Prices of food and essential commodities in Bangladesh and in the international market are increasing day by day. Few days back, tens of thousands of people took part in a rally in Delhi, India to protest food price hike. Indian...
In recent months, the people of Bangladesh (and the world) have witnessed some momentous events. The opening ceremonies of world cricket match in Dhaka, the great people's uprising in the Middle East, the falling of autocrats Ben Ali and Hosni...
The US government will repatriate some of the thousands of Bangladeshi citizens currently stranded in Tunisian border as a result of the unrest in Libya, reports UNB. US ambassador to Bangladesh James F Moriarty confirmed this Monday, said a press...
DU Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
DU Correspondent The students of Dhaka University (DU) Monday demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the killers of Redwan Ahmed, a postgraduate student of Arabic department of the university who was killed allegedly by the Himalay Paribahan workers Saturday...
The Qulkhwani of Badiuzzaman Khundker, eminent businessman and father of Bank Asia Director Mr. Nafees Khundker will be held today (Tuesday) after Magrib prayer at his residence at Exclusive Circle, Apartment- 401, House- 62, Road-27, Gulshan-1 in the city. Mr...
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said the International Women's Day of this year focuses on equal access to education, training, and science and technology, reports BSS. In a message on the eve of the day, he said,...
FE Report | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
FE ReportPolice recovered slaughtered bodies of three youngmen from a drain at Kadamtoli in the city Monday. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kadamtoli Police Station Ayubur Rahman said after being informed by locals they recovered those bodies from a drain at about...
Our Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 7: A devastating fire has gutted about 400 non-brick houses at the Amin Jute Mill Colony at Hamzarbag area under Baizid police station in the city today. The fire broke out at around 3.00 pm from a...
FE Report | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
FE ReportElectricity import from India might be delayed by several months from the original schedule of commencement due to some 'procedural bottlenecks', Power Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said following a marathon meeting with his Indian counterpart Monday. "We may get...
The High Court (HC) on Monday ruled that import of ships for scrapping will be allowed subject to conditions of ensuring workers' and public safety as well as environmental protection. The conditions will be enforced until the framing of rules...
The government has decided to send its national flag carrier to bring back Bangladeshis stranded in Egypt and Tunisia. "I have received a letter Monday from the foreign secretary requesting to send our carrier to Egypt and Tunisia to bring...
On the eve of the 100th International Women's Day, a discussion meeting of some of the foremost gender-sensitive organisations in Bangladesh, rightly identified both 'religion and market-based fundamentalisms' as the main enemies obstructing the true emancipation of women. Indeed, if...
More than 450 government officials have been made Officers on Special Duty (OSD), which means they have no job to perform. In most cases, the officials are not facing any specific charge or investigation against them. Successive governments apparently have...
Scathing criticisms came from the highest level about Prof Muhammad Yunus dabbling in irregularities and crime. But should not these criticism awaited completion of investigation into the allegations against him irrefutably proving the validity of the same? Even in a...
The recent assassination of two key government figures in Pakistan has exposed a severe weakness in its security measures, with the opposition as well as section of the ruling alliance levelling charges of dereliction of duties against the government of...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
Mahmudur RahmanSomewhere in the complicated quagmire of development and improving the lives of people in developing nations such as in the sub-continent, certain truisms are forgotten. These nations were presented forms of government that actually encouraged a defiance of the...
FE Report | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
FE ReportPolice recovered slaughtered bodies of three youngmen from a drain at Kadamtoli in the city Monday. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kadamtoli Police Station Ayubur Rahman said after being informed by locals they recovered those bodies from a drain at about...
Our Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 7: A devastating fire has gutted about 400 non-brick houses at the Amin Jute Mill Colony at Hamzarbag area under Baizid police station in the city today. The fire broke out at around 3.00 pm from a...
FE Report | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
FE ReportElectricity import from India might be delayed by several months from the original schedule of commencement due to some 'procedural bottlenecks', Power Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said following a marathon meeting with his Indian counterpart Monday. "We may get...
The High Court (HC) on Monday ruled that import of ships for scrapping will be allowed subject to conditions of ensuring workers' and public safety as well as environmental protection. The conditions will be enforced until the framing of rules...
The government has decided to send its national flag carrier to bring back Bangladeshis stranded in Egypt and Tunisia. "I have received a letter Monday from the foreign secretary requesting to send our carrier to Egypt and Tunisia to bring...
March 8, is an important day. It is the time for reckoning, to see how far women have progressed towards equality, peace and development. So far no-where in the world do women have the same rights and opportunities as men....
The IWD is a befitting occasion to review how far the women have made progress in their struggle for equality, peace and development. It is also an opportunity to unite, network and mobilize them and the whole world, for a...
All the development organisations-local and international, small and large -- have attached serious importance to the women issues for quite a pretty long time. The government of Bangladesh has taken some pragmatic steps such as fixing up the number of...
Siddique Islam | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
Siddique Islam The central bank Monday assured the state-owned commercial banks (SCBs) of providing adequate foreign currency support for importing essential items, as the country's overall import marked a significantly fall in February. "We've given the assurance to the SCBs...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
Mahmudur RahmanDuring one of the many travels this scribe has been fortunate to have undertaken there was a perchance acquaintance with a Malaysian physician at a dinner table. He was one of those that we are destined to meet once...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meets today (Tuesday) to consider 12 development projects including construction of a flyover between Moghbazar and Mouchak to ease the traffic congestion in and around the area, reports UNB. The proposed...
Our Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 7: A court has issued warrant of arrest against two top executives of multi level marketing companies for misappropriation of Tk 2.5 million from individuals. The court of Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman ordered arrest of Ariful...
RAS LANUF (Libya), March 7(Agencies): Libyan rebels ceded ground to Moamer Gaddafi's advancing forces Monday as the United States came under increasing pressure to arm the opposition and the UN appointed a humanitarian envoy. World oil prices rose again, while...
TNT Express, the leading global express distribution company, in association with Bangladesh Trade Syndicate (BTS) has received the prestigious ISO 9001:2008 certification after a rigorous accreditation process by Moody International. With this accreditation, TNT Express is the only express distribution...
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