RAJSHAHI, May 10 (BSS): Speakers at a follow-up workshop here today said more responsive role of mass-media including community radio has become an urgent need to control child marriage as it leads to various violence and repression against women. Terming...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, May 10: The 153rd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, a nobel laureate poet and litterateur was celebrated with a befitting manner in Gopalganj on Thursday. Udichi Shilpi Gosthi, Gopalganj district unit arranged different programmes on the occasion. In the...
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday night met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and discussed the High Court (HC) rule asking the police administration to arrest the three Rab officials fired for their alleged involvement in Narayanganj seven murders....
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
RANGPUR, May 10: A month-long 'Rangpur Industry and Trade Fair-2014' has begun at Police Lines Ground in the city on Thursday evening. Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) is organising the fair with the aim to promote local manufactures...
PANCHAGARH, May 10 (BSS): Green chilli growers are happy for getting good price with their bumper production in the district. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) of Panchagarh sources said the green chilli cultivated on 8,421 hectares of land in the...
MOULVIBAZAR, May 10 (UNB): Three members of a family, including a child, were killed in an incident of rain-triggered landslide at a tea garden in South Shahbazpur of Baralekha upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Rajesh, 35,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
PABNA, May 10: Over 10 indigenous people injured in a clash between two rival groups of indigenous community at Baghoil Koibari of Chatmohar Upazila in Pabna Friday night. Three were held in connection with the clash. Police said the clash...
KUSHTIA, May 10 (UNB): At least two people were killed and 10 others injured as a truck crushed into a bus in front of Battail Ansar Camp in the district town on Friday night. Of the deceased, one was identified...
Meeting on education held in Gopalganj The district administration Friday held a view-exchange meeting with teachers of 40 secondary schools and madrasas under Kashiani upazila in Gopalganj for the overall development of education. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md Khalilur Rahman exchanged...
Aija Krutaine and Andrius Sytas of Reuters from Vilnius, Riga | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia depend on Russia for all their gas imports, but they each have defences in place to ensure sufficient energy supplies if Moscow cuts off gas exports in an escalation of the Ukraine crisis. Russia's Gazprom has...
Vidya Ranganathan of Reuters from Singapore | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
Unless they are in for the long haul, global investors in Asian equity markets outside Japan should be prepared for returns this year to be below those of other markets once again. Extrapolating from the shrinking profit margins seen in...
William Schomberg of Reuters from New York | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
Global efforts to thwart the drugs trade have failed and the time has come for a radical rethink, according to a group of Nobel-prize winning economists, a former U.S secretary of state, the deputy prime minister of Britain and others....
Saleh Akram | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
Investment, one of the key drivers of economic development, has been defined as 'net addition to the existing stock of capital'. Capital is a combination of capital machinery, buildings and transports used for the purpose of production. These elements of...
Syed Ashraf Ali | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
One well-known principle for evaluation of a credit proposal is five 'C's of credit--character, capacity, conditions, capital, and collateral. This article recapitulates those five 'C's and also tries to introduce a new dimension to the evaluation process by introducing what...
The decision taken by the government to train manpower with technical education under the first phase of 'Skills for Employment Investment Programme' (SEIP), though belated, is a significant move in adding value to the bulk of the country's workforce. The...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
It is disconcerting to note that Bangladesh was ranked fourth among 91 countries with worst urban air quality in the latest air pollution monitoring report of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Reports in the media last week say three Bangladesh...
Shahana Bilkis | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh's economy has achieved an average growth of 6.0 per cent over the last five years primarily due to the healthy inflow of remittance and rising exports. Both the exports and the remittance flow from expatriate Bangladeshis have doubled over...
Dhaka has been again listed among one of the most polluted cities of the world. It is not very surprising for its dwellers as they often find its name in the list of the most polluted ones. According to the...
If the government increases the limit of tax-free income to Tk 0.25 million, the middle income group of people can get some respite. The prices of commodities have been increasing day by day, so are house rent and education expenses....
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya has issued a statement claiming that none of his family members was involvement in the abduction of killing of seven persons in Narayanganj. It was an ill timed statement because the...
Abduction has recently increased in our country. We have no guarantee of normal life. It's very regrettable and shameful that the government doesn't seem to be serious about dealing with this problem. It is blind to the actual happenings. But,...
Syed Asif Aziz | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
Risk and uncertainty are the two most common words that come into our mind while thinking of various issues related to future incidents. We all know that future is not known to us and we try to predict it by...
Maswood Alam Khan from Cockeysville, Maryland, USA | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
Today, May 11, is Mother's Day. For many of us, who have lost their mothers, Mother's Day is a painful reminder. Over and over, it's a screaming reminder of loss. I was looking for ways on this 'day of mother'...
FE Report | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
The World Bank Board approved Friday $60 million ininterest-free credit to modernise Bangladesh's value added tax (VAT) administration and to increase tax revenue. The VAT Improvement Programme Project will introduce automation, including on-line VAT taxpayer services, and improve transparency in...
A managers' conference of United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) was held Saturday at the Learning & Development Centre auditorium of the bank. The conference was presided by the Managing Director of UCB Mr. Muhammed Ali. Among others the Additional Managing...
FE Report | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
City Bank has partnered with American Express to introduce the American Express B2B Expense Management Solution, a unique end-to-end solution that will help companies in Bangladesh reduce their cost of doing business. Rahimafrooz Distribution Ltd. and Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh Ltd...
FE Report | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
The share trading of Pharma Aids will resume today (Sunday) on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) after a suspension of three months, officials said. The DSE officials said their board lifted the suspension from the share trading as the company...
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