SYLHET, Dec 27 (UNB): Ten people were killed and 44 others injured in separate road mishaps Monday and Tuesday.In Sylhet, 5 people were killed and 14 others injured in separate road mishaps in Balaganj, Dakkhin Surma and Sadar upazilas Monday...
Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said Bangladesh has always appreciated "our relations with the UK and see that country as a friend and partner." Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury made the observation when visiting UK Minister Jim Fitzpatrick called on...
FE ReportDr Naimur Rahman, former chairman of Bangladesh Jute Mills Association (BJMA), passed away due to cardiac arrest at Square Hospitals in the city Wednesday. He was 75. He left behind his wife, three sons, one daughter and a host...
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has said effective civil-military cooperation, both in times of peace and in war, is a must for a functioning democracy, reports UNB."If the military can play a constructive role in times of war, they can...
Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated Thursday in Rawalpindi, was the first female prime minister of Pakistan and of any Islamic nation. She led Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996, according to internet reports.Bhutto (54) spent...
The country's left-leaning political parties Thursday demanded immediate trial of the war criminals by forming a special tribunal under International War Criminal Act, reports UNB.The left political leaders also urged people of all walks of life to be united to...
The verdict in a Tk 10 million (1 crore) extortion case against BNP leaders Salahuddin Ahmed and Quazi Salimul Haque will be delivered on Jan 10, reports bdews24.com.Judge Md Ashraf Hossain of Special Judge's Court-5 fixed the date for delivery...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed said Thursday Bangladesh is a country of religious harmony, where people of all religions have been living peacefully for ages with compassion for each other, reports UNB."People of all faiths are playing their responsibilities in maintaining...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 27 (UNB): The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Wednesday filed a case against former deputy commissioner M Hasan and his wife for concealing information in their wealth statement.ACC Assistant Director M Shamsuddin Ahmed lodged the case against M Hasan and...
BRAHMANBARIA, Dec 27 (UNB): A case was filed against Jamaat-e-Islami central assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Mollah with a local court here Thursday for hurling abusive words on freedom fighters (FFs).
RAWALPINDI, DEC 27 (Agencies): Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto died Thursday apparently after being shot and then attacked by a suicide bomber as she left a campaign rally, a party aide said. "At 6:16 pm she expired," said Wasif Ali...
Bangladesh condemned in the strongest term the cowardly attack that led to the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, reports UNB."It was an unpardonable crime that has shocked the world," said Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed.In a message...
France has accepted Bangladesh's decision not to go ahead with the display of ancient artefacts at the Guimet Museum and cancelled the scheduled exhibition in Paris, report bdnews24.com/UNB. France also assured Bangladesh in a statement Thursday that it would extend...
Shakhawat Hossain The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suggested that the government should create a separate unit for reviewing the fiscal incentives.The Washington-based multilateral agency made the suggestion in a policy reform paper that calls for following the best international...
A special court, trying high-profile corruption suspects, Thursday sentenced Obaedul Karim, a major shareholder of the troubled Oriental Bank, to life term imprisonment for inter-branch debit account fraud, reports UNB.Passing the sentence, Judge M Firoz Alam, fined Karim, also chairman...
FE ReportThe drastic fall of share price of United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB), the day's top turnover leader pulled down the stock market barometers Thursday on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).The market faced a selling pressure from the frustrated investors of...
Dino Mahtani, FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: The industrialised countries' oil watchdog has admitted that it has been paying insufficient attention to supply bottlenecks as evidence mounts that oil is being discovered more slowly than once expected.To make amends, the International Energy...
The authorities put Dhaka city on high security alert following assassination of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Banazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi Thursday evening. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Naim Ahmed said security has been beefed up in the capital including diplomatic enclaves...
The education ministry has appointed Sayed Rashidul Hasan acting VC of the National University (NU), replacing Wakil Ahmed. Rashidul Hasan told bdnews24.com Wednesday that he had received a letter from the ministry, confirming the new appointment. Besides his responsibilities as...
Detained former Law Minister Moudud Ahmed was released on parole Thursday afternoon from Dhaka Central jail to attend the burial of his elder brother Masud Ahmed who died Wednesday night due to old-age complications. On his release from jail, Moudud...
M Azizur RahmanState-owned Petrobangla has sought energy ministry's intervention in realisation of outstanding gas bills worth Tk 15.88 billion from 45 government entities, including ministries, departments and autonomous bodies."We have urged the ministry to take necessary measures that include holding...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government is going to set up an autonomous body aiming to develop the country's textile sector through public-private partnership. for facilitating the country's public and private entrepreneurs engaged in this trade.The body, to be styled 'National Institute...
FE ReportThe Second South Asian Capital Markets Conference begins in the city January 31.The two-day conference to be arranged jointly by South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE) and Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will be attended by top capital market functionaries...
FE ReportThe government will import 60,000 tonnes of refined petroleum oil from Egypt by March next year.A proposal on import of the oil was approved by the advisers' council on public purchase Thursday.Under the proposal, the Middle East Oil Refinery...
The first ever Non-Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) conference began in the city Thursday with a call for utilising the talents of thousands of Bangladeshi scholars residing throughout the world, reports BSS. Speakers at the inaugural session called upon the Bangladeshi expatriates...
FE ReportCox's Bazar beach and Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh have been included as nominees in an online contest for nominating 'New 7 Wonders of Nature'.Switzerland-based foundation, New7Wonders Foundation has arranged the global campaign which will be officially declared in...
FE ReportThe inter-bank call money rate dropped Thursday due to inflow of cash withdrawn in the pre-Eid days with the call rate rising to day's high at 12.00 per cent against the previous day's peak of 15.50 per cent, fund...
Barney Jopson, FT Syndication ServiceNAIROBI: Business people in Kenya, which has been gearing up for Thursday's presidential election, say the new -government must maintain a hands-off approach to the private sector but take urgent action to tackle transport problems and...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) will release a 'citizen's charter' on January 5 aiming to bring transparency in its activities.Finance adviser Mirza Azizul Islam is expected to unveil the charter.Sources concerned said the board has already completed all...
Oil prices rise on Bhutto assassinationNEW YORK, Dec 27 (AP): Oil prices rose Thursday after the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto raised concerns about stability in the Middle East.Bhutto died in a suicide attack that also killed at...
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