Bangladesh and Vietnam have agreed to hold a meeting of the Joint Economic Commission (JEC) in early 2008, the year when the 35th year of bilateral relations will be celebrated.The agreement was reached when the outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador in Bangladesh...
The High Court (HC) granted Monday ad-interim bail to BNP leader, ASM Hannan Shah, in two cases, reports bdnews24.com. Police arrested Hannan Shah and his son Shah Rezaul Hannan from their Mohakhali DOHS home on May 14 last. An HC...
A case has been filed against former lawmaker and Awami League (AL) leader HBM Iqbal with Gulshan Police Station, a police officer said Monday, reports bdnews24.com.Assistant Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Md Ibrahim filed the case at 4:00 pm...
DU CorrespondentA female student of Rokeya Hall of Dhaka University committed suicide by hanging herself with the shower of the hall's bathroom in the early hours of Monday.She was identified as Zahura Khan Progga (21), daughter of Nazimuddin Khan of...
The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking will be observed tomorrow (Tuesday) in the country, as elsewhere around the globe, as part of the fight against the menace, reports UNB.This year's theme for the day is: Do drugs...
President Iajuddin Ahmed asked all to plant more and more trees and nurture those to enhance forest resources and create a balanced environment, as ecological imbalance poses a threat to human existence, reports UNB.The President made the call while inaugurating...
FE ReportA public relations officer (PRO) of a renowned insurance company was allegedly harassed by two magistrates at the Kamalpur Railway Station in the early morning of Monday.The victim told the FE that he was getting down from the Parabat...
A youth was arrested Sunday night on charge of violating a minor girl in the city's Tejgaon area, reports UNB.The arrested was identified as Rubel (18), son of Suruj Miah. On June 6, Rubel allegedly entered the house of Abdus...
NARSINGDI, June 25 (UNB): A schoolboy was mauled by miscreants to rob him of his vital body organs at Bharaterkandi village in Shibpur Upazila. The cruel assailants took away liver, kidneys and intestines of the little boy and threw his...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, June 25 (UNB): Agitated farmers laid siege to Sundarpur Union Parisad office in Sadar Upazila Sunday morning demanding adequate supply of fertiliser.Witnesses said outraged by the prevailing scarcity of the agri-inputs local farmers assembled at the union headquarters early...
Muttiah Muralitharan took 5-15 in 7.3 overs as Bangladesh were all out for 89 on day one of the first Test. Sri Lanka's spin ace moved within 29 of Shane Warne's world record 708 wickets as Bangladesh narrowly averted their...
Mymensingh DSA emerged group champions with an all-win record to reach the five-team super league of the 27th National Hockey Champion-ship eliminating Bangladesh Air Force by 2-0 goals at the Moulana Bhasani National Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB.In...
Abahani Limited earned straight 3-0 sets victory over Bangladesh Chemical and Perfumery Society in the AB Bank Metropolis Women's Table Tennis (TT) League at the NSC Wooden Floor Gymnasium in the city Monday, reports UNB.Jyoti (Abahani) defeated Snigdha (Chemical) by...
Arambagh KS notched their 6th win in the B League as they beat Khulna Abahani KC by 2-0 goals in the day's lone 2nd phase match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city Monday, reports UNB.With the day's...
SINGAPORE, Jun 25 (AFP): Iran has missed the deadline to submit its bid to host the 2011 Asian Cup and India has pulled out of the race, leaving Qatar as the only candidate left. Qatar handed in its bid on...
A 14-member Bangladesh Under-12 football team leaves the city for France today (Tuesday) to take part in the 8th round matches of the Danone Nations Cup to be held on June 29-July 1 in Leone. Thirty-two countries -- four from...
Pakistan National Cricket Academy coach and former Pakistan fast bowler Aaqib Javed arrived in the city Monday.He will impart specialised coaching to selected pace bowlers at the GrameenPhone Pacer Hunt Camp (phase-3).Aaqib will closely work with 16 selected pace bowlers...
BELFAST, Jun 25(AFP): Vernon Philander celebrated his 22nd birthday and one-day international (ODI) debut with four wickets for 12 runs as South Africa beat Ireland by 42 runs in an ODI at Stormont here Sunday. Ireland, set 174 to win...
Condemned prisoner ex-military officer AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed submitted an application to the Supreme Court (SC), through the jail authority, seeking to appeal to overturn his capital punishment in the Bangabandhu murder case, reports UNB."A petition for condoning an inordinate delay...
S M JahangirIntroduction of the Medium Term Budgetary Framework (MTBF) by the government is yet to serve the purposes mainly because of the absence of a proper execution process.The government had introduced the MTBF, a new budgeting approach, from the...
Siddique Islam The government is going to issue two more bonds of 15-year and 20-year terms to boost the secondary bond market by creating new market players, official sources said. The Ministry of Finance will soon issue a directive with...
CHITTAGONG, June 24 (UNB): Recommending southward expansion of the port city outside the hills, two probe committees on the hill-slide disaster here prohibited brickfields within 10 kilometres and housing project within 5 kilometres of foothills of the district.In their reports...
Joint forces Sunday evening raided the Dhanmondi home of the late rear admiral Mahbub Ali Khan, the father-in-law of Tarique Rahman, reports bdnews24.comBut the joint forces did not seize anything from the house, it has been learnt. Habibur Rahman, caretaker...
The Caretaker Government has fixed new timings for the country's all government and non-government schools and madrasahs. Under the new timetable, the educational institutions having only one shift from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, will now run from 8:00 am...
Aliwardy Khandker and Munir Ahmed have joined Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) as commissioners, a senior official said Sunday. They have filled in the vacant positions of BTRC's hierarchy, composed of five commissioners. Khandker is the immediate past chairman of...
The government Sunday agreed to install 15-foot tall metal security cage to thwart smuggling in response to an Indian proposal for Dhaka-Kolkata direct trains. Allegations have it that smugglers carry cargo on the rooftop of trains. The new measure will...
M Azizur Rahman The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has decided to allow Bangladesh to install nuclear power reactor.Energy and Power Adviser Tapan Chowdhury disclosed this Sunday while talking to a group of journalists at his office in the secretariat....
FE ReportAt least 182 garment factories across the country have not yet implemented the minimum monthly wages fixed by the government late last year, the BGMEA said Sunday.The unions, however, said 40 per cent of the country's more than 4,000...
FE ReportInvestment in the country's textile sector might face a severe setback if the government slaps 10 per cent duty on import of textile machinery as proposed in national budget for 2007-08 fiscal.President of the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA)...
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