BANGKOK, June 10 (AP): Thailand's contender for the Miss Universe beauty pageant has relinquished her crown after she allegedly called for supporters of the ousted government to be "executed", sparking a social media furore. A tearful Weluree Ditsayabut, 22, said...
COLOMBO, June 10 (AFP): Hundreds of activists protested in the Sri Lankan capital Tuesday against India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi for urging the island to step up post-war reconciliation with ethnic minority Tamils. The pro-government protesters waved placards that...
Iran 'will do its best' to secure nuclear deal : Rouhani ANKARA, June 10: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday his sanctions hit country would try to secure a deal in negotiations with world powers on its long-running nuclear dispute....
ZM Aminul Islam | 2014-06-11 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Jun 10: Amla Foundation Seed Potato Production Farm (Amla Farm), BADC, Mirpur, Kushtia, has some problems, resolving of which can be conducive to the achievement of higher annual production target in the infrastructure here. The site which previously belonged...
KHULNA, Jun 10 (BSS): Leaders of Greater Khulna Unnyan Sangram Samonnoy Committee today announced a three-day programmes demanding allocation of adequate fund in the national budget for implementing development projects in the region. The programmes include submission of memorandum to...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu accused BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia of trying to distort history like military rulers to confuse people. “BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is spreading lies keeping Bangabandhu and the history in exile. She’s also marketing misleading theories...
RAJSHAHI, Jun 10 (BSS): Rajshahi City Corporation has intensified conservancy drives giving emphasis on the issue of improving the city's environmental condition. On Monday afternoon, City Mayor Mosaddeque Hossain Bulbul accompanied by some of his council members visited some of...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-11 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Jun 10: Procurement of Boro rice and paddy is being continuing in Nilphamari. Boro procurement target this year in the district is 18447 metric tonnes and paddy procurement target is 2618 metric tonnes. District Controller of Food office source...
RANGPUR, Jun 10 (BSS): Three persons were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident at Madarhat point on the Rangpur-Dhaka Highway under Pirganj upazila here in the wee hours of today, police sources said. The deceased were driver...
SYLHET, Jun 10 (UNB): Three people, including two siblings, were killed as the boundary wall of Sylhet International Cricket Stadium (divisional stadium) collapsed on them early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Zahed Ahmed, 22, son of Azan Ali and...
GAIBANDHA, Jun 10 (BSS): River bank protection work under a project has been progressing fast at Saghata Bazaar and its adjoining areas under Saghata upazila in the district since 2010-11 fiscal. Operation and Maintenance Division of Bangladesh Water Development Board...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-11 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, Jun 10: Farmers in four upazilas of Chuadanga district are expecting a bumper production of arum this year due to favourable weather condition, suitable soil and necessary technical supports from the local agriculture department. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)...
GIZ, the technical cooperation arm of the German government, and Huntsman, one of the largest chemical manufacturers in the world, Tuesday joined hands to improve the management of chemicals in 10 textile mills in Bangladesh, according to a news agency....
The High Court will hear the appeal against the trial court verdict sentencing detained BNP leader Nasir Uddin Pintu to life in jail in the country’s largest-ever trial for killing at the Pilkhana headquarters of now-dismantled Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in...
M. Serajul Islam | 2014-06-10 00:00:00
What will Narendra Modi do with Bangladesh? This has been the subject of concern in the country's politics ever since the new Indian Prime Minister led the Bharatiya Party (BJP) to the biggest victory by a party/alliance in the last...
BHOLA: At least five people were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident at Janata Bazar in Charfasson upazila Tuesday evening. The deceased were identified as Habib Miah, 65, Amir Hossain Mistri, 35, Kanchan Miah, 45, Hadis, 70,...
Muhammad Yunus in the first of a two-part article titled \"We Are Not Job-Seekers, We Are Job-Givers\" | 2014-06-10 00:00:00
Grameen Bank started out with a tiny initiative in the village of Jobra in 1976. In 1983 it became a formal bank. Now in 2014 it has over 8.5 million borrowers. Right from the beginning we paid attention to two...
The estimated budget deficit for the forthcoming fiscal year (FY) at 5.0 per cent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) is otherwise within a manageable limit. However, there is no a priori reason to consider it a propitious one....
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-06-10 00:00:00
Ensuring good governance, maintaining political stability, providing necessary power and gas are key challenges for the implementation of the national budget for the fiscal year 2014-15. The finance minister has defended his Tk 2.5-trillion budget which has, according to him,...
S.A. Mansoor | 2014-06-10 00:00:00
This refers to budget highlights and comments on it about plans for investment in important sectors in the next financial year. We plan to pump in 16 per cent more in the next financial year. In the summary, a list...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ongoing visit to China is very significant from the perspective of both the countries. The visit is taking place at a very important time and we hope it will help further strengthen amity between Bangladesh and...
Mathematics is the mother of science. So, at the very beginning of their schooling, our children should be taught math with great expertise and care. It is heartening to learn that creative question on math is going to be introduced...
Most of the vehicles in the city run on compressed natural gas (CNG). I have been using a car for the last couple of years with CNG. The gas cylinder in my car is re-filled in full with maximum Tk...
In the panel on the front page of June 09, 2014 issue of FE, the heading, "The 'AAA' rating for FE'15 budget' should actually read "The 'AAA' rating for FY'15 budget".
Syed Mahbubur Rashid | 2014-06-10 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith placed the national budget involving Tk 2.50 trillion for the fiscal year 2014-2015 at the Jatiya Sangsad on June 05. Over the last five years the budget size has increased by about 250 per cent. Wise...
Abdur Rahman Chowdhury from Falls Church, Virginia, USA | 2014-06-10 00:00:00
President Obama in a speech at the commencement ceremony of cadets at the Military Academy, New York summed up his foreign policy on May 28. Obama said, "America must always lead, if we don't, no one else will. The military...
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