Shah Md Ahsan Habib | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
A number of global economies faced a severe economic crisis in the recent times that spilled from the financial sector of the USA into the real economy, including all kinds of cross-border transactions. By virtue of global integration of world...
M. Serajul Islam | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
The fact that the 10th Parliament has had 154 of its members elected without a single vote cast has become an embarrassing issue for the government. It has raised serious questions on the legitimacy of the elections that, in turn,...
None would dispute the fact that where there is payment of tax there will be evasion. However, what is considered important is the degree of such evasion. In developed economies, the scale of evasion is far less than what is...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
With frequent disruptions of the food-supply chain during the ongoing countrywide blockade and hartal, the consumer price index (CPI) on the food basket registered a sharp rise last month. In fact, political unrest in the country has fuelled up the...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
Many elderly Bangladeshi TV viewers may be having a feeling of déjà vu of sorts watching an unusual advertisement on the screens of private channels. It has been on telecast for quite some time. The advert is promoting a contraceptive...
The Bangladesh national football team finally tasted some success. It has won against Thailand in the semi-final of Bangabandhu Gold Cup. Before the semi final very few people had thought that Bangladesh had any chance against Thailand. Now Bangladesh plays...
The country is now experiencing a new form of innovative violence and mindless atrocities are being committed by unscrupulous arsonists. According to media, more than 75 lives have been lost due to the ongoing political violence, mostly from petrol bombs...
After I step out of the house, like hosts of other people, I am also unsure if I shall be able to return safely. Accidents are happening every day and most of those are happening because of unfit vehicles and...
Frank Peters | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church and spiritual leader to approximately 1.2 billion Christians worldwide, made a grave error last Wednesday (February 04, 2015) when addressing around 7,000 people gathered in the Pope Paul VI Hall at The...
Nironjan Roy in the first of a three-part article on Negotiable Instrument Act | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
After joining a bank at the beginning of career, this writer had to undergo a month-long extensive training programme before placement in the operational department. Although the training programme was designed to cover all banking areas including general banking, credit...
Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Prof Mizanur Rahman has urged all concerned to find out a permanent solution to the current political conflict through a consensus on holding a free and fair election, reports UNB. He, however,...
President of Bikolpo Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Saturday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to quit for the sake of peace in the country, reports UNB. "The country is on the brink of a civil war… Where will...
FE Report | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
Sramik-Karmachari-Peshajibi-Muktijoddha Samannay Parishad demanded on Saturday that the government arrest BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, if she does not withdraw hartal and blockade immediately. They also threatened to lay siege to her political office at Gulshan in the capital, unless the...
The 14-party alliance will form human chains today (Sunday) in all districts and upazilas across the country, including capital city, to protest against arson, killing and sabotage in the name of hartal and blockade, reports BSS. The human chain programme...
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP, called on Saturday an indefinite strike at Dhaka University (DU) from today (Sunday) demanding the resignation of Vice Chancellor (VC) AAMS Arefin Siddique and co-existence of the activists of all student...
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) President and Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said Saturday the government cannot hold any dialogue with BNP chief Khaleda Zia stepping over the bodies of fire-burnt people, reports BSS. He was addressing a human chain, formed...
LAXMIPUR, Feb 7 (UNB): A local leader of Awami League (AL) and an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in attacks by miscreants at separate places in the district town on Friday night. The victims were identified as...
A group of day labourers staged demonstrations Saturday in front of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office on their demand for withdrawal of the ongoing nonstop transport blockade and hartal enforced by her party-led 20-party alliance, report agencies. The labourers,...
Krishak-Shramik Janata League president Abdul Quader Siddiqui, Bir Uttam, urged Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son and IT adviser to the Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina, to advise his mother to resolve the political deadlock immediately, according to a press release. Quader...
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-08 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Feb 7: Ruling party lawmaker MA Latif criticised on Saturday the role of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and asked her to immediately stop inhuman activities in the name of movement. "What sort of democracy you are trying to introduce...
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will soon form a technical audit team aiming to detect revenue dodging by mobile phone operators and illegal Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business, according to officials at the telecom regulator, reports UNB. They...
Newly appointed UNDP Resident Representative in Dhaka Robert Watkins will arrive in Dhaka this month, said an official release Saturday, reports UNB. Watkins, who is coming in place of former UN Resident Coordinator Neal Walker, met Bangladesh Permanent Representative to...
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat has said she looks forward to meeting young Bangladeshis to hear from them about their hopes and dreams and how they see the future of Bangladesh, reports UNB. "I'm specially excited to...
Speakers at a discussion laid emphasis on awareness to control cancer related deaths in the country, reports BSS. "Awareness can prevent at least one-third of all cancer cases, government, non-government and well-off people of the country should come forward to...
The campaign for two-day polls to elect the leaders to the Dhaka Bar Association, the largest Bar of the country, is going on in full swing with setting the date for nomination papers collection and submission by today (Sunday), reports...
Saiful Islam Talukdar, special correspondent of the Amader Somoy, and Shahin-ul Islam, founding head of news of Bijoy TV, were made convener and member secretary of the Chittagong Division Journalists' (CDJ) Forum-Dhaka respectively, said a press release. This was disclosed...
The third death anniversary of Brig Gen (retd) Prof Dr M Masudur Rahman Khan (MR Khan) will be observed at Mirpur in the city and at his ancestral home Magura today (Sunday). Prof Khan passed away in Dhaka on February...
Seminar on Iran National Day held A seminar on "Scientific and Technological Advancement in Islamic Republic of Iran" organised by the Iran Cultural Centre in Bangladesh on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution...
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