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Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member M Saifur Rahman, who died on Saturday, had been the longest serving finance minister in Bangladesh’s history. He formulated 12 national budgets, starting with the one in the 1980–81 financial year. He placed his last

President Zillur Rahman, speaker and deputy speakers of Jatiya Sangsad and different socio-political organisations, politicians and foreign diplomats have expressed deep shock at the death of former finance minister

The ruling Awami League Saturday expressed profound shock at the death of veteran politician and former finance minister M Saifur Rahman in a road accident. In a condolence message, the AL’s acting president, Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury and acting general secretary, Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif

The BNP chairperson and former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, expressed her deep shock Saturday at the death of M Saifur Rahman, veteran BNP leader and former finance minister, calling it ‘an irreparable loss’ for

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the expatriate Bangladeshis to extend their wholehearted support to her government in building a modern digital Bangladesh by 2021 through salvaging the country

M Saifur Rahman was born in Baharmardan village of Moulvibazar in 1932. He graduated from Dhaka University in 1953 and became a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and

Want to connect seven sisters, offer an access to alternative submarine cable Bangladesh can have access to an alternative submarine cable if it allows two Indian companies to build a fibre optic network to take low-cost telecommunication services to India’s seven

The Foreign Ministers of Bangladesh and India hold bilateral talks in New Delhi on September 8 for a review of the entire range of bilateral issues as well as finding out newer avenues of cooperation between

Five members of a family including a one-year-old baby were killed when a CNG-run taxicab skidded off the road and fell into a roadside ditch after being hit by a truck at Birulia under Pallabi police station in the

The government has decided to appoint 101 assistant judges to lower courts in addition to 207 whose appointments are now almost at the final stage. Even the law ministry has already in a requisition letter asked the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission (BJSC) authorities to

The third session of the 9th parliament begins at 11 am tomorrow. The parliament secretariat has already taken all preparations for the session. Its duration as well as proceedings will be finalised at a meeting of the Business

Govt for reactivating family planning programme The country lost some 9.8 lakh hectares of farmland between 1981 and 2001 due largely to population growth which further resulted in doubling of urban population in 20

Three listed criminals, including two outlaws were killed in three separate incidents of ‘gunfight’ with the law enforcers in Khulna, Kushtia and Pabna on Friday and

A federal judge sentenced a former US Army soldier to life in prison without parole on Friday for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the slaying of her

Normal operational activities of Chittagong Port are badly affected due to introduction of delivery of bulk cargo from inside the port yard to the private Inland Container Depot (ICD) using trucks and

Rain, wind batter coasts A monsoon depression in the northwest Bay and adjoining areas might trigger a heavy rainfall and 3-5 feet high wind-driven surge inundating low-lying areas of 14 coastal districts, offshore inlands

The Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) yesterday opposed the proposed ‘Private University Act-2009’ saying that the enactment of the Act would create an adverse impact on the country’s

Weak radio frequency in deep sea, lack of internal communication facilities in fishing trawlers and of attention to weather forecasts cause deaths of numerous fishermen during natural calamities

The 90-MW Fenchuganj power plant is likely to go into operation by next three months as the tax related dispute between the Power Development Board (PDB) and Chinese contractor Harbin has been

Automatic Vehicle Tracking System was introduced at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Headquarters yesterday with a view to reducing hijack of motor vehicles, especially private Full Article on The Independent