MANIKGANJ, Nov 10 (bdnews24.com): A clash between truck drivers and unofficial ferry agents led to a one-hour suspension of ferry services and huge traffic tailbacks at Paturia ferry crossing Saturday. At least 10 people were injured and 50 trucks vandalised...
Chief Justice (CJ) M Ruhul Amin said education is a dynamic creative process that improves the intellectual faculty of an individual and benefiting the society.He said this while inaugurating the 10th founding anniversary of East West University at the Bangladesh-China...
The Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) Saturday demanded a hike for teachers' salaries and allowances and other professional facilities without delay in light of the spiralling cost of essentials, reports bdnews24.com. A DUTA statement issued by its acting president Tazmeri...
Former Chief of Army Staff M Harun-ur-Rashid Saturday said a case will be filed within a week against the war criminals of 1971, reports UNB."The legal experts are now examining the pros and cons of filing the case against war...
DU CorrespondentSpeakers at a seminar on 'Academia-Industry Linkage for Education and Research in Bangladesh: Views from the Private Sector' Saturday stressed the need for promoting interaction between educational institutions and industries of the country to transfer the formers' knowledge and...
SYLHET, Nov 10 (UNB): Seven more people died of a mysterious disease in Goainghat and Companyganj upazilas of the district Friday, raising the death toll from the malady here to 21 in the last seven days.Sources at the Civil Surgeon...
LAXMIPUR, Nov 10 (UNB): Diarrhoea that broke out in an alarming proportion in two upazilas of the district last week claimed nine lives and affected over 200 others so far.Hospital sources said the water-borne disease broke out in several villages...
COMILLA, Nov 10 (UNB): Two children of a family died and three others fell sick after taking food that contained harmful bacteria at Uttar Pashchimgaon village under Laksam Upazila Friday.Witnesses said family members of Hareshuddin ate dinner Thursday night and...
FE ReportThe 50th death anniversary of Major A Ghani, the founder of East Bengal Regiment and its sister units of Bangladesh Infantry Regiment, will be observed today (Sunday), said a press release.On this day in 1957, Ghani popularly known as...
Holders Dhaka Division made a nice start in the 4th round four-day match of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League as they bundled out Chittagong Division for 200 in their 1st innings in 82.4 overs on the 1st...
The Asian Football Federation (AFC) invited Bangladesh to the second AFC Challenge Cup 2008, to be participated by the second-tier football nations of Asia, reports bdnews24.com.The inaugural AFC Challenge Cup was held in Bangladesh in April 2006 and Bangladesh went...
Our CorrespondentBOGRA, Nov 10: Bogra First Division Football League began at the Altafunnessa playing ground recently.Bogra District Sports Association (DSA) organised the football league.Eight teams have participated in the league. Final match will be held on November 23.Deputy Commissioner of...
Australia's new era continued to look much like their old one as they dominated mercilessly at the Gabba for a third day, forcing Sri Lanka to follow-on a massive 340 runs behind. The visitors then lost both openers Sanath Jayasuriya...
Araf Apparels confirmed their semifinal berth in the Office Hockey League-2007, outplaying Rising Group by 4-1 goals in the day's lone Group B match at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium, reports UNB.Araf Apparels led the first half 1-0.Sri Raju...
Shakhawat HossainThe Bangladesh Bank is likely to revise its policy stance on foreign exchange reserve requirement in view of the galloping import costs of fuel oils and food items, according to sources.In line with the suggestion from the International Monetary...
FHM Humayan KabirThe state-owned oil, gas and mineral corporation - Petrobangla - has taken up an 'urgent action plan' to mitigate the prevailing gas shortage in the country and at the same time meet future needs.The urgent action plan, when...
FE Report The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has favoured the use of Euro alongside the US dollar for settlement of payments among the eight-nation Asian Clearing Union (ACU) member countries.The country's apex trade body has...
Fish and kitchen-market traders threatened boycott of wholesalers if their demands were not met in five days, alleging that the retailers are being cheated at weight and price at the wholesale markets in the capital, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Fish and...
LGRD Adviser Anwarul Iqbal expressed Saturday dissatisfaction over mismanagement in fertiliser distribution after protests by farmers were reported from different parts of the country over the past few days, bdnews24.com. At a meeting in the office of the deputy commissioner...
The absence of democracy has slowed down the country's economic activities, including export and investment, experts told a discussion in the city Saturday, reports UNB.They felt that the quick restoration of democracy is a must to revive the confidence of...
Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, acting BNP Secretary General nominated by the standing committee, said they would participate in the coming city corporation and municipal elections, reports UNB.Talking to journalists at his residence, he said honest and efficient people who...
M Azizur RahmanThe government is working out a contingency plan to keep the country's lone coal-fired Barapukuria power plant functioning despite shortage in coal production from the nearby Barapukuria coalmine."The Power Division recently asked the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB)...
Jo Johnson and Farhan Bokhari FT Syndication Service ISLAMABAD: Pakistani intelligence officials last Thursday dismissed suggestions that the country's nuclear arsenal could be at risk of falling into terrorist hands in the volatile political climate created by General Pervez Musharraf's...
ISLAMABAD (Reuters): Police blocked opposition leader Benazir Bhutto from visiting Pakistan's deposed chief justice on Saturday and President Pervez Musharraf resisted U.S. calls to end emergency rule. Bhutto, herself kept under house arrest for most of Friday, tried to approach...
Bangladesh signed an "Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network" Friday at the UN Headquarters in New York. Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ismat Jahan signed the agreement on behalf of Bangladesh government. The Trans-Asian Railway Network Agreement...
Armed robbers looted cash and gold ornaments worth about Tk 1.7 million from a house at Battola Abortek in the city's Khilkhet area early Saturday. Police said the gang, numbering 7/8, stormed into the house of Ahmed Abdul Motaleb by...
BCSIR will open a service centre in the city today (Sunday) to identify the use of formalin in fish and milk. Formalin identifying kits produced by the BCSIR will be available in the centre at a reasonable price, said a...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 10: Police seized 5,220 Sinadra tablets from a Dhaka-bound bus in Puthia Upazila early Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of traffic police raided the bus, coming from Chapainawabganj, near Belpukur checkpost at about 5:00am and recovered...
FE Report The country's overall balance of payments recorded a surplus despite a deficit in current account balance in July last, the first month of the current fiscal. The overall balance showed a surplus of $161 million in July, 2007...
Naim-Ul-KarimBangladesh's manpower export to South Korea is likely to start soon under a fresh deal, which the two countries will sign later this week, official sources said. "We will sit this week to sign a final deal with the Human...
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