FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-05-08 00:00:00
The Planning Commission (PC) finalised Thursday a Tk 925 billion Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year, nearly 23 per cent up from the current fiscal's revised outlay, officials said. Commission officials said they had finalised the ADP...
FE Report | 2015-05-08 00:00:00
The India's Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, finally passed the long-pending Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh Thursday entailing exchange of enclaves between the two countries. The Constitution (One Hundred and Nineteenth Amendment) Bill, 2013, was...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-08 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 7: Businesses in the port city made on Thursday a set of proposals including reduction of VAT (value added tax) from 15 per cent to 7.5 per cent to encourage taxpayers. They also suggested raising the existing ceiling...
A youth was gunned down at the city's Mirhazirbagh under Jatrabari police station Thursday. The victim was identified as Md Billal Hossain (22), son of late Abdul Malek. Sources at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said Billal, who was...
NARAYANGANJ, May 7: Muggers took away Tk 2.4 million (24 lakh) after shooting a trader at Fatullah in Sadar upazila on Thursday. The victim was identified as Helal Uddin, 30, of Kadamtali village in Comilla district. He has an electronic...
Siddique Islam | 2015-05-08 00:00:00
Private sector credit growth increased further in March over the previous month due to improving trend of the country's political situation, officials said. The growth in private sector credit flow rose to 13.63 per cent in March from 13.61 per...
Monira Munni | 2015-05-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) exports to the US increased by 6.25 per cent to $ 1.39 billion in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the corresponding period last year, the US Department of Commerce data showed. But apparel exports...
Syful Islam | 2015-05-08 00:00:00
The US congress is set to enact a bill in the coming weeks renewing its GSP (Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) scheme for 122 developing and least developed countries except Bangladesh, trade officials have said. The Senate Finance and House...
FE Report | 2015-05-08 00:00:00
ICT Advisor to the Prime Minister Sajeeb Wazed Joy said Thursday the government is considering to allow overseas entrepreneurs to invest in the country's stock market 'directly' to attract more foreign investment. "We've already discussed with the authorities of the...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-05-08 00:00:00
State-owned Bapex has made a fresh move to explore and develop four onshore gas fields in the hills under joint venture with international oil companies (IOCs) five years after an initial initiative, said officials. "We are now receiving expression of...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-05-08 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has launched a move to find out income tax payment status of the country's printing industry finding in it an untapped potential area where many of the taxable entities are avoiding payment of tax....
M Jalal Hussain | 2015-05-07 00:00:00
Real estate sector plays a dominant role in economies of both developed and developing countries. Bangladesh, a small country with a huge population, has seen ever-rising demand for housing. The main reason for demand is demographic. The country's population size...
M. Serajul Islam | 2015-05-07 00:00:00
In a class I teach in Maryland on Islam and Globalisation, one issue I discuss at length is about the controversial theory of Professor Samuel Huntington. He had said in his famous (or infamous) book Clash of Civilisations published in...
An international exposition dubbed Meditex Banglasdesh -actually the 7th version of the same -to be held from today (May 7) should give an opportunity for the country's healthcare facilities to go for a reality check. Hospitals and health complexes have...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-05-07 00:00:00
The government is now finalising its proposals for the national budget for fiscal year (FY) 2015-16. Different professional groups have already submitted their recommendations to make the budget for the forthcoming fiscal friendly to higher growth. The budget as is...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain | 2015-05-07 00:00:00
Nepal has been struggling to rescue tens of thousands of people trapped in remote parts of the county following massive earthquake and aftershocks that flattened towns and buried Mount Everest's base camp under an avalanche. Besides, Nepal's only international airport...
I love summer for one simple reason as it is a season of mouth watering fruits like mango, litchi and jack fruits. But many of us face several health problems due to hot and sweltering summer. Particularly, the people who...
India is to visit Bangladesh in the next month to play a series of three one day internationals and a test match. The cricket lovers of Bangladesh are naturally delighted and they look forward to see an exciting contest between...
This refers to a write up on the subject published in an English daily on 5th May. Instead of misusing the climate fund, we should allot the same for development of cheap weather protecting inner sheets for rural housing for...
S.K. Sur Chowdhury | 2015-05-07 00:00:00
Across the globe, financial services industry has undergone rapid changes and transformations in recent years. In addition to the global financial turmoil, the transformation is attributable to various factors including rapid advances in information technology, the evolving macroeconomic environments and...
RAJSHAHI, May 6 (BSS): Special initiatives have become indispensable to protect and flourish the bamboo craft, which remains in the doldrums in northwestern region of the country for a long time because of the declining demand for the products. Environmentalists...
KHULNA, May 6 (UNB): The residents of 'Bastuhara Colony' in Khalishpur area of Khulna city have demanded cancellation of the project for construction of flats for the landless people, approved by the National Housing Authority. Through the project, a conspiracy...
RANGAMATI, May 6 (BSS): Rangamati district administration has imposed a ban on fishing for indefinite period in the Kaptai Lake from May 18 midnight to ensure enhancing fish population in the lake. The ban is enforced to protect mother fishes...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-07 00:00:00
RANGPUR, May 6: Illegal sand lifting is going on unabated from Teesta river at Mahipur area under Gangachara upazila in Rangpur district posing serious threat to the under construction second Teesta bridge over the river in the area and causing ...
MAGURA, May 6 (UNB): A housewife and a schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents in Mahammadpur upazila on Tuesday. A young housewife named Sumi Sultana, 22, daughter of Alam Sheikh, a resident of Charpachuria village in the upazila, hanged...
MOULVIBAZAR, May 6 (UNB): Two sisters were found dead in a pond at Bhabanipur village in Kulaura upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Sakhina Begum, 18 and Ariza Begum, 19-two daughters of Akbar Ali of Adkani village in...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-07 00:00:00
GAZIPUR, May 6: The district community report of 'Population and Housing Census 2011' was published in a programme held at Bhawal conference room of Gazipur deputy commissioner's office Tuesday. Gazipur district statistics office organised the programme while additional district magistrate...
RAJSHAHI, May 6 (UNB): A farmer was killed and six others were injured in a clash over a land-related dispute at Barin Nagar in Godagari upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Arshed Ali, 55. Family sources of...
RANGPUR, May 6 (BSS): Adequate public awareness can ensure safe maternity, maternal and neonatal health services, sanitation, better environment, birth registration and eradication of social curses for development of women and children. Speakers said this today at an orientation workshop...
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