Finance Minister AMA Muhith, now in New Delhi, is likely to request his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee to expedite the process of inclusion of selected projects in the one billion-dollar Indian line of credit, reports UNB.Muhith went to the Indian...
Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Feb 23: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, lovingly known as DSK, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) strongly indicated that he would be a candidate in the next presidential race in France. This caused a ripple at the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated Wednesday in Parliament that Bangladesh will never allow its land to be used for carrying out any acts of terrorism in any neighbouring country, report agencies. "We are determined to ensure that no terror activities...
BNP front ranking leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed Wednesday strongly criticised the government for changing the name of BDR to BGB and said it would be again changed in due time to restore the dignity of the paramilitary force, reports UNB.The...
National Human Rights' Commission (NHRC) Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman Wednesday said there has been a marked fall in extra-judicial killing in the country though it has not come to an end, reports bdnews24.com. "Extra-judicial killings have apparently decreased. We're working...
The visiting 5-member military delegation of Indian Eastern Command visited the Bogra Cantonment Wednesday, reports UNB.The delegation, led by GOC-in-C Lt Gen Bikram Singh, paid a courtesy call on GOC 11 Infantry Division and Bogra Area Commander Major General Mohammad...
The government has approved 1,000 new posts at different levels of the police department to improve traffic management in the metropolis, reports BSS. Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun said this in Parliament while replying to a question from female member...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 23 (UNB): Fifty people were injured in a clash between students of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) and a school and college situated on the RUET campus Wednesday.The injured students are from Agrani School and College...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 23 (UNB): Ten persons were injured in sporadic clashes between two groups of Jubo Dal, youth wing of opposition BNP, during their procession here Wednesday. The divisional rally of Jubo Dal began at Laldighi Maidan in the city...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday stressed on maintaining amity among the people irrespective of caste and religion aiming at building Bangladesh as a peaceful country, reports BSS. "Maintaining religious harmony is needed as we want to establish Bangladesh as a...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid stressed on bringing changes in the existing curriculum of education with a view to building the new generation as skilled human resource to face global challenges, reports UNB."The existing curriculum of education is not suitable...
President M Zillur Rahman has emphasised increasing mutual relations of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) with the Air Forces of other SAARC countries in the coming days, reports UNB.The President made the remark when Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Shah...
Planning Minister AK Khandker said that digital reporting system would be introduced by the Implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) as part of the government's initiative to build digital Bangladesh, reports UNB."A web-based software on "Project Monitoring Information System...
Kamrun NaharThe first Vascular Anomaly Treatment and Research Centre of South Asia is set to start providing service at Care Hospital in Dhaka after it was inaugurated by Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on February, 19 last. "It will be a...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) is working for the beautification of Dhaka city as exclusive sponsor of Bangladesh Cricket Board for the ICC Cricket World Cup-2011, said a press release.Important squares, over bridges, bus stands, circles, different locations and establishments...
The chehlum of late NG Banu, wife of late Osman Ghani Khan (former Defence Secretary, Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh and Member of Parliament), will be held at her Dhanmandi residence after Maghreb prayers Friday. All relatives, friends and...
FE ReportBdjobs.com, one of the largest job sites of the country, has announced the name of winners for the 'Bdjobs.com Best Employer Award 2010' in a press conference at a city hotel Wednesday.The award for the second time was given...
FE ReportTitas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited severed 905 domestic gas connections for illegal use in Dhaka and adjacent areas. The action taken by Titas, a listed company is aimed at helping improving the situation created due to gas...
Mujibul HaqueThe present government is under a pressure, understandably, to increase the supply of power in any way it can . But it is also true that no government under the present situation in Bangladesh cannot work miracles through establishment...
Mahfuz Ibn MannanThe profession of actuary was introduced in the United Kingdom (UK) more than one and a half century ago. Japan kept itself nearly abreast with the UK. In Japan, this profession had burgeoned more than one hundred and...
The government is reportedly upbeat about tripling rice production in the 'Aus' season and has imported five tonnes of 'super seeds' from Uganda for the purpose. If all goes well this should lessen Bangladesh's worries over rising grain prices in...
Shahiduzzaman KhanThe government has recently declared ship breaking as an industry. The sector has also been placed under the Ministry of Industries. The new government initiative is, no doubt, laudable. But the point here is that the authorities concerned need...
Gopal SenguptaThere is a growing expectation that Bangladesh will play a proactive role in the emerging world order as a key player in rising Asia. Does Bangladesh have the intellectual tools to meet these challenges? The answer is an emphatic,...
I was happy to read the opinion published in your daily some time ago. The contributor wrote in that piece that Dhaka's case is not a hopeless one. The turnaround of Dhaka, according to him, is a possibility.Indeed, the time...
It is needless to say that the health hazards and environmental degradation, out of ship breaking units far, far outweigh the miniscule contribution made by the elite class owners of such units to the economy of the country. Such units...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USAA few weeks back we came to learn from the Prime Minsiter's Press Secretary that based on recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Telecommunication Ministry in April last year, the Bangladesh cabinet, of...
Our CorrespondentRANGPUR, Feb 22: The Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day was celebrated here in Rangpur in a befitting manner Monday, recalling the supreme sacrifices of the martyrs of 1952 language movement. The celebration began at 12:01 am when...
RANGPUR, Feb 22 (BSS): The booming mango flowering at this stage predicts an excellent production of the most popular fruit in the northern region this season, if the climatic conditions remained favourable, experts and scientists said.Horticulturist Mezbahul Islam said that...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Feb 22: A bumper mustard harvest is expected in Brahmanbaria district this season as its production has doubled in same areas of the district, sources said.Massive steps were taken to cultivate mustard in eight Upazilas of Brahmanbaria district...
Our CorrespondentKHULNA, Feb 22: A one-day Professional Development Workshop on the Media and Human Rights, as a part of Transparency for Human Rights project in Bangladesh was held at CSS Ava Center in Khulna.Under the programme of European Instrument for...
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