Jasim Uddin Haroon The government will construct an inland container depot (ICD) at Gazipur at a cost of Tk 7.67 billion to reduce the pressure on the ICD in Dhaka. Sources at the Ministry of Shipping said the ICD will...
President Iajuddin Ahmed urged all concerned to adopt appropriate measures in stopping country's brain drain in the wake of a growing trend among the students to stay abroad after taking higher studies. The President said this while speaking at the...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suggested Bangladesh to create opportunity for productive use of wage earners remittances instead of consumption, reports UNB."Currently, a large part of remittances seems to be used for consumption," it said in an evaluation report released...
Finance and Planning Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam Friday called upon the authorities concerned to help the government formulate policies through providing proper information and data, reports UNB."Dependable statistics are necessary to formulate government policies," he said, inaugurating the 10th...
BRAHMANBARIA, July 6 (UNB): The production in Zia Fertiliser Factory that was suspended due to technical faults on June 29 resumed Friday.Sources said the 26-year-old factory failed to achieve its production target in the last fiscal year as technical glitches...
A mobile court of magistrate Rokanuddowla Friday destroyed large numbers of toxic fishes at the Wasa sewerage lagoon in Pagla, reports bdnews24.com. The mobile court Friday noon burnt about 200 kgs (5 maunds) of toxic fish with petrol. Later the...
Intensive monitoring of a crisis situation and prompt decision of the caretaker government pays off as the country is going to get about 220mw electricity from two new plants by the middle of next year, reports UNB.Of this new output,...
The chief controller of insurance Mahfuzul Haque has said companies are scrambling to pay their clients higher than the permissible level of commissions in desperation to get a slice of the tiny insurance market, reports bdnews24.com. "Absence of monitoring and...
Concern Worldwide Thursday launched Haor Initiative for Sustainable Alternative Livelihoods (HISAL) project, a five-year initiative, with a view to improving the lives of over 20,000 extremely poor families living in the deep haors of the country, reports UNB.The HISAL will...
BANDARBAN, July 6 (UNB): Security forces exchanged fire with terrorists during their combing operation to rescue the abducted DANIDA official at Thanchi Upazila here early Friday.They exchanged gunfire for about an hour at 3 to 4 km west of Yangrai...
THAKURGAON, July 6 (UNB): At least 15 people, including two policemen, were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Gobindanagar village in Sadar upazila Friday over a land dispute.Police and local sources said the clash ensued between the...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, July 6 (UNB): Two police personnel were suspended and closed Friday for careless handling of firearms that resulted in accidental firing of 12 rounds of bullet from an SMG while on duty on Nachol Upazila Parishad premises.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of...
The well-marked low over west of Jessore and adjoining area moved west-northwestwards, intensified into a land depression and is lying over West Bengal and adjoining area Friday morning, reports UNB.It is likely to move in a north-westerly direction further inland,...
Police recovered the bodies of two siblings from a pond at Golapbagh in the city's Jatrabari area Friday, reports UNB.The victims were identified as Sayed Hossain Shaon (11), and Sayef Hossain Shovon (9), sons of Tofazzal Hossain. They both were...
PABNA, July 6 (UNB): Armed robbers looted valuables from the passengers of a bus, leaving 10 of them injured, near Bonogram Bazar on Dhaka-Pabna highway early Thursday.Police said a gang of 8 to 10 robbers in the guise of passengers...
A man was killed and five others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Airport crossing in the city Friday, reports UNB.Police said a Gazipur-bound bus of Balaka Paribahan collided with the Dhaka-bound bus of Azmeri Paribahan at...
More than Tk 45.7 million (4.57 crore) was realised until June this year as outstanding residential telephone bills from former lawmakers of the Jatiya Sangsad belonging to the first to the eighth Parliament, against an amount of Tk 91.2 million...
Courts have sentenced six political bigwigs and businessmen to a total of 54 years in jail in over past two weeks for amassing wealth through corruption, possessing illegal arms and narcotics and engaging in fraud. Five others have been given...
Jatiya Party's (JP's) acting chairman Anisul Islam Mahmud simply wants 'more democracy' in the party and says getting the house in order and reforming the party are his main tasks. The new JP supremo, often dogged by bitter controversy and...
THAKURGAON, July 6 (UNB): Baliadangi Upazila Awami League (AL) secretary and former upazila chairman Mohammad Ali was sent to jail Thursday.The joint forces raided his cinema hall named Alberuni on May 9 in the town and arrested him for taking...
Former lawmaker Maj (retd) Akhteruzzaman has blamed the government for the "unwanted situation" in Nachole and demanded withdrawal of the case filed by police against some 5,000 farmers, reports UNB.In a written statement Friday, the former lawmaker also urged the...
BANGKOK, Jul 6 (AFP): The region's top teams will battle for supremacy as they try to put a dismal World Cup in Germany behind them when the Asian Cup finals kick off today (Saturday).The three-week festival should give an indication...
BARQUISIMETO (Venezuela), Jul 6 (AP): Brad Guzan made several key saves, including one on a penalty, in his first Copa America appearance but couldn't get to Jaime Castrillon's 14th-minute header and the United States lost 1-0 to Colombia on Thursday...
Chittagong Mohammedan SC meet Farashganj SC in the day's lone 2nd phase match of the B League today (Saturday) at the Chittagong MA Aziz Stadium, reports UNB.On the following day (Sunday), Muktijoddha Sangsad KC will take on Khulna Abahani KC...
WIMBLEDON (England), Jul 6 (AP): Rafael Nadal was back to his best Friday, playing at Wimbledon for the fifth consecutive day and reaching the semifinals by beating No 7 Tomas Berdych 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-2.Nadal, last year's runner-up, was broken...
MOSCOW, Jul 6 (Reuters): World number two Maria Sharapova will lead defending champions Russia in next week's Fed Cup semi-final against the United States.Florida-based Sharapova will make her eagerly-awaited debut for her native country after turning down a chance to...
Visiting Bangladesh women cricket team earned a 90-run victory over hosts Thailand women cricket team in the first one-day preparation match in Bangkok Friday, reports UNB.Batting first, Bangladesh posted 128 for 9 in the stipulated 30 overs with skipper Tazkia...
Right-handed batsman Tushar Imran leaves here for Colombo Friday midnight to join the Bangladesh test squad, reports UNB.Tushar, who was earlier included in the ODI squad for the Sri Lanka series, will reach Colombo before the 3rd test that will...
The 9th Standard Chartered School Chess Tournament-2007, sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, will begin on July 12 at the Chess Federation hall-room, reports UNB.The tournament is open to all school students and no entry fee is required to participate in...
JAKARTA, Jul 6 (Xinhua): Soccer legend Zinedine Zidane of France became a special guest of his exceptional fans, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his wife, but it was local reporters who went hysterical as he arrived at the State...
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