BANDARBAN, Nov 13 (bdnews24.com): Allegations of illegally filling out voter enlistment forms have been made against 17 Rohingyas from Bandarban, said district election officer Quamrul Hasan Tuesday. Hasan told the news agency that the Myanmar nationals have now been identified...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 13 (UNB): Speakers at an open discussion Tuesday suggested forging national unity on the basis of the issues facing the nation and it was a prime need of the time for socio-economic uplift of the country.The discussants emphasised...
DU CorrespondentThe judicial inquiry commission will submit its final report on August 20-22 student unrest at Dhaka University proposing ban on politics by teachers and students serving as adjuncts to political parties.Commission chief former justice Habibur Rahman Khan will present...
Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Renata Lok-Dessallien Tuesday expressed her satisfaction with the preparations by the caretaker government towards holding elections, reports UNB. During a meeting with Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury at the latter's office...
DINAJPUR, Nov 13 (UNB): Dacoits looted valuables worth over Tk 0.2 million from a house at Dhantola under Setabganj Upazila Sunday.Sources said a gang of 30/35 bandits entered the house of Setabganj poura chairman Omar Faruq by breaking the door...
Environmentalists Tuesday demanded immediate scrapping of the agreement with Dhaka Club for developing the historic Suhrawardy Uddyan as golf course saying the city dwellers will lose a recreational space, reports UNB.Secretary General of Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan (BAPA) Abdul Matin stated...
FE ReportThe Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) will organise a CPE seminar on "Strengthening Accounting and Auditing Practices in the Corporate Sector Twinning Project under the World Bank."The seminar will be held today (Wednesday) at 5:00 pm at...
The World Diabetes Day-2007 will be observed in Bangladesh and elsewhere across the globe today (Wednesday) with campaigns for creating awareness and expanding medical combat against the debilitating disease, reports UNB.The theme of this year's World Diabetes Day highlights a...
Our CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Nov 13: The farmers of nine upazilas in Sirajganj district are facing shortage of Irri-Boro seeds.Sources said farmers have already harvested Aman but they could not procure seeds according to their need due to its shortage and high...
Khulna Division moved to the top slot of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League beating runners-up Rajshahi Division by two wickets in the 4th round four-day match on the last day at the Bir Shreshtho Matiur Rahman Stadium...
SHANGHAI, Nov 13 (AFP): Switzerland's Roger Federer was crowned the year's top player for the fourth consecutive time at a glittering ceremony Tuesday.The 26-year-old star, dressed in a pale grey jacket and navy shirt, received the ATP Race award in...
Sonali Bank SRC emerged Group B champions to reach the semi-final of the Office Hockey League with all-win record beating another semi-finalist Araf Apparels by 4-2 goals at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium Tuesday, reports UNB.Sonali Bank SRC will...
Refayet Ullah MirdhaThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its regular meeting Tuesday enhanced the paid-up capital of merchant banks, issue managers and underwriters and decided to allow both the state-owned Jamuna and Meghna Oil companies to offload shares in...
M Azizur RahmanThe Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) has sought Tk 50 billion afresh from the finance ministry to import fuel oil for the current fiscal of 2007-08 against the backdrop of soaring international petroleum prices. "The EMRD Sunday...
FE ReportStock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) remained mixed Tuesday on thin trading and profit taking by the investors after four days of rally.Market operators said the prices of shares on the DSE began to decline as the...
Denying any crisis of fertiliser in the country, Industries Adviser Geeteara Safiya Choudhury blamed propaganda and 'some problems' in distribution for panicking the farmers into scramble for the agri-input, report UNB/ bdnews24.com. "We have sufficient stock of fertiliser, but there...
Shamsul Huq Zahid The Public Procurement Act (PPA)- 2006 adopted at the insistence of the multilateral donors, particularly the World Bank (WB), has emerged as a major irritant to the policymakers as far as implementation of development projects are concerned....
ISLAMABAD, Nov 13 (Agencies): Britain and America's strategy for a "peaceful transition to democracy" in Pakistan appeared to be unravelling today after the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto announced a definitive break with President Pervez Musharraf. Bhutto also indicated that...
Counsel of detained BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Tuesday served a legal notice asking the Election Commission (EC) to withdraw or revoke within 48 hours the letter inviting Hafizuddin Ahmed as BNP representative for its November 22 dialogue on electoral reforms,...
The severe cyclonic storm SIDR over the Bay has turned into a hurricane with strong winds in its core, prompting the Met Office to advise the country's sea-ports to hoist warning signal no-4, reports UNB.A latest special weather bulletin on...
Javier Blas FT Syndication ServiceRIYADH: Recent record high oil prices are beginning to depress demand for crude, an energy watchdog said on Tuesday.The International Energy Agency (IEA) revised its forecasts for oil demand for the rest of this year and...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) again intervened in the inter-bank foreign exchange market Tuesday through sale of the greenback to keep the market stable. The central bank sold US$12 million at prevailing market rate to five commercial banks on...
The country's fibre optic cable was severed again early Tuesday, 40-km from Chiringa in Cox's Bazar, said the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB). BTTB officials suspected that a business cartel was involved in the latest incident, which followed three...
Border security forces from Myanmar allegedly abducted 16 Bangladeshis and seized two fishing trawlers while they were fishing in Bangladesh waters in the Bay of Bengal near Saint Martin Island Monday evening. The Nasaka members released three of them after...
FE Report Exporters have expressed the hope that exports from the country's leading export earning sectors will grow in the second quarter to December 2007, as they were receiving good orders from the importing countries. They also said the pace...
Bangladesh and Myanmar Tuesday agreed to enhance trade volume between the two neighbouring countries for mutual welfare, as they tred to give a boost to bilateral cooperation, reports UNB.The consensus came out of a meeting between Finance Adviser Mirza Azizul...
FE Report Many public officials and employees are favouring the supply of essential commodities through rations to absorb the high inflationary pressures mainly caused by increasing food item costs, sources said.They have already pleaded to a committee formed under the...
FE ReportBangladesh received foreign assistance worth US$274.26 million during the first quarter of the current fiscal, which is $149.25 million higher than that of corresponding period of the last fiscal, official sources said.The amount of overseas aid was worth $125...
MYMENSINGH, Nov 13 (UNB): Chief Justice (CJ) Md Ruhul Amin today (Tuesday) called upon the judges and lawyers to work together to derive benefits from the judiciary separation.The CJ made the remarks while exchanging views at a meeting with lawyers...
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