FE ReportThe implementation of the plan of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) to sell rice among the garment workers at a reduced price has become uncertain as the association is yet to get any response from the...
Mushir AhmedGlobal recession has spurred a boom in the country's paper industry, as local manufacturers have snapped up machinery at a cheaper price to ramp up production at home, the industry said.This week commodity conglomerate Meghna Group became the latest...
An alleged gangster was killed in an 'encounter' with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members early Friday at Balurmathh under Jhilmil project in South Keraniganj. Nasir Uddin Nasir (28), also known as Nasir Kashai, had at least 10 cases including...
TANGAIL, Apr 10: At least 13 people were killed and 36 injured Friday in three road accidents in Tangail and Gaibandha. Five people, including two women, died when a Dhaka-bound passenger bus lost control at Kodimdhola under Mirzapur Upazila on...
Five Bangladeshi companies took part in a three-day exhibition of garments, textiles, leather and fashion accessories in Dubai concluded Thursday. — BSS
Mahmudur RahmanThe beauty of democracy is that differences of opinions are encouraged and heard and at times lead to policy changes. And so it is healthy when government talks to different sectors before undertaking policy. It is also healthy to...
CHITTAGONG, April 10 (BSS): The crimes against vessels in Bangladesh waters have declined substantially when it has increased alarmingly around the globe in recent years.International, regional and global forums at their recent meetings highly appreciated Bangladesh efforts in making safer...
FE ReportShare prices at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to drop for the fourth straight week that ended Thursday with a higher turnover.The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) shed 19.96 points to end at 2408.67. The All Shares Price...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Apr 10: It was sheer coincidence that Teheran's announcement of opening of its first plant to produce nuclear fuel came a day after British magazine Economist hit the news stand with a cover story on "...
BNP will politically combat any governmental move to evict Khaleda Zia from her Dhaka cantonment residence, secretary general of the party Khandaker Delwar Hossain said Friday, reports bdnews24.com. "[Khaleda] has spent 28 years of her widowed life in that house...
Home Minister Sahara Khatun Friday warned that the government would not tolerate any chaos over the cancellation of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's cantonment residence, reports UNB.Speaking at a function of Mujib Sena Parishad at Mirpur, she alleged that some were...
PATTAYA, April 10 (AFP): Sixteen Asian nations will step up investigations into establishing a giant free-trade zone stretching from China to Australia, according to documents obtained by AFP Friday.The documents, to be issued during a weekend summit in the Thai...
WASHINGTON, Apr 10 (EFE):- President Barack Obama plans to start tackling the prickly subject of US immigration reform this year, including the search for a path to legalization for millions of undocumented migrants. "He intends to start the debate this...
More petitions have been filed for cancellation of cases to harass political rivals during the BNP-led coalition government's rule than the two-year emergency government's, reports bdnews24.com. The new Awami League-led government announced the move apparently to rid of charges pressed...
Indigenous people hardly mind when they are called in many names, but academicians say it is a big problem for students when they are frequently called in different names in the textbooks of a particular class. But this is what...
Sector Commanders' Forum (SCF) has launched a view exchange programme across the country in order to implementing the demand of trial of War criminals, reports BSS.As part of the programme, the leaders of the SCF will exchange views directly with...
NATORE, Apr 10 (UNB): Eighteen suspected 'rajakars' have been sued for killing freedom fighters and looting houses during the War of Liberation in 1971.In Natore, fourteen suspected 'rajakars' in Gurudaspur Upazila have been sued for killing three freedom fighters and...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 10 (BSS): Chittagong Metropoli-tan Police (CMP) Friday launched a unique Criminal Database System (CDS) with fingerprint identification to enable the law enforcers to detect the identity of criminals within the shortest possible time. Speakers at a function on...
Is there any easier way to get over the country's vexing power crisis? Experts say yes there is. They believe solar power system can be the best option to mitigate the worsening problem, reports UNB."Solar power system has a bright...
BARISAL, Apr 10 (UNB): Spurious, sub-standard and date expired medicines have flooded Barisal region for lack of proper monitoring by drug administration, putting patients at great risks.Drug administration sources here said they failed to monitor and control the situation properly...
Experts at a seminar said social stigma is a strong bar to fighting HIV/AIDS in the country, reports BSS.Describing the AIDS as a deadly disease, they said: "We should change our attitude towards HIV/AIDS infected patients for prevention of the...
NARAYANGANJ, Apr 10 (BSS): Speakers at a conference here Friday put forward a 10-point charter of demands to the government to improve the lot of the garment workers and their working condition across the country. The conference was organised by...
A shop at Cezanne Point Shopping Complex at Farmgate in the city was gutted in an accidental fire Friday afternoon, reports bdnews24.com. The fire broke out at around 1:30 pm inside a jeweller's shop on the third floor. Three firefighting...
A five-day Baishakhi Mela (Baishakhi Fair) began on the premises of Democracywatch at Circuit House Road in the city Friday, reports UNB.Democracywatch, a human rights organisation, in cooperation with Basanta Handicrafts is organising the fair.Inaugurating the fair, President of Bangladesh...
PANCHAGARH, Apr 10 (UNB): Police seized two tonnes of Indian sub-standard potash fertiliser and arrested two rickshaw van drivers in the district town Wednesday midnight.The arrested were identified as Sydur Rahman, son of Samij Uddin and Hasibul, son of Abdul...
COMILLA, Apr 10 (UNB): Two wagons of a container train derailed Thursday morning near Gunobati rail station in Chouddagram Upazila, disrupting train communications on Dhaka-Chittagong route.Railway sources said the two wagons of a Chittagong port bound goods train veered off...
PORT OF SPAIN, April 17 (AFP): US President Barack Obama and Latin American leaders were Friday heading for a duel over Cuba at a trans-continental summit from which the communist island has been barred.Obama and Cuba's chief allies, notably Venezuelan...
KOLKATA, April 17 (Reuters): India asked Sri Lanka Friday to extend a pause in war hostilities to enable civilians trapped in the conflict to leave for secure areas, saying the fate of Tamils could not be ignored."Continuation of precipitated military...
BEIJING, April 17 (AFP): Four US experts monitoring the shutdown of a North Korean nuclear plant were expelled Friday from the isolated nation, Chinese media reported, days after they were told to leave.The four departed Pyongyang's Sunan airport for Beijing...
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, April 17 (AP): A senior US diplomat says the United States hopes to reach an agreement with Turkmenistan on allowing the transit of non-lethal goods to neighbouring Afghanistan.Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher says he discussed the possibility...
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