Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit at Addu, Male on November 10, report agencies. The meeting will be...
FE Report Transactions in the city's cattle markets started picking up Saturday with traders and buyers expressing their mixed opinions over the prices of sacrificial animals. Customers turn up in the makeshift cattle markets in large number and sacrificial animals...
The government has invited applications for investors' prequalification with a view to selecting potential international investors to finance the second Padma Multipurpose Bridge at Paturia-Daulatdia point, reports UNB. Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) under the Communications Ministry issued the international notice...
MOUNT ARAFAT, Nov 5 (AFP) : More than two million Muslims gathered Saturday on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat and its surrounding plain, marking the peak day of the hajj, the world's largest annual pilgrimage. Dressed in white garments, the pilgrims...
TANGAIL, Nov 4: Three people were killed and four others injured after they fell from the rooftop of a speeding train at Mirzapur. Seven people fell from the rooftop of the train, which was travelling from Dhaka to Rajshahi, after...
DINAJPUR, Nov 5: Two units of Baropukuria Thermal Power Plant were shut following technical glitches Friday afternoon. Sources at the coal-fired power plant said the No 1 unit was shut down Friday afternoon after its tubes developed leaks. They said...
A senior BNP leader has questioned the government's motive behind withdrawal and transfer of three police officials following the murder of Narsinghdi municipality mayor, reports bdnews24.com. The party's chief whip Zainul Abdin Farrouque said on Saturday the police officials were...
BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed Saturday said Bangladesh has become friendless internationally due to the incumbent government's "unilateral India-dependent foreign policy, reports UNB." Moudud, who returned home last Thursday after two months' visit to the United States, made the remark...
Election Commission (EC) has taken steps to make public the annual audit reports of the registered political parties. "We've sent letter to all registered political parties seeking permission to make their annual audit reports public," Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retd)...
Excessive and unplanned use of groundwater for irrigation across the country poses a serious thereat to ecology severely affecting the agriculture sector, water and agriculture experts said Saturday. They said different parts of the country, particularly southern region, have already...
Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) expressed deep concern over the attack on Prof Dr Emran Kabir Chpwdhury at his residence yesterday, reports BSS. President and general secretary of the association in a written statement Prof Dr Md Anwar Hossain and...
The Bangladesh Embassy in Germany organized a classical instrumental musical evening based on 'Gitanjali', a book of poetry composed by Nobel Laureate Poet Rabindranath Tagore, at Bangladesh House in Berlin on November 3, reports BSS. The embassy arranged the musical...
The main Eid congregation in the city will be held at the National Eidgah on High Court premises at 8:30 am on Monday while five jamaats will be held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, reports UNB. Moulana Shamsul Haque, Khatib...
Badrul Ahsan The government will not allow operation of any brick kiln within the areas of the city corporations, municipalities, upazila headquarters, forests, gardens and waterbodies, according to the draft Brick Making (Control) Act 2011. If any brick kiln owner...
During the two Eids, we put on nice clothes and spend a lot on buying gifts and cooking good food. At times, some even compete with others to buy the most expensive clothes. It seems that Eid is only for...
Barrister Moudud Ahmed gave a lecture at a seminar at Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 19, 2011. The title of his lecture was: "Good Governance in Emerging Democracies: Challenges in a South Asia Context." The session chair,...
Crumbling jet fighters and rusted tanks, commanded by yes-men rather than competent officers: this is the picture of a grandiose but decrepit war machine emerging after Libyan strongman Muammer Gaddafi's downfall. Gaddafi dreamt of becoming the leader of a united...
Rising incidence of extortions, thefts and robberies on the highways are affecting business activities across the country ahead of ensuing Eid-ul Azha. Business leaders are deeply worried. Not only the highway robbers, but also a section of local extortionists are...
Holy Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated in the country tomorrow (Monday) with due religious fervor and gaiety. The predominantly Muslim population would remember and commemorate the trials and triumphs of Prophet Ibrahim (SM) and as part of the observance of the...
Leaders of the world's top economic powers on November 4 pushed Europe into acting to stop Italy following Greece into a debt vortex and undertook measures to boost sluggish global growth. At the G20 summit they also agreed to boost...
The Network of Family Businesses has scheduled a virtual educational seminar with William Alexander to discuss Trust - The Beginning of Everything in a Family Business. The seminar is scheduled for Tuesday, (November 15) at 11:00am EST. In a White...
In 2007, when the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) initiated a World Bank (WB)-sponsored project relating to the strengthening of accountancy and auditing standards in Bangladesh, many people, including practitioners, academics, and investors, were sceptical about the future...
Kazi Nazrul Islam, born in a small town, having received education only for a very brief period and being in the nature of a vagabond in his childhood, had preferred remaining anonymous until he wrote some rebellious songs against the...
Khalilur Rahman Home-bound passengers on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha festival have been undergoing sufferings in course of their journey by train, bus or river vessels. Despite repeated assurances given earlier by the authorities concerned of a hassle-free journey, the Eid-goers...
The government has taken stringent security measures to check smuggling of skin and hides of sacrificial animals, as a portion of those is smuggled out to neighboring India every year, reports BSS. Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun asked the law...
As Male is fully prepared to host the 17th SAARC summit in its southern island city of Addu, the Programming Committee comprising senior officials of the member states meet today (Sunday) to set the agenda of the summit, reports UNB....
Kamrun Nahar Movement of local tourists, for both domestic and outbound tourism, has witnessed a significant fall during this Eid vacation, frustrating the country's tour operators, industry insiders said. They, however, attributed the low turnout of tourists to the country's...
MONTREAL, Nov 4, 2011 (AFP) - Canadian officials on Friday announced a new two-year, multi-entry "super visa" for parents and grandparents of immigrants settled in Canada. The move came after wait times for sponsorship of "family class" applications had grown...
Arafat Ara State-run manpower bureau will launch this month finger print recording for foreign jobseekers in Chittagong region, which makes up almost half the country's overseas class, said officials Officials at the state-run Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET)...
FE Report The Open Market Sale (OMS) of rice and atta (flour) will remain closed from today (Sunday) for four days on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. The programme will, however, resume on November 10, officials of the ministry concerned said...
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