JOYPURHAT, Mar 22 (UNB): Joypurhat Sugar Mills has achieved success in exceeding both the sugarcane crushing and production targets after long seven years. Authorities of the country's largest sugar mills attributed the success mainly to favourable weather conditions and timely...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Mar 22: Harvesting of maize started in Nilphamari district and will continue for a month. The farmers are expecting a record output of the crop in the district as the climate has been favourable and the farmers are becoming...
FARIDPUR, Mar 22 (BSS): The 44th Independence and National Day will be observed in this district in a befitting manner on March 26. An elaborate programme to celebrate the great event has been chalked out at a recent meeting in...
NARSINGDI, Mar 22 (BSS): Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Narsingdi has taken a programme to cultivate 6,815 hectares of land under Summer vegetables cultivation in the district this year. Farmers in six upazilas of the district have already started the...
31-maund Jatka seized in Munshiganj Members of Coastguard, in a drive, seized 31 maunds of Jatka (small Hilsa fish) from the Dhaleswari River in Launchghat area of Munshiganj Saturday morning. Sources concerned said the Coastguard seized the banned fish while...
JESSORE, Mar 22 (BSS): A veteran freedom fighter was killed and another six persons including three women were injured in a road mishap in Lebutala-Rajapur area on Jessore-Magura Highway in Sadar upazila here on Friday. The deceased was identified as...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Mar 22: A student was killed dashed by a wood log at Baraha village under Muksudpur upazila in Gopalganj district Friday. The victim was identified as Md. Jinnat Ali (17) a Madrasha student of class ten and son of...
BRAHMANBARIA, Mar 22 (UNB): A night guard of a sand quarry was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Adalot Para in the town early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Mokbul, 35, Police sources said being informed by locals,...
Mizanur Rahman Shelley | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
In modern democracies all elections matter. National, regional and local governments function through elected representatives. That is why elections to the local governments are as important as those to the regional government (in a federation) and local self-governing bodies. Local...
Saleh Akram | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
The outcome of referendum on Crimea was a foregone conclusion. Predictably voters voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining Russia. Polls held amid threats of sanctions by the western world and with direct Russian backing, were discarded as illegal by the...
Abu Sayed Md. Shaykhul Islam concluding his two-part article titled \'Developing public infrastructures and services through public-private partnership\' | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
PPP projects are of two types. The projects which are identified and listed by the government under 'Private Infrastructure Project List' for development under PPP are called 'Solicited Projects'. These projects are approved by the CCEA (Cabinet Committee on Economic...
The country's high-risk roads and highways have mostly made news for all the wrong reasons. This may change for the better if the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) can give the road users the expected benefits through a Tk 1.65-billion...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
Ready-made garment (RMG) factory owners voiced deep concern over the recent power tariff hike. A statement issued by Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) said the recent 6.96 per cent increase in power tariff will result in the reduction...
M.S. Azad | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
In our times, we repetitively hear the term 'CSR' or Corporate Social Responsibility. The CSR engagement in Bangladesh has been expanding considerably leading to socio-economic development. This contribution in the form of CSR has been recognised in both national and...
The Tigers have received a shock by cricket entrant Hong Kong. From the batting of the Tigers it was apparent that they had taken Hong Kong very lightly and soon paid the price. The arrogance of the Bangladeshi batsmen haunted...
Dhaka is second in the list of the worst cities of Asia. Thanks to the US unjust invasion of Iraq, Baghdad, which was once one of the best cities of the world, tops of the list. Dhaka regularly comes up...
It is indeed alarming that a high level of toxic chemicals is found in different types of toys for children in our markets which make parents very worried. I have learnt from various newspapers that many toys available in the...
The heading of an article titled 'Coal mining versus underground coal gasification', by Mushfiqur Rahman and published in the March 21 issue of the FE, has created some confusion among experts. 'Alternative energy is not necessarily healthy and affordable', should...
Md. Shahedul Amin | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh aspires to attain the middle-income status by 2021. In the last decade, the per capita income of the country has gone beyond US$ 800, and it is expected that it will reach the 1,000 mark very soon. To achieve...
Maswood Alam Khan from Plano, Texas, USA | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
Many years back I read somewhere, perhaps in Reader's Digest, that there are only three categories of people who are truly happy. To one category belongs a baby. The second one is of a poet. And the third one: a...
Mohammad Ali | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) service, expected to be launched within the next few months in Bangladesh, will significantly reduce the electronic payment cost and open another door of accelerating inclusive banking in Bangladesh, a top official of Visa Inc...
FE Report | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
President of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) Abul Barkat said Saturday that Bangladesh is caught in the middle of poverty, inequality and disparity due to an unholy alliance of one per cent people who are engaged in rent-seeking. "This one per...
FE Report | 2014-03-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh Brand Forum (BBF) organised the 3rd Leadership Summit 2014 under the theme "In Search of Transformation," seeking the next phase of industrial growth in the country. The summit took place Saturday at the Raddison Blu Water Garden to inspire...
NAV of MTB Unit Fund disclosed The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk 349,882,646.51 on the basis of cost price and Tk 380,003,602.07on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on 20 March...
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