Charges for private vehicles boarding ferries are expected to rise, because of the recent hike in fuel oil rates, Shipping & Inland Water Transport Minister Shahjahan Khan said on Saturday. Charges for private cars are in for the hike, which…
Year: 2013
Bangladeshi named for ‘Padma Shri’
India has named a Bangladeshi citizen for one of its highest civilian awards ‘Padma Shri’ on the occasion of its 64th Republic Day, being celebrated Saturday. According to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, Jharna Dhara Chowdhury, Secretary of the…
Fake RAB men held with cash
Detective Police nabbed eight fake Rapid Action Battalion personnel with a large amount of cash on them from Savar. Detective Police Additional Deputy Commissioner Mashiur Rahman said they were arrested in a raid Friday night. According to him, Tk 458,000…
‘Nation not headed to anarchy’
Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Saturday rejected the BNP charge that the Awami League-led grand alliance government is leading the country towards instability and political confrontation. “A stable situation and peace is prevailing in the country. Instead, it’s the…
Iran to launch world’s largest gasoline unit
Iran will start within coming days a new gasoline production unit at the Shazand refinery which will produce 8.5 million liters gasoline a day. The Mehr news agency reported on Friday, Tehran Times print the news on Saturday. Rashid Seyedian,…
New monetary policy Jan 31
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is set to announce its monetary policy January 31 for the second half of the current fiscal year 2012-13 (January-June) with a further contraction approach. Governor of the Central Bank Dr Atiur Rahman will announce the new…
Ceat signs JV with BD firm, to invest $ 67 mn
Indian RPG Group’s tyre-making arm Ceat Friday announced formation of a joint venture company with the Bangladesh-based AK Khan & Company to set up a manufacturing facility in the neighbouring country. The facility, which will come up at the investment…
Padma Bridge project: Construction begins by Oct 25: Obaidul
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday categorically said construction work of the much-talked-about Padma Bridge would begin by October 25. The communications minister came up with the disclosure while visiting Gorai-Shakhipur road in the district on Saturday. He said, “If…
Trade fair stall collapse kills 1
At least one person has been killed and several others injured when a part of the Partex Group pavilion caved in at the International Trade Fair in Dhaka. The victim was identified as Rony Das, 28, a staff of Partex…
5,048MW more power by 2016: PM
Another 5,048 megawatts of electricity will be added to the national grid by 2016, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday. Inaugurating the 54th Convention of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) on the IEB Chittagong Centre premises, Hasina, also President…
Mayor, councilors seek oath: Hartal in Cox’s Bazar Sunday
Cox’s Bazar municipality mayor and councilors elected in January 2011 called half-day hartal for Sunday as they are yet to be administered oath. They made the announcement of the hartal after a mass procession held in the Town area on…
7 female workers die in stampede
At least seven female workers of a readymade garment factory in Mohammadpur’s Beribadh area were killed in a stampede as a fire broke out in there on Saturday. Fire Services Director (Operations) Mahbubur Rahmand told bdnews24.com the fire broke out…
Azarenka denies cheating during Oz Open semifinal win
World number one Victoria Azarenka has denied claims that she deliberately manipulated the rules book when she took a medical time out with the score at 5-4 in the second set of her Australian Open semi-final win over teenager Sloane…
Life of Pi, Ang Lee’s epic story about an Indian boy lost at sea for more than 200 days with a Bengal tiger, continues to triumph at the global box office.
No mercy for AL ‘war criminals’
Two senior Awami League leaders said on Friday no suspected war criminals, even those from their party, will escape trial. Advisory Council Member Yusuf Hossain Humayun and Presidium Member Satish Chandra Roy made similar statements as they talked to journalists…
Bad loans bleeding banking sector
Local and foreign banks had to write off a total of Tk 23.42 billion as bad loans in the last three months (October-December) of the year gone by. Latest report of the Bangladesh Bank shows that of the amount, the…
Bachchu to be brought back: Dipu
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni categorically said that convicted Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu Rajakar would be brought back. “Bachchu Rajakar will be brought back through diplomatic way after tracing wherever he is hiding,” she added. The minister came up…
Tougher agitation at right time: BNP
BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed has said the party will announce tougher agitation programmes at an appropriate time to mount pressure on the government to restore the caretaker government system. Addressing a discussion in the city on Friday, the…
Only 2 annual exams at secondary level
The government has decided to hold only two ‘terminal’ examinations instead of the usual three to increase class duration at the secondary level education.Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Department Director-General Prof Fahima Khatun told bdnews24.com the decision was taken in…
Politics now a business: Sultana Kamal
Advocate Sultana Kamal categorically said now-a-days politics has become a profession and business. “We should leave everything to done by politicians and we all should lead the country forward being motivated with spirit of 1971,” she added. She came up…
Microsoft profit dips
Microsoft Corp’s quarterly profit edged lower as Office software sales slowed ahead of a new launch, offsetting a solid but unspectacular start for its Windows 8 operating system and sending the company’s shares down 1.4 percent.The results mark a stark…
Nipah claims 5 more lives
The government’s disease monitoring agency has recorded five more deaths from the fatal nipah across Bangladesh since the bat-borne virus made a comeback when it took the life of a minor boy recently in Dhaka. Nipah virus strikes back Director…
Emirates acquires 3 new Boeing 777F
SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing international airlines, has significantly boosted its total cargo capacity and expanded its dedicated freighter network with the addition of three new Boeing 777F aircraft. The three new freighters,…
Gazipur RMG fire injures 40
At least 40 people were injured in a fire at a readymade garment factory in Konabari under Sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday morning. The fire originated at about 10:45am at the 7th and 8th and floors and soon…
Capital market stabilising: Muhith
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has claimed the instability at the capital market has somewhat decreased in the recent times, and will lessen further following demutualisation of the two bourses. He was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the…
Shah Rukh Khan – the first Indian actor to grace Forbes cover
We all know that Shah Rukh Khan has a magnetic personality and little we can do to avoid being smitten by his charm time and again. The actor’s charisma leaves one and all dumbfounded and hence his popularity, not just…
UK against death verdict
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom has made an official response to the first judgement reached by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal-2 and the death sentence handed down to former Jamaat-e-Islami member Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu. The…
Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina shine as India clinch ODI series against England
A rejuvenated India clinched the one-day series against England as the hosts rode on the batting heroics of Rohit Sharma (83) and Suresh Raina (89 not out) to fashion a comfortable five-wicket victory in the penultimate game and take an…
Congrats flood in for Shakira’s new baby boy
Within hours of Shakira’s baby boy being born, people are already asking about his future career. Will Milan Pique Mebarak be a famous pop singer liker his Colombian mother, or an international soccer star like his father, Barcelona defender Gerard Pique?
PM says, JS polls in next January
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the parliamentary elections will be held in January of the next year.