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Vocational education can boost foreign remittance: Speakers

2011-05-23 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, May 22 (BSS): Speakers at a teacher's conference here Saturday night emphasised the need for substantial promotion of vocational education for the sake of bolstering the country's skilled human resource sector for more foreign remittance earning. They said the...

Shops gutted in Manikganj

2011-05-23 00:00:00

MANIKGANJ, May 22 (UNB) : Four shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at Zafarganj Bazar in Shibaloya Upazila Saturday evening. Local people said the fire originated from a petrol shop, owned by Khokon, at about 6pm and...

News in brief

2011-05-23 00:00:00

3 electrocuted in Bogra Bodies of two young men and a young girl who died from electrocution Saturday night were recovered from Domdoma village in Adamdighi Upazila of Bogra Sunday morning. Two of the deceased were identified as Apple (19),...

17 LDP men sent to jail in a murder case

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 22: A Chittagong court has sent 17 leaders and activists of LDP including upazila chairman of Chandanaish to jail as they surrendered in a murder case. The lawyers of the accused prayed for their bail but the...

Govt's plan to take over Dhaka Vegetables Oil in a bid

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Asaduzzaman PallabThe government is planning to take over Dhaka Vegetables Oil in a bid to stabilise the soybean market by terminating the recent rampant price hike of the product. Currently owned by a private entrepreneur, Dhaka Vegetables has been shut...

Rising river threatens Habiganj town protection embankment

2011-05-23 00:00:00

HABIGANJ, May 22 (UNB): Onrush of water from upstream coupled with rains have caused rivers swell abnormally in Habiganj and Sherpur districts. In Habiganj, Khowai River was flowing 140 centimeters above danger mark at several points in the district, including...

Export-import suspended at Akhaura port

2011-05-23 00:00:00

BRAHMANBARIA, May 22: Export and import through Akhaura landport have been suspended due to a new tax rule. The suspension of work has occurred due to difficulty in paying duties in Agartala land port, said Akhaura land port export-import association...

Behaviour of 'digital natives to become mass market'

2011-05-23 00:00:00

FE ReportEnd users are gradually adapting to realities of the digital age and are forming new behaviors, altering their expectations and creating new demands. This is an opportunity and a threat! Rene Summer, Director of Government and Industry Relations, Group...

DSE news in brief

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Call to collect dividendstock fraction warrants The authorities of Singer Bangladesh have requested the shareholders concerned to collect their dividendstock fraction warrants for the year that ended on December 31, 2010 from the company's registered office at 39, Dilkusha CA,...

Rupa's hat-trick guides Jessore

2011-05-23 00:00:00

A brilliant hat-trick by Rupa enabled hosts Jessore DSA to reach the final round of the National Women's Football Championship as group champions with a 9-0 victory over Narail DSA in their last zonal match at the Jessore Stadium Sunday,...

Morgan in England squad for SL opener

2011-05-23 00:00:00

LONDON, May 22 (AFP): Eoin Morgan won the race for the vacancy in England's middle-order when he was named in a 12-man squad Sunday for the first Test against Sri Lanka, seeing off the challenge of Ravi Bopara. Former Ireland...

Ronaldo celebrates record 40-goal haul

2011-05-23 00:00:00

MADRID, May 22 (AFP): Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo broke the La Liga goal-scoring record with his 39th and 40th league goals of the season as Real Madrid hammered relegated Almeria 8-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu Saturday. Ronaldo poked home from...

Punjab knocked out

2011-05-23 00:00:00

DHARAMSHALA, May 22 (AFP): Shikhar Dhawan cracked an unbeaten 95 and Amit Mishra took a hat-trick as Deccan Chargers knocked Kings XI Punjab out of the Indian Premier League with an 82-run victory Saturday. The second match between Delhi Daredevils...

Vocational education can boost foreign remittance: Speakers

2011-05-23 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, May 22 (BSS): Speakers at a teacher's conference here Saturday night emphasised the need for substantial promotion of vocational education for the sake of bolstering the country's skilled human resource sector for more foreign remittance earning. They said the...

Shops gutted in Manikganj

2011-05-23 00:00:00

MANIKGANJ, May 22 (UNB) : Four shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at Zafarganj Bazar in Shibaloya Upazila Saturday evening. Local people said the fire originated from a petrol shop, owned by Khokon, at about 6pm and...

News in brief

2011-05-23 00:00:00

3 electrocuted in Bogra Bodies of two young men and a young girl who died from electrocution Saturday night were recovered from Domdoma village in Adamdighi Upazila of Bogra Sunday morning. Two of the deceased were identified as Apple (19),...

17 LDP men sent to jail in a murder case

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 22: A Chittagong court has sent 17 leaders and activists of LDP including upazila chairman of Chandanaish to jail as they surrendered in a murder case. The lawyers of the accused prayed for their bail but the...

Govt's plan to take over Dhaka Vegetables Oil in a bid

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Asaduzzaman PallabThe government is planning to take over Dhaka Vegetables Oil in a bid to stabilise the soybean market by terminating the recent rampant price hike of the product. Currently owned by a private entrepreneur, Dhaka Vegetables has been shut...

Bourses make strong plea for 'undisclosed' money whitening

2011-05-23 00:00:00

FE ReportThe country's two bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- made strong pleas on Sunday for allowing the opportunity for whitening "undisclosed" money through investment in the stock market for another year. Furthermore, they...

Tk 5.0b in arrear income tax with four SoEs worries NBR

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Doulot Akter MalaFour state-owned entities owe nearly Tk 5.0 billion in income tax to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) which has emerged as an additional challenge to the latter in its mission to achieve a higher target in the...

Subsidies, debt-servicing to emerge as major challenges

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Mushir Ahmed The ministry of finance (MoF) is giving a final touch to the budget for the next fiscal, keeping the overarching need for maintaining macro-economic stability into consideration. With subsidy bills getting weightier in the wake of global fuel...

Japan wants to construct Meghna, Gumti bridges

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Munima SultanaJapan and China have come up to help the Bangladesh government to construct new bridges over the Meghna and Gumti rivers on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway, said officials. The officials said a total of six big bridges and overpasses over...

Import of reconditioned cars drops significantly

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Jasim Uddin Haroon The import volume of used (reconditioned) cars has declined over the past five months since January last by nearly 43 per cent, a port source told the FE. Imports dropped to 8000 during January -May this year...

RMG exporters for development of backward linkage industry

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Talha Bin Habib The country's readymade garments (RMG) exporters are opposed, at this stage, to allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) to the sector, fearing that it might create an uneven competition in the garment industry. The exporters recommended for development...

RAJUK files case against engineer, owner of Impulse Medical College

2011-05-23 00:00:00

FE ReportRajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha (RAJUK) filed a case against owner and engineer of under-construction Impulse Medical College and Hospital a day after pilings of the concrete structure collapsed injuring four people, police said. Mahakhali zone officer of the city development...

News Watch

2011-05-23 00:00:00

PC approves ADP for next fiscal The Planning Commission (PC) okayed Sunday a Tk 460 billion annual development programme (ADP) for fiscal year 2011-12, officials said. The PC finalised the next year's development budget at a meeting held at the...

weather

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over all the seven divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0 pm today (Saturday). Moderately heavy falls at places are also likely, Met office...

BNP urges president to dissolve parliament

2011-05-23 00:00:00

BNP Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque has urged President M Zillur Rahman to give mid-term election by dissolving parliament before the constitution amendment, reports bdnews24.com. "The current parliament is dysfunctional. So, we urge President M Zillur Rahman to dissolve it...

JS session

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Present govt recruited 52,000 primary teachers so far Since assumption of office in January 2009, the present government so far has recruited 52,000 primary teachers for the development of primary education in the country, reports BSS. "Of the teachers, 10,000...

Haris Chy to be implicated: investigator

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Former prime minister Khaleda Zia's Political Adviser Haris Chowdhury has links with the August 21, 2004 grenade attack, the chief investigator in the case has said, reports bdnews24.com. Special police superintendent of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Abdul Kahhar Akand...