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Terror, pol instability, energy crisis barriers to foreign investment: EU
Dhaka – Bangladesh is now most attractive and safe place for investment Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Thursday. The government has offered several special motivation packages for foreign investors to invest in Bangladesh, the minister said at a meeting with…
13th internship certificate giving at BAU
Mymensingh – The 13th internship certificate giving ceremony of the Veterinary Faculty was held at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh on Thursday at Teachers’ student centre mini conference hall.
Islami Bank Board meeting held Thursday
Dhaka – A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower with Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Chairman of the Bank in the cahir.…
4 JMB men including Dhaka Ameer held
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four suspected members of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from the city’s Khilgaon and Kamalapur areas on Wednesday night.
‘Single dose oral cholera vaccine protective in endemic setting’
Dhaka – A new study by icddr,b scientists has shown for the first time that a single dose of the oral cholera vaccine Shanchol is effective in older children and adults in an area where cholera is endemic. These findings…
AL man hacked dead in Kushtia
Dhaka – A local Awami League activist was hacked to death in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia on Wednesday night, unb news agency reported. The deceased was identified as Akkas Ali, 38, son of late Rahmat Sarder of Daulatkhan Godown Bazar…
Khaleda, 25 others charge-sheeted in violence case
Police on Wednesday afternoon submitted two charge-sheets to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 26 others in two cases filed with Darussalam Police Station of the city on the charges of…
Milestone College achieves 100% success rate in SSC results
The Milestone College achieved the Jubilant results in SSC examination under Dhaka education board. In this year total 1009 students (Bangla and English versions) appeared at the SSC examination from this college. Success rate is 100% and 603 students scored…
Death-row prisoner release record under present regime: BNP
The BNP has said the largest number of death row prisoners, who are involved in ruling party politics, were given clemency and release during the rule of present Awami League government. “Not only that, the death row prisoners were given…
Volunteers to be trained to face disasters
The government has taken initiatives to train 62,000 volunteers to face disasters and post disasters rescue operations. Besides, all the city corporations in the country will train one lakh volunteers.
Nomination business by local committees irks Bnp policy makers
BNP policymakers have expressed their strong resentment over the alleged nomination and committee business centering the ongoing Union Parishad polls by a section of BNP leaders. The leaders while speaking at a meeting of party standing committee the highest policymaking…
Islami Bank MD receives Asian Banker Award
Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has received the Asian Banker CEO Leadership Achievement Award-2016. Under his leadership, the bank was recognised as the best Managed Bank in Bangladesh. The award was given at the Asian…
BD, India set ‘model’ of cooperation, Jaishankar tells PM
Dhaka – Indian External Affairs Secretary Dr S Jaishankar on Wednesday said Bangladesh and India have set a ‘model’ in bilateral cooperation, which is being highly lauded in India, unb news agency reported. “The model is being highly appreciated in…
Pak NationalAssembly condemns Nizami execution
Dhaka – The National Assembly of Pakistan on Wednesday passed a unanimous resolution expressing serious concerns over the execution of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, unb news agency repored. The resolution was moved by Minister for Science and Technology…
Germany to expand its army
Germany is marching towards rebuilding what was once western Europe’s largest army, with a “long overdue” decision to recruit 14,300 additional soldiers over the next seven years, to counter modern threats and overcome pressures “in all areas.”
3 die in Manikganj bus plunge
Manikganj – Three people, including a woman, were killed and 28 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Manra on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.
State minister Promode Mankin passes away
Dhaka – State Minister for Social Welfare Promode Mankin, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in India, died early Wednesday. He was 78, unb news agency reported.
88.29 pc pass SSC, equivalent exams
Dhaka – The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations were published today (Wednesday), showing 88.29 percent pass rate, unb news agency reported.
Nizami buried in home town Pabna
Dhaka – Motiur Rahman Nizami, hanged for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, was buried near his ancestral home in Santhia upazila after his execution in the small hours of Wednesday, unb news agency reported.
Jamaat calls general strike for Thursday
Dhaka – Protesting the execution of its ameer and war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami, Jamaat-e-Islami has called a 24-hour countrywide hartal for Thursday to protest what it called ‘planned killing’ of Nizami by the government, unb news agency reported.
Nizami hanged for war crimes early Wednesday
Dhaka – War crimes convict Motiur Rahman Nizami was hanged in the erly hours of Wednesday for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. After long six years of trial, the 73-year-old Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was hanged…
What does Muslim mayor for London signify?
N. S. Venkataraman There are many cities in the world that are as big, and have a reputation and great history, as London. The mayors of these cities are elected or appointed at regular intervals and these are rarely reported…
BBC team expelled from North Korea for ‘disrespectful’ reporting
By Reuters and VICE News North Korea detained and expelled a team of BBC journalists on Monday over its reporting, the broadcaster and a North Korean official said, as a large group of foreign reporters visited the isolated country to…
Hitler statue fetches $17.2 million at auction
A statue of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan has been sold for a record 15.1 million euros at a New York auction. The wax and resin piece had been expected to fetch a fraction of that.…
Security beefed up in Dhaka jail
Dhaka – Security in and around the Dhaka Central Jail has been beefed up after the full verdict of the Supreme Court rejecting the review petition of Motiur Rahman Nizami reached the jail on Monday evening, unb news agency reported.…
Bnp has become weak, JP should utilise opportunity: Ershad
Dhaka – Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday underscored the need for bringing changes in the electoral system of local government elections, in a bid to hold its elections in a free, fair and credible manner. “The ongoing Union…
Verdict read out, Nizami could be hanged anytime if no clemency: AG
Dhaka – Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Monday said jail authorities can execute war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami anytime as per the government’s order if he does not seek presidential clemency, unb news agency reported. “Nizami can be executed anytime…
HC judge feels embarrassed to hear rule against Eng Mosharraf
Dhaka – A High Court judge on Monday felt embarrassed to hear a rule issued earlier in connection with case filed against Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain for concealing information in the wealth statement, unb news agency…
Putin for non-aligned int’l security system to face terror
Vladimir Putin said Russia is all for creating a non-aligned system of international security to counter global terror. The president, speaking at the V-Day parade in Moscow, called on all nations to learn the lessons of WWII. “Today our civilisation…