Finance Minister AMA Muhith anticipates reducing poverty to half of the current level by 2021, according to a news agency. Speaking at a national seminar on 'Poverty Alleviation and Social Development: Role of Micro-Credit' Sunday, Muhith said acute poverty was...
The board of directors of Popular Life Insurance Company Ltd has recommended 40 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2013. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on December 18, 2014...
India tasted the first victory in their 2nd Group B match of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Qualifiers as they came from behind to beat hosts Bangladesh by 2-1 goals in a hard-fought match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium Sunday....
Some 358 Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) members deployed in UN Peacekeeping Mission in Congo have been awarded prestigious UN medals as recognition of their success and excellent service. Ituri Brigade Commander Brigadier General Mohammad Siddiqul Alam Sikder officially handed over...
Some 358 Bangladesh Air Force members deployed in UN Peacekeeping Mission in Congo have been awarded prestigious UN medals as recognition of their success and excellent service. Ituri Brigade Commander Brigadier General Mohammad Siddiqul Alam Sikder officially handed over the...
Amid a controversy over late BRAC University Prof Piash Kraim’s father’s role during the Liberation War, Law Minister Anisul Huq Sunday said MA Karim had to be ‘Peace Committee’ chairman under duress to get his school-going son Piash released from...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh's economy may find it difficult to sustain its global competitiveness when two oncoming blocs styled TTIP and TPP come into shape involving both global trade giants and some emerging economies, analysts said. Economists and trade leaders fear that the...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
Country's pharmaceutical industry grew far below the mark in the financial year (FY) 2013-14 due to lingering impacts of economic troubles, many industry-insiders said. And the setback is taking a toll on export earning from the sector. People in the...
FE Report | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam advised young science students here Friday to acquire knowledge, work hard to defeat problems with a righteous heart and emerge as creative leaders to attain prosperity for the country. "One should have a...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
The volume of non-performing loans (NPL) of the Karmasangsthan Bank swelled by nearly 60 per cent to Tk 608.4 million in the last financial year (FY-2013-14) compared to that of the previous fiscal. According to the central bank sources, the...
Monira Munni | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
Monira Munni The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has planned to hire separate companies to complete garment factory inspection programme under its joint initiative with the Bangladesh government within the stipulated timeframe, sources, involved with the process, said. The ILO will...
FE Report | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka, stages a gala event today (Saturday) to round off the two-day celebration marking its 110th founding anniversary. Renowned scientist and 11th President of India Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam would grace the...
TANGAIL, Oct 17: Five people, including a woman and a child, were killed and nine others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at the Gharinda bypass intersection on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Tangail Sadar upazila...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed hope that the socioeconomic relations between Bangladesh and Russia would get strengthened further in the days to come. Both leaders expressed the high hopes while having talks during a gala...
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 16: Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela won coveted seats at the UN Security Council Thursday, but Turkey suffered a humbling defeat in its bid to join the world's "top table." The five countries garnered the...
Reaffirming her commitment to low-carbon, climate-resilient development path, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the large carbon-emitting countries to reciprocate by robust voluntary commitments from countries like Bangladesh, report agencies. "Bangladesh will never exceed the average per capita carbon emission...
The United Kingdom (UK) has said new policies and legislation developed in Bangladesh this year have generated concerns about restrictions on civil society space and media freedoms, reports UNB. The UK in its country case study update on Bangladesh which...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
The government is going to develop 1,000 acres of land investing Tk 7.83 billion for a private limited company to set up a 1,320-megawatt coal-based power plant in Patuakhali, officials said Friday. A Bangladesh-China joint venture company would set up...
NEW DELHI, Oct 17 (Agencies): The much-expected SAARC Framework Agreement for Energy Cooperation (Electricity) has been finalised in the fifth SAARC energy ministers' meeting here. The two-day meeting concluded here today with the assurance of ministers of SAARC countries to...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL) has taken up a project to install 0.2 million new prepaid meters in the Dhaka Metropolitan City areas. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is funding the project under the natural gas efficiency...
FE Report | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
Students seeking admission to Dhaka University (DU) strongly protested Friday against the decision of not allowing aspirants to sit for admission test a second time from the next academic year. Nearly 300 agitated students gathered in front of the university's...
Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam has advised young science students here to acquire knowledge and work hard to defeat problems with a righteous heart and emerge as creative leaders to attain prosperity for the country. Kalam, also an...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was on a visit to Italy to join the just-concluded 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit, has called upon the expatriates to work with sincerity, devotion and integrity to surmount problems with a righteous heart and...
The 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit, a major gathering of the Asian and European leaders, concluded in the Italian city of Milan on Friday afternoon (Italy time). At the two-day Summit, the Asian and European leaders pledged to promote financial...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited legendary Italian art genius Leonardo da Vinci's 'Last Supper' located in the Church at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan on Friday afternoon. Last Supper, one of the greatest masterpieces of Leonardo da Vinci, has...
Thai authorities have rescued dozens of Bangladeshi nationals from a jungle, says the BBC. A BBC report said that they had been abducted and taken to Thailand to be sold as ‘slaves’. The men were promised well-paid jobs, before being...
At least 13 people were killed and many others injured in separate road accidents in the capital, and Tangail, Munshiganj, Jhenidah and Pirojpur districts on Friday. In Dhaka, a freelance journalist and a transport worker were killed in separate accidents...
Customs Intelligence officials seized 64 pieces of gold bars weighing 7 kilograms (kg) at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport at Kurmitola in the city on Saturday. The Customs Intelligence men also arrested one – Abdul Latif – allegedly for carrying...
A case was filed with Sylhet's Kotwali Police Station on Friday night over a factional clash of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in the north-eastern divisional city. At least 70 leaders and workers of the two rival factions of the local...
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