The Election Commission has finally published a list of 1,538 valid candidates in 299 constituencies for the 9th parliamentary election slated for Dec 29. "The number may increase by two or three candidates who appealed to the High Court against...
Parliament election in Noakhali-1 constituency will be held on January 12, 2009, the Election Commission announced Sunday. — UNB
Speakers at a discussion Saturday underscored the need for creating a network among the trade unions of the SAARC member states for ensuring welfare of the migrant workers abroad, reports BSS.The network, they suggested, could act as bargaining agents with...
Our Correspondent FARIDPUR, Dec 13: The scarcity of judicial, non-judicial stamps is hampering land registration and other judicial work here.Mohammad Mohiuddin (35), of the district had to buy non-judicial stamps at very high prices against the government price.The vendors said...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 13 (BSS): The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) fixed a target of producing 1,04,415 tonnes of pulses including lentil, gram and mashkalai from around 100,400 hectares in the country's 16 northern districts under Rajshahi division.Officials said that 50,313...
RANGPUR, Dec 13 (BSS): Speakers at the concluding function of the three- day official programme on Rokeya Day at Pairaband Saturday stressed the need for ensuring women's education and empowerment to achieve desired progress and prosperity. They said sustainable progress...
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has praised the Bangladesh development Model, saying that the steady development Bangladesh achieved through ideas like micro-credit and its economic policies particularly in agriculture production has brought peace and stability to the country, reports UNB.The...
SUNAMGANJ, Dec 13 (BSS): At least 150 people, including journalists and police, were injured in a clash between villagers at Gobindapur Bazar under Chhatak upazila in the district this evening.Police said traffic movement on the Sylhet-Sunamganj highway remained stopped for...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 13 (BSS): Nine persons including two women and a prisoner died in separate accidents in the city and district last night and today, police said hospital sources said.The victims were identified as Sumi Akter, wife of Golam Mostafa...
RANGPUR, Dec 13 (BSS): A young couple was killed in a fatal road accident at Durgapur Bazar on Milanpur Feeder Road under Mithapukur Upazila.The dead were identified as Shadhan Mia (28), of village Durgapur in Milanpur union and his wife...
To mark the Martyred Intellectuals Day, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) will hold a discussion at its auditorium at 4.00 pm today, reports BSS.Film Director Chashi Nazrul Islam and theatre personality Nasir Uddin Yusuf will address the discussion.Director general of the...
RANGPUR, Dec 13 (UNB): RAB members arrested three suspected hundi traders along with Tk 4.5 million (45 lakh) at Modern Crossing on the outskirts of district town.The arrested are Saidur Rahman (34), son of late Shamsuddin, Abul Kalam Azad (35),...
Armed miscreants stormed into Taiking Chinese restaurant in the city's New Eskaton area early Saturday and looted cash and valuables, injuring four of its employees, reports UNB.Mahbubur Rahman, manager of the restaurant, said the miscreants, numbering about 20, forcibly entered...
FE ReportJapan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital (JBFH) in the city's Dhanmondi area tried to ensure proper health security for the mass people by taking various initiatives during the holy Eid-ul-Azha vacation, said a press release. "The health hazards or accidents occuring...
PATUAKHALI, Dec 13 (UNB): Two people were killed and 30 others injured when a bus rammed a human hauler and fell into a pond beside Golachipa-Patuakhali Highway at Sharikkhali in Sadar Upazila Saturday.The deceased were identified as Khalil Miah (35),...
Shakhawat Hossain Bangladesh taka is unlikely to depreciate to any significant extent soon as the central bank is opposed to any such move due to high inflation in the country and recession in major global economies.The Policy Analysis Unit (PAU)...
Immediate-past premier Khaleda Zia announced her party's election manifesto to seek re-election at the December 29 polls with the clarion call 'Save the Country, Save the People" from what she said a deep crisis stemming from two years of misrule...
S M JahangirThe government's renewed move to streamline the process of debt servicing by the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) has yielded little result due to indifference of the latter, sources said.The non-payment of large amount of arrear debts by the SoEs...
FHM Humayan KabirThe aid flow to Bangladesh from the bilateral donors has shrunk a lot as the donor countries are busy to weather their economic plunge in recent months, officials said."The global economic recession has hit most of the developed...
M Azizur RahmanNew industries in the fuel-starved Chittagong region has finally started getting gas supplies from early December after a halt for over a year, officials said Saturday."Several industries have got new gas connections and many others are waiting to...
The nation will observe the Martyred Intellectuals Day today (Sunday) to mourn for the Bengali intellectuals and professionals brutally killed on this day in 1971 by the then Pakistani occupation army and their local collaborators at the fag-end of Bangladesh...
Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina fell sick Saturday at her Sudha Sadan residence and cancelled her day's election-related programme, while her younger sister Sheikh Rehana arrived in the city from London early Saturday, report UNB. "Sheikh Hasina was suffering...
A large number of candidates filed nomination papers Saturday for contesting the election to 481 upazila parishads scheduled for January 22. Reports reaching from the districts said candidates ranging up to 15 filed nomination papers for the post of chairman...
Armed miscreants stormed into Taiking Chinese restaurant in the city's New Eskaton area early Saturday and looted cash and valuables, injuring four of its employees. Mahbubur Rahman, manager of the restaurant, said the miscreants, numbering about 20, forcibly entered the...
MUMBAI, Dec 13: The gunman captured in last month's Mumbai attacks says in his confession to police he originally intended to seize hostages and call the media to make demands. In a confession statement obtained by The Associated Press, Mohammed...
Siddique Islam The country's overall balance of payments (BoP) continued to maintain a surplus position during the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal mainly due to higher surplus in current account balance. The current account balance recorded a larger...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Dec 13: The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is crying off from convening a ministerial level meeting in December aimed at thrashing out an outline in the troubled global trade talks which has been running for past...
NEW YORK,Dec 13 (Reuters): Investors scrambled to assess potential losses from an alleged $50 billion fraud by Bernard Madoff, a day after the arrest of the prominent Wall Street trader. Prosecutors and regulators accused the 70-year-old former chairman of the...
Naim-Ul-KarimDhaka and Beijing have agreed to double the number of air flights between the two countries in a move to boost trade, commerce and investment, officials said Saturday.They said senior officials of both Bangladesh and China reviewed their bilateral Air...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia beginning election campaign in Dhaka city from Mohammadpur (Dhaka-13) Saturday pledged to resolve water and power crises and create employment opportunities, if voted to power, reports UNB. She introduced the party candidate of the constituency, Syed...
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