Badrul Ahsan | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
The government considers setting up of separate IT-support centres in all public universities aiming to create and grow young entrepreneurs. The centre, called 'IT Business Incubator', will be provided with necessary supports including financial and technical services. In this connection,...
Essential Drugs MD pays homage to Bangabandhu Newly-appointed Managing Director of Essential Drugs Company Limited (EDCL) Prof Dr Ehsanul Kabir has paid homage to the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his mazar at...
Bangladesh will send out an impressive message to its partners in the global apparel market through the first-ever 'Dhaka Apparel Summit-2014' to be held in the city next month helping global stakeholders to come out from the negative perception about...
Productivity in the coastal areas in Bangladesh can be doubled with coordinated efforts to improved crop productions and mitigate the risks of climate change, said a senior scientist of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), reports BSS. "Land and water...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Nov 8: Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank will observe Customer Service and Recovery Month in December this year. Newly-appointed Managing Director of the bank Mohammad Shams-Ul Islam made the declaration while speaking as the chief guest at a daylong workshop of...
The imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the transmission end will cost US$17.10, equivalent to Tk 1333, per unit (each thousand cubic feet or MCF). The officials concerned told UNB that once the LNG is imported and given to consumers,...
Union Information and Service Centre (UISCs) are offering information and communication technology (ICT)-based programmes including computer trainings to rural people to improve their livelihood. Officials and IT experts said this while speaking at a training programme organised by Empowering Rural...
BEIJING, Nov 8 (Reuters): Annual growth in China's exports and imports slowed in October, data showed on Saturday, reinforcing signs of fragility in the world's second-largest economy that could prompt policymakers to roll out more stimulus measures. Exports have been...
NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (PTI): Gold prices jumped by Rs 650, its biggest gain since June 20, to close at Rs 26,450 per 10 grams in India Saturday on emergence of buying by jewellers and retailers amidst a rebound in...
MUMBAI, Nov 8 (Reuters): US fast food chain Burger King Worldwide (BKW.N) will open about 12 outlets in India over the next 60-90 days, Rajeev Varman, chief executive of the hamburger chain's India unit said on Saturday. The chain announced...
Security agencies investigating the Burdwan blast case in West Bengal are believed to have made major breakthroughs following the arrest of key suspect Sheikh Rehmatullah alias Sajid. Described as the "mastermind of the Burdwan terror module" by the National Investigation...
The world is on the brink of a new Cold War, and trust should be restored by dialogue with Russia, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has said. At an event to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the...
ar crimes convict Motiur Rahman Nizami has met with his son and lawyers at Kashimpur jail in Gazipur. His son Nazib Momen, lawyers Motiur Rahman Akanda and Afaz Uddin met the Jamaat-e-Islami chief at Saturday noon, Jail Superintendent Mizanur Rahman...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
So the past week went waste on account of hartal, complain many. But ask the tiny tots who did not have to attend schools, the answer may a different one. Even many of the Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinees might...
Md Saifullah Azad | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
Waqf means appropriation of the property with its separation from private ownership and dedication of its usufruct to charitable purpose. The history of Islam shows that Quba mosque in Medina was the first foundation which was endowed by Prophet Mohammad...
Salma Afrose | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
Rahim, one-year-old baby of Sokhina Khatun, resident of Kotagram village in Abhoynagar upazila of Jessore, was getting weaker day by day. The baby has been suffering from different health problems. A health worker (nutrition) of BRAC one day visited his...
Muhammad Quamrul Islam | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
Surely it is a breath of fresh air for the people of the subcontinent to see Pakistani Malala Yousafzai winning Nobel Prize with India's Kailash Satyarthi. I have crossed age 73 and fellow septuagenarians have seen three periods of history...
Parvez Babul | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
IN Bangladesh, the current increased rate of divorce by women to their husbands shows that their married lives are not as happy as they dreamt before their marriage! Recently, I have talked to some women of different ages, different professions...
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (AP): In a rare outreach to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Barack Obama has written a letter about the fight against Islamic State militants, a common enemy in Syria and Iraq, according to diplomatic sources....
BEIJING, Nov 7 (Reuters): China and Japan agreed on Friday to work on improving ties and signaled willingness to put a bitter row over disputed islands on the back burner, paving the way for their leaders to meet at an...
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters): The United States said it conducted air strikes against the so-called Khorasan group, an al Qaeda-linked militant faction based in Syria, and said the group was plotting to attack Europe or the United States. U.S. officials,...
NEW DELHI, Nov 7 (AP): First, the rumors start. May be a Muslim man threw garbage outside a temple, or a Hindu boy teased a Muslim girl. No one has any names or specifics, but that doesn't stop people from...
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (AP): The retired Navy SEAL who says he shot al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in the forehead publicly identified himself Thursday amid a debate among special operations brethren about whether they should break silence about their secret...
Spanish court upholds charges of tax fraud against Princess Cristina SPAIN, Nov 7 : A Spanish High Court said on Friday it would uphold charges of tax fraud against Cristina de Borbon, sister of King Felipe VI, rejecting an appeal...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 7 (BSS): Prospects of agro-processing enterprises is bright in the Rajshahi region as it produces surplus crops especially food-grains, fruits and vegetables, business leaders, bankers, agronomists and researchers here said. They expressed the view that the region has...
SINGAPORE, Nov 7 (AFP/BSS): Oil prices fell in Asia Friday after the OPEC oil cartel slashed its longer-term global demand outlook, while a stronger dollar also weighed, analysts said. The benchmark US futures contract, West Texas Intermediate for December delivery,...
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