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Indian Navy chief on a 5-day visit to B'desh

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Chief of the Indian Navy Admiral Nirmal Verma, PVSM, AVSM, ADC is now on a five-day visit to Bangladesh at the invitation of Bangladesh Navy Chief Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed, (ND), ndc, psc, reports UNB. Admiral Verma is expected...

S Asian Group of Advisers on RTI meets in Nepal

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Sixteen parliamentarians, Right-to-Information officials, academics and civil society members from eight South Asian countries met in Kathmandu, Nepal from March 27 to March 29 on the sidelines of the first Right-to-Information Nepalese National RTI Convention and resolved to constitute a...

BAEC chairman passes away

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Dr Farid Uddin Ahmed, chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), died of a heart attack at LabAid Hospital in the city Sunday morning, reports BSS. He was 57. Dr Farid, also a freedom fighter, left behind his wife, a...

Shun hartal, Minister urges IOJ

State Minister for Religious Affairs has | 2011-04-04 00:00:00

State Minister for Religious Affairs has"If there is anything in the National Women Development Policy that contradicts with the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (SM), it could be changed through discussions," Mohammad Shahjahan Miah said Sunday. Addressing a...

Combating corruption as a major systemic problem

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Keeping the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) truly empowered in the face of the activities of the vested interest groups who are trying to weaken it, is a pressing priority in the situation that has, for long, been persisting in Bangladesh. Corruption...

BF and money whitening opportunity

Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2011-04-04 00:00:00

Shamsul Huq Zahid Extraordinary problems demand extraordinary solutions. This argument might have prompted the government to float a Tk.50 billion open-ended mutual fund, named, the Bangladesh Fund (BF), to help rescue a plunging stock market. The state-owned Investment Corporation of...

Cost escalation of projects due to delays

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Delay in project implementation has become the feature of every large infrastructure project and this can be treated as an obstacle to the development of the country as a whole. A number of infrastructure projects like the Dhaka Elevated Expressway,...

Improper language in parliament

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Our former law minister and a lawmaker were highly upset by frequent use of indecent and vulgar words in parliament, saying that the languages used by some lawmakers "were not even used in the red-light district". And the Speaker requested...

Dairy sector's development

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Giving a spur to agricultural production is stated to be one of the prime goals of the government for facilitating integrated agricultural development. But do they mean only food grain production? It so, then they would require to broaden their...

S Asian Group of Advisers on RTI meets in Nepal

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Sixteen parliamentarians, Right-to-Information officials, academics and civil society members from eight South Asian countries met in Kathmandu, Nepal from March 27 to March 29 on the sidelines of the first Right-to-Information Nepalese National RTI Convention and resolved to constitute a...

BAEC chairman passes away

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Dr Farid Uddin Ahmed, chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), died of a heart attack at LabAid Hospital in the city Sunday morning, reports BSS. He was 57. Dr Farid, also a freedom fighter, left behind his wife, a...

Shun hartal, Minister urges IOJ

State Minister for Religious Affairs has | 2011-04-04 00:00:00

State Minister for Religious Affairs has"If there is anything in the National Women Development Policy that contradicts with the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (SM), it could be changed through discussions," Mohammad Shahjahan Miah said Sunday. Addressing a...

About 'illiterate' and 'uncivilised' transit-transshipment fees

Manzur Ahmed | 2011-04-04 00:00:00

Manzur AhmedMost national dailies published on April 01,2011, some high-profile views on "illiterate" and "uncivilised" fees for providing transit-transshipment facilities. Was it like any 'April Fool'-episode? The views, as published in the FE, read like this: "If we are a...

Power sector: Planning and implementation

Quasem Haider | 2011-04-04 00:00:00

Quasem HaiderWhat started with Mr. Michel Faraday, a book-binder in London who turned out to be a scientist with his infatuation with the magnetic field, the alternative current has, by now, become an important barometer for development. Today we can...

Cost escalation of projects due to delays

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Delay in project implementation has become the feature of every large infrastructure project and this can be treated as an obstacle to the development of the country as a whole. A number of infrastructure projects like the Dhaka Elevated Expressway,...

Improper language in parliament

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Our former law minister and a lawmaker were highly upset by frequent use of indecent and vulgar words in parliament, saying that the languages used by some lawmakers "were not even used in the red-light district". And the Speaker requested...

Dairy sector's development

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Giving a spur to agricultural production is stated to be one of the prime goals of the government for facilitating integrated agricultural development. But do they mean only food grain production? It so, then they would require to broaden their...

S Asian Group of Advisers on RTI meets in Nepal

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Sixteen parliamentarians, Right-to-Information officials, academics and civil society members from eight South Asian countries met in Kathmandu, Nepal from March 27 to March 29 on the sidelines of the first Right-to-Information Nepalese National RTI Convention and resolved to constitute a...

BAEC chairman passes away

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Dr Farid Uddin Ahmed, chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), died of a heart attack at LabAid Hospital in the city Sunday morning, reports BSS. He was 57. Dr Farid, also a freedom fighter, left behind his wife, a...

Shun hartal, Minister urges IOJ

State Minister for Religious Affairs has | 2011-04-04 00:00:00

State Minister for Religious Affairs has"If there is anything in the National Women Development Policy that contradicts with the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (SM), it could be changed through discussions," Mohammad Shahjahan Miah said Sunday. Addressing a...

Searching for a needle in the haystack

Mahmudur Rahman | 2011-04-04 00:00:00

Mahmudur RahmanIt's not unusual for bankers to let slip a wry smile whenever question about liquidity issues. There is almost a mysterious aura about them as they use carefully crafted words to describe the situation in even the most social...

Jute pulp use beckons bright future for paper production NBPM set to use it as raw material

Munima Sultana | 2011-04-04 00:00:00

Munima SultanaThe government is considering reopening of the debt-ridden North Bengal Paper Mills (NBPM) after a study team found the use of jute pulp feasible for meeting its large requirement as a raw material, officials said Sunday. The mill, also...

Memo submitted to PM seeking Yunus reinstatement

2011-04-04 00:00:00

FE Report Members of Grameen Bank Sunday submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) seeking her intervention so that Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus could be reinstated in the bank. The memorandum contained signatures of over 3.70 million...

Indian commerce minister due in city April 26

Badrul Ahsan | 2011-04-04 00:00:00

Badrul AhsanIndian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma is due to arrive in the capital on April 26 for a two-day official visit to boost bilateral trade and investment, foreign ministry sources said. "We are yet to finalise the modus...

Madrasah student killed, 25 hurt in Jessore clash

2011-04-04 00:00:00

JESSORE, Apr 3 (UNB): A madrasah student was shot dead allegedly by the cops, and 25 others including policemen and journalists were injured in a clash between police and supporters of Hefazat-e-Islam organisation in the town Sunday. The deceased was...

France sends extra troops to Abidjan Takes control of its airport

2011-04-04 00:00:00

PARIS, Apr 3 (News agencies): France has sent extra troops to Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, and taken control of its airport. A French military spokesman said there was a security vacuum as forces formerly loyal to incumbent Laurent Gbagbo...

BAEC chairman passes away

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Dr Farid Uddin Ahmed, chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), died of a heart attack at LabAid Hospital in the city Sunday morning, reports BSS. He was 57. Dr Farid, also a freedom fighter, left behind his wife, a...

Shun hartal, Minister urges IOJ

State Minister for Religious Affairs has | 2011-04-04 00:00:00

State Minister for Religious Affairs has"If there is anything in the National Women Development Policy that contradicts with the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (SM), it could be changed through discussions," Mohammad Shahjahan Miah said Sunday. Addressing a...

Dhaka stocks continue to rise

FE Report | 2011-04-04 00:00:00

FE ReportDhaka stocks maintained its upward trend on the opening day of the week Sunday with all indices gained more than 1.0 per cent. The country's premium bourse gained for the three straight sessions on the first working day of...

Unusual price rise of Z-category shares

2011-04-04 00:00:00

FE Report The securities regulator has asked Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) to investigate the recent unusual price hikes of some specific 'Z' category shares. The regulatory move came to protect the innocent investors from possible crash. The Securities and Exchange...