Muhith to unveil budget for FY16 tomorrow
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith is placing the national budget for 2015-16 financial year (FY16) at the Jatiya Sangsad at 3:00pm on Thursday, reports Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.
3 held for distributing anti-Modi leaflets
Three activists of Jatiya Mukti Council, a leftist organisation, were arrested on Wednesday while they were distributing leaflets opposing Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Bangladesh.
TSA screeners failed tests to detect explosives, weapons
Airport screeners failed to detect explosives and weapons in nearly every test that an undercover Homeland Security team conducted at dozens of airports, according to an internal investigation.
Overturned fuel tanker kills 69 in Southeast Nigeria
Sixty-nine people have been killed and 35 people injured after a fuel tanker crashed into a busy bus stop in Southeast Nigeria."There is a likelihood that the number will go up," said Umar Abdou Mairiga, Nigeria's Red Cross coordinator.
Ship sinks in China's Yangtze River with 458 aboard
Chinese rescuers are scrambling to find survivors from a passenger ship that sank in the Yangtze River with 458 people aboard late Monday, authorities said.The rescue workers have heard sounds from within the capsized ship and are trying to reach the people they believe are inside the cabin, state media reported Tuesday.
NEW FISCAL YEAR, Revenue, investment, fair price for farmers key challenges: CPD
Revenue growth, tapping more foreign assistances, sluggish exports in the US market, ensuring fair prices for farmers and accelerating private investment would be key challenges for the government in the new fiscal year.
KOLKATA-AGARTALA BUS SERVICE THRU BANGLADESH Cabinet clears signing deals with India
The cabinet on Monday approved the signing of an agreement with India for ‘the regulation of motor vehicle passenger traffic’ between the two countries and a protocol on operation of passenger bus service between Kolkata and Agartala via Dhaka.
RANA PLAZA TRAGEDY, Murder charges against 41
After a long delay due to bureaucratic knots, the Criminal Investigation Department on Monday submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Dhaka accusing 41 people,
Untrained traffic cops manning capital’s streets
Out of 3,327 traffic personnel assigned to maintain smooth flow of traffic on the capital’s streets only 558 sergeants received the needed training.In other words 2,769 cops of different ranks look after the busy traffic on streets of the capital without getting any training on traffic management
Ukraine gives former Georgian president citizenship, governor's job
He'd been a thorn in Vladimir Putin's side as president of Georgia, then became an even more vocal and damning critic after leaving office. Now Mikheil Saakashvili is back -- in a new country, with a new role unlikely to please the Russian leader.
