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Banned polybags crept back, poor monitoring blamed

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Polythene shopping bags that were banned a decade back have returned to the markets over the years, posing a greater threat to the environment, reports UNB. Environmentalists think the widespread use of polythene and plastic bags has turned out to...

First-ever ICT training centre for cops in 2 yrs

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Bangladesh police is set to set up the first-ever training centre on information technology in a bid to enhance their professional excellence, reports BSS. Construction of the centre titled "Bangladesh Police Korea Centre for Information Technology" is expected to be...

50th anniversary of Kochi Kanchar Mela observed

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Kendriyo Kochi Kanchar Mela (KKKM), one of the oldest children's organisations in the country, Friday observed its 50th anniversary in festive mood, reports BSS. State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury inaugurated the anniversary programme chaired...

30 hurt in clashes in Narsingdi char area

2011-10-08 00:00:00

NARSINGDI, Oct 7 (UNB): At least 30 people were injured in a day-long series of clashes between two rival groups over establishing supremacy at Chanpur in Roypura Upazila Friday. The injured were admitted to Brahmanbaria Hospital in critical condition. Police...

3800 kg Hilsa seized in raid

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Oct 7: The Coastguard and Fisheries Department in a joint raid today seized 3800 kilograms of Hilsa fish from different areas in the Bay of Bengal. The fishes were seized from Sandwip, Hatiya, Sonagazi, Moheshkhali and Sangu...

Five locomotives for BR unloaded at ctg port

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Oct 7: Bangladesh Railway will add to its fleet five more locomotives procured from South Korea in a bid to enhance its carrying capacity. The Railway authorities have unloaded five engines from a Korean flag vessel at...

Improved livestock farming vital to remove protein deficiency

2011-10-08 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Oct 7 (BSS): Large-scale expansion of livestock farming is very vital to remove the existing protein deficiency together with freeing the country's northwest region from the curse of poverty and hunger, said experts and dairy farmers. Associate Prof Jalal...

Sheikh Russel's 47th birthday celebrated

2011-10-08 00:00:00

A week-long cultural competition for children began in the city Friday marking the 47th birth anniversary of Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS. State Minister for Law, Justice and...

CDA website hacked

2011-10-08 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Oct 5: The website of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) which remained hacked by unidentified hackers since this morning has been recovered in the afternoon. Head of IT (information technology) of the CDA Mostafa Zaman said the website has been...

Consequences arising from the global economic and financial crisis

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Rezwan Siddiqui The global financial crisis that began in September 2008 and is now entering a worse state, threatens to break the illusion of global peace and good order that has prevailed since the fall of Communism. With banks failing...

From Tahrir Square to Wall Street: Say "No" to greed

2011-10-08 00:00:00

M Arif Iqbal Khan Tahrir Square was a leaderless revolution fuelled by angry young Arabs. Songs of liberty were loud enough to reach another audience thousands of miles away, in New York. Wall Street protestors are sending shock waves around...

First-ever ICT training centre for cops in 2 yrs

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Bangladesh police is set to set up the first-ever training centre on information technology in a bid to enhance their professional excellence, reports BSS. Construction of the centre titled "Bangladesh Police Korea Centre for Information Technology" is expected to be...

50th anniversary of Kochi Kanchar Mela observed

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Kendriyo Kochi Kanchar Mela (KKKM), one of the oldest children's organisations in the country, Friday observed its 50th anniversary in festive mood, reports BSS. State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury inaugurated the anniversary programme chaired...

30 hurt in clashes in Narsingdi char area

2011-10-08 00:00:00

NARSINGDI, Oct 7 (UNB): At least 30 people were injured in a day-long series of clashes between two rival groups over establishing supremacy at Chanpur in Roypura Upazila Friday. The injured were admitted to Brahmanbaria Hospital in critical condition. Police...

3800 kg Hilsa seized in raid

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Oct 7: The Coastguard and Fisheries Department in a joint raid today seized 3800 kilograms of Hilsa fish from different areas in the Bay of Bengal. The fishes were seized from Sandwip, Hatiya, Sonagazi, Moheshkhali and Sangu...

Five locomotives for BR unloaded at ctg port

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Oct 7: Bangladesh Railway will add to its fleet five more locomotives procured from South Korea in a bid to enhance its carrying capacity. The Railway authorities have unloaded five engines from a Korean flag vessel at...

Improved livestock farming vital to remove protein deficiency

2011-10-08 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Oct 7 (BSS): Large-scale expansion of livestock farming is very vital to remove the existing protein deficiency together with freeing the country's northwest region from the curse of poverty and hunger, said experts and dairy farmers. Associate Prof Jalal...

Sheikh Russel's 47th birthday celebrated

2011-10-08 00:00:00

A week-long cultural competition for children began in the city Friday marking the 47th birth anniversary of Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS. State Minister for Law, Justice and...

CDA website hacked

2011-10-08 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Oct 5: The website of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) which remained hacked by unidentified hackers since this morning has been recovered in the afternoon. Head of IT (information technology) of the CDA Mostafa Zaman said the website has been...

Thuggery on the highways and other issues

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Nerun Yakub Business leaders in Dhaka found occasion on the fifth anniversary of the National Human Rights Foundation last Saturday, to express their deep anxieties over the growing trend of thuggery on the highways. As many as 150 covered vans...

River dredging cannot wait

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Fund crunch has put a question mark on the future of the Tk 22-billion river dredging project. Included in the annual development programme (ADP) for the current fiscal year 2011-12, it could not however make it to the category for...

Need for mass transport system

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Shafiqul Alam Almost on a daily basis the government draws up plans and takes initiatives aimed at addressing various problems of the people, including the traffic situation in the city, but most of those plans and initiatives remain on the...

50th anniversary of Kochi Kanchar Mela observed

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Kendriyo Kochi Kanchar Mela (KKKM), one of the oldest children's organisations in the country, Friday observed its 50th anniversary in festive mood, reports BSS. State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury inaugurated the anniversary programme chaired...

30 hurt in clashes in Narsingdi char area

2011-10-08 00:00:00

NARSINGDI, Oct 7 (UNB): At least 30 people were injured in a day-long series of clashes between two rival groups over establishing supremacy at Chanpur in Roypura Upazila Friday. The injured were admitted to Brahmanbaria Hospital in critical condition. Police...

3800 kg Hilsa seized in raid

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Oct 7: The Coastguard and Fisheries Department in a joint raid today seized 3800 kilograms of Hilsa fish from different areas in the Bay of Bengal. The fishes were seized from Sandwip, Hatiya, Sonagazi, Moheshkhali and Sangu...

Five locomotives for BR unloaded at ctg port

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Oct 7: Bangladesh Railway will add to its fleet five more locomotives procured from South Korea in a bid to enhance its carrying capacity. The Railway authorities have unloaded five engines from a Korean flag vessel at...

Improved livestock farming vital to remove protein deficiency

2011-10-08 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Oct 7 (BSS): Large-scale expansion of livestock farming is very vital to remove the existing protein deficiency together with freeing the country's northwest region from the curse of poverty and hunger, said experts and dairy farmers. Associate Prof Jalal...

Sheikh Russel's 47th birthday celebrated

2011-10-08 00:00:00

A week-long cultural competition for children began in the city Friday marking the 47th birth anniversary of Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS. State Minister for Law, Justice and...

CDA website hacked

2011-10-08 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Oct 5: The website of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) which remained hacked by unidentified hackers since this morning has been recovered in the afternoon. Head of IT (information technology) of the CDA Mostafa Zaman said the website has been...

New banks and insurance companies: Problems and prospects

2011-10-08 00:00:00

Syed Ejaz Ahsan In a free market economy, firms are free to enter and exit the market according to their strategies. In Bangladesh, there are more than 40 banks in operation. Except one or two, all the banks are doing...