RAJSHAHI, Nov 17 (BSS): Speakers at a daylong divisional workshop here today expressed the view that accurate statistics is the precondition to proper development planning for actual welfare of the people. Besides, they emphasised the need for compiling accurate database...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Nov 17: In spite of global economic meltdown Bangladesh has sent over 1.4 million manpower both skilled and non-skilled to different countries in the last three years. During the same period 0.34 million people have been employed...
Professor Muinuddin Khan, vice chancellor of ASA University Bangladesh (ASAUB) exchanged views with Mr Milko VAN GOOL, counsellor, Head of Cooperation, European Union (EU) Delegation to Bangladesh Thursday, says a press release. Chairman of iMart International Dr M Mahmudul Hasan...
A three-member inquiry committee was formed Thursday to investigate the death of a student of Faizur Rahman Ideal Institute following a wall collapse of an under-construction building at its Banasree branch Tuesday, reports UNB. The committee, headed by director of...
DU Correspondent Dhaka University (DU) "Gha unit" admission test (transfer unit) for first year honours courses for the academic year-2011-12 will be held today (Friday) at 10am. DU admission office sources informed that a total of 68,716 students will vie...
Our correspondent Tangail, Nov 17: A house-wife was brutally murdered at Bottola of the Tangail municipality today (Thursday) at about 2-30pm in Tangail. The deceased was identified as Helena Begum (50), wife of Motahar Hossain of Bottola in the town....
DU Correspondent An eight-day 'International book Exhibition' will begin Monday at Teacher-Students Centre (TSC) of Dhaka University (DU) to familiarise the local readers with world's renowned books.
Countries in South Asia are all on path of growth and poverty reduction, at varying paces and with varying patterns of inequalities in income and advancement opportunities for the poor. Larger economies like India have been growing at sustained high...
While European and North American leaders struggle to regain fiscal credibility by cutting back social entitlements, those of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in Bali this week at a historic turning point, an economic coming of age...
Many people dislike unnecessary killing of animals. Human, animal and plant are all important elements of the natural environment. But humans are cruelly destroying plants and animals and thereby creating a dangerous situation for us all. The destruction of forests...
It looks as though the traffic jam is also jamming a few of our mental faculties. Most of us are confined to the four walls of our apartment. Each locality has turned into a mini-city or enclaves within the Mega...
Still many treat females as voiceless beings who have to suffer silently all the wrongs done to them. Even many parents are obliged to tolerate mistreatment of their daughters in their in-laws house, as well. However, a young bride, namely...
Widespread evasion of income tax has reached an alarming level in recent years and it must be curtailed. In a country of nearly 160 million people, only about 0.9 million file their income tax returns annually. More importantly, a sizeable...
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) in its July - September quarterly review of economic conditions in the country has pointed out some potentially impeding factors capable of derailing the government's projected annual growth rate of 7.0 per...
Bangladesh has at the moment only one coal-fired power plant at Barapukuria. The plant has been set up by a company from the People's Republic of China, the world's largest producer of coal-based power. Bangladesh has, five coal fields with...
It refers to the media reports that dispute over control of ruling party's student wing in closer to our capital, competition over getting the position of district president and mayor's voice against the drug trade and crimes are some of...
For centuries Aladin's magic lamp fuelled the imagination of people across regions and culture. This user-friendly lamp needed only a gentle touch to summon a friendly genie to bring a sumptuous lunch box or transporting you across lands and seas....
Author Sergio Luzzatto is the winner - US$ 75,000 -- of the 2011 Cundill Prize in History at McGill University, for his book Padre Pio: Miracles and Politics in a Secular Age (Metropolitan Books), translated by Frederika Randall. Luzzatto's book...
It seems different political government over the years had routinely used the Prime Minister's Emergency Relief funds for the betterment of the health and safety of the first class citizens of Bangladesh. That decision perhaps stemmed from the general understanding...
It was understood that the people of Assam love Dr Bhupen Hazarika very much, but the wave of condolence poured on the legendary singer was unique and never to be repeated. Not only Assam, the entire eastern Indian region, with...
Nizam Ahmed The four-day ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), scheduled to be held in Geneva next month, is likely to recommend withdrawal of all sorts of restrictions on food exports, officials said on Thursday. Trade ministers from...
FE Report The central bank has allowed one more credit rating agency - ARGUS Credit Rating Services Limited (ACRSL) - as an External Credit Assessment Institution (ECAI) to assess credit risks in line with the Basel-II framework. "We've recognised the...
FE Report The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has suggested for a 25 per cent cut of the budgetary allocation for Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the current fiscal to help ease the pressure of spiralling inflation and...
FE Report The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Thursday held meeting with the five top bosses of major customs house in a bid to follow up the overall under-invoicing in import of different commercial products. NBR chief Nasiruddin Ahmed chaired...
Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Nov 17: The international arena was full of pleas, threats and accommodation yesterday. Afghan President Hamid Karzai addressing the loya jirga, gathering of elders called upon the US to keep its troops well beyond 2014 withdrawal...
FE Report Manoj Juneja, deputy director-general (DG) of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for operations, arrives in the city today (Friday) on a four-day visit to Bangladesh aiming at creating opportunities for further extended collaboration between Bangladesh and FAO. An...
FE Report The Global Micro-credit Summit 2011 has called for alleviating poverty and reaching the MDG through micro-credit which has already proven to bear positive results around the world. The four-day summit that concluded Thursday (November 17) in Valladoid, Spain...
Bangladesh is going to attain intellectual property (IP) right on genome sequence of jute by the middle of 2012, a senior official said, reports BSS. "We are going to get jute genome intellectual property right by the middle of next...
FE Report Dhaka stocks continued to soar for the second straight session Thursday and DGEN crossed the 5,000-points mark again with improved turnover, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's intervention to stabilise the volatile stock market. The market insiders...
No government agency will ask any question about "undisclosed income" invested in the stock market and there will be short-, medium- and long-term plans announced "in a day or two" to rescue the small investors, a high-profile meeting led by...
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