Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has made a breakthrough in combating corruption and has proved its ability in bringing many powerful persons under the jurisdiction of law and establishing the fact that none is above law, reports BSS.However, the Commission should be...
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed Thursday felicitated their Myanmar counterparts on the occasion of the country's Indepen-dence Day that falls today (Friday), reports UNB.In his message to the Chairman of State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar,...
The health condition of BNP Secretary General Khondoker Delwar Hossain who is undergoing treatment at BIRDEM Hospital improved Thursday, reports UNB.Delwar was admitted to the hospital Wednesday afternoon with acute diarrhoea, his family members said.The 74-year old BNP leader has...
The High Court (HC) Thursday stayed the proceedings of the tax-dodging case against jailed Rajshahi city corporation mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu for three months, reports UNB.Passing the interim stay order upon a writ petition, a division bench comprising Justice MA...
The police arrested Noman Rashid Chowdhury, son of former Speaker Humayun Rashid Chowdhury, on a fraud charge, reports bdnews24.com. The arrest was made Wednesday in Dhaka. Hours later, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Hemayet Uddin denied him bail and sent him...
Mayor of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Sadek Hossain Khoka Thursday drew attention of the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) for necessary step against those again out to grab Osmani Udyan, as environmentalists and various quarters demanded such action, reports UNB.The mayor also...
CHITTAGONG, Jan 3 (UNB): Two terrorists received bullet wounds in a gunfight with police in Baghgona Debarpar area under city's Kulshi thana early Thursday.The injured were -- Abdul Gafur alias Kana Bakkar, 32, who was wanted in 33 cases and...
RANGAMATI, Jan 1 (UNB): Health Department has taken up a special programme to check spread of malaria in 13 malaria-prone districts of the country including Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban.Health Department with the help of BRAC will implement the programme. According...
HABIGANJ, Jan 3 (UNB): Nabiganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) has been made OSD to Establishment Ministry on charge of embezzling lease money of cattle market. District administration sources said the punitive measure was taken Thursday against UNO M Abdur Rahim...
NETRAKONA Jan 3 (UNB): Police seized Indian timber worth about Tk 1.0 million (10 lakh) from two sawmills adjacent to Nazirpur Bazar in Kolmakanda Upazila Wednesday.Acting on a secret information, a team of DB police went to the spot and...
A book titled 'The Art Heritage of Bangladesh', written by eminent Bangladesh art historian Prof Dr Enamul Haque, will be launched at BRAC Centre Inn Auditorium on Sunday, reports UNB.The High Commission (HC) of India, Dhaka will arrange the launching...
GAIBANDHA, Jan 3 (UNB): A driver and helper hijacked a paddy-laden truck after killing a rice trader at Kalitala in Gobindaganj Upazila Tuesday evening.The dead was identified as Abu Bakar, 33, rice trader of Motokpur in Domar upazila of Nilphamari...
COMILLA, Jan 3 (UNB): A man was killed and four others were injured in a head-on collision between two trucks at Cheora in Chauddagram Uapzila here Wednesday night.Traffic on Dhaka-Chittagong highway remained halted for eight and half-hours following the accident.Police...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Dec 03: A School of Information Technology, an educational institute, was inaugurated by Dainik Purbokone Editor Taslimuddin Chowdhury as the chief guest here Thursday.Speaking on the occasion, the Purbokone editor said, 'The present age is of information technology...
Former Supreme Court (SC) judge KM Sobhan was buried at the Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard at Mirpur Thursday afternoon, reports bdnews24.com. The body was kept at the Central Shaheed Minar from 11.00 am to noon for people to pay their last...
Four alleged robbers were killed in mob beating in Narsingdi and Mymensingh districts Wednesday night and Thursday, reports UNB.In Narsingdi, two robbers were killed in a mass beating when they along with their accomplices raided a house at Sheker Char...
JHENIDAH Jan 3 (UNB): A farmer was killed in a road accident at Hamdoha Bus Stand in the town today (Thursday). Police said Ansar Ali (30) of Karatipara village in Sadar Upazila died on the spot as a bus hit...
FE Report Salahuddin Kasem Khan, honorary consul general for Turkey in Chittagong and Asif A Chowdhury, honorary consul for Chile in Bangladesh, have been elected chairman and secretary general respectively of the Forum of Consuls in Bangladesh for the 2008-2009...
JHALOKATHI, Jan 3 (UNB): The Sidr-hit farmers of Nalchhiti Upazila have demanded of the government and NGOs to write-off the agri credits standing in their names.The demand was made in a memorandum submitted to the Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed...
HANOI, Jan 3 (Xinhua): Vietnam has planned to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) of 90 billion US dollars in the 2006-2010 period, local media reported today. Vietnam will lure bigger amounts of FDI from Japan, the United States and the...
SINGAPORE, Jan 3 (Reuters): Swiss bank UBS plans to expand its Asian property business as investor appetite for China and India proves resilient to global economic uncertainty, its real estate head said Thursday.UBS, one of the most active arrangers of...
BERLIN : Germany's economy minister and a leading economic institute said Wednesday they expect 2008 growth to cool amid rising food and oil prices and fallout from the US subprime mortgage loan crisis.Economy Minster Michael Glos was quoted by the...
WASHINGTON: Construc Home builders have been battered by the worst slump in the housing market in more than two decades, a decline that occurred after five boom years which had pushed home sales and prices to record levels. Analysts believe...
ABU DHABI, Jan 3 (Xinhua): Oman is planning to build six new regional airports across the country and expand two existing international airports in a bid to boost tourism in the country, local newspaper Gulf News reported yesterday. The plans...
KATHMANDU, Jan 3 (PTI): The end of Maoists-related violence in Nepal is once again wooing foreign tourists to the Himalayan nation with the number of the visitors in 2007 witnessing an all time high of about half a million. Altogether...
NEW YORK, Jan 3 (Reuters): Crude oil surged to $100 a barrel for the first time yesterday, and gold bullion broke above its 1980 high as the first taste of investor sentiment suggested commodities were the flavor of the new...
LONDON, Jan 3 (AFP) - Unrest in Pakistan, a faltering dollar and surging oil futures sent the price of gold soaring to a record high yesterday, beating its previous highest level set 28 years ago. The precious metal rose to...
HANOI, Jan 3 (Xinhua): Vietnam earned 12.6 billion US dollars from exporting agricultural products in 2007, up 20 per cent over 2006, according to local newspaper Vietnam Economic Times yesterday. Last year, the country gained nearly 3.8 billion dollars from...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Jan 03: Due to non-compliance of rules and regulations in connection with controlling the course of river Karnaphuli and extraction of sand from the river, building of different establishments occupying the river, lack of dredging facilities and other...
FE ReportThe 7th International Garment and Allied Machinery and Accessories Trade Show will be held in the city from January 12 to January 15. The three-day exhibition will be held at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre, said a press release.Zakaria Trade...
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