FE ReportFarm credit disbursements recorded a growth of 12.20 per cent in the first nine months of the current fiscal, following strong persuasion of the commercial banks by the central bank and its monitoring of agri-loan operations by banks, officials...
Outgoing University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman Prof Nazrul Islam paid a courtesy call on President M Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban Monday and apprised him of the UGC's recommendations to strengthen quality of higher education. Expressing gratitude to the President for...
Munima SultanaThe government has launched a bus route rationalisation study for the city last month in an effort to cut congestion and make maximum use of the city's narrow road network, officials said Monday. A Spanish consulting firm, Advance Logistic...
International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) will arrange an advocacy workshop on, "Identifying Regulatory Impediments of Light Engineering Sector and improving Transparency" tomorrow (Wednesday) at Hotel Sonargaon at 10:30 am in the city, said a press release. Tofail Ahmed MP,...
A three-member German team arrived in the city Sunday to explore the possibility of extending medical aid to disabled children and women in Bangladesh, especially in the area of plastic and reconstructive surgery of western standard, reports BSS. During their...
Mr Towhid Samad has unanimously been elected chairman of the board of Trustees of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) recently for a two year term, said a press release. Mr Samad, an honours graduate and a masters in Economics, was elected...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over all the seven divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Sunday). Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country. The...
At least 81 shanties were gutted by a devastating fire that broke out at a slum in the capital's Kallyanpur area Sunday night, firefighters said. The fire originated from an oven at Pora Basti (slum) at about 8:10pm and rapidly...
PATTANI, Apr 30: Thai police say twin attacks blamed by suspected Muslim militants have killed two soldiers and wounded nine others in southern Thailand. Pol. Lt. Gen. Kritsanapong Paetsit says a group of at least five insurgents set off a...
KHULNA, Apr 30 (UNB) : A journalist and his brother were critically injured by a gang of miscreants at Godaipur village in Paikgachha Upazila Friday night. The victims were identified as FMA Razzak, editor of local fortnightly 'Gonomichhil' and former...
Iraqi Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki made a brief stopover at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city Saturday on his way home from South Korea. Minister for Industries Dilip Barua received the Iraqi PM as he arrived for...
A four-member delegation headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka for Hanoi today (Sunday) to take part in the 44th Board of Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to be held in the Vietnamese capital on...
A B M Shamsud DoulahThe government has formed a special committee for amending the Constitution of Bangladesh, suggesting massive changes and causing changes in the basic character of it. It is learned from the media reports that various changes are...
Stephen Collinson of AFP from WashingtonPresident Barack Obama's order of a risky covert operation to kill Osama bin Laden delivered a huge political payoff as he sets his sights on a second term as America's commander-in-chief. The elimination of the...
Ashraful Azad and M Mizanur RahmanImagine a situation. You captured a video or took a picture of repression by any security forces or anyone else; upload it in youtube or facebook ; give the link in twitter. If the video...
International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) will arrange an advocacy workshop on, "Identifying Regulatory Impediments of Light Engineering Sector and improving Transparency" tomorrow (Wednesday) at Hotel Sonargaon at 10:30 am in the city, said a press release. Tofail Ahmed MP,...
A three-member German team arrived in the city Sunday to explore the possibility of extending medical aid to disabled children and women in Bangladesh, especially in the area of plastic and reconstructive surgery of western standard, reports BSS. During their...
Mr Towhid Samad has unanimously been elected chairman of the board of Trustees of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) recently for a two year term, said a press release. Mr Samad, an honours graduate and a masters in Economics, was elected...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over all the seven divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Sunday). Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country. The...
At least 81 shanties were gutted by a devastating fire that broke out at a slum in the capital's Kallyanpur area Sunday night, firefighters said. The fire originated from an oven at Pora Basti (slum) at about 8:10pm and rapidly...
PATTANI, Apr 30: Thai police say twin attacks blamed by suspected Muslim militants have killed two soldiers and wounded nine others in southern Thailand. Pol. Lt. Gen. Kritsanapong Paetsit says a group of at least five insurgents set off a...
KHULNA, Apr 30 (UNB) : A journalist and his brother were critically injured by a gang of miscreants at Godaipur village in Paikgachha Upazila Friday night. The victims were identified as FMA Razzak, editor of local fortnightly 'Gonomichhil' and former...
Iraqi Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki made a brief stopover at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city Saturday on his way home from South Korea. Minister for Industries Dilip Barua received the Iraqi PM as he arrived for...
A four-member delegation headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka for Hanoi today (Sunday) to take part in the 44th Board of Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to be held in the Vietnamese capital on...
Abdul ayesThere was a time, not long ago perhaps, when the economy had to struggle with too little of foreign exchange reserves (forex for short). The eye was always on the minimum three-month worth of imports. Gone are those days...
Since the collapse of the global financial system, analysts have been doing some hair-splitting as to what had gone wrong and most seem to agree that the root cause of the crisis was, and still is, the huge deficit in...
Shafiqul Alam Transportation is an important element in determining not only the city's efficiency but also its sustainability. While most of the cities, especially in the developing countries, regularly vie to build the tallest buildings, malls etcetera, they pay much...
The employment of children below the age of 14 in homes and the hospitality sector must be stopped. Employment of children, particularly girls, in homes for cleaning, cooking, and caring for infants has hitherto been common in cities and among...
Congratulations to Md. Abdul Mabud, Director-General of the Department of Immigration and Passports, and all those responsible for introducing the new Bangladesh Immigration Arrival Card. Having cringed in dismay countless times over the years as I completed the obligatory landing...
Over the last one year we have written several times to the Ministry of Communication, Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology, Ministry of LGRD, Ministry of Planning, Department of Roads and Highways to kindly let us know the...
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