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Teletalk special offer for GPA-5 recipients in HSC exam

FE Report | 2011-03-19 00:00:00

FE ReportTeletalk Bangladesh Ltd announced Friday that the company will distribute special SIM to the students who secured GPA-5 in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination, a high official of the operator announced. Managing Director of Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd Mujibur...

MoU signed with UAE to boost coop in aviation sector

FE Report | 2011-03-19 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to boost mutual cooperation in the aviation sector, a UAE-based news agency said. Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) signed the MoU with the General Civil Aviation...

Consumers hoodwinked with the bogey of market economy

2011-03-19 00:00:00

A party that swept to victory almost by singularly promising the pushing down of the prices of essentials consumption goods, is now seen failing pathetically in delivering on its promise. It appears that the Awami league led alliance has not...

Champagne flat on Italy's birthday

2011-03-19 00:00:00

Duncan Kennedy Italy is putting on its party frock, but the champagne already feels a bit flat. It is celebrating 150 years of unification - or should that be enduring it, as the country is anything but unified. This is...

Friends assess the incumbent

2011-03-19 00:00:00

Friends of the incumbent Prime Minister have not given up on her 'good sense', despite all evidence that it must be seriously 'endangered' - if one might say so. Giving an assessment of her first two years as head of...

Lessons from Japan's cataclysmic quake

2011-03-19 00:00:00

Anxiety over hazardous radiation spreading from Japan's troubled nuclear reactors in Fukushima seemed to have reached Bangladesh, as was evident in the panic-edged SMS messages circulating within the country on Tuesday, following media reports of another explosion and a near-meltdown...

Where prevention is the best way

2011-03-19 00:00:00

A survey conducted by a health related NGO revealed that every hour one person has been dying from kidney failure in Bangladesh and that one in every six persons out of the country's over 150 million people have been afflicted...

Why Bangladesh is different from India in curbing corruption?

2011-03-19 00:00:00

The Prime Minister of India, Manmahon Singh, told senior journalists recently that his government has taken the matter of corruption centring 2G mobile phone licences very seriously. He also said that none will escape the law by indulging in malpractice....

Women's food security most vulnerable in monga-hit areas

2011-03-19 00:00:00

Women are especially vulnerable in terms of attaining food security in monga-prone areas of northwestern region in the country, due to more limited job opportunities for them, reports UNB. The people of the region suffer a lot every year for...

AL activist jailed for violating electoral rule

2011-03-19 00:00:00

BHOLA, Mar 18 (UNB): A mobile court here Friday convicted a Awami League (AL) activist and sentenced him to 21 days' imprisonment for violating electoral code of conduct in union parishad election. The convict is identified as Sabuj (18), son...

Fire damages six abandoned buses in city

FE Report | 2011-03-19 00:00:00

FE ReportLocals allegedly set fire to at least six abandoned buses at Matuail in the capital Friday morning as owners did not shift those vehicles despite their repeated requests. But firefighters rejected the claim, saying that the fire originated from...

Art exhibition by Tripura artists begins at DU today

2011-03-19 00:00:00

A weeklong art exhibition by artists of Indian state of Tripura begins today (Saturday) at the Fine Arts Faculty of Dhaka University (DU), reports UNB. Paintings of 14 artists will be on display at the exhibition, which has been arranged...

No fan to stay around Mirpur stadium after today's match: DMP

FE Report | 2011-03-19 00:00:00

FE ReportNo cricket fan or members of the public will be allowed to stay around the Sher-e-BanglaNational Stadium immediately after the tigers' vital match against South Africa Saturday for security reasons, DMP Commissioner said Friday. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) took...

Teletalk special offer for GPA-5 recipients in HSC exam

FE Report | 2011-03-19 00:00:00

FE ReportTeletalk Bangladesh Ltd announced Friday that the company will distribute special SIM to the students who secured GPA-5 in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination, a high official of the operator announced. Managing Director of Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd Mujibur...

MoU signed with UAE to boost coop in aviation sector

FE Report | 2011-03-19 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to boost mutual cooperation in the aviation sector, a UAE-based news agency said. Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) signed the MoU with the General Civil Aviation...

Crisis in timber industry

Nehal Adil | 2011-03-19 00:00:00

Nehal AdilNowhere the devastating blow of the SIDR which struck nearly three years ago is as visible as in the timber sector. The Sundarbans is the main centre of our timber industry. It was nearly gone. Have we replanted the...

Obama tours S America to deliver and promote business

Yi Aijun and Lin Yu | 2011-03-19 00:00:00

Yi Aijun and Lin YuWith wife and daughters in his company, U.S. President Barack Obama will on Friday kick off a five-day tour of South and Central America to deliver as well as promote business, analysts say. In Santiago, Chile,...

Turning knowledge into new oil

Gary Eason | 2011-03-19 00:00:00

Gary EasonIt might seem like pouring water onto sand - almost literally - but the Gulf kingdom of Qatar is banking on a remarkable transformation in its fortunes. The small but fabulously wealthy state is using its hydrocarbon earnings to...

Kenya records massive school enrolment

Bedah Mengo | 2011-03-19 00:00:00

Bedah MengoThe introduction of free primary education and subsidized secondary education in Kenya has seen the demand for higher education triple. The two programs, which were started in 2003 and 2008 respectively, to increase access of education particularly to the...

Where prevention is the best way

2011-03-19 00:00:00

A survey conducted by a health related NGO revealed that every hour one person has been dying from kidney failure in Bangladesh and that one in every six persons out of the country's over 150 million people have been afflicted...

Why Bangladesh is different from India in curbing corruption?

2011-03-19 00:00:00

The Prime Minister of India, Manmahon Singh, told senior journalists recently that his government has taken the matter of corruption centring 2G mobile phone licences very seriously. He also said that none will escape the law by indulging in malpractice....

Women's food security most vulnerable in monga-hit areas

2011-03-19 00:00:00

Women are especially vulnerable in terms of attaining food security in monga-prone areas of northwestern region in the country, due to more limited job opportunities for them, reports UNB. The people of the region suffer a lot every year for...

AL activist jailed for violating electoral rule

2011-03-19 00:00:00

BHOLA, Mar 18 (UNB): A mobile court here Friday convicted a Awami League (AL) activist and sentenced him to 21 days' imprisonment for violating electoral code of conduct in union parishad election. The convict is identified as Sabuj (18), son...

Fire damages six abandoned buses in city

FE Report | 2011-03-19 00:00:00

FE ReportLocals allegedly set fire to at least six abandoned buses at Matuail in the capital Friday morning as owners did not shift those vehicles despite their repeated requests. But firefighters rejected the claim, saying that the fire originated from...

Art exhibition by Tripura artists begins at DU today

2011-03-19 00:00:00

A weeklong art exhibition by artists of Indian state of Tripura begins today (Saturday) at the Fine Arts Faculty of Dhaka University (DU), reports UNB. Paintings of 14 artists will be on display at the exhibition, which has been arranged...

No fan to stay around Mirpur stadium after today's match: DMP

FE Report | 2011-03-19 00:00:00

FE ReportNo cricket fan or members of the public will be allowed to stay around the Sher-e-BanglaNational Stadium immediately after the tigers' vital match against South Africa Saturday for security reasons, DMP Commissioner said Friday. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) took...

Teletalk special offer for GPA-5 recipients in HSC exam

FE Report | 2011-03-19 00:00:00

FE ReportTeletalk Bangladesh Ltd announced Friday that the company will distribute special SIM to the students who secured GPA-5 in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination, a high official of the operator announced. Managing Director of Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd Mujibur...

MoU signed with UAE to boost coop in aviation sector

FE Report | 2011-03-19 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to boost mutual cooperation in the aviation sector, a UAE-based news agency said. Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) signed the MoU with the General Civil Aviation...

Airlines rebound as Indians take to skies

2011-03-19 00:00:00

Indian low-cost carrier, IndiGo, raised eyebrows in January when it ordered 180 Airbus A320s, the largest single order in commercial aviation industry. Just two years ago, Indian airlines were rolling in red ink, reeling from the double blow of soaring...

Commodities to feel kick from China's growth plans

2011-03-19 00:00:00

It is the world's largest consumer of raw materials and has been the single biggest driver of the commodities bull run. So China's latest five-year plan, the economic blueprint that will dictate future demand, will be nothing short of market-moving....