Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2011-03-17 00:00:00
Zaglul Ahmed ChowdhuryJapan, one of the most technologically advanced nations of the world that has shown its economic prowess on a global scale, is facing the worst situation since the world war II, with destruction of an unimaginable proportion to...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2011-03-17 00:00:00
Jasim Uddin Haroon The country's leading traders, who have business ties with Japan, Wednesday said the last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan will not affect Bangladesh's trade with the world's third largest economy. The volume of trade between...
Siddique Islam | 2011-03-17 00:00:00
Siddique Islam Industrial credit disbursement recorded a significant rise by over 30 per cent in the second quarter (Q2) of the current fiscal compared to the corresponding period of the last fiscal, indicating an upward trend in investments. The disbursement...
The government Wednesday finalised names of nine persons and organisations for the Independence Award 2011 for their glorious and outstanding contributions at the national level. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will give away the award at a function at Osmany Memorial...
At least 15 'bhangari' (scrap) shops at Motijheel in the city were gutted in a fire Wednesday, damaging property worth Tk 2.0 million, fire fighters said. - FE Report
Today, March 17, is the 91st birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Ruling Awami League, its different associated bodies, socio-cultural and political organisations and ministries have chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day in...
BANGALORE, Mar 16 (AFP): Reigning champions Australia thrashed Canada by seven wickets in a World Cup Group A match on Wednesday but only after a teenager asked serious questions of their pace attack. Shane Watson (94) and Brad Haddin (88)...
All cabinet ministers and those holding the rank of ministers as well as mayors of city corporations will have to submit their wealth statements to the government, reports UNB. Stating this to reporters Wednesday Finance Minister AMA Muhith said his...
Two Bangladeshis died in Bahrain as anti-government protestors drove a truck on them, reports bdnews24.com. An official at the Bangladesh embassy in Manama Wednesday said Bangladeshi workers Abdul Hannan and Md. Aklas met the tragic end of their lives while...
President M Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday expressed their deep shock at the death of BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hosain, report agencies. In a condolence message, Zillur Rahman said the country lost a veteran politician at...
BNP has announced a five-day programme to mourn the death of its secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain, reports UNB. His body will reach Dhaka at 4:00 pm today (Thursday). BNP senior joint secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the...
FE Report | 2011-03-17 00:00:00
FE ReportA recently formed civic body expressed fear that the government might take control of the Grameen Bank after the exit of its managing director Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus. Prof Yunus was removed from his post by a Bangladesh Bank...
FE Report | 2011-03-17 00:00:00
FE ReportThe government's highest purchase body Wednesday approved import of 0.20 million tonnes of rice from Vietnam for developing a buffer stock of the essential to shield the country from any food crisis amid volatility in global food grains market,...
FE Report | 2011-03-17 00:00:00
FE ReportThe Power Division has failed to finalise the updated merchant power plant policy Wednesday due to disagreement over fixing a supervising authority for the power business to be carried out by the private sector directly targeting the consumers, officials...
FE Report | 2011-03-17 00:00:00
FE ReportA two-day 'US Education Fair' will begin today (Thursday) in the city. The first day of the fair will be held at Brac Centre Inn at 75, Mohakhali from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. On the second day (18...
M Azizur Rahman | 2011-03-17 00:00:00
M Azizur RahmanThe government has no immediate plan to provide gas connections to new clients as the state-owned Petrobangla is struggling hard to maintain regular gas supplies to existing ones, a top government official said. "We don't see any scope...
FE Report | 2011-03-17 00:00:00
FE Report Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Wednes-day expressed concern over government's bill to suspend the Tax Ombudsman Act in parliament Monday. TIB Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman criticised the government's statement on the Tax Ombudsman Office as 'expensive and ineffective' that...
The 5th death anniversary of Shirumoonnesa Shiru Begum, mother of poet Waheed Murad, will be held today (Thursday), said a press release. A milad and doa mahfil has been arranged for departed soul at Dilu Road Umbrella Mosque, New Eskaton...
A politically unbiased Bangladeshi who is a little literate, reads and watches news and views in newspapers and television channels and has a reasonable idea about good governance, if asked to give his or her honest opinion about Bangladeshi politics,...
My father was a civil servant during the British rule in the undivided India. He retired as a District Magistrate in the year 1948. He was a strong practicing Muslim. He placed the highest priority on education. Hard work and...
NEW YORK, Mar 15 (Reuters): Wall Street was set to tumble more than 2.0 per cent at the open Tuesday, tracking global equities sharply lower as Japan's looming nuclear crisis looked set to thrust financial markets into a period of...
HAVANA, Mar 15 (AP): Cuba's central bank is devaluing the country's two types of peso by about 8 per cent in relation to the dollar and other foreign currencies, hoping the move will spur exports and local production as the...
FE Report | 2011-03-17 00:00:00
FE Report Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Wednes-day expressed concern over government's bill to suspend the Tax Ombudsman Act in parliament Monday. TIB Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman criticised the government's statement on the Tax Ombudsman Office as 'expensive and ineffective' that...
The 5th death anniversary of Shirumoonnesa Shiru Begum, mother of poet Waheed Murad, will be held today (Thursday), said a press release. A milad and doa mahfil has been arranged for departed soul at Dilu Road Umbrella Mosque, New Eskaton...
Yet another majestic Royal Bengal tiger was battered to death recently by villagers in Satkhira, a district that falls well within the Sundarbans, losing the battle for survival vis-à-vis Man, dubbed by conservationists as 'the most dangerous animal on earth.'...
The remittance sent home by our overseas workers and earnings from the garment sector are considered to be the two lifelines of the national economy of Bangladesh. But in recent months a crisis appears to be gripping the manpower export...
It may be asked whether Bangladeshis, having successfully applied their political consciousness to establish Bangladesh, have been equally successful in using the same consciousness to develop their country in the economic and social sense. The well-researched answer to such a...
Character assassination is fast becoming part of the culture of political parties. This trend needs to be arrested. In this war of insinuations, basic issues such as grinding poverty, youth unemployment and declining health standards will get relegated to the...
Of late TV channels are abuzz with prime time ads claiming that one of the leading land developers is ready to hand over plots to buyers almost instantaneously. But then, clients who have allotment letters from that company and have...
Hardly a new gas field has been discovered or developed in the recent times. There has also been no worthwhile effort to seal leakage of the Titas gas field. Furthermore, no new notable gas transmission infrastructure has yet seen the...
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