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...
SHELTER is a basic human need recognised in the present -day world. We achieved independence 35 years back but could not arrange shelter for a huge number of people. In Bangladesh, the poor people in rural areas cannot afford to...
There are services which are extremely important for the simple reason that these involve human life. The same are the medical services and for the obvious reasons no compromise can be allowed in running them properly or in their standards....
Karen J. Greenberg For Americans, it should be startling to see the word "detainee" suddenly appear in a different country, on a different continent, and referring not to alleged jihadi terrorists but to a group of Americans. After all, "detainee"...
Bill BerkowitzIn recent appearances on two U.S. cable news networks, he was slinging and zinging -- the well-rehearsed pitchman for the Biblical "End Times" was dead certain that "Iran is going to have to be attacked" before 2008. He also...
Antoaneta BezlovaAn unfolding national scandal on the large-scale abuse of child labourers in the brick kiln industry raises questions on the adequacy of planned labour laws that are supposed to take on sweatshops and protect workers' rights.The first signs of...
Clive FreemanIn a powerful display of womanpower, more than a thousand businesswomen from 91 countries took part in the 17th Global Summit of Women in Berlin over the weekend. The central theme was "Global Opportunities and Challenges." That this was...
SEOUL, Jun 21 (AP): The chief US nuclear envoy made a rare trip to North Korea Thursday in a surprise bid to accelerate international efforts to press the communist government to abandon its nuclear weapons programme. Assistant US Secretary of...
RAMALLAH, Jun 21 (AP): Closing ranks against Hamas, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has invited the Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian leaders to a peace summit next week, Palestinian officials said Thursday. The regional gathering is the biggest show of support yet...
BAGHDAD, Jun 21 (AP): A suicide truck bomber struck the city hall in a predominantly Sunni area in northern Iraq Thursday, killing at least 13 people and wounding 70, an Iraqi commander said. Several mortars or rockets slammed into the...
GENEVA, Jun 21 (AP): The number of people driven from their homes by violence, natural disasters and poverty increased last year for the first time since 2002 and is almost certain to rise further due to deepening conflicts across the...
ISLAMABAD, Jun 21 (AFP): A Pakistani minister who caused outrage by remarking that author Salman Rushdie's knighthood justified suicide attacks said Thursday that he is set to visit Britain next month. Religious Affairs Minister Ijaz-ul Haq made the comment about...
BRUSSELS, Jun 21 (AFP): A crucial EU summit aimed at outlining a new treaty to reform the institutions of the 27-member bloc opens here Thursday, with Polish and British objections threatening to scupper an agreement. German Chancellor Angela Merkel formally...
KABUL, Jun 21 (AP): A land mine explosion killed a NATO soldier and wounded four more Thursday in eastern Afghanistan, where fighting between US-led troops and suspected Taliban left seven militants dead, officials said. Violence is surging in Afghanistan as...
WASHINGTON, Jun 21 (AFP): US and Chinese diplomats launched a broad dialogue Wednesday expected to touch on a range of issues from Beijing's military build-up to its human rights record and help in ending the Darfur conflict. US deputy secretary...
LAHORE, Jun 21 (AP): Thousands rallied in support of Pakistan's suspended chief justice Thursday, accusing President Gen. Pervez Musharraf of attacking the judiciary and burning a US flag to protest Washington's backing for the general's continued rule. Musharraf, a US...
MOSCOW, Jun 21 (AP): A fire swept through a nursing home Thursday and killed at least 10 people, the latest in a series of deadly fires, many of which were caused by rampant neglect of safety rules. Rescuers evacuated more...
Bangladesh reached 245 for 8 before persistent rain caused play to be called off after just 25 overs on the second day of their tour game against Sri Lanka A at the Colts Cricket Club ground in Colombo Thursday ,...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed has said the caretaker government (CG) wants to make room for competent and responsible persons in the country's sports arena to keep it healthy, fair and dynamic.He has said his government is also determined to...
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