Hi-tech parks to be set up in every district: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government will set up high-tech parks in every district in phases for flourishing information technology at every corner of the country
Archive for June 4th, 2014
Top court rejects bail plea of Indian tycoon Subrata Roy
India’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by an Indian tycoon accused of a multibillion dollar fraud to be released from jail and allowed house arrest.
SC attention drawn to PM, law minister’s comments
President of the Supreme Court Bar Association Khandker Mahbub Hossain on Wednesday brought to the notice of the Supreme Court the comments of prime minister Sheikh Hasina and law minister Anisul Huq about the judiciary
Govt plans 500 technical centers across Bangladesh: Minister
Expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain said Wednesday the government plans to set up a total of 500 technical training centers, one in each upazila across the country.
UAE coronavirus death toll rises to 10: minister
The MERS coronavirus has killed 10 people and infected 68 in the United Arab Emirates since March 2013, the health minister said in comments published by local media on Wednesday…
More arms-ammo seized in Habiganj forest
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered four more machine guns, eight rounds of bullets of rocket launcher and huge amount of shells from the bordering Satchhari forest at Chunarughat in Habiganj on the second consecutive…
US looks forward to working with Egypt’s al-Sisi
The United States said Wednesday it looks forward to working with the new government of Egyptian president-elect Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, urging him to carry out human rights reforms…
Feni Jubo League leader killed
A local leader of Jubo League was chopped to death by miscreants at Adarsha village in Sonagazi upazila in Feni early Wednesday…
China mine accident kills 22
A coal mine accident killed 22 people in the south-western Chinese city of Chongqing, the city’s news office said in an online statement Wednesday…
Sangsad Bhaban catches fire
A fire broke out at the east-south plaza of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Wednesday morning…
Secretariat abuzz with people seeking gains
Ministers nowadays find it difficult to pay attention either to the affairs of their ministries or party activities outside due to increasing pressure of visitors, most of them persuading the policymakers for favour in getting projects and government jobs…
Huge cache of arms hauled in Habiganj
The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday hauled a huge cache of arms in a drive on the bordering Satchhari forest at Chunarughat in Habiganj.
The battalion found 184 rocket launchers and 153 rocket launcher charges in seven bunkers in the areas, the battalion’s legal and media wing director ATM Habibur Rahman said…
Aggressive tax drive to rule budget
The budget that the government will propose tomorrow for the 2015 financial year will focus on the mobilisation of more resources through fresh direct and indirect taxes and increase in tax rates…
Govt may impose VAT on mobile set import
The government is likely to impose value-added tax on import of mobile telephone sets and small investors may get tax exemption on their income derived from investments up to Tk 5 lakh in savings instruments in the next budget, officials of the National Board of Revenue said…
Budget pledges fall flat for management flaws
The government’s budgetary pledges for the current financial year fell flat as the implementation lags far behind, with flaws in the economic and political systems taking the toll…
Additional deployment continued
The people near Naikhyangchari frontiers in Bandarban are still in a panic as border security forces of both Bangladesh and Myanmar are still maintaining heavy deployment over the killing of Border Guard Bangladesh soldier Nayek Mizanur Rahman by Myanmar border police on May 28…
Nasrul pushes for unsolicited proposal
The state minister for power and energy, Nasrul Hamid, on Tuesday asked officials concerned to accelerate the process of approval of an unsolicited proposal of Carbon Mining Bangladesh Ltd for extracting heavy minerals from three blocks in Kurigram…
Osmans victim of negative campaign: Hasina
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday said in the parliament that members of AL lawmaker Shamim Osman’s family had always been a victim of negative campaign and a vested interest quarter was active against the family…
Hasina leaves for China on June 6
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would pay a six-day official visit to China from June 6 at the invitation of Chinese premier Li Keqiang.
During the visit, Dhaka and Beijing are expected to sign a framework deal on the construction of a deep sea port at Sonadia at a cost of US$ 5 billion under the Chinese preferential buyer’s credit…
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