DU CorrespondentLand Minister Rezaul Karim Hira said tobacco cultivation is not only harmful for the environment and eco-system but also it makes the marginal people more vulnerable to poverty and hunger as the farming cost is higher than that of...
A zonal workshop on "Child Labour" organised by Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Zone-6 was held at Hazi Abdul Halim Community Centre recently, according to a press release. Objective of the workshop is to prevent and eliminate worst forms of child...
FE ReportMost of the Bangladeshi sex workers are children and teenagers and many of them are sexually abused before engaged in the flesh trade, a study by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has found. The study on sexual and...
The two-day 4th Japan Symposium on "Regional Cooperation in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy" will begin today (Wednesday) at 9:30 am at Council Bhaban of BUET, said a press release. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Brig Gen...
TOKYO, Mar 29 (agencies): Plutonium found in soil at the Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm Tuesday over Japan's battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years, as pressure mounted on the prime minister to widen an evacuation...
The Appellate Division has adjourned until April 4 the hearing on the petition filed by Muhammad Yunus seeking a stay order on the High Court judgment upholding his dismissal as the Grameen Bank managing director. A full bench, led by...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has added nine more sectors to its monthly import statement, aiming to know the country's actual import trend better. The sectors are telecom, energy and power, ceramic, food processing, steel and engineering, healthy service, ship building,...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will finalise the draft amendment to the Banking Companies Act by June, a central bank official told BSS Monday. The final draft will take the major amendment process a step forward, but the fate of the much-talked...
Zaglul Ahmed ChowdhuryThe semi-final of the current world cup cricket - 2011 between India and Pakistan is now the cynosure of all eyes. The two rival south Asian nations are once again facing each other in the prestigious encounter after...
FE Report Jute Commission in its preliminary report Monday has strongly recommended to the government to declare the jute sector as 'agro based industry', having provisions of fiscal supports with other required facilities as given to other existing agro sector...
The Financial Express (FE) has incorporated Bangla dictionary into its portal www.fe-bd.com in order to help readers go through any news or articles published in FE more easily. Readers need to double-click on any word on www.fe-bd.com and the Bangla...
Shah Alam Nur The country witnessed over 15 per cent increase in local investment in 2010 over that of 2009 as local investors thronged the sectors like textile, chemical, engineering and agro-based industries, officials said. The latest data of Board...
FE ReportHundreds of rickshaw pullers in the capital went on rampage Monday protesting the authority's recent decision to make some important roads off-limits for the non-mechanised vehicles. The protestors damaged a number of buses, cars and other modes of motorised...
ADEN, Mar 28 (agencies): A massive blast Monday at an ammunition plant near the city of Jaar in the restive province of Abyan in southern Yemen looted by Al-Qaeda killed at least 70 people, as tracts of the south slip...
A government move is on to enlist those who have piled up 'unearned wealth' in the recent years. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is taking preparation to find out persons, who have made 'unnatural growth of wealth' in the...
The chances of signing agreements with international oil companies (IOCs) ConocoPhillips and Tullow seem to be very thin, before a settlement is reached on the issue of Bangladesh's maritime boundary dispute with Myanmar and India. Conoco became responsive for as...
Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck left Dhaka for Thimpu Monday ending his five-day visit. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dipu Moni saw him off at Shahjalal International Airport at 10:40am. The king came to Bangladesh on Mar...
Munima SultanaBangladesh Railway (BR) has requested Asian Development Bank (ADB) to extend the period of US$ 430 million railway development project by four years as it has failed to meet the scheme's main condition of reform that has reportedly put...
FE ReportA Dhaka court has dismissed a World Bank appeal against the reinstatement of one of its former public relations employees. The sixth court of additional Dhaka District Judge, disallowed on Sunday the appeal lodged by the bank that challenged...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) sits today (Tuesday) to consider nine development projects, including one to construct multipurpose cyclone shelters in the coastal belt of Bangladesh at a cost of Tk 1.82 billion, reports UNB. Prime...
Former BNP minister Abdul Alim, arrested on war crimes charges Sunday, has been sent to jail, reports bdnews24.com. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Monday heard the charges against him and his bail prayer but adjourned hearing until Mar 31. The...
Cabinet on Monday approved the Hajj Package 2011 amending the National Hajj Policy 1431-1435 Hijri (2010-2014), reports UNB. Hajj will be performed this year on November 6, subject to the sighting of the Zilhaj Moon, when around 0.12 million pilgrims...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has urged the developed countries to come up strongly in helping the countries, which are vulnerable to climate change, to make their adaptation activities a success, reports UNB. She made the request while speaking as...
The Election Commission (EC) has completed all preparations for holding the elections to the Union Parishads (UPs) in the coastal regions, where the polls start today (Tuesday), reports UNB. Talking to the journalists at the Election Commission Secretariat Monday, Election...
A government move is on to enlist those who have piled up 'unearned wealth' in the recent years. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is taking preparation to find out persons, who have made 'unnatural growth of wealth' in the...
The chances of signing agreements with international oil companies (IOCs) ConocoPhillips and Tullow seem to be very thin, before a settlement is reached on the issue of Bangladesh's maritime boundary dispute with Myanmar and India. Conoco became responsive for as...
Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck left Dhaka for Thimpu Monday ending his five-day visit. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dipu Moni saw him off at Shahjalal International Airport at 10:40am. The king came to Bangladesh on Mar...
Shah Alam NurA total of 1184 industrial units for textile, 638 units for chemical and 525 units for engineering sectors were registered with the Board of Investment (BOI) over the last 26 months, an official of the BOI told the...
The special court to try the Feb 25-26, 2009 killings and looting inside the BDR headquarters at Pilkhana has admitted charges against 26 new suspects, reports bdnews24.com. With them, the number of the people facing the charges reached 850. The...
A stalker stabbed a college girl as her parents protested stalking by the spoilt youth in city's Jurain area Monday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Mahmuda Akhter, a 1st year HSC student of Central Women's College in capital...
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