FE ReportThe authorities have stepped up security measures in the capital to fend off any possible subversive activities for peaceful celebration of the New Year-2012, DMP (Dhaka Metropolitan Police) Commissioner Benazir Ahmed said. The DMP chief at a press briefing...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina goes to Gopalganj today (Saturday) on a day's visit, reports BSS. Prime Minister's Office (PMO) sources said the PM will first go to Tungipara by a helicopter and lay the foundation stone of Tungipara Upazila...
Half of the total mothers living in coastal areas of the country are suffering from malnutrition and more than 0.3 million children die of undernourishment every year, according to findings of various studies, reports BSS. Many steps being taken by...
Bangla Academy on Friday conferred honorary fellowship on Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, reports UNB. Bangla Academy Fellow and National Professor AF Salahuddin Ahmed handed over the crests and certificates to the PM and Amartya...
FE ReportIndia has constructed dams and barrages in the sources of 42 out of 54 trans-boundary rivers, putting disastrous impacts on agriculture and fisheries as well as human habitat in Bangladesh, speakers at a discussion Friday observed. They said, this...
FE ReportSegunbagicha Society has planned to distribute winter clothes including about 1000 pieces of blankets among the destitute of Segunbagicha, Kakrail, Fakirerpul, Rajarbagh and Kamalapur areas. Local lawmaker Rashed Khan Menon will join the society members at 10pm Friday to...
FE ReportThe first Bangladesh Continuing Medical Education (CME) conference was held at a city hotel Friday organised by Bangladesh Medical Association of North America (BMANA). Prof Ziauddin Ahmed, Prof M A Jalil Chowdhury, Prof Mujibur Rahman, among others, were present...
JU CorrespondentThe outgoing calendar year saw the premature deaths of three students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) in different incidents. Marzia Jannat Sumi, a student of History department, committed suicide following rejection of her marriage proposal by a teacher of Botany...
Md Nurul Islam Sohel in the first of his two-part articleThe banking industry across the globe has become increasingly concentrated over the past few decades especially in the developed countries. In the United States of America, the market share of...
Masum BillahNorth Korea lost its secondgeneration great leader on December 17, 2011. The TV pictures showed the heartfelt lament of the citizens which proves their love for their popular leader Kim Jong-il, no matter what the world leaders termed him...
Philippe Agret of AFP in RamallahWith peace talks in the doldrums, the Palestinians have fixed their sights on global activism and unity between their rival factions in order to advance their cause. "We are in a 'hudna' (truce) until January...
With jubilant and happy faces splashing on the TV screens and newspapers, the general mood following the publication of results of the Junior School Certificate Examinations-2011 definitely speaks for itself. In democracy, the majority matter and on that count 83.71...
Nerun YakubAt a recent event, marking the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible --- the very same that accompanied Christian missionaries and colonialists on their forays into the lives of 'other' people across the world --- the British Prime...
Monwara Begum Medical wastes, due to their contents of hazardous substances, pose a serious threat to public health. The hazardous substances include pathological and infectious contaminants, sharp objects and other chemical wastes. In hospitals different kinds of therapeutic procedures (i.e....
Munshi Abdul AhadJute is a fibrous plant and second to cotton in significance. It is a long, soft, shiny fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. Jute cultivation is almost as old as human civilisation. In trade there...
A detailed and interesting write-up was published in a local English daily on December 26, that presented the cause for the need for combined cycle gas-fired power plant vis-a-vis the oil-fuelled mostly old engine-based rental power plants now in operation....
Rizwan SiddiquiThe third Awami League (AL)-led government is presiding over the country. The foreign currency reserve -- pivotal in determining a country's macro economic stability -- fell below even US$1.0 billion in the nineties under the second AL government. Under...
MD. Abul Hasnat Jubair Bangladesh, as the latest reports in the media do tend to suggest, will earn almost nothing from giving transit to India. It is an Awami League (AL) hyper projection only that Bangladesh will develop by giving...
Mahmudur RahmanNicolas Sarcozy isn't a leader given to mince words. Controversy is not battle heshies away from, especially when the world stage he relishes is so alluring. And so there was a chilling effect to his words when he dramatically...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the government conveyed its new year's greetings to the people by raising the price of fuel oils from Thursday midnight, reports UNB. "The government has given us a gift...
FHM Humayan KabirThe Communications Ministry has sought Tk 6.38 billion in additional funds from the government to rehabilitate and repair the damaged roads and highways, officials said Friday. We have sent the demand for additional fund to the Planning Commission...
Syful IslamThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) is likely to approve US$1.0 billion worth of Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Bangladesh in February next year as the government is taking various measures in line with the suggestions of the former, a...
Nizam AhmedThe food department of the government is now otherwise comfortably placed to help avoid any fresh import of rice in the second half of the current fiscal year (FY), following a successful domestic procurement drive, officials said on Friday....
Badrul AhsanJapan is set to emerge as Bangladesh's third largest apparel export destination within next two years following relaxation of rules of origin (RoO) for generalised system of preferences (GSP) scheme, industry insiders said. Canada is now holding the third...
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30: A top organisation of Malaysian manufacturers Friday underlined the need to reduce the dependence on foreign workers if the country is to become a high-income economy. Malaysia heavily relies on foreign workers from India, Indonesia, Bangladesh,...
Md Jamal uddinThe telecom regulator has set a target of earning Tk 80 billion by issuing Third Generation (3G) technology licences to the telecom operators next year. The expected amount will come mainly from spectrum charge and licence fee, said...
Pankaj DastiderCHITTAGONG, Dec 30: Chittagong Dry Dock, the only ship-repairing enterprise in the public sector, is likely to start building ships before second quarter of 2014 after the completion of BMRE and creation of additional facilities for building medium and...
NEW DELHI, Dec 30 (Economic Times): State-run oil firms plan to raise petrol prices by about Rs 2.25 a litre from Sunday unless the government asks them to defer the move in view of assembly elections, company executives said. Oil...
aHONG KONG, Dec 30 (AFP): The sight of French President Nicolas Sarkozy running to Beijing to solicit funds to save the eurozone summed up what for some was the economic story of 2011 -- Asia's boom versus the West's gloom....
MADRID, Dec 30 (AFP): Spain's annual inflation rate tumbled to a 13-month low in December as fuel prices eased, official preliminary data showed Friday. Consumer prices rose 2.4 per cent over the year to December compared to a rise of...
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