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Child Obesity: An issue that cannot be ignored

2015-01-13 00:00:00

Child obesity is a matter of serious concern and we see a lot of obese children around us which was a rarity in the past. We see children working out along with their parents in gym. In our city there...

Symbol of sacrifice

2015-01-13 00:00:00

The world moves on. Babies become teenagers, and teenagers become adults, a plain field turns into a construction site and in no time we see sky scrapers piercing the sky. According to Einstein, nothing travels faster than light. But the...

Recent trends in Asian insurance market

Abdul Kadir | 2015-01-13 00:00:00

In the financial services market, people's needs for the insurance solution are evolving faster than its banking counterpart. Back in the early decades of the 17th century in London, modern insurance business originated from the marine industry. Since then, the...

What determines the size of political movement?

Md Jamal Hossain | 2015-01-13 00:00:00

The words 'poverty' and 'politics' are two distinct words, yet they retain very strong reciprocity. The relation between poverty and politics can be identified when we analyse how poverty determines the nature of politics in a country - whether the...

French, foreign leaders walk arm-in-arm as millions protest Paris attacks

Ingrid Melander, Sybille de La Hamaide and Julien Ponthus of Reuters in Paris | 2015-01-13 00:00:00

World leaders, including Muslim and Jewish statesmen, linked arms to lead more than a million French citizens through Paris in an unprecedented march to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks. Commentators said the last time crowds of this...

DSE turnover crosses Tk 4 billion-mark

FE Report | 2015-01-13 00:00:00

Amid extreme volatility observed throughout the whole trading session, Dhaka stocks Monday posted the highest turnover value in last one month riding on investors' fresh buying spree, insiders said. On the day, the benchmark index DSEX rose 0.26 per cent...

BKMEA move to attract global companies

FE Desk Report | 2015-01-13 00:00:00

Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) has published "Global Buyers' Information Directory", where relevant buyer's information, tariff structure, product values, economic situation have been accommodated. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed was the chief guest in the launching ceremony of the...

Prime Bank offers medical service for devotees

2015-01-13 00:00:00

Prime Bank Limited opened a Medical Camp at the Ijtema premises on the bank of river Turag for the devotees of the largest religious congregation Biswa Ijtema that started on 9th  January as part of its corporate social responsibility.  Managing...

SIBL chairman re-elected

2015-01-13 00:00:00

Major (Retd.) Dr. Md. Rezaul Haque has been re-elected Chairman of Social Islami Bank Limited for the 4th term unanimously by the Board of Directors of the bank. "The 330th meeting of the board recently re-elected him in recognition of...

Response to DSE query Alltex Industries Ltd.

2015-01-13 00:00:00

In response to a DSE query, the Company has informed that there is no undisclosed price sensitive information of the Company for recent unusual price hike. Withdrawal of authorised representatives Green Delta Securities Green Delta Securities Ltd., DSE TREC No....

News Briefs

2015-01-13 00:00:00

GP-BSK competition on book reading Bishwo Shahitto Kendro (BSK) in association with Grameenphone arranged three award ceremonies on book reading in Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna city with the students of 300 educational institutes. Celebrated personalities of the country distributed awards...

Photo: Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman greeted by Rotary Governor

2015-01-13 00:00:00

Detailed DSE Trading

2015-01-12 00:00:00

Satkhira woman weaves fortune thru fish farming

Our Correspondent | 2015-01-12 00:00:00

JHENIDAH, Jan 11: Rabeya Begum (34) has set an unique example of making a huge amount of money cultivating fish in an enclosure (gher) taken on lease in Tala Upazila of Satkhira. Rabeya, wife of Azinur Rahman of Saleh Para...

Char land brought under crops cultivation in Gaibandha

2015-01-12 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Jan 11 (BSS): Thousands hectares of char land lying on the river bed of the Brahmaputra and Teesta have been brought under different crops and vegetables cultivation during the current Robi season with an expectation of desired production. According...

Training course for drivers begins in Munshiganj

2015-01-12 00:00:00

MUNSHIGANJ, Jan 11 (BSS): A two-day training programme for local drivers of different vehicles began at the Zila Shilpakala Academy auditorium here today. Bangladesh Road and Transport Authority (BRTA) Munshiganj Circle has organised the training course. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of...

Professional skill of drivers underscored

2015-01-12 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Jan 11 (BSS): Speakers at a post-rally training workshop the need stressed for ensuring safer use of roads, building adequate awareness and professional skill of the drivers to reduce road accidents for saving thousands of lives annually. They were...

Bumper onion production likely in Tangail

Our Correspondent | 2015-01-12 00:00:00

TANGAIL, Jan 11: Onion cultivators of twelve upazilas of the district are expecting a bumper production of the crops this season.    A total of 934 hectares of land have been brought under onion cultivation with a production target of 9340...

Wastes pollute rivers, water bodies in Rajshahi

2015-01-12 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Jan 11 (BSS): Existing surface water resources especially the Baranai River flowing through the northern part of the city is being heavily polluted and contaminated with disposal of wastes and toxic chemicals, scientists and researchers here said. The crop...

2 killed in road accidents

2015-01-12 00:00:00

SYLHET, Jan 11 (UNB): A student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) was killed in a road accident at Jangail under Jalalabad thana in the city on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Shariful Islam,27, honours students...

Lifestyle changing due to solar power in char areas

2015-01-12 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Jan 11 (BSS): The lifestyle and socioeconomic condition of the isolated people living in the remote and hardly reachable char areas on the Brahmaputra basin has been changing fast by v.irtue of solar power. Some 150,000 char people are...

News in brief

2015-01-12 00:00:00

Blankets distributed among port workers in Chilmari Member of the Parliament from Kuirgram-4 constituency Mohammad Ruhul Amin distributed blankets among 150 river port workers and boatmen at Chilmari river port under Chilmari upazila in Kurigram Sunday. The blankets were distributed...

Photo: LAXMIPUR: An elderly farmer

2015-01-12 00:00:00

Photo: JHENIDAH: Demand for a bridge on the river Nabaganga

2015-01-12 00:00:00

Photo: PIROJPUR: Three ferry vessels

2015-01-12 00:00:00

\\\'Today, Paris is capital of world\\\' as thousands gather for historic march of defiance and sorrow

2015-01-12 00:00:00

PARIS, Jan 11 (agencies): French President Francois Hollande said Sunday that "today, Paris is the capital of the world," as thousands gathered in Paris to take part in a historic display of global defiance against extremism. "The entire country will...

Firebombing at German paper that ran Charlie Hebdo cartoons

2015-01-12 00:00:00

BERLIN, Jan 11 (agencies): A German tabloid that reprinted cartoons from the French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo lampooning the Prophet Mohammed was targeted in firebombing Sunday, police said. With security services on high alert after a killing spree in Paris...

Sudan\\\'s Bashir riding high as he launches reelection bid

2015-01-12 00:00:00

KHARTOUM, Jan 11 (AFP): Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir launched his bid for reelection Sunday, facing little threat to his quarter century in power despite an ailing economy, multiple insurgencies and allegations of war crimes. Bashir's supporters view him as a...

57 killed in fiery Pak bus-oil tanker crash

2015-01-12 00:00:00

KARACHI, Jan 11 (AFP): At least 57 people including women and children were killed when their bus crashed into an oil tanker, igniting a fierce blaze in southern Pakistan early Sunday, officials said. Authorities fear the death toll could rise,...

Divers find black box of crashed AirAsia jet

2015-01-12 00:00:00

JAKARTA, Jan 11 (AFP): Indonesian divers Sunday found the black box of the AirAsia plane which crashed in the Java Sea a fortnight ago with 162 people aboard, the transport ministry said.  But they failed to retrieve it because it...