Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, October 22: Discussants at an opinion exchange meeting on the draft VAT laws have urged the authority to ensure the officials cannot harass the businesses through misuse of power. They said the draft laws have many good...
Munima Sultana A list has been prepared to propose potential road, rail and bridge construction projects to be implemented under public-private partnership (PPP) as many important projects of the three divisions under the communications ministry could not be implemented due...
Continued from page 9 companies held recently in the city. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Sheikh Kabir Hossain, chairman, BIA. With the initiative taken by the Association, Bangladesh Bank has agreed to open Bank Accounts with Tk. 10-...
FE Report Private banks are planning to launch a Tk 50 billion market stabilisation fund (MSF) aimed at propping up the country's flagging stock market, an association representing the lenders announced Saturday. Members of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB),...
FE Report Finance Minister AMA Muhith Saturday said food security has emerged as a major concern for South Asia as population in the region continues to grow and the countries lag behind in producing enough staple. Mr Muhith said the...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury Speculations about the fate of maverick Libyan figure Muammar Gaddafi have now been set at rest. He is now dead (or killed?) and at the same time a denouement has been accomplished, at least for the time...
FE Report More integrated South Asian regional cooperation in different areas, including economic and political, was stressed by speakers at a function to help shield the region from the current global economic meltdown. The speakers said the big economies of...
RIYADH, Oct 22 (Agencies): Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz al Saud has died, Saudi TV says. The crown prince was King Abdullah's half-brother and first in line to the Saudi throne. He was also minister of defence and aviation....
Nizam Ahmed Bangladesh has become the world's second largest knitwear exporter after China, replacing India from where the country imports most raw materials, mainly yarn, at a higher cost, traders said on Saturday. "We are now the second largest exporter...
Biman receives new aircraft from Boeing Biman Bangladesh Airlines Friday received the first of the ten aircraft procured from Boeing at a ceremony in Seattle, USA. This is the first new aircraft bought by Bangladesh in the last 40- year...
FE Report Private banks are planning to launch a Tk 50 billion market stabilisation fund (MSF) aimed at propping up the country's flagging stock market, an association representing the lenders announced Saturday. Members of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB),...
FE Report Finance Minister AMA Muhith Saturday said food security has emerged as a major concern for South Asia as population in the region continues to grow and the countries lag behind in producing enough staple. Mr Muhith said the...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury Speculations about the fate of maverick Libyan figure Muammar Gaddafi have now been set at rest. He is now dead (or killed?) and at the same time a denouement has been accomplished, at least for the time...
FE Report More integrated South Asian regional cooperation in different areas, including economic and political, was stressed by speakers at a function to help shield the region from the current global economic meltdown. The speakers said the big economies of...
RIYADH, Oct 22 (Agencies): Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz al Saud has died, Saudi TV says. The crown prince was King Abdullah's half-brother and first in line to the Saudi throne. He was also minister of defence and aviation....
Nizam Ahmed Bangladesh has become the world's second largest knitwear exporter after China, replacing India from where the country imports most raw materials, mainly yarn, at a higher cost, traders said on Saturday. "We are now the second largest exporter...
Biman receives new aircraft from Boeing Biman Bangladesh Airlines Friday received the first of the ten aircraft procured from Boeing at a ceremony in Seattle, USA. This is the first new aircraft bought by Bangladesh in the last 40- year...
BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Saturday said the Jama'at-e-Islami leaders including Matiur Rahman Nizami must be tried only if there are specific allegations of war crimes against them. The BNP acting secretary general said this at a...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Saturday stressed the need for enactment of a law on contempt of court, which would be acceptable to all and helpful for establishing rule of law, reports...
Planning Minister and Sector Commanders' Forum Chairman AK Khandaker Saturday reiterated his government's firm commitment to try the perpetrators of the crimes against humanity to meet the people's demand, reports BSS. "The people, especially the new generation lent their total...
NARAYANGANJ, Oct 22 (BSS): The Election Commission (EC) has completed all preparations for holding the first Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls in a free, fair and peaceful manner on October 30. Official sources said 163 presiding officers, 1217 assistant presiding...
Land Minister Rezaul Karim Hira Saturday said the present government is working rest to upgrade the country's land management system by digitizing it. The minister was addressing the inaugural session of a training programme on 'Digital Civil Suit Management System'...
DU Correspondent Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid emphasised further strengthening of regional cooperation between the two neighboring nations for the betterment of the existing relationships. He said that Indo-Bangla relationship must be strengthened to address the longstanding problems between the...
The Libya returnees have hailed the government's decision to send the repatriated workers back to Libya in phases soon after democratic government assumes power. Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Eng Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain told BSS that the government would...
Mrs Hur-e-Jannat Khanam, wife of late Md Nurul Islam and mother of Dr Khalid Bin Islam of House # 20, Road # 66, Gulshan 2, Dhaka, died on Saturday at the United Hospital in the city, said a press release....
The 82nd birthday of poet, columnist and journalist late Shamsur Rahman will be observed today (Sunday) recalling the contribution of the great poet to Bengali literature, reports BSS. Different socio-cultural organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to observe birthday of...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Oct 22: All classes and examinations have been suspended at the Chittagong Medical College until further order following the death of a student at the campus last night Authorities have announced closure of the college after an...
State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak Saturday said the present government is pledge-bound to alleviate poverty in the country within the quickest possible time, reports BSS. He was speaking at a views exchange meeting with BCS health...
FE Report Noted development economist and Executive Director of BRAC Dr Mahabub Hossain has been elected president of the Asian Society for Agricultural Economists (ASAE). Dr Mahabub has been given the honour at the recently concluded event held in Hanoi...
KHAGRACHHARI, Oct 22 (UNB): Initiatives will be taken as per the roadmap to fully implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord, said Awami League acting general secretary Mahbub Ul Alam Hanif on Saturday. "We'll meet the Prime Minister and...
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