FE Report | 2015-01-25 00:00:00
Potato farmers are now facing hardship as the prices of their produce have sharply declined during this harvesting period. They have attributed the ongoing non-stop blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party combine, to the sharp fall in the prices of...
munni_fe@yahoo.com | 2015-01-25 00:00:00
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has moved to consult all the stakeholders on introduction of an employment injury insurance scheme for workers, especially for those working in Bangladesh's main export-earning garment sector. Planned against the backdrop of recent tragedies in...
Our Correspondent | 2015-01-25 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Jan 24: Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar said Bangladesh would get 100 megawatts of electricity from Palatana Power Plant in the Indian state as the Bangladesh government has accorded cooperation in building the power plant in taking the equipment...
FE Report | 2015-01-25 00:00:00
A book containing memories and experiences of Bangladeshi diplomats in different missions across the world was launched in the city on Saturday. The book titled "Serving the Nation: Reflections of Bangladesh Diplomats" is the first of its kind in the...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-01-25 00:00:00
Dissatisfied with slower pace of project implementation and delay in aid finalisation, the World Bank is going to make reappraisal of its 15 development projects involving $3.16 billion in Bangladesh to ascertain the reasons. Ministry of Finance (MoF) officials said...
Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of former president Ziaur Rahman and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, died in Malaysia on Saturday. He was 45, report agencies. "Yes, he died…we're yet to know the details of his death," BNP chairperson's special...
Calling upon the country's people to pray for salvation of the departed soul of her son Arafat Rahman Koko, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday asked the leaders and activists of the 20-party alliance to continue the blockade programme peacefully,...
Talha Bin Habib | 2015-01-25 00:00:00
Businesspeople will interlock their hands in a planned human chain in the capital tomorrow (Monday) to make a formal joint call upon the two main political rivals to resolve the ongoing political impasse through dialogue as the economy bleeds. "We...
FE Report | 2015-01-25 00:00:00
The BNP-led 20-party alliance Saturday called a 36-hour nationwide hartal from 6:00am on Sunday to 6:00pm on Monday in protest against the arrest of its leaders and activists amid the countrywide non-stop blockade passing off its nineteenth day. "The shutdown...
Bangladesh Police have announced a reward of Tk 500 thousand (5 lakh) for information leading to arrest of arsonists who torched a bus in the city's Jatrabari area on Friday night. The announcement came at a press release signed by...
The government on Saturday termed 'inhuman, discourteous and devoid of political etiquette' the refusal of BNP to allow Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to meet its chief Khaleda Zia. Addressing a crowded press briefing, PM's Media Adviser Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury said...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-01-24 00:00:00
This is no normal time in Bangladesh -least of all in the capital, Dhaka. Politics is claiming its victims mostly from the lower segments of society. If things slide precipitously, soon people from the upper rungs of society too will...
Zeenat Khan | 2015-01-24 00:00:00
This past December 24th was Noor Almaleki's birthday. Had she lived she would have been 25 years old. In November 2009, when the sun shed its golden light on the deserts of Arizona, USA, 20-year-old Noor with 'hauntingly beautiful eyes'...
Md Shahid Uddin Akbar | 2015-01-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) in collaboration with Grameenphone and Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) implemented a nationwide campaign titled "Smart Farmer: Smart Future" to empower farmers through using ICT enabled extension and market linkage services of e-Krishok....
Nazir Ahmed | 2015-01-24 00:00:00
Former Chief Justice of Bangladesh Justice Mustafa Kamal died of a cardiac arrest at his own residence at Gulshan in the capital on Monday, 5th January 2015. He was 81. He left behind a sister Ferdousi Rahman, a prominent singer;...
Rabeya Ferdous | 2015-01-24 00:00:00
Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. The first symptoms of this disorder include varying degrees of weakness or tingling sensations in the legs. In many instances the...
Md Shamsul Arefin | 2015-01-24 00:00:00
A standard city should have 25 per cent of its total space for road infrastructure. But Dhaka has only about 7.5 per cent. Given the very high population density in the capital, the space requirement for road infrastructures should be...
Md Ahsan Habib | 2015-01-24 00:00:00
The global economy faced severe economic crisis in recent times. It spilled from the financial crisis of the USA to the real economies, including all kinds of cross- border transactions. Due to global integration, the financial crisis became a world...
Allowing import and export of rice, that too simultaneously, poses a difficult question for many seeking a satisfying answer. Officials of the ministry of food are reported as saying that the country has more than what it is to have...
Mohammad Habibur Rahman | 2015-01-24 00:00:00
Hartal in Bangladesh has become, as though, a feature of everyday life of the citizens. Indeed the history of hartals in Bangladesh is quite extensive and can be traced back to numerous historic movements including the language movement in 1952,...
Md Anwar Hossain | 2015-01-24 00:00:00
The people of the southern coastal part of Bangladesh always experience severe impacts of climate change on their lives and livelihood. Severe cyclones and saline water intrusion make their lives even more vulnerable. These natural calamities have been directly affecting...
The World Cup Cricket -2015 is only three weeks away and the sports loving people of the world are waiting eagerly for the bonanza to start. People of our country are no exception. Although the tournament will be held far...
It goes without saying that the country has been suffering immensely due to continued political unrest and violence. The ruling party is busy perpetuating its power and the opposition is too hell-bent to get it back. The pains and sufferings...
It is a regular item in the media that cleaners or scavengers are trapped in manholes while clearing underground sewerage line or water reservoir and die of harmful gas deposited there. In these days of technology and science it is...
Burhanul Hassan Palash | 2015-01-24 00:00:00
In most of the developed countries, plastic money has steadily replaced the paper currency on a large scale, and in developing nations, it is stepping forward gradually. Plastic money basically consists of different cards, both debit and credit in nature,...
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