The signing of an agreement on the construction of Bangladesh-Myanmar Friendship Road Link Friday marks the beginning of a new era in Bangladesh-Myanmar economic relations. This is actually the restoration of the old road, which once linked Chittagong with Akiyab,...
Awami League senior leaders, including Sajeda Chowdhury and Advocate Abdul Matin Khosru, Saturday demanded that AL president Sheikh Hasina be released immediately to allow her to stay beside her ailing husband, reports UNB.Scientist Dr Wazed Miah, husband of the AL...
Chief Coordinator of the newly floated Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi reacted Saturday strongly against the price-hike of essentials, saying it has reached an intolerable level, reports UNB. "The price situation may worsen in the coming days," he...
Barrister Shafiq Ahmed said Saturday the appointment of nominated directors by the government to the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) was a "clear violation of the Companies Act", reports bdnews24.com. "It's a violation of the law...
BOGRA, July 28 (UNB): Army-led anticrime joint forces arrested BNP leader and municipal chairman AKM Mahbubur Rahman near the circuit house in the town Saturday.Police and witnesses said a team of the joint forces picked up Mahbub, former president of...
BARGUNA, July 28 (bdnews24.com): Scores of handwritten posters demanding Sheikh Hasina's release have covered many walls in the coastal town of Barguna, witnesses said Saturday. Content of the posters criticises two caretaker advisers, Mainul Hosein and MA Matin, apparently for...
The neglected issues of gender, sexuality and reproductive rights should be incorporated in the mainstream development agenda for faster socio-economic development of the country, an international conference was told Saturday, reports BSS."Gender and sexuality should be in mainstream development programme...
DU CorrespondentBangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) started celebrating its 60 years of engineering education in Bangladesh on its campus amid much fanfare and festivity Saturday.Former vice-chancellor (VC) of the university Wahiduddin Ahmed inaugurated the gala ceremony as the...
BARISAL, July 28 (UNB): Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) will charge fees for the attendants and visitors of the patients from the next month (August).The decision was taken at a meeting at the SBMC teachers' auditorium Wednesday with Divisional...
Nine persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Kushtia, a regional leader of an outlawed group was killed reportedly in crossfire between police and...
PABNA, July 28 (UNB): Dredging work of Ichhamati River will start in next November involving Tk 180 million to increase its navigability, officials here said.Under the project, 1.80 lakh cft soil will be dredged from the river. A footpath will...
SAVAR, July 28 (BSS): Jahangirnagar University (JU) today introduced its alumni website "www.jualumni.net" at a function held at the senate hall on the campus. The website has been opened to reconnect the old students with the alumni database, news with...
The construction work of the Social Science Faculty (SSF) building of Dhaka University (DU) will start tomorrow (Monday), reports BSS.Vice-Chancellor of the university SMA Faiz is expected to inaugurate the construction work as the chief guest.
A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.1 on Richter scale, occurred near Chittagong Saturday morning, reports UNB.The distance of the epicentre was about 212 kms southeast of Dhaka Observatory and about 75 kms east-northeast of Chittagong Seismic Observatory. The earthquake occurred at...
India took all the points in the morning session of the second day at Trent Bridge Saturday, reports Cricinfo.The Indian bowlers wrapped up England's innings for 198, the batsmen built on that advantage, reaching 40 without loss by lunch, reducing...
STANFORD, Jul 28 (AFP): Unseeded Sania Mirza of India punched her semi-final ticket at this US Open tuneup Friday with a straight-set victory over fourth-seeded Patty Schnyder. Mirza downed her Swiss opponent 7-6 (7/2), 6-1 for her second straight upset...
Britain's Jamie Murray and partner Eric Butorac lost to the same doubles pair for the second week in a row at the Indianopolis Tennis Championships, reports BBC. Murray and American Butorac were second seeds but lost 6-3 3-6 10-6 in...
Bangladesh cricketers returned home Saturday after their dismal performances in Sri Lanka.Bangladesh in their one and a half months' tour lost all the three Tests and three ODIs, reports UNB.Upon arrival at the Zia International Airport (ZIA) by a Qatar...
TRENT BRIDGE, Jul 28 (Internet): Chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar agrees that Indian cricket's Generation Next will have a tough time stepping into the shoes of some of the biggest stars that the team has ever seen. He stops short...
Aaqib Javed believes Shoaib Akhtar's return to national squad will make Pakistan one of the favourites for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa in September, reports Cricinfo. Shoaib has played only a handful of ODIs and a single day...
Michelle Wie broke par for the first time this year at the Evian Masters. The 17-year-old prodigy from Hawaii shot a one-under 71 to total a level-par 144 and make the cut. Wie, who had gone 24 rounds without breaking...
A six-wicket haul by right-arm medium fast bowler Abu Nechim Ahmed guided India U-19 team to clinch the Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament crushing Bangladesh by 129 runs at the Colts Cricket Club Ground in Colombo Saturday, reports UNB.An Ahmed-scalped six wickets...
The Indian squads for the seven-match ODI series against England and the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa will be chosen on August 7, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced, reports Cricinfo. The selectors will also name...
LONDON, July 28 (Internet): Harbhajan Singh produced a potentially match-winning spell to put Surrey in box seat against Worcestershire in a County Championship Division One cricket match at Guildford Friday. The Punjab off-spinner claimed four for 64 to skittle out...
Siddique IslamThe Bangladesh Bank says the lending rates are unlikely to rise in the near future despite its pursuit of a tight monetary policy to prevent inflationary pressure on the economy. The central bank officials do not see any possibility...
The major rivers of the country are swelling with nine rivers flowing over the danger mark, and those around the city continue to surge, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said in a regular bulletin Saturday, report agencies. Flood...
FHM Humayan KabirThe Manila-based donor agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) of late has become a hard-term lender for Bangladesh, official sources said.The sources said that the volume of hard loans from the multilateral donor to Bangladesh has been rising sharply...
M Azizur RahmanThe government is mulling over a plan to slap corporate tax on the international oil companies (IOCs), which will engage in the country's future hydrocarbon exploration, to lessen burden on Petrobangla.Currently, the IOCs, involved in hydrocarbon exploration and...
FE ReportShanta Group, one of the fastest-growing local business conglomerates, will install a power plant with a capacity of 50 megawatt (MW) at Adamjee Export Processing Zone (EPZ).The business group, with its core strength in the apparel sector, will invest...
Chief Justice M Ruhul Amin Saturday opined that law alone is not sufficient to curb the pervasive corruption rooted firmly in every sphere of society and every stage of life and called for a social ostracism against the corrupt alongside...
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