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Significance of silent reading

Masum Billah | 2015-06-27 00:00:00

Reading education materials is a primary aspect in the process of learning and being educated. Two patterns are followed by the readers as far as education is concerned - loud/oral reading and silent reading. Knowing the variation between loud and...

DSE

2015-06-27 00:00:00

Green tea in feed can be better than antibiotics

2015-06-27 00:00:00

Avoiding antibiotics use in broiler production, quality poultry could be produced in the country through using green tea, which will be safer for human consumption, according to a new study, reports UNB. The study reveals that 0.25 per cent of...

Stone import thru\\\' Tamabil land port resumes after two months

2015-06-27 00:00:00

SYLHET, June 26 (UNB): Stone import through Tamabil land port which remained suspended for two months resumed on Thursday. A stone-laden truck entered the land port from Inida on Thursday  noon, customs authority of the land port said. Revenue officer...

All Philippine airlines can now fly to Europe

2015-06-27 00:00:00

The European Union has lifted the ban on Philippine commercial flights and allowed all of the country's air carriers to fly over Europe's skies, reports Philippine Daily Inquirer. Assured that the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Caap) can capably...

Fish fry released in Gaibandha rivers

2015-06-27 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, June 26 (BSS): Police administration today released a good quantity of fish fry in the Brahmaputra and the Ghagot rivers of the district to enhance fish production. Additional inspector general of police (AIGP) M. Moklesur Rahman formally released fish...

Developer soon to build Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park

2015-06-27 00:00:00

The government is going to appoint a developer to start construction of a part of the long-delayed multi-million-dollar Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park (KHTP), officials said. They said an agreement will be signed  tomorrow between Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA) and Summit...

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and lawmaker Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir

2015-06-27 00:00:00

Microcredit regulator to get new life as DFID extends project

Ismail Hossain | 2015-06-27 00:00:00

The United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) has extended the project, which was taken up eight years ago to  strengthen the microfinance regulator, an official said. The DFID provided Tk 370 million in 2007 to help build capacity of...

Pre-Eid sales in shopping centres gain momentum

Arafat Ara | 2015-06-27 00:00:00

Sales at the city's shopping centres and fashion houses have gathered momentum ahead of Eid ul-Fitr with prices of most of the items showing upward trend this year over the previous year. On Friday, the traders passed busy time in...

Fresh hike in veg prices as rain hits farming

2015-06-27 00:00:00

FE Report Prices of vegetables further increased on Friday compared with a week ago, said traders who blamed incessant rain for the negative impact on farming. Prices of broiler chicken and eggs, however, declined slightly on the day. Most of...

DS-Concept co-founder Mr. Ansqar Huitten

2015-06-27 00:00:00

Remittance amounts to $968m in nine days

2015-06-27 00:00:00

The country received $968.64 million in  remittance in the first 19 days of the current month of June. Bangladesh Bank statistics show the four state-owned commercial banks  -- Agrani, Janata, Rupali and Sonali -- received $308.44 million from  the expatriate...

Jamdani fair kicks off in city

2015-06-27 00:00:00

A month-long international Jamdani fair kicked off on the premises of Siddeshwari Girls' High School on Friday in the city. State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan inaugurated the "International Jamdani Tantbastra Fair" organised by Bangladesh Weavers Product and...

Stocks edge lower amid dull trading

Babul Barman | 2015-06-27 00:00:00

Stocks ended lower last week that ended Thursday, the first week of the holy Month of Ramadan, as investors were cautious due to June closing and reduced trading time. The week featured five trading sessions as usual and all five...

Investors pay back Tk 1.35b

2015-06-27 00:00:00

Mohammad Mufazzal Investors who availed loan facility under the capital market re-financing scheme have paid back more than Tk 1.35 billion including interest, officials said. Under the capital market re-financing scheme, over Tk 4.87 billion was disbursed against the portfolios...

Currency mkt remains stable

2015-06-27 00:00:00

(June 21-June 25, 2015) The local currency remained stable last week against the greenback and it was traded between Tk 77- Tk 80 levels. Bangladesh Bank purchased foreign currency from interbank  to  stabilize  the market. We feel that market will...

Zimbabwe set to become battleground for 7th spot of Champions Trophy

2015-06-27 00:00:00

Pakistan's return tour to Zimbabwe is likely to become the battleground for a 2017 Champions Trophy spot after the hosts invited the West Indies for a limited overs tri-series involving the respective teams. The Champions Trophy will be played from...

\\\'Bangladesh mature into a consistent team\\\'

2015-06-27 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, June 26 (AP): The one-time easy beats of South Asian have just turned a corner, with an impressive series win at home against continental powerhouse India. Almost 30 years since its first foray into the top limited-overs cricket...

Govt committed to completing trial of war criminals: Speaker

2015-06-27 00:00:00

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said on Friday the government is committed to completing  the trial of the war criminals, reports BSS. "In accordance with Awami League's pre-poll political commitment, the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina initiated the trial...

Journos don\\\'t write against drug abuse: Nasir

2015-06-27 00:00:00

Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin pulled up the media for not writing against drug abuse, reports bdnews24.com.  "I can say with responsibility, journalists very consciously abstain from writing against drug abuse," the mayor told a discussion, marking...

SC judges can use ‘Justice’ as prefix on NID cards

2015-06-27 00:00:00

Election Commission (EC) is correcting the national identity (NID) cards of three citizens to introduce 'Justice' as a title for the first time in line with a High Court (HC) decision, reports bdnews24.com. The applications by HC Justice Naima Haider...

Inu for Khaleda’s trial to continue democracy, dev

2015-06-27 00:00:00

A minister said on Friday BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will have to be tried on  charges of arson and burning people to death to continue democracy and development, reports BSS.  "Khaleda Zia, militants, arsonists and Jamaat are tied together. Khaleda...

Reunion of 162 enclaves’ people in Lalmonirhat

2015-06-27 00:00:00

LALMONIRHAT, June 26 (UNB): The jubilant people of 162 Bangladesh-India enclaves organised a rally in Tin Bigha corridor on Friday ahead of the exchange of the adversely held land between the two countries. The Enclave Exchange Coordination Committee's Bangladesh and...

BNP demands support for flood victims

2015-06-27 00:00:00

BNP urged on Friday the government to immediately stand beside the flood victims of the greater Chittagong with emergency supplies, reports UNB. In a statement, the party said, "Over 20,000 people have been marooned in Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and Chittagong...

Ban on Jamaat demanded

2015-06-27 00:00:00

Samajtantrik Mahila Forum (SMF) and Samajtantrik Chhatra Front (SCF) demanded on Friday of the government to ban political parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami, that were involved in war crimes during the Liberation War in 1971, reports UNB. They came up with the...

Fake NGO officials held

2015-06-27 00:00:00

SATKHIRA, June 26 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested three officials of a fake non-governmental organisation (NGO), including its head, from a hotel in the district town on Friday morning, on charge of conning people out of Tk 450 million...

Youth found dead in Faridpur

2015-06-27 00:00:00

FARIDPUR, June 26 (UNB): The body of an unidentified youth was found in front of the emergency unit of Faridpur Medical College Hospital early Friday. However, who brought the body to the hospital could not be known. Officer-in-charge (OC) of...

Seven gamblers held in Barguna

2015-06-27 00:00:00

BARGUNA, June 26 (UNB): Detectives arrested seven alleged gamblers from a hotel in the district town on Friday noon. The arrestees were identified as Panu Sharif, Jahangir Hawlader, Sajib Mollah, Jasim Hawlader, Shahjahan Hawlader, Jasim and Yeasin Panchayet. Tipped off,...

Jamaat activist held with arms in Chittagong

2015-06-27 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, June 26 (BSS): Police arrested an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami with firearms from Mirzarkill area under Satkania upazila in the early hours of Friday. The arrestee was identified as Imtiaj Hossain Manik (40), son of late Idris Ahmed Chowdhury, hailing...