Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said Thursday the new generation will have to be made efficient in modern education by changing the conventional academic curricula, reports BSS. He was speaking as the chief guest at a seminar organised by Bangabandhu...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-08-15 00:00:00
Some 2500 industries may have to pay the newly introduced 'green tax' from the current fiscal year as a penalty for polluting environment. The Department of Environment (DoE), under the environment ministry, has sent a list of the industries including...
FE Report | 2014-08-15 00:00:00
The capital city experienced moderately heavy rainfalls Thursday and it led to water-logging at different points causing sufferings to commuters, particularly the office-goers. The commuters had to face serious trouble due to the rainfall that inundated city streets from ankle...
FE Report | 2014-08-15 00:00:00
Finance minister AMA Muhith emphasised Thursday the need for diversification of foreign investment saying that in Bangladesh mainly the energy and tele-communications sector gets the investment. He said the country needs foreign investment especially in manufacturing sector. Mr Muhith expressed...
FE Report | 2014-08-15 00:00:00
The Chittagong Customs House (CCH) has made testing of cadmium and lead, among others, mandatory before releasing any container of imported fish, officials said. The decision was taken following existence of cadmium and lead, two health hazardous elements, found after...
FE Report | 2014-08-15 00:00:00
Labour leaders gave their opinion Thursday in favour of resumption of operation in all Tuba Group factories and sought an immediate decision from the authorities concerned in this respect. Their opinion came at a view exchange meeting with the apparel...
FE Report | 2014-08-15 00:00:00
A policy level dialogue between Japan and Bangladesh on Official Development Assistance (ODA) will be held in the city on Monday. The dialogue is likely to set a guideline on disbursement of the Japanese commitment of US$ 6.0 billion in...
FE Report | 2014-08-15 00:00:00
The country's leading economists were divided on Thursday over cheap foreign borrowing by the corporate houses. Some of them argued this type of borrowing is risky for the country's financial sector while others favoured it saying that this is pivotal...
The National Mourning Day will be observed in the country today (Friday) marking the 39th anniversary of assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports UNB. At the crack of dawn on August 15 in 1975, Bangabandhu,...
Siddique Islam | 2014-08-15 00:00:00
The disbursement of industrial term loans registered a slight downward trend in the last fiscal year over the previous fiscal because of political turmoil and inadequate supply of gas and power. The disbursement of industrial term loans decreased by 0.51per...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-08-15 00:00:00
The business of highly-caffeinated energy drinks worth Tk 12 billion (1200 crore) being marketed annually goes unregulated as there is no government wing to look into their standard and ensure health safety. Neither the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) nor...
FE Report | 2014-08-15 00:00:00
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) expressed on Thursday its fears that the newly-formulated national broadcast policy could be used as a tool to establish the government's control of the mass media. Local chapter of the Berlin-based Transparency International (TI) was...
Bangladesh faces a tough challenge in going ahead with plans to set up a deep seaport at Sonadia due to various implications for both national security and regional stability. The naval strategies of China, India, and the United States are...
Miscreants have shot a bKash agent and mugged him of Tk 420,000 at South Goran in the city. The bullet ridden man, Asif Hossain Tutul (30) has been admitted to the Dhaka Medical College hospital. "Passersby brought Asif to the...
Tokyo stocks fell 0.13 per cent on Friday morning as investors locked in profits after four days of gains. The Nikkei 225 index slipped 20.66 points to 15,293.91 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section issues was...
Hong Kong shares opened 0.68 per cent higher on Friday, tracking gains in US and European markets. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 168.36 points to 24,969.72 points in the first few minutes of trade, according to AFP.
Chinese stocks were up slightly in morning trade on Friday following a positive lead on Wall Street overnight, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index climbed 0.12 per cent, or 2.68 points, to 2,209.15. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks...
US stocks advanced on Thursday, extending the prior day's gains after jobless claims increased but overall the data continued to suggest an improving labour market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 61.78 points (0.37 per cent), closing at 16,713.58. The...
The prices of most of the shares in Australian capital markets witnessed positive trend on Friday. The benchmark Sydney stocks ended today’s session 0.31 per cent higher, according to AFP.
Growing presence of women from Bangladesh in India’s infamous flesh trade has set alarm bells ringing in the country’s home ministry, adding to the headache of diplomats from Dhaka. ‘We are aware of the involvement of Bangladeshi women in India’s...
A court in Munshiganj has sent AB Siddique Kalu, the owner of sunken launch ‘Pinak-6’, to jail. Munshiganj judicial magistrate Harun-ur-Rashid passed the order when police produced Kalu before his court around 1:00pm on Thursday. Lauhajang Police Station OC Tofazzal...
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangabandhu Bhaban by placing wreaths on Friday marking the National Mourning Day. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received President Abdul Hamid as he arrived at...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Banani Graveyard in the city at 7:30am on Friday to pay tributes to her family members who were martyred on August 15, 1975, and buried there. She laid wreaths first as the prime minister and...
Harvard remained as the highest seat of learning in the globe followed by Stanford University in the annual list of world’s top 10 universities, published on Friday by a research centre of Jiao Tong University, one of the best universityies...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday placed wreaths at the mazar of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, marking the National Mourning Day, in Tungipara in Gopalganj district. After laying wreaths at the mazar, the Prime Minister stood there in solemn silence...
Tokyo stocks closed flat on Friday in thin holiday trade as investors locked in profits after four days of gains. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 0.02 per cent, or 3.77 points to finish at 15,318.34, while the Topix index...
The dollar held steady in Asia on Friday on easing concerns over the situation in Ukraine. In Tokyo afternoon trading, the greenback fetched 102.53 yen, up from 102.45 yen in New York. The euro bought $1.3363 and 137.07 yen, mixed...
Two people have been killed and three others injured in an incident of lightning at Krishnanagar village at Nabinagar upazila in Brahmanbaria district. The dead are Md Sahabuddin, 20, and Md Rakib, 18, of the village. Locals said lightning struck...
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