, but there are liberation war criminals of course, reports bdnews-24.com."War crimes occur when two countries are warring against each other. But we...
Jatiyo Sangsad (JS) will organise an all-party rally against poverty in the capital on October 17, aiming to give a nudge to the poverty-alleviation drive, reports UNB.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia will be...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 19 (UNB): While controversies over troop pullout from the hill tracts are on stream, General Officer Comm-anding (GOC) of 24 infantry division Maj Gen Shamim Chowdhury Wednesday said withdrawing army camps from the CHT region is an ongoing...
Minister for Food and Disaster Management Dr Abdur Razzak Wednesday said that the government had undertaken substantial food aid and other programmes for the people of 'monga' affected districts of the northern region, reports BSS.He said 2,200 families of each...
Jatiya Sangsad will convene its third session from Sept 7, the parliament secretariat announced in a statement Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com.Lawmakers will attend daily from 11:00 am during the days of Ramadan, said the statement.
President M Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have greeted Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the occasion of the Independence and National Day of that country, reports UNB.In a message to the Afghan President, Mr Zillur Rahman said the...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government would adopt the sixth five-year plan from 2010-11 targeting a double-digit economic growth within the next 10 years and eliminating regional development disparity, an adviser said Wednesday.Dr. Mashiur Rahman said government is returning to the five-year...
Shahiduzzaman KhanThe parliamentary standing committee on expatriate welfare and overseas employment ministry expressed its deep concern over the declining trend about manpower export abroad this year as fallouts from global economic recession. In a meeting last week, the committee called...
Siddique Islam The private sector credit growth has fallen further to 14.62 per cent in June this year, which was below the central bank's target, officials said Wednesday. The primary reason for the decline has been attributed to the cautious...
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) is going to be renamed 'Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)' as the proposal came in a presentation made to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday about reorganising the mutiny-ridden paramilitary force, report agencies.New BDR Director General Major General Mainul...
Nazmul AhsanThe Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has ordered immediate closure of a liaison office of foreign buying house in Dhaka due to the latter's alleged involvement in money laundering, tax evasion and non-compliance with foreign currency transaction rules. The PMO...
The High Court (HC) Wednesday lifted its two-day suspension on the government's partial army pullout from the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), report bdnews24.com and UNB. The bench of justices Syed Refaat Ahmed and Moinul Islam Chowdhury on August 16 had...
FE ReportDhaka stocks dropped marginally lower Wednesday as the investors, releasing a portion of their portfolio, opted for debutant EBL First Mutual Fund.The market rose sharply in first hour, boosted by all sectors. Later from around mid session, the index...
FE ReportBangladesh exports to India would hit a billion dollar mark by 2011 as a raft of products are wooing consumers in the neighbours' north-eastern states, a business leader said Wednesday.Abdul Matlub Ahmad, President of India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and...
President Zillur Rahman Wednesday summoned the third session of the 9th Jatiyo Sangsad (JS) at 11 am on September 7. The President summoned the JS session as per article 72 of the Constitution, a parliament secretariat press release said. —...
The High Court (HC) has set October 14 as the date for verdict on the mutual fund case after final hearing ended Wednesday. The bench comprising Justice Sayed Mahmud Hossain heard the final arguments from the both sides and fixed...
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