The French government will donate 948,000 Euros, equivalent to over Tk 90 million, for three Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) working in the country to support the post-flood food and rehabilitation programmes, reports UNB.The grant will be provided through the French Ministry...
BARISAL, Nov 4 (UNB): Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) will launch two Ro-Ro ferry services at Charjanajat-Maowa point to ease communications between the capital and 21 south-western districts. Communications Adviser Maj. Gen. MA Matin (Rtd) will inaugurate the services...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 4 : Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) has begun the development work of the 1.81-km Sirajuddowla Road in the port-city after two years of delay.Presently, the development work is being simultaneously carried out by 20 firms for prompt...
DINAJPUR, Nov 4 (UNB): A housewife was allegedly beaten to death by her husband and father-in-law at Kalikapur village under Sadar Upazila Friday night.The deceased was identified as Badinur Begum (30).Police said Soleman, son of Subar Ali, had married Badinur...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 4 (UNB): Some eight poor fishermen of Keshobpur Bheripara area of the city are earning their livelihood by catching fish in the Padma River with bare hands. These poverty-stricken fishermen, who do not have necessary fishing gear, risk...
Leaders of different political parties, including Awami League (AL), Sunday joined their voices against Jamaat-e-Islami and urged the caretaker government (CG) to try the war criminals under the emergency power rules (EPR), reports UNB.They described the war criminals as the...
ASM Hannan Shah, the BNP chairperson's adviser, asked the Election Commission Sunday to involve ousted secretary general Khondoker Delwar Hossain and detained party chief Khaleda Zia in any future talks on electoral reforms, reports bdnews24.com. The request came from an...
The Oman Tribune, a leading English daily in Muscat, has appreciated Bangladesh's laudable move in separating the judiciary from the control of the government.An editorial on 'Laudable Move' published in the daily Saturday, said the caretaker administration headed by Fakhruddin...
Bhutanese Ambassador in Bangladesh Dasho Tshering Dorji appreciated the separation of the judiciary from the executive by the caretaker government. The ambassador made the observation when he called on Adviser for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Mainul Hosein at the...
BNP's acting secretary general Hafizuddin Ahmed Sunday challenged Mir Shawkat Ali's statement that he had participated in the arrest of general Ziaur Rahman on Nov 3, 1975, reports bdnews24.com. "It was not me, it was captain Hafiz who had gone...
The journalists, press workers and all employees of The Bangladesh Observer and the Weekly Chitrali will observe a token hunger strike today (Monday) to press home their demand for payment of all arrears, reports UNB. Leaders of Bangladesh Federal Union...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 4 (UNB): Trial of former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmaker Sarwar Jamal Nizam in the liquor case begins on November 8.Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) had arrested him along with his driver Mamunur Rashid from in front of Chittagong...
The two-day SAARC Council of Ministers meeting is scheduled to begin in New Delhi on December 7, reports BSS.The Council of Ministers meeting will be preceded by a two-day Foreign Secretary level SAARC standing committee meeting from December 5.Besides, the...
FE ReportWorld Bank President Robert Zoellick said Sunday that Bangladesh should outline an action plan for successful implementation of the development programmes, taken up by the government with the Bank's credit support.He also assured the Bangladesh government of the Bank's...
FE Report The country's leading bankers have urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to collect account information of businessmen on a case to case basis for restoring confidence among the investors and the business community. They also proposed to...
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus Sunday blasted the World Bank (WB) for moving away from its main motto of eradicating poverty, reports bdnews24.com. "The WB failed to eradicate poverty, which was its major objective during formation of the agency 60 years...
Awami League (AL) joined forces with other political parties in demanding that religion-based political parties must be banned and war criminals as well as collaborators disqualified from contesting elections, as its leaders Sunday held dialogue with the Election Commission (EC)...
FE Report A government committee Sunday decided to attach priority to the construction of a metro sub-way among all proposed infrastructure projects aimed at improving future traffic management in the capital.Communication adviser MA Matin, who heads the committee, took the...
The High Court (HC) Sunday stayed the operation of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) graft case filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on charge of taking Tk 30 million (3.0 crore) in kickbacks on a power-plant deal, reports UNB.Responding to...
Hotel Purbani International Managing Director (MD) Mahbubur Rahman Joynal, accused in four cases, surrendered in court Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.His girlfriend Jannatul Ferdous Niki was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an officer told the news agency.The RAB had earlier...
Naim-Ul-KarimA high-level meeting of the government will be held today (Monday) to discuss the ways and means to rein in the soaring prices of the two most essential food grains--rice and wheat.Sources said the meeting will discuss the mechanism of...
KHULNA, Nov 4 (UNB): Detained Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Mayor Sheikh Tayebur Rahman was taken on five-day police remand Sunday in an extortion case. Khulna Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) M Mahbubur Rahman granted the remand rejecting the mayor's bail petition,...
Unloading of over 0.2 million tonnes of imported wheat, stockpiled in the ships at the outer anchorage of the Chittagong Port for a long time, has begun following intervention by the Army-led joint forces and implementation of some measures by...
Shakhawat Hossain A special meeting to be held in the ministry of finance (MoF) next week will review the escalating inflation that has emerged as a major sore point of the country's macro-economic management, sources said.An additional secretary of the...
A total of 5,581 pilgrims out of 46,946 will perform Hajj this year under government management and 41,365 under private management through 232 Hajj agencies. A meeting of the Council of Advisers was informed about it Sunday by the Religious...
Renewal of licences of firearms for the year 2008 will begin in Dhaka district on December 1 and continue until December 31 this year, said a press release Sunday. Necessary fees for renewal of licences could be deposited with Bangladesh...
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Sunday launched five 'Help Desks' on the ground floor of the Nagar Bhaban aiming to provide necessary services to the city dwellers in line with the Citizen Charter. Similar desks have also been opened at 10...
Home Secretary Abdul Karim Sunday said legal action would be taken against suspects who had made false or misleading statements after charges were pressed in the terrorism cases. Karim told journalists despite important strides in investigating cases after militant kingpin...
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 4 (Agencies): Pakistan's government probably will announce a new schedule for parliamentary elections soon, as lawyers plan to shun courts across the country tomorrow and opposition parties agitate to protest against President Pervez Musharraf's decision to impose emergency...
Haris Chowdhury, political secretary to former prime minister Khaleda Zia, was Sunday sentenced in absentia to 59 years jail for cheating, corruption and abuse of power, reports UNB.Court sources said, Haris would undergo jail for 10 years, as the punishment...
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