'No act of terror will stop march of freedom': Kerry GANDHINAGAR, Jan 11: Top US diplomat John Kerry vowed that no act of terror would halt "the march of freedom" as he expressed solidarity Sunday with the people of France...
Global food price declined further in 2014, marking the third consecutive annual decline, according to a recent report of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), reports BSS. The report, released last week, noted that the FAO's Food Price Index, a...
Bangladesh's state grains buyer issued an international tender on Sunday to buy 50,000 tonnes of wheat, the latest in a series of tenders as the country looks to boost reserves, officials from the state agency said, reports Reuters. The imports...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 11 (AFP): Brazil's coffee harvest last year was hit by one the country's worst droughts in decades, with effects on the world's largest producer now threatening to spill over into this year, pushing prices ever higher....
TEHRAN, Jan 11 (AFP): Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, flanked by Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, vowed Saturday to "neutralise" the threat posed to both countries by plummeting oil prices, in a barely veiled broadside at Saudi Arabia. OPEC members Iran and...
Muhammad Zamir | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
It may be construed as symbolical of what one can expect during 2015. There were hartals on the last day of 2014 and again on the first day of 2015. This has been followed by political attrition and sporadic clashes...
Abul Basher | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
One of the greatest thinkers of the current time, who happens to be a Bengali, Amartya Sen said 'Silence is a powerful enemy of social justice (The Argumentative Indian, p-39)'. From the dawn of their emergence as a nation until...
A good number of suggestions have emerged out of the deliberations by the participants in the just-concluded conference of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA). It is now for the country's policy-makers to consider the same. Among the proposals, the one on...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
The extent of apathy among the administration and all others involved, someway or other, in the delivery of various services to the people has, apparently, reached its peak. No amount of cajoling or media campaign is being able to ensure...
Neil Ray | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
Politics is always contentious -at times to the point of unreasonableness. Still there is a method in madness. Madness is acceptable up to the point where it does not become a cause of death and unwarranted sufferings to common citizens....
I was pleased to read this week that the freedom fighters of Bangladesh presented a special Certificate of Appreciation to Sir Frank Peters in recognition of his efforts to eradicate corporal punishment from our schools. The horror still continues in...
Political stalemate of the country has assumed alarming proportions. People are living in an atmosphere of uncertainty, fear and insecurity as the non-stop blockade of the opposition has put normal life in jeopardy. The ruling party says, the blockade has...
I was saddened to read the death news of Chashi Nazrul Islam. It is an irreparable loss for our film industry. He died after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 73. Chashi Nazrul was one of the most prominent...
Abdur Rouf | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
My attention has been drawn to an article titled "VAT law a tool to fetch revenue, not fleece taxpayers" by M S Siddiqui which was published in the Views and Reviews page of the Financial Express on January 08, 2015....
Nazir Ahmed | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
People come in this world and go. This is natural. Similarly, Justices are elevated in the Apex Court and with the passage of time they retire. How many of them are known to us and are remembered decade after decade?...
Shah Alam Nur | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
The countrywide blockade by the BNP-led political coalition began to breed a crunch in productive sectors as the long-haul transport halt substantially cut raw-material supply lines to manufacturing units, industry leaders said. As industries began to feel the raw-material crunch...
FE Report | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
Three multinational companies including Telenor have joined hands to develop the emerging online classified market in the country under the brand name of ekhanei.com. Naspers Limited, a South African global platform to develop internet services, focusing on ecommerce, Norwegian Schibsted...
Monira Munni | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
The government has put on hold the fire prevention and fire fighting rules 2014 to make some changes in its provisions following the demand from the apparel makers, officials said. The decision was taken at a meeting held at the...
GANDHINAGAR, Jan 11 (PTI): Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani today announced Rs 1000 billion investment across businesses in the next 12-18 months and said India was on the path to become the world's fastest growing economy. The investments will be...
Coca-Cola Bangladesh sponsors first Restaurant Awards Coca-Cola Bangladesh sponsored the 'Top Restaurants of 2014', a two-day event recognising and awarding the best restaurants in Dhaka based on customer reviews on the online food review platform, Dhaka Foodies, www.thedhakafoodies.com, which has...
FE Report | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
The finance ministry has sanctioned Tk 5.49 billion as subsidies to Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) to help it import fertiliser in the first quarter of the current financial year, officials said. The BADC, which received Tk 70 billion in...
Shamsul Huda | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
With the growing demand for biotechnology-based pharmaceutical products both in domestic and foreign markets, investments by the local manufacturers in the industry are increasing every year, sources said. According to leading investors, in the year 2014 a total of Tk...
Arafat Ara | 2015-01-12 00:00:00
The outflow of female migrant workers marked a 35 per cent rise in the calendar year 2014 following a growing demand for domestic helps in the labour receiving countries, mainly in the Middle East, said officials. Bureau of Manpower, Employment...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources Ministry on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to complete the Karnaphuli River Embankment Protection Project before the next monsoon sets in, reports UNB. The parliamentary body came up with the recommendation at its...
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