Md Ataur Rahman (CIP), chairman, Robi Builders Ltd and managing director, Ivana Textiles Mills Limited, died of cardiac arrest at Square Hospital in the city Saturday, said a press release. He was 50. He left behind his wife, two sons,...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 14: The ship breakers of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan have floated a tri-nation forum to fight against negative propaganda and 'conspiracy' hatched against the shipbreaking and recycling sector in the region by vested quarters. The new forum...
FE ReportThe country's electric goods export grew by more than 74 per cent in ten months of the current financial year, Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data revealed. Bangladesh exported electric products such as fans, bulbs, cables and refrigerators worth US$...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 14: The newly elected office-bearers of Chittagong Port Truck Owners' Association (CPTOA) Saturday were sworn in at its office at Nimtala near Bandar Bhaban in the port city. CPTOA President SM Habibul Huq and General Secretary Zahur...
CHITTAGONG, May 14 (UNB): A BNP activist was Saturday slaughtered by identified terrorists in broad daylight at Dantmara in Fatikchhari Upazila. Abdul Gani (50), the victim, was local BNP leader and president of Hoako Bazar Committee. His wounded associate Siraj...
Leaders of Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) today suggested that the government take immediate steps to revise the Tobacco Control Act by imposing high tax on cigarettes and bidis to check smoking and its use, reports BSS. Speaking at a roundtable...
related to production, Shahiduzzaman Khan Compressed natural gas (CNG) has become costlier from late last week, as the energy regulator - Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) - fixed the gas price at Tk 25 per cubic metre (cm), which is...
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has hiked the price of CNG (compressed natural gas) by nearly 50 per cent in response to a proposal sent by the state-owned Petrobangla last October. In fact, the hike is slightly more than...
Gopal Sengupta The unilateral US action to eliminate Osama bin Laden without informing the Pakistan government or getting its authorisation is being widely questioned by the Pakistanis. On the one hand, Pakistan says it cooperated with the US in the...
The recent price increase of CNG will affect different sections of society. Due to the sudden increase of the CNG price, public transport owners will definitely take the opportunity to raise the fare arbitrarily as we still do not have...
The preventive sides to health care deserve greater attention in our country. The best strategy for a developing country with limited resources is providing vital health related information among all the people. Thus, regular and intense official publicities need to...
The 94 million or so above the poverty line in the population of Bangladesh form a vast market of consumers of varying purchasing power. Even the combined population of several major European countries would be smaller than this market size...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 14: The ship breakers of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan have floated a tri-nation forum to fight against negative propaganda and 'conspiracy' hatched against the shipbreaking and recycling sector in the region by vested quarters. The new forum...
FE ReportThe country's electric goods export grew by more than 74 per cent in ten months of the current financial year, Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data revealed. Bangladesh exported electric products such as fans, bulbs, cables and refrigerators worth US$...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 14: The newly elected office-bearers of Chittagong Port Truck Owners' Association (CPTOA) Saturday were sworn in at its office at Nimtala near Bandar Bhaban in the port city. CPTOA President SM Habibul Huq and General Secretary Zahur...
CHITTAGONG, May 14 (UNB): A BNP activist was Saturday slaughtered by identified terrorists in broad daylight at Dantmara in Fatikchhari Upazila. Abdul Gani (50), the victim, was local BNP leader and president of Hoako Bazar Committee. His wounded associate Siraj...
Leaders of Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) today suggested that the government take immediate steps to revise the Tobacco Control Act by imposing high tax on cigarettes and bidis to check smoking and its use, reports BSS. Speaking at a roundtable...
Shafiqul AlamFinally, the government has raised the retail price of compressed natural gas (CNG) by nearly 50 per cent as per the recommendation of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission. Earlier, the government increased the fuel oil price as well to minimise...
Ammu Kannampilly of AFP from ChennaiKumar Sri Sri wants to bring a bit of love to India's parliament. Even in a democracy known for its political diversity, the 35-year-old part-time make-up artist stands out as founder and leader of one...
Gopal Sengupta The unilateral US action to eliminate Osama bin Laden without informing the Pakistan government or getting its authorisation is being widely questioned by the Pakistanis. On the one hand, Pakistan says it cooperated with the US in the...
The recent price increase of CNG will affect different sections of society. Due to the sudden increase of the CNG price, public transport owners will definitely take the opportunity to raise the fare arbitrarily as we still do not have...
The preventive sides to health care deserve greater attention in our country. The best strategy for a developing country with limited resources is providing vital health related information among all the people. Thus, regular and intense official publicities need to...
The 94 million or so above the poverty line in the population of Bangladesh form a vast market of consumers of varying purchasing power. Even the combined population of several major European countries would be smaller than this market size...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Friday said young generation would be made efficient workforce by providing them with quality education, reports BSS. "The government is working for bringing a qualitative change in the existing education system to make the country...
The country is experiencing abnormal behaviour of weather due to adverse impact of global climate change and the phenomenon may pose serious threat to the total ecological system, experts said. "The earth surface is warming due to emission of carbon...
The Election Commission (EC) has sent letters to the public administration and law ministries requesting for magistrates to be assigned to each of the 414 upazilas during the Union Parishad polls beginning May 31, reports bdnews24.com. In this phase of...
State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Advocate Qamrul Islam Friday reiterated that trial of war criminals will be completed during the tenure of the present government, reports BSS. "It takes time to make the trial of war criminals...
Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Obaidul Quader Friday called upon the opposition to build a bridge of consensus for holding the next elections shunning the path of confrontation, reports BSS. "Let us come to build a bridge of consensus for...
CHITTAGONG, May 13 (BSS): A day-long workshop for journalists on promoting Digital Bangladesh will be held at Chittagong Circuit House conference room tomorrow. Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Access to Information (A21) Programme of the Prime Minister's Office have jointly...
Farmers are harvesting a bumper Boro paddy across the country while Agriculture Extension officials who have links with the field are hopeful of an yield of 20 million tonnes in terms of rice exceeding the target set at 18.65 million...
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