by Sharan Burrow The tale of two Gulf countries is a real puzzle. Oman and Qatar both are petroleum-rich, with roughly 1.7 million migrant workers. Here the similarities end. My first visit to Oman this month showed me there is…
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RUET admission test November 14
The admission tests for BSc (Engineering) course of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) under 2015-16 academic session has been scheduled to be held on 14 November 2015, saya a press release.
Boy killing: 16 get life term in Jessore
speedy trial tribunal here on Sunday convicted 16 people of killing a youth in Jessore in 2006 and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
City dwellers worried about Qurbani on Govt. authorised places
Although the government has earmarked some spots for slaughtering sacrificial animals during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha to keep the city clean, the initiative seems to be ineffective as city dwellers are worried how they will carry the meat back home from…
Asst. Director of UGC, 2 others on remand for MBBS question leakae
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Sunday) placed three persons including an Assistant Director (AD) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) on remand in a case filed with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station in connection with the leakage…
DB Police submits report against Tarique
The Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Sunday submitted the charge sheet of a case lodged against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman for calling Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman “Pakbandhu” (friend of Pakistan). DB Assistant Commissioner, Jewel Rana of Detective Branch-Motijheel…
1141 bottles phansidyl seized from Zebonnoagar
B, G, B memberes of darsona camp recovered 1041 bottles phansidyl from halder para border under zebonnagar upazila in cguadanga district last night 8 pm.
Security beefed up in Kishoreganj for Eid-ul-Azha
Kishoreganj District Administration have been tight security measures in the district town and its adjoining areas for ensuring a pleasant Eid-ul-Azha celebraion sheduled to be held on September 25 (Friday).The sepcial decision was taken at a meeting held at Local…
Indian cattle in the market
Indian cattle are entering into Bangladeshi haats. The cattle which enter into Bangladesh are being corridor with taka five hundred through customs and become legality.Although Bangladesh has no contract with India to import cattle but it transects illegal way.
Three get life for violating housewife in Sylhet
A tribunal here on Thursday convicted three people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for violating a housewife in 2010.The lifers were identified as Jahur Ali,48, son of late Maulana Abdul Jalil of Rapasha village in Kamalganj, Koisar Miah,32,…
People start leaving Sylhet city to celebrate Eid
A good number of people started leaving the Sylhet from Friday morning to observe the Holy Eid-ul-Azha with their near and dear ones at village homes.Family members, especially wives, children, students and elderly ones were going earlier to avoid the…
Four-day long Tax fair begins at Natsingdi
The four-day Tax Fair,a part of the country wide programe to motivate the citizens for paying taxes has began here at Narsingdi pourashava auditorium on Friday Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Suriaya Begum inaugurated the fair as chief guest with Deputy…
Vattant Freedom Fighter died at Chuadanga
Formar Chuadanga district mukhti jhoddha commander and former commissions of chuadanga pourashava Sofiuddin mongla commander son of late Moksad Ali Mondal of zintala para under chuadanga pourashava in chuadanga district was died at his residence last night 10 pm.
Thirty injured after bus hit the roadside wall on Barisal-Patuakhali Road
At least 30 passenger of a bus plying on Patuakhali-Barisal route became injured at about 8:00 am Friday in Dapdapia area of the city after the vehicle hit a roadside wall and tree.Of the injured, 27 admitted in Barisal Sher…
Bangladesh Judges become members of PCA, the Hague
Justice Md. Tofazzal Islam and Justice Md. Awlad Ali have become members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration situated in The Hague, according to Foreign Ministry sources. This is the first time Bangladeshi judges are going to be included in…
Ruling party cadres occupy cattle markers: Bnp
BNP yesterday alleged that the ruling party cadres occupied cattle markets in the city and they are realising tolls whimsically at rates higher than in the past. “The cattle markets in the city were leased to leaders of the ruling…
Six pharmacies in Ctg fined Tk 1.05 lakh for selling cow fattening tablets
A mobile court here on Saturday fined six pharmacies Tk 1.05 lakh for selling cow-fattening tablets, Viagra and food supplements in the city.
Voting begins in fifth Greece election in six years
Voting has begun in Greece’s general election, with opinion polls indicating a tight race between the left-wing incumbent Syriza party and the conservative New Democracy. The snap election, Greece’s fifth in six years, was called after Syriza lost its parliamentary…
Another Bangladeshi killed in BSF firing at Thakurgaon border
A Bangladeshi national, who sustained bullet injuries with another one as members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire on them in Chanpasa border area of Haripur upazila, died at a hospital in India on Saturday. The deceased was…
Machine readable cow!
Hijacking of cows or I would define ‘Cow-jacking’ has increased significantly. Recently a cattle-laden truck was hijacked from the parliament area. The police reportedly succeeded in locating the truck and arresting the driver but the stolen cattle are yet to…
Khaleda underlines urgent election, Bnp warns of political storm
Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has said in London that Bangladesh urgently needs an acceptable election to overcome the political crisis that the country is facing due to the absence of people’s representation in the government, says a message received…
8 local kabadi players among 9 killed as truck overturns in Orissa
Eight persons died when a mini truck carrying around 20 people, a team of local kabaddi players, overturned and fell off a bridge near Suarapalli village on the Lahunipara-Baharaposi in Sundargarh district on Saturday. Nine people have sustained severe injuries.…
Bd receives first batch of Russian Yak-130 training aircraft
Russia has delivered the first batch of Yakovlev Yak-130 combat trainer aircraft (NATO reporting name Mitten) to Bangladesh. The plane allows training pilots in flying four-plus and fifth-generation combat aircraft, Russian media reports. The delivery process started on September 17.
Europe’s enigma is as stark closer home
Prakash Bhandar Europe is facing an unprecedented refugee situation as desperate families from war-torn Syria and political crises-ridden Hungary are making a beeline for various countries there, travelling long distances by train, road, rickety boats and even walking to reach…
Bnp blames Govt for reducing Indian goods transhipment fees
BNP on Saturday alleged that the government, sidetracking the National Board of Revenue (NBR), has unilaterally reduced the customs fee to Tk 580 from Tk 1,000 for transit or transhipment of each tonne of Indian goods through Bangladesh. Addressing a…
‘Bangladesh Bank to mobilise $7b for infrastructure dev’
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Saturday said the central bank will mobilise a $7-billion fund for the country’s infrastructure development to accelerate the GDP growth from 6 percent to 8 percent, aiming to fulfill the nation’s dream of…
Royal Tulip Seapearl Beach 5-star Hotel in Coxs Bazar
Cox’s Bazaar : Coxsbazar is the longest sandy sea beach in the world enriched with the natural beauties. Innai and Himchari are the two attractive points for tourists where a number of accommodation units are located. Inani is kilometers away…
Schoolboy sued for spreading girl’s blue photo
A case was filed against two schoolboys under the Pornography Control Act 2012 on Saturday as they allegedly spreading a doctored nude image of a class VIII girl of their school on the internet, causing the victim a severe mental…
Medicine is not a trade
The other day I was reading an online medical literature where I found an ethical quote from Padmashri Prof. Dr. P. V. A. Mohandas, founder of the Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (M.I.O.T), Chennai, India which I would like…
