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Lanka dump HK in WHL

2014-09-07 00:00:00

Sri Lanka shrugged off their previous defeat to bounce back in the World Hockey League round-1 with a convincing 6-1 goal victory over Hong Kong in their second match Saturday at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city,...

Rain puts dampener on WI-BD Test

2014-09-07 00:00:00

KINGSTOWN, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sept 6 (AFP): Torrential overnight and continuous morning rain is threatening the entire second day of the first Test between the West Indies and Bangladesh at the Arnos Vale Stadium in St Vincent on...

WC corruption probe calls for action

2014-09-07 00:00:00

ZURICH, Sept 6 (AFP): A corruption investigation called for action against "individuals" over bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup, and changes for future bidding campaigns in a report handed in Friday, FIFA said. The ethics panel led by...

School basketball begins today

2014-09-07 00:00:00

Citycell Inter-school Basketball tournament begins today (Sunday) at the Dhanmondi Wooden Floor Basketball Gymnasium in the city. Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited chief executive officer Mehbub Chowdhury will formally open the meet as the chief guest, reports BSS.

sports digest

2014-09-07 00:00:00

Pietersen slams 'selfish' Cook LONDON, Sept 6: Kevin Pietersen has slammed England captain Alastair Cook as "selfish" for playing down his team's chances of winning next year's World Cup. Cook's side beat India by 41 runs Friday to salvage some...

Photo: Players pose for photograph during a friendly football match

2014-09-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh and global competitiveness

2014-09-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh is yet to make any substantive progress in improving its position in the global competitiveness index (GCI). This is indicated by the latest report of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) on the GCI issue that covers a wide...

Harnessing marine resources

Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-09-07 00:00:00

Development of adaptive technology, transfer of critical technology, capacity building and beneficial partnership are crucially important to ensure proper use of marine resources of the Bay of Bengal to build up a Blue Economy. A two-day international workshop, held in...

Of crowds, agoraphobia and alienation

Shihab Sarkar | 2014-09-07 00:00:00

Sudhindranath Dutta, one of the major Bengalee poets of the decade of the 30s in twentieth century, was a perfectionist in his own realm of poetry. A section of critics discovers in him the sensibilities of a modern classicist. Unlike...

Water supply in Dhaka

2014-09-07 00:00:00

The cabinet has again extended the provision of law with regard to quick rental electricity generation plants for a further period of four years providing immunity. In the metro city of Dhaka, similar provisions need to be made in case...

Alarming rise in suicides

2014-09-07 00:00:00

Suicide incidents in the country are rising alarmingly and it is a matter of great concern. With the advent of technology, people are becoming more connected to the virtual world and are increasingly being disconnected with the real people who...

Inflation: the crude reality

2014-09-07 00:00:00

Inflation is defined in many ways. Being common people, we understand inflation as status of the general price level of all goods and services in the market. We always are updated by the news of inflation in our economy. This...

Banking: The power of knowledge management

Shah M Ahsan Habib | 2014-09-07 00:00:00

Knowledge Management (KM) is one of the hottest topics today both in the industrial arena and information research world. KM was conceptualised in early 1990 as a process of knowledge creation, distribution and application. In the context of a firm...

Solar irrigation to boost agriculture

Utpal Bhattacharjee | 2014-09-07 00:00:00

Food production and the economy of Bangladesh depend greatly on irrigation system. Agriculture contributes 18.68 per cent to the Gross Development of Products (GDP) of the country. According to the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC), a total of 15,49,149 shallow...

Obama\\\'s predicament: Bipartisanship versus executive orders

M. Serajul Islam | 2014-09-07 00:00:00

Barack Obama, who had raised so much of hope in not just his own country but the rest of the world also with his message of change, is now fighting his own personal battle to keep his name from heading...

Credit risk - a tryst with strategic prudence

Saleh Akram | 2014-09-07 00:00:00

Risk is inherent in all aspects of a commercial operation. For banks and financial institutions, credit risk outruns all other operational risks. Credit risk has been defined as the risk of loss of principal or loss of a financial reward...

On impeachment of Judges Bill

A. Mannan | 2014-09-07 00:00:00

The Impeachment of Judges Bill has already been approved by the Cabinet and is awaiting processing in Parliament to pass, as an amendment to Article 96 of the Constitution. Article 96 of the Constitution of 1972 says: "A Judge shall...

Copyright infringement: Bangladesh & India perspective

M S Siddiqui | 2014-09-07 00:00:00

Coping of products of competitors has a long history as a practice ignoring the right of the innovator. Japan gained western technology in the form of reverse engineering after Second World War and exported products to Asian countries and developed...

Japanese corporations courted to relocate units

FE Report | 2014-09-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh-Japan Business Forum was held in the city on Saturday with a call to relocate Japanese manufacturing facilities to Bangladesh to exploit the country's cheaper labour and fast growing domestic market. Minister for Industries Amir Hossain Amu, Minister for Commerce...

EBL launches Hajj & Umrah Travel Cards

FE Desk Report | 2014-09-07 00:00:00

Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) in association with Visa, the leading global payment technology company has launched special Visa Hajj & Umrah Travel prepaid card. The card aims to offer hassle free international travel for pilgrims, along with a secure and...

Dhaka prefers Japanese investments in infrastructure, ship building sectors

FE Report | 2014-09-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh and Japanese business leaders on Saturday highlighted potential business and investment areas in a move to take the bilateral relations to the next level. At the Bangladesh-Japan Business Forum held at a city hotel, Bangladesh side favoured Japanese investments...

News Briefs

2014-09-07 00:00:00

New AMD of Jamuna Bank Mosleh Uddin Ahmed has recently been promoted to the rank of additional managing director (AMD) of Jamuna Bank Limited. He joined the bank as deputy managing director in 2013. Prior to his joining at the...

Photo: Finance Minister AMA Muhith handing over the scholarship awarding letters to one of the students at a function organised by Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) in the city Saturday. Chairman of the board of the directors of DBBL Sayem Ahmed and Managi

2014-09-07 00:00:00

Photo: Modhumoti Bank

2014-09-07 00:00:00

Dhaka-Tokyo economic relations to be boosted: President

2014-09-07 00:00:00

President Abdul Hamid expressed the hope on Saturday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Bangladesh will further boost Dhaka's economic relations with Tokyo. "Recent visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and his (Shinzo Abe) return visit to Bangladesh...

Mosharraf for retrofitting tech for quake resistant structures

2014-09-07 00:00:00

Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain called Saturday for using retrofit technology for turning vulnerable public and private buildings of the country's major cities into earthquake resistant structures, reports BSS. Speaking as the chief guest at a seminar...

Role of private sector in preventing money laundering stressed

2014-09-07 00:00:00

BB to give BKB Tk 2b for repatriating slum dwellers

2014-09-07 00:00:00

kngladesh Bank (BB) will give Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) Tk 2.0 billion for its "Ghore Fera Kormo Suchi" (go back home project). The project aims at rehabilitating slum dwellers to the rural areas from cities and towns. In this connection,...

Demand for \\\'agri loan waiver\\\' to be placed before Cabinet

2014-09-07 00:00:00

Demand for agriculture loan waiver up to Tk 5,000 would be placed before the Cabinet. State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Moshiur Rahman Ranga said this while addressing the 37th annual general meeting (AGM) of Bangladesh Samabay...

Photo: A views exchange meeting organised marking the visit of State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid, MP,

2014-09-07 00:00:00