PWD clinch second division hockey title beating Dilkusha PWD Sporting Club clinched the Green Delta Insurance Metropolis second Division Hockey League title beating Dilkusha Sporting Club by 3-2 goals in the final at Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Friday....
Mahabub Hossain | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
Food security exists when all people, at all times, have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to maintain healthy and productive lives. The key elements of food security are: a) availability of enough food from domestic production and/or imports...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
Thailand's military junta has asked people to provide it with anti-government information in exchange of financial benefits. It has outlawed all kinds of demonstrations and protests against its rule. The authorities are hell bent on stifling the voices of people...
The issue of formalin, an aqueous solution of a chemical compound, formaldehyde, used as disinfectant and preservative, appeared in the national news media afresh during the past few days. The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has put up a few formalin...
Abdul Bayes | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
The Adolescent Development Programme (ADP) of BRAC, reportedly incepted since 1993, could be considered one of the most innovative approaches to women's empowerment in rural areas. It is neither microcredit nor ivory tower meetings on empowerment. It is rather some...
Mohammad Ashraf Hossain | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
Nine million people of capital Dhaka belong to middle, lower middle and poor classes. They are a significant driving force behind development. These people do not have their own vehicles nor do they get these from their employers. The public...
Finance Minister A M A Muhith announced the Tk 2.51-trillion budget for 2014-15, which is 18.5 per cent of the country's gross domestic product. At a number of pre-budget discussions, the finance minister repeatedly spoke of scrapping the provision for...
It is good to know that the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation has found a marginal gas field at Rupganj in Narayangonj district and it has been estimated that the newly discovered gas field has a reserve of 50 billion cubic feet...
A few days back I went to a private bank and I was very glad to see that they use both sides of a paper for printing purpose. Such practice saves a lot of papers and money every year. It...
Salim Rashid | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
If rice becomes scarce domestically, the domestic price will rise and automatically make export less profitable. The government of Bangladesh (GoB) can smooth this process by holding stocks of rice, much as it does now, but with a somewhat different...
Masih Malik Chowdhury | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
The national budget for the fiscal year 2014-15 is the 6th consecutive one of the incumbent octogenarian and scholarly finance minister. He has performed his part very eruditely, professionally and with a practical vision. The vision has been critically misconstrued...
Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member and former Railway Minister Suranjit Sengupta, MP, hoped Friday that the relations between Bangladesh and India would further be cemented with the resolve of Teesta and border crises, reports BSS. "We hope that both...
Bill Schneider for Reuters | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
President Barack Obama's situation is getting perilously close to President Jimmy Carter's in 1979. Americans see little evidence of an economic recovery, more and more workers are giving up hope of ever finding a job, the burden of student loan...
Munima Sultana | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
Three major challenges still remain over construction of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line from Gazipur to Airport despite the progress made in preparing its detailed design. Sources said the most troubling challenge for the Tk 20.45 billion project, meant...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
The Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom has extended a project aimed at strengthening the Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) by one more year. Under this programme, the DFID provided Tk 370 million to support the MRA in...
JU Correspondent | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
A Tk 1.14 billion ( 114.65 crore) budget of Jahangirnagar University (JU) was passed Friday for the fiscal year 2014-15 with a deficit financing of nearly Tk 222.50 million. The budget was passed at the senate meeting presided over by...
Khairul Islam | 2014-06-28 00:00:00
The international gateway (IGW) operator Kay Telecommunication Limited is likely to lose its operating licence soon over non-payment of its outstanding dues. Sources with the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said the BTRC already completed necessary paperwork to give the...
FRANKFURT, June 27: The crisis in Ukraine is damaging German exports to the war-torn region and to Russia, new trade data showed on Friday. In the first four months of this year, exports to Ukraine and Russia declined by more...
LONDON, June 27: Global oil prices steadied Friday after lacklustre US economic data that has fuelled bearish sentiment about demand in the world's top crude consumers, analysts said. In late morning London deals, Brent crude for delivery in August rose...
Green activists Friday urged the government to take effective steps to ensure that safe Iftar and food items are marketed in the holy month of Ramadan to protect people from serious health hazards, reports UNB. The demand came from a...
BAGERHAT, June 27 (UNB) : Higher profits at relatively lower production costs are shifting attention of the farmers in the southern region away to maize farming from the regular crops. Apart from cultivation of the cereal item being cost-effective, the...
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, recently opened its first 24/7 service centre in Dhaka in order to enhance customer satisfaction, according to a press release. "This is a milestone in our efforts to engage more with customers,"...
TOKYO, June 27 (Reuters) : Japan's unemployment rate hit a 16-year low in May, suggesting the economy will rebound in the third quarter from a sales tax hike and consequent slump in consumer spending. The jobless rate in the world's...
TOKYO, June 27 (AFP) : The dollar edged down against the yen and the euro in Asian trade on Friday after uninspiring US data and a slide on Wall Street, dealers said. The greenback was changing hands at 101.37 yen...
Scotland's renewable electricity rises 50 pc in first quarter EDINBURGH, June 27: Scotland's renewable electricity output rose by 50 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2014, according to new figures published Friday. Scotland generated a record 6,678 Gigawatt...
BOGRA, Jun 27 (UNB): A court here Thursday sent four leaders and activists of the district unit Jubo Dal, including its general secretary Arafatur Rahman Apple, to jail after rejecting their bail petitions in a case for their involvement in...
Meanwhile, Prime Minister's Economic Affairs Adviser Dr Mashiur Rahman said Friday that India does not have any intention to interfere in Bangladesh's internal affairs as there is no such scope to do so, reports UNB. He said this while talking...
MAGURA, Jun 27 (UNB): At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups of local Awami League (AL) over establishing supremacy in Sreepur Uapzila of the district Thursday night. Awlad Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sreepur Police...
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