Our Correspondent | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 7: Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) gets its new secretary as Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) secretary Zaker Hossain took up the post on Monday morning. Director (Admin) of the port authority Muhibul Huq, having additional charge of the secretary...
Even before this year's delayed and inadequate monsoon recently brought some relief to the Indian subcontinent, researchers discovered widespread concern by local experts that their governments were mismanaging the water supplies on which a billion people depend for survival, and...
The seven-day Rathajatra festival concluded Monday with the return journey of the chariots of Lord Jagannath, his sister Subhadra and brother Balaram termed as 'Ulto Rathajatra,'reports BSS. The Rathajatra, chariot festival of Lord Jagannath and one of the religious festivals...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, July 7: Leaders of Rajshahi Bus-truck Owners and Labourers Oikya Parishad at a press conference held at the office of Rajshahi Sarak Paribahan Group this noon said they would start transport strike if the plying of illegal vehicles on...
KHULNA, July 7 (UNB): Medical services in all private clinics, hospitals and diagnostic centres in the city remained suspended for the 3rd consecutive day Monday due to an indefinite strike, causing sufferings to the patients. Besides, the doctors of government...
KHAGRACHORI, July 7 (BSS): A group of miscreants abducted four construction workers engaged in a bridge development project from Bangmara area under Matiranga Upazila at about 10.30 pm Sunday. Police and local people said miscreants abducted them for extortion of...
TONGI, July 7 (BSS): Police recovered Monday the body of an unidentified youth from Tongi, on the outskirts of the capital. The body was found floating in a water body around 10:00 am, police and local sources said. Police suspected...
Bangladesh Armed Forces jointly hosted an iftar party Monday in honour of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina at Senakunja in Dhaka Cantonment, reports UNB. The PM went round different tables set for the members of the armed forces and other...
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) won the 1st prize as the best stall at the National Tree Fair 2014 in the government and semi-government category. Md Aminul Islam, general manager (Horticulture), received the prize on behalf of BADC from Anwar...
Books donated to DU Library Associate professor of the Department of Geography and Environment of Dhaka University (DU) Dr Ashraf Dewan donated 102 books of different kinds worth 0.7 million to the DU Library at a function in the city...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Chittagong, Barisal and Khulna divisions until 6pm today...
Faruque Ahmed | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
The process of merger of the Privatisation Commission (PC) and the Board of Investment (BOI) is now under way to create a new organisation the name of which is yet to be decided. The objective behind the move is to...
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been banned for six months from all forms of cricket, reports bdnews24.com. Additionally, the nation's top cricketer will not be provided any No-Objection Certificate, required to play tournaments outside the country, for the next...
FE Report | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
The cabinet approved Monday in principle the draft 'Bangladesh Export Processing Zone (EPZ) Labour Act, 2014' aiming to ensure welfare of the workers by allowing them to form trade unions (TUs). "The proposed law was drafted keeping consistency with the...
FE Report | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
The government is going to send letters to six US Congressmen and the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in the current week in reply to their observations made in refusing to revive the suspended GSP facility for now. Commerce Minister...
FE Report | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
The World Bank (WB) has suggested strengthening the Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) with continuity of skilled staff and enhancing efforts for further expansion of electronic government procurement (e-GP). It, however, has appreciated the initiatives of procurement reforms taken by...
The government received Monday the copy of the verdict on maritime boundary dispute between Bangladesh and India which will formally be disclosed today (Tuesday), reports UNB. "Yes, we've received the verdict this (Monday) afternoon. It's being reviewed now," Director General...
Canadian police want to interrogate former Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's energy adviser Mahmudur Rahman in connection with Niko graft, reports UNB. "The Canadian authorities in January last sent a mutual legal assistance request...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) barred Canadian Niko Resources from selling its Bangladesh assets without consent of state-owned Petrobangla and the government, a senior official said. The Washington-based ICSID also tagged the Niko's plea of getting...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
Aggregate tax revenue collection may face Tk 20 billion shortfalls against its target for the just concluded fiscal year (FY) 2013-14, largely because of political turmoil and decline in operating profit of private commercial banks (PCBs), especially in the first...
FE Report | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
Newly-appointed BASIC Bank Limited Chairman Alauddin A Majid said his new board will do everything possible for improving the financial health of the trouble-torn bank. "Our main challenge is to improve the financial health of the bank," the BASIC Bank...
Zahid Hussain and Johannes Zutt | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
The budget of the Government of Bangladesh is about what the government promises to give the citizens in a fiscal year in the form of macro-economic and structural policies, economic services and investments; in turn what the citizens are required...
FE Report | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
Lawmakers spent only 1.8 per cent of entire time in the maiden session of the 10th parliament, elected through January 05 polls, for formulating laws. They were mostly engaged in praising the ruling party's activities and criticising the BNP-led opposition...
The government has directed authorities to curtail working hours by two and a half hours a week during Ramadan for employees working in commercial organisations and industries. The order was issued Monday, the eighth day of Ramadan. — bdnews24.com
Anatole Kaletsky of Reuters | 2014-07-08 00:00:00
Why does the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - the event that lit the fuse of World War One 100 years ago - still resonate so powerfully? Virtually nobody believes World War Three will be triggered by recent the military...
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