The country's important highways are in a bad shape. This situation has amply been highlighted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in one of its recent reports. Nearly 73 per cent of national highways in Bangladesh, as noted by the...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
The projection by all account is extremely grim. That six South Asian nations -- Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Nepal -- would suffer the most on account of the climate change was known but not in economic...
S. A. Sabur | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
The USDA (US Department of Agriculture) has forecast global rice production for August, 2014 at 477 million MT, down by 2.1 million MT from the last month's forecast, but still 1.5 million MT up from a year earlier. India accounts...
It is good to know that the Editors' Council has expressed its deep concern over threats to freedom of the press and likely infringement of the free flow of information as a result of the much talked-about national broadcast commission....
Getting a passport is the right of a citizen but in our country when a citizen wants to get his passport, he or she faces a lot of hassle. Although at present, the system is better than before, people are...
Recently, three Bangladeshi workers died in Malaysia in a tragic accident. With their death, the dreams of three families died and now they are facing uncertain future. The deceased workers were working at a construction site when concrete span weighing...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
In a kind of weird twist to reality, Bangladesh can now boast of hundreds of Shantinekatan-style open-air schools. The difference is that the schools introduced by Rabindranath Tagore had an idyllic air about them; the poet had dreamt of an...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
Corruption has turned out to be a permanent malady in our society. We, as both conscious and responsible citizens, are desperately looking for a way out of this chronic epidemic. When we talk about corruption, our finger automatically points to...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
"I actually read more on my mobile than I used to. I think it is because I can carry my phone everywhere I go and it is quite easier than carrying a book, and it is always there when I...
FE Report | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
A total of ten commercial banks signed participatory agreement with the Green Banking and CSR Department of central bank Thursday to disburse funds under a revolving re-financing scheme worth Tk 2.0 billion. Other 22 commercial banks are expected to sign...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday sought more Japanese investment to turn Bangladesh into a middle-income country by 2021, reports UNB. "We've already fixed our target of building Bangladesh as a middle income country by 2021. So, we need more...
FE Report | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
Grameenphone Ltd has initiated the Bangladesh chapter of the global youth competition "Telenor Youth Summit 2014". The initiation of the competition was announced at a press conference Thursday at Sonargaon Hotel in the city. With the core inspiration of engaging...
Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company is going to organise "Bangladesh National Premix Summit 2014" today (Friday) at BRAC-CDM, Savar to update physicians about the modern treatment of diabetes. It will take place from 10.00 am to 5-00 pm, said...
FE Report Some 102 brokerage firms of both the bourses and 16 merchant banks will participate in the pilot project of new IPO (initial public offering) process by receiving money against the BO (beneficiary owner's) accounts of the IPO seekers,...
BSRM Steels Limited In response to a DSE query, the Company has informed that there is no undisclosed price sensitive information of the Company for recent unusual price hike. Bangladesh Export Import Company Ltd. In response to a DSE query,...
Grameenphone Ltd. The Company has informed that it has completed the disbursement of interim Cash Dividend of 2014 of the Company by August 18-19, 2014 to the general shareholders (except to a few NRB shareholders who have given foreign addresses)...
Southeast Bank Limited MK Holdings Limited, one of the Corporate Sponsors of the Company, has expressed its intention to sell its entire holding of 10,03,042 shares of the Company whereas Sultana Kashem, one of the Sponsors of the Company, has...
FE Report | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
Stocks witnessed a mild correction Thursday amid volatile trading with turnover falling slightly as investors continued to book profit and reallocate their positions. The market started with a positive note, but the positive sentiment faded away as the session progressed....
TOKYO, Aug 21 (AFP): Tokyo stocks rose 0.85 per cent on Thursday after the dollar jumped against the yen on speculation that the US central bank may raise interest rates earlier than expected. The Nikkei 225 index was up 131.75...
GENEVA, Aug 21 (AFP): Shares in Switzerland-based global travel group Kuoni plunged on Thursday after the company posted weak results for the first half of 2014, blaming unrest in many parts of the world. For the first half of the...
MUMBAI, Aug 21 (Business Standard): Shares of Axis Bank were trading nearly 2 per cent higher at Rs 400 after the bank's board approved raising funds through private placement. The board of directors of the bank at its meeting held...
MUMBAI, Aug 21 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex and Nifty edged higher on Thursday, gaining for seven out of eight previous sessions, as persistent buying by foreign investors continued to bolster blue chips such as State Bank of India. The broader...
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada, Aug 21 (AFP): Kieron Pollard and Denesh Ramdin saved the West Indies from a humiliating defeat and engineered a three-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first one-day international at the National Stadium in Grenada Wednesday. Reeling at...
Bangladesh has been placed in Group B of the 17th Asian Games Men's Football that will begin in the South Korean city of Incheon from September 14, reports UNB. The Group B comprises Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, Bangladesh and Afghanistan as...
MADRID, Aug 21 (AFP): Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that midfielder Angel di Maria has asked to leave the European champions before the end of the transfer window. The 26-year-old Argentine -- who missed the World Cup final...
BJMC and Naogaon DSA earned comfortable victories in the 2nd round of the Walton Air Conditioner National Youth (Under-19) Female Handball Tournament at Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city Thursday, reports UNB. Naogaon DSA trounced...
MUMBAI, Aug 21 (AFP): Former French defender Bernard Mendy emerged the top attraction at Thursday's draft for the troubled new franchised-based Indian Super League set to kick off in October. The ex-Paris Saint-Germain star will be paid $80,000 per season...
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Aug 21 (AFP): Quinton de Kock's quickfire 84 fired South Africa to a crushing 3-0 series victory over Zimbabwe as they won the third one-day international by seven wickets on Thursday in Bulawayo. De Kock wasted little time...
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