Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organised a dinner in honour of outgoing Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh Dr. Abdullah Bin Naser Al Busairi at a Dhaka hotel on Saturday. The outgoing ambassador attended the programme as the chief guest. Presided...
Kabul's police chief has resigned, following a surge in attacks by Afghan militants on foreigners in the city over the past two weeks. General Zahir Zahir gave no reason for his resignation, his spokesman said. Three South Africans and an...
Voters in Switzerland have decisively rejected a proposal to cut net immigration to no more than 0.2% of the population, partial results suggest. Data from a majority of the country's 26 cantons show about 74% voting no in Sunday's referendum....
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to take steps to “chase out Bangladeshi illegal immigrants” from Assam while reiterating that there will be no ‘compromise’ on the state’s security. "I am aware of the problems of Assam and there...
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Sunday unanimously adopted a thanksgiving motion on receiving Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's South South Cooperation Visionary Award for two times. Lawmaker Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh proposed the thanksgiving motion under the Rule 147 of...
Pope Francis and the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians have condemned the treatment of many Christians in the Middle East. In a joint declaration, the Pope and Patriarch Bartholomew I said they could not resign themselves to a...
Sakhawat Hossain Badsha, special correspondent of the daily Inqilab and Elias Hossain, special correspondent of Independent TV, were elected president and general secretary respectively of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Sunday for the 2015 term, according to a news agency.
The High Court (HC) on Sunday granted interim bail for four weeks to BNP’s Dhaka city unit member secretary Habibunnabi Khan Sohel in a case filed for vandalism. An HC bench comprising Justice Syed AB Mahmudul Haque and Justice Mohammad...
Four devotees attending the five-day ‘Jor Ijtema’, a preparatory event of the two-phase Biswa Ijtema, have died at Tongi. They died of old-age complications, said doctors at Tongi Govt Hospital, according to a news agency.
Authorities on Sunday closed the Islamic University (IU) for an indefinite period as the students went berserk following the death of a fellowman in a road accident. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the IU syndicate. The...
Al-alim, Shariyar Khan Reyad and Khorshed Alam | 2014-11-30 00:00:00
Access to information (A2i) is an important programme under the Bangladesh Prime Minister's Office (PMO) which is financially supported by UNDP and USAID. A2i has been working successfully with a view to making Bangladesh a digitally developed and transforming Bangladesh...
Muhammad Quamrul Islam | 2014-11-30 00:00:00
It gave us immense pleasure to read his point- blank remarks on the current state of affairs in Bangladesh that appeared in print media on November 16- 17, 2014. Instantly the period when we were students in Dhaka University Economics...
Wasi Ahmed | 2014-11-30 00:00:00
Despite vigorous economic growth, lack of sufficient productivity has stalled the LDCs' (least developed countries) move to desired levels of development. The recently released UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) Report on the LDCs titled 'Growth with Structural...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia | 2014-11-30 00:00:00
President Barack Hussain Obama, the first African-American, who has been elected for the second term of the US presidency, is in a fix, as evident from his approval rating for conduct of business of the state. Possibly, this is a...
The poor rate of implementation of the country's annual development programme (ADP) in the first or the second quarter of any financial year has become more of a tradition. However, the rate has dipped further in recent years. The rate...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-11-30 00:00:00
The government is planning to conduct a multi-plan 2D seismic survey of the country's underwater hydrocarbon resources. The Petrobangla has recently submitted a proposal to the Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) seeking permission to appoint an international maritime seismic...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-11-30 00:00:00
Dhaka's jaywalkers have lately found themselves in a great dilemma. In spite of their willingness to walk across a tolerably maintained overbridge or along the footpath, voluntarily or on being compelled, they find hardly any. The moot question is: who...
I have been reading The Financial Express for the last four years. I first read it at the seminar room of the Business Faculty, University of Dhaka when I was a student of Accounting & Information Systems. I was a...
Celebrated painter Qayyum Chowdhury has died after falling sick at the Bengal Classical Music Festival. He collapsed on stage around 8:40pm after addressing the audience on the third day of the festival being held at Dhaka’s Army Stadium on Sunday....
The Tigers are one win away from whitewashing Zimbabwe but the fourth win had almost slipped away from their hands. It was the worst start so far as the Tigers were reeling at 39 for 4. Thanks to Mushfiqur, Mahmuduullah...
The Australian cricketer Philip Hughes' death left us in a state of shock and sadness. Everyone I know was talking about this tragic death, be it in real life or in the social networks. Philip Hughes played 26 test matches...
Shah Md. Ahsan Habib | 2014-11-30 00:00:00
Environmental reporting or 'Green Reporting' is a keystone of green banking activities of an environmentally responsible bank or a Green Bank. A Green Report is an independent report or one of the major components of a sustainability report by banks...
Md Nayem Alimul Hyder | 2014-11-30 00:00:00
Copyright means author's rights. An author is the creator or owner of a work in respect of literary, artistic, dramatic and musical works, cinematographic films, sound recordings, computer programmes, broadcasting programmes, musical performances and phonogram recording etc. Copyright is divided...
RANGPUR, Nov 29 (BSS): The government has fixed a record target of producing 1.9 million tonnes of onion from 1.9 million hectares land in the country during the current 2014-2015 Rabi season, official sources said. Under the programme, over 8.55...
A case was filed in connection with the death of renowned journalist Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury in a road accident in the city's Kawran Bazar Saturday night. Besides, police are now frantically trying to trace the killer bus and its driver....
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-30 00:00:00
KHULNA, Nov 29: A total of 75 buildings and semi-pacca establishments of Mongla port workers colony are in high risk due to lack of maintenance for long. There is no electricity and water supply in these buildings. Port labourers are...
The bill to create a law for administration and maintenance of Dhaka’s metro rail has been placed before Parliament. Metro Rail Bill-2014 was sent to a parliamentary committee after Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader placed it on Sunday,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-30 00:00:00
MAGURA, Nov 29: The biennial council of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Goshti magura district unit was held on Friday. Bangladesh Muktijodhha Shangshad Magura district unit commander Mollah Nobuat Ali inaugurated the council arranged at Magura Ashaduzzanman auditorium. Educationist Mahafujul Hoque Niro...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to leave for Kuala Lumpur for an official visit on Tuesday to boost the crucial Bangladesh-Malaysia relation, according to a news agency.
RAJSHAHI, Nov 29 (BSS): Optimum aquifer recharge in the Hard Barind area is very important to protect its overall public health alongside the existing agricultural ecosystem through managing a groundwater basin efficiently and effectively, scientists and researchers at a workshop...
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