Bangladesh's one slot improvement in the Human Development Index (HDI) as such does not look impressive but this small move assumes a special significance when it is known that most of its Asian neighbours remain where they were. That the...
David Pilling | 2014-08-01 00:00:00
Thirteen years ago, Brics was a marketing ploy dreamt up by Jim O'Neill, then chief economist at Goldman Sachs. Now it is a bank. Next thing you know, it will have its own line of designer handbags. Last month in...
Fahmida Hashem | 2014-08-01 00:00:00
It is true when conditions are right, famers respond with dramatic improvement in productivity growth. The route out of hunger and poverty starts with the smallholder farmer productivity growth. How will we feed nine billion people by 2050, when there...
Md. Saifullah Azad | 2014-08-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh is moving fast towards a better position in the fields of economic, social, developmental, governance and other areas. The country's achievements are significantly high, particularly in education and health sectors. In fact, the country has many success stories in...
Every year we see the same scene in the country's road communication. Throughout the year most of the important roads remain in neglected condition, and suddenly the authorities wake up just before big festivals like Eid ul Fitr and Eid...
A Pentagon intelligence official warned destruction of Hamas will not solve the problem of Israel; rather it will exaggerate the prevailing situation. It is nothing new. It is unfortunate that people don't learn from history. Israel should settle the matter...
I heard a lot about the Bangla movie actor, director and producer Ananto Jalil. Out of curiosity I went to watch the movie 'Most Welcome' in a cineplex after the Eid day, but I had to come back disappointed as...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina expressed her firm optimism to build Bangladesh as a developed and prosperous country by 2041 and sought cooperation of the people to this end, reports BSS. "Before the 2008 general elections we had pledged to...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Thursday they would gradually gear up the movement for early holding of parliamentary elections, reports UNB. Briefing reporters at party's Nayapaltan central office, he said the government has been inviting...
LGRD Minister and general secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL) Syed Ashraful Islam expressed the hope on Thursday that BNP would opt for peaceful movement in accordance with the assurance of its chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, reports BSS. "It's...
NARAIL, July 31 (BSS): Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon said today the BNP-Jamaat alliance wouldn't be successful in carrying any movement against the present democratic government. "No benefit would come if the BNP-Jamaat alliance declare any kind...
The ruling Awami League (AL) has convened a joint meeting of its Dhaka metropolitan unit and associate front organisations tomorrow (Saturday), reports bdnews24.com. A media release on Wednesday said the meeting would be held at the party chief's Dhanmondi office...
The ruling Awami League (AL) sought on Thursday one month more to submit its annual financial statement to the Election Commission (EC) for 2013 calendar year, reports UNB. Advocate ABM Reazul Kabir Kawser, assistant secretary of the central sub-committee of...
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested three suspected militants from Sayedabad Bus Terminal Thursday, reports UNB. The arrested are M Shamin Mahfuz alias Sumon, 38, Jahidur Rahman, 33, and Ismail Hossain, 39. On a tip-off, a...
Demanding an immediate halt to the Israeli aggression in Palestine, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina blasted the "world conscience" and the country's human rights organisations for their silent role in this regard, reports BSS. "I wonder how those who always...
Muslims across the country celebrated the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, one of their biggest religious festivals, Tuesday with much enthusiasm, religious fervour and gaiety, reports UNB. The Muslims, irrespective of their economic status, offered Eid prayers in mosques and eidgahs following a...
At least 46 people were killed and many more injured in road accidents across the country in four days beginning from Monday, reports UNB. Of them, eight were killed on Monday while 22 Tuesday, the Eid day, nine Wednesday and...
Veteran freedom fighter (FF) and former parliamentarian Dr Mosharaf Hossain was laid to rest at Mirpur Intellectuals' Graveyard in the city Wednesday, reports BSS. He died at the age of 79. Mosharaf left behind his wife, three sons, four daughters...
BARISAL, July 31 (BSS): Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha's (BSS) senior journalist AK Zahirul Haq Rana's mother Mariam Johra Begum died of brain hemorrhage Wednesday at the age of 88. She suffered stroke Monday and was admitted to the Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical...
Today (Friday) is the second death anniversary of Advocate Kamaluddin Ahmed Khan popularly known as Kamal Khan, a member of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association and father of Anis A Khan, managing director and CEO of Mutual Trust Bank...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions until 6:00 pm today...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-01 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 31: Eid congregations were held with due solemnity in the port-city. The main Eid jamaat was held at the Jamiatul Falah grand mosque, where its Khatib Md Jalaluddin al Quadery conducted the prayers. Other major Eid jamaats were...
FE Report | 2014-08-01 00:00:00
About 77 readymade garment (RMG) workers of the Tuba Group fell sick until Thursday, the fourth day of their hunger strike. Nearly 1,600 labourers from five factories of the apparel group in the city have gone on the hunger strike...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-01 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 31: Implementation of the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway four-lane project will be completed before next Ramadan, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader said Thursday. He said this while inspecting the ongoing development work of the Oxygen-Hathazari Road in the northern part of...
The anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA-I), led by Paresh Barua, has for the first time warned it will use weapons against Bengali-speaking migrants it dubs 'Bangladeshis', reports bdnews24.com. In two recent explosions in the frontier...
FREETOWN, July 31 (AFP): Sierra Leone leader Ernest Bai Koroma declared a state of emergency Thursday, as the country struggled to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic. The impoverished country, along with neighbouring Guinea and Liberia, is struggling to contain an...
A Greek court's decision to acquit local farmers responsible for shooting 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers has sparked outrage in the country, says the 'Guardian'. Politicians, unionists and anti-racist groups have condemned the verdict as a 'black mark for justice' in...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-08-01 00:00:00
The government has started preparations for the Seventh Five-Year Plan for the financial year (FY) 2015-16 to FY2019-20 with a view to 'accelerating growth with equity', officials said Friday. The General Economics Division (GED) of the Planning Commission has begun...
Siddique Islam | 2014-08-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh Taka (BDT) appreciated 0.16 per cent against the dollar in July following the higher growth in export earnings alongside a surge in inward remittance flow on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Fitr. The US dollar was quoted at Tk 77.50-77.52...
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