FE Report | 2014-02-24 00:00:00
The government on Sunday signed two project documents with the UNDP under the title of 'SPPS' and 'SWAPNO' involving worth Tk 8.61 billion. The Social Protection Policy Support (SPPS) programme will prove vital in rolling out the National Social Protection...
Oman Air is taking initiatives to increase number of flights and put on service its wide-bodied aircrafts on Chittagong-Muscat considering the ever-increasing demands of the passengers. Side by side the company is taking measures to enhance passenger facilities including introduction...
HAVANA, Feb 23 (Xinhua) : Low wage has been one of the most debated issues in the 20th Congress of the Workers' Central Union of Cuba (CTC), a senior union official said here Suturday. Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, president of...
TAIPEI, Feb 23 (AFP): Taiwan's ambitions to become a regional air hub finally look set to take off with approval for a mega "aerotropolis" to cash in on improving ties with China and the rise of budget airlines in the...
Centre for Zakat Management (CZM) has distributed a motorised wheelchair to a physically retarded youngman, aged 20, suffering from Cerebral Palsy (CP) disease, at his residence in the city recently. A laptop and a printer were also provided to support...
SEOUL, Feb 23 (Xinhua) : South Korea and Australia have signed a currency swap agreement to help promote bilateral trade and trade settlement in local currencies even in times of financial stress, Seoul's central bank said Sunday. Bank of Korea...
New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI): Gold prices recovered by Rs 40 to Rs 31,190 per ten gram in the national capital Saturday on fresh buying by stockists, influenced by a firm global trend. Silver also rose by Rs 210 to...
Md. Sahidur Rahman joined Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) as a director general recently. Earlier he was director general of Water Resources Planning Organisation (WARPO), additional director general (Eastern Region) and additional director general (Planning), BWDB, according to a press...
SYDNEY, Feb 23 (AFP) : The United States and the International Monetary Fund offered Sunday to assist Ukraine in rebuilding its battered economy following devastating protests that have plunged the country into its worst crisis since independence. Fears that Ukraine's...
LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters): HSBC will announce staff bonuses totaling just under 2.4 billion pounds ($4 billion) globally for 2013 and is expected to report a significant rise in pretax profit, Sky News reported on its website on Saturday without...
FREETOWN, Feb 23 (AFP) : Sierra Leone said Saturday it had discovered a diamond worth $6.2 million, declaring it one of the most precious finds of the past decade. The stone, dug up last week in the eastern district of...
NEW YORK, Feb 23 (AFP) : Apple and its South Korean rival Samsung will return to court next month after failing to agree on a settlement to end a legal battle over patents in the United States. The two firms...
LONDON, Feb 23 (AFP): British Prime Minister David Cameron takes his Cabinet to Scotland for the first time on Monday to warn of the economic cost that independence could have on the North Sea oil industry. Cameron said Sunday that...
SYDNEY, Feb 23 (AFP): The OECD on Sunday delivered a new global standard to crack down on tax evasion with more than 40 countries already committing to measures which the European Commission called "a big step" forward. Organisation for Economic...
JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 23 (Xinhua): The rampant illegal mining would lead to major tragedies if they could not be curbed in South Africa, a trade union warned here yesterday. "These illegal miners are just troopers, their network is really big. Their...
In a scathing attack on the Prime Minister (PM), BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Sunday Sheikh Hasina should do 'Tawba' (repentance) for running the state as per the will of a particular country ignoring Bangladesh people's...
President M Abdul Hamid has been invited to attend the 4th summit of the 'Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia' (CICA) to be held on May 20-21 in Shanghai, China, reports UNB. Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li...
FE Report | 2014-02-24 00:00:00
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Sunday said increasing or decreasing population growth is not the solution. "Many countries in the world are now turning back from tough policy on population growth… China and many European countries now offer various kinds...
The deadline for the submission of nomination papers in the fourth phase election in 92 upazila expired at 5pm on Sunday, reports UNB. The Election Commission (EC) on February 13 announced the election schedule for the upazilas fixing the voting...
The Election Commission (EC) Sunday declared the election schedule for the 50 parliamentary seats, set aside exclusively for women, fixing the voting date on March 29, reports UNB. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad announced the schedule at a press...
The election to the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will be held on March 12 and 13 next as the authorities announced the schedule of the polls on February 18, reports BSS. According to the schedule, the last date of...
The Election Commission (EC) Sunday declared the election schedule for the 50 parliamentary seats, set aside exclusively for women, fixing the voting date on March 29, reports UNB. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad announced the schedule at a press...
KURIGRAM, Feb 23 (UNB): Jatiya Party (JP) chairman and special envoy to the Prime Minister, HM Ershad said on Sunday the present government would be there in power for five years, and no situation has created in the country that...
FE Report | 2014-02-24 00:00:00
Senior government officials, engineers and other stakeholders Sunday called for retrofitting of vulnerable buildings and quality construction of concrete structures for safer cities in earthquake-prone Bangladesh. They also underlined the need to follow Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) to make...
International Turkish Hope School observed the International Mother Language Day to pay tributes to the language martyrs in the city Friday, said a press release. On the occasion, for the first time the school organised a Bangla Olympiad, an inter-school...
Bangladesh has strongly protested the release of controversial Hindi film 'Gunday' and sought 'appropriate actions' from the Indian authorities to immediately stop its screening in its present form, reports UNB. Bangladeshis across the world, mostly youths, reacted sharply to the...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam on Sunday said the government would actively consider the offer extended by China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) over the launch of the country's first satellite - 'Bangabandhu Satellite' - in space, reports...
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