Dr. Ehsan Imdad has worked to help many migrating Bangladeshis in the U.S. for over 20 years through the Bangladesh Association of NY (BANY) and Bangladesh Shangshad among many other affiliated organisations. He is also a marketing professional with over...
Bangladesh, an energy-starved nation, plans to build a nuclear power plant for US$1.5 billion. To be built by 2018, it will have a generating capacity of 2,000 megawatts of electricity. The present government will have to make a tough call...
I take the courtesy of your column to draw the attention of the Post Office to my plight as a life insurance client. Please be kind enough to publish excerpts from my letter posted on February 22 last. It is...
It refers to the Prime Minister's warning to the government doctors who are diffident in taking up rural postings to quit their job. The acute shortage of doctors, nurses and technicians in rural hospitals has forced many patients to resort...
It is high time for Bangladesh to make concerted efforts for tapping the potential of business process outsourcing (BPO). This form of outsourcing involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of a specific business function (or processes) to a...
We are shocked, distressed and deeply saddened at the terrible devastation wrought by nature in Japan. The severe earthquake, on a magnitude of 8.9 on the Richter scale, was swiftly followed by a tsunami that left thousands of lives and...
We need land to grow food grains, fruits and vegetables to eat, and flowers to admire. Soil, water and fertilizer in one form or another helps the seeds to grow, with the nutrients (fertilizer) coming from the soil or added...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government plans to plant date, palm and 'golpata' trees on the roadside and embankments to meet growing sugar and molasses demand targeting 0.86 million tonnes of more production annually, officials said Monday. Agriculture ministry officials said they...
Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Mar 21: Political turbulence persists in several countries in the Middle East. In Syria thousands of pro-democracy protesters chanted slogan against country's emergency laws that are in vogue for more past 48 years. Thousands of protesters torched...
FE ReportWater crisis is a common phenomenon in cities due to unplanned expansion caused by rapid migration of people from rural areas. The observation was made by the leading water experts, researchers and academicians at a press conference Monday. They...
Nazmul AhsanSri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will arrive in Dhaka April 18 on a four-day visit, a top official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said Monday. A number of agreements on trade, taxation and agriculture are expected to...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Mar 21: The government is going to form a committee shortly to find out ways to check pilfering of goods from ships at the outer anchorage of the Chittagong Port and its peripheries including the coastal belt...
FE ReportFormer adviser to the caretaker government Dr. AB Mirza Azizul Islam has said some chartered accountant (CA) firms have failed to perform their duties appropriately. To regulate them properly an independent financial reporting council should be established, he added....
LONDON, Mar 21 (AFP): Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami could cost its economy up to $235 billion, or 4.0 per cent of output, and reconstruction could take five years, the World Bank warned Monday. "If history is any guide, real...
Wasim Akhtar Saifi, Global Head of Islamic Banking for its Consumer Banking business will arrive in Dhaka today (Tuesday) for a two-day official visit. This will be his first visit to Bangladesh, Mr. Saifi was appointed in this role in...
Seleena Begum, one of the sponsors/directors of Quasem Drycells has expressed her willingness to sell 50,000 shares out of her total holdings of 10,79,611 shares of the company at prevailing market price through stock exchange within 30th April 2011. -...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The authorities of Mobil Jamuna Lubricants (MJL) have agreed to buy back their shares within six months of trading if the prices fall below offer prices, while the MI Cement Factory authorities are yet to take decision...
FE ReportIntroduction of 3G (Third Generation) technology would create a large job market for Bangladeshi talented youths, said a senior official of a leading European telecom vendor Monday. "Bangladesh can look for managing Network Monitoring Centers (NMC) of overseas telecom...
FE ReportThe stakeholders of the stock market will sit for further discussion to finalise the revised guideline on book building method, officials said. A spokesman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said this Monday immediately after a meeting held...
FE ReportDhaka stocks gained for the third successive day Monday. All the three indices-DGEN, DSI and DSE-20-in DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) gained on the day as the investors went for fresh buying. The daily total turnover, in value terms, stood...
LONDON, Mar 21 (AFP): Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami could cost its economy up to $235 billion, or 4.0 per cent of output, and reconstruction could take five years, the World Bank warned Monday. "If history is any guide, real...
FE ReportOut of $21 billion proposed investment by the Local Government Division, about $5.4 billion is expected to be spent for safe drinking water and sanitation during the first five years (2011-2020) of the 15-year plan. Out of the total...
FHM Humayan KabirIf 65 million trees are planted on the roadsides and the embankments, Bangladesh can get 0.86 million tonnes of molasses locally, according to Director General of the Bangladesh Sugar Research Institute (BSRI). "We have targetted all the roads...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The authorities of Mobil Jamuna Lubricants (MJL) have agreed to buy back their shares within six months of trading if the prices fall below offer prices, while the MI Cement Factory authorities are yet to take decision...
FE ReportIntroduction of 3G (Third Generation) technology would create a large job market for Bangladeshi talented youths, said a senior official of a leading European telecom vendor Monday. "Bangladesh can look for managing Network Monitoring Centers (NMC) of overseas telecom...
FE ReportThe stakeholders of the stock market will sit for further discussion to finalise the revised guideline on book building method, officials said. A spokesman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said this Monday immediately after a meeting held...
FE ReportDhaka stocks gained for the third successive day Monday. All the three indices-DGEN, DSI and DSE-20-in DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) gained on the day as the investors went for fresh buying. The daily total turnover, in value terms, stood...
LONDON, Mar 21 (AFP): Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami could cost its economy up to $235 billion, or 4.0 per cent of output, and reconstruction could take five years, the World Bank warned Monday. "If history is any guide, real...
Bangladesh Brand Forum (BBF) will arrange an opinion sharing session about value-driven marketing in the city June 08. BBF made the announcement Monday in the city. The daylong session titled 'Professional Masterclass with Prof Philip Kotler' would be held at...
Commerce Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan Sunday said chartered accountants can play a significant role in pushing the country toward development by utilising their merit and experience. "The chartered accountants and the students of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladeesh...
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