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Collateral substitutes for SMEs

2011-04-27 00:00:00

M S SiddiquiThere is a consensus on development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) among policy makers and very often policy makers and financial institutions (FI) assure of all out support to SMEs, particularly about providing collateral-free loan. The first...

Soaring food prices a threat across Asia

2011-04-27 00:00:00

AFP from ManilaSoaring global food prices threaten to push tens of millions of Asians into extreme poverty and cut the region's economic growth this year, the Asian Development Bank warned in a report on April 26. Coupled with skyrocketing oil...

Myanmar keen to improve bilateral ties with B'desh

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The newly-elected democratic government of Myanmar is keen to rapidly improve bilateral relations and mutual cooperation with Bangladesh. This was disclosed when Commander-in-Chief (Air) of Myanmar Air Force Lt Gen Myat Hein called on President Md Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban...

Let's not forget him

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Today is the 40th anniversary of death of Shaheed Capt Aftab-ul Quader Beer Uttam. He is one of the first few Bangali army officers who embraced martyrdom in our War of Liberation. Capt Quader died heroically fighting in a confrontation...

Titas Gas snaps 10 connections

2011-04-27 00:00:00

FE ReportA special team of the Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited disconnected 10 commercial and domestic gas connections in Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj and Mymensingh for adopting unfair means. The Titas monitoring team scrutinised a total of 519 gas...

Two Indian coastguard ships in Ctg port

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 26: Two Indian Coastguard ships Vajra and Raziya Sultana with modern armament and equipment are on a five-day goodwill visit to the Chittagong Port. The coastguard ships with 25 officers and 155 crews arrived at the port's...

VLCC starts operations in Bangladesh

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Talha Bin Habib VLCC, known for its scientific weight loss solutions and its therapeutic approach to beauty treatments across the globe, started its operations in Bangladesh to help gain people physical fitness by reducing their bodies overweight. "We are very...

Govt bans corporal punishment

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The government has formulated a new guideline banning corporal punishment in educational institutions. The government decision follows a High Court ruling on Jan 13 that declared such punishments 'unconstitutional'. The 'Guidelines to Stop Corporal Punishment to Students in Educational Institutions...

Eight killed in road accident

2011-04-27 00:00:00

SIRAJGANJ, Apr 26: At least eight passengers of a Nasimon were killed and 15 others wounded at Parkola in Shahjadpur upazila when it tumbled into roadside ditch after it was hit hard from behind by a bus this afternoon. Hafizul,...

Roadside bombs kill 3 NATO troops in Afghanistan

2011-04-27 00:00:00

KABUL, Apr 24: Roadside bombs killed three NATO service members and a gunman shot dead a prominent local official in southern Afghanistan, where thousands of Afghan and international troops are bracing for an expected spring resurgence of Taliban attacks, officials...

N Korea threatens to destroy US

2011-04-27 00:00:00

SEOUL, Apr 24 : North Korea has again threatened to destroy the United States and South Korea. The communist North issued its latest war rhetoric on the eve of its army's anniversary. The official Korean Central News Agency says that...

Spanish photographer calls parents from Libya jail

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MADRID, Apr 24: The parents of a Spanish photojournalist who was captured by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi say they received a phone call from him in which he said he was well but in a Tripoli jail....

Five women murdered in Mexico beach resort

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MEXICO CITY, Apr 24: Five women, all apparently connected to a beauty parlor, were found brutally murdered in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco on Saturday morning, state police said. The semi-naked and bound bodies of two women and a...

Housewife's body found hanging

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Police recovered body of a housewife named Ferdousi Begum (20), from her house at Gokornaghat of the Brahmanbaria town Saturday. Ferdousi was wife of Shahin Mia of Gokornaghat. Her body was hanging from the ceiling of the room. Sadar Thana...

Body recovered in Sirajganj

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Police recovered body of a young man, aged about (24) from Bakua area on Bogra-Nagarbari highway in Ullapara Upazila of Sirajganj Saturday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police suspected that miscreants following a previous enmity...

Smuggled drugs destroyed in Benapole

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) destroyed smuggled drugs worth about Tk 90 million at the BGB office in Jessore Saturday.The destroyed drugs include 15,690 bottles of phensidyl, 2400 bottles of foreign liquor, 65.5 litres of stolen liquor, 4.5kg of hemp...

Top Indian leaders campaign in crucial West Bengal polls

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Zaglul Ahmed ChowdhuryIndian political heavyweights have descended in the West Bengal state for the crucial state assembly elections, now midway through the five-phase staggered voting that began on April 18 and would conclude on May 10. Electioneering has reached a...

Jute use legislation

2011-04-27 00:00:00

There are other more value added uses of the jute fibre than sacks, bags and the like, and the wise thing to do would be to link up with others in the field to make the best of research and...

Controlling inflation merits priority attention of all concerned

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Farid AhmedThe rate of inflation is still persists in Bangladesh at a high level. This calls for special and careful handling by the government as its consequence, non-stop rising prices of basic consumer goods, is seriously hurting common or non-affluent...

Improving women's status

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Sheikh Hasina wants to prove herself that she is working for the women of Bangladesh by introducing new women's policy. She also reiterated her strong faith in Allah. But the question arises: Do we need any special policy for women...

Online school textbooks

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, opened online version of textbooks for primary and secondary education under a project Access to Information (A2I) Project at the PM's Office last Sunday. But all the books were already in the Internet in an...

Titas Gas snaps 10 connections

2011-04-27 00:00:00

FE ReportA special team of the Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited disconnected 10 commercial and domestic gas connections in Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj and Mymensingh for adopting unfair means. The Titas monitoring team scrutinised a total of 519 gas...

Two Indian coastguard ships in Ctg port

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 26: Two Indian Coastguard ships Vajra and Raziya Sultana with modern armament and equipment are on a five-day goodwill visit to the Chittagong Port. The coastguard ships with 25 officers and 155 crews arrived at the port's...

VLCC starts operations in Bangladesh

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Talha Bin Habib VLCC, known for its scientific weight loss solutions and its therapeutic approach to beauty treatments across the globe, started its operations in Bangladesh to help gain people physical fitness by reducing their bodies overweight. "We are very...

Govt bans corporal punishment

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The government has formulated a new guideline banning corporal punishment in educational institutions. The government decision follows a High Court ruling on Jan 13 that declared such punishments 'unconstitutional'. The 'Guidelines to Stop Corporal Punishment to Students in Educational Institutions...

Eight killed in road accident

2011-04-27 00:00:00

SIRAJGANJ, Apr 26: At least eight passengers of a Nasimon were killed and 15 others wounded at Parkola in Shahjadpur upazila when it tumbled into roadside ditch after it was hit hard from behind by a bus this afternoon. Hafizul,...

Roadside bombs kill 3 NATO troops in Afghanistan

2011-04-27 00:00:00

KABUL, Apr 24: Roadside bombs killed three NATO service members and a gunman shot dead a prominent local official in southern Afghanistan, where thousands of Afghan and international troops are bracing for an expected spring resurgence of Taliban attacks, officials...

N Korea threatens to destroy US

2011-04-27 00:00:00

SEOUL, Apr 24 : North Korea has again threatened to destroy the United States and South Korea. The communist North issued its latest war rhetoric on the eve of its army's anniversary. The official Korean Central News Agency says that...

Spanish photographer calls parents from Libya jail

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MADRID, Apr 24: The parents of a Spanish photojournalist who was captured by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi say they received a phone call from him in which he said he was well but in a Tripoli jail....

Five women murdered in Mexico beach resort

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MEXICO CITY, Apr 24: Five women, all apparently connected to a beauty parlor, were found brutally murdered in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco on Saturday morning, state police said. The semi-naked and bound bodies of two women and a...