Tuesday, 14 May 2013

College admissions from May 18

By  at 5/14/2013 11:25:00 am    No comments
1 / 1 Procedures for student admission to the eleventh grade at all government and private colleges will begin on May 18 and classes will start on Jul 1. The decision was made at a meeting on eleventh grade admission guidelines at the Secretariat on Tuesday with...

H&M, others back new Bangladesh factory safety accord

By  at 5/14/2013 11:21:00 am    No comments
The world's two biggest fashion retailers, Inditex and H&M, along with several other companies have backed an accord aimed at preventing another disaster like last month's Bangladesh factory building collapse that killed more than 1,100 people. Deadly incidents at factories, including a fire in November that killed over 110 people, has focused global attention on safety standards in Bangladesh's...

Hong Kong most pricy retail space

By  at 5/14/2013 11:19:00 am    No comments
1 / 1 There's expensive and then there's Hong Kong. The Asian shopping haven in the first quarter kept its crown as having the world's highest rent for prime retail properties, at nearly 50 percent more than for similar districts such as upper Fifth Avenue in...

US govt seized scribes’ phone records: AP

By  at 5/14/2013 11:18:00 am    No comments
1 / 1 The Associated Press said on Monday the US government secretly seized telephone records of AP offices and reporters for a two-month period in 2012, describing the acts as a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering operations. AP...

Top 10 picks for those who dare

By  at 5/14/2013 11:14:00 am    No comments
1 / 1 Everyone likes a bit of excitement on holiday. But for those bold travelers who enjoy testing their limits with exhilarating stunts, rides and thrills, the members and editors of VirtualTourist (www.virtualtourist.com) have compiled a list of their Top 10...

Book on Tagore launched in Delhi

By  at 5/14/2013 10:37:00 am    No comments
1 / 1      Dhaka University’s Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique presented the first copy to Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 8.A joint initiative, the book has a series of papers and...

Monday, 6 May 2013

BNP calls strike May 8, 9

By  at 5/06/2013 08:48:00 pm    No comments
BNP Standing Committee Member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain told reporters on Monday night that they were protesting the ‘crackdown’ of the law enforcers on Hifazat-e Islam and the casualties from the raid at Motijheel.The decision came from a meeting of the leaders of the opposition alliance presided...

BNP calls strike May 8, 9

By  at 5/06/2013 08:46:00 pm    No comments
The BNP-led 18-Party alliance has announced nationwide general strikes for two consecutive days -- May 8 and 9 -- from 6am to 6pm. Police claimed eight people died, but bdnews24.com Narayanganj Correspondent confirmed 14 deaths from the clashes after visiting several hospitals and interviewing local...

Shafi at Hathazari, Babu Nagari held

By  at 5/06/2013 08:44:00 pm    No comments
1 / 1 Hifazat-e Islam chief Ahmad Shafi arrived at Hathazari in Chittagong on Monday evening after several people died there from clashes on rumours that had been arrested. The Chittagong-based radical organisation's Secretary General Junaid Babu Nagari...