Bangladesh will open full-fledged diplomatic missions in five African countries by next six-seven months, State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam said in Dhaka on Saturday. The government will take an initiative by 2015 to have an ownbuilding for...
Noted jurist and constitution expert Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday alleged that the government is trying to impose another constitutional amendment on people in a supersonic speed. “The government is going to amend the constitution in a supersonic speed… Why...
The government is looking into the matter of reported funding to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ‘seriously’ to unearth the fact, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam in Dhaka on Saturday. “We’ve seen the Indian media report. We’re taking it...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-09-13 00:00:00
One of the most favourite dishes, if not the most, of the Bangalees is certainly Hilsha. Normally the fish has the wide sea in this part of the world as their roaming underwater territory. But they do visit the rivers...
Indian authorities have started a high-level inquiry against Trinamool MP Ahmed Hassan Imran, who has been allegedly funding the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh said a central intelligence agency is probing the allegations, according to a news agency....
Anupam Das | 2014-09-13 00:00:00
Today (September 13) marks the 110th birth anniversary of Syed Mujtaba Ali, the greatest satirist in Bangla Literature. Syed Mujtaba Ali was a masterly humorist, gifted polyglot, prominent academic and brilliant storyteller. He was born on the Janmashtami Day of...
Md Sazedul Islam | 2014-09-13 00:00:00
Shahidul Islam (45), a resident of Chak Shyamnagar village of Meherpur Sadar upazila, had been suffering from cold, fever, chest pain and weight loss for a month. He took treatment from a local private clinic and then from a hospital...
Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled | 2014-09-13 00:00:00
Bangladeshi-Japanese relations were established in February 1972. Japan is Bangladesh's 11th-largest export market; imports from Bangladesh make up 26 per cent of all Japanese imports from the least developed countries, second only to those from Cambodia. Common imports from Bangladesh...
M G Neogi | 2014-09-13 00:00:00
Amullya Babu, who was famous for his secularism and outstanding contribution to the disadvantaged people of Madhupur, dedicated himself to the service of the suffering humanity. He was awarded with "Tamgha Khidmat" from the President of Pakistan in 1964 for...
A Bangladeshi worker was killed and two others were injured when some 200 bricks fell on them from a crane at a construction site in Malaysia on Saturday, according to a news agency.
The recently signed agreement between the central bank and 16 commercial banks of the country to extend low-interest loans in a bid to energise the limping jute sector appears timely. To be funded from a refinance scheme of Tk 2...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-09-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh is one of the very few countries in the world gifted by nature with six seasons. These seasons have so long given millions a taste of natural variety and provided food for thought to countless poets, writers and musicians....
Mohammad Faizul Haque | 2014-09-13 00:00:00
Sustainability has become a buzzword these days. If we look into it carefully, it will be clear that sustainability of a business relates to a lot of aspects, for example, climate change, water pollution, land use, biodiversity etc. So, when...
Since, by and large, most of our farmers are illiterate and unaware of many food-related hazards, it contributes to the penetration of harmful toxic elements into our body through food items. The farmers are always misled by a section of...
Eid-ul-Azha is only three weeks away and during this Eid, more city dwellers go to their respective ancestral homes than during the other one. Every year we come to know from the media about the sufferings of home-bound people on...
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has just issued its holding-tax bill books for the year 2014-15. The bill book shows that the holding tax is payable at only Janata Bank, Uttara Corporate Branch, Uttara Sector-4. We are puzzled as...
K.B. Ahmed | 2014-09-13 00:00:00
It is generally accepted that there will be some risk involved in any market and in any investment. No one will guarantee 100 per cent risk-free environment for any market. However, there are some market fundamentals that are managed through...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-09-13 00:00:00
Lawmakers in Iraq have approved a new power-sharing cabinet headed by Haider al-Abadi as the prime minister. But doubts persist as to whether this new administration designed for an 'inclusive' government will be able to deliver the goods at a...
TIM Nurul Kabir | 2014-09-13 00:00:00
The Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 of the World Economic Forum depicts an interesting picture of the current economic situation of Bangladesh. As per overall Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) 2014-2015, Bangladesh ranks 109 among 144 economies, moving one notch up from...
Dhiman Chowdhury | 2014-09-13 00:00:00
The role of non-executive directors (NEDs) in corporate governance has been well appreciated around the world. The corporate boards nowadays comprise executives who are an organisation's internal staff and non-executives who are external members. NEDs do not take part in...
SRINAGAR, Sept 12 (AFP): The main city in Indian Kashmir has "drowned completely" under floodwaters, a senior official said Friday, with the deadly inundation now affecting about two million people in neighbouring Pakistan and threatening its all-important cotton industry. The...
BRUSSELS, Sept 12 (Reuters): The European Union has imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, targeting some of its largest companies, in a response to Moscow's actions in Ukraine. The military conflict between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine...
KARACHI Sept 12 (Reuters): Al-Qaeda's new South Asia branch has claimed responsibility for a raid on a Karachi naval yard that left a sailor and three attackers dead, adding they had help from former military officials. It is the first...
JEDDAH, Sept 12 (Reuters): The United States signed up Arab allies Thursday to a "coordinated military campaign" against Islamic State fighters, a major step in building regional support for President Barack Obama's plan to strike both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi...
BANGKOK, Sept 12 (agencies): Thailand's coup leader-turned-prime minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha made his first major policy statement Friday in a 2-hour televised speech that described his vision for the country. Prayuth's 11-point plan is the latest in a series of...
Tunisia now has more women than men TUNIS, Sept 12: For the first time there are more women than men in Tunisia, a country of nearly 11 million, preliminary census results released on Friday showed. "The population of Tunisia is...
Faruque Ahmed | 2014-09-13 00:00:00
There has been a breakthrough in shrimp production in the greater Khulna region where farmers now produce 500 to 600 kg of the fish per hectare by using the 'improved extensive method' against an output of 300 to 350 kg...
ROME, Sept. 12 (Xinhua): World food prices fell for the fifth consecutive month in August, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said yesterday, reaching their lowest point since 2010 pushed by stronger-than-expected grain and cereal crops. Grains and cereals...
PANCHAGARH, Sept 12 (BSS): Fish fry farming is gaining popularity among the farmers of Debiganj Upazila of the district. Several hundred farmers of Sonahar, Debiduba and its adjoining villages in the area become self-reliant through this initiative. Farmers in Panchagarh...
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