S A Mansoor | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
Launch mishaps appear to be a routine affair in the country. Immediate steps are needed to stop avoidable sinking of passenger and cargo vessels. The government needs to set up a launch certification authority in line with Lloyds and American...
It is heartening to learn that Dutch Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) is working towards betterment of the education sector by providing scholarship to poor and meritorious students of the country. One must admit that it is a great initiative. We...
'Digital' is not merely a term; it has a greater internal meaning. It denotes using digits in technology. The expression which captivates me is 'Digital Bangladesh', that implies extensive use of modern computers and technology. The goal of the declaration...
Many of us watch television for one to three hours at a stretch every day. Excessive TV watching is becoming more like an addiction. For this reason many of us do not have proper sleep at night. In many homes,...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
According to the global standard Bangladesh does not belong to the league of highly competitive countries attracting investors. But neither is it a laggard trailing behind the tail enders. Slow but steadily, it is moving forward in the competitive business...
Atiur Rahman | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
The Bangladeshis are very grateful to Japan for its generous and prompt support during all natural and humanitarian disasters they faced and its equally generous official grant and concessional financing support for economic and social development of their country. The...
Dhiraj Kumar Nath | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a short visit to Bangladesh on 6-7 September, 2014. Though a short one, the visit has important ramifications in advancing the bond of partnership between Bangladesh and Japan. The august visit opened the big...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
What makes prudent stock market investors is an old question. On the one hand, our ordinary observation confirms the view that good knowledge about stock market mechanism such as stocks evaluation through calculation of present discounted value of a particular...
Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
Tea Industry developed during the nineteenth century in Assam and especially in Sylhet. Primarily, the British planters initiated the cultivation of tea on the slopes of the hillocks of Sylhet and the highlands of Assam. In 1839, Assam Tea Company...
BNP accused Monday Law Minister Anisul Huq of resorting to falsehoods by providing distorted information in the 'The Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Bill, 2014' about the annulment of parliament's power to remove judges, reports UNB. "The Law Minister told parliament Sunday...
FE Report | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated Enamul Haque, a Awami League (AL) MP from Rajshahi-4 constituency, over allegations of amassing wealth illegally. The ACC authority started quizzing Enamul at 9am and it continued until 10:30am, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharia, public relations officer...
Taking a swipe at prominent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain, Awami League's (AL) publicity and publication secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud said Monday that Dr Kamal has no ethical point to question the legitimacy and the authority of the current parliament, reports...
The Defense Division spent at least an additional Tk 6.23 billion (623.13) crore in the 2010-11 fiscal on top of its final allocation, according to a appropriation report of the Defense Services. Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday placed the...
Chargesheeted accused in Aug 17 blasts case held Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a leader of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), who was a chargesheeted accused in August 17 serial bomb blasts case, from city' s Bhatara thana area...
FE Report | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Monday sent notices to the Ministry of Public Administration and the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs to take departmental action against five secretaries after canceling their fake freedom fighter (FF) certificates. Confirming the news, ACC Deputy...
NARAYANGANJ, Sept 8 (UNB): The probe body, formed by the government to investigate the sensational seven-murder incident, interrogated three Rapid Action Battalion members at the Narayanganj jail gate Monday. They are Habildar Emdadul Haque, Lance Nayek Hira Miah and Sipoy...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina iterated on Monday her government's firm commitment to building a developed, prosperous and knowledge-driven society in pursuit of 'Vision-2041' saying that women and girls in Bangladesh will remain in the forefront of national endeavour to this...
The government has prepared a list of 144,000 male students for providing them with stipends from the Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust Fund like female students, reports UNB. "We've prepared the list, we'll provide stipends to 144,000 male students from...
BRAHMANBARIA, Sept 8 (BSS): A group of miscreants chopped election officer Belayet Hossain Chowdhury with sharp weapons in the Brahmanbaria town this noon. According to police a group of young men went to the election office in the Kawtoli area...
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam told arliament on Monday that the safe water coverage was raised from 82 per cent to 88 per cent over the last five years for the rural population of the...
Removing the digital divide through low-cost high-speed broadband connections and content development in own languages are the keys to progress for developing countries like Bangladesh in ICT, said Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Monday, report agencies. Speaking as a...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim warned Monday against any 'negative' political programme during the 32nd summit of 11 South Asian member countries of WHO, scheduled to be held in Dhaka on September 9-12, reports UNB. "Bangladesh is the...
JU Correspondent | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
The Department of Journalism and Media Studies (JMS) of Jahangirnagar University (JU) celebrated the first JMS media day Monday amid festivity and a discussion programme. JU Vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Farzana Islam inaugurated the programme at 9.30am on the premises...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 8 (BSS): At least three students were injured in a clash among the activists of two university shuttle train compartment-based student groups on the Chittagong University (CU) campus today. The injured students were identified as Jahangir Alam, Nirob...
RANGPUR, Sept 8 (UNB): The indefinite transport strike enforced in Rangpur division by Rangpur District Motor Workers' Union Sunday was withdrawn Monday afternoon. Abdul Majid, secretary of the workers' union, said the decision was taken following a fruitful meeting with...
DU 'Ga' unit admission test results today The results of 'Ga' unit admission test of Dhaka University (DU) will be published at 11:00 today (Tuesday). DU Vice-chancellor AASM Arefin Siddique will formally announce the results at the academic bhaban of...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Dhaka divisions today (Tuesday)....
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-09-09 00:00:00
The World Bank is likely to provide budgetary support to Bangladesh after five years of its discontinuation. The Bank recently responded to the government's request for deficit financing of the national budget, officials said Monday. The ministry of finance (MoF)...
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