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Dhaka-Ctg highway widening project faces fresh setback

Munima Sultana | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

Munima SultanaThe Dhaka-Chittagong highway widening project is facing yet another hurdle over acquiring land at different points. This may again lead to increase in project cost. A survey team identified at least three spots in Mirersorai and Sitakunda where road...

RMG sector braces for fresh unrest

Syful Islam | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

Syful IslamNon-payment of salaries and dues, non-implementation of the new minimum wages, and lack of compliance may spark a fresh bout of outburst in the country's ready-made garments industry (RMG) sector, fear intelligence agencies. Sources said until mid-March, at least...

PM asks NBR to find source of income of some wealthy people

2011-03-28 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday asked the officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to inquire into abnormal growth of wealth of certain quarters, reports UNB. "You have to find out the source of their income and how much...

Gold price may rise further

Sonia H Moni | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

Sonia H MoniThe price of gold may increase further by Tk 1000 a 'bhori' in the local market in line with the price hike of the precious metal in the international market, jewellers said. "The gold price is likely to...

Ex-minister Abdul Alim held on war crimes charges

2011-03-28 00:00:00

JOYPURHAT, Mar 27: Police have arrested former BNP minister and MP Abdul Alim on war crimes charges. Joypurhat police superintendent Mozammel Huq told news agency that a 10-member police team took Alim into custody from his residence near the Sadar...

50 vehicles damaged as RGM worker killed in road crash

| 2011-03-28 00:00:00

GAZIPUR, Mar 27: Angry garment workers protesting the death of a fellow worker in a road accident in Noljani area on Dhaka-Gazipur road in Sadar Upazila damaged at least 50 vehicles and set afire four other vehicles Sunday morning. Police...

810mw power plants to be installed in N-W region

2011-03-28 00:00:00

State owned North-West Power Generation Company (NWPGC) will install eight power plants with a total capacity of generating 810 MW in the northwestern part of the country in two years. - BSS

OMS trucks, outlets to be increased

FE Report | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

FE ReportThe government has decided to expand the Open Market Sale (OMS) of rice programme by increasing the number of truck dealers and opening more outlets in flood-prone unions of the 'haor' region. Head of the Food Directorate Ahmed Hossain...

Poultry insurance soon: Minister

2011-03-28 00:00:00

Minister for Fisheries and Animal Resources Abdul Latif Biswas said the government would take steps soon to introduce poultry insurance for development of the country's poultry sector, reports BSS. The Minister made the comment while speaking at a seminar on...

Raozan thermal plant trips again

Our Correspondent | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 27: Raozan Thermal Power Plant is yet to resume production as the plant tripped following a boiler blast on Saturday night, the second in a week. The second unit of the 210-megawatt capacity thermal plant suspended generation...

'All closed jute mills to open very soon'

Our Correspondent | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 27: Textile and Jute Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui Friday said all closed national jute mills will be opened soon as the jute sector is witnessing profit this year after decades of incurring loss. Heydays of jute farmers...

5 Bangladeshis cheated, held in India

FE Report | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

FE ReportFive Bangladeshi workers allegedly cheated by manpower business middlemen are now passing days in Cooch Behar jail of West Bengal in India. The five Bangladeshis-Md. Zakir, Md. Salim, Md. Habib, Md Mokbul and Zakir (Demra) were arrested by West...

BGMEA condemns violence in Gazipur apparel area

FE Report | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

FE ReportGarment manufacturers expressed their serious concern over the vandalism resorted to by a section of unruly people at Gazipur Apparel Industrial Area Sunday following a road accident that killed a worker. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), the...

RMG sector braces for fresh unrest

Syful Islam | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

Syful IslamNon-payment of salaries and dues, non-implementation of the new minimum wages, and lack of compliance may spark a fresh bout of outburst in the country's ready-made garments industry (RMG) sector, fear intelligence agencies. Sources said until mid-March, at least...

PM asks NBR to find source of income of some wealthy people

2011-03-28 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday asked the officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to inquire into abnormal growth of wealth of certain quarters, reports UNB. "You have to find out the source of their income and how much...

Gold price may rise further

Sonia H Moni | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

Sonia H MoniThe price of gold may increase further by Tk 1000 a 'bhori' in the local market in line with the price hike of the precious metal in the international market, jewellers said. "The gold price is likely to...

Ex-minister Abdul Alim held on war crimes charges

2011-03-28 00:00:00

JOYPURHAT, Mar 27: Police have arrested former BNP minister and MP Abdul Alim on war crimes charges. Joypurhat police superintendent Mozammel Huq told news agency that a 10-member police team took Alim into custody from his residence near the Sadar...

50 vehicles damaged as RGM worker killed in road crash

| 2011-03-28 00:00:00

GAZIPUR, Mar 27: Angry garment workers protesting the death of a fellow worker in a road accident in Noljani area on Dhaka-Gazipur road in Sadar Upazila damaged at least 50 vehicles and set afire four other vehicles Sunday morning. Police...

810mw power plants to be installed in N-W region

2011-03-28 00:00:00

State owned North-West Power Generation Company (NWPGC) will install eight power plants with a total capacity of generating 810 MW in the northwestern part of the country in two years. - BSS

Not by credit alone

2011-03-28 00:00:00

Sheuli Khatun (26) is a beneficiary of a non-government organization (NGO), named Dhruva Society which is located 10 km before the Bogura city. Standing on the Dhaka-Bogura highway with green fields in the backyard, the NGO has micro-credit programme in...

Shunning the path of misleading people

2011-03-28 00:00:00

We are going in circles. The Yunus episode, the poor performance of our cricket team, the generous sanctioning of funds for purchase of cars for civil servants (on ownership basis) of the ranks and status of Secretaries and Joint Secretaries,...

Raozan thermal plant trips again

Our Correspondent | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 27: Raozan Thermal Power Plant is yet to resume production as the plant tripped following a boiler blast on Saturday night, the second in a week. The second unit of the 210-megawatt capacity thermal plant suspended generation...

'All closed jute mills to open very soon'

Our Correspondent | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 27: Textile and Jute Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui Friday said all closed national jute mills will be opened soon as the jute sector is witnessing profit this year after decades of incurring loss. Heydays of jute farmers...

5 Bangladeshis cheated, held in India

FE Report | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

FE ReportFive Bangladeshi workers allegedly cheated by manpower business middlemen are now passing days in Cooch Behar jail of West Bengal in India. The five Bangladeshis-Md. Zakir, Md. Salim, Md. Habib, Md Mokbul and Zakir (Demra) were arrested by West...

BGMEA condemns violence in Gazipur apparel area

FE Report | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

FE ReportGarment manufacturers expressed their serious concern over the vandalism resorted to by a section of unruly people at Gazipur Apparel Industrial Area Sunday following a road accident that killed a worker. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), the...

RMG sector braces for fresh unrest

Syful Islam | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

Syful IslamNon-payment of salaries and dues, non-implementation of the new minimum wages, and lack of compliance may spark a fresh bout of outburst in the country's ready-made garments industry (RMG) sector, fear intelligence agencies. Sources said until mid-March, at least...

PM asks NBR to find source of income of some wealthy people

2011-03-28 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday asked the officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to inquire into abnormal growth of wealth of certain quarters, reports UNB. "You have to find out the source of their income and how much...

Gold price may rise further

Sonia H Moni | 2011-03-28 00:00:00

Sonia H MoniThe price of gold may increase further by Tk 1000 a 'bhori' in the local market in line with the price hike of the precious metal in the international market, jewellers said. "The gold price is likely to...

Ex-minister Abdul Alim held on war crimes charges

2011-03-28 00:00:00

JOYPURHAT, Mar 27: Police have arrested former BNP minister and MP Abdul Alim on war crimes charges. Joypurhat police superintendent Mozammel Huq told news agency that a 10-member police team took Alim into custody from his residence near the Sadar...

50 vehicles damaged as RGM worker killed in road crash

| 2011-03-28 00:00:00

GAZIPUR, Mar 27: Angry garment workers protesting the death of a fellow worker in a road accident in Noljani area on Dhaka-Gazipur road in Sadar Upazila damaged at least 50 vehicles and set afire four other vehicles Sunday morning. Police...