Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Monday expressed his optimism that the country would achieve 6.7 per cent growth rate this financial year against the backdrop of progressive indication in major economic areas, reports BSS. The minister said this while...
Agriculturists, academicians and lawmakers at a discussion Monday called for giving additional subsidies to the agricultural sub-sectors like poultry, livestock and fisheries in the upcoming national budget, reports BSS. They laid emphasis on increasing investment in higher education on agriculture...
JESSORE, Mar 14 (bdnews24.com): There are 4,000 types of corruption which are affecting the country now, said the chairman of the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC). Speaking at a views exchange meeting here Monday, Golam Rahman, chairman of ACC said the corrupt...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Monday urged the Canadian government and private entrepreneurs to invest on a large scale in Bangladesh especially in its power, energy, textile, garments, food processing and packaging, information communications technology (ICT) and service sectors, reports...
FE ReportLawmakers, development actors and academics have criticised the government move to limit people's right to access to water by allowing commercial entities in management of the national resources. No private company should be given the responsibility of management of...
Munima SultanaThe government is yet to ratify the fundamental convention of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on minimum age despite its repeated assurances. Officials said, the Labour and Manpower Ministry has already informed the ILO committee of experts (CoE) of...
FE Report Textile Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui Monday said his ministry is likely to issue a ban order immediately on export of waste cotton, a by-product from spinning mills, to neighbouring India. He said this while addressing a view-exchange meeting...
The ninth death anniversary of Khalilur Rahman, founding chairman of Crescent Group, will be held tomorrow (Wednesday), according to a press release. In this connection, a Qurankhani and milad mahfil have been arranged for the departed soul at his residence,...
DU Correspondent A Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) was signed between Dhaka University (DU) and Saskatchewan University (SU) of Canada Monday to promote academic and scholarly collaboration progrmmes between the two universities. DU Treasurer Mijanur Rahman and Vice-President (Research) of SU...
JHALAKATHI, Mar 14 (UNB): The body of the Dhaka University (DU) student who was killed in a road crash nine days back was exhumed from the grave for fresh post-mortem at Angaria village in Rajapur Upazila Monday noon. The body...
The 26th death anniversary of Dr Aleem-al-Razee, the celebrated parliamentarian, jurist, scholar and educationist, will be observed today (Tuesday), reports UNB. Razee was a leading honorary defence counsel in the historic Agartala case in 1967 in which Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur...
Jubair HasanMillions of tenants in the capital are the victims to the whims of a section of landlords, who on occasions, increase house rents illogically in the absence of any specific law to bar them from doing so. An abnormal...
A medical team comprising Prof Tay Boon Keng, chairman, Medical Board International, SingHealth; Dr A K Mitra, Senior Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital; Dr Felix Keng Yung Jih, Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Center, Singapore;...
FE ReportLawmakers, development actors and academics have criticised the government move to limit people's right to access to water by allowing commercial entities in management of the national resources. No private company should be given the responsibility of management of...
Financial deregulation and innovations have changed the whole structure and functioning of financial markets of many industrialized nations. The growing economic activities influence the growth of financial system of a country, Bangladesh being no exception. However, the pattern, sustainability and...
After winning the November 2008 election President-elect Barack Obama visited the house of one of America's most influential conservative columnist George Will on the evening of January 13, 2009. During and after dinner, he chatted with few other guests of...
The ninth death anniversary of Khalilur Rahman, founding chairman of Crescent Group, will be held tomorrow (Wednesday), according to a press release. In this connection, a Qurankhani and milad mahfil have been arranged for the departed soul at his residence,...
DU Correspondent A Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) was signed between Dhaka University (DU) and Saskatchewan University (SU) of Canada Monday to promote academic and scholarly collaboration progrmmes between the two universities. DU Treasurer Mijanur Rahman and Vice-President (Research) of SU...
JHALAKATHI, Mar 14 (UNB): The body of the Dhaka University (DU) student who was killed in a road crash nine days back was exhumed from the grave for fresh post-mortem at Angaria village in Rajapur Upazila Monday noon. The body...
The 26th death anniversary of Dr Aleem-al-Razee, the celebrated parliamentarian, jurist, scholar and educationist, will be observed today (Tuesday), reports UNB. Razee was a leading honorary defence counsel in the historic Agartala case in 1967 in which Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur...
Jubair HasanMillions of tenants in the capital are the victims to the whims of a section of landlords, who on occasions, increase house rents illogically in the absence of any specific law to bar them from doing so. An abnormal...
A medical team comprising Prof Tay Boon Keng, chairman, Medical Board International, SingHealth; Dr A K Mitra, Senior Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital; Dr Felix Keng Yung Jih, Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Center, Singapore;...
FE ReportLawmakers, development actors and academics have criticised the government move to limit people's right to access to water by allowing commercial entities in management of the national resources. No private company should be given the responsibility of management of...
Syful IslamThe government is launching a new 'distributorship system' today (Monday) under a statutory regulatory order (SRO). This will replace the delivery order (DO) system that the businessmen has been using for supplying commodities to the market since long, officials...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith Sunday said action would be taken against the officials and employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) if it is proved that they were involved in the recent stock market scam, report agencies. The finance...
FE ReportPower outages have become rampant again with the advent of summer as technical glitches of power plants and gas crisis contribute to fall in overall electricity generation. Ongoing irrigation season also augmented electricity demand worsening the power supply situation,...
FE Report The government's project executing agencies have passed a key test Sunday after the World Bank said it is happy with the progress they made in implementing billions of dollars of development projects aided by the Bank. In the...
Nazmul AhsanBangladesh hopes to get a favourable sovereign rating from Moody's this year with its export growing at a hefty pace despite a volatile stock market and an asset price bubble in housing sector. The US-based Moody's Investors Service, one...
People across a devastated swath of Japan suffered for a third day Sunday without water, electricity and proper food, as the country grappled with the enormity of a massive earthquake and tsunami that left more than 10,000 people dead in...
BANGALORE, (India) March 13 (AFP): Australia beat Kenya by 60 runs. Kenya scored 264 in 50 overs losing six wickets. Collins Obuya was unbeaten on 98 runs. Michael Clarke's 93 helped Australia overcome a mid-innings wobble as the champions made...
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