The SSC and its equivalent examinations of March 8 and 10, which were postponed due to the BNP-led alliance hartal, will now be held on March 27 and 28 respectively, reports UNB The fresh date for the postponed Dakhil examination...
ActionAid, IDS workshop today A consultation workshop on national sharing of a research on "Informal Work and Wellbeing in Urban South Asia: Who succeeds, who fails and under what conditions?" will be held at a city hotel today (Sunday). ActionAid...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Tangail, Mymensingh and Comilla in next 24 hours till 6pm today (Sunday), reports UNB....
FE Report | 2015-03-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman said on Saturday attraction of more investment is the main challenge now for Bangladesh's economy and the central bank's monetary policy alone can not do it. "We want to maintain Bangladesh's economic growth within...
Bangladesh has planned to import 6000-7000 MW of power from Nepal, Bhutan and India, said State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid on Saturday, reports UNB. "We've now recast our plan to double the future import of electricity from...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-03-22 00:00:00
BHUBANESWAR (Orissa), Mar 21: Although West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, during her recent Bangladesh trip, didn't reveal what is up her sleeve over the sharing of Teesta waters, she now made her mind clear about the rights of her...
Nine sand workers suffered burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack on a truck at Moghirdal on Magura-Jessore highway in Sadar upazila of Magura Saturday night, reports UNB. Five of the victims were identified as Imran, 25, Faruk Laskar, 35,...
Most internet users in Bangladesh and India avail themselves of the internet facility for searching jobs, according to a survey conducted by Washington-based Pew Research Centres, reports UNB. The majority of internet users in Bangladesh -- 62 per cent and...
FE Report | 2015-03-22 00:00:00
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) at a seminar Saturday demanded special policy options to ensure relocation and rehabilitation of climate-induced migrants in the country. The demand was made at the seminar on 'Rights of Climate Migrants: Policy Options at National and...
The body of an unidentified youth was recovered from the Dhaka University campus on Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. Police say the youth, estimated to be in his mid-twenties, was found dead on the street opposite to the Atomic Energy Commission. The...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-03-22 00:00:00
Government's revenue authority has sent a request for freezing the bank accounts of some 123 factories and their 385 directors on charge of abusing duty-free facility on import of raw materials. Officials said the factories facing action from the customs...
FE Report | 2015-03-22 00:00:00
Toxic discharges from the textiles, especially from dyeing and finishing factories, are contaminating both surface and ground water with serious consequences on life and environment. Speakers at a seminar in Dhaka Saturday deplored such unscrupulous discharge of untreated life-threatening industrial...
FE Report | 2015-03-22 00:00:00
Economists and businesses underscored Saturday the need for reforming both tax policies and tax administration to help boost mobilisation of internal resources. Taking part in a pre-budget dialogue, held at a city hotel, they were unanimous that the government instead...
SIRAJGANJ, Mar 21: Miscreants torched a local land office in Ullapara upazila early Saturday, during the ongoing nonstop transport blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance. Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mohammad Shamim Alam said a group of miscreants set fire to...
M S Siddiqui | 2015-03-22 00:00:00
According to the Economic Relations Division (ERD), donors and lenders disbursed $3 billion in the 2013-14 fiscal year. The amount was $2.79 billion the year before. But more money is being siphoned off than what Bangladesh gets as foreign aid....
It is nothing surprising that most annual financial reports submitted by business firms to the tax offices are prepared by fake auditors. This unscrupulous practice is obviously aimed at evading the payment of tax in right amounts to the government....
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2015-03-22 00:00:00
Income of the middle class people is on the decline due to 'trickle-down impact' of the longest-ever blockade in the country by the opposition political parties since January 05. As a result, they are forced to go for austerity measures...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-03-22 00:00:00
Nature appears to have played a mockery with Bangladesh this year. Although the air in the whole country smacks of uncertainties and premonitions, spring has burst on us with a vivaciousness not seen in the recent past. In the last...
The World Cup has practically come to an end for Bangladeshi cricket lovers. We lost the match with India in the quarterfinals. But we are not disappointed with the result, rather we are terribly upset with the poor umpiring in...
The nation celebrates 44th year of its independence in a couple of days' time. It is a time when we look back as well as forward. We take stock of the departing year and make a fresh resolve to move...
Syed Mahbabur Rashid | 2015-03-21 00:00:00
Digitisation is now a buzz word pervading every channel of the government. Generally speaking, digitisation connotes perfection, speed and application of the state of the art technology. So, to achieve speedy socio-economic development digitisation is sine qua non. A few...
M Jalal Hussain | 2015-03-21 00:00:00
Ready Made Garments (RMG) industry is one of the oldest and largest export industries. It is a springboard for national development and often a starter industry for countries engaged in export-oriented industrialisation because of its low fixed costs and emphasis...
At first look, the torching of a number of land or sub-registrars' offices across the country appears more likely to be linked to the countrywide arson and bomb attacks on roads and highways. But appearances can be deceptive. If the...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-03-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh, a country with heavy population pressure on its limited land resources, has made notable progress in achieving food security by cultivating modern varieties (MVs) of rice notwithstanding the continuous depletion of arable land. The achievement must have surprised the...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain | 2015-03-21 00:00:00
Belying the prediction of opinion polls that his Likud Party would trail behind the Zionist Union, Israel's hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came victorious in the election held on March17. The 'scare tactic' adopted by the Israeli prime minister in...
It is disappointing that opposition leader Salahuddin is still missing after more than a week. His family alleged that law enforcing members in plain clothes picked him up at the middle of the night but the law enforcing agencies denied...
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