Our CorrespondentNARSINGDI, Nov 2: Narsingdi Municipality Mayor Lokman Hossain (42), shot by unknown miscreants in the town, died at about 11 pm Tuesday after being admitted into Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Hundreds of people, including leaders and activists of...
Initiatives are underway to review the trial of 1975 jail killings as the nation commemorates the gruesome assassination of four national leaders inside Dhaka Central Jail three months after the August 15, 1975 carnage. "The culprits should be tried and...
The fifth prosecution witness testified Wednesday in the Pilkhana killing case, reports BSS. In presence of Defence lawyers the fifth witness Lt Col Mukim Sarker testified at the makeshift special court set up at a field adjacent to Alia Madrasah...
KHULNA, Nov 2 (UNB): A local leader of ruling Awami League (AL), who was wounded in a gun-attack by miscreants in the city Sunday, died at a hospital in the capital early Wednesday. Gazi Abdul Halim, publicity secretary of Khulna...
FE ReportLabour leaders, experts and newsmen have said the government has been using eight-year old data of child labour in the country to implement various programmes as part of its commitment to eliminate child labour from the country by 2015....
FE ReportBangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has intensified its dredging activities for smooth navigation of ferries ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. BIWTA took the special move in September last after several ferries loaded with vehicles had got stranded in mid-river due...
Tough new rules and enforcement action to stop the abuse of the United Kingdom (UK) student visa system indicates that over 450 education providers will no longer be able to sponsor new international students. These colleges could have brought more...
Over 100,000 law enforcers including police, RAB and Ansar were deployed Wednesday across the country for smooth celebration of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, reports BSS. A 6000-strong contingent of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) was deployed at different strategic points of...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina would exchange Eid greetings with the people of all walks of life, including party leaders and workers, judges and diplomats, at her official residence Gonobhaban on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha on November 7, reports...
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman and former president Hussein Mohammad Ershad left Dhaka Tuesday for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to perform holy Hajj, reports BSS. Roushan Ershad accompanied him, a press release said Wednesday. Ershad is expected to return home...
DU CorrespondentThe authorities of Dhaka University (DU) Wednesday decided to confer 'Doctor of Laws', an honorary degree, to Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-moon through a special convocation. President M Zillur Rahman, also the university chancellor, will grace...
Shafiqul AlamIn 1996, only a few available shares were aggressively bought by people in an over-heated market and though efforts were made to stabilise the market it was too little and too late. Bubble formed and collapsed where only a...
Abul HashemThe traditional thinking in business success depends on supplying products cheaper to consumers compared to rival producers. But this can be a short-sighted approach to production and management. More than price, these days other factors vitally affect consumers' choice....
Md Saidur Rahman in the second of his three-part article An embryonic automotive industry emerged in India in the 1940s. Mahindra & Mahindra was established by two brothers as a trading company in 1945, and began assembly of Jeep CJ-3A...
The fact that the world population took millennia to reach the one billionth mark but only 50 years to double the size speaks volumes for the problems facing humanity in terms of food, shelter, quality of life and even man's...
Nilratan HalderIndia's top 100 on the list of the richest people have collectively lost 20 per cent of their net wealth since last year's ranking, according to the biweekly Forbes magazine's Indian edition. The practice of publishing the names of...
Abdullah Shahed Miaji Most western thinkers denoted the Middle East uprising as the "Arab Spring" which indicate that it was the right time and right place for agitation against the old rulers. But they failed to give a suitable name...
Md Shariful IslamAt present, many policy-makers lack information needed to understand the potential environmental impacts of their decisions, and the economic implications of changes to their environment and natural resources. In contrast, a wealth of economic information is usually available...
George KhanSaudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud has appointed Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud as the new crown prince, the Royal Court said in a statement issued last Friday, signaling an orderly process of future...
Russia's ruling party engaged in heavy damage control early this week after being stung by a viral video alleging to show a bribes for votes speech being delivered by one of its most senior officials. The mobile phone footage shows...
The G20 Cannes Summit takes place this week against the backdrop of a worsening turmoil in the global economy characterized by a serious loss of confidence in the sustainability of the recovery, the deepening debt crisis in the eurozone, and...
Hugues Honore of AFPLast week's eurozone rescue deal struck depends heavily on the response of especially China but also Russia, Brazil, India and South Africa -- the so-called "BRICS" -- for contributions to a European Union (EU) rescue mechanism. French...
The Greek prime minister's plan to hold a referendum on an EU rescue package has "confused people", the Japanese finance minister said Wednesday as Asia markets dived on renewed eurozone debt fears. Athens plunged the bloc back into crisis and...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government will upgrade the Dhaka-Mawa Road to a four-lane thoroughfare to ease heavy traffic movement between the capital and the country's southwestern regions, officials said Wednesday. Communications ministry officials said the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has...
FE Report The inter-bank call money rate remained almost stable Wednesday as there was injection of fresh funds by the central bank in the market ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha festival, treasury officials said. The call rate ranged between 10.00 per...
Japan said Wednesday it is closely watching the developments after the World Bank's suspension of the loan commitment to the Padma Bridge Project over graft allegations. "We can only say now we are watching it closely because in our case...
Munima SultanaThe government has planned to launch a series of pilot projects from November to develop skills of people for creating better job opportunities for them in various sectors at home and abroad. Officials said the International Labour Organisation (ILO)...
FE ReportDhaka stocks closed flat Wednesday amid mixed trading as almost all of the early gains were wiped off by the late hour aggressive sale pressure. The market opened with a flying note gaining more than 100 points during the...
FE ReportEastern Bank Ltd. (EBL) has opened it's 100th ATM along with their newly introduced service EBL 365 at the port city Chittagong. The new EBL 365 with ATM is located at Sanmar Ocean City at CDA Avenue of the...
As per un-audited quarterly accounts for the 1st quarter ended on September 30, 2011 (July'11 to Sep'11), the authorities of Saiham Textile have reported net profit after tax of Tk 21.16 million with EPS of Tk 0.85 as against Tk...
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