One of the prerequisites for Bangladesh to attain the middle-income status by 2021, as targeted, is certainly investment -local or foreign. But private investment which accounts for about 75 per cent of total investment has been stagnating. The proportion of...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
How are the demutualised stock exchanges performing in Bangladesh? It is too early to ask this kind of question for only 16 months have gone by since the demutualisation of the country's bourses. Yet a reporter from The Financial Express...
Neil Ray | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
Cancer is considered the sixth killer disease in Bangladesh with about 150,000 annual casualties. To the total number of cancer patients estimated at 1.3-1.5 million, 0.2 million new patients are added every year. Now what is most alarming is the...
The Tigers are passing through hard times and their tour of the West Indies (WI) is not an easy one. Every team from the sub-continent struggles there, as the pitches of WI are live, bouncy and fast, with which the...
All praises are to Almighty Allah; May His peace and blessing be upon the last Prophet and Messenger Muhammad (S.M.), his family and companions! We, the sons of late AKM Jalaluddin an erstwhile member of the then Civil Service of...
I am very glad to learn that from now on we can book bus tickets from the comfort of our homes or offices. Getting a long-haul bus ticket is very troublesome as one has to go to the designated ticket-counter...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
Despite an eagerly-awaited start, filled with great expectations, the private airlines sector in Bangladesh has lately been mired in a plethora of problems. These are typical of a nation's industrial sector which enters a new domain without having an in-depth...
Sourajit Aiyer | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
In today's age of coupling between economies, cross-border business and multiculturalist societies, the topics of employment opportunities and mobility are discussed a lot. This personal experiment of mine seeks to identify countries which are most relevant to work in, in...
In a counter attack on the Prime Minister (PM) for calling BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and senior vice president Tarique Rahman killers, BNP has branded Sheikh Hasina as a killer, saying her hands are stained with the blood of several...
Trashing BNP's allegation that Awami League (AL) is a killer party, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said on Sunday the ruling party is a democratic party as it always promotes democracy, reports UNB. "Awami League doesn't believe in the politics of...
KUSHTIA, Aug 24 (UNB): At least 35 people, including five cops, were injured as Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men went on the rampage at Islamic University (IU), Bangladesh on Sunday. Barred from bringing out a procession protesting the Israeli aggression...
KOLKATA, Aug 24 (bdnews24.com): India's not signing the Teesta water sharing treaty with Bangladesh, due to opposition from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, is adversely impacting on bilateral relations and adding to mistrust amongst the two neighbours, says a...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 came down on Sunday heavily on the designated investigator who had inquired into the happenings in Rangpur during the 1971 liberation war, raising a question about his professional sincerity, reports UNB. The tribunal expressed its displeasure...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi has dismissed media reports that Bangladesh may extradite jailed Indian rebel leader Anup Chetia in exchange of Nur Hossain, the prime accused in Narayanganj seven-murder case detained in India, reports...
The 10th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman, former women affairs secretary of Awami League (AL) and a victim of the August 21 grenade blasts, was observed on Sunday, reports UNB. Leaders and activists of AL placed wreaths at her grave...
A Dhaka court granted on Sunday bail to former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Abdul Mannan Khan until October 13 in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against him for acquiring wealth illegally, reports UNB....
FE Report | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
The government completed Sunday all preparations to ensure hassle-free hajj flights from Wednesday (Aug 27) to carry nearly 0.1 million Bangladeshi pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, officials said. This year 98,757 Bangladeshi people will go to Saudi Arabia for performing the...
India seeks to further deepen trade ties with Bangladesh making the best use of potential of trade expansion, said a visiting Indian Minister in the city Sunday, reports UNB. "There is plenty of scope to expand Bangladesh's trade in India,...
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Aug 24 (UNB): The Jahangirnagar University authorities have sacked a professor of the Botany Department on various charges, including confining some teachers and staff of the department to a building of the university during a meeting on March...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 24(BSS) : Two Chittagong Judge's Courts have been struggling to dispose of a huge backlog of cases for two months as the judges of the two main courts went into retirement. The court sources said the Chittagong Metropolitan...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 24: Bodies of a child and his father were found in the Dhurang Khal of Fatikchari upazila on Sunday morning. Fatikchari police said they recovered the bodies of Jahangir (45) and his son Shamsul Alam (5) after being...
An amount of Tk 30 million in cash and some 8,000 tonnes of rice have been allocated as general relief for the flood-affected people across the country, said Disaster Management and Relief Secretary Mesbaul Alam Sunday, reports UNB. Talking to...
NARAYANGANJ, Aug 24 (UNB): A teenage girl, who sustained burn injuries following an explosion in a house at Fatullah in Sadar upazila Monday, died at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Sunday, raising the death toll from the incident to...
JAMALPUR, Aug 24 (UNB): Two people were killed and 20 others injured in a fierce clash between the residents of two villages over constructing a road at Shahjadpur Khan Para village in Melandaha upazila of the district Sunday. The deceased...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 24: The 40th Board of Trustee meeting of Southern University Bangladesh (SUB) was held at the University conference hall on Saturday with renowned industrialist Khalilur Rahman of KDS Group in the chair. Vice Chancellor Professor Mohammad Ali, founder...
SHERPUR, Aug 24 (UNB): An indigenous couple was injured and 10 houses, including a school building, were damaged as a tornado lashed Bharua and Dudhnoi villages in Jhinaigati upazila of the district early Sunday. The tornado hit the villages around...
Nuh-ul-Alam Lenin, noted researcher, poet, author and presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League, has obtained PhD degree from the Jahangirnagar University (JU), reports UNB. Lenin obtained the PhD for conducting a research work on 'The Bengali society and communalism in...
MYMENSINGH, Aug 24 (UNB): Rail communication of the district with Dhaka and other parts of the country has been restored after almost three hours Sunday, following derailment of a passenger train at a railway-crossing of the town. Mymensingh Railway Police...
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