The test in Korean language course will begin from February 22. Distribution of admit cards and registration forms, which began on February 10, will continue until February 20, reports UNB.The intending candidates have been asked to contact BOESL office at...
Professor Khaleda Akhter Banu, head of Bengali Department of Abu Dharr Giffari University College, died at a city hospital Monday. She was 60, reports UNB.Wife of Awami League leader and former MP Professor Abdul Mannan, Prof. Khaleda left behind one...
The Awami League's main target now is a dialogue with the caretaker government, one that it wants to make successful at any cost, the party's presidium member Amir Hossain Amu said Monday, reports bdnews24.com. With this aim, the party has...
The process of voter registration has been completed in the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) area, an official said Monday, reports bdnews24.com. "The time-frame fixed by Election Commission (EC) to register voters in DCC is over. Most voters have now been...
The recently formed Bangladesh Kalyan Party Monday called upon the government to announce a specific time-frame for the next polls expected to be held by year-end, reports bdnews24.com. Bangladesh Kalyan Party chairman Syed Muhammad Ibrahim said a clear-cut schedule was...
Former Law Adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein Monday refuted ex-minister Anwar Hossain Manju's allegation that he (Manju) was convicted in a case due to his (Mainul's) influence while he was adviser of the caretaker government, reports UNB."Despite such statement being baseless...
A Dhaka court sent former lawmaker of BNP Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal to Dhaka Central Jail Monday at the end of his two-day police remand, reports bdnews24.com. Police requested the court to give him one months' detention order. Metropolitan magistrate...
A special court dealing with graft suspects Monday sentenced Prime Minister's Office (PMO) staffer SM Ahsan Habib to three years for extortion, reports bdnews24.com. The same court sentenced Bengal Consultant owner Mirza Khabir, charged in the same case, to two...
FE ReportOverall investment in the country slowed down in the first half of fiscal 2007-08, excepting some areas where it was noticeable, says the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka."The targeted recovery from the slow-down of the 3rd...
FHM Humayan Kabir and Jasim Uddin HaroonThe government is set to approve import of nearly 600,000 tonnes of rice today (Tuesday) as part of an intensified move to cool down soaring price of the staple food in the local market,...
Shakhawat Hossain A garment worker in the country earns Tk 3888 a month on average, a countrywide government wage survey said Tuesday, amid angry protests from the unions who say the figure is 'manufactured'. According to the survey carried out...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 11 (UNB): Three policemen -- assistant commissioner of police (ACP) for Panchlaish Zone Abu Saleh Mohammad Mofazzel Haque and two constables -- were arrested early Monday for their alleged involvement in a robbery in the city.The two arrested...
Siddique Islam The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has given two non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) permission to float two zero-coupon bonds and one asset-backed zero-coupon bond. "We have given permissions on issuance of two zero-coupon bonds and an asset-backed zero-coupon bond to...
FE Report Bangladesh should lobby with American policy makers in a politically-prudent way to reap benefits from a new bill, seeking trade preferences for the poorer nations, officials and trade experts said Monday.They said if the country's negotiating strategy lacks...
FE ReportDhaka stocks gained slightly Monday recovering some losses of previous day amid a significant decline in turnover.The turnover declined to Tk 1.99 billion from previous day's Tk 2.99 billion following cautious fund disbursement by merchant banks, market operators said.The...
FE Report The name of preferred bidder for purchasing the shares of troubled Oriental Bank Limited will be announced Thursday next, officials said. "We are working on the completion of the entire process through signing a sale and purchase agreement...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is going to take up a programme to find out corruption in Bangladesh military, Helge Adam Moller, head of the visiting Parliament's Public Accounts Committee of Denmark, Monday said, quoting the ACC Chairman, reports UNB. Moller...
A devastating fire burnt a garment factory at Dapa Idrakpur of the Fatullah apparel hub in Narayanganj district Monday afternoon, causing a colossal loss to the export industry. Ten people, including a firefighter, sustained burn injuries during the fire that...
Foreign Secretary M Touhid Hossain left Dhaka for Myanmar Monday for regular bilateral consultations. A spokesman of the Foreign Ministry stated that this visit was in line with the policy to strengthen bilateral cooperation. The last series of consultations at...
The local workers of Baropukuria coal mine called off the strike today as Chinese contractor agreed to raise the minimum daily wage by Tk 40 to 50. A tripartite meeting of workers' representatives, Chinese operation and maintenance contractor CMC-XMC Consortium...
The Met office Monday recorded a mild earthquake, measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale, which occurred at 03 hours 02 minutes 50.86 seconds near Qamdo in China. — UNB
M Azizur RahmanThe British Cairn Energy has sought a renewed government approval to extensively conduct a survey in its offshore Meghnama gas field under Block 16 on the expectation that the potential of locating oil and gas reserves there is...
S M JahangirThe Power Division will again submit the revised bid for installation of the Tk 4.95-billion Sylhet 100-megawatt (MW) power plant to the government's purchase committee this week for approval.The purchase committee last month returned the project proposal and...
Doulot Akter MalaThe revenue board has decided to merge its two main units dealing with the taxation of top companies as part of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) advice to tighten the noose around big tax-evaders, officials said Monday. The...
Detained former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had high blood pressure in jail Monday morning and recovered after a while, reports UNB.Inspector General (IG) (Prisons) Brigadier Gen Zakir Hossain said as Sheikh Hasina fell sick, the jail authorities called in the...
A number of Saudi teams, both from the public and private sectors, arrived in the city Monday to recruit medical specialists and consultants from Bangladesh, reports UNB.A spokesman of the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment said the teams...
FE ReportBangladesh Land Port Authority (BLPA) has planned to set up two more land ports, one in Feni and another in Sylhet, to boost bilateral trade with India, officials said. They said a three-member committee has already been formed to...
Suggesting pre-poll reforms for sustainable democracy in Bangladesh, German Ambassador Frank Meyke Monday said, the state of emergency should be lifted carefully calibrated to progress on the election roadmap, reports UNB. Talking to a group of journalists from print and...
Venezuela's Chavez threatens to cut US oil sales Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has threatened to cut oil sales to the United States if ExxonMobil succeeds in getting billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets as compensation for expropriated oil fields, reports...
The 42 artefacts sent to Paris for an exhibition at the Guimet Museum will be brought back to Dhaka on February 23, an adviser said Monday. "A team of Bangladesh government is already in Paris to take the artefacts back....
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