Bangladesh has a rich culture with diverse communities from ethnic minorities and indigenous people but they often suffer as their rights are violated, said William Hanna, the Head of the European Union Delegation to Bangladesh. “We can’t separate human rights...
Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society beat Agrani Bank Ltd Sporting Club by 3-0 goals in the Premier Bank Bangladesh Championship League Tuesday, reports UNB. The match was held at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur. After...
WELLINGTON, May 20 (AFP): New Zealand great Chris Cairns denied match-fixing Tuesday after media reports named him as "Player X"-the alleged kingpin of a corruption ring under investigation by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum and...
LAHORE, May 20 (AFP): Pakistan's reinstated cricket chief Zaka Ashraf took charge of the national board Monday, with the future of national head coach Waqar Younis and batting coach Grant Flower hanging in the balance. Ashraf was restored to the...
Djokovic closes in on number one after Rome triumph PARIS, May 20: Serbia's Novak Djokovic closed within 650 points of world number one Rafael Nadal in the latest ATP rankings after defeating the Spaniard in the Sunday's Rome Masters final....
Md. Atiqul Islam | 2014-05-21 00:00:00
The readymade garment (RMG) industry is crucial to the economy of Bangladesh as a source of employment generation and export earnings. The industry accounts for 80 per cent of the total export earnings of the country and is a source...
Nazir Ahmed from London | 2014-05-21 00:00:00
There is a huge enthusiasm in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on the forthcoming election scheduled for May 22. The emotion in the East End is running high. Wherever you go - be it in shop, relatives' house or...
The Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka, Heather Cruden, made a tweet in reaction to a supply agreement for potash, a key fertilser, recently signed by Bangladesh with Canpotex, a legal Canadian export cartel. She enthused, "Great news! Canada Bangladesh trade...
Only a patient knows how unbearable is the pain he/she suffers from. It is quite natural for him/her to look desperately for relief. There are thousands in the country who run from pillar to post in search of doctors who...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-05-21 00:00:00
The country's financial policymakers are now busy in preparing the fiscal 2014-15 national budget. The Finance Minister has been exchanging views with different stakeholders seeking their suggestions for the coming budget. There are, however, not adequate discussions on resource allocations...
Ridwan Quaium | 2014-05-21 00:00:00
One may think that lack of bicycle lane is the primary problem that cyclists face in Dhaka but in reality a bigger problem that cyclists are facing in the city is lack of safe bicycle parking areas at most shopping...
LONDON, May 21: Europe's main stock markets rose Wednesday as traders digested central bank updates for clues on interest rate movements from across the globe. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies climbed 0.28 per cent to close at 6,821.04...
National Board of Revenue (NBR) continues to advertise regularly at the cost of taxpayers' money for obtaining Electronic Tax Identification Number (e-TIN) against old TIN. As an old income taxpayer since 1963, I failed to collect e-TIN through the Internet....
Online marketplace eBay is forcing users to change their passwords after a cyber-attack compromised its systems. The US firm said a database had been hacked between late February and early March, and had contained encrypted passwords and other non-financial data....
I am glad to know that Sri Lankan former test player Chandika Hathurusingha has been appointed as the coach for Bangladesh national cricket team. Chandika Hathurusingha is a right-handed all-rounder and bowled medium fast, played 26 test matches and 35...
India's Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi has stepped down as the chief minister of western Gujarat state. Mr Modi, who has ruled Gujarat for nearly 13 years, led his BJP party to a landslide win in the recent election and will...
We are delighted at the news item published in the Financial Express on Sunday that a Bangladeshi child prodigy recently got one of her fiction stories published by a British publishing house, Olympia Publishers. Perhaps, Sarina Hossain is now the...
A fire broke out in the Sundarbans East Zone under Mongal upazila of Bagerhat on Wednesday. DFO of the Sundarbans East Zone M Amir Hossain Chowdhury said forest guards first spotted the fire near Gulishakhali Camp under Chandpai Range in...
Maswood Alam Khan from Cockeysville, Maryland, USA | 2014-05-21 00:00:00
May 16, 2014 will be marked as a watershed moment in the history of India when Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed victory in India's general election having an absolute majority in the 543-seat parliament with 282...
Dhiman Chowdhury | 2014-05-21 00:00:00
Rules, standards, and laws are the minimum but not sufficient requirements for governance. Governance is a broader, an all-inclusive concept. Parliament frames rules and regulations, and establishes various agencies like the securities and exchange commissions, the comptroller and auditor generals,...
Saleh Akram | 2014-05-21 00:00:00
Narendra Modi, who won a landslide victory in India's general election on May 16, made a triumphant entry to the capital, Delhi. India, world's largest democracy, is still reeling from the scale of Modi's win. No party has won by...
Bangladesh has sought pragmatic steps for removing barriers to free trade in the global market. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, now in Manila, made the call while addressing the ‘World Economic Forum on East Asia’ on Wednesday, said a Commerce Ministry...
FE Report | 2014-05-21 00:00:00
Stocks closed flat into the red Tuesday for the eighth straight sessions with turnover dipped below Tk 2.0 billion-mark once again as most of the investors remained inactive. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at...
FE Report | 2014-05-21 00:00:00
The securities regulator will implement the proposed process of receiving applications for IPOs (initial public offerings) through BO (beneficiary owner's) accounts after July 15 this year, officials said. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Tuesday approved the proposed public...
FE Report | 2014-05-21 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) has directed the majority shareholders of Desh Energy Ltd to purchase shares of minority shareholders in the company, lawyers concerned said. Majority shareholders in the private limited company are Annisul Huq, former FBCCI president, and his...
ONE Bank chair, vice-chair re-elected The Board of Directors of ONE Bank Limited has re-elected Sayeed H. Chowdhury as its Chairman for another one-year term from May 15, 2014. The Board has also re-elected Mr. Asoke Das Gupta as its...
A mild earthquake has been felt in Dhaka, Chittagong and many other regions of Bangladesh. The Meteorological Department said the tremor was felt around 10:20pm Wednesday. But it did not say immediately how much the quake measured on the Richter...
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