The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved ‘Padma Bridge rail link’ project involving an estimated cost of Tk 34,988.86 crore in a bid to set up improved rail connectivity between the capital and the southwestern…
News Desk The life extension project at Armenian NPP Unit 2 is going full tilt with Rosatom’s involvement. At a meeting held in late April, the project steering committee discussed results of the technical audit that involved systems and individual…
The Chinese, even the ancient Greeks believed in ducks as companion of fortune.
Dhaka – Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Huq expressed his hope that present Karwan Bazar whole sale market will be shifted to Jatrabari and Gabtoli within several months.
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the hacking of money from Bangladesh central bank’s account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will have no impact on the country’s economy in the long run, unb news…
The cargo owners who went on an indefinite strike demanding rational fixation of workers minimum wage withdrew their strike on Monday upon the government’s assurance of meeting their demand. “As Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan have assured us that a committee,…
Increased appeal exports could create more and better jobs in Bangladesh if the country makes improvement in productivity and product quality by enforcing a better safety condition and other compliance policies, said a World Bank report. The report, released on…
Passengers set sail Sunday from Miami on an historic cruise to Cuba, the first in decades to depart from a U.S. seaport for the communist island nation. Carnival Corp.’s 704-passenger Adonia left port at 4:24 p.m., bound for Havana. Carnival’s…
Dhaka – The historic May Day is being observed in bangladesh and many other countries of the globe on Sunday with a fresh vow to establish the rights of workers. May Day, also known as International Workers’ Solidarity Day, commemorates…
The government will launch tower business in telecom sector considering customers’ interests as well as environmental concerns, State Minister for Posts and Telecommunication Tarana Halim has said.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes, Baskut Tuncak, has urged states and businesses to increase efforts to prevent occupational death and disease from hazardous substances.
Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited handing over a dummy key of pickup vans to Md. Assaduzzaman Mia, Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on April 27, 2016, Wednesday. Executives and high officials of the both organizations…
Dhaka – A day after workers’ withdrawal of strike, owners have now stopped plying goods-laden vessels to press for their demand, unb news agency reported. Cargo Owners’ Association Senior Vice-president Khurshid Alam told UNB that they went on the indefinite…
Dhaka – River vessel workers, who have been enforcing a strike from April 20 to press home their demand to review the minimum wages in the sector, have decided to withdraw upon assurances from the government of meeting their demands.…
-By Raquib Siddiqi The global campaign, to project Bangladesh as an attractive tourist destination, as well as to erase negative image of the country, that was planned during Visit Bangladesh Year-2016, is yet to take off, due to non-availability of…
India has revoked the passport of business tycoon Vijay Mallya accused of hiding in Britain over billions in debt from his defunct Kingfisher Airlines.
Dhaka – Ignoring the government’s call to withdraw it, vessel workers have decided to continue with the indefinite strike until their minimum wage is fixed. Earlier on Saturday evening, the government sought time till May 10 from the vessel workers…
Brussels – “On Sunday 24 April 2016, it will be exactly three years since the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a tragic event that claimed more than 1,100 lives. Our thoughts today go first of…
Tomorrow (Sunday) is the 3rd anniversary of Rana Plaza collapse, the worst-ever tragedy in the country’s multi-billion dollar ready-made garment (RMG) industry.
River vessel workers, who have been enforcing an indefinite strike from Wednesday last, on Saturday came up with the decision to inform the government within 24 hours whether they will continue the strike or withdraw.
The U.S. Embassy Dhaka and the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) at BRAC University announce the names of the four Bangladeshi young entrepreneurs who will be visiting the United States from April 30 to June 3 under the U.S. State…
Dhaka – Two days after its enforcement press for a 15-point demand, the vessel strike was partially postponed on Friday night, unb news agency reported. The decision was taken after a meeting of Bangladesh Water Transport Workers Federation and Bangladesh…
Staff Reporter Civil Aviation Minister Rashed Khan Menon said 3.5 million people will have employment in tourism sector by 2018, saying the government has taken many initiatives to flourish the sector.
Bangladesh on Thursday announced the discovery of the biggest ever limestone deposit in its northern district of Naogaon, capable of meeting the entire demand of the country’s cement industry.
Dhaka – The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads & Railways (NCPSRR) on Thursday urged the concern authorities to fulfill waterways transport workers’ 15 point demands including increasing of its minimum wage. At a joint statement, National Committee adviser and…
Operations at river ports and passenger terminals for waterways across Bangladesh have been disrupted after transport workers went on an indefinite strike, bdnews24.com has reported. The strike to push for a 15-point demand, including pay hike, began at Wednesday midnight.…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested 10 suspected robbers, including prime accused Habib alias Rubel, in connection with the snatching of Tk1.84 crore from an ATM booth of Dutch-Bangla Bank in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district on…
Campaigners are increasing the global pressure as reports persist of beatings and safety hazards • Clare Hutchison • The deaths of more than 1100 people in Bangladesh helping to supply global brands such as Primark with clothes in 2013 was…
Dhaka -Malaysian Airlines chief executive Christoph Mueller has resigned after less than one year of leading the carrier’s reorganising efforts. The airline had suffered years of financial losses even before it was hit by two major disasters in 2014. Flight…
Dhaka – The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved Dohazari-Ramu-Cox’s Bazar and Ramu to Gundum single line dual gauge track construction project(revised) with Tk 18,034.48 crore in a bid to introduce railway communication in the…