FE ReportThe Dhaka Medical College (DMC) will reopen very soon, its Principal Dr Kazi Deen Mohammad said Wednesday.He said they will reopen the college (DMC) as soon as possible and the academic council of the college will hold another meeting...
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) applauded Bangladesh government and its people to help decreasing the country's total fertility rate in last 10 years through adopting successful family planning programmes, reports UNB. "The result of a very successful national family...
KERANIGANJ, Apr 1 (UNB): Twelve members of a family suffered severe burn injuries as a fire erupted from the gas burner at a house at Kaliganj Telghat in South Keraniganj area Wednesday morning.Local people said the kitchen of Motahar Hossain's...
The UNESCO Book Fair-2009 will be held on the premises of Central Public Library in the city on April 6 and 7, reports BSS. The National Association of UNESCO Clubs in Bangladesh in cooperation with the UNESCO Dhaka office will...
Daffodil Institute of IT (DIIT), one of the leading education providers of the country, celebrated its 12th anniversary at a function in the city recently, said a press release. Chief Whip of Parliament Md Abdus Shahid was present at the...
RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Apr 01: Speakers at a meeting on 'Anti Sexual Harassment Policy' Tuesday urged university authorities to form a committee to curb sexual harassment of and persecution against women in higher educational institutions. The programme was held on...
Major(retd) Ashraful Haque Khan, a general manager (public relations) of the Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA), died of cancer Wednesday morning at the Combined Military Hospital in the city, reports BSS. He was 54, said a BEPZA press release.He...
Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed Wednesday said if the 1972 Constitution had remained intact, militant activities under cover of religion would not be so easy going now in menacing proportions, reports UNB.He disclosed that, in view of the situation, the...
Coordinator of the probe bodies on the BDR massacre Commerce Minister Faruk Khan said Wednesday nearly 1,800 soldiers of the embattled border force were still absconding showing a thumb to the government directive to report back to their headquarters, reports...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hoped opposition leader Khaleda Zia would surrender her cantonment house on eight-nine bighas of land so apartments could be built over there for families of the army officers killed in the BDR revolt, reports BSS from...
Reminding police of the clandestine militancy grooming in a Bhola madrasah, Home Minister Adv Sahara Khatun Wednesday directed the force to flush out if there be such undercover militant activities in other parts of the country, reports UNB."Such militant activities...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday declared in parliament that the land of her younger sister Sheikh Rehana in the city's Dhanmondi area would be donated for the housing of families of the army officers killed in the BDR Headquarters carnage,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the House Wednesday that the government has undertaken a number of projects to turn Bangladesh Railway (BR) into a profitable organisation through modernisation and making it time-befitting, reports BSS from Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban.Replying to a...
Raising the vital issue of national security Jamaat chief Matiur Rahman Nizami Wednesday accused the government of divulging secrets of the border security force to foreign agencies in the name of investigation into the February 25-26 massacre in BDR Headquarters...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 1 (BSS): BNP leader and former minister Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin here Wednesday demanded of the government to take necessary legal steps for introducing "city government" concept aiming at accomplishing the development work and ensuring adequate utility services to...
A Z M AnasManpower exports fell by 38 per cent in three months to March from a year earlier, the BMET said Wednesday, the evidence of a continued slide in overseas jobs.Some 138,000 Bangladeshi workers found overseas jobs in January-March...
Shahiduzzaman KhanThe government has taken a fresh move for setting up a US$1.0 billion nuclear power plant to meet the growing demand for electricity. Normally, it needs eight to nine years to set up a 600-1000 megawatt (MW) power plant....
FE ReportThe Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) Wednesday sought supportive government strategy to ensure easy access to credit, increase public spending and lower cost of doing business to face the challenges of the global financial crisis.The MCCI, one...
FE ReportThe government has decided to reintroduce the five-year development plan after the implementation period of the ongoing poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP) ends in July 2011, officials said Wednesday.The decision came at a meeting between Finance minister AMA Muhith,...
FE ReportDhaka stocks remained steady Wednesday amid a significant rise in the turnover which crossed Tk 4.0 billion-mark on the back of huge trading of S Alam Steel and Summit Power issues.The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) eased 3.67 points...
FE ReportThe country's homebuilders Wednesday urged the government to allow in the next budget afresh the investments of individuals in the real-estate sector without asking the sources of income as their sales dropped by 20 per cent over the recent...
RANGPUR, Apr 1 (BSS): Authorities have completed all preparations including sending of transparent ballot boxes, ballot papers and other election materials for holding tomorrow's by-polls in five constituencies of Rangpur, Kurigram and Bogra districts.A total of 15,86,620 eligible voters are...
The frontier forces of Bangladesh and India agreed to strengthen joint efforts to prevent trans-border crimes like illegal movements across the border, trafficking in women and children, drugs smuggling and gunrunning, reports UNB. The agreement was reached at the 29th...
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, April 01: It would require no pundit to say that the G20 summit will yield no concrete result. Leaders are sharply divided on as how to combat the gale now raging fiercely in the financial...
FE Report National Board of Revenue Chairman Muhammad Abdul Mazid Wednesday said the government will impose higher duty on luxury items in the next budget to help maintain a stable foreign exchange reserve."We will impose higher duty on the import...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has revealed a list of 448 people who confessed of committing corruption before the Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC) last year in exchange for clemency. Hasina gave the names in the parliament Wednesday in reply...
Jatiyo Sangsad (JS) Wednesday passed the Consumer Rights Protection Bill 2009 to protect consumers' rights by preventing cheating at weight, price and quality of what they buy. Commerce Minister Lt Col (retd) Faruq Khan piloted the bill that was passed...
BARISAL: The death toll rose to nine with recovery of six more bodies from different spots of the river Sugandha until 6:00pm Wednesday. Bodies of four persons, however, were still missing. — BSS
CHITTAGONG: About 200 workers of a ready-made garments (RMG) factory at city's Wireless Colony in Khulsi thana Wednesday blockaded nearby Zakir Hossain Road demanding payment of their last month's salary. — UNB
FE ReportThe country needs to strengthen its promotional activities to attract more investment and creation of employment for economic growth of the country.It is critical for the Board of Investment (BoI) to be strong for performing its role as the...
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