A delegation of International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) will be visiting the USA from May 30 for two weeks and hold talks with US officials and chamber leaders on bilateral issues, including GSP facility.
Month: May 2013
Jalebi uncoiled: I am in a ‘fix’…and you?
Dr.Sudhirendar Sharma
Burmese Muslims given two-child limit
Rakhine state officials say limit on children will help ease tensions with Buddhists, whose population is growing at slower rate Muslims in a province of Burma have been ordered not to have more than two children in an attempt by…
Alexandra Burke signs new US deal
Alexandra Burke has signed a huge management deal in the US. The ‘Bad Boys’ hitmaker – who shot to fame after winning the UK version on ‘The X Factor’ in 2008 – has reportedly signed with Kevin Liles, who helped…
Roma given punishment after racist chants
Roma will have to shut down part of their stadium for one game next season after the club’s supporters repeated racist chants about Mario Balotelli.
Tk 8.82 crore Aus incentives for farmers
Distribution of Taka 8.82 crore special incentives among 68,430 farmers has already been completed for encouraging Aus cultivation in the northern region during the current season, official sources said. “Sowing of Aus seeds already completed and tender plants are growing…
Housewife’s body recovered in Jessore
Jessore sadar thana police recovered the body of a housewife from her bedroom at Nilganj Tatipara area in Jessore town on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Laboni Khatun, 25, wife of one Kabir Sarder who lived in a rented…
Elderly man killed over land dispute in Bogra
An elderly man was stabbed to death allegedly by some miscreants at Patanjo village of Kahalu upazila in Bogra district at about 8 am on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Ruhul Ameen, 45, son of Abul Hossain of the…
One crushed under wheels of a train in Jhenidah
On Thursday noon an unidentified woman was killed under the wheels of a train near Kotchandpur railway station under Kotchandpur upazila in Jhenidah. Kotchandpur Railway station master Aminur Rahman said, an unidentified woman age about 35 was killed under the…
One killed in a road crash in Jhenidah
An employee of Mobarakganj sugar mill was killed in a road crash in Jhenidah. This incident occurred in front of Kaliganj pourashabha under Kaliganj upazila of the district. The deceased was identified as Shaowkat Hossain, 55 son of Sarwar Hossain…
114th birth anniversary of the National Poet today
The 114th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be celebrated on Saturday in a befitting manner.
Nationwide Hartal on Sunday
BNP-led 18-Party alliance has called for a nationwide general shutdown from 6am to 6pm on Sunday demanding reinstatement of a caretaker government provision, release of their party leaders and to protest ban on rallies. Shamsuzzaman Dudu, Advisor to BNP Chairperson…
Suranjit’s formula: Deserter cannot do politics
Pointing at BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman, minister without portfolio Suranjit Sengupta on Friday said doing politics being a fugitive in a country goes against its constitution and democratic norms, and advised Tarique to do so after facing the…
Barrister Rafiq rejects Nasim’s tirade against Tarrique
BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah has said that former home minister Nasim’s statement aaginst Tarrique Rahman was false, fabricated and baseless.
Biman catches fire at Airport
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has delayed one of its flights to Hong Kong after one of its wings caught fire during take off at Shahjalal International Airport.
7 caught with firearms
Detective police nabbed seven people from the capital’s Mohammadpur and Mirpur areas with firearms and bullets in raids from Thursday night until Friday morning.
UK arrests 2 men from Pakistani plane
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, officials said, rattling the U.K. just days after a British soldier was killed on a London street…
Rail road restored after 4 hrs
Chittagong’s railway communication with Dhaka and Sylhet resumed on Friday afternoon four hours after ‘Mahanagar Probhati’ had derailed in Brahmanbaria.
Vendors taking accountability for BD tragedy
On April 24, an eight-story commercial building in Bangladesh, home to a number of clothing factories, collapsed. A stunning 1,127 people were killed, along with over 2,500 people injured in what is being considered the deadliest garment factory accident in…
Withdraw hartal: DCCI to Khaleda
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has urged opposition BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to withdraw Sunday’s hartal for the sake of country’s economy.
US-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue Sunday
The three-day Second US-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue will begin in Dhaka on Sunday to bolster bilateral and regional cooperation between the two countries.
Contenders take city elections as test cases
Mostafa Kamal Majumder
Swiss bank under pressure to abandon secrecy
Switzerland is facing mounting pressure finally to abandon its long tradition of banking secrecy. The United States has already told the Swiss government it expects Swiss banks to provide the US authorities with automatic information about US clients.
Bring charland people under mainstream uplift
Speakers in a function here on Tuesday stressed the need for bringing the underprivileged char dwellers under existing facilities of the state to change their socio-economic condition.
Robbers loot jewellery shop in Thakurgaon
Robbers looted a jewellery shop after creating panic by exploding bombs in Bazar Para area of the district town on Wednesday night.
Nazrul kidnaping case: Main accused held
Police arrested the main accused in the sensational farmer Nazrul kidnap case after nearly one year of the incident from Kandapara Hatkhula area in sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday.
Kid’s death triggers road blockade in Sylhet
Incensed locals put up barricade on the Sylhet-Tamabeel road following death of a child in a road accident in Boteshwar area of the city on Wednesday night, disrupting traffic for four hours.
Meet on awareness about law in C’Nawabganj
A view exchange meeting on human rights and legal awareness was arranged by Human Rights and Legal Aid Programme of the non-government organistion BRAC at the conference room of the Chapainawabganj District and Session Judge on Wednesday afternoon.
Registration for safe rural-urban migration
Registration centers would be opened in Barisal district from next month for preserving facts to ensure children’s rural to urban safe migration and prevent trafficking and abuse of children.
Chuadanga infested with sub-standard clinics
Private clinics and pathological laboratories in Chuadanga district have been rendering sub-standard health service to the patients. The number of such clinics and path labs increasing day by day though the standard of service is decreasing, alleged the local people…