RANGPUR, Nov 1 (BSS): Speakers at a post-leaflet campaign discussion here have underscored the need for strict implementation of the amended Tobacco Control Act (TCA) to discourage consumption of tobacco products for saving human lives. They termed Bangladesh as one...
BAGERHAT, Nov 1 (UNB): An eight-month ban on catching 'jatkas' (hilsa fries less than 9 inches or 23 centimetres in length) begins in all hilsa regions of the country on Saturday. The fishing, storing, transportation and selling of jatkas will...
UNITED NATIONS: Draft resolutions urges ‘access to full citizenship on equal basis’ for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims. A new UN draft resolution takes aim at Myanmar’s aggressive campaign to have its Rohingya Muslims identify as a term they reject, urging “access...
After the second-time collapse of the national grid at 4:30pm Saturday, some units at different power stations resumed generation, producing about 1,000 MW of electricity. But it has not yet been possible to supply electricity to the capital city from...
WASHINGTON: One pilot dead and one injured as rocket built for space tourists experiences “anomaly” in test flight over California. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket, designed for suborbital commercial flights, has crashed in southern California. The British company said on its...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought stronger cooperatives for improving quality of life and narrowing the rich-poor gap in Bangladesh. "We have to strengthen rural economics to lessen this disparity," she said at the inaugural programme of the 43rd National...
Voicing concern at the growing urban-rural income inequalities, the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called for further strengthening the cooperative movement to close the gap between the rich and the poor in the country. "Only the cooperative movement can...
Robi Axiata Limited has launched electricity bill payment service facility for Power Development Board (PDB) at Rajshahi. Robi believes that the service will facilitate a reliable and convenient mechanism for the clients of PDB to pay their monthly electricity bills,...
KOBANE: Ten vehicles carrying Kurdish peshmerga fighters, armed with heavy weapons, push into the ISIL-besieged border town. Iraqi peshmerga fighters have begun entering the Syrian border town of Kobane where they were expected to join the battle against Islamic State...
Bangladesh has been in the limelight of global media again and this time for a wrong reason -- countrywide blackout. The country plunged into darkness on Saturday as the national grid collapsed twice due to a major technical glitch at...
The Jamaat-e-Islami has threatened another spell of general strike in Bangladesh if its other leaders are sentenced to death for war crimes. The party's acting chief Mujibur Rahman made the announcement Saturday at a 20-party rally in Natore.It comes a...
After an eight-hour-long outage caused by a collapse in the National Grid, power supply in different areas in Bangladesh including capital Dhaka has been restored.The grid collapsed around 11:30am Saturday. It tripped again in the afternoon due to a “hasty”...
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday observed that democratic culture should be established in the country to facilitate multi-dimensional debate to resolve political problems. He said this while launching the book, ‘Democratic Culture’, authored by Mahmud Reza Chowdhury at...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Saturday observed that the corporate governance weaknesses linger in many banks, allowing dominant equity holders to manipulate credit access, credit appraisal and internal control processes to their own advantage. He also said...
A fire broke out at a chemical warehouse on Nawabpur Road in the city’s old part on Saturday night. Sources at the Fire Service and Civil Defence central control room said the fire originated at the godown on the fourth...
The 2nd phase of the nationwide 72-hour hartal, called by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting its Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami’s death sentence for wartime offences, began at 6:00am on Sunday. The 48-hour 2nd round nonstop shutdown will end at 6:00am on Tuesday. Members...
Discussants at the BBC Sanglap in Dhaka on Saturday underscored the need for holding a midterm national election with the participation of all political parties to test the popularity of the incumbent government. The 89th episode of the BBC Sanglap...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-11-01 00:00:00
Sports and games are no forte of this nation. On the global stage, the country's presence in this area is conspicuous either by its absence or unenviable performance. The country's participants in such meets are encouraged by the hackneyed mantra,...
Masum Billah | 2014-11-01 00:00:00
Scottish voters headed to the polls on September 18, 2014 to answer a simple question whether Scotland would be an independent country. Scotland has been under British rule since 1707. If 'Yes' vote would win, it meant its separation from...
Bangladeshi artist Laila Sharmeen showcased her recent works in Paris, the art capital of the world. The two-day prestigious art fair titled 'Art Shopping' was held at the Carrousel du Louvre last week. She had shown her works at this...
Md Jahid Hasan | 2014-11-01 00:00:00
Human resources are the most potent propeller of a country's economic growth and development. Human Resource Development (HRD) is concerned with improving the aptitudes, skills, abilities, knowledge, understanding and attitude of the employees of an enterprise (Jucius, 1993). People are...
Salma Afrose | 2014-11-01 00:00:00
Malnutrition is one of public health problems in our country. Most of our mothers are unaware of the importance of eating nutritious foods while they are expecting baby. Experts said many children suffer from severe malnutrition as most mothers do...
Babul Barman | 2014-11-01 00:00:00
Stocks posted a marginal gain last week after previous week's significant correction as investors proceeded meticulously amid mixed corporate earnings declaration. The week mostly displayed investors' reaction to quarterly earnings, dividend disclosures and macroeconomic phenomenon, said a merchant banker. He...
The local currency depreciated a little bit against the greenback during the week of October 26 to October 30 last and traded around 77.41 levels. The market will see the same tone next week. The average daily inter-bank USD/BDT transaction...
HONG KONG, Oct 31 (AFP): Asian markets rallied Friday and the dollar pushed past 111 yen after Japan's central bank said it would expand its vast monetary easing scheme and the United States released forecast-busting economic growth data. Japanese stocks...
LONDON, Oct 31 (AFP): European stocks rallied Friday, as investors welcomed the Bank of Japan's stimulus boost and upbeat earnings, but gold hit a four-year low on strength of the dollar and improving risk sentiment. Nearing midday, London's FTSE 100...
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