Half of the country's apparel factories have so far been found socially compliant, a meeting on industrial compliance was told in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.The meeting urged the government as well as the industry stakeholders to take a coordinated...
The caretaker government Wednesday announced a comprehensive reform programme for the state-owned jute mills to make them profitable and viable units, reports UNB.Under the programme announced by Jute and Textiles Adviser Geeteara Safiya Choudhury, four state-owned jute mills, out of...
S M JahangirThe Power Division will hold a meeting sometime next month with the multilateral development partners to apprise them of the progress in implementation of the ongoing medium-term reforms programme for the country's power sector."We are going to discuss...
FHM Humayan KabirThe caretaker government is going to take up reforms in higher education, particularly in the public universities, aiming at bring about a qualitative change in the education system.Under the reform programme, the curriculum in Bangladesh's public universities and...
FE Report Three British retailers have defended their sourcing operations in Bangladesh after a London newspaper accused their suppliers of mistreating factory workers.Tesco, ASDA and Primark said they would investigate allegations made in The Guardian Wednesday that workers engaged in...
FE ReportBangladesh Frozen Foods Exporters Association (BFFEA) has requested the government to allow export of hilsha, purchased with bank loans.The association made this plea Tuesday as a large quantity of hilsha fish has remained stockpiled due to sudden imposition of...
The pro-reform leaders in the BNP Wednesday urged Khaleda Zia not to say anything that could break up the party, reports bdnews24.com. They said they wanted reform to practise more democracy in the party, not to divide the party. Those...
Tarique Rahman, son of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, has denied any ownership in the Dinkal daily newspaper, reports bdnews24.com He also claimed that he does not own any land in Gazipur and Bashundhara. He made the claims in a recent...
TOKYO, July 17 (AFP): The official death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck central Japan on Monday has risen to nine. Six women and three men, all in their 70s or 80s, died from injuries sustained in the earthquake,...
BAGHDAD, July 17 (Agencies): Dozens of Shiite villagers in the north were massacred by Sunni extremists, two officials said Tuesday, while a car bomb exploded across the street from the Iranian Embassy in the heart of Baghdad and killed four...
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines), July 17 (AFP): Two Philippine Marines were killed early Tuesday in a firefight with Islamic militants on the southern island of Jolo, the military said. They were patrolling near the town of Patikul when they came under heavy...
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Army troops are making "significant" gains in their long-running battle against al-Qaida-inspired fighters barricaded inside a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, security officials said Tuesday. But a senior military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity...
Brown defends expulsion of Russian diplomats BERLIN, July 17: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, on a visit to Germany Monday, defended a decision to expel four Russian diplomats from London over the poisoning of former agent Alexander Litvinenko. "I have...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed Tuesday underscored the need for strengthening the local government bodies to ensure good governance and give democracy an institutional shape, reports BSS."The local government institutions need to be strengthened... and without this good governance cannot be...
FE ReportThe Department of Career and Professional Develop-ment Services (CPDS) of North South University (NSU) is going to organize its 4th 'National Career Fair July 20 at the Bangladesh China Friendship Centre in the city."Over 60 reputed companies from different...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, July 17: Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has decided to procure 100 covered vans to remove dirt and garbage accumulated in different wards under CCC .The 24th general meeting of the Audit and Accounts Standing Committee of CCC Tuesday...
BARISAL, July 17(UNB): The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 12 people including 11 gamblers along with gambling money from separate places of the district Sunday and Monday. RAB source said they arrested Nirob Hossain Tutul (35), from the...
SATKHIRA, July 17 (UNB): Five people were killed and three others injured as a microbus plunged into a roadside ditch at Tala Upazila on Satkhira-Khulna highway early Tuesday.Local sources said the accident took place at Dholbaria crossing at about 4:3...
The final contract for establishing Programme Support Office (PSO) under the Health, Nutrition and Population Sector Pro-gramme (HNPSP) was signed Tuesday, aiming to accelerate activities under the mega-scheme in the country's healthcare sector, reports UNB.The deal was signed between the...
NILPHAMARI, July 17 (UNB): Robbers looted cash money from drivers and helpers of 30 trucks at Sluice gate area under Jaldhaka Upazila Sunday night.Local sources said the armed bandits put up barricade felling logs of wood on the road at...
Leo Saiful Islam of Leo Club of Dhaka University and Leo Kazi Masudur Rahman of Leo Club of Dhaka Karwanbazar have been elected district president and district vice president (VP) respectively of District 315AI for the year 2007-2008, said a...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Tuesday said Sri Lanka could invest in Bangladesh's diversified areas, particularly the jute sector, as the government has started leasing out jute mills to foreign entrepreneurs, reports UNB.The CA said this when the visiting ministerial...
Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh said the ban on political activities should be lifted to allow normal political activities keeping the current anti-graft drive on, reports UNB."Anything abnormal is not good…It's a seesaw situation wherein politics exists, politics does not exist, some are...
The government has taken a number of steps for the efficient handling of huge wastes generated everyday in this sprawling Dhaka city, reports UNBThe steps were taken in an inter-ministerial meeting with LGRD Advisor M Anwarul Iqbal in the chair....
President Iajuddin Ahmed, now in Singapore for medical checkup, made a courtesy call on his Singaporean counterpart, President Sellpan Ramanathan, at the latter's office in Singapore Tuesday, reports UNB.The Singaporean President cordially welcomed President Iajuddin Ahmed and exchanged pleasantries with...
RANGPUR, July 17 (BSS): Two more cadres of the outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) surrendered to Gangachhara thana police here admitting their mistakes this noon, police sources said.Earlier, four JMB cadres surrendered on June 25, six listed militants on June...
DU CorrespondentMiscreants exploded three crude bombs targeting the office of the vice-chancellor of Dhaka University (DU) Tuesday.Police and bystanders said some unidentified people hurled three bombs almost simultaneously very likely from the premises of the nearby Institute of Research and...
KISHOREGANJ, July 17 (bdnews24.com): The police in Kishoreganj have filed a case against local Awami League (AL) leaders and activists for holding a rally protesting the arrest of AL President and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Sub-inspector (SI) of the...
BOGRA, July 17 (UNB): A local Awami League (AL) leader was found dead at a cropland at Kalki village in Shibganj Upazila Monday morning.The police said Sharafat Ali (34), son of Ajgar Ali, and Kichok union AL leader, went missing...
Siddique Islam As part of the ongoing efforts to rein in the soaring prices of essentials, two government agencies and the central bank will jointly monitor online the opening of import LCs (letters of credit) and their settlement. New software...
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