The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Sunday filed 11 cases against 23 officials of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) for misappropriating Tk 406.30 million (40.63 crore), reports UNB.Separate 11 first information reports (FIRs) were lodged with Ramna police station against the officials...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has introduced the Central Information Providing Unit at its Human Resources Department (HRD) for convenience of all concerned in getting necessary information from the bank. The central unit comprising three high officials of the HRD has...
The Election Commission (EC) has extended the deadline for submission of nomination papers for Noakhali-1 constituency to Dec 22 and scrutiny to Dec 23, an official said. The last date for withdrawal of nomination - Dec 27, and the voting...
Chief of General Staff (CGS) of Bangladesh Army Maj Gen Sina Ibn Jamali was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General Sunday. Commissioned on May 8, 1977, General Jamali was awarded the 'CAS Cane' for his outstanding performance as cadet...
FE ReportThe state-owned Petrobangla will develop the country's prospective Dighipara coalmine in northern Dinajpur having the proven coal reserve of 100 million tonnes.An agreement to this effect was signed with the Bureau of Mineral Development (BMD) Sunday to develop the...
Siddique Islam The spread between lending and deposit rates of commercial banks declined marginally to 5.18 per cent in September, following the central bank's dogged persuasion to lower it, at least to 5.0 per cent."We expect that the spread would...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The construction sector and the industries which are dependant on causal workers and labourers have been facing manpower shortage as a large number of people engaged in such jobs have not yet returned to the capital after...
A mild coldwave, the first of this winter, may grip the country by the end of this month, while the prevailing foggy weather may lose steam in next one or two days, reports UNB.This was stated Sunday by weather officials...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has approved tax exemption at the rate of 10 per cent on a part of the corporate income to be spent on discharging corporate social responsibility (CSR). The exemption has been given to encourage private companies...
Home Affairs Adviser Maj Gen (Retd) MA Matin Sunday said the government has taken necessary measures for ensuring the security of Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina after a report in the Indian media, reports UNB. According to a report...
Sheikh Akram Hossain, uncle of Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, passed away Friday night at the city's Comfort Hospital at the age of 66. Sheikh Akram left behind wife, two sons, three daughters and scores of well-wishers and relatives to...
BARISAL, Dec 20 (UNB): Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Saturday asked field-level government officials to take highest cautionary measures to check further emergence of terrorists taking the opportunity of the complete withdrawal of the state of emergency.He also directed...
Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad has again asked Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina to withdraw her candidates from seats where JP is running, "guaranteeing" a victory for the grand alliance, reports bdnews24.com."I request Sheikh Hasina to withdraw AL...
The Election Commission (EC) has cancelled 1,080 nominations of 481 Upazila Parishad for elections to as many local government bodies slated for Jan 22, an official said Friday, reports bdnews24.com.Initially, the EC has validated 8,896 candidates.Md Abdul Baten, senior assistant...
Speakers at a press conference Saturday urged the voters to turn down the war criminals in the coming parliamentary elections, as they were a threat to sovereignty and independence of the country, reports UNB.Uttaradikar '71, an organisation formed by the...
The Election Commission (EC) would allocate election symbol to one who would come with High Court (HC) order if there remained two candidates from the same political party in the poll race, reports UNB.And the left-out valid candidate might be...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 20 (BSS): Participants at a dialogue here today called for electing honest and competent candidates in the forthcoming parliamentary elections.The corrupt, public-money looters and terrorists must be boycotted in the polls, they said.Conscious Citizens Committee (CCC), a partner...
Awami League (AL) president and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday visited her ailing husband Dr Wazed Ali Mian at Square hospital in the city, where he was undergoing treatment, reports BSS.She spent some time there and enquired about the...
Zaker Party chairman Pirzada Mostafa Amir Faisal Mujaddedi said it was the burning issue of the country to hold an acceptable election for a government that would control corruption, terrorism and militancy, reports UNB.Addressing election meetings at Gabtola Bazar, Lohartek,...
Siddique Islam The central banks of the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) member countries are preparing to introduce Euro alongside the US dollar for settlement of import payments from January 1, 2009. "We've started preparation to introduce Euro alongside the US...
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Dec 20: Standard and Poor, the world renowned rating agency, in one sweeping move yesterday downgraded 11 most famous banks in the world stating that the current downturn could be longer and deeper than previously...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Bread, biscuit and other confectionery items still remain dearer despite the fall in the prices of wheat, flour and sugar in the local and international markets.Sources said wheat prices plunged by 50 per cent both in local...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed Saturday reiterated that his government would handover power to the next elected government in the coming new year, reports UNB.He told this to the visiting Chief of the European Union Election Observer Mission in Bangladesh Alexander...
The US-based Chevron Bangladesh will launch its seismic survey in Block 7 in the first week of January to delineate potential gas reserves and initiate subsequent exploration, officials said, reports UNB.The company will continue the two-dimensional (2D) survey until mid...
The Election Commission (EC) has not yet started printing ballot papers for 50 'disputed' constituencies as the final candidates for those seats remained unresolved due to petitions filed with the High Court, an election official said Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. He...
An Indian television network Saturday reported that Islamist militants were planning to assassinate Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina. On the other hand, the home secretary the same day said: "Preventative measures are being taken after the report, reports bdnews24.com....
The Met office has said the dense fog currently blanketing Bangladesh will last two more days, reports bdnews24.com. The country has been experiencing moderate-to-heavy fog for the last several days, hampering ferry communication and flights at the Zia International Airport...
THE National Board of Revenue (NBR), according to a media report, will sit with a number of government agencies, including the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), and the commercial banks, soon in a bid to...
Shahiduzzaman KhanTHE BIMSTEC ministers agreed to devise an action plan for poverty alleviation and set up a food bank in the region in a recent meeting in Dhaka. Follow up actions on the two crucial issues would be discussed at...
Alamgir HossainA total of 9,81,102 workers from Bangladesh went abroad in fiscal 2007-08 representing a 74 per cent increase over 5,63,584 who had gone in 2006-07. Earning-wise growth was 44 per cent during first quarter of 2008-09 compared to that...
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