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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...

Govt to produce 69,000 tonnes of quality seed

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The government has taken initiative to produce 69,000 tonnes of high-yielding and hybrid seeds of different crops including rice, wheat, pulse, oil and vegetables to maintain sustainable food security, reports BSS. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC)...

Pakistan envoy for strong institutional structure

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 26: Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan Afzaal Mahmood in a meeting with the directors of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry has suggested institutional patronage to enhance bilateral trade between Pakistan and Bangladesh. He said Pakistan is...

Garment, footwear makers of Syedpur, Kaluhati to get collateral-free loans

2011-04-27 00:00:00

FE ReportThe entrepreneurs of footwear industry of Kaluhati of Rajshahi and those of garment industry of Syedpur will get collateral-free loans with single digit rate of interest to boost up their business. In this connection, Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)...

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...

The upcoming danger in the stock market

2011-04-27 00:00:00

A F M Mainul Ahsan from TexasThe bubble in the stock market has already busted. With help from market regulators and policy makers, millions of investors were "looted" in broad daylight. And it is the right time to raise some...

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...