Jasim Uddin Haroon and Nezam Uddin back from CtgNon-availability of fund resulted in the closure of 18 tanneries out of 20 over the past few years in the port city of Chittagong. The tanneries could not be turned into crust...
A meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Public Works Ministry has recommended the ministry to take necessary steps for recovering its grabbed property.It also urged the authority concerned to use the recovered properties properly.It also suggested expediting...
Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr Md Afsarul Amin said scholarships for primary and secondary level school students have been raised by 10 per cent this year.The minister said this while visiting some primary terminal examination centres in the city...
Former Minister Abdul Mannan has been made BNP's president of Dhaka district unit, reports UNB.Mr Mannan, also the BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser, replaced Barrister Nazmul Huda.Mr Huda was expelled from the party Sunday on charges of breaching party discipline....
LAXMIPUR, Nov 23 (bdnews24.com): A leader of the Sramik League, a labour front organisation of ruling Awami League (AL), has allegedly been murdered. The family members of the deceased have claimed that the murderers were all BNP supporters. The deceased...
BARISAL, Nov 23 (BSS): Subhash Roy, district Awami League (AL) leader, died of a heart attack at his residence in city's Fakirbari road area in the early hours of Tuesday. He was 55. He left behind his wife, two sons...
Hearing of charge-framing against former state minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in a tax evasion case was deferred for the seventh time, reports bdnews24.com. His lawyers petitioned for more time Tuesday saying that they had appealed the High Court...
FE ReportA three-day international dialogue begins in the city today (Wednesday) to highlight the challenges facing the poorer nations in the run up to a key United Nations conference on the LDCs.The conference, scheduled for May 2011, will be held...
Nazmul AhsanThe Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has initiated a fresh move to strengthen the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) in terms of its capital and manpower, official sources said.The MoC has proposed to increase the capital of the state trading...
FE Report Planning Minister AK Khandker has said e-tendering in four target agencies would introduce in January next to ensure transparency and make public procurement hassle free. The minister said this while launching awareness campaign on the Public Procurement Rules...
Siddique Islam The private sector credit growth increased further in August this year to meet growing demand for essential items in domestic market through imports.The country's overall import increased in the month of August due to the holy Ramadan, officials...
DU Correspondent Primary and Ebtedayee education terminal examinations for class-V students began Tuesday across the country with enthusiasm among the students and the guardians.The two-hour examinations on Bangla started at 11am and continued till 1:00pm.It is the largest public examination...
FE ReportThe child rights will be introduced as course in all universities gradually, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Shirin Sharmin Choudhury said.She said, "Already child rights has been included as course in honours and M Phil in some...
Weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky over the country in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Wednesday).Light to moderate fog may occur over the river basins of the country during midnight till morning.Night temperature may remain nearly...
M. A. Taslim Bangladesh continued with the fixed exchange rate regime of the Pakistani era for more than three decades. During this period the country suffered from chronic balance of payments deficits and the consequent pressure on the domestic currency...
Sayed Javed AhmadA small government is a better government, big government -- a burden. In every country, the government is the biggest employer and a business partner. A government is in a position to control and maintain the resources of...
That the country's tax revenue administration needs a thorough reform is an undisputable fact. Government, donors and other stakeholders have time and again discussed the reform issue. But for one reason or another, the much-needed reform continues to delude everyone...
Syed Mahbubur RashidQuite a number of listed companies have shown an unusual price-hike of their shares in the stock market. Some such companies are, in reality, dead ones.With the approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a few years...
Akmal HossainAvailability of online Internet service is making significant positive changes in the country. The benefits for business communications, both with respect to cost savings and speed, are noteworthy.The Geneva-based United Nations Agency for Information and Communications Technology has been...
THE government in about two years of its tenure since its assumption of office has not done up to the mark, in a vital area where circumstances dictated it to work on a war footing. All of the government’s plan...
Only recently even on the Eid day an octogenarian was brutally killed for protesting against teasing of his grand daughter. On the following day another victim committed suicide failing to get any means to protect herself from the ugly lust...
BTVam07:00 Announcement, The Holy Quran, The Holy Tripitak Paath and Programme Outline 07:20 Geet Malati07:45 Chalchitro08:00 Sakaler Sangbad08:15 Maati-O-Manush08:35 Muktijuddha Pratidin08:55 Sangbad Shironam09:00 Docu- Fire Dekha09:10 Computer09:35 Rupmoy Bangladesh10:00 News10:05 Muktijuddha Pratidin10:30 Nabo Anande Jago11:05 Nirbachito Anushthan11:30 Quiz Quiz 12:00...
HONG KONG, Nov 23 (AP): World markets slid Tuesday as investors fretted Ireland's debt crisis will spread to other financially weak European countries and Asian stocks took an extra hit from news that North Korea had fired dozens of artillery...
SINGAPORE, Nov 23 (Commodity Online): Gold remained mixed in Asian trade Tuesday as safe-haven demand of the metal is challenged by a recovering dollar.Gold for immediate delivery was seen trading at $1361.31 an ounce at 12.30 pm Singapore time while...
MUMBAI, Nov 23 (Commodity Online): Rising prices of gold and jewellery products is not hampering India's export market for the yellow metal. Export of gold jewellery for the period October 2010 was at $ 692.14 million, according to the latest...
FE ReportMd Aminul Bahar and Md Assaduzzaman Khan have recently been elected president and general secretary of Bangladesh Krishi Bank Officers' Welfare Association (BKBOWA) respectively.The election was held at Krishi Bank Bhaban in the city recently, according to a press...
NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (PTI): Cardamom extended its firmness for the second straight day with futures prices rising by another Rs 29.30 to Rs 1,040.80 per kg today, as speculators enlarged positions on the back of the ongoing marriage season.Restricted...
SINGAPORE, Nov 23 (AP): Oil prices fell to near $81 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as falling stock markets and a stronger US dollar weighed on crude.Benchmark oil for January delivery was down 50 cents to $81.24 a barrel at...
NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (Commodity Online): Global cotton prices continued to scale new highs as unusually heavy rain and cloudiness in major producer India, which caused yield and quality losses, adds to the woes. The excessive rain slowed cotton maturation,...
NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (PTI): Caustic soda prices fell by Rs 50 per 50 kg in the national capital today on stockists selling, coupled with reduced offtake by consuming industries. Increased arrivals from producing regions also put pressure on prices....
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