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Murder incidents rising in Bangladesh

2011-05-07 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...

weather

2011-05-07 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...

DSE witnesses lowest turnover in 2011

2011-05-07 00:00:00

FE ReportBearish trend at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to affect the general investors for the fourth straight weeks amid lowest average daily turnover in this year till date through the much talked 'Bangladesh Fund' started its operation Thursday....

Aircel selects Ericsson

2011-05-07 00:00:00

FE ReportAircel, one of the leading operators in India, has selected Ericsson to provide mobile positioning systems for its 2G and 3G subscribers. Aircel users can now get real time tracking, navigation information and information services while on the move....

ICB AMCL discloses funds' NAV

2011-05-07 00:00:00

ICB Asset Management Company Limited (ICB AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh disclosed net asset value (NAV) of two unit funds Thursday, said press releases. The unit funds are- ICB AMCL Pension Holders' Unit Fund and ICB AMCL...

Markets rebound on short covering, bankex rallies

2011-05-07 00:00:00

MUMBAI, May 6 (Business Standard): Markets bounced back after posting losses for nine consecutive sessions as commodity prices plunged overnight and buying emerged in banking and auto counters. Nifty opened in the green and touched a high of 5,564 in...

Prime Financial NAV disclosed

2011-05-07 00:00:00

The total NAV of Prime Financial First Unit Fund stood at Tk 207,150,520 on the basis of cost price and Tk 186,390,269 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on May 5. The NAV per...

Micromax launches summer offer

2011-05-07 00:00:00

Micromax Informatics Limited ("Micromax") has announced its latest offer for this summer -the "Chorom Gorom Offer", says a press release. Under this offer, the customers will receive cash back with purchase of Micromax handsets.

joint rice genomic research project

2011-05-07 00:00:00

LONDON, May 6: According to local media reports from Vietnam, the country's Ministry of Science and Technology will collaborate with the United Kingdom's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in a project on rice genomics research. According to the...

The scourge of fake medical practitioners

2011-05-06 00:00:00

The menace of fake doctors is a cause for serious concern. A national daily has recently reported that the number of doctors who are simply faking as so and practising with impunity, specially in the country's rural areas, has increased...

New Australian youth ambassadors in country

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Australian High Commissioner Justin Lee welcomed eight new Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) volunteers to Bangladesh at a function Thursday, said a press release. The young volunteers will work at a range of host organisations for the next 12...

BNP demands dissolution of parliament*****

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Opposition BNP Thursday demanded immediate dissolution of parliament and electing a constituent assembly for amending the constitution which the government has mooted, reports UNB. It alleged that the government in a planned way orchestrated the share market scam to destroy...

Jama'at demands unconditional release of its detained leaders

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Bangladesh Jama'at-e-Islami Thursday reiterated their demand for unconditional release of its detained top leaders immediately, reports UNB. Jama'at acting secretary general ATM Azharul Islam made the demand again at a press conference at the party's central office in the afternoon....

Nizami admits role in constituting Razakars

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Detained Jama'at-e-Islami chief and major suspect of "crimes against humanity" in 1971 Motiur Rahman Nizami Thursday admitted his role in constituting the razakars and other auxiliary forces that carried out atrocities siding with the Pakistani troops in 1971, reports BSS....

KSBL builds 3 dredgers, delivery to BIWTA by end-May

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Pankaj Dastider CHITTAGONG, May 5: Bangladesh has further advanced in the ship building sector as a private company has successfully built three cutter suction dredgers for the government. The industry for the first time has achieved success in dredger building...

Spl committee to give reaction on meetings Monday: Suranjit

2011-05-06 00:00:00

The parliamentary special committee on constitution amendment will give formal reaction Monday on the outcome of its opinion exchange meetings with political parties, constitutional experts, lawyers, intellectuals and editors, reports UNB. Special committee co-chairman and spokesman Suranjit Sengupta told this...

Murder incidents rising in Bangladesh

2011-05-06 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...

weather

2011-05-06 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...

Clear and logical analysis

2011-05-06 00:00:00

F R ChowdhuryIn my days as a civil servant in Bangladesh, I learnt a lot about bureaucracy. One of the fundamentals was to create ones own empire. There was very little respect for other ministries, department or agencies. The general...

When you are in love

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USASara Zihan Azad, who her classmates call Sara and her parents Zihan, is the four-year old daughter of Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad, a young IT professional, the owner of the house at College Park in...

No substitute for price monitoring

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Economic factors such as scarcities of goods against their higher demand, snags in production or distribution and the better purchasing power of consumers, do normally drive up prices. But to a very large extent and most of the time, price...

The scourge of fake medical practitioners

2011-05-06 00:00:00

The menace of fake doctors is a cause for serious concern. A national daily has recently reported that the number of doctors who are simply faking as so and practising with impunity, specially in the country's rural areas, has increased...

New Australian youth ambassadors in country

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Australian High Commissioner Justin Lee welcomed eight new Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) volunteers to Bangladesh at a function Thursday, said a press release. The young volunteers will work at a range of host organisations for the next 12...

BNP demands dissolution of parliament*****

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Opposition BNP Thursday demanded immediate dissolution of parliament and electing a constituent assembly for amending the constitution which the government has mooted, reports UNB. It alleged that the government in a planned way orchestrated the share market scam to destroy...

Jama'at demands unconditional release of its detained leaders

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Bangladesh Jama'at-e-Islami Thursday reiterated their demand for unconditional release of its detained top leaders immediately, reports UNB. Jama'at acting secretary general ATM Azharul Islam made the demand again at a press conference at the party's central office in the afternoon....

Nizami admits role in constituting Razakars

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Detained Jama'at-e-Islami chief and major suspect of "crimes against humanity" in 1971 Motiur Rahman Nizami Thursday admitted his role in constituting the razakars and other auxiliary forces that carried out atrocities siding with the Pakistani troops in 1971, reports BSS....

KSBL builds 3 dredgers, delivery to BIWTA by end-May

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Pankaj Dastider CHITTAGONG, May 5: Bangladesh has further advanced in the ship building sector as a private company has successfully built three cutter suction dredgers for the government. The industry for the first time has achieved success in dredger building...

Spl committee to give reaction on meetings Monday: Suranjit

2011-05-06 00:00:00

The parliamentary special committee on constitution amendment will give formal reaction Monday on the outcome of its opinion exchange meetings with political parties, constitutional experts, lawyers, intellectuals and editors, reports UNB. Special committee co-chairman and spokesman Suranjit Sengupta told this...

Murder incidents rising in Bangladesh

2011-05-06 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...

weather

2011-05-06 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...