Our Correspondent | 2015-09-17 00:00:00
BOGRA, Sept 16: Farmers of 162 villages of 36 unions under eight upazilas of Bogra district are trying hard to recoup crops loss worth Tk 1030 million caused by recent floods as the area remained submerged for around fifteen days....
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-17 00:00:00
PABNA, Sept 16: The farmers of nine upazilas in Pabna district have brought more land under off-season and winter vegetable cultivation this year than that of the last year. A source at the agriculture office here said last year winter...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-17 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Sept 16: Despite a satisfactory supply, selling of sacrificial animals in local haats and cattle-markets has not yet been started in full swing as the holy Eid-ul-Azha is only one week to be celebrated. Though the cattle markets of...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-17 00:00:00
BOGRA, Sept 15: The farmers of the district are expecting bumper yield of T-Aman paddy as Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) have provided them with necessary agri-inputs and fertilisers this season. Transplantation of T-Aman paddy seedlings was completed successfully in...
Tea prices edged higher for a second straight week at the weekly auction held in Chittagong Tuesday amid tight supplies and strong demand for quality leaf, reports Reuters. Bangladeshi tea fetched an average 187.93 taka ($2.4) per kg at the...
Bangladesh 'A' team conceded a 96-run defeat against India 'A' team in the first one-day battle of India tour at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru Wednesday, reports UNB. Replying a mammoth 322 runs, Bangladesh finished their innings at 226 in...
Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed suffered a left side strain during the 1st one-day match between Bangladesh 'A' team and India 'A' team at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Wednesday, reports UNB. Taskin will miss the remaining matches of the India series...
Bangladesh football team has been put in the Group-B to play the 9th edition of the Suzuki South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship beginning on December 25 in Kerala, India, reports UNB. Apart from Bangladesh, the remaining Group-B teams are...
Saudi Arabia crushed hosts Bangladesh by 5-1 goals in the Group-D opening match of the AFC U-16 Qualifiers at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Wednesday, reports UNB. Forward Sarwar Zaman Nipu put Bangladesh ahead by a right footer...
Saint Gregory's High School retained their boys' group title of the Polar Ice Cream 23rd National School Handball Tournament (Boys and Girls) beating Narinda Govt High School by 31-23 goals in the final at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali...
FE Report | 2015-09-17 00:00:00
Polish Treasury Ministry Secretary of State Zdzislaw Gawlik Wednesday expressed his interest in investing on mineral, food processing, energy and renewable energy in Bangladesh. "We have very solid proposals for Bangladesh, we are in a preliminary stage, finding out scopes...
FE Report | 2015-09-17 00:00:00
Rise in real wages in the agriculture sector played a significant role in poverty reduction in the country between 1996 and 2013. The analysis came in a paper on 'Inclusive Development and Agricultural Labour' at the Abdul Ghafur Memorial Lecture...
FE Report | 2015-09-17 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has awarded work-order to a Vietnamese company - FPT Information System Corporation - for supplying and setting up hardware, software and network to introduce an online VAT system. NBR signed a deal with the...
Economists' confce calls for paper South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM), a Dhaka-based research organisation, is going to organise its first annual economists' conference next year. The conference titled "Bangladesh: Way towards a Middle Income Country", will be held...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-09-17 00:00:00
The government has asked all the ministries, divisions and agencies to devise separate budget implementation plans aiming to ensure proper implementation of the country's fiscal budget, officials said. The ministries, divisions and agencies will have to submit the budget implementation...
The United States on Wednesday emphasised its commitment to working with the government of Bangladesh and other partners to promote the use of more fuel-efficient cookstoves that produce less harmful emissions, are more energy-efficient and do not pose health hazards,...
RANGPUR, Sept 16 (BSS) : The spontaneous payment of income tax by the eligible citizens will not only strengthen the national economy, but also make them dignified people ensuring their participation in the national-building activities. The Mayor of Rangpur City...
Nawar Fairooz | 2015-09-17 00:00:00
As we all know, child marriage has been popular in the rural areas of Bangladesh for a long time. But by law, girls cannot get married before 18. Those who were or are getting married before 18 are usually unregistered,...
Saiful A Siddique | 2015-09-17 00:00:00
The American Association of Bangladeshi Engineers and Architects (AABEA) Biennial Convention - 2016 organising committee invites papers from the graduate or undergraduate students studying engineering/ architecture/ computer science in public or private engineering schools in Bangladesh. The convention will be...
Sadid Uddin | 2015-09-17 00:00:00
"A job well-planned is a job half-done". In case of planning a business, a business plan can be equated simply with one's career resume. Thus, a good business plan is no less important than a good career resume. On September...
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. — Dr. Seuss We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. — Mother Teresa A smile is the light in your window that tells others that...
MOULVIBAZAR, Sept 16 (UNB): Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali was laid to eternal rest beside his parents' graves at Shah Mostafa Mazar at Darjirmahal in the district town on Wednesday. The burial took place around 5:03 pm after a...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia reached London on Wednesday on nearly a two-week personal tour for her eye treatment and celebrating Eid-ul-Azha there with her family members, reports UNB. A regular flight of Emirates Airlines carrying Khaleda Zia landed at the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-17 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Sept 16: Police in a drive arrested the Rajshahi regional chief of outlawed militant organisation Hijbut Tahrir (HT) in the early hours of Wednesday. The arrestee is Mahmudur Rashid Ovee. During the drive police also seized a large number...
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