Tanzeem Choudhury, an assistant professor of computer science at Dartmouth College Hanover, USA, has been named to the 2008 TR35, an annual listing from Technology Review magazine that features the world's top innovators under the age of 35, said a...
The government has been asked to play its vital role in pursuing the enactment of the proposed arms trade treaty in the General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA) next month, reports BSS.The proposed treaty after the enactment would reduce...
DU CorrespondentStudents and teachers of Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ) Department of Dhaka University (DU) Saturday demanded permanent expulsion of those unruly JCD activists who had beaten up 10 of their fellow students Thursday night."We demand permanent expulsion of the...
Tarique Rahman's resignation as BNP senior joint secretary has proved his guilt, Bangladesh Awami League (AL) presidium member Amir Hossain Amu said Saturday, reports bdnews24.com."By resigning the post Tarique Rahman has proved that he was guilty of charges against him....
Most of the suspected corrupt bigwigs, including politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen, arrested during the army-led joint forces' anti-corruption crackdown following last year's political changeover are now free from incarceration, reports UNB.A few of them have been set free on parole...
Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday demanded holding the Upazila elections before parliamentary polls, reports BSS.The demand came at a press conference at the party office in the city Saturday, PDP chairman Dr. Ferdous Ahmed Qureishi said the nation expects a...
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has said a road linkage with China through Myanmar is likely to come for discussion during the Chief Adviser's forthcoming visit to China, reports UNB."Both of our countries are eager to develop physical connectivity through...
RU Correspondent Kudrat-e-Khuda Babu of the Daily Prothom Alo and Shahidul Islam Khan of the Daily Janakantha have been elected president and secretary general of the Rajshahi University Journalist Association (RUJA) in the election held Saturday. Some 25 voters cast...
Awami League (AL) leader Abdul Jalil Saturday said that he would be "taking rest" as requested by party chief Sheikh Hasina, reports bdnews24.com. "I talked to Sheikh Hasina by phone Friday night. She is worried about my health and asked...
FE ReportFinance and planning adviser Mirza Azizul Islam said Saturday there should be discussion on local oil price situation in the wake of its sharp decline in international market."There should be a discussion on oil price in the domestic market,"...
Siddique IslamFund shortage, of late, has become a major problem for the country's non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) which are finding it difficult to mobilise deposits from the market. The liquidity shortage is now seriously affecting the business operations of the...
Khaleda Zia has been made life chairperson of BNP at the party's policymaking meeting of the Standing Committee Saturday that also punished its reformist secretary general for challenging her leadership, reports UNB.Chowdhury Tanvir Ahmed Siddiqui proposed at the meeting that...
Awami League (AL) acting president Zillur Rahman Saturday demanded immediate, unconditional and permanent release of Sheikh Hasina, saying their party chief under parole will not sit across the table with "free Khaleda Zia", reports UNB."Hasina is yet to be released...
Naim-Ul-Karim Bangladesh and Indian officials will meet in the capital tomorrow (Monday) after nearly three decades to end an impasse over maritime boundary, which has emerged as the main obstacle to the country's offshore search for oil and gas.The meeting...
The Election Commission (EC) has conceded that it may not be possible to hold upazila elections from October 23, as the Commission has still to hold talks with BNP and the polling regulations have yet to given the all-clear by...
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed leaves for Beijing today (Sunday) midnight on a four-day official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao for updating the bilateral relations, reports UNB.It is expected that the Chief...
Application forms of the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery programme of the United States (US) will be available on online from October 2 to December 1 this year, as the US government Saturday announced the DV-2010 registration programme for Bangladesh, reports...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 13: A lighterage vessel, engaged in unloading fertilizer from a mother vessel, sank in the Bay along with 500 tonnes of fertilizer at the outer-anchorage of Chittagong Port early Saturday. Port sources said the vessel, 'MV Bengal Bridge',...
NEW DELHI, Sept 13: New Delhi's mayor says a string of explosions hit crowded shopping areas in the Indian capital, killing at least eight people and wounding at least 61. CNN-IBN, a local television news channel, said it received an...
M Azizur RahmanBusinessmen have protested the government's latest crackdown on the factory owners that failed to install waste-treatment plants terming it 'unwanted' and tantamounting to harassment, officials said.They sought an integrated approach under private-public partnership to resolve the disputes and...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government has set a target of providing over 2.6 million new electricity connections by installing 50,000 kilometres of distribution lines throughout the country in three years despite substantial shortfall in the existing generation level, officials said.In the...
FE ReportThe government is going to expand VAT (value added tax) offices in 64 districts to increase collection of sales tax from businesses.Currently, only 34 districts have VAT offices to monitor and collect tax from professionals and businesses.Finance Adviser Mirza...
S M JahangirJust more than a year after bifurcation of the Chittagong Customs House (CCH) into two administrations, a fresh move is underway to integrate them again as the authorities see little outcome from the separation, official sources said. "The...
FE Report The country's reconditioned car importers expect the impasse created over clearance of imported vehicles to be settled through amicable discussion with the National Board of Revenue (NBR).The importers are refraining from taking delivery of their imported vehicles over...
LIMA, Sept 12 (Xinhua): Ecuador and Honduras on Friday voiced support for Bolivia and Venezuela's decision to expel US ambassadors in their countries in protest of Washington's intervention in their domestic affairs. "The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales and the...
DU CorrespondentDhaka University (DU) Saturday temporarily expelled four students on charge of assaulting three reporters and at least 10 students of Mass Communication and Journalism Department Thursday night.The expelled students are third-year student of Anthropology Department Aminul Islam Amin, second-year...
BEIJING (AP): A Chinese dairy that sold milk powder linked to kidney stones in infants knew it contained a banned chemical weeks before ordering a recall, the health minister said Saturday. One child has died and an official said the...
The government is likely to introduce a permanent pricing formula on the sale of petroleum fuels on the domestic market through periodic adjustments - upward or downward, reports UNB.According to official sources, Energy Division of the Power, Energy and Mineral...
A young man was stabbed to death over a silly matter in the city's Pallabi area Saturday evening. Police arrested the alleged killer soon after the incident, reports UNB. Police, quoting witnesses, said the victim Amir Hossain alias Purna (20)...
Records are galore in this year's results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations held under seven education boards. The average pass percentage, being all time high of about 75 per cent, is even 4.0 per cent more than that...
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