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Gold sale drops by 75pc as its price shoots up unabatedly******

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Sonia H MoniThe sale of gold has dropped by around 75 per cent as an after-effect of an unabated price-hike of the item in the local market in a span of two months, in tandem with its continuous rise in...

US storm toll tops 310

2011-04-30 00:00:00

ALABAMA, April 29 (AFP): Shocked Americans Friday sifted through the rubble from the worst US tornadoes and storms in decades, which carved a trail of destruction across the south claiming at least 313 lives. Communities like Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's...

Muhith leaves for Hanoi tomorrow

2011-04-30 00:00:00

A 16-member delegation headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka for Hanoi tomorrow (Sunday) to take part in the 44th Board of Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank to be held in the Vietnamese capital on May...

5 kms of BD-India border fencing completed

2011-04-30 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 29: Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram Friday said that along India-Bangladesh border five kilometres (kms) of fencing and 11 kilometres of road works were completed in April under phase II of a project. "Four kms of fencing...

weather

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Saturday). Day temperature may remain nearly...

Myanmar, China to build rail link

2011-04-30 00:00:00

YANGON, Apr 28: Myanmar and China plan to build a railroad together that will link China's landlocked Yunnan province to a deep-sea port being built in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday the project...

weather

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...

82pc of construction labourers work more than 8 hours a day

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Kamrun NaharAt least 82.33 per cent of the country's construction workers work more than eight hours a day while only the masons work less than 10 hours, says a study report. It also said among the various categories of workers...

Asia losing $16-30b a year for gender gaps in edn: Report

2011-04-30 00:00:00

FE ReportAsia was estimated to be losing US$ 42-47 billion a year because of limits on women's access to employment opportunities and another $ 16-30 billion a year as a result of gender gaps in education, according to a report....

RTI can best establish transparency

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Jubair HasanThe Information Commission (IC) is contemplating including the private sector under the purview of Rights to Information Act (RTI) to ensure transparency and accountability, officials said Friday. The decision was taken in the light of concerns raised by common...

AIM Alumni delegation calls on APUB

2011-04-30 00:00:00

A joint delegation of Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Alumni of Malaysia, Bangladesh and India led by Haji Zul Hahram called on the officials of the executive committee of Association of Private Universities of Bagladesh (APUB) recently, said a press...

Coastal areas are under threat of 'natural calamities' ****

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 29: Tens of thousands of people in the coastal areas of the port city are exposed to threat of natural calamities as erosion along the coastal belt continues unabated due to lack of maintenance of cross dams...

Mobile court fines 5 fast food shops, restaurant

2011-04-30 00:00:00

BARISAL, Apr 29 (UNB): A mobile court operated in the city Thursday noon realized Tk 20,000 in fine from five fast food shops and one restaurant for selling date-expired and rotten items and preparing food in unhygienic process. Ghosh Mistanya...

US storm toll tops 310

2011-04-30 00:00:00

ALABAMA, April 29 (AFP): Shocked Americans Friday sifted through the rubble from the worst US tornadoes and storms in decades, which carved a trail of destruction across the south claiming at least 313 lives. Communities like Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's...

Muhith leaves for Hanoi tomorrow

2011-04-30 00:00:00

A 16-member delegation headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka for Hanoi tomorrow (Sunday) to take part in the 44th Board of Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank to be held in the Vietnamese capital on May...

5 kms of BD-India border fencing completed

2011-04-30 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 29: Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram Friday said that along India-Bangladesh border five kilometres (kms) of fencing and 11 kilometres of road works were completed in April under phase II of a project. "Four kms of fencing...

weather

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Saturday). Day temperature may remain nearly...

Myanmar, China to build rail link

2011-04-30 00:00:00

YANGON, Apr 28: Myanmar and China plan to build a railroad together that will link China's landlocked Yunnan province to a deep-sea port being built in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday the project...

weather

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...

Philips : technical innovator

2011-04-30 00:00:00

"You need to imagine the future to see possibilities that aren't there at the moment, but might be in five years' time. Some people call that vision, but what it actually amounts to is not getting into a rut and...

Asia losing $16-30b a year for gender gaps in edn: Report

2011-04-30 00:00:00

FE ReportAsia was estimated to be losing US$ 42-47 billion a year because of limits on women's access to employment opportunities and another $ 16-30 billion a year as a result of gender gaps in education, according to a report....

RTI can best establish transparency

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Jubair HasanThe Information Commission (IC) is contemplating including the private sector under the purview of Rights to Information Act (RTI) to ensure transparency and accountability, officials said Friday. The decision was taken in the light of concerns raised by common...

AIM Alumni delegation calls on APUB

2011-04-30 00:00:00

A joint delegation of Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Alumni of Malaysia, Bangladesh and India led by Haji Zul Hahram called on the officials of the executive committee of Association of Private Universities of Bagladesh (APUB) recently, said a press...

Coastal areas are under threat of 'natural calamities' ****

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 29: Tens of thousands of people in the coastal areas of the port city are exposed to threat of natural calamities as erosion along the coastal belt continues unabated due to lack of maintenance of cross dams...

Mobile court fines 5 fast food shops, restaurant

2011-04-30 00:00:00

BARISAL, Apr 29 (UNB): A mobile court operated in the city Thursday noon realized Tk 20,000 in fine from five fast food shops and one restaurant for selling date-expired and rotten items and preparing food in unhygienic process. Ghosh Mistanya...

US storm toll tops 310

2011-04-30 00:00:00

ALABAMA, April 29 (AFP): Shocked Americans Friday sifted through the rubble from the worst US tornadoes and storms in decades, which carved a trail of destruction across the south claiming at least 313 lives. Communities like Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's...

Muhith leaves for Hanoi tomorrow

2011-04-30 00:00:00

A 16-member delegation headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka for Hanoi tomorrow (Sunday) to take part in the 44th Board of Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank to be held in the Vietnamese capital on May...

5 kms of BD-India border fencing completed

2011-04-30 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 29: Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram Friday said that along India-Bangladesh border five kilometres (kms) of fencing and 11 kilometres of road works were completed in April under phase II of a project. "Four kms of fencing...

weather

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Saturday). Day temperature may remain nearly...

Myanmar, China to build rail link

2011-04-30 00:00:00

YANGON, Apr 28: Myanmar and China plan to build a railroad together that will link China's landlocked Yunnan province to a deep-sea port being built in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday the project...