Md Saifullah Khaled | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi and more popularly and simply as Rumi (1207 - 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turkish, Greeks, Pashtuns, other...
Momena Akhter | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
Tuberculosis (TB) is curable if the patients take drugs regularly as per doctor's advice under the supervision of health workers. But many people do not go to doctors in time and, if they go, they fail to complete the full...
Md Harunur Rashid | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has taken a very good initiative for sustainable business development. Already 44 products have got their access to the refinance facility from the central bank. Three criteria are considered for the facility-solar power setup, green industry,...
F R Chowdhury from London | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
Shipping is an international business. It cannot operate globally under any unitary regulatory control of an individual state. It has to comply with common standards developed at international forum; and that forum is now IMO - International Maritime Organisation, a...
Governance issues that are at the root of mismanagement in the health sector have largely been left unaddressed. This should not have been the case. This is particularly galling in a situation where around 6.4 million or 4.0 per cent...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's apparent move to revamp the eight-member South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is being viewed by analysts as 'a cold lemonade in the sun-burnt Sahara.' His immediate dispatch of newly-appointed Indian foreign secretary Subrahmanyam...
Shoriful Islam | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh's ambition to become a middle-income country by 2021 faces great challenges. One of these is to provide gainful employment to over 2 million people who will join the labour force each year over the next decade. Moreover, 51.5 million...
Jogging is one of the most popular modes of workout, and for it we do not have to get admission to any fancy gym or we need to buy expensive gym equipment. We can jog anytime of the day ---...
Of late, violation of traffic rules on Dhaka roads has become a common sight. Apart from the vehicles speeding along the wrong side, buses pick and drop passengers right in the middle of the road and drivers ignore traffic signals...
The deadline for relocation of tanneries to Savar is just over three months away. But most of the factory owners appear to have taken no serious preparations to do so. In spite of the government's repeated appeals, promises to offer...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia, USA | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
The invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of the US Congress by Republican Speaker John Boehner without the concurrence of the White House made the situation tense in both America and Israel as well....
Md Nayem Alimul Hyder | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
The subject of the rights of persons with disabilities is one of the least understood or rather one of the most misunderstood issues in Bangladesh. It has remained as one of the most neglected development agenda both by the state...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 6 (BSS): The special credit programme of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) for boosting fish production has gained momentum in the country's northwest region in the last couple of years. The bank has been operating the special loan...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh has taken a move to establish second cross-border railway link with India through Akhaura-Agartala frontier in a bid to boost bilateral trade and businesses, officials said Friday. The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has already undertaken a Tk 4.80 billion project...
Yasir Wardad | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
Drop in cotton prices across the globe has come as a serious blow to terry towel industry in Bangladesh as they are gradually losing international competition, sector insiders say. More than 16 big terry towel factories of the country have...
FE Report | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
Prices of most of rice varieties declined at the wholesale markets in the city in last seven days which is yet to be adjusted at retail, according to the traders. Prices of garlic and early summer vegetables also declined on...
Ismail Hossain | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
Adhesive manufacturing industry in the country has been growing at a 20 per cent rate annually over the last few years thanks to the expansion of shoe, plywood, furniture, packaging and many other gum-consuming industries in the country. "The size...
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) and ATI Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on technical and strategic cooperation in various fields for a term of three years. Mr. Abu Sayed Md. Shaykhul Islam, FCMA,...
Babul Barman | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
The stock market passed yet another bearish week, extending the losing streak for the third week straight as the investors were in selling spree amid the deepening political strife. The week retraced in all five trading sessions as depressed investors...
The local currency maintained soft tone against the greenback last week as the market received good amount of inward remittances. Bangladesh received $ 1.17 bio as inward remittances in Feb, 2015. The market is expected to see the same move...
Shamsul Huda | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
Having incurred massive losses in the peak time tour operators, hoteliers, resort owners and a good number of service providers are worried that they would also suffer further loss in the coming lean period. The January-March period is considered as...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the Event Technical Committee of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 has approved Imrul Kayes as a replacement player for Anamul Haque Bijoy in Bangladesh squad for the tournament, said ICC media release...
Defending champions Power Development Board (PDB) will face defending runners-up Titas Club in the final of the National Bank Ltd Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Volleyball League at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium at Paltan at 3:00 pm today (Saturday), reports UNB....
The final round of First Security Islami Bank National School Hockey competition will begin today (Saturday) at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city, reports BSS. Earlier, 21 schools from Dhaka venue, split into six groups, took part...
Bangladesh Police defeated Glorious Sporting Club by 25/4, 25/18 points in the men's group opening match of the Walton Home Appliances 1st National Throwball Championship at the Bangladesh Kabaddi Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB. In the other men's...
Kamrun Nahar | 2015-03-07 00:00:00
Difficulty in detection of childhood tuberculosis (TB) still remains a major challenge for the government's success in TB control programme, experts and development activists said. They identified several reasons for government failure in detecting TB in children under 15. Of...
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