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Concern at proposed Water Act

2011-03-15 00:00:00

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...

Storage maps the future of digital data

2011-03-15 00:00:00

THE one consistent theme in the digital world is that growth is a constant. It is estimated that from 2009 to 2020, the size of the digital universe will have increased 44 fold; that is a 41 per cent increase...

Imparting ethical principles through education

2011-03-15 00:00:00

and irregularities of any sort, writes Kazi Enamul Haque Education is universally recognised as one of the fundamental human requirements which serve the purpose of an individual's overall uplift so as to become enlightened and cultivated. An individual enlightened with...

Poachers roam free with impunity

2011-03-15 00:00:00

The deer population was earlier seen as rising in the Bangladesh part of the Sunderbans, because of some preventive actions that we had seen against killing of deer. But their illegal hunting has reportedly started afresh. This is causing fresh...

­­­Nimtoli to Kadamtoli: Recurrence of the same story

2011-03-15 00:00:00

Fire is a good servant but a bad master and this master is taking its toll. From Nimtoli to Kadamtoli, for the same root cause-the presence of chemical explosive--fire has added another sad episode of unending miseries within a span...

Banks' liquidity concern

2011-03-15 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Association of Bankers, representing the private commercial banks operating in the country, expressed their concern recently about difficulties being created for the functioning of the banks. They pointed to rules and regulation that have been imposed on the...

Dr Razee's death anniv today

2011-03-15 00:00:00

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...

Tenants groan as landlords hike rents illogically

2011-03-15 00:00:00

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...

Treatment in Singapore

2011-03-15 00:00:00

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;...

Concern at proposed Water Act

2011-03-15 00:00:00

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...

Pharma sector urges govt to lift tax on raw materials

2011-03-15 00:00:00

FE ReportThe country's pharmaceutical sector has urged the government to create a level-playing field for the local industries by withdrawing tax on raw materials of their products. They also made proposals to treat some medical equipment as capital machinery, and...

France steps up move to impose no-fly zone over Libya

2011-03-15 00:00:00

AJDABIYA (Libya), Mar 14 (Agencies) : Libyan strongman Moamer Gaddafi's forces shelled rebel positions Monday on the doorstep of Ajdabiya, a key town which the revolution against his rule has vowed to defend at all costs. Gaddafi's forces have won...

Liquidity crisis on the wane: BB

2011-03-15 00:00:00

Liquidity crisis is on the decline, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has said, reports bdnews24.com. The central bank, in an email sent to media houses Monday, said the there was no liquidity crunch in the country. The BB explained that it...

Three drowned BD men fleeing Libya found in Greece

2011-03-15 00:00:00

IRAKLIO, Mar 14: Authorities on the Greek island of Crete Monday found the bodies of three men believed to be part of a Bangladeshi group that fled a ship evacuating them from Libya earlier in March, officials said, reports AFP....

China tops in manufacturing output in world

2011-03-15 00:00:00

Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Mar 14: With Japan, the world's third largest economy, reeling under the disaster of an epic proportion threatening its economy, China became the world's top manufacturing country by output, thus ending the US ranking as the largest...

Dr Razee's death anniv today

2011-03-15 00:00:00

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...

Tenants groan as landlords hike rents illogically

2011-03-15 00:00:00

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...

Treatment in Singapore

2011-03-15 00:00:00

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;...

Concern at proposed Water Act

2011-03-15 00:00:00

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...

HSBC awarded AAA rating for fourth year

2011-03-15 00:00:00

HSBC Bangladesh received 'AAA' rating for the fourth consecutive year from Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Limited (CRAB). 'AAA' is the highest rating awarded by CRAB which is given to banks with extremely strong capacity to meet their financial commitments...

Dhaka stocks rebound sharply

2011-03-15 00:00:00

FE ReportDhaka stocks strongly rebounded Monday with all indices gained sharply following a clarification over the latest progress of proposed Tk 50 billion Bangladesh Fund (BF). Market plunged massively on Sunday after a report that the formation of BF came...

Bank Asia awards scholarships to Ctg students

2011-03-15 00:00:00

As a part of corporate social responsibility, Bank Asia has given higher studies scholarships to 5 (five) meritorious students of Bhatiary Upazila in Chittagong recently. Mr. Mohammed Roshangir, Senior Executive Vice President and Chittagong Zonal Head, handed over the scholarship...

Cos' board meet

2011-03-15 00:00:00

RN Spinning Mills: A meeting of the board of directors of the company will be held on March 20, at 4pm to consider, among others, audited financial statements of the company for the year that ended on December 31, '10....

Spot market trading

2011-03-15 00:00:00

Trading of the shares of Eastland Insurance Limited will be allowed only in the spot market and blockodd lot transactions will also be settled as per spot settlement cycle with cum benefit from today (Tuesday) to March 20. Trading of...

SEC proposes change in book building method

2011-03-15 00:00:00

Mohammad MufazzalThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sent to the finance ministry for approval a guideline that, among others, contains the maximum allowable price-earning (PE) ratio at 15 for a company willing to go public under the book building...

Tenants groan as landlords hike rents illogically

2011-03-15 00:00:00

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...

Treatment in Singapore

2011-03-15 00:00:00

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;...

Concern at proposed Water Act

2011-03-15 00:00:00

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...

Sheltech fair response good, says Seraj

2011-03-15 00:00:00

Middle-income group rushed to Sheltech spring fair 2011 to snap up plots in Dhaka's adjacent areas, considering it to be "safe" and "profitable" investment. "Our response is beyond our expectation. And it is the middle-income people who are very much...

Syngenta to share expertise with Shakti

2011-03-15 00:00:00

Shakti Foundation, a leading micro-credit organisation, and Syngenta Bangladesh Limited signed a memorandum of understanding Monday for training of disadvantaged women. Nazmul Ahsan, director of Shakti Agro Development Programme, and Sarwar Ahmed, managing director of Syngenta Bangladesh Limited, signed the...