In a rare gesture, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid toll at one bridge and one flyover while crossing those on her way back to Dhaka from Munshiganj.
Year: 2015
Padma bridge construction work begins
It always seems impossible until it is done as Nelson Mandela used to say. Once the Padma Multipurpose Bridge looked like that, but Bangladesh has taken it from dream to reality as its main piling and river training works began…
Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia resumes after 11 hours
Ferry service on the Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed on Saturday after 11 hours of its disruption caused by dense fog. Mahiuddin Russel, manager of BIWTA Aricha, said they kept suspended ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route from 10:30am to 930 am…
Islami Bank wins ICAB National award
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) has awarded Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited under 15th ICAB National Award in Private Sector Banks category for Best Presented Annual Reports 2014.
RUET BCL leader missing for 3 days
RU correspondent Law Enforcing Agency has not been able to find a missing leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) unit who went missing for 3 days.
15 Bangladeshis arrested for illegal entry in India
Indian police arrested 15 Bangladeshi nationals who did not have a valid visa, reports Business Standard.The Indian financial daily quoting a senior inspector Shakeel Shaikh said that these illegal migrants were staying in Bhiwandi in the state of Maharashtra.They were…
Trade through Akhaura halted
Export and import through Akhaurha Land Port has been suspended in view of counting of ballots for Agartala Nagar Nigam [municipality] elections.People, however, can use the port as usual for crossing the border.Md Hasibul Hassan, adviser of Akhaurha Land Port…
Meet Ukraine’s Darth Vader
Darth Vader was bent on galactic domination, but his Ukrainian namesake enjoys more mundane pursuits – local politics, walking the family dog and embroidery.While audiences around the world have had to wait 10 years for the latest film in the…
End of fossil fuel era nears
At the tail end of the hottest year on record, climate negotiators in Paris will aim on Saturday to seal a landmark accord that will transform the world’s fossil fuel-driven economy within decades and turn the tide on global warming.After…
Bangladesh among ‘high-risk countries’
Kentucky senator Rand Paul, also an aspirant to be the Republican presidential candidate, has introduced a bill seeking a ban on refugees from 32 “high-risk countries” including Bangladesh from entering the US.The moratorium on accepting refugees from the 32 Muslim-majority…
Quest for universal climate rescue pact nears finish line
Le Bourget (France) – The years-long quest for a universal pact to avert catastrophic climate change neared the finish line Saturday with conference host France announcing that the final draft had been completed in the early hours of the morning.…
Climate deal draft text ‘agreed’ in Paris for adoption
Organisers of the climate talks in Paris say a final draft text has been agreed after nearly two weeks of intensive negotiations. An official in the office of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the AFP news agency the draft…
US industry presure their govt to secure IPR
The Honorable Michael Froman Office of the United States Trade Representative 600 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20508 Fax: (202) 395-4549 The Honorable John Kerry United States Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 Fax: (202) 647-2283…
The TPPA: The political undercurrent
The JUST Executive Committee Following nearly eight years of negotiations, 12 Pacific Rim countries -Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam -have agreed to take part in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement…
Paris Outcome second text issued – deal remains far away
Paris, 11 Dec (Meena Raman and Hilary Chiew) – The second version of the draft Paris Outcome was presented to Parties at the end of a brief meeting of the Paris Committee under the UNFCCC on evening Thursday, 10 December,…
Optimism as COP21 conference delayed
Paris, France – It was always an optimistic call to get a global climate change agreement in the can by a firm 6pm deadline on Friday and so it proved. Twelve hours before the deadline on Friday, Laurent Fabius, the…
PM approves second railway bridge at Kalurghat in Ctg
Chittagong Correspondent Prime Minister has given final approval for constructing second Kalurghat railway bridge over river Karnaphuli in chittagong . In the cabinet meeting held on Thursday , this approval was given, Deputy Comissioner of Chittagong sources said. Conscious circles…
EC is playing the role of a disciple of the govt: BNP
The BNP has alleged that the Election Commission has adopted the stance of a ‘disciple of the government as it did earlier’.
General ppl are the main source to build a beautiful city: Anisul
Announcing a number of places free of illegal parking, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq on Thursday sought people’s cooperation in building Dhaka city as a clean, green and safe one free from traffic jam.
Marriageable age for girls remains 18
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki on Friday said the government is not going to lower the minimum age of marriage for girls from 18.
ILO train up150 new entrepreneurs in Bangladesh
Some 150 new entrepreneurs will get down to business as they received entrepreneurship training provided by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in collaboration with the Bangladesh Employers’ Federation (BEF).
65,000 Yaba tablets seized in Feni
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members recovered 65,000 contraband Yaba tablets from an orange-laden covered van in Feni early Friday.They also detained two suspected drug dealers — Md Shohel alias Sohagh, 28, and Md Saiful Islam Nizam, 27 — from the covered van.
B’desh wins award for school banking at House of Lords
Bangladesh has won the Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI) Country Award, 2015 from Asia and the Pacific region, leaving India and Fiji behind for massive financial inclusion activities,particularly in the area of school banking.
‘Robber’ killed in Dinajpur lynch-mob attack
A suspected robber was killed and four others were injured in a lynch-mob attack at Beldangi in Sadar upazila early Friday.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Bhashani’s 135th birth anniv Saturday
The 135th birth anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, a great national leader, will be observed on Saturday with due respect. Born in 1880 at village Dhanpara in Sirajganj, Bhashani dedicated his life to establishing the rights of the oppressed and…
Man sets fire to his own house in Gazipur, dies
A young man was burnt to death after he allegedly set fire on his own house in the city’s Tongi area on Friday afternoon over a family feud.The deceased was identified as Ajit Babu, 35.
4 cops hurt in gunfight with robbers in Sylhet; 3 held
Police arrested three robbers following a gunfight in Lalargaon area of Sadar upazila early Friday, leaving six people, including four cops, injured. The injured policemen are assistant sub-inspectors Sadeque and Jamal and two constables Borhan and Muslim of Jalalabad Police Station.
Mymensingh war crimes suspect Yusuf Ali sent to jail
A court here on Friday sent forest officer Yusuf Alam, who was arrested from Bagerhat on Wednesday night for his alleged involvement in war crimes during the liberation war in 1971, to jail.Senior Judical Magistrate M Sirajul Islam Gazi ordered to…
BD national tortured to death by BSF at Jahurpur border
A Bangladeshi national was tortured to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Jahurpur border area in Sadar upazila early Friday.The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman Sentu, 33, son of Shish Mohammad, a resident of Binpara village in…