It is needless to say that Dhaka is a city of unbearable traffic jam. People have to waste their valuable time on their way to either office, court or for business purposes in the capital city, now one of the...
Electricity supply around Rashed Khan Menon Sarak, former New Eskaton Road, is a big inconvenience experienced almost everyday by the residents of the locality. There occur power outages for three to seven times daily, each lasting for periods lasting for...
The report by Reuters, London was published in most dailies on July 28, 2015. It was stated in the report that England bowlers are being taught to hurt and injure batsmen, having lost all mastery over clever and deceptive bowling...
M. S. Siddiqui | 2015-07-30 00:00:00
Reforms are widely discussed and undertaken throughout the world for fair and equitable distribution of agricultural lands, protecting rights of landless sharecroppers and increasing productivity. Land reforms represent policies with significant promise to reduce rural poverty in developing countries. These...
Wahidur Rahman | 2015-07-30 00:00:00
The pharmaceutical industries of Bangladesh manufacture about 8000 generic drugs under 26813 registered brands in different dosages and strengths. The government also controls the price of 209 generic drugs in specified dosage forms along with imported medicines and 41 APIs...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-30 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, July 29: Speakers at a function here Wednesday unequivocally urged the retailers to sell iodised salt to the consumers regularly to help build a sound and healthy society. "A human body needs iodine for the thyroid to produce a...
All travellers can carry only Machine Readable Passports (MRP) from November 24 as manual passport (hand written) will not be acceptable to any airport, according to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting...
The maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local warning signal number four after lowering local cautionary signal no three as squally weather may affect the North Bay, adjoining coastal area of Bangladesh...
The board of directors of Navana CNG Limited has recommended 15 per cent cash dividend for general shareholders (excluding sponsors) for the year ended on March 31, 2015. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on...
Condemned war crimes convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury was found a little bit anxious after hearing the Appellate Division verdict upholding the death penalty awarded to him by the International Crimes Tribunal-1 for war crimes. Jailer of Dhaka Central Jail-2 in...
Rizwanul Islam | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
During the past few decades, Bangladesh has made notable progress in both economic and social fields. On the one hand, there has been continuity in economic growth, and on the other, the country can boast of its achievements in social...
Chowdhury Shahed Akbar | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
Most private banks in the country saw their profit rise, though slightly, in the first six months of the current year despite a cut in lending rate and reduced spread. The lending rate was reduced from 13.25 per cent in...
That the extraction of sufficient amount of coal from its own deposits for generation of a substantial portion of the country's future power requirement is largely dependent on hard political decisions is now quite clear. Notwithstanding the country's proven reserves...
Wasi Ahmed | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
The 18-year-old Information Technology Agreement (ITA) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is finally up for delivering something that most observers believe would spur significant expansion of the information technology (IT) industry to the benefit of global masses. The deal...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
Newspaper photos and reports on waterlogging in Dhaka and Chittagong cities these days have triggered shock waves across the country. The city corporations and other related agencies appear to be helpless. These bodies, whose mandate is to make citizens' lives...
As leaders make assessments about their followers, so do the followers assess the competence of their leaders at some point of time or other. In our country, nobody wants to be a leader. In stead they choose leaders and want...
A reporter's despatch on the subject was published in a local daily recently. It was about a proposal of the government. This deserves national priority and needs to be taken up at the earliest. This will be a cheaper option,...
Nowadays the leadership quality in the corporate world is considered to be one of the core ingredients of success. The more an individual is able to portray his/her leadership quality, the more success s/he enjoys in career. One of the...
Nitai C Nag | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
LIBOR is a daily rate supposed to measure the average cost of short-term loans between major banks. It used to be set in London by 16 giant banks including JP Morgan, Citigroup, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, and was run by the...
F. R. Chowdhury from London | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
There was a time when trade used to be conducted by sailing ships. There was no question of marine pollution as marine technology was primitive. The loss of ships and lives occurred frequently - accepted as the peril of sea...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, July 28: Speakers in a function here Tuesday underscored the need for boosting production of fishes including indigenous ones to meet the growing demand of protein and build hunger and poverty free country. "As the fisheries sector is meeting...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
SYLHET, July 28: Works on the foot over bridge at the Sylhet city's court point area with a view to resolving traffic congestion on the busy commercial area is nearing completion. It would be ready in a couple of weeks...
A Correspondent | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, July 28: Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is facing allegations that it is destroying trees in the name of its beautification drive. Valuable trees including mahogany, koroi, shishu, jhau tree and others are being felled on the city's rail gate-CNB...
RANGPUR, July 28 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion here have stressed on building a peaceful society, free from repression, torture and violence against women anywhere and in any form for accelerating the national development. They put special emphasis on launching...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
RANGPUR, July 28: The jute growers of different upazilas in Rangpur district are rotting their jute plants in rivers and other water bodies, causing pollution of water, as they are yet to get familiar with ribbon retting method, a technology...
RANGPUR, July 28 (BSS): Effective community-based early preparedness with efficient emergency response management system could reduce loss of lives and property during the natural disasters, speakers at an orientation workshop said on Monday. Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and 'Pollishree', an...
NATORE, July 28 (UNB): A schoolgirl was killed after rape allegedly by her cousin and his friend at Yarpur village in Naldanga upazila on Monday. The victim was a resident of the village and a class V student of Yarpur...
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