NEW DELHI, Feb 14 (Agencies): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced his resignation Friday to protest the blocking of an anti-corruption bill, fewer than 50 days after taking office in the Indian capital. "My cabinet has decided that we are...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-02-15 00:00:00
The government has cut the revenue mobilisation target for the National Board of Revenue (NBR) by Tk 110 billion following a big shortfall in its collection until December last of the current fiscal year (FY). The government cut the revenue...
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta submitted his resignation Friday after his Democratic Party backed a call for a new administration, reports BBC. Party leader Matteo Renzi, 39, had argued that a change of government was needed to end "uncertainty". Mr...
Despite law enforcers' strict routine vigilance, the incident of carjacking in the capital is on the rise as the captured carjackers easily come out of jail on bail from the lower judiciary. "Most accused in carjacking cases return to the...
Farzana Nasreen | 2014-02-14 00:00:00
Corporate governance in banks has gained importance against the backdrop of financial services being offered by them and their significant exposure to probable risks and difficulties. From a narrow approach, corporate governance (CG) can be viewed as a mechanism through...
Terming the government ‘illegal’ again, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the country’s people have got fed-up with its ‘terrorist acts’. “The illegal government which came to power through muscle power in a voter-less election...
A very important and relevant article on the subject was published in a local English daily on 11th February. This matter must be noted and acted upon by the relevant government authorities at the soonest. The Ministry of Health must...
The BNP has asked the government to call fresh general elections heeding the appeals made by Western countries, including the United States. The party’s acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir voiced the demand at a discussion in the capital...
Many of us have a tendency to lose our head very soon and we often make excuse for our fast paced life. In fact, we should not blame others for our short temper but ourselves and if we can consciously...
Recently a good decision has come from the government. Henceforth school children will no more be used to greet the VIPs. In most cases the local administration puts pressure on the school authority to send their students off to the...
Ferdaus Ara Begum | 2014-02-14 00:00:00
The export sector earned US$ 27 billion in 2012-13 with a target of reaching US$ 30.5 billion in the next fiscal year. Export has been considered as a significant contributor to the current account balance of the country, according to...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury reviewing the book | 2014-02-14 00:00:00
The number of new books - covering a wide range of interests - is simply galore. Undoubtedly, this is a good sign in the sense that more and more books are coming out in our literary arena. This is the...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 13 (BSS): Bangladesh take on Sri Lanka in the second and final T20 of the SAHARA Cup two-match series scheduled to be held today (Friday) at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here. Private satellite channel Maasranga Television will...
CENTURION, South Africa, Feb 13 (AFP): Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson took three wickets in a devastating opening spell to plunge South Africa's top order batting into disarray on the second day of the first Test at SuperSport Park Thursday....
The ongoing two-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka is a chance for the Bangladesh selectors to have a final look at some players they will discuss in the next two days before they pick the 15-member squad for the World...
ROME, Feb 13 (AFP): Napoli beat AS Roma for the first time in three attempts this season Wednesday as their 3-0 victory saw them reach the Italian Cup final running out 5-3 winners on aggregate. Goals by Jose Callejon, Gonzalo...
Little Friends Club beat BG Press SRC by 2-0 goal in the day's only match of the Kool Metropolis 2nd Division Football League at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur in the city Thursday, reports UNB. With...
PARIS, Feb 13 (AFP): FIFA's latest world rankings published Thursday, with the top three unchanged and Portugal moving up a rung into fourth. World Cup hosts Brazil climbed one place into ninth, Switzerland were up two into sixth, and Denmark...
Australia's Finch joins Yorkshire LONDON, Feb 13: Dynamic Australia batsman Aaron Finch is to play for Yorkshire this coming season, the English county announced Wednesday. The 27-year-old, who holds the world record for an international Twenty20 innings after making a...
The Power Division will convene a broad-based meeting to discuss the fuel supply problem with rental and quick rental power plant sponsors and other stakeholders, reports UNB. This was decided at a high level meeting at the Power Division with...
Polythene-made shopping bags, responsible for environmental pollution, have made a strong comeback in the city markets. Production and marketing of banned polythene bags are now going on unabated, due to lack of proper monitoring by the authorities concerned. Around 300-350...
Country's software industry is deprived of around Tk 5.0 billion in local market despite the product has entered most of the sophisticated global markets, sources said. Local banks and financial institutes and projects supported by the World Bank and the...
The government has taken steps to popularise Pangaon Inland Container Terminal in Keraniganj on the outskirt of Dhaka city so that importers and exporters increasingly use the water route between Dhaka and Chittagong Port for transporting their goods. "The importers...
Sonia H Moni | 2014-02-14 00:00:00
The country's cold storage owners have finally decided not to raise their preservation rates this year in the face of prevailing poor potato prices in the domestic market. They finalised their decision at a recent meeting at Bangladesh Cold Storage...
PARIS, Feb13 (PTI): Global economic body OECD today unveiled a new "game-changing" mechanism to combat the menace of offshore tax evasion, a protocol to which India is a signatory with the purpose of tackling black money. "The Organisation for Economic...
Lenovo aims for third place in global smartphone mkt SHANGHAI, Feb 13 : The chairman of Chinese computer giant Lenovo pledged on Thursday to make the company the world's third-biggest smartphone seller following an acquisition binge as the firm announced...
A good number of investors both local and joint venture companies are still observing the political developments in the country for fresh or reinvestment. Insiders said they are not coming forward with new or reinvestment plans fearing recurrence of political...
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