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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

Maintaining growth in the poultry sector

2011-03-28 00:00:00

The three-day-long 'International Poultry Show and Seminar-2011' has ended in Dhaka. The seventh in the series, the latest one was the biggest ever such show in the country held under the auspices of the World Poultry Science Association, Bangladesh Branch...

Ensuring optimum use of indigenous resources

2011-03-28 00:00:00

Proposals, of late, have been coming galore from the official circles in Bangladesh to take lease of resources of other countries to meet food or energy deficits at home. The move does highlight some desperation. But, at the same time,...

For faster transportation of goods through Dhaka-Chittagong highway

2011-03-28 00:00:00

The present rate of the expansion of the economy makes it amply clear that its sustenance and acceleration would call for coordinated efforts on a high gear to upgrade and expand the existing physical infrastructural facilities. In this context, the...

Inequity in DAP

2011-03-28 00:00:00

The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for Dhaka that was announced recently by the government amid much funfare gives lip service to the poor through proposals for low-cost housing development. Nowhere are such plans spelt out in details, nor is there...

Dhaka: World's second worst city

2011-03-28 00:00:00

We take pride in historic Dhaka city, but it is becoming increasingly unfit for living. According to a report published in a national daily, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has been rated by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) as the...

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

Power, rumours and stock market crash

2011-03-28 00:00:00

It seems a serious calamity has finally befallen Bangladesh and only those who live in caves or in the jungle with the wild animals have not noticed. For many indeed, the stock market crash, not just once but repeatedly, is...

Water: Law, politics and crisis

2011-03-28 00:00:00

There is enough water for everyone but that access to it is hampered by mismanagement and corruption. In addition, global initiatives to improve the efficiency of aid delivery, such as the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, have not been taken...

For faster transportation of goods through Dhaka-Chittagong highway

2011-03-28 00:00:00

The present rate of the expansion of the economy makes it amply clear that its sustenance and acceleration would call for coordinated efforts on a high gear to upgrade and expand the existing physical infrastructural facilities. In this context, the...

Inequity in DAP

2011-03-28 00:00:00

The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for Dhaka that was announced recently by the government amid much funfare gives lip service to the poor through proposals for low-cost housing development. Nowhere are such plans spelt out in details, nor is there...

Dhaka: World's second worst city

2011-03-28 00:00:00

We take pride in historic Dhaka city, but it is becoming increasingly unfit for living. According to a report published in a national daily, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has been rated by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) as the...

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...