UNB, Dhaka :Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday said the import of reconditioned hybrid cars is set to get the green signal in the budget for fiscal 2015-’16.He said this when a delegation of Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (VARVIDA), led by its president Md Abdul Hamid Sharif, met him at the Secretariat at noon.“You’ll be allowed to import reconditioned hybrid cars in the upcoming fiscal year,” Muhith said following a demand from VARVIDA leaders.Now the import of...
Staff Reporter :Customs Intelligence on Monday arrested a passenger at Benapole land port for carrying 5 gold bars inside his shoe before entering India.Those gold bars weighing 1.25 Kilogram worth Tk 62 lakh were secretly hidden inside his shoes. Acting on a tip-off, the Customs Intelligence checked the passenger and identified him as Selim Hawladar after he crossed the Customs and Immigration at Benapole land port. He was arrested at 7.30 am at the port, said a press releaseThe arrested...
UNB, Dhaka :The icddr,b scientists have revealed that more than 75 percent of all pasteurized milk available on the local market is unsafe for direct consumption.However, this can only be dangerous if consumed ‘raw’ (unboiled), which is often practiced in Bangladesh, said the icddr,b revealing disturbing findings regarding commercially pasteurised milk which is the primary source of nutrition for children. At every stages of the dairy value chain from the farm to store, milk is found to be highly contaminated...
UNB, Dhaka :BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid on Thursday in the parliament demanded that the government amend the University Ordinance 1973 to force the four leading public universities to accept uniform admission test.Speaking on a point of order, the opposition MP also urged Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, to issue a ruling so that thegovernment can introduce the uniform admission test from this year removing all barriers.“The vice chancellors of 28 universities sat in a meeting on Tuesday. It’s a matter of...
Staff Reporter :Enraged locals set fire to a vehicle following the death of a fifth grader school student in a...
Xinhua, Herat :A deadly Taliban infighting killed 28 militants and wounded 17 others from both sides in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, a local source said Friday.“Armed men loyal to the two Taliban fractions – Mullah Rasoul and Mullah Hebatullah clashed with each other late on Thursday, in Shindand district of Herat province, leaving 28 fighters from both sides dead and 17 others wounded,” provincial governor’s spokesman Jailani Farhad told Xinhua. The source also confirmed the killing of a security officer,...
UNB, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said attempts are being made to carry out terror attacks in Bangladesh, but the intelligence and law enforcement agencies are on alert.“Many efforts are being made to conduct attacks also in Bangladesh. But our intelligence and law enforcement agencies are taking adequate pre-cautionary measures,” she said noting that Industries Secretary M Abdul Halim will be present at the rally as the chief guest.President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday...
UNB, Dhaka :Speakers at a human chain here on Friday demanded introducing the inter-city train service on newly installed Jamalpur-Dhaka rail route in order to reduce the sufferings of passengers travelling from the district to the capital.A huge number of people of Jamalpur district travel by train using the route every day. Considering their sufferings, a new rail line has already been set up from Tangail to Tarakandi of the district.Addressing the human chain, the speakers demanded introducing the inter-city...
UNB, Dhaka :Dhaka University (DU) today will remember the students and guests who were killed in a tragic incident at Jagannath Hall on the night of October 15 in 1985.On that day in 1985, a total of 39 people, including 26 students and 13 guests, died in a tragic incident of roof collapse of a one-storey building at the dormitory.The DU authorities have taken various programmes, including hoisting black flags in all dorms, brining out mourning processions, placing wreaths at...
UNB :Bangladesh is going to create its own social media platform called ‘Jogajog’ as an alternative to Facebook and ‘Alapon” for WhatsApp, State Minister for Information and Communi-cation Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak said on Saturday. He said this while speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural function of “Entrepreneurship Master-class Series 2” organized by Women e-Commerce.“Through this(Jogajog app) the entrepreneurs of the country will be able to create their own online marketplace and group for information, data and communication...