Police arrested 2,090 people on various charges in separate drives across the country in 24 hours till 6am Sunday, reports BSS.A number of 20 firearms, six cocktails and 46 bullets were also seized during the countrywide drive, said a release...
LAXMIPUR, Aug 30(UNB): Detective Branch (DB) of police recovered a touchstone worth Tk 40 million from Shamserabad area of the district town Saturday morning.Acting on a tip-off, the DB police conducted a drive in an abandoned house in the area...
The annual Urs marking the 272nd death anniversary of Hazrat Shah Sufi Syed Abdur Rahim Shaheed, founder of Mia Saheber Maidan Khanka Sharif will be held on the mazar premises today (Monday) at Luxmi Bazar in Old Dhaka. -Press release.
Major General Rezaqul Haider (retired), former ambassador and DG BDR has attended the ceremony arranged on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of Independence of Timor Leste (East Timor) on the personal invitation of the PM of that country, says...
The admission tests of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) for 2009-10 academic session in different departments will be held on October 17, reports BSS.Applicants have been asked to send their application forms to the registrar's office from August...
Kayes M SohelNavana CNG made an 'inglorious' direct listing debut on the country's two bourses Sunday as trading of the leading gas refilling service provider was halted for 90 minutes due to 'unlawful sale' order from three brokers.The brokers- Rashid...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Shipping Sunday recommended filing of case against former adviser of caretaker government MA Matin on charges of corruption, reports BSS.Committee Chairman Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury presided over the meeting. The meeting held the former...
FE ReportNo explosive was found in the search conducted by RAB personnel at the Jatiya Press Club in the city Sunday after an anonymous caller's threat to blow off the club.RAB-3 deputy commander Major Muhammad Khairul Amin, who led the...
FE ReportThe country's lone private export processing zone gets a boost in wooing entrepreneurs as the government has formed a high powered body to ease foreign investment in the industrial park.Executive Chairman of Board of Investment (BoI) heads the committee,...
Nazmul AhsanAt least four trade agreements are likely to be signed at the upcoming 12th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) ministerial meeting, scheduled to be held in the Myanmar capital, Nay Pyi Taw, in...
FE ReportBangladesh will open seven new embassies across three continents and fortify the existing missions in an effort to find new markets for the country's booming manpower and exports, officials said Sunday.Finance Minister AMA Muhith said the new missions would...
TOKYO, Aug 30(AP): Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso conceded defeat in elections Sunday as media exit polls indicated the opposition had won by a landslide, sending the conservatives out of power after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule amid widespread...
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug 30 (AFP): Democratic lion Edward Kennedy has been reunited with his slain brothers -- laid to rest in a Virginia cemetery as a lone bugle player brought the curtain down on a US political dynasty.Surrounded by his...
The government has banned two medicines for children manufactured by Rid Pharmaceutical Ltd, Temset (Paracetamol) Suspension and Ridaplex Syrup, ordering destruction of all existing stocks of these. The ban came as the drugs were proven to be substandard and harmful,...
An additional 752-mw of electricity will be added to the national power grid by December 2009 and another 1,500-mw by December 2011. Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Subid Ali Bhuiyan informed reporters about...
A total of 23 BDR personnel have been absconding since the Pilkhana carnage on February 25-26. Of the absconders, 21 are soldiers, one lance naik and another is an assistant lance naik. The BDR authorities have requested all to inform...
Union Parishad (UP) elections will be held from January 2010, Election Commission (EC) sources said Sunday. They said the tenure of about 80 per cent or 4,400 UPs of total 4,504 unions has already expired. EC cannot hold elections in...
FE Report Poultry farmers have called for the resignation of the fisheries and livestock minister, Abdul Latif Biswas, for allowing import of 'bird flu laced eggs' from neighbouring India. Bangladesh Poultry Khamar Roksha Jatiyo Committee, a platform of marginal and...
FE ReportThe government has extended the 'Boro' procurement deadline by 15 days for buying the rest of the targeted 1.2 million tonnes of the food-grain. The decision was taken Sunday at the meeting of the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit,...
FE ReportDhaka city traffic jam coordinating committee has issued a letter to the Bangladesh Roads Transport Authority (BRTA) to correct its notification related to the maximum age of vehicles that would be allowed to ply in the capital from 15...
FHM Humayan KabirThe Scottish oil company Cairn Energy will start exploration and development work at the Magnama offshore structure in October aiming to produce more than 100 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd), officials said late last week.The...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Geneva tomorrow (Tuesday) on a five-day official visit to attend the World Climate Conference-3 (WCC-3) beginning today in Switzerland, reports BSS.The theme of the upcoming WCC-3 being organised by the World Meteorological Organisation...
FE ReportThe country's apex trade body Sunday expressed deep concern over the arrest of businessman Abul Kalam Azad, owner of Azad Products and Grand Azad Hotel. In a statement, the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) said:...
FE ReportIndian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) has opened an exclusive visa counter at State Bank of India's (SBI) Dilkusha branch in the city for receiving visa applications from Bangladeshi nationals willing to travel to India by Moitree Express.IVAC continues to...
OF late, threats of withdrawal or suspension of aid from multilateral as well as bilateral donors for alleged irregularities, financial or otherwise, in project implementation or slow utilisation of their aid money have become rather frequent. The other day the...
Shahiduzzaman KhanPRIME Minister Sheikh Hasina announced recently that the country's rivers would be restored to their original feature through dredging. She said the government has already started negotiations with the World Bank, the Netherlands and other donor agencies for assistance....
Amirul IslamTHE electorate in Bangladesh, in general, was swayed by Awami League's pledge that it would bring down the prices. The landslide victory of AL was prompted in large measure by this loud promise. Some 20 million people are reported...
Ageing machinery and lack of replacement and repairs are responsible for a substantial amount of production loss in the country's power sector. Progressive restoration of full production capacity of the plants is a priority need for Bangladesh in view of...
THE news about the proposed four-lane Dhaka-Chittagong Expressway that was published in some national dailies was welcome. This is more particularly so, because it is expected to be constructed, as the reports said, by a Malaysian company. We would like...
AS Islam discourages begging, 'Zakat' and 'Fitra' should be given in a manner that they do not create beggars. The money could be collected to organise projects for employment and train the needy in vocational and other skills so that...
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