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RU observes Postal Day

2011-10-12 00:00:00

RU Correspondent RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Oct 10: The students of the Rajshahi University (RU) of management department observed the World Postal Day through an exceptional programme on the university campus Sunday. To recall the traditional way for communication they posted more...

Afghan woman MP 'critical' in vote row hunger strike

2011-10-12 00:00:00

KABUL, Oct 9 (AFP): An Afghan woman MP was in a critical condition Sunday, her doctor said, after entering the eighth day of a hunger strike to protest against her expulsion from parliament over alleged vote fraud. Semin Barakzai, one...

Australian military hit by sex assault claim

2011-10-12 00:00:00

SYDNEY, Oct 9 (AFP): A female soldier serving with Australian forces in Afghanistan was allegedly sexually assaulted on a military base, officials said Sunday, just days before the release of a report into defence abuse cases. The soldier, whose rank...

Price gap and market manipulation

2011-10-12 00:00:00

When a kilogram of BR-29 rice sells at Tk 30 in a village market as against Tk 46-48 in the city market, anyone can see that the theory of free market economy works here only by default. Neither the grower...

The perils of air pollution

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Research reports have over the years been implicating pollutants in the air for very serious hazards, such as a fall in male fertility and birth of babies prematurely or with congenital defects. Now another study by a Danish team seems...

Harnessing South Asia'a economic potentials

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Tareque Ahmed Private sector-led growth in South Asian countries can receive a major fillip and unlock the region's vast economic potential provided member-countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) initiate steps like reducing visa restrictions and non-tariff...

Hasina to attend Berlin World Health Summit

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Berlin on October 22 to attend the World Health Summit- 2011, reports UNB. She will deliver a keynote speech at the Summit on October 23. The World Health Summit under the motto...

13 B'deshisheld in UK

2011-10-12 00:00:00

LONDON, Oct 11 (bdnews24.com): Thirteen illegal Bangladeshi workers have been arrested in the last one week in the UK. Raid by UK Border Agency (UKBA) officers at some Bangladeshi-owned restaurants in Chalfont St Peter, Aberdeen, Hereford and Newcastle resulted in...

BIJEM certificate award ceremony

2011-10-12 00:00:00

The concluding and certificate award ceremony of a two - week training course on 'Modern Technique of Public Relations, Media and Communication' organised by Bangladesh Institute of Journalism and Electronic Media (BIJEM) was held recently in the city, says a...

Call to uphold country's liberty, sovereignty

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Speakers at a discussion called upon all irrespective of party affiliation to take a united stand on Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) issue for upholding country's independence and sovereignty. The speakers made the remarks at the discussion on 'Prevailing Situation in...

Nine Shibir activists held in city

2011-10-12 00:00:00

The police have detained nine activists of Jama'at-e-Islami's student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) from Dhaka's Pallabi area when they were holding a meeting on a boat. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Pallabi police KM Shahabuddin told bdnews24.com, "The ICS activists...

RU observes Postal Day

2011-10-12 00:00:00

RU Correspondent RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Oct 10: The students of the Rajshahi University (RU) of management department observed the World Postal Day through an exceptional programme on the university campus Sunday. To recall the traditional way for communication they posted more...

Afghan woman MP 'critical' in vote row hunger strike

2011-10-12 00:00:00

KABUL, Oct 9 (AFP): An Afghan woman MP was in a critical condition Sunday, her doctor said, after entering the eighth day of a hunger strike to protest against her expulsion from parliament over alleged vote fraud. Semin Barakzai, one...

Australian military hit by sex assault claim

2011-10-12 00:00:00

SYDNEY, Oct 9 (AFP): A female soldier serving with Australian forces in Afghanistan was allegedly sexually assaulted on a military base, officials said Sunday, just days before the release of a report into defence abuse cases. The soldier, whose rank...

In science and technology we trust

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Syed Hasnath and Ahsan Habib Both industrial and post-industrial economic development has properties dominated by services, information, and research. In other words, the economy is based on knowledge and modern technologies, including information and communication technologies (ICT). In this regard,...

Economic zones in Bangladesh

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Ferdaus Ara Begum The concept of special economic zones (SEZs) is not new in the world. In 1980 China established SEZs, which have gained worldwide popularity in recent years. Bangladesh is a late starter while countries that have already become...

Harnessing South Asia'a economic potentials

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Tareque Ahmed Private sector-led growth in South Asian countries can receive a major fillip and unlock the region's vast economic potential provided member-countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) initiate steps like reducing visa restrictions and non-tariff...

Hasina to attend Berlin World Health Summit

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Berlin on October 22 to attend the World Health Summit- 2011, reports UNB. She will deliver a keynote speech at the Summit on October 23. The World Health Summit under the motto...

13 B'deshisheld in UK

2011-10-12 00:00:00

LONDON, Oct 11 (bdnews24.com): Thirteen illegal Bangladeshi workers have been arrested in the last one week in the UK. Raid by UK Border Agency (UKBA) officers at some Bangladeshi-owned restaurants in Chalfont St Peter, Aberdeen, Hereford and Newcastle resulted in...

BIJEM certificate award ceremony

2011-10-12 00:00:00

The concluding and certificate award ceremony of a two - week training course on 'Modern Technique of Public Relations, Media and Communication' organised by Bangladesh Institute of Journalism and Electronic Media (BIJEM) was held recently in the city, says a...

Call to uphold country's liberty, sovereignty

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Speakers at a discussion called upon all irrespective of party affiliation to take a united stand on Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) issue for upholding country's independence and sovereignty. The speakers made the remarks at the discussion on 'Prevailing Situation in...

Nine Shibir activists held in city

2011-10-12 00:00:00

The police have detained nine activists of Jama'at-e-Islami's student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) from Dhaka's Pallabi area when they were holding a meeting on a boat. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Pallabi police KM Shahabuddin told bdnews24.com, "The ICS activists...

RU observes Postal Day

2011-10-12 00:00:00

RU Correspondent RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Oct 10: The students of the Rajshahi University (RU) of management department observed the World Postal Day through an exceptional programme on the university campus Sunday. To recall the traditional way for communication they posted more...

Afghan woman MP 'critical' in vote row hunger strike

2011-10-12 00:00:00

KABUL, Oct 9 (AFP): An Afghan woman MP was in a critical condition Sunday, her doctor said, after entering the eighth day of a hunger strike to protest against her expulsion from parliament over alleged vote fraud. Semin Barakzai, one...

Australian military hit by sex assault claim

2011-10-12 00:00:00

SYDNEY, Oct 9 (AFP): A female soldier serving with Australian forces in Afghanistan was allegedly sexually assaulted on a military base, officials said Sunday, just days before the release of a report into defence abuse cases. The soldier, whose rank...

Synergizing the state-owned banks

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Mamun Rashid State-owned banks in Bangladesh were at the receiving end on a number of occasions in the last several months allegedly for putting up directors solely on political consideration in contravention of the ministry of finance's guideline enforced during...

LeT man, JMBmilitants held

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Qari Abdur Rahim Master, 45, identified as Bangladeshi associate of Pakistan based Laskar-e-Tayeba (LeT) from Islampur area close to Ahsan Manjil in old Dhaka on Monday afternoon reports UNB. Briefing reporters at...

Many stocks find no buyers as DSE dives

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Mohammad Mufazzal Trading at the Dhaka Stock Exchange was unusually thin Tuesday amid a free-fall in the panic-stricken market. Many securities found no buyers in the penultimate hour of the day's trading session. The DSE website showed there were no...

Mushfiq leads Bangladesh to win over WI

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Mushfiqur Rahim led Bangladesh from the front with 41 not out as the home side ended their 12-match losing streak in Twenty20 internationals with a three-wicket win over West Indies on Tuesday, reports Reuters. Rahim, playing his first game as...

BAFEDA to announce fresh benchmark for forex rates in two weeks

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Siddique Islam The Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association (BAFEDA) will set up a fresh benchmark -- a framework to act as the reference points based on market factors -- within the next two weeks for quoting foreign currency exchange rates...