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Office during Ramadan 9AM to 3PM
05:56 PM, 01 Jun 2015 Monday
The government has rescheduled the office time for the month of Ramadan starting from June 19. Office time during Ramadan for all the government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous offices will be from 9 AM to 3 PM.
Mushfiq endores Samsung
11:22 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday
Test Team Captain of Bangladesh National Cricket team Mushfiqur Rahim has endorsed the products of Samsung in Bangladesh. Samsung Electronics Bangladesh officially announced Mushfiqur’s association with the brand today at a grand ceremony in the capital.
Moinul Islam Moin selected as WMC advisory council member
11:10 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday
AKM Moinul Islam Moin, Head of Marketing PRAN (Confectionary) Ltd. has been selected as advisory council member of CMO-Asia’s world Brand Congress.
Trade leaders demand uniform source tax
09:29 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday
Strongly opposing the government`s move to raise source tax on readymade garment (RMG) export proceeds, leaders of the country`s leading trade bodies Tuesday demanded imposition of a uniform source tax for all export sectors.
Myanmar agrees repatriating 200 Bangladeshis
09:17 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday
Myanmar said today it had reached an agreement with neighbouring Bangladesh to repatriate 200 Bangladeshis rescued from a boat off the Myanmar coast last week.
Schwarzenegger in Bollywood movie!
08:48 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday
Arnold Schwarzenegger has a strong Indian link. He was in Chennai for the audio release of South Indian Actor Vikram’s I.
3 held for human trafficking, rescued 2
08:37 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday
Police on Wednesday held three people in charge of trafficking human and rescued two victims from Bank Colony area under EPZ police station in Chittagong.
Smartphone market continues going low
08:17 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday
Analysts at International Data Corporation (IDC) again confirmed on Wednesday that the worldwide smartphone market will continue to see its overall growth slow in 2015.
Mamata unlikely to visit Dhaka with Modi
07:54 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday
Though she has not formally conveys her inability to join the Prime Minister of India, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee does not seem inclined to accompany Narendra Modi on his forthcoming visit to Bangladesh, reports Hindustan Times.
Dhaka is the city of rape: Mahbubur Rahman
07:37 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday
Lt. Gen. (Rtd) Mahbubur Rahman, BNP standing Committee member, on Wednesday said Dhaka has become the city of rape. He was speaking at a meeting organized by Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal marking the 34th death anniversary of the party’s founder Ziaur Rahman at Engineers’ Institute this noon.
FIFA officials held over corruption charge
07:15 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday
Six football officials have been arrested over corruption charges at governing body Fifa, as Swiss prosecutors launch a criminal case into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids.
RAB held two for ethnic girl gang-rape
06:52 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday
Rapid Action Battalion(RAB) on Tuesday night arrested two alleged in connection of the rape of the Garo girl in a running microbus at Kuril in the capital. Arrestees are identified as Ashraf alias Tushar and the driver of the microbus Lavlu.
Bangladesh will build fighter planes: PM
06:28 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her confidence on building fighter planes in Bangladesh in future. She said this while speaking at the induction ceremony of L-410 Transport Trainer Aircraft at BAF Base Bashar at Tejgaon in the capital this morning
Mojaheed`s verdict on June 16
06:10 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday
The Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict on June 16 on the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed challenging death penalty awarded to him for his wartime offences.
RAJUK dumping the cave
05:33 PM, 27 May 2015 Wednesday
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) started dumping the piling cave of the under-construction building with sandsacks to check the collapse of hotel Sundarban and adjacent road in Karwanbazar.
Planning Minister praises Pran milk
10:38 PM, 26 May 2015 Tuesday
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal praised the project and quality of PRAN milk and proposed to replicate it in state run Milk Vita milk production project. He said this to the media after the meeting of Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) at Planning Commission at Sher-E Bangla Nagar in the capital on Tuesday.
People will answer to the oppression: Nazrul Islam Khan
10:16 PM, 26 May 2015 Tuesday
Nazrul Islam Khan, Standing Committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), said on Tuesday people of the country will answer to the oppression on the opposition leaders and activists soon.
Three Bangladeshi films in SAARC Film Festival
09:35 PM, 26 May 2015 Tuesday
The Ministry of Information selected three Bangladeshi films to participate in the ‘SAARC Film Festival’ in Colombo in Srilanka. The festival has begun on Tuesday (May 26) and will be end on Sunday (May 31).
HC grants bail to Latif Siddique
08:50 PM, 26 May 2015 Tuesday
The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to detained lawmaker and sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique in the cases filed against him over hurting the ‘religious sentiment of Muslims’.
Modi to visit Dhaka on June 6
08:34 PM, 26 May 2015 Tuesday
At the invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi would be coming to Bangladesh on a State visit from 06 to 07 June 2015, a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms.