Appeals of Butt, Aamer to be heard Wednesday London, Nov 19: The appeals of jailed Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammed Aamer will be heard by the Court of Appeal Wednesday for their involvement in spot fixing against England in...
FE Report Mark Bolger, EDC (Export Development Canada) regional manager introduced EDC products and services for Bangladesh over a reception at the official residence of Canadian High Commissioner in the city recently. He said there is a vast opportunity to...
FE Report Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman on Saturday said the central bank would extend all-out help to the country's young and talented techno-prenuers. Bangladesh Bank Governor came up with such call at prize giving ceremony of 3rd Citi...
FE Report A five-day long ICT-based exhibition, 'BCS ICT World', organised by Banngladesh Computer Samity (BCS) will begin tomorrow (Monday) at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre with the slogan, 'Digital education is the base of digital Bangladesh.' Finance Minister AMA Muhith...
M Azizur Rahman and Mohammad Mufazzal Everything is going on right track to implement the commitments that Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina had made to help prop up the country's awfully sagging stock markets, chairman of the capital market regulator...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday said the government is evaluating the reply they received from the World Bank (WB) on its suspension of $ 1.2 billion funding for the Padma Bridge Project on allegations of corruption. "The reply from...
A former adviser of caretaker government and a former central bank governor have voiced concern over the overall macroeconomic situation of the country stating that the economy of Bangladesh is now vulnerable and on the verge of some key challenges....
Talha Bin Habib The prices of different varieties of rice at the retail level are yet to come down to a tolerable limit for the poor and middle-income groups of people, despite increased production of staple food and sufficient stock...
Nizam Ahmed The authorities in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar are set to revive a decade-old tri-nation pipeline project, which has been re-evaluated as being the most feasible one, for mutually utilising natural gas, energy officials said on Friday. The project...
FHM Humayan Kabir The government has approved 74 new development projects involving a total expenditure of Tk 1598 billion during last four and a half months of the current fiscal, despite funding constraints now being faced to implement earlier approved...
The government is going to organise cooperative fairs at upazilas and districts this year for the first time to celebrate the National Cooperative Day. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the fairs on the Department of Cooperative premises...
YANGON, Nov 18: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said she will stand for election to parliament, as her party rejoined the political process. On Friday her National League for Democracy (NLD) said it would register to run...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said that the government will have to take initiative to resolve the current political standoff over the issue of caretaker government (CG). The BNP chairperson said this at her Gulshan office in the city Thursday...
A 'crisis' inside the Awami League-led (AL) government is deepening and it will lead the government to step down, a BNP leader has claimed, reports bdnews24.com. "Their failures are limitless. There is news that the ruling party's general secretary Syed...
The police chief has no information on the 'arrest' of Awami League (AL) leader Abdul Matin Sarker, accused in a case filed over the murder of Narsinghdi mayor Lokman Hossain, reports bdnews24.com. Rumours of the arrest of ruling party's Narsinghdi...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has taken initiatives to dispose of the long pending graft cases across the country to bring dynamism in its activities, reports BSS. "We have already appointed a good number of lawyers across the country on temporary...
CHUADANGA, Nov 18 (UNB): Detective Branch (DB) of the police in a drive arrested a regional leader of an outlawed party from a field at Ramnagar Kalabari village in Damurhuda Upazila Thursday night. The arrestee was identified as Kitab Ali...
The government has taken a multi-sectoral programme to prevent violence and repression against women and children, reports BSS. The programme mainly intends to reduce violence and repression against women and children through a comprehensive coordination among different ministries and non-governmental...
Yasir Wardad Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) has taken 42 projects worth Tk 3.94 billion to increase use of surface water irrigation, officials said. "The government is thinking to stop sinking of more tubewells for drawing groundwater for irrigation purpose....
Introduction of catchment admission system in schools could help reduce cost of education and remove guardians' endless harassment, renowned educationists say, reports UNB. They, however, said efforts should be there first to have quality educational institutions before going for the...
The eviction drive launched by the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has freed the city's playgrounds illegally occupied by the influential quarters facilitating practice of outdoor games and physical fitness of the children, reports BSS. The eviction drive came after an...
DU Correspondent A student was held from Lalmatia Girls' College centre during Dhaka University (DU) 'Gha unit' admission test (transfer unit) for the first year honours courses for the academic year-2011-12 while he was giving proxy for another student. The...
FE Report Bangladesh has the second biggest number of diabetic patients among the SAARC nations with an annual growth rate of 6.0 per cent while India is the world capital of the non-communicable disease, experts said Friday. At present the...
ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Nov 18 (BSS): The admission test of Honours first year of Islamic University (IU) for the academic session 2011-12 will begin on November 19. The test will continue until November 24, an IU source said Friday. A total...
Barguna, Nov 18 (bdnews24.com): Primary school heads Shawkat Ali Hiron, divorced at his wedding, and his aunt Tahmina Begum have been suspended for allegedly demanding dowry from bride Farzana Yasmin's family. Kalaparha primary and mass education officer Ruhul Amin confirmed...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Nov 18: The prime mover operators have protested price hike of fuel oils and asked the government to withdraw the decision otherwise they will go for strike suspending transport of petroleum fuel from the port city. Prime...
President M Zillur Rahman Friday called for involving youths with cooperative movement to accelerate socio-economic progress of the country, reports BSS. In a message on the eve of the 40th National Cooperatives Day, he said the youths, a large segment...
The gradual evolution of commodity market in the developed countries has been of great significance for our country's economic prosperity. For instance in the commodity market there are so many varieties of products including agricultural products like rice, wheat, cattle...
Dedicated planning and timely supports can make Bangladesh a food-surplus nation and ensure food security for its population. Bangladesh produced 24.3 million tonnes of food grains in fiscal year (FY) 1999-2000 matching the requirements of the then 130 million population...
All are aware of the fact that the present government has nearly completed three years of its tenure and all expected some sort of relief from what they have been facing for some years but to be honest, people have...
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