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Upholding dignity of mother languages

2015-02-28 00:00:00

International Mother Language Movement (IMLM), Canberra, Australia celebrated the International Mother Language Day with Language Walk and Community Celebration. IMLM has successfully organised its annual 'Language Walk and Community Celebration' to commemorate the International Mother Language Day 2015. On a...

Drug addiction may trigger social disintegration

Sazedul Islam | 2015-02-28 00:00:00

Drug addiction has become so pervasive that it has now turned into a big problem in our country, affecting directly young generation and teenagers. Females are also taking to the negative path, resulting in severe social problem. Our national interest...

Link between diet and breast cancer

Fahmida Hashem | 2015-02-28 00:00:00

Breast cancer is sometimes called the "rich women's disease" because only women who can afford to eat a diet high in red meat and dairy get breast cancer. It is the first time that researchers have discovered a link between...

Sacrifice for recognition of Bangla language

Nazir Ahmed | 2015-02-28 00:00:00

Bangla is the state language of Bangladesh - more than 155 million people of Bangladesh speak Bangla. It is the mother tongue of almost all people of Bangladeshi origin. Although Bangla is one of the 23 official languages recognised by...

Aging gracefully

Zeenat Khan | 2015-02-28 00:00:00

So far this has been a very cold winter in the Washington area. For days we have experienced arctic winds that made some of us go through winter blues. That is nothing compared to Boston where the city has had...

DSE

2015-02-28 00:00:00

Attracting FDI for jobs, growth

Shahabuddin Rajon | 2015-02-28 00:00:00

One of Bangladesh's greatest development challenges is to provide gainful employment to the 21 million new hands entering the job market over the next decade. If properly used, the foreign direct investment (FDI) could complement domestic investment and thus help...

Employee turnover in banks - costs and benefits

Shah Md Ahsan Habib | 2015-02-28 00:00:00

'Employee Turnover' is the ratio of the number of employees and officers that has to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers. There are evidences that in a competitive environment, employee turnover rates could...

Developing cluster-based SMEs

2015-02-28 00:00:00

Lack of coordinated efforts by the government, banks and other concerned bodies to promote cluster-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is one of the major factors to have impeded efforts for providing proper funding support to the target units. The...

Developing agro-based industries

Rahman Jahangir | 2015-02-28 00:00:00

When one can easily buy delicious Malaysian 'paratha' at a Kalabagan store or Thai Maggie noodles at a Mirpur shop in the capital or even in shops at upazila level, why can't a Thai citizen buy Bangladeshi potato chips at...

Countering threats to human health

Saleh Akram | 2015-02-28 00:00:00

At long last a bill preventing the indiscriminate abuse of formalin, a hazardous chemical, in food items has been passed. It was a welcome decision, although belated, and the government deserves genuine appreciation for the move. The Formalin Control Bill...

Making way for peace

2015-02-28 00:00:00

The political programme of blockade and hartal of the main opposition political alliance continues, disrupting further the day-to-day life of the common people. But the country does not deserve to be in a quagmire like this. I think the blockade...

Early rising and its immense benefits

2015-02-28 00:00:00

Most of the city-dwellers wake up late and miss the most beautiful part of the day. Often we stay awake well after midnight watching television or surfing the internet and go to bed so late that we cannot get up...

Extra-judicial killings

2015-02-28 00:00:00

Extra judicial killings are on the rise. Recently three persons were killed in the capital and the law enforcers claimed they were lynched by the angry local mob, whereas the bodies of the victims were riddled with 54 bullets. Already...

Rights of the older citizens in Bangladesh

Md Nayem Alimul Hyder | 2015-02-28 00:00:00

Population ageing is defined as an increase in the segment of population which is elderly. There is no universally accepted definition of the elderly but in most related literature, people above 60 years of age are considered  'old' and are...

Import from BD may see rise

Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2015-02-28 00:00:00

Karachi, (Feb 27): A large number of foreign and local business delegations attended the Pakistan's biggest trade fair - Pak Expo-2015- that began Wednesday at the port city's Expo Centre. Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammed Nawaz Sharif joined the inauguration...

Standard Bank Limited chairman Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed,

2015-02-28 00:00:00

Political turmoil pushes up chicks\\\' prices

Sonia H Moni | 2015-02-28 00:00:00

Prices of day-old chicks of both layer and broiler at farm level have recently increased significantly due to the ongoing political unrest in the country, industry insiders said. Political turmoil has caused a supply shortage of chicks against an increased...

‘Denimsandjeans.com Bangladesh Show’ starts tomorrow

2015-02-28 00:00:00

The 3rd Denimsandjeans.com Bangladesh Show is going to kick off for the third time in the city on Sunday. The two-day show to take place at Hotel Radisson Blu, Dhaka on 1st and 2nd March eyeing for both local and...

PIA halts BD flights till March 10

2015-02-28 00:00:00

FE Report Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Friday suspended flight operations to Bangladesh till March 10, owing to harassment of crew and passengers by security agencies here, reported a Pakistani newspaper. The Express Tribune on the day reported quoting a...

Prices of coarse rice, onion, vegetable items down

2015-02-28 00:00:00

FE Report Prices of coarse rice, onion, few vegetable items declined on Friday compared to that of its previous  week due to increase in supply from the hubs. Coarse varieties of rice like Swarna, BR-11 was sold at Tk34-36 per...

News Briefs

2015-02-28 00:00:00

CAPM Unit Fund NAV disclosed CAPM Company Limited has declared the Net Asset Value (NAV) of CAPM Unit Fund. The total NAV of CAPM Unit Fund stood at Tk 92,273,568.49 on the basis of cost price and Tk 92,436,590.27 on...

DSEX sheds 25.01 points, daily turnover sees 14.29pc rise

Babul Barman | 2015-02-28 00:00:00

The stock market passed yet another lacklustre week as worried investors over prolonged political turmoil were on selling spree, despite some better-than-expected positive earning results. The investors went for panic-sell-off, especially on the fourth day of the week, anticipating further...

Recently, JCI Dhaka West has distributed stationeries

2015-02-28 00:00:00

Workshop on anti-money laundering held in Ctg

Our Correspondent | 2015-02-28 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Feb 27: Janata Bank Training Institute, Dhaka has recently organised a two-day workshop on prevention of money laundering and terror financing in Chittagong. General Manager of Janata Bank Chittagong divisional office Abu Naser Chowdhury attended the inaugural session of...

DU earn National Yoga Championship

2015-02-28 00:00:00

Dhaka University (DU) wins the title of the Marcel Television Second National Yoga Championship, organised by the Bangladesh Martial Art Confederation, which concluded at the National Sports Council (NSC) Bhaban in the city Friday, reports UNB. Cox's Bazaar Zila Krira...

Muktijoddha reach semis beating Abahani 1-0

2015-02-28 00:00:00

Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra cruised to the last four in the Federation Cup football beating Dhaka Abahani Ltd by a solitary goal in the fourth and last quarter final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium Friday, reports UNB. Muktijoddha SKC will...

Premier Div V\\\'ball begins tomorrow

2015-02-28 00:00:00

The National Bank Limited Premier Division Volleyball League will begin tomorrow (Sunday) at the Volleyball Stadium adjoining the Paltan ground with the participation of ten metropolis clubs, reports BSS. National Bank Limited Managing Director Shamsul Huda Khan will formally inaugurate...

DFA League Khelwar Kalyan beat Kazirhat

2015-02-28 00:00:00

Nilphamari Khelwar Kalyan Samity notched a 3-0 goals victory over Kazirhat Krira Chakra in the match of the Sheikh Kamal Nitol Tata Nilphamari DFA League at the Nilphamari district stadium Friday, reports UNB. Rasul scored two goals for the winners...

CPB, BSD call for national dialogue to break deadlock

2015-02-28 00:00:00

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) called Friday for a national dialogue among all the pro-liberation political parties to resolve the current crisis, reports UNB. Addressing a mass rally, jointly organised by the two left parties...