BANDARBAN, July 2 (bdnews24.com): A spate of public criticism has apparently compelled a local Awami League (AL) leader to step down from the chairmanship of a local anti-corruption committee of citizens, officials said. District AL secretary Kazi Mujibur Rahman was...
CHITTAGONG, July 2 (UNB): The police submitted charge sheet against Awami League (AL) leader Afsaruddin Mohammad Ali and six others in an arms case here Sunday night.After investigation, Officer-in-Charge (OC) Matiul Islam of Bayezid thana submitted the charge sheet to...
Former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmaker Ali Asgar Loby's wife Khusnud Asgar was sent into jail custody in a corruption case Monday, reports bdnews24.com. Judge Shahed Noor Uddin of the special judge's court-3 Monday ordered Loby's wife to be jailed...
KHULNA, July 2 (UNB): Khulna City BNP Member- Secretary and Khulna Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) President Shahruzzaman Mortaza arrested Friday, was granted bail Monday.Khulna Metropolitan Magi-strate Golam Rahman Mia granted the bail at 1:00 pm after Mortaza was...
Citing the arrest of some top forest department officials on charge of corruption, Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Monday said his caretaker government would show "zero-tolerance" in action to stop indiscriminate felling of trees and destruction of forests in the...
FE ReportA warm reception was accorded to the successful students of Primary and Junior Scholarship 2006 as well as SSC GPA-5 holders of 2007 of Mirza Ahmed Ispahani High School in the city's PITSTOP restaurant recently. The school has achieved...
The oral examinations of 27th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) will begin on July 29, the Public Service Commission (PSC) said, reports bdnews24.com."All necessary steps will be taken this time to avoid any repetition of the mismanagement in the past," PSC...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, July 02: As a part of the ongoing drive against the corrupt officials of Forest Department, Chittagong and Rangamati Forest Circles have been re-shuffled. Conservator of Forest of the Rangamati Forest Circle Saiful Islam has been assigned with...
Our correspondent CHITTAGONG, July 02: Rotarian Ali Hossain Akbar Ali was elected president of the Rotary Club of Chittagong Mid -City for the year 2007-2008. The names of the board members were also announced at a meeting held in Chittagong...
It is envisaged that cultivation of a new hybrid variety of Aman paddy developed by local scientists will help to thwart monga in the greater Rangpur district. The new variety--aman BRRI33--could be harvested between the Bangla months of Ashwin and...
NAOGAON, July 2 (UNB): Nine dacoits of an organised gang, including an accused of August 17 serial bombings and a convicted murderer, were arrested from different parts of the district in last three days until Sunday.Police started the drive after...
SAVAR, July 2 (UNB): Two people were killed and two others injured as a bus rammed into a van at Jamgora bus stand on Abdullahpur-EPZ road Monday morning.Police said the driver of a Dhaka bound bus from Tangail lost control...
FE ReportAtish Dipankar University of Science and Technology's (ADUST) freshers' reception of summer semester-2007 was held on its Gulshan campus in the city recently.ADUST Registrar Kabir Hossain Talukder presided over the inaugural ceremony while Vice Chancellor Anwara Begum was present...
Our correspondent CHITTAGONG, July 02: Rotarian Ali Hossain Akbar Ali was elected president of the Rotary Club of Chittagong Mid -City for the year 2007-2008. The names of the board members were also announced at a meeting held in Chittagong...
Yuvraj Singh came to the wicket when India were wobbling at 38 for 3. He began scratchily but once confident, he unleashed a powerful array of strokes and scored an unbeaten 61 to take his side to a six-wicket win,...
BEIJING, Jul 2 (AFP): Beijing Olympics organisers have received almost five million orders for tickets to 2008 Games events, nearly double the amount on offer in the first phase of sales, a Games spokeswoman said Monday.The initial phase closed Saturday...
MATURIN (Venezuela), Jul 2 (AFP): Real Madrid midfielder Robinho scored a hat-trick for Brazil in a 3-0 victory Sunday over Chile and Mexico beat Ecuador 2-1 to book a quarter- final date in Copa America group B matches.Robinho opened the...
SYDNEY, Jul 2 (AFP): The 30-man preliminary Australia squad for the ICC Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa from September 12-24 announced Monday. Australia -- Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist (vice captain), George Bailey, Nathan Bracken, Luke Butterworth, Stuart Clark,...
COLOMBO, Jul 2 (AFP): Muttiah Muralitharan said Monday he will tour Australia later this year amid the possibility of being crowned Test cricket's most successful bowler on Shane Warne's home soil. The Sri Lankan's 683 wickets leave him just 25...
After producing arguably their most disciplined bowling performance of the entire tour, West Indies squandered a golden opportunity to go 1-0 up in the best-of-three one-day series by shedding four wickets in 12 balls inside the first seven overs of...
HONG KONG, Jul 2 (AFP): China coach Zhu Guanghu was confident of reaching the Asian Cup knock-out stages after an intensive training programme yielded a fluent victory here. Spectacular long-range strikes by Zhao Xuri and Shao Jiayi against FIFA World...
Star-studded Dhaka DSA recorded their second win in the super league of the 27th National Hockey Championship when they handed a 3-1 defeat to Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium Saturday, reports BDNews24.com.Imtiaz Ahmed...
Dhaka, July 1 (UNB) - The BASIC Bank 18th National Women's Handball Champion-ship, organised by Bangladesh Handball Federation and sponsored by BASIC Bank, will begin on July 19.Top eight teams of the national meet will be entitled to participate in...
The police seized a sizeable cache of arms and ammunition early Tuesday from the rubber plantation area of Kanchan Nagar under Fatikchhari upazila. Fatikchhari Police Station duty officer sub-inspector Enamul Haque told bdnews24.com tipped off, a police contingent led by...
The hassle a passport seeker faces is an old story told again and again but the authority concerned has never bothered to bring an end to it or, at least, reduce its intensity. All procedural complexities in the issuance of...
Syed Fattahul AlimEconomy and the government that presides over it, are two different entities. They may sometimes be at cross purposes. In the case of the least developed and poorly performing economics, the people at home as well as the...
John GrayAFTER a period in which it seemed to be a declining force religion is once again a deciding factor in world affairs. The revival of the Rushdie affair, the Bush administration's opposition to stem cell research and the militant...
Amy Yee from New Delhi and Najmeh Bozorgmehr from TehranA controversial $7.0bn gas pipeline extending from Iran to Pakistan and India was on track for completion by 2011, said officials as the latest round of talks concluded the other day...
THE enactment of two rules on judicial service has paved the way for separation of the judiciary from the executive. It has a long history. The Supreme Court in 1999 laid down a 12-point directive for the government towards the...
THERE are about 13,000 restaurants in different European Union (EU) countries which are being owned and operated by Bangladeshis. These restaurants generate about one thousands jobs annually which can be filled by workers or employees from Bangladesh. Each such employee...
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