Trade, closer defence ties top Australia-Japan agenda SYDNEY, July 6 : Closer defence cooperation is set to take centre stage when Australia hosts Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week, while the two allies will also shore up a burgeoning...
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-07-07 00:00:00
We have had the interesting visit of Ms. Sushma Swaraj, Indian Minister of External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs, from June 25-27. Politicians and the media - both print and electronic - focused overtime on the various aspects of the...
M Serajul Islam | 2014-07-07 00:00:00
Begum Khaleda Zia's interview given to the Indian Express after the visit of the Indian Foreign Minister to Dhaka has angered the Awami League (AL) leaders very much. In Parliament, they pretty much tore apart the leader of the Bangladesh...
The introduction of 'green tax' from the current fiscal year (FY) does otherwise serve as a pointer to government's recognition of the adverse effects of pollution, caused by a growing number of industries, on public health. Under the new Finance...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-07-07 00:00:00
Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu, the man who has been in the national limelight of late for his alleged Machiavellian style of running the Basic Bank, a state-owned entity, is finally ousted from chairmanship of the bank. Finance Minister AMA Muhith...
Md. Bayazid Khan | 2014-07-07 00:00:00
Not all countries produce enough food to feed their people. In the days to come spending on more production of food grains instead of acquiring money, arms and ammunition will be a vital issue for a country to establish its...
A warning notice alongside a road, presumably for drivers of vehicles read "GO SLOW", "Accident Porn Area". Possibly they wanted to write 'Accident Prone Area'; but ignorantly wrote 'Porn' instead of 'Prone'. Whoever wrote it in bright red on a...
Lionel Messi has inspired his team Argentina and took them to the dream semi final of the World Cup football after a gap of twenty-four years and it is indeed inspiring. I have this feeling that this time Messi will...
I whole-heartedly support the views of Professor Dorie LARue, a foreign national working in Dhaka, regarding the abuse and torture of horses in old Dhaka. The view was expressed in a letter published recently in an English daily. The description...
Very often we learn through media about the assistance, grant, loan from many agencies like the World Bank, the Asian development Bank, the Japan International Cooperative Agency, the UN, the UNDP etc. As a resident of the city I would...
B K Mukhopadhyay | 2014-07-07 00:00:00
Corporate governance (CG) is a process and structure that is used to: direct and manage business, enhance shareholders' value and ensure financial viability. In a word, the very purpose of 'governance' is to build and strengthen: accountability, credibility, transparency, integrity...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-07-07 00:00:00
At Palima village in Kalihati Upazila in Tangail, Harunur Rashid Mondol had allegedly tortured his wife Amena Begum to death on Monday, June 30. The husband was 28-year-old and his wife 10 years his junior. On Tuesday, Mondol was arrested...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed Sunday that Awami League (AL) has become an abandoned political party after the January-5 polls, reports UNB. "AL can't face the opposition politically as it has become a deserted political party...
FE Report | 2014-07-07 00:00:00
International watchdog body Human Rights Watch (HRW) called upon the government of Bangladesh to withdraw a draft law which is set to regulate foreign donations coming for the support of voluntary activities, mainly by the non-government organisations (NGOs). The New...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-07 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG: Organisations of indigenous people in Khagrachari hill district demanded Sunday immediate arrest of those who attacked the delegation of the International Commission on CHT Affairs in Rangamati Saturday. They took out a procession, staged demonstration and held a rally...
RAJSHAHI, July 6 (BSS): Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif asked Sunday here the field level officials to take proper decision on the vested property related matters and discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty to this end. He said...
Cabinet Purchase Committee approved on Sunday a total of six proposals including a tender proposal for 400 MW gas-fired Bibiyana South combined cycle power plant, reports UNB. With Finance Minister AMA Muhith in the chair, the cabinet body meeting gave...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Women and Children Affairs Ministry suggested Sunday renaming the ministry in its Bangla version, reports UNB. The committee suggested calling it 'Nari O Shisu Bishayak Mantranaloy' in stead of 'Mohila O Shisu Bishayak Montranaloy' in...
FE Report | 2014-07-07 00:00:00
A three-day Deputy Commissioner (DC) Conference 2014 will begin tomorrow (Tuesday) in the capital, official said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the conference at Shapla Hall of Prime Minister's Office (PMO) at Tejgaon. "The DC conference is very important...
FE Report | 2014-07-07 00:00:00
The National Productivity Organisation (NPO) under the ministry of industries (MoI) has initiated to award the country's entrepreneurs for the second time in recognition of their efforts to boost productivity in different sectors, MoI officials said. The award titled 'National...
Rights activists have urged the government to set up adequate number of public toilets in the capital's busy points with a view to easing sufferings of pedestrians and floating people, reports UNB. The call was made on Sunday from a...
CHITTAGONG, July 6 (UNB): An activist of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was injured in a gunfight with police at Kanchana under Satkania Upazila Sunday. The injured was identified as Kamaluddin (32), son of late Syed Ahmed of the Upazila.
NARAYANGANJ, July 6 (UNB): Local unit of BNP and its front organisations will lay siege to the regional office of Titas Gas Distribution and Transmission Company Ltd at the city's Chashara on Wednesday demanding uninterrupted gas supply during the Ramadan....
FE Report | 2014-07-07 00:00:00
The government will cancel the leasing system (Passenger entry fee of launch or ferry ghat) in three launch and ferry ghats before Eid-ul-Fitr with a view to ensuring better services to the passengers. The passengers of Kaorakandi launch or ferry...
FE Report | 2014-07-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh Railway (BR) will start selling advance tickets from July 20 for different routes to facilitate journey of homebound people during the Eid-ul-Fitr festival. Tickets of all classes of inter-city trains will be sold in advance and will continue till...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-07 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 6: Executive magistrates in Chittagong have been urged to conduct all-out drives against food adulteration, environment polluters and public nuisance creators for ensuring peace and justice in the society. In a day-long training programme Saturday Muhammad Munir Chowdhury,...
President Abdul Hamid stressed today the need for taking steps to create awareness about cancer as the number of cancer patients has been increasing in the country, reports BSS. The President said this when a delegation of Bangladesh Cancer Society...
Teachers of the country's public universities formed human chains at their respective universities Sunday demanding an independent pay scale and increasing their retirement age limit to 67 years from existing 65, reports UNB. The human chains were formed as per...
A city like Hong Kong (HK) will be built on the banks of the Padma once the mighty river is bridged, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said. She says she discussed urbanisation in that area with the finance minister, specifically mentioning...
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