Naim-Ul-KarimThe Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation (BTMC) has made the services of about 2500 officials, employees and workers redundant under voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) from 1st August."We have already accepted applications of 2500 out of 3400 employees and workers of the...
Though the price of Hilsha has decreased by Tk 50 per kilo over the past week, the fish is still beyond the reach of the middle-income group and is being sold for up to Tk 400 per kilo, reports bdnews24.com....
GENEVA, July 27 (Xinhua): WTO members should study the draft texts on agriculture and industrial goods carefully and get ready for intensive Doha Round negotiations in September, chief of the world commerce body Pascal Lamy said yesterday. "We have already...
Raphael Minder in Hong Kong, David Turner in Tokyo and Geoff Dyer in Shanghai, FT Syndication ServiceAsian stock markets Friday joined a global tumble amid a flight away from risky credits and fears about banks' growing exposure to leveraged buy-out...
FE ReportThe stock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) remained bullish in the week ended Thursday despite a directive from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to place five top companies in the spot market instead of 'public transactions'.As...
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI, July 27 (Reuters): The United States and India said on Friday they have completed negotiations on a nuclear cooperation deal that would offer enormous benefits for both sides. But neither country gave details of the long-delayed, controversial accord...
GEDE (West Bengal) July 27 (BSS/PTI): With the Kolkata-Dhaka train service expected to start in a couple of months, Gede, the sleepy border station, has shot into prominence as the designated immigration and customs checkpoint on the Indian side. "Initially,...
SATKHIRA, July 27 (UNB): Indian Boarder Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) exchanged fires at Kakdanga frontier of Satkhira and Mohonpur frontier areas of Dinajpur districts Friday morning.Along the Kakdanga frontier area in Kolaroa Upazila, BSF troops from Tarali...
WASHINGTON, July 27 (AFP): France's Dominique Strauss- Kahn, the European Union choice to head the International Monetary Fund, met with US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson yesterday in Washington. The IMF earlier said Strauss-Kahn, a Socialist party leader and former French...
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Thursday fixed tariff limits and set new rules on marketing of mobile phone services, reports bdnews24.com. The 'interim directive' of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) does not allow mobile phone service operators to charge more...
Bird flu hits prices of egg, chicken in IndiaNEW DELHI, July 27 (PTI): A day after the government confirmed the outbreak of bird flu, chicken prices fell by over 20 per cent in Delhi's wholesale market while eggs became cheaper...
Bangladesh is looking for strengthening relations with the countries in the East apart from the West.Adviser for Foreign Affairs Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury made the observation while briefing journalists after a meeting with Myanmar Foreign Minister Saw Thin at the state...
The Election Commission (EC) has not yet published the results of the competency test the 303 controversial upazila election officers sat about two and a half months ago, reports bdnews24.com. The EC officials would not say anything either about why...
Jailed Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina greeted her only son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on his 36th birthday Friday, one of her lawyers said. Counsel Anisul Huq, who met Hasina at the sub-jail on the Jatiya Sangsad Bhavan premises at...
Former Finance Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Saifur Rahman along with other family members met his detained son, Naser Rahman, at the Dhaka Central Jail Friday.DIG (Prisons) Shamsul Haider Siddiqui told the UNB that Naser's father (Saifur Rahman),...
SATKHIRA, July 27 (UNB): Indian Boarder Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) exchanged fire at Kakdanga frontier in Kalaroa Upazila Friday morning.BDR sources said the BSF troops of Tarali camp started firing at about 5:00 am without any provocation....
BHOLA, July 27(UNB): The joint forces arrested a local Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader from Charfassion College premises Wednesday morning in Charfassion Upazila.The arrested was identified as Rezaul Karim Khandakar, close associate of former BNP lawmaker Nazim Uddin Alam and...
President Iajuddin Ahmed Friday called upon all to be accountable to their own self, to society and the nation as a whole for achieving overall development of the country, reports UNB."A person of accountability is the most valuable resource for...
The directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) programme to control tuberculosis has been found satisfactory in Mymensingh district, sources at the national tuberculosis leprosy control programme (NTLCP) said Friday, reports BSS.Line Director of the NTLCP Provat Barua, who made a...
Experts and academicians at a meeting Friday pledged to involve the country's teenaged students in conserving the bio-diversity of the country, reports UNB.Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB) organised the follow up meeting of the workshop titled 'Training Adult Advisers for...
DU CorrespondentThe division level competition of 'National University (NU) Star Hunt' begins from today (Saturday) at the six divisional cities of the country.The competition of Dhaka and Chittagong divisions will be held on the premises of Mirpur College and Chittagong...
RAJSHAHI, July 27 (BSS): The Department of Fisheries through conducting a mobile court today seized unauthorised nets worth Tk 0.55 million (5.5 lakh) from different points of the river Padma here. On the 12th day of the countrywide Fish Conser-vation...
KHAGRACHHARI, July 27 (UNB): Over 50 dwelling houses and business establishments were burnt to ashes in a devastating fire in Old Zeep Station area in the town Thursday.Local people said the fire originated from a kitchen of a house and...
NARSINGDI, July 27 (UNB): At least 10 people were injured early Friday as armed robbers looted cash and valuables from the house of a man at Adiabad Puranhat village in Raipura Upazila, only a day ahead of his son's marriage....
SHARIATPUR, July 27 (UNB): At least 5 people were injured and some 25 thatched houses were damaged by a violent tornado in the district Friday.Witnesses said the tornado struck Telipara and Chamta villages in Noria Upazila at about 5.00 am,...
BENAPOLE, July 27 (UNB): Three Bangladeshi schoolboys, who were trafficked to India two years back, returned home Wednesday through the Benapole border.An organised gang of criminals trafficked the three boys - Nivel Mondal (14), Rintu Hossain (12) of Daulatpur, Kushtia,...
Enamul Hoque Chowdhury (42), manager of NCC Bank, Hajiganj branch, passed away at Hajiganj in Chandpur district Thursday, said a press release.He left behind his wife, one son, two daughters, a host of relatives and friends to mourn his death....
A discussion on the 76th birth anniversary of renowned singer Abdul Alim was held at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Friday, reports BSS. Vice-Chancellor of the BUET AMM Safiullah attended the discussion as the chief guest while...
DINAJPUR, July 27 (UNB): Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized a truck loaded with Indian clothes worth over Tk 2.5 million (25 lakh) from Motihara in Ghoraghat Upazila here Thursday. Acting on secret information, the elite force of...
SYLHET, July 27 (UNB): A court here Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to life imprisonment in absentia in the sensational Tahir Ali murder case.The court also fined the convict Santai Miah (40) of Shahapur village in Goainghat upazila,...
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