Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-04-11 00:00:00
The government has decided to offer a full-range incentive package for developers of private economic zones (EZs), including tax holiday facility for 10 years, tax exemption from dividend income, and income tax waiver on service charges. The incentive package has...
ISLAMABAD, Apr 10 (AFP): Pakistani authorities have freed the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on bail, sources said Friday, a move that swiftly drew furious condemnation from India. Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, accused over the terror siege that left 166...
Criticising a section of human rights organisations of the country for their silence when BNP-Jamaat alliance activists were killing people through arson attacks, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday questioned their intention saying they are 'extreme opportunists', reports UNB. "So...
MADARIPUR, Apr 10 (BSS): Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said the United Nations has no scope of raising any question about the standard of the war crimes trial. The minister said, "The trial of those who committed crimes against humanity would...
BNP International Affairs Secretary Asaduzzaman Ripon has been given the charge of the party's central office, reports bdnews24.com. Ripon also worked from the office at Naya Paltan on Friday. The BNP is backing city unit Convener Mirza Abbas in the...
Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ersahd extended on Friday his support to the Saudi Arabia's air strikes in Yemen aimed at demolishing Shia rebels, Houthi, and allied military units, reports UNB. The Saudi-led coalition has imposed an air and sea...
Chittagong's top election officer has promised tough measures against anyone violating the poll code during the ensuing city corporation elections, reports bdnews24.com. Returning Officer Abdul Baten said on Friday they would not "bow to anyone". The warning came during electoral...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said on Friday BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is using the city corporation elections to 'cover up' the killing of over 100 people during her party's agitation programme, reports bdnews24.com. Hasanul Haq Inu said on Friday...
FE Report A two-day space apps competition, under NASA supervision, started in the city on Friday. This is the Bangladesh part of the selection process for choosing teams which would get opportunities to submit their proposals for participating in the...
MUNSHIGANJ, Apr 10 (UNB): Nine hours after his abduction from the capital, a thana level Workers Party (WP) leader was found in Katakhali in Sadar upazila of the district early Friday. Tapan Saha (35), general secretary of Workers Party's Rampura...
FE Report Japanese Ambassador Shiro Sadoshima presented certificate of commendation to Dr Mohammad Ekhlasur Rahman, director of Yamagata Dhaka Friendship Hospital, for his outstanding contribution towards increasing friendship and mutual understanding between Japan and Bangladesh. A Japanese Embassy press release...
FE Report A pro-BNP platform published Friday the panel of councillor candidates to contest the upcoming elections to the twin Dhaka City Corporations in the capital in what is dubbed the battle of ballot. The list of nominees for the...
Police arrested two alleged robbers with four firearms from Chunkutia of Keraniganj on the outskirts of the capital on Thursday night, reports UNB. The arrestees are ringleader Arab Ali and his associate Joy Ahmed alias Sirajul Islam. During the drive,...
FE Report Pro-BNP professionals urged the Election Commission (EC) on Friday to take steps for deployment of army a week before the city corporation elections, scheduled to be held on April 28. They also called upon BNP leaders and activists...
BRUSSELS, Apr 10 (AP): NATO is downsizing the Russian delegation to the U.S.-led defense alliance, cutting the maximum staff allowed to 30. NATO deputy spokeswoman Carmen Romero said Friday the new ceiling on personnel from NATO partner countries applies to...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
Having failed to prevent its close allies from joining the China-led Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB), Washington is now trying to spoil Beijing's attempt to enlist its currency yuan (also known as RMB) in the IMF's basket of SDR...
Bipul Chatterjee and Suresh P Singh | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
The signing of a protocol on high yielding varieties (HYV) of rice seeds on October 18, 2014 in Kathmandu, Nepal, by the agriculture secretaries of Bangladesh, India and Nepal is a much awaited event. It opens up the scope and...
One of the consequences of natural disasters is mass displacement of people. In a natural disaster-prone country like Bangladesh, this has ever remained an acute problem. Although the entire South Asian region suffers from natural vagaries, Bangladesh tops the list...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
Closure of cinema halls one after another over the past one and a half decades is indication enough that this once popular entertainment industry is in a moribund state. Movie theatres are pulling down the shutters because running them is...
Capt. S.M.Nasimul Haque | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
Training flights are normally conducted by a licensed flying school. After a student passes a medical test, as laid down by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and vetted by the Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB), he/she goes through ground...
The haphazardly erected billboards all over Dhaka have become deadly traps for the city dwellers and whenever there is a strong wind or a storm, we see those billboards fall abruptly injuring people and damaging vehicles. Many such billboards are...
A few days ago, I encountered an interesting incident. I was looking for a public transport but I got none and most of the buses were overcrowded. I therefore decided to take a rickshaw and soon I found one. But...
If the earth's history of 4,600 million years could be compressed into a one-year calendar, the pre-Cambrian period would last from January 1 until mid-Nov. At the other end, the quaternary period would occupy only the last four hours on...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
After a brief spell of full-blown spring, Bangladesh experienced bouts of rain and storm in the first week of April. Given the nearly continuous rain for several days, many have viewed it as a premature start of monsoon. Doomsayers read...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
There is no doubt that capitalism will continue to be a driving force for the future global economy. And it is actually too early to think that socialism will revive in the near future to challenge capitalism. Stimulated by these...
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Apr 9: Speakers at a human chain held at the zero point of the city demanded to implement the project of 'Construction of Embankment along the riverside of Padma,' in Rajshahi, otherwise, they threatened to start a greater movement....
Our Correspondent | 2015-04-10 00:00:00
GAZIPUR, Apr 9: A three-day international conference on Climate Change in Relation to Water and Environment was held at the Shahid Ahsan Ullah Master auditorium of Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) in Gazipur on Thursday. Civil engineering department...
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