Md. Nayem Alimul Hyder | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
Intellectual property law concerns legal rights associated with creative works or commercial reputation and goodwill. The concept of intellectual property is very wide and it includes literary and artistic works, films, computer programmes, inventions, designs and marks used by traders...
When people of a neighbouring country like Nepal had insufficient knowledge of the products Bangladesh produces, the situation in other countries can easily be imagined. It is the recently-held Bangladesh-Nepal Expo 2015 that has largely been able to remove the...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
The country's elevation from a severely food-deficit one to a self-sufficient one is not a fairy tale. Rather, it is a reality made possible by concerted efforts from all beginning with agricultural scientists at the top to farmers at the...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
The international courts' verdicts over disputes with India and Myaninar have made the maritime boundary crucially vital for Bangladesh, an overpopulated country with scarce resources. The Bay of Bengal has now offered new opportunities for the country to exploit hitherto...
A great job done by Bangladesh! The Tigers excelled in all departments of the game, batting, bowling and fielding, and achieved their first victory in the opening match against Afghanistan in 2015 World Cup cricket. The Tigers scored 267 runs...
It is already too well known that there is a mounting pressure on the government to hold dialogue with the 20-party alliance to resolve the current political crisis. The government has so far rejected the offer and so the unrest...
We continue to hear from different sources about an 'ombudsman' in our society. This is also provided in our constitution but nothing has happened so far although four decades have passed since our independence. Anna Hazare gave the government of...
Shahed Hassan | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
The vast treasure of knowledge is concealed in nature. In fact, nature itself is a hidden transcript that contains information pertaining to different branches of science. Our efforts to decode the concealed knowledge into human language are obstructed as we...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
People work for living a worthwhile life and ensuring for themselves a livelihood. For this, they have to search for jobs or work most suitably for them. They have to look into the job market. Again, firms and enterprises require...
Foreign diplomats discuss solution to crisis | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh's political situation has become a common issue at the UN's regular media briefing in recent days with the latest one being on the contents of the letters written to two top leaders by Ban Ki-moon, reports UNB. A questioner...
FE Report | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim asked on Wednesday the authorities concerned to open special units in all district Sadar hospitals as precautionary measures following the outbreak of the swine flu in neighbouring India. The health minister's directive came...
FE Report | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
Stakeholders of the country's textile and apparel sector have asked for providing special credit support and enhancing the existing cash incentive to help exporters recoup their losses caused due to the prevailing political stalemate. Their other demands included suspension of...
Khairul Islam | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
The prevailing political stalemate is taking its toll on academic activities of the country's around 50 million (5.0 crore) students studying at the primary to higher education levels. The regular classes and examination schedules at most of the educational institutions...
Mamata Banerjee arrived in city Thursday night. It is her first Dhaka visit since she became chief minister of West Bengal in May 2011. An 'Air India' plane carrying her entourage that includes ministers, eminent cultural, business and media personalities...
Awami League-led 14-party alliance will bring out a mass procession in the city today in protest against BNP-Jamaat's violence. As part of its central programme, the mass procession will be brought from Bangabandhu Square at Gulistan intersection at 4 pm...
JOYPURHAT, Feb 19 : A severe hailstorm lashed different areas of Joypurhat district Wednesday night. The hailstorm, which continued for about half an hour, damaged robi crops, including vegetables, wheat, mastered and Boro plants. Assistant Director of Agriculture Extension Department...
Kamrun Nahar | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
Both registration and issuance of birth and death certificates across the country have remained suspended for the last 17 days mainly due to the collapse of the central server for the Birth and Death Registration Project under Local Government Division...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday handed over Ekushey Padak-2015 to the country's 15 eminent personalities in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their respective fields, reports UNB. The recipients are: Piaru Sardar for Language Movement (posthumous), Prof M Mujibur Rahman...
FE Report | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
The countrywide non-stop blockade, coupled with hartal (shutdown) enforced by the BNP-led 20-party Alliance, crossed the 45th consecutive day on Thursday amid arson attacks, blasts, vandalism and detention. One person was killed and more than 10 people received burn injuries...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued the death warrant for convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, reports bdnews24.com. The warrant, wrapped with red cloth, was sent to the jail Thursday afternoon. The three judges of the second...
FE Report | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
Expressing continued concern about forced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and state of freedom of expression in Bangladesh, the visiting European Parliament (EP) delegation has called for consolidating democratic institutions to restore peace and stability in the country. "… We need Bangladesh...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday the BNP-Jamaat clique has indulged in a dirty game to fully destroy the country, and sought the cooperation of all in stopping this criminalisation, report agencies. "When we're moving the country ahead,...
Law Minister Anisul Huq said on Thursday a tribunal under the Anti-Terrorism Act 2013 will be set up to try the cases relating to the current violence allegedly perpetrated by BNP-Jamaat alliance activists amid their nationwide indefinite transport blockade and...
BNP has welcomed the proposals of the United Nations (UN) and all other quarters for a meaningful dialogue in a bid to hold a general election under a non-party administration, reports UNB. In a statement, BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin...
LAXMIPUR, Feb 19 (UNB): A local leader of Juba Dal was shot dead by a group of miscreants at Neyamatpur Dholaikhal in Sadar upazila early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mayeen Uddin Bablu, organising secretary of Bhangakha union unit...
Police picked up BNP's two female ex-MPs and four activists of Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal from near BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office on Thursday, reports UNB. Gulshan police detained the six women around 2pm as they had been there with...
FE Report | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
Ambassador of France in Dhaka Sophie Aubert said Thursday the ongoing political crisis in the country should be resolved politically. "Killing of mass people in the name of politics is never acceptable. We are in favour of resolving the ongoing...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu urged the media Thursday to refrain from fabricating information and distorting history in presenting news to maintain objectivity, reports BSS. "Media should not weigh democracy and terrorism in the same scale in the name of...
Observing that the country is now in a deep crisis, Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna renewed on Thursday his call to Awami League and BNP to sit in a dialogue for restoring peace in the country, reports UNB. "The...
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