Secretary General (SG) of the Commonwealth Kamalesh Sharma said Monday that he would use his good offices to revive the suspended Commonwealth Media Development Fund (CMDF), reports UNB.The assurance came when a delegation of the Commonwealth Journalists' Association (CJA) led...
The media should properly address the genuine needs of the indigenous people through detailed and objective reports, observed the participants of a roundtable, held at Kamalganj in Moulvibazar recently. Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) organised the roundtable with support...
Bodies of 17 Bangladeshi citizens, who were killed in a road mishap at Istanbul in Turkey on October 5, will be brought back home soon, official sources said in the city Monday, reports UNB.Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry has...
Nobel laureate Professor Richard R Ernst Monday suggested need-based programmes for Bangladesh to solve its natural and man-made problems, reports BSS.Richard R Ernst made the suggestion while speaking at the Dr MO Ghani Memorial Lecture-2008, organised by the Bangladesh Academy...
President Iajuddin Ahmed underwent eye check-up at Haroon Eye Foundation at Dhanmondi in the city Monday, reports UNB.Prof Sheikh MA Mannaf examined the President's eyes.After the check-up, Dr Iajudddin returned to Bangabhaban at noon.
DU CorrespondentThe first convocation of World University of Bangladesh (WUB) will be held at the city's Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre at 10 am today (Tuesday).President Iajuddin Ahmed, also Chancellor of WUB, will preside over the function. Renowned economist AH Wahiduddin...
The 4th SAARC Psychiatric Federation Conference and International Conference on Psychiatry-2008 will be held in the city on November 1 focusing on mental health, reports UNB.President Iajuddin Ahmed is expected to inaugurate the three-day conference to be held at Sonargaon...
A seminar of the University of Asia Pacific (UAP) with the financial support by the Structural Engineers Limited (SEL) was held at IEB auditorium in the city Sunday, said a press release.UAP Vice-Chancellor Dr Abdul Matin Patwari was present as...
Mohammad Ashraf Hossain, former food inspector, died of old age complications at his Nakhalpara residence in the city Monday. He was 72, said a press relase.He left behind his wife, four sons, one daughter and host of relatives to mourn...
GOPALGANJ, Oct 27 (UNB): Two persons were killed and 45 others injured in a fierce clash between two rival groups at Nizamkandi village under Kashiani Upazila Monday.
The government will relax the state of emergency to allow political parties to campaign for the parliamentary polls, Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said Monday, reports bdnews24.com. Iftekhar said emergency would be relaxed 'in phases', signalling that it might not...
The BNP and its partners are pressing for the seven-point demand of the four-party alliance to be met before the announcement of the election schedule on Nov 2, reports bdnews24.com. "If the government wants the four-party to go to elections,...
FE ReportVisiting Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma said Monday Bangladesh is heading towards democracy rightly."The country has made a lot of reforms. I hope this will help Bangladesh restore democracy," said Mr Sharma replying to a question at a function...
The War Crimes Facts Finding Committee (WCFFC), formed to probe atrocities during the 1971 liberation war, has stated formal objections to the registration of Jamaat-e-Islami as a party, reports bdnews24.com. Copies of the statement have been submitted to the Election...
Yet another assigned High Court (HC) division bench Monday declined to hear the applications, filed by six ex-ministers accused in the Boropukuria coalmine graft case, for quashing the charges, reports UNB.The matters have been sent to the Chief Justice (CJ)...
A seven-member medical board headed by Prof S Sirajul Karim of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) advised detained Awami Shechchhasebak League General Secretary Pankaj Debnath sending abroad for his proper treatment, reports UNB.Pankaj, who was arrested by joint forces...
The High Court (HC) Monday extended its stay operation on the trial proceedings against former Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina, now abroad on parole for treatment, in the Niko and barge-mounted power plant graft cases until...
The Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in the city Monday again deferred the hearing on charge framing in two cases filed in connection with the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on Awami League (AL) rally, reports UNB.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will formally hand over imported translucent ballot boxes to the Election Commission (EC) today (Tuesday) for use in voting for the December 18 general election, reports UNB.At the request of the EC, 240,000 ballot boxes...
Mushir Ahmed The worst global financial crisis since the 1930s has started to bite Bangladesh's key garment industry as buyers are cutting prices and delaying orders meant for spring and summer seasons, manufacturers said Monday.Exporters said in the past week...
Cyclone 'Reshmi' swept over the country's southwestern coastal belt early Monday, leaving at least nine people dead, hundreds missing, and many houses and crops on vast tracts of land damaged, report UNB and bdnews24.com. Three people were killed in Patuakhali,...
FE Report The government will establish a regulatory body to oversee the quality of consumer foods items, said Food and Health Adviser AMM Shawkat Ali Monday.The adviser unveiled the government's plan at a press conference in the city on the...
World Bank in its 2nd Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) report finds continued growth in Bangladesh has put a pressure on certain key resources - electricity, finance, land, and skilled labor - which are essential for private sector growth, reports UNB....
FE ReportDhaka stocks slipped further Monday for the second consecutive session with the benchmark DGEN sinking below 2800-mark for the first time in two months.The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) General Index (DGEN), the benchmark, dropped 2.50 per cent to 2732.93,...
From Fazle Rashid NEY YORK, October 27: The hands of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are full now. It has too many countries knocking its door for helping them to come out of the present crisis.Meanwhile, the 24-member governing board...
There will be two parallel roundtables on the first day of the International Business Conference (IBC) at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre (BCFCC) on October 31, 2008Roundtable 1: Business Strategies in a World of Change: Business solutions can be big...
Raihan M Chowdhury and Naim-Ul-KarimGrameenphone (GP) will revise its initial public offering (IPO) on the back of 'very poor response from both foreign and local investors' as well as non-availability of tax rebate from the National Board of Revenue (NBR).When...
FE Report Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued Monday Tk 1000-denomination banknotes for the first time in the country to meet the growing demand of the currency in the market."We've issued the 1000-taka banknotes," BB Governor Salehuddin Ahmed told reporters at a...
Dispelling doubts BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia said Monday she would take part in the December 18 election, reports UNB. "Certainly I shall take part in the election," she told a group of reporters at her Gulshan office in the evening....
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is expected to extend the income tax submission time limit by a number of days following the poor response of taxpayers until now. "Extension of the deadline by a fixed number of days is...
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