President to visit Bagmara tomorrow RAJSHAHI, Apr 10: President Advocate Md Abdul Hamid is scheduled to visit Bagmara Upazila of Rajshahi district tomorrow (Saturday). President Abdul Hamid will visit Bangabandhu Complex in Bhabanigonj, headquarter of the Upazila, during the visit. ...
Veteran journalist ABM Musa was laid to rest at his Kutubpur family graveyard in Fulgazi upazila of Feni district at 9:30pm Thursday, reports UNB. Earlier report adds: A large number of people, including journalists, politicians and civil society members, paid...
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Unemployment rate of young university graduates is four times higher than that of the young persons with primary level education (26.1 per cent and 6.0 per cent respectively), a study revealed Thursday. The study also said of 38 per cent...
JAKARTA, Apr 10 (Agencies) : Indonesia's opposition Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leads parliamentary polls but its star candidate may face a tougher path to the presidency, early election results indicate. Unofficial tallies show, the party secured about 19 per...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina underscored Thursday the need for grooming up the youth as skilled manpower to grab the global labour market and thus increase the inward remittance flow, reports UNB. "Our youths could fulfill the global labour market demand....
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Canadian High Commissioner Heather Cruden called for continued efforts Thursday to help comply with the workplace safety and labour standards in Bangladesh's apparel sector. Terming the ongoing initiatives made by the government and the apparel makers not so satisfactory, she...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-04-11 00:00:00
Shortage of fund is badly affecting the overall functioning of the Small and Cottage Industries Training Institute (SCITI), officials said. "We are unable to function properly due to budget shortage. We proposed to the BSCIC to revise the budget so...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-04-11 00:00:00
US-based ConocoPhillips has refused to sign any production sharing contract (PSC) with Bangladesh for oil and gas exploration in shallow-water block SS-07 in the Bay of Bengal in a major blow to the country's future energy security. This is for...
Siddique Islam | 2014-04-11 00:00:00
The country's overall imports grew by 13.49 per cent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY) 2013-14, following higher import of food gains, particularly rice and wheat, officials said. "The overall imports increased during the period...
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Businesses at a workshop Thursday urged the government to take initiatives to cut interest rate for minimising operational cost of businesses. They said besides high rate of interest, interrupted energy supply is also hampering the businesses of Bangladesh, and if...
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The country's foreign exchange (forex) reserve crossed the US$20 billion-mark for the first time Thursday, thanks to a robust growth in export earnings. The reserve rose to $20.03 billion on the day, setting a new record, from $19.91 billion of...
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At least 11 people sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out in a building at Tejturi Bazar in city's Farmgate area Thursday afternoon, police and fire service sources said. The injured are -- Shafiul Alam (46), Khalilur Rahman (36),...
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Some responses -- both from local and international levels -- have been received relating to a news item published in the FE on April 7, 2014 under the headline "Pest resistant Bt brinjal comes under pest attack." The FE correspondent...
NEW DELHI, April 10 (AFP): Voters went to the polls in New Delhi Thursday on the first major day of India's marathon national election, with the capital a key battleground for an anti-corruption party which shot to fame last year....
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has put emphasis on getting full-house cargo for its newly resumed Dhaka-Frankfurt flight as it is trying hard to get full-cabin passengers for its new route to Germany. "We are happy to get full-house cargo for the...
A suspected robber was killed in a gunfight between police and bandits in the city's Badda area early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Badsha (28). Being tipped off that a gang of robbers was going to hold a clandestine...
GAZIPUR, Apr 10: A man and his two sons were killed and four people injured in a clash over a land dispute at Dhanpur village in Kaliganj upazila on Thursday noon. The deceased were identified as Mamtaz Uddin (75), and...
Tokyo stocks dropped 2.31 per cent on Friday morning, after Wall Street suffered big losses on concerns about the valuations of high-flying technology companies. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 330.47 points to 13,969.65 by the break, while the Topix...
Chinese shares were lower in morning trading on Friday after data showed inflation accelerated in March, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index edged down 0.04 per cent, or 0.91 points, to 2,133.39. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks...
Hong Kong shares slipped 0.36 per cent in the first few minutes of trade on Friday, in line with regional losses following a sell-off on Wall Street. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 82.61 points to 23,104.35, according to AFP.
A court in Sirajganj has convicted a man and sentenced him to life term rigorous imprisonment (RI) for killing his wife in 2008. The convict was identified as Abul Kashem Fakir, 48, son of late Bux Fakir of Solongi village...
The 1st of Baishakh or Pahela Baishakh will be celebrated across the country on Monday. The nation will welcome the Bangla New Year with gaiety. People from all walks of life will start to gather at Bottola in the 400-year-old...
Unidentified miscreants tortured to death a teenaged boy and dumped his body at Turag Eidghah field under Turag Police Station in the city at some time between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Sabbir Hossain, 15,...
Observing that the problems of ageing are largely being ignored senior citizens of the country have laid emphasis on enacting new laws to ensuring rights and welfare of the elderly people. They also urged the government to establish a full-fledged...
Leader of the opposition in Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) Raushan Ershad has said her party wants to play the due role of the opposition, but maintaining cooperation with the government. “Never in the past, the opposition (in Bangladesh’s parliament) cooperated with...
Leader of the opposition in Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) Raushan Ershad has said her party wants to play the due role of the opposition, but maintaining cooperation with the government. “Never in the past, the opposition (in Bangladesh’s parliament) cooperated with...
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