Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman and former President HM Ershad Thursday urged the Indian government to conduct a joint study to assess the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of Tipaimukh Dam project in the region before implementing it, reports UNB. "A joint...
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee's lawyers will begin cross-examination of the first two witnesses Sunday at the war crimes tribunal, reports bdnews24.com. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), where the Jamaat executive council leader has been charged with 20 counts of...
FE Report Leaders of different right groups at a press conference Thursday demanded immediate implementation of ILO Convention 189 and the Domestic Worker Protection and Welfare policy- 2010 to protect the rights of domestic workers. The press conference held at...
'SAARC has still long way to go: Dr Dipu Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni Thursday said although SAARC has overcome many challenges and achieved many successes, it has still a long way to go. In a message on the occasion...
FE Report Withdrawal of waters in the upstream of common rivers has raised the level of salinity in the southern part of Bangladesh, speakers at a discussion said Thursday. They said it was also creating unexpected flooding in the country....
The publication ceremony of 'Smritipotay Ghyasuddin'-- a collection of remembrance of late Ghyasuddin Ahmed Chowdhury-- a celebrated administrator and a sports organizer--was held Thursday, says a press release. Organised by Jalalabad Association, the well attended function was chaired by its...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 8 (UNB): A court here Thursday sentenced five years imprisonment to the truck driver responsible for the tragic road accident that killed 46, mostly school students, in Mirsarai Upazila of the district on July 11. The court awarded...
A city university student has confessed that he fatally stabbed his friend and fellow student to collect money to sit for the upcoming examinations, reports bdnews24.com. The horrific details came to light after the police arrested a youth from the...
The World Bank (WB) is providing technical assistance and grants for various studies to help the government develop a conservation and sustainable development programme for the Sundarbans, reports UNB. The studies, based on both primary and secondary data, will address...
The International Human Rights Day, 2011 will be observed tomorrow (Saturday) as elsewhere in the world, reports UNB. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Bangladesh called upon The countrymen to celebrate the day with emphasis on the theme 'Working...
The state-run Bangladesh Betar officials said a number of politically crucial tapes, many of those containing evidence of crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, were destroyed or disappeared after the August 15, 1975 carnage, reports BSS. "Many of...
Abdullah Dewan Dr Jalal Alamgir (PhD, Brown University, age 40), Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts) son of Dr Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, MP and Sitara Alamgir drowned while swimming in the sea in Thailand on Saturday December 3....
Karl Malakunas of AFP in Manila The China-driven commodities boom transformed economies and environments across the globe in 2011, a year that saw cashed-up mining giants invest record amounts into extracting Earth's riches. From Australia's barren interior where plans were...
Md Nurnobi Islam Corporal punishment has been the most talked about issue in recent time. Possibly each of us must have some experience of it in our student life. We had to tolerate it for poor performance in class, failure...
Abdullah Mohibuddin Last month, the second new Boeing B777-300 ER was added to Biman's fleet. No doubt it is good news for Biman. With two new B777 aircraft, Biman will be able to maintain its schedules now. On hearing the...
The just concluded three-day state visit by the prime minister and her 38-member entourage to Myanmar has given rise to much speculation about possible improved relations with that country and the benefits likely to follow in due course. More so...
Abdul Bayes For centuries, land has been considered the most important source of livelihoods of the people. As human civilisation advanced, use of this vital input also changed to suit society's needs. But for most part of the human civilisation,...
Shafiqul Alam During the tenure of the last caretaker government, the ministry of communications (MoC) was divided into several divisions -- one was rail division and the other two were bridge & roads division -- on the ground that the...
Anurag Kotoky of Reuters from New Delhi India's carmakers may just break even in the fiscal year that ends in March; an industry body warned on December 8 and said it would cut its sales outlook for the year, as...
Diabetes is a dreadful disease of human beings and a great threat to the country's economy. A diabetic patient has high blood sugar, either because the body does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the...
The heading of a report in the 'Business Section' of a local English daily, published on November 26, titled 'Rise in soyabean oil price' seemed rather confusing to me. One wonders, what winter has got to do with price rise...
B K Mukhopadhyay concluding his two-part article The banking world in 2050 will look radically different from the one we see today, with the E7 (Emerging 7- China, India, Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey) economies becoming at least as...
FE Report Bangladesh has been competing with India and Pakistan in manpower exports across the world especially in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), traders said on Wednesday. They said the GCC countries in the Middle East were...
Five women candidates nominated by Bangladesh Awami League have been declared elected unopposed to the seats set aside for women in Parliament, reports UNB. Returning Officer and Regional Election Officer Mihir Sarwar Morshed made the announcement at the Election Commission...
Yasir Wardad Both producers and urban consumers are being deprived of the benefits of rapid increase in vegetable production in the country, farmers and officials said. Md Jahidul Islam, a farmer at Porarhat village under Botlagari union in Saidpur upazila...
Monira Munni Bhomra land port will start handling of products by the middle of next year facilitating export-import through land route to streamline border trade with the neighbouring countries, mainly India, officials said. The government initiated the project for infrastructure...
FRANKFURT, Dec 8 (Reuters): The European Central Bank cut interest rates by a quarter of a point Thursday to counter the twin threats of recession and deflation in the euro zone, and is expected to unveil fresh measures to help...
The government hopes to publish a preliminary report in April next year on the progress of implementation of the Sixth Five-Year Plan (SFYP) 2011-15 by different ministries, reports UNB. The report, to be prepared by General Economics Division (GED) of...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Thursday held meeting with leaders of four-party alliance, led by her party, to discuss expansion of the alliance to accommodate other like-minded political parties, reports UNB. The meeting, chaired by Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office,...
FE Report Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) system is going to be introduced in the government transaction such as disbursement of salary and allowances within one or two months. Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman disclosed this Thursday while inaugurating...
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