The construction of two di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertiliser factories in Chittagong was completed recently at a cost of Taka 10.30 billion (1,030 crore) to meet the growing demand of the phosphatic fertilisers in the country, reports BSS. The total production...
JOYPURHAT, Jun 21 (BSS): The government distributed cheques against the proposed compensation offer for the bird flue-affected poultry farm owners of Panchbibi Upazila of the district Wednesday.A simple programme was organised here with Uapazila Nirbahi Officer Momtaz Uddin in the...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 21: Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) in its 224th board meeting held at BSC Bhaban in Chittagong resolved to construct a 30-story building in Dhaka and procure a 13-year old container vessel capable of handling 500 to 700...
FE ReportAsset Management Company Limited (AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), has declared net asset values (NAV) of its two unit funds. The total NAV of ICB AMCL Unit Fund stood at Tk 545,446,480.98 on the basis...
FE Report Members of the executive committee (EC) of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) unanimously nominated EXIM Bank audit committee Chairman AKM Nurul Fazal Bulbul a director in the board of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry...
FE ReportCommercial Bank of Ceylon Limited (CBCL) has recently launched a SME loan product under the brand name of "Probriddhi" at its Sylhet branch.CBCL Chief Operating Officer S Prabagar handed over the document to the first customer of "Probriddhi Loan"...
CHITTAGONG, June 21 (UNB): President Iajuddin Ahmed Thursday urged the universities to impart contemporary knowledge in consonance with up-to-date curricula and moral values to ensure quality education and develop intellect and morality in the society."Bangladesh, being a developing country, needs...
RANGPUR, June 21 (BSS): All major rivers and their tributaries marked rise again following continuous onrush of hilly waters from the upper catchments in greater Rangpur area, official sources said. Over 16,000 people in the low-lying char areas in 28...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 21: Extensive damages were caused to roads, bridges and culverts in the port city following excessive rains that swept the entire city recently. The extent of damages and losses may exceed Tk. 1 billion, CCC sources said.The...
The well-marked low over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a monsoon depression at 12:00 noon Thursday, in close succession to recent weather inclemency, reports UNB.A Met office bulletin said the well-marked low over west central Bay and adjoining east...
MYMENSINGH, June 21 (bdnews24.com): Joint forces arrested a roads and highways engineer, Mohammad Bayezid, in Mymensingh Wednesday. Colonel Iqbal of the joint forces alleged that Bayezid had demanded a Tk .50 million bribe from road contractor Syed Mojibar Rahman. This...
British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) will distribute .20 million saplings free of cost from today (Friday), reports UNB.Environment and Forest Ministry acting secretary AHM Rezaul Karim inaugurated saplings distribution programme at a function held at Krishibid Institute in the city...
FE Report The 36th death anniversary of martyred freedom fighter Sheikh Mejbahuddin Md Faruq will be observed today.Faruq was caught and killed by the occupied Pakistani army on June 22, 1971. In observance of the day, the Weekly Bartoman Sanglap...
SAVAR, June 21 (UNB): Eleven people, including three of a family, fell sick after eating jackfruit at the bank colony in pourasava area Wednesday night.Local sources said poultry feed trader Iqbal Hossain bought three jackfruits for entertaining relatives who came...
GAZIPUR, June 21 (UNB): Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda said Thursday their aim is to hold an election where competent candidates would be elected through the real practice of democracy."The situation of the country will also be better if...
Awami League presidium member Tofail Ahmed Thursday said it was better to be run by an army-backed caretaker government than going back to the pre-January 11 days, reports bdnews24.comTofail said the current caretaker government was the result of the absolute...
The caretaker government has appointed 10 deputy attorneys-general (DAG) and 39 assistant attorneys-general (AAG) drawn from the Supreme Court Bar under the current reshuffle in the headquarters of law officers. "The President, in exercise of his powers, has made the...
FENI, June 21 (BSS): Sujan, a non-government organisation (NGO) working for good governance, has stressed the need for strengthening the ongoing reforms in the electoral system for holding free, fair and credible elections in the country.The current electoral reforms would...
The government is contemplating appointing administrators to district and upazila parishads to make these two local government institutions more dynamic.However, no such decision has been taken to this effect so far, LGRD and Cooperatives Adviser Mohammad Anwarul Iqbal told BSS...
COMILLA, June 21 (UNB): Former minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain was allowed two days police remand today in a case of attack on and ransacking the house of an Awami League leader about five years ago.The court rejected his bail petition...
Former acting secretary of Labour and Employment Ministry M Nurunnabi and former principal of Dhaka Home Economics College Suraiya Begum took oath as members of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) Thursday, reports UNB.Chief Justice M Ruhul Amin administered the...
NATORE, June 21 (UNB): Hannan Shah, a close associate of executed Siddiqul Islam Bangla Bhai, JMB second-in-command, was arrested from Pirgachha village of Naldanga police station under Sadar Upazila Wednesday night.Police said Hannan Shah (45) of Kamalpur village in the...
PABNA, June 21 (bdnews24.com): An extortion case was filed Wednesday against former BNP lawmaker KM Anwarul Islam and three others. Islam was the former BNP lawmaker for Pabna-3 constituency as well as Chatmohor Upazila BNP president. Magistrate Yusuf Abdullah accepted...
COMILLA, June 21 (UNB): A case was filed against former Jamaat-e-Islam lawmaker Syed Abdullah M Taher, his brother Syed Ekramul Huq and 33 other Jamaat leaders and activists Wednesday night on corruption charges.Police said Abdul Khaleq, a sawmill owner of...
Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury has hailed the first verdict in the corruption case filed by the ACC in the Special Court at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban."We were waiting for that verdict. We are pleased that the...
All small shops mainly selling grocery items including rice, pulses, vegetables, meat, fish, milk, bread, pastry, sweets and fruits will remain open after 7 pm as those have been kept out of the purview of the ongoing evening peak hour...
THE latest survey of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) has identified Bangladesh as the cheapest place for doing business in Asia. This rating was possible on the basis of comparative evaluation of wage rate, social security burden, utility charges,...
Syed Ishtiaque RezaINDOOR politics is unlikely to be allowed soon. But a sort of politics is going on. All the parties including the two big parties are drafting their reform proposals. When various aspects of reform measures are being discussed...
Andrew EnglandAlgeria plans to hold a bidding round for new hydrocarbon exploration blocks before the end of the year, with an eye to attracting companies that bring new technology to the sector and are able to help the national oil...
INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, and Cairn India signed this week a community development agreement that will open up business opportunities to firms in the Barmer district of Rajasthan, giving local people...
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