Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the businessmen to pay taxes properly saying that increased revenue will help the government to build infrastructures to generate power and explore gas for greater interest of industrialisation in the country, report agencies. She made...
WASHINGTON, Apr 7 (agencies): The World Bank Group President Robert B Zoellick has said that each of the issues such as corruption, gender and transparency has been recognised over the last 20 years as being crucial for successful development and...
From Fazle Rashid | 2011-04-08 00:00:00
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Apr 07: There have been earth-shaking news around the world during the past 24 hours. Col. Muammar Gaddafi, the eccentric Libyan dictator yesterday sent a letter to US president Barack Obama urging him to stop...
The government is set to increase the production of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by this year, the prime minister's energy adviser said, reports bdnews24.com. After a meeting on popularising LPG at the ministry on Thursday, adviser Tawfiq-E-Elahi said the production...
I work as a Head of Department for Marks & Spencer and as the only Bangladeshi employed there, staff members come to me with the latest news, gossip and queries about Bangladesh. I think they expect me to know everything...
The front-page lead article in your April 2 issue illustrates the utter failure of the Chittagong Port Trust (CPT) authority's responsibility in doing their duty. They are all now silent to media queries. The lame excuse offered on their behalf...
Government remains in a specially tight situation in the current year from not getting enough external assistance from the donors. The flow of aid resources continue to be specially lean. Its attempts to contract loans from multilateral lending bodies to...
NARAYANGANJ, Apr 07 (UNB): Police today arrested a JCD leader on charge of assaulting police and damaging property during the day-long hartal in the town recently. The arrested person was identified as Rafiuddin Ahmed Riad (30), vice-president of Narayanganj town...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Tangail, Mymensingh and Bogra in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Friday). Weather may...
JAMALPUR, Apr 5: Bodies of six people drowned in boat capsize in the Jamuna during Monday's tornado were recovered along with a boat at Kulkandi in Islampur Tuesday afternoon. With the recovery of six more bodies death toll from tornado...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal, Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Wednesday). Day temperature may rise slightly...
ruler because they now know the ways of | 2011-04-06 00:00:00
ruler because they now know the ways of Ashraful Azad and M. Mizanur Rahman Arab autocrats are falling down. The situation can be compared with the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. None could predict such mass uprisings against the...
The extent of damage to farmlands in a r | 2011-04-06 00:00:00
The extent of damage to farmlands in a rroads, real estate, factories and industries, points to an extended period of reconstruction for Japan, Anu Mahmud Although Prime Minister Naoto Kan termed the earthquake followed by the tsunami as Japan's most...
DU Correspondent | 2011-04-06 00:00:00
DU CorrespondentThe Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations - 2011 began Tuesday throughout the country. Bangla first paper examination was held on the first day and the exams will continue until May 31 as per the present time-table....
FE Report | 2011-04-06 00:00:00
FE ReportThe ECNEC Tuesday approved nine development projects at a total cost of Tk 26.63 billion, for improving the country's infrastructure and socio-economic sector. The Ministry of Planning officials said the projects would be bankrolled by the government resources, without...
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Tuesday expressed deep shock at the death of journalist Achinta Sen, reports BSS. In a message of condolence, Khaleda Zia said Achinta was not only a veteran journalist and...
A case has been filed against officer-in-charge (OC) and two sub-inspectors (SI) of Rampura Police Station for allegedly demanding graft and threatening to grab a house in Khilgaon, Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has permitted its probe panel to question major war crimes suspects Jama'at leaders Matiur Rahman Nizami and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, reports bdnews24.com. The tribunal Tuesday granted the appeal submitted by the investigation team and...
Nazmul Ahsan | 2011-04-06 00:00:00
Nazmul AhsanThe government is set to establish a permanent commission soon to settle the outstanding issues of the Jubo Karmasangsthan Society (Jubok) and its clients, as per the recommendations made by probe body. The proposed commission might be given two...
FE Report | 2011-04-06 00:00:00
FE Report Achintya Sen, a veteran journalist and senior member of Jatiya Press Club, died Tuesday at the age of 64 at Labaid Hospital in the city. He has been suffering from kidney- and lung-related diseases for long. He began...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will award prizes to 39 best exporters tomorrow (Thursday) for their contribution to the country's export in fiscal 2008-09. Ministry of Commerce and Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) are jointly organising the distribution of best exporters' trophy...
JAMALPUR, Apr 5: Bodies of six people drowned in boat capsize in the Jamuna during Monday's tornado were recovered along with a boat at Kulkandi in Islampur Tuesday afternoon. With the recovery of six more bodies death toll from tornado...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal, Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Wednesday). Day temperature may rise slightly...
COUNTRY'S main seaport at Chittagong does very often hit newspaper headlines. In the majority of cases, the reasons for it receiving media attention are not at all palatable. Most reports do highlight problems of different sorts, generally man-made. And the...
of energy on a sustainable basis, from a | 2011-04-06 00:00:00
of energy on a sustainable basis, from aShihab Ahmed The power crisis in the country is such that any additional supply of energy from any source would be most welcome and relieving for the economy. In this context, the prospects...
A S M Sulaiman | 2011-04-06 00:00:00
A S M SulaimanSafe nuclear power is a contradiction in terms. The nuclear lobby has used the lack of major nuclear accidents since Chernobyl 25 years ago as the "proof" of new generation reactors' "safety" to lull the world into...
Bangladeshis are finding more reasons to feel proud. There is still some distance to go, but as we celebrated our 40th birthday and looked back, we could see many changes for the better in recent times. Take Musa Ibrahim, as...
The law and order situation in Mirpur is turning from bad to worse every day. Increasing population and growth of businesses combined with inadequate policing has made it easy for extortionist and gangs to operate in the area. They become...
A specialist doctor at Bangkok's famous Bamrungrad International Hospital was reported to have commented in the not-too-distant past that 40 per cent of the patients in his hospital were from Bangladesh. According to him, Bangladeshis in large number were seen...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has permitted its probe panel to question major war crimes suspects Jama'at leaders Matiur Rahman Nizami and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, reports bdnews24.com. The tribunal Tuesday granted the appeal submitted by the investigation team and...
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