Jubair Hasan | 2015-09-03 00:00:00
A nearly 70 per cent slump in sales has led to the stockpiling of some Tk 21 billion worth of three-wheelers with the traders in the last few weeks as all the stakeholders feel the bite of the highway ban...
The government is preparing a 20-year strategic plan named 'Dhaka Structure Plan-2016-2035' to build the capital as a modern city, reports BSS. All development activities of Dhaka city would be conducted according to the plan, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said...
Moslem Uddin Ahmed | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
A bus is parked beside the bank of the Padma. The spot is in Rajshahi city. It's springtime. The passengers are all out and gone down the riverbed. They came from northern Rangpur district for picnicking on the desert-like bosom...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
The Victory Parade in Beijing on September 03 marking the allied victory in WWII in 1945 will be a high-profile event. It is for the first time that China will formally commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the...
Although the subject of a roundtable organised by the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) was water-logging, the focus shifted, for reasons understandable, to the woeful inadequacy of power vested in the two city corporations. Under the existing framework, the city...
Wasi Ahmed | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
It was a startling revelation, and disquieting too. The loss incurred by the government in terms of revenue due to the misuse of bonded warehousing system has been stated to be far beyond commoners' perception-astronomical, to say the least. The...
Md Mustakimur Rahman | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
It is a crime to hate disabled persons. This is a biased attitude. Such crimes may take the form of physical assault, threats, bullying, property damage, harassment, verbal abuse or insult etc. 'Hate crime' can veer around disability, race/ethnicity, religion...
An article published in the Financial Express, Dhaka, on 31st August 2015, on the recently signed Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and India Motor Vehicle Agreement (BBINMVA) is indeed very thought-provoking. 1. As and when the said agreement is ratified and implemented...
Foreign investment is not increasing as we do not see new significant investments made during the last few years which is discouraging for the economy. Every year, thousands of young men and women enter into the job market but compared...
The world has seen another "Black Monday" on August 24, 2015 as the Chinese economy recorded a downturn. Almost all the large stock markets around the world experienced a major slip in stock prices on that day. Now, the question...
Noore Alam Siddiqui | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
The establishment of strong national frontiers and the need for passports and visas emerged after the World War-I. Before that, people could move all over the world almost freely in search of a better livelihood and for accessing resources according...
Joao Augusto De Castro Neves for Reuters | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
Brazil is enduring one of its most acute crises since the return of democracy in the 1980s. Amid a sharp economic downturn, the combination of growing popular discontent and a massive corruption scandal involving state-controlled oil giant Petrobras and major...
A.K.M Fakhrul Alam | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
Palm oil was introduced in Bangladesh market in the early '70s to meet the growing demand of edible oil. Because of the good quality and also price competiveness compared to other edible oils, palm oil earned consumer's confidence very fast....
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Sept 1: Many cattle farm owners of the district were fattening cows by using toxic drugs. Consumption of meat of those fattened cattle may be fatal for human bodies. Still for getting a quick profit, a section of dishonest...
RANGPUR, Sept 1 (BSS): The country's first ever women community policing forum began its journey from Pairaband village, birthplace of pioneer of women renaissance in the subcontinent Begum Rokeya, under Mithapukur upazila here from Monday. The newly formed union-level 'Pairaband...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
SYLHET, Sept 1: Sylhet experienced the year's highest rainfall in the country today causing extreme sufferings for the commoners for the 3rd day. The local met office recorded 204 mm rainfal in 24 hours until 6 am Tuesday. Besides 97...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Sept 1: Shefali Akhter of Char Dhusmara under Kawnia upazila in Rangpur district got married when she was a student of class IV. Although she had a desire for higher education she could not fulfil it owing to early...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
JESSORE, Sept 1: A total of 320 tonnes of muriate of phosphate (MOP) at five warehouses owned by the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation, Jessore region, went missing. Jessore deputy commissioner Dr. Humayun Kabir confirmed the information to the newsmen. Jahid...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
BOGRA, Sept 1: The blacksmiths community here in all twelve upazilas are passing the busiest time to provide timely supply of sharp weapons for processing the sacrificial animals of Holy Eid-ul-Azha. This community awaits for the biggest festival Eid-ul-Azha of...
A Correspondent | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
GAZIPUR, Sept 1: After the booming success from 2014, the Mechanical and Chemical Engineering (MCE) department of Islamic University of Technology has once again stepped forward to bring to Bangladesh Mecceleration 2015. This event was inaugurated recently in the IUT...
A Correspondent | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
NAOGAON, Sept 1: Health services at almost all the community clinics under Porsha upazila in Naogaon have been hampering due to inaccessibility of power connection. As the clinics have no access to electricity, computers and many major medical equipment do...
Orientation on SPS begins in Jamalpur A two-day orientation course on Service Process Simplification (SPS) for unemployment youths began at Youth Development Department training centre here Tuesday. Director General of Youth Development Directorate Anwarul Karim inaugurated the orientation course as...
RANGPUR, Sept 1 (BSS): Recent floods have totally damaged standing crops on 82,406 hectares of land worth Tk 7.56 billion (Tk 765.04 crore) in five districts under Rangpur division. Over 0.60 million farmers have been affected severely by the floods...
FE Report | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
Iranian Ambassador Abbas Vaezi Tuesday said Bangladesh might get gas supply from Iran as it plans to export natural gas to India through Pakistan. "Once the tri-lateral pipeline is connected to India, it might be extended up to Bangladesh," said...
Syful Islam | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
The country's businesses and relevant ministries have suggested a review of the terms of reference of the proposed free trade area (FTA) agreement with Turkey in such a way that it protects domestic industries, officials have said. They said interests...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-02 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sep 1: Former city mayor and Awami League Chittagong city unit president ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury today alleged that vested quarters in the government are conspiring against Chittagong and Chittagong Port. The vested quarters have been hatching conspiracy to take...
Ashraf made president of BHMEA Ashrafur Rahman has been elected president of Bangladesh Handicrafts Manufacturers Exporters' Association (BHMEA) for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017session. The other executive committee members and office bearers of the association are: Fauzia Amin Neena, senior vice...
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