A Dhaka court has jailed former prime minister Khaleda Zia's nephew Shahrin Islam Tuhin to 13 years in jail and slapped a fine of Tk 1.0 million (10 lakh) for corruption. Judge Md Sirajul Islam of the Special Judge's Court-7,...
An employee of a bus counter was gunned down by unknown assailants at Kalyanpur in the city early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Parvez (22), employee of Sohag Paribahan bus counter at Kalyanpur and son of Abul Hossain of...
Awami League joint general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam is still working as the acting general secretary (GS) of the party, the party's acting president Zillur Rahman told bdnews24.com Thursday evening. Earlier on the day Jalil claimed he had officially resumed...
S M JahangirThe government's overall tax-revenue collection grew by nearly 19 per cent during the first two months of the current fiscal over the corresponding period of last fiscal, reflecting a lower-than-expected rate of growth, official sources said.The National Board...
Siddique Islam The central bank has revised the underwriting obligations of three state-owned commercial banks (SCBs) at 12.50 per cent from existing 12 per cent in primary auctions of government securities.The three SCBs have also been asked to activate their...
Mahmuda ShaolinThe Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has suspended an initiative to distribute 'registration certificate' for 5000 new CNG-run three-wheeler auto-rickshaws for three months following a court order. The BRTA took the decision when a Dhaka court gave a stay...
NEW DELHI, Sep 11 (Reuters): India on Thursday set an ambitious 20 per cent target for biofuels use within a decade, threatening to revive the food-versus-fuel debate just as global food prices stabilise to the relief of poor consumers and...
Nine companies are vying to operate Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) services in Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. Thursday was the deadline for submission of bids to Bangladesh Telecommuni-cation Regulatory Commission (BTRC), who will issue three licenses. BTRC, who invited bids in August,...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Sept 11: The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, famously known in acronym of OPEC, is moving towards a split. Saudi Arabia, the largest oil producing nation in the cartel has announced that it would defy...
A listed terror suspect was killed in an encounter with RAB-led joint forces at Gandaria under the city's Sutrapur Police Station early Thursday, officials said, reports UNB.The dead was identified as Mohammad Nurul Haque alias Kala Bhai (38), a close...
NEW YORK, SEPT 11 (AP): Gasoline prices jumped to unprecedented levels in the wholesale markets Thursday as Hurricane Ike tore across the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to strike Texas and its refineries. But despite the growing worries about Ike, funds...
FOREIGN aid is still an important ingredient of the development budget of the developing and the least developed countries (LDCs). But of late, the foreign aid has been declining in volume and frequency. Alongside it, the conditions imposed on the...
Syed Fattahul AlimWhat is happening at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) some 300 meters beneath the Swiss-French border that has sent the whole world speculating about the future of our beloved Earth? If the experiment being done within...
Fazle Rashid from New YorkThe deepening economic crisis in America has prompted the presidential candidates to step-in. The next occupant of the White House, be it Barack Hossain Obama or John McCain, is going to inherit a huge budget deficit.The...
Khademul Islam A non-traditional source of energy of much potential in the rural areas of Bangladesh is solar power. It is very well-suited for rural Bangladesh because it does not involve expending so much resources on wires, poles and other...
IT is under consideration of Bangladesh to demand compensation from the wealthy nations, responsible for climate change.The rich nations are causing us harm with their uncontrolled green house emissions into the atmosphere. Consequently, Bangladesh, like many other countries, is now...
The government has announced to distribute Tk 10,000 to each of 30,000 children, who are engaged in different hazardous jobs. According to a newspaper report, the government allocated Taka 300 million to its Hazardous Child Labor Elimination Project for distribution...
BANGLADESH does not have enough public universities. Therefore, some students get admission to public universities after great competition every year. But many intelligent students are left out. It is a matter of sorrow that the students after admission face many...
Maswood Alam Khan from Washington, USAThere are shops in America that won't accept cash for anything you buy as handling cash invites complications as to handing back changes to a buyer and verifying genuineness of currencies on the part of...
Naunidhi KaurWomen's participation in the salaried workforce has been steadily increasing in Canada since the 1960s. However, the facile image of a well-dressed career girl, complete with a perfect chignon, tailored dress suit and high heals, hides a reality that...
Mohammad Shahidul IslamCOX'S BAZAR, a tiny emerald land of sparkling, shimmering white sand stretching on for miles together has always cast a hypnotic charm on the travellers at any time of the year. And this beautiful paradise on earth is...
Md Arfatul IslamKhadija Khatun, lives in a village, Dilarpur on the bank of the Jamuneswari river, 350 kilometers north of Dhaka.According to a colleague Khadija Khatun was 11 when she was married. At that age she obviously, did not understand...
WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (AFP): US President George W. Bush has secretly approved orders allowing US forces to conduct ground operations in Pakistan without that government's prior approval, a report said Wednesday citing senior US officials. The New York Times reported...
At least 20 militants and four troops have been killed in fighting in north-west Pakistan, the army says. Fighting took place as the security forces overran Rashakai village - a militant stronghold in Bajaur tribal district on the Afghan border,...
US President George W Bush has sent a landmark civilian nuclear deal with India to the Congress for final approval, the White House has said. The controversial deal needs to be ratified by the US Congress before it can be...
Shahiduzzaman KhanbrBritish Minister Douglas Alexander said recently that Britain and other rich countries had a moral duty to help Bangladesh and other poor countries adapt their infrastructure, farming and economies to climate change. The world has now a duty to...
Shakhawat Hossain brMultinational companies (MNCs) in which Bangladesh government has minority stakes are still indifferent to a proposal from the latter to offload a part of its shares in the stock market, official sources said. brThe government had earlier made...
DU CorrespondentbrThe results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Alim and HSC Business Management (BM) examinations-2008 were published Wednesday showing 76.19 per cent pass on an average with 22,045 students obtaining GPA-5.brThis is a record in terms of both pass percentage...
LONDON, Sept 10 (UNB) Bangladesh and the United Kingdom Wednesday announced a joint partnership calling for an ambitious international deal on cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as London made a fresh pledge of 75 million pounds sterling to Dhaka for...
Detained former premier and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia walks to freedom from the high-security makeshift jail on the parliament premises today (Thursday), said a top prisons official, as she eventually got the all- clear.brWhen contacted, Inspector General (Prisons) Brigadier General...
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