FE Report World leading telecom solution provider Huawei Technologies has built an Internet Protocol (IP) training centre at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) at a cost of US$ 540,000. The objective of the training centre is to develop...
KHULNA, Dec 19 (UNB): The passing out parade of New Entry Sailors 2011B batch of Bangladesh Navy was held on Monday here at BNS Titumir parade ground. Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral ZU Ahmed inspected the smartly turned out...
The results of 22 subjects out of 30 subjects of 2008 Masters final examinations, BBA 1st semester (1st year) of 2010 and CSE (1st year) 2nd semester of 2009 under National University (NU) have been published, reports UNB. The 22...
Hospitals and clinics are specialised institutions for healing the sick and suffering humanity. There professional care and curative attention is provided to overcome infections, diseases and injuries. Patients come to hospital and clinics with medical or surgical problems that are...
The global economy, particularly the global financial markets, has been reeling from sovereign debt crisis of a magnitude never experienced before. The wounds inflicted by the crisis is much more deep and painful as it emerged on the heels of...
Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen hardly lets slip a chance to praise Bangladesh's achievement on human development index (HDI). This time he was focusing on what he considers India's poorer records compared not only to Bangladesh but also Bhutan and Nepal....
There are, perhaps, very few countries in the world where water appears to be both scarce and abundant within a very short period of time. For ages, farmers in Bangladesh have been deprived of the paddy crop in the dry...
Railways ministry In my opinion, the government's decision to establish a separate ministry for the railways is the most significant welfare-oriented step undertaken so far. This was a crying need of the people and the government certainly deserves commendation for...
In the past two years, the Bangladesh capital market expanded geometrically, with the index almost touching the 9000-point mark, but by the end of 2010 the market encountered a series of shocks and continues to remain unstable. Many experts and...
The pharmaceutical sector in Bangladesh is a highly developed sector which is contributing substantially to its economy. After the promulgation of Drug Control Ordinance - 1982, the development of this sector was accelerated. The professional knowledge, thoughts and innovative ideas...
An investment climate assessment indicates that scarcity of certain resources (energy, finance, land, and labor skills) has started to put a strain on Bangladesh's further growth and productivity gains. This is largely so because of the fact that factor markets...
Teradata CTO Stephen Brobst will arrive today (Tuesday) on an one day visit to Bangladesh. Dr. Stephen's specialization is in the design and construction of Decision Support System for Fortune 500 companies in the United States and internationally. A computer...
The City University Branch, City University Campus, Khagan, Savar of First Security Islami Bank Ltd began its operation Monday. Alhaj Mockbul Hossain, Chairman, Board of Governors, City University inaugurated the Branch. - Press release
FE Report Sponsor-directors of three listed companies Monday made separate announcements of purchasing 1.95 million shares of their respective companies at prevailing market prices to comply with the recent directive of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), officials said. As...
FE Report Dhaka stocks surged more than one per cent Monday with significant rise in turnover, as the investors went for fresh buying getting available attractive prices of shares. Market analysts said the investors might become hopeful about the market...
The board of directors of LankaBangla Securities Ltd., a 90.91 per cent held subsidiary company of LankaBangla Finance Ltd., has recommended 45 per cent interim cash dividend (Tk 4.50 per ordinary share of Tk 10 each). Call to collect dividend...
HONG KONG, Dec 19 (Reuters): Hong Kong shares finished lower Monday, with some investors seen covering short positions, helping to pare losses in the afternoon that had earlier accelerated after news that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had died, adding...
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 (Reuters): Most Southeast Asian stock markets posted limited gains Monday as selective buying in growth stocks such as Indonesian cement firms and institutional buying of Thai large caps helped offset weak sentiment elsewhere in Asia. News...
DUBAI, December 19 (Reuters): Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, an investor in some of the world's top companies, on Monday unveiled a $300 million stake purchase in fast-growing micro-blogging site Twitter, gaining another foothold in the global media industry....
Continued from page 23 education have expanded and have been providing manufacturing, construction, trade, transports, real estate, health, and personal services. But their operational role is believed to have narrowed during this period. The SMEs are undoubtedly quite predominant in...
FE Report Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel Dhaka will hold Christmas and New Years' eve celebrations starting from December 24 till January 1, 2012. There will be colorful Christmas tree, Santa, magic show with light music, variety of festive menus...
Bangladesh CNG Filling Station and Conversion Workshop Owners Association has got new executive committee for 2011-13 session. The executives were elected through an election held recently. Immediate past secretary general of the association Zakir Hossain Nayan was elected president and...
FHM Humayan Kabir The Power Division has sought Tk 94.22 billion in the upcoming revised development budget, 33 per cent higher than the existing outlay, to boost the country's power supply situation, officials said Monday. Power Division officials said they...
FE Report Double digit industrial growth can be achieved within a short time provided the present industrialisation process continues in the country, said Industries minister Dilip Barua Monday. He said the government has taken various development initiatives for the industry...
Talha Bin Habib The country will produce jute mill machinery and spare parts upon the finalisaiton of operating agreement between Galfra-Habib Ltd and Indian Lagan Engineering Company Ltd in the next three months, officials said. Last week the two parties...
Farida Parvin Maya of Dhaka was adjudged as the "Monitor Chef of the Year 2011" while Masuma Ali Rekha became the first Runner-up and Sharmin Rahman the second Runner-up in the grand finale of the renowned culinary talent hunt competition...
FE Report The central bank has continued its foreign exchange support through selling US dollar directly to the commercial banks for settlement of import bills. As part of the operation, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) sold US$12 million at market rate...
NEW DELHI, Dec 18 (Reuters): India's cabinet agreed on Sunday to tackle widespread malnutrition with food subsidies for two-thirds of the country's 1.2 billion population, a move that may shore up support for the government but carries risks for the...
PARIS, Dec 19 (AFP): European Central Bank (UCB) Chief Mario Draghi said he was saddened by the increasingly bitter spat between Britain and the rest of the European Union over London's refusal to join a fiscal package to solve the...
SYDNEY, Dec 19 (AFP): Qantas and one of the three unions at the centre of a long-running industrial dispute that led to the airline's fleet being grounded reached an agreement on Monday to end their standoff. The breakthrough will be...
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