FHM Humayun Kabir | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
The government will start building, the country's third seaport at Paira from its own coffers, officials said Saturday. Ministry of Shipping officials said they have undertaken a Tk 8.59 billion project to develop necessary infrastructure and facilities of the newly-...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 21: The central bank governor instructed all scheduled banks on Sunday to sanction loans up to Tk 2.5 million to women entrepreneurs without any security deposit. Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman said, "There is no bank loan...
Kamrun Nahar | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
Realisation of more than Tk 23.57 million as premium and compensation from the lessees of various subsidiaries of the state-owned parjatan corporation has become uncertain due to failure of the corporation to take legal steps to collect the amount, a...
Shaikh A Halim, Md lkramullah, Rokia A Rahman, Prof Hafiz GA Siddiqui, SM Al-Husainy, Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani, Bazlur Rahman Khan, Sabina Alam and Anjan Chowdhury have been re-elected directors of Micro Industries Development Assistance and Services (MIDAS) Board, said...
Cabinet body okays wheat import proposal The Cabinet Committee on Purchase approved Sunday eight proposals worth around Tk 27.69 billion. The approval was given at a meeting with Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith in the chair at the cabinet...
FE Report | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
Light engineering (LE) entrepreneurs sought Sunday necessary supports including availability of land, low-cost financing and setting up of a modern testing laboratory for further development of the industry. The sector leaders also sought support for a training centre at a...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 21: Iraqi Ambassador in Bangladesh Shakir Quasem Mahdi al Kaffaf visited the World Trade Centre (WTC) in the port-city on Sunday and held a view exchange meeting with CCCI president Mahbubul Alam. Mr Alam welcomed the envoy in...
The government has been urged to increase budgetary allocation for the indigenous people. Speakers made the appeal while addressing a human chain organised by Bangladesh Adivasi Chhatra Sangram Parishad (BACSP) in the city on Sunday, reports UNB. Some other forums...
The third meeting of the Governing Board of South Asian Regional Standards Organisation (SARSO) was held in the city recently with Director General of Bhutan Standards Bureau Phuntsho Wangdi in the chair, said a press release. SARSO, the South Asian...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
Botswana will recruit skilled manpower from Bangladesh for developing its aquaculture sector. The visiting assistant minister of Botswana expressed his country's willingness to the Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque at his Bangladesh Secretariat office of receiving cooperation from...
NEW DELHI, Dec 21(PTI): The wholesale inflation in India may have hit a zero level, but economists feel it is too early to worry about a 'deflation' possibility, as a 'nil' rate of price rise was just a statistical phenomenon...
BRUSSELS, Dec 21 (Reuters) : The European Central Bank should start buying government bonds to tackle poor investor confidence and low inflation in the euro zone, governing council member Luc Coene said in an interview published on Saturday. The Belgian...
MOSCOW, Dec 21 (AFP) : For most Russians, the week ended with relief: after trading at unbelievable levels of 80 to the dollar and 100 to the euro, the ruble appears to have stabilised at around 60 and 73, respectively....
MINSK, Dec 21 (AFP) : Belarus blocked online stores and news websites Sunday, in an apparent attempt to stop a run on banks and shops as people rushed to secure their savings. In a statement Sunday, BelaPAN news company, which...
NEW YORK, Dec 21 (Reuters) : Shoppers filled up malls and department stores on the last weekend before Christmas, as the weather cooperated to help raise the prospect of a solid finish to a holiday season that has so far...
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
The 20th Conference of Parties (COP20) which concluded last week in Lima, Peru has been described as an effort to promote consensus at the expense of real movement forward in concrete terms. This preparatory meeting attracted especial attention given the...
S Iftikhar Murshed from Pakistan | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
It is only in this savage land that 132 innocent schoolchildren, along with nine of their teachers including the principal, can be ruthlessly massacred. This is precisely what happened on Tuesday (December 16, 2014) when the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) stormed...
Despite an increasing allocation of budgetary resources, on an annual basis, for anti-poverty programmes, persistence of extreme poverty still remains a major challenge. Drainage and misuse of public resources have been a worrying cause here. The government pumps in sizeable...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Commi-ssion (ACC) perhaps knows better than anyone else what it has actually gained by interrogating Mr. Musa bin Shamser, a self-styled Bangladeshi billionaire businessman, allegedly, involved in illicit international arms trade. But the ACC action has offered the...
Neil Ray | 2014-12-22 00:00:00
The Taliban attack on an army public school in Peshwar, Pakistan has in it all the elements of deranged mentality that works as an obsession for militancy in the name of religion. According to the organisation's version, though, the attack...
It is indeed sad to see that we have so far failed to boost our tourism sector and make it into a profitable and lucrative one, despite having so much potential. If we prioritize this sector, our economy can go...
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