Speakers at a roundtable Thursday urged all to work from their respective positions to save the children from the adverse impact of global climate change, reports BSS. They said necessary initiatives should be taken to tackle the threat of global...
FE ReportThe annual cultural function of Ananda Niketon European School, an English medium school in the city, was held on Monday night at Shawkat Osman auditorium of the Public Library.Students of the school enthralled the audience through their performances, which...
DU CorrespondentPolice raided the residence of former treasurer of Dhaka University (DU) Syed Abul Kalam Azad Wednesday night to arrest him in a corruption case.But the police returned without arrest, as Prof Azad was on bail. Shahbagh Thana Officer-in-Charge Rezaul...
DU CorrespondentThe fifth Asian Universities Debating Championship (AUDC), the largest debating forum in Asia, began Thursday with the participation of some 276 debaters of 69 teams from 10 Asian countries. Speaker Abdul Hamid inaugurated the six-day event as the chief...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 14: Greater Chittagong Develop-ment Action Committee (GCDAC) president Taslimuddin Chowdhury at a meeting called upon the people of all strata of the region to get themselves united for the greater development of Chittagong as commercial capital of...
ObituaryMd Shahabuddin, deputy managing director (Admin) of Pragati Insurance Ltd died of heart attack Wednesday evening at the Appollo Hospitals in the city. He was 60, said a press release.His Namaj-e-Janaza was held at 10:00 am Thursday at the head...
FE ReportInternational donors at a meeting Thursday suggested the government to facilitate investment, particularly foreign direct investment, in the country aiming at raising domestic resources and weathering impact of the global meltdown."Next fiscal will be very difficult year for us....
FE ReportThe government is expected to implement the consumer rights protection act before the upcoming Ramadan to weather the existing instability in the essential commodities' market and keep the prices within the reach of the common people during the fasting...
FE ReportFinance minister AMA Muhith said Thursday tax holiday system should be abolished to bring accountability in the business."Instead of tax holiday, low rate tax can be imposed for a longer period," he said at a meeting with the leaders...
A devastating fire gutted valuables of a sweater factory at Fatullah BISCIC industrial estate in Narayanganj Thursday, leaving at least 14 workers wounded in scrambles for panic exit, reports UNB.Witnesses said the fire broke out on the 7th floor of...
Kayes M SohelLeading conglomerate Beximco Group said Thursday it would merge its internet service provider with its parent firm Bangladesh Export Import Company Ltd (Beximco) to strengthen its capital base and increase operational efficiency.Bangladesh Online Limited (BOL) is the country's...
Thousands of people from various walks of life joined the Qulkhwani for Dr MA Wazed Miah at the Prime Minister's official residence Jamuna Thursday after Asr prayer, praying for the departed soul of the eminent nuclear scientist and husband of...
implemented until March last. A total of 35 secretaries took part in the meeting that was held at the Bangladesh Secretariat with Cabinet Secretary Abdul Aziz in the chair, the meeting sources said.The meeting also made a number of recommendations...
FE ReportDhaka stocks finished marginally lower for the second straight session Thursday amid strong speculations, which marred trading throughout the session.The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed a seesaw trading throughout the session as the benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) swung...
FE ReportA Power Development Board official was seriously injured Thursday after snatchers shot him at Siddhirganj, near Narayanganj and took away Tk 300,000, police said.Rezaul Karim, 50, was shot twice at his legs as a gang of four miscreants snatched...
The apex chamber body of the country has decided to make a list of the sick industries, identified by the government between 1991 and 2007. The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) will list the sick industries,...
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Thursday sought the help of people in arresting one of its members remaining absconding since May 13. According to a BDR press release, Sepoy Mohammad Humayun Kabir (No 55174) of the 36th Riffle Battalion and son of...
The government has once again extended by another month the parole of Arafat Rahman Coco, younger son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia. The home ministry in a circular Thursday announced that the duration is stretched up to June 15...
The results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will be announced on May 26, the officials at the education ministry said. — bdnews24.com
Mahmudur RahmanChildren are often taught to connect dots as part of the learning process. At that stage it is understandable that they are given no rationale to do so. The object is to stimulate their thinking and allow their minds...
FE Report Bangladesh's air travel sector has rebounded even as most of the countries across the world are feeling the pain of aviation downturn, a top travel trader said Thursday. "Our recovery is really outstanding. Air passengers travel is now...
Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Thursday staged a countrywide human-chain demonstration against what they said government 'attempt to hide the real culprits' involved in staging the carnage at the BDR Headquarters and demanded that the mystery behind the mayhem be...
Siddique Islam The foreign exchange dealer banks have been requested to maintain a benchmark for quoting foreign currency exchange rates to the overseas exchange houses, which are engaged in remitting money to Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association (BAFEDA)...
Police would launch a crackdown on criminals, snatchers and illegal arms from Thursday midnight to curb growing lawlessness in the capital, top Dhaka cop said.Dhaka police commissioner AKM Shahidul Haq admitted that there have been increasing number of crimes in...
FE Report Bangladesh Pipe and Tube-well Merchant's Association (BPAT) Thursday demanded withdrawal of the case filed by the Jagannath University authority against nearly 300 businessmen of the old part of Dhaka. The association leaders claimed that some students ransacked their...
As many as 520 BDR men were rounded up from Chittagong, Brahmanbaria, Satkhira, Khulna, Chuadanga, Feni, Jessore, Kushtia and Khagrachhari districts Wednesday night and Thursday morning as mass arrests of the suspected mutineers in the border force went on at...
IT is deeply regrettable that the export-oriented readymade garments (RMG) industries, which earns 76 per cent of the country's foreign currencies and employs some 3.5 million workers, should continue to be threatened on a large scale by the reappearance of...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanTHE agricultural minister was frank and candid in what sounded like a confession to the media on Monday that the government's foodgrain procurement activities are not going as well as these should be in the background of the...
Imran AhmedMICRO-credit was identified long ago as a powerful tool for the purpose of poverty alleviation in Bangladesh. This realisation also led to a major expansion of micro credit operations in the country during the last two decades. Several ministries...
NEWSPAPERS have reported about crime points in the capital city time and again. People passing through these points, specially at night and early in the morning, fall victim to snatching. The snatchers take advantage of the lonely roads at night...
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