FE ReportAcademicians, civil society leaders, architects and politicians Wednesday criticised the government's mega communication projects in the name of addressing traffic congestion in the city saying those were basically meant to satisfy the rich section and was a source of...
DU Correspondent Dhaka University (DU) "Kha-unit" admission test under humanities group for first year honours courses for the academic year-2011-12 begin tomorrow (Friday) at 10am. DU admission office sources informed that a total of about 41,000 students will sit the...
ASA University Bangladesh (ASAUB) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) Wednesday with System LSI Research Centre of Kyushu University, Japan for introducing cashless transactions for all campus related activities. The activities will include experimentation and demonstration of eMoney technology developed...
Leaders of Matiur Rahman Foundation Wednesday thanked the government for giving permission to build 'Bir Sreshtho Square' in city's Chandrima garden. They said due to the supreme sacrifice of the seven war heroes the country had become free from exploitation...
FE ReportLaunch owners would double their services for carrying additional passengers ahead of Eid-ul-Azha and also give 10 per cent discount to long route deck class passengers. The decision came in a meeting between Launch Owners' Samity and officials of...
Four more additional judges have been appointed to the High Court (HC) Division of the Supreme Court for two years, reports UNB. The newly appointed judges are advocates AKM Shahidul Huq and Abu Taher Mohammad Saifur Rahman, Law and Justice...
During the last 100 years, human activities related to the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and hybrid agriculture have led to about 35 per cent increase in the carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and increased trapping of heat and...
Foreign direct investments (FDIs) into Bangladesh continue to be a trickle whereas other countries in its neighbourhood continue to be major beneficiaries of FDIs. China is at the top in receiving FDIs. But India and Pakistan are also receiving FDIs...
There is an overriding need for operationalising plans that can help promote agriculture's development in different spheres, keeping in view the short- as well as longer-term needs of the country's growing population. Bangladesh's population is projected to reach 180 million...
The Cabinet decision in favour of splitting the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) is unlikely to be hailed by many for the simple reason that the arguments put forward to justify the move are mostly misplaced. Of all the reasons, according...
As we debate on the causes of continued price volatility in international markets, a number of factors appear to have prompted such upward movement of prices of commodities; only more so of cereal. When demand and supply are the determinant...
In this modern world, people are getting more sophisticated to choose a company to take services. Now, consumers have much more information than they used to have before. They evaluate companies on the basis of various criteria. They particularly take...
The Occupy Wall Street protests are shining a national spotlight on the most powerful, dangerous and secretive economic and political force in America. If this country is to break out of the horrendous recession and create the millions of jobs...
The country which was treated as an 'underdog' after it got it's much debated and hard fought Independence in 1971, is today one of the models of 'international development' lauded by the west and knighted by the experts. One of...
The death penalty, once a common practice throughout the entire planet, has now become extremely controversial in many areas. In fact, the majority of the countries have now shunned the practice of using the death penalty as a punishment. However,...
Mamun RashidThanks to a section of economists, media and policy planners, they could successfully create a hype in favour of a reactivated Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB). What they want is reactivation of a moribund TCB with a view to...
Munima SultanaSNC Lavalin Group Inc, the Canadian firm alleged with Padma Bridge corruption charges, has withdrawn its participation from the supervision consultancy of the mega project. Officials said SNC Lavalin has been excluded from the $47 million consultancy work, as...
FE ReportDonors at a meeting suggested to the government to review projects half-yearly under the development budget and "problematic" projects on quarterly-basis to expedite execution and boost aid flow, officials said Wednesday. The government and donors Wednesday sat in a...
Mohammad MufazzalThe apex body of the country's bankers -- Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB) -- will hold a meeting today (Thursday) to take some decisions about providing liquidity support for the capital market in accordance with the latest guidelines issued...
Nazmul AhsanAn intelligence report has blamed the central bank, the securities regulator and "dishonest" sponsor-directors for the recent stock debacle, saying the market needs radical steps such as waiver or reschedule of interest on margin loans to revive its flagging...
M. A. TaslimA local daily recently organised a meeting with several economists to discuss what most of them regarded as an emerging economic crisis in the country. The crisis was viewed as gradually deepening and assuming an elephantine shape. Some...
Shamsul Huq Zahid In Bangla, there is a saying 'garaj baro balai' (necessity knows no law). The ongoing power crisis of unmanageable proportion has again proved it to be right, at least, in the case of the government's hasty actions...
LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters): Seen from the River Thames, the dome of St Paul's has been a constant in the ever-shifting London skyline, untouched by two world wars and three centuries of social and political change. Now the cathedral is...
BOGRA, Oct 18 (Agencies): BNP chief Khaleda Zia has warned of road marches towards Dhaka to topple the government. She urged her audience at a rally at Bogra's Altafunnesa playground that they should prepare for such programmes in future. The...
The government will form a commission titled 'Bangladesh Competition Commission' to help implement the proposed Competition Act-2011. The draft act, approved by the cabinet on October 17, will be placed in parliament soon. It will be effective following enactment in...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said capital punishment of the killers of Bangabandhu and his family members including child Russel was important to establish rule of law in the country, reports UNB. She stated this at a function...
operator GP to pay it an amount of Tk 32.40 billion in revenue sharing and taxes by October 24. Meanwhile, GP has refused to pay the amount and instead threatened to sue BTRC for claiming a staggering amount of revenues...
A special judge's court of Dhaka Tuesday began recording deposition of prosecution witnesses in corruption case against BNP leader Tarique Rahman in his absence, reports UNB. Complainant Mohammad Ibrahim of Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) deposed in the court in support of...
Ending days of suspense, Awami League (AL) has given out its support to Shamim Osman as the Narayanganj City Corpo-ration (NCC) mayor candidate. "Awami League supports Shamim Osman for the Narayanganj City Corporation elections," Awami League acting general secretary Mahbub-ul...
Jama'at-e-Islami leader Barrister Abdur Razzaq on Tuesday secured a pre-arrest bail for four months on surrender before the High Court (HC) in a vandalism case, reports UNB. Granting the anticipatory bail, an HC division bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury...
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