FE Report | 2011-02-25 00:00:00
FE ReportBangladesh and Russia struck Thursday an agreement to install the country's first nuclear power plant to generate around 2,000 megawatts (mw) of electricity at Rooppur in Pabna. The deal with Russia paves the way for the construction of two...
Siddique Islam | 2011-02-25 00:00:00
Siddique Islam Bangladesh will hold further discussions with an International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the US$1.0 billion loan under the latter's Extended Credit Facility (ECF). This loan facility is purported to providing support for the balance-of-payments (BoP) management and helping...
The area controlled by Libya's embattled leader Col Muammar Gaddafi is shrinking, as the opposition consolidates its gains, report agencies. Witnesses say the capital, Tripoli, is heavily guarded by pro-Gaddafi forces, with tanks deployed in the suburbs. In the capital,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked pharmaceutical companies to prevent the marketing of sub-standard medicines, report agencies. Addressing the inaugural session of the three-day 5th Asian Pharma Expo-2011 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) Thursday, the prime minister also...
FE Report | 2011-02-25 00:00:00
FE Report Uninterrupted availability of utility services, reduction of cost for doing business and improvement of law and order situation are important for attracting more foreign direct investment (FDI) to the country, said the leaders of Foreign Investors' Chamber of...
Hosts Bangladesh will play their 2nd Group B match of the ICC Cricket World Cup'2011 against Ireland in a must win situation today (Friday) to keep their quarterfinal hopes alive at the home of Bangladesh Cricket-Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in...
NEW DELHI, Feb 24 (bdnews24.com): South Africa completed a comprehensive seven wicket win with 43 balls to spare against West Indies in their first match of the World Cup on Thursday. The unbeaten century of AB de Villiers (107) sealed...
BNP has announced an agitation programme across the country except Dhaka and Chittagong metropolitan areas for February 26 protesting against power tariff hike, reports bdnews24.com. BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain announced the demonstration programme at a press...
The High Court (HC) Thursday declared the appointment of Syed Yusuf Hossain as Chairman of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) illegal. A Division Bench comprising Justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Naima Haider delivered the judgment on conclusion of...
A teenaged boy who was beaten by miscreants two days earlier succumbed Thursday to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, the police said. The deceased was identified as Parvez (15), son of Siraj Miah. A sub-inspector of Badda Police...
Polling in 596 union parishads (UP), the lowest rung of the local government body, begins March 29 covering the coastal belts of the country, reports UNB. Announcing the election schedule Thursday, Chief Election Commissioner Dr ATM Shamsul Huda said polling...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 24 (BSS): A Chittagong court Thursday extended 36 days more time for further comprehensive inquiry into the sensational 10-truckload of arms and ammunition haul case on the ground of special emphasis on ascertaining the vessel which carried the...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 24 (bdnews24.com): A case has been filed against several hundred students of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) in connection with their clash with the students of a neighbouring college on Wednesday. Motihar police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI)...
Secretary General (SG) of United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-moon expressed profound shock at the death of Bangladeshi army officer and a member of UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan Captain Md Iftekhar Alam, reports UNB. In a condolence message he expressed...
The government is committed to transform Bangladesh into a tech-savvy as well as middle- income country by achieving Vision-2021 to build Bangabandhu's vision of sonar Bangla, State Minister for Science and ICT Architect Yeafesh Osman told the House Thursday, reports...
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Barrister Shafique Ahmed has refuted part of the UNB report on his statement at the workshop on "Implementation of CEDAW for Reducing Violence against Women (ICRVAW) Project", which was carried by certain dailies...
KHULNA, Feb 24 (UNB): A sepoy of Border Guard, Bangladesh (BGB) was sentenced to three months in jail for contempt of a special court-12, which is trying the BGB mutineers. The special court of BGB set up at Khulna sector...
President Md Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday felicitated their Kuwaiti counterparts on the occasion of the national day of Kuwait, reports BSS. The President, in his message to Kuwaiti Amir on the eve of the day, said:...
State Minister for Housing and Public Works Advocate Abdul Mannan Khan Thursday told the Parliament that the government has undertaken a plan to provide accommodation facilities to all government officials and employees working in the city, reports BSS. Responding to...
FE Report | 2011-02-25 00:00:00
FE ReportThe proposal for dredging 36 rivers of the country will soon be submitted to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) with a view to increasing navigability and saving the endangered rivers. Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan disclosed...
FE Report | 2011-02-25 00:00:00
FE ReportGlobal Affairs Forum of BRAC University arranged Ekushey Book Fair titled 'Jagoron' at its campus Tuesday marking the International Mother Language Day, said a press release. Dr Md Golam Samdani Fakir, pro-Vice-Chancellor of BRAC University formally inaugurated the day-long...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Thursday told the Parliament that the government has a plan to establish a university in each district in phases for pursuing higher education at home, reports BSS. The Minister said this in reply to a...
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food and Disaster Management Ministry has recommended appointing one dealer for Open Market Sale (OMS) in every union to keep price of food grain affordable, reports UNB. The recommendation came from the committee's 22nd meeting, held...
Daffodil International School (DIS) observed the International Mother Language Day on February 22, 2011 on the school premises at Dhanmondi in the city. The day-long programme included cultural programme and art competition. At the end of the programme a discussion...
The 34th annual Command Safety Conference of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) was held at the Falcon Hall in the city Thursday, said a press release. Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal SM Ziaur Rahman attended the conference as the chief...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, February 24: Fire gutted a synthetic foam factory and a padding factory at Nasirabad industrial area in the city today. The fire broke out from electric short circuit at the Foam Industries Ltd at the Nasirabad Textile...
The poverty alleviation programme of Social Assistance Programme for Non-Asseters (SAPNA) 2nd phase started at Kaliganj Upazila in Gazipur district Thursday, reports UNB. Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Women and Children Affairs Ministry Meher Afroz Chumki inaugurated the...
The National Human Rights' Commission (NHRC) Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman Khan has come down heavily on the physicians, saying they are doing business 'making people fool', reports bdnews24.com. "People do not know about medical procedures. They don't know what to...
A seemingly intractable stalemate in Indian parliament was finally resolved as the government agreed to vociferous opposition demand of a joint parliamentary investigation into the sensational telecommunications scandal that had cost the country billions of dollars. With the settlement of...
IT was in mid November when 'Mizan bhai', the popular tea seller of our area entered into the secondary (stock) market with all his savings; he hardly had any idea about this tricky place. As I along with my friends...
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