DUBAI, Nov 4 (AFP): Dubai port operator DP World Sunday launched an initial public offering (IPO) for 17 per cent of its shares in one of the biggest ever flotations in the Gulf region. The company, one of the world's...
AMCL-Pran EGM on Dec 27The authorities of Agricultural Marketing Company Limited (AMCL-Pran) have stated that an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of the company will be held at the National Shooting Complex, Gulshan, in the city at 10:30am on December 27,...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 4 (Agencies): Authorities rounded up opposition leaders Sunday after military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's constitution, replaced the chief justice and blacked out independent TV outlets, saying the country must fight rising extremism. Musharraf, who seized power...
MOUNT KELUD, (Indonesia) Nov 4 (Agencies): More than 25,000 villagers were refusing to leave their homes on the slopes of a killer Indonesian volcano on Sunday despite warnings by scientists the peak was poised for a powerful eruption, officials said"They...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli aircraft struck twice in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday against Palestinian rocket operations. Palestinian hospital officials said a militant and three civilians were killedThe civilians included a father and son who were killed...
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (AFP): A physician astronaut successfully stitched a torn solar panel Saturday, in a risky and unprecedented space walk to ensure an adequate power supply at the International Space Station, NASA said. Astronaut Scott Parazynsky, a medical doctor...
Pakistan's Imran Khan placed under house arrest ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: Pakistan police placed leading opposition figure and former national cricket captain Imran Khan under house arrest early on Sunday, hours after President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule citing militancy and...
The French government will donate 948,000 Euros, equivalent to over Tk 90 million, for three Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) working in the country to support the post-flood food and rehabilitation programmes, reports UNB.The grant will be provided through the French Ministry...
BARISAL, Nov 4 (UNB): Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) will launch two Ro-Ro ferry services at Charjanajat-Maowa point to ease communications between the capital and 21 south-western districts. Communications Adviser Maj. Gen. MA Matin (Rtd) will inaugurate the services...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 4 : Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) has begun the development work of the 1.81-km Sirajuddowla Road in the port-city after two years of delay.Presently, the development work is being simultaneously carried out by 20 firms for prompt...
DINAJPUR, Nov 4 (UNB): A housewife was allegedly beaten to death by her husband and father-in-law at Kalikapur village under Sadar Upazila Friday night.The deceased was identified as Badinur Begum (30).Police said Soleman, son of Subar Ali, had married Badinur...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 4 (UNB): Some eight poor fishermen of Keshobpur Bheripara area of the city are earning their livelihood by catching fish in the Padma River with bare hands. These poverty-stricken fishermen, who do not have necessary fishing gear, risk...
Leaders of different political parties, including Awami League (AL), Sunday joined their voices against Jamaat-e-Islami and urged the caretaker government (CG) to try the war criminals under the emergency power rules (EPR), reports UNB.They described the war criminals as the...
ASM Hannan Shah, the BNP chairperson's adviser, asked the Election Commission Sunday to involve ousted secretary general Khondoker Delwar Hossain and detained party chief Khaleda Zia in any future talks on electoral reforms, reports bdnews24.com. The request came from an...
The Oman Tribune, a leading English daily in Muscat, has appreciated Bangladesh's laudable move in separating the judiciary from the control of the government.An editorial on 'Laudable Move' published in the daily Saturday, said the caretaker administration headed by Fakhruddin...
Bhutanese Ambassador in Bangladesh Dasho Tshering Dorji appreciated the separation of the judiciary from the executive by the caretaker government. The ambassador made the observation when he called on Adviser for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Mainul Hosein at the...
BNP's acting secretary general Hafizuddin Ahmed Sunday challenged Mir Shawkat Ali's statement that he had participated in the arrest of general Ziaur Rahman on Nov 3, 1975, reports bdnews24.com. "It was not me, it was captain Hafiz who had gone...
The journalists, press workers and all employees of The Bangladesh Observer and the Weekly Chitrali will observe a token hunger strike today (Monday) to press home their demand for payment of all arrears, reports UNB. Leaders of Bangladesh Federal Union...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 4 (UNB): Trial of former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmaker Sarwar Jamal Nizam in the liquor case begins on November 8.Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) had arrested him along with his driver Mamunur Rashid from in front of Chittagong...
The two-day SAARC Council of Ministers meeting is scheduled to begin in New Delhi on December 7, reports BSS.The Council of Ministers meeting will be preceded by a two-day Foreign Secretary level SAARC standing committee meeting from December 5.Besides, the...
FE ReportWorld Bank President Robert Zoellick said Sunday that Bangladesh should outline an action plan for successful implementation of the development programmes, taken up by the government with the Bank's credit support.He also assured the Bangladesh government of the Bank's...
FE Report The country's leading bankers have urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to collect account information of businessmen on a case to case basis for restoring confidence among the investors and the business community. They also proposed to...
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus Sunday blasted the World Bank (WB) for moving away from its main motto of eradicating poverty, reports bdnews24.com. "The WB failed to eradicate poverty, which was its major objective during formation of the agency 60 years...
Awami League (AL) joined forces with other political parties in demanding that religion-based political parties must be banned and war criminals as well as collaborators disqualified from contesting elections, as its leaders Sunday held dialogue with the Election Commission (EC)...
FE Report A government committee Sunday decided to attach priority to the construction of a metro sub-way among all proposed infrastructure projects aimed at improving future traffic management in the capital.Communication adviser MA Matin, who heads the committee, took the...
The High Court (HC) Sunday stayed the operation of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) graft case filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on charge of taking Tk 30 million (3.0 crore) in kickbacks on a power-plant deal, reports UNB.Responding to...
Hotel Purbani International Managing Director (MD) Mahbubur Rahman Joynal, accused in four cases, surrendered in court Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.His girlfriend Jannatul Ferdous Niki was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an officer told the news agency.The RAB had earlier...
Naim-Ul-KarimA high-level meeting of the government will be held today (Monday) to discuss the ways and means to rein in the soaring prices of the two most essential food grains--rice and wheat.Sources said the meeting will discuss the mechanism of...
KHULNA, Nov 4 (UNB): Detained Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Mayor Sheikh Tayebur Rahman was taken on five-day police remand Sunday in an extortion case. Khulna Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) M Mahbubur Rahman granted the remand rejecting the mayor's bail petition,...
Unloading of over 0.2 million tonnes of imported wheat, stockpiled in the ships at the outer anchorage of the Chittagong Port for a long time, has begun following intervention by the Army-led joint forces and implementation of some measures by...
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