TANGAIL, June 8 (bdnews24.com): Villagers lynched an alleged leader of the banned Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) on the bank of the river Dhaleshwari, a police official said Friday. The incident occurred late Thursday in Shibpur village under Baghil union...
Mujahidul Islam Selim, general secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Friday said an anti-people, anti-national reactionary philosophy was followed in the proposed budget, reports UNB.Giving his initial reaction on the budget, he said more or less another traditional budget...
CHUADANGA, June 8 (bdnews24.com): Detective branch (DB) of police arrested local BNP leader and Bhangabaria Union Parishad chairman Sanwar Hossain Laddu in Chuadanga town, a police official said Friday. Laddu, vice-president of Alamdanga Upazila BNP, was arrested in a Thursday...
KHULNA, June 8: Joint forces arrested a BNP leader and UP Chairman of Narail from Khulna Court area Tuesday last, reports BSS. Joint Forces sources said a team from Narail with the help of RAB-6 arrested Sazzad Hussain and his...
BARGUNA, June 8 (UNB): A former madrasah super was arrested at Maitha village in Sadar Upazila suspecting his link with the banned Jam'atul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) Tuesday.The arrested was identified as moulana Mostafa Hossain Nomani (55), former super of local...
RANGPUR, June 8 (BSS): Poverty alleviation has improved significantly following involvement of people of the poorer section with different income-generating activities in recent times all over greater Rangpur including the remote erosion-prone char areas, concerned officials said today.This was possible...
Although marriage as a sacred bond has immense importance in human society and civilisation, wedlock between a boy and a girl at their early age, however, invites disaster leading to acute sufferings in future, reports BSS.There perhaps no specific date...
CHANDPUR, June 8 (BSS) Chandpur Matlab Meghna -Dhonagoda Project is threatened by the erosion of the river Meghna, official sources said. Officials of Meghna-Dhonagoda Irrigation project said erosion by the river Meghna from Eklashpur to Shaitnal has been continuing alarmingly...
NARSINGDI, June 8 (BSS): The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said that this year the production of jackfruit in Narsingdi district may exceed the record of the past ten years as a result of favourable climate. DAE officials talking to...
RAJSHAHI, June 8 (BSS): Agriculture experts stressed the need for successful promotion of integrated pest management system in the agri-fields for ensuring sound and healthy environment."The destructive pests can easily be controlled through promoting a balanced fertilizer method instead of...
BHURUNGAMARI, June 8 (BSS): A high-powered joint India-Bangladesh team visited Bhurungamari border in Kurigram adjoining Dhubri district of Assam for identifying boundary lines and observing progress of the ongoing reconstruction work of lost and river-eroded boundary pillars Wednesday, official sources...
MYMENSINGH, June 8 (UNB): Ninety-six vagabonds fled from a vagabond shelter centre at Dhola in Trishal Upazila after killing one of their fellow men and injuring 10 others Wednesday night.Local sources said an altercation started between two groups of vagabonds...
FE ReportA high profile Korean business delegation arrived in city Thursday on a four-day visit to explore possibilities of investment in number of key areas including energy, power and agriculture. The six-member team led by Salim Proydhan will meet Agriculture,...
Former headmaster of Narayanganj Port High School Md. Fazlul Karim died of old age complications Monday at his residence at Mirpur in the city. He was 72, reports BSS.Fazlul Karim, father of Junan Nashit sub-editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)...
FE ReportTraders of essential commodities said it will take some time to feel any impact of the just announced national budget on the prices of commodities in the local markets.Finance Adviser A B Mirza Azizul Islam announced the national budget...
BARISAL, June 08 (BSS): Disbursement of soft agricultural loans has been progressing fast among the farmers of six southern districts under Barisal division aiming at increasing agricultural production in the region.Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) has fixed a target of disbursement...
FE ReportAH Tawfique Ahmed, former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank and present secretary general of Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh, has recently taken over charge as chairman of Oriental Bank Limited. Oriental Bank Limited Managing Director Md Asaduzzaman Khan welcomed the...
FE ReportThe shareholders of British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) Company Limited have approved the proposed dividend of Tk 3.00 per share of Tk 10.00.The approval was given at the 34th annual general meeting (AGM) of BATB at a city hotel...
FE ReportA term loan agreement for Tk 500 million (50 crore) was signed between Pubali Bank Limited (PBL) and Delta BRAC Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DBHFCL) at PBL head office in the city recently.PBL Managing Director Helal Ahmed Chowdhury and...
June 03 - June 07, 2007The local market of US dollar and Bangladesh taka was active last week. Total volume of transaction was around $89.75 million against $55.15 million in the previous week. US dollar and Bangladesh taka appreciated slightly...
Sarwar ZahanThe inter-bank call money rate maintained a steady level in an active market. The central bank managed the market to keep it stable by withdrawing lower amounts of cash through auctions of reverse repurchase agreement (repo), treasury bills and...
HEILIGENDAMM, Jun 7 (AFP): US President George W. Bush and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were to hold a potentially fraught meeting at the Group of Eight summit Thursday as Germany sought a face-saving global warming accord. German police braced...
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, Jun 7 (Reuters): Al Qaeda-inspired militants and Lebanese troops fought intermittently at a Palestinian refugee camp Thursday as the army tried to force the gunmen out of their hide-outs. Heavy fighting continued overnight with soldiers using artillery...
ISLAMABAD, Jun 7 (Reuters): Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has berated his ruling coalition for leaving him isolated in a growing crisis that threatens to destabilise a country on the front line of a global anti-terrorism campaign. Musharraf, who is also...
MANILA, Jun 7 (AFP): Asian governments need to do more to combat people trafficking as children are increasingly victims of the illicit multi-billion dollar global trade, an international forum was told Thursday. Despite national laws and international conventions against the...
COLOMBO, Jun 7 (Reuters): Sri Lanka evicted hundreds of ethnic Tamils from the capital Thursday citing security concerns, as troops battled Tamil Tiger rebels in jungles in the island's restive east. Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said the army killed...
LONDON, Jun 7 (AFP): British defence firm BAE denied a news report Thursday that it had secretly paid a Saudi Arabian prince more than one billion pounds in connection with Britain's biggest weapons deal. There was "no case to answer",...
NEW DELHI, Jun 7 (AFP): India and China have agreed to hold their first ever joint army exercise as part of a wider effort to improve ties between the one-time Asian enemies, military officials said Thursday. The manoeuvre is slated...
MUSCAT, Jun 7 (AFP): Twelve people have been killed in Oman by Cyclone Gonu, police said Thursday, as the most violent tropical storm to hit the Gulf region in three decades beared down on neighbouring Iran. The cyclone lashed Oman...
HEILIGENDAMM, Germany, Jun 7 (AFP): German police battled thousands of anti-globalisation protesters with water cannons to stop them getting close to the annual summit of the world's rich nations. Police fired jets of water late Wednesday to clear one of...
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