DU CorrespondentThe two-day protest programmes of the pro-Awami League (AL) teachers of Dhaka University (DU) ended Sunday with observance of a half-day work abstention demanding unconditional release of AL chief Sheikh Hasina.Classes were hardly held at the Arts, Social Sciences...
FE Report The government gave Sunday a fresh ultimatum until August 31 to implement minimum wages for the workers in the country's garment factories. The earlier deadline for implementation of minimum wages in the garment sector expired June 30. "We...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) will meet the chief executives of all primary dealer banks and a non-banking financial institution (NBFI) today (Monday) to discuss the overall market situation. The PDs are likely to raise some issues including the...
Japanese Ambassador Massayuki Inoue Sunday said an early election and a new elected government in Bangladesh are an imperative to attract foreign investment, alongside keeping the ongoing reforms and anti-graft drive on steam, reports UNB."The world is very small…Every citizen...
The High Court (HC) Sunday issued rule upon the Public Service Commission (PSC) to explain why its decision canceling the viva-voce results of the much-debated 27th Bangladesh Civil Service examination should not be declared "illegal," reports UNB.It also asked the...
FE Report The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has decided to undertake a policy study in view of the current debate and discussion with respect to the jute sector of the country to be completed in three months. An expert...
FE Report China has expressed its interest to boost annual volume of bilateral trade to $5.0 billion by 2010 through more access of Bangladeshi products into its market."China does not want to pursue big surplus in bilateral trade. We hope...
CHITTAGONG, July 22 (bdnews24.com): A special court in Chittagong Sunday sentenced former BNP lawmaker Wadud Bhuiyan to 20 years in jail for corruption. The verdict also provided for attachment of Bhuiyan's assets worth Tk 63.6 million (6.36 crore). Public Prosecutor...
Mind-reading hits a cultural barrierAlan CaneThe barriers to good cross-cultural understanding may be higher than people have hitherto believed. Research into the way we "read" the minds of other people suggests that our inability to understand intuitively the actions and...
US force not ruled out in Pakistan WASHINGTON (AP): The U.S. would consider military force if necessary to stem al-Qaida's growing ability to use its hideout in Pakistan to launch terrorist attacks, a White House aide said Sunday. The president's...
Bangladesh and India Sunday stressed the need for holding half-yearly meeting of their trade ministers and more frequent secretary-level meeting to remove trade barriers between the two countries, reports UNB.Both Finance and Commerce Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam and Visiting Indian...
FE ReportThe US dollar was stable against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Sunday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market. The market was moderately active due weekend in the international market, fund managers said.The exchange rate of the dollar against the BDT...
Awami League (AL) acting president Zillur Rahman Sunday said they would support any programme by any organization for the release of party chief Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB."At this moment, we are not thinking of any movement… I think, we can...
FE ReportSpeakers at a convention on good governance expressed the view that the dependence of local government on central government should be reduced and this can be done through decentralisation and strengthening of power. They were addressing a daylong national...
President Iajuddin Ahmed congratulated Pratibha Patil on her election as the President of India, who became the first woman head of state of that country, reports UNB."Bangladesh and India are two close neighbours with age-old ties. We have robust and...
RAJSHAHI, July 22 (UNB): Election to the Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) will be held in January next year after completion of the voters' list with photograph and national identity card.The two election commissioners -Sohul Hossain and MA Shakhawat Hossain- made...
Charge-sheets in four graft cases against two former junior ministers, ex-premier Khaleda Zia's political secretary Harris Chowdhury and an Awami League Advisory Committee member were submitted Sunday in the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, as trial of high-profile corruption suspects apparently...
The 82nd birth anniversary of late Tajuddin Ahmad, the first prime minister of Bangladesh and one of the architects of the country's independence will be observed today (Monday).Tajuddin Ahmad was born in Dardaria village in Kapasia thana under Gazipur district...
Former BNP minister Barrister Aminul Haque, Khaleda Zia's nephew Sharin Islam Tuhin, Awami League leader Ali Reza Raju and former secretary Ismail Jabiullah submitted their wealth statements Sunday to the Anti-Corruption Commission, reports UNB.They submitted their wealth statements to ACC...
SATKHIRA, July 22 (UNB): A case was filed against ex-BNP lawmaker and district BNP president Habibul Islam and his five associates Saturday night on charge of extortion and ransacking a business establishment.Sources said Abdur Rahman, a local businessman of Sripatipur...
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed have felicitated their Egyptian counterparts Mohammed Hosni Mubarak and Ahmed Mahmoud Mohammed Nazif respectively on the occasion of National Day of the country, reports UNB.In his message to President Mohammed Hosni...
The visiting Indian Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh made a courtesy call on President Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban Sunday, reports UNB.The President cordially welcomed Jairam Ramesh and exchanged pleasantries with him. During the meeting, they discussed matters of...
Charge framing in an arms case against former state minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar will take place on July 25 (Wednesday), as hearings on this case concluded Sunday in his presence in the trial court, reports UNB.Lawyers of the...
The trial of tax-evasion case against detained ex-State Minister for Power Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku began Sunday at a special makeshift court set up in Parliament Bhaban, reports UNB. Deputy tax commissioner of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Mohammad...
Our CorrespondentPATUAKHALI, July 22: Five students of a high school at a remote village under Baufal Upazila in the district became sick in the classroom.The sick students were identified as Jewel Gazi, Afsana Alam, Farzana, Sania and Liza, all of...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, July 22: The Tk 64 million development work of Sirajuddowla Road, one of the important roads of the port city, is likely to begin shortly after a wait for one and a half years. Inaugurating the project Saturday,...
COX'S BAZAR, July 22 (UNB): A man was killed and 25 others injured in a head on collision between a bus and a microbus near Ukhia T&T office on Cox's Bazar-Teknaf highway Saturday morning.Witnesses said the Cox's Bazar-bound bus collided...
SYLHET, July 22 (UNB): The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a fake Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) official from Seikhghat area of the town Friday.Sources said Habibur Rahman Habib (32), of Kaukandi village under Tahirpur Upazila of Sunamganj, gave a...
SYLHET, July 22 (UNB): A kid got drowned in a pond at Alipur village under Balalganj Upazila Friday.Local people said Faisal Mia (3), son of Kuddus Mia of the village, at one stage of playing suddenly slipped into a pond...
FE ReportFoizal Bari Mollah (88), a renowned social worker, father of Nurul Amin Rokan, News Editor of the Daily Samachar and Assistant Secretary General of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), died of old age complications at his village home...
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