Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Tuesday laid emphasis on change of mentality and sincere work for overall development of children, reports UNB."A bunch of laws and charters for the welfare of children won't work for their overall development if we...
President Iajuddin Ahmed said South Asia has a great development potential in terms of its diverse cultural heritage and human resources as one-fourth of the world population live here."We have great scope for enhancing the living standard of people of...
As the quality of university education has come under question, President Iajuddin Ahmed has suggested evaluating the standards of education being imparted by the universities, particularly the private ones, reports UNB.He made the call while addressing the first convocation of...
PIROJPUR, Oct 14 (UNB): Revenue Department here has set a target to realize over Tk 14.5 million (Tk 1.45 crore) land tax from the district in the current fiscal (2008-09).Of the total amount, over Tk 10.6 million would be realized...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 14 (UNB): Onion cultivation is likely to be hampered in the district due to seed crisis.Local farmers said there are stocks of only one fourth seeds against the demand. Last year onion farmers did not get a good...
PIROJPUR, Oct 14 (UNB): Education Engineering Department (EED) has implemented some 45 schemes, with an involvement of Tk 35 million (Tk 3.50 crore) in the district.The works included repair and renovation of government educational institutions and construction of academic buildings...
Bangladesh Ambassador to United Arab Emirates Md Nazmul Quaunine Monday presented his credentials to President of United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan at his official residence Al Bateen Palace, reports UNB.During the...
Our CorrespondentJESSORE, Oct 14: A pedestrian was crushed under the wheels of a vehicle on the Jessore-Magura Highway at around 12:30pm Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ali (62) of Kashimpur of the district.ASP Faisal of Jessore RAB told the...
FE Report Today (Wednesday) is the 53rd birthday of poet Hasan Hafiz. On this day he was born in Elahinagar of Sonargaon Upazila under Narayanganj district.Authored 55 published books, of which 25 are books of poems. He worked as Bangladesh...
SM Morshed, a researcher of the Department of Political Science, University of Dhaka, has been awarded PhD degree recently.The title of his thesis was 'The Role of NGOs in Elimination of Child Labour in Bangladesh' supervised by renowned academician and...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda Tuesday said with a firm confidence that the commission would be able to hold the parliamentary polls within December as they got the final countrywide voter list within the specific timeframe, reports UNB.Dr...
British parliamentarian Lord Mark Malloch Brown has urged political parties in Bangladesh to support the caretaker government in holding scheduled parliamentary polls for a peaceful democratic transition, reports bdnews24.com/UNB. He also called on parties to recognise the institutional reforms initiated...
BARGUNA, Oct 14 (UNB): Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury said Tuesday government offices must be kept corruption-free to drive out corruption from the country.The ACC chairman made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest...
A Dhaka court Tuesday re-fixed dates for further hearing of witnesses to two graft cases against former President and Jatiyo Party Chairman HM Ershad, reports UNB.Divisional Special Judge M Golam Morshed Majumder re-fixed January 11, 2009 as the next date...
The trial court again Tuesday ruled out defence plea against analogous trial of twin cases in connection with the 21st August grenade attack on Awami League rally and again deferred the indictment hearings to October 19, reports UNB.After hearing the...
BRAHMANBARIA, Oct 14 (UNB): As many as ten ward commissioners of Kosba Municipality were sentenced to two years' imprisonment by a court here Tuesday for corruption in a case filed by the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) under the countrywide purge.The convicted...
Bangladesh Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Obaidul Kader, now in New Delhi for treatment, requested the government to release his bank accounts which were seized after his arrest on corruption charges, reports UNB.Kader's lawyer Advocate AKM Aminuddin said his...
The government Tuesday extended the parole of Arafat Rahman Koko, younger son of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, by a month, reports UNB. According to the home ministry, the parole of Koko has been extended until November 16 on health ground...
Jubo League general secretary and former Awami League MP Mirza Azam was released on bail from Dhaka Central Jail Tuesday evening, reports UNB.His lawyer Motahar Hossain Saju told the news agency that his client was released from the jail at...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 14 (UNB): Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, recently freed from 19-month detention, returned to his residence in the port city Tuesday.Mohiuddin Chowdhury and his wife Hasina Mohiuddin arrived at Shah Amanat International Airport by a...
Shakhawat Hossain Dhaka has taken an initiative to join the UNESCAP-sponsored Asian Highway through its proposed route after getting green signals from Beijing and Yangon, said a senior communication ministry official Tuesday."We have already sent proposal to Yangon after receiving...
Naim-Ul-KarimTwo global cell phone giants have started negotiations with Warid Telecom to buy a 'majority' stake in its Bangladesh operations, company and telecom sector sources said Tuesday.Britain-based Vodafone and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s Eitisalat began the talks with Warid's...
Shamsul Huq Zahid City's Motijheel is not the Wall Street, the global financial capital. Nor is the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) located in New York or in any of the major global financial centres. Yet the DSE claimed to have...
FE Report The central bank has ruled out the possibility of any adverse impact of the ongoing global financial turmoil falling on the domestic financial sector saying that a series of precautionary measures have already been taken to protect the...
Both BNP and Jamaat placed their respective demands including lifting the state of emergency for creating a congenial atmosphere for the national elections in their separate dialogues with the government Tuesday, report UNB/bdnews24.com. BNP tabled their seven-point demand including lifting...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, October 14: The news that the US federal government would pump-in $250 billion to shore up the capital base of the troubled banks had its immediate impact on the Wall Street as the Down Jones industrial...
Awami League (AL) will submit its registration form to the Election Commission (EC) today (Wednesday) morning within the previously-set deadline after provisionally amending party constitution in preparation for the December elections, reports UNB.Party's Acting General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam said...
FE ReportA section of aggrieved shareholders of the United Commercial Bank (UCB) Limited demanded quick settlement of cases related to pending annual general meetings (AGMs) of the bank as transaction of shares worth billions remained suspended for long.The demand was...
FE ReportDhaka stocks closed broadly higher Tuesday, led by banking issues amid persistent buying spree by the investors, mostly retail ones. All the market barometers-- the benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN), All Shares Price Index (DSI) and DSE-20 comprising blue...
The High Court (HC) Tuesday refused to hear an appeal by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to quash the Barapukuria coalmine corruption case, saying it did not have the jurisdiction. The HC bench of Justice Syed AB Mahmudul Haq and...
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