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...
Shakhawat Hossain A special meeting to be held in the ministry of finance (MoF) next week will review the escalating inflation that has emerged as a major sore point of the country's macro-economic management, sources said.An additional secretary of the...
A total of 5,581 pilgrims out of 46,946 will perform Hajj this year under government management and 41,365 under private management through 232 Hajj agencies. A meeting of the Council of Advisers was informed about it Sunday by the Religious...
Renewal of licences of firearms for the year 2008 will begin in Dhaka district on December 1 and continue until December 31 this year, said a press release Sunday. Necessary fees for renewal of licences could be deposited with Bangladesh...
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Sunday launched five 'Help Desks' on the ground floor of the Nagar Bhaban aiming to provide necessary services to the city dwellers in line with the Citizen Charter. Similar desks have also been opened at 10...
Home Secretary Abdul Karim Sunday said legal action would be taken against suspects who had made false or misleading statements after charges were pressed in the terrorism cases. Karim told journalists despite important strides in investigating cases after militant kingpin...
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 4 (Agencies): Pakistan's government probably will announce a new schedule for parliamentary elections soon, as lawyers plan to shun courts across the country tomorrow and opposition parties agitate to protest against President Pervez Musharraf's decision to impose emergency...
Haris Chowdhury, political secretary to former prime minister Khaleda Zia, was Sunday sentenced in absentia to 59 years jail for cheating, corruption and abuse of power, reports UNB.Court sources said, Haris would undergo jail for 10 years, as the punishment...
The investigation report in the container-handling case against Khaleda Zia and 12 others has been submitted to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) recommending inclusion of 18 more persons, including Saifur Rahman, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan and Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, in...
Refayet Ullah MirdhaBangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha (BSRS), a state-owned industrial financing company, is amending its memorandum of articles of association to offload shares in the stock market. Talking to the FE, managing director of BSRS, FRM Hafizul Islam said the...
Detained BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia remained firm to her action indicating to her rejection of the new standing committee with Saifur Rahman as acting chairperson, said her lawyer who met her in sub-jail Sunday, reports UNB."BNP chairperson is strict to...
FE Report A three-day regional seminar on cyber crimes begins today (Monday) at a city hotel. This was disclosed by NBK Tripura, Additional Inspector General of Police and National Programme Director of the Police Reform Programme at a press conference...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has fined pre-shipment inspection (PSI) company Cotecna SA Tk 9.7 million for under-invoicing import of a luxury car.The customs department of the board imposed the penalty for duty evasion of Tk 2.2 million...
FE ReportEnergy and Power Adviser Tapan Chowdhury asked Sunday the country's state-owned power sector entities to take necessary steps to augment power generation in order to meet the growing demand in the forthcoming dry season."Power generation will have to be...
The Council of Advisers of the caretaker government Sunday approved a proposal extending the deferment period of implementation of "uniform education system" for class IX and X up to December 31, 2008 for further preparation and review, reports UNB.In another...
Despite frantic efforts, the caretaker government could not get rid of the re-tendering hazard in awarding power plant projects, reports UNB.According to official sources, after assuming office, the post-1/11 caretaker government had to go for re-tendering in at least a...
FE ReportThe US dollar opened the week with a losing nerve against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Sunday with stable demand for the greenback in the inter-bank foreign exchange market, fund managers said.The market was moderately active because of weekend in...
Stocks on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rebounded Sunday buoyed mainly by institutional buying, after a week of profit taking dampening the markets, reports bdnews24.com. "It appears that merchant banks have adjusted their margin loans to some extent. The market is...
Runners-up Rajshahi Division took overall 155-run lead against Chittagong Division on the 3rd day of the 3rd round four-day match of Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League scoring 78 for 3 in 29 overs in 2nd innings at the...
MUNICH, Nov 4 (AFP): Bayern Munich boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said his side were kicking themselves after their failure to hit the target against Eintracht Frankfurt allowed Hamburg to cut their league lead to just two points.Unbeaten Bayern drew 0-0 with...
As with all the greatest sporting derbies, matters are never routine when India and Pakistan come together. Strange things, not always clasped to the fortunes of form, class and temperament, happen, reports Cricinfo.A match is stolen off the last ball...
ROME, Nov 4 (AFP): Ailing Italian giants AC Milan complained Sunday that their Serie A woes were down to poor refereeing.The Champions League holders issued a statement on the club website stating that no less than five of the 11...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Nov 4 (AP): Verplank was two shots behind with three holes to play Saturday, then surged into a share of the lead at the Children's Miracle Network simply by making pars.Verplank, one of six players who had...
NEW YORK, Nov 4 (AP): Elite distance runner Ryan Shay, who collapsed and died Saturday during the US men's marathon Olympic trials, had been diagnosed with an enlarged heart but cleared by doctors, his father said."The thing that made him...
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