Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Dec 11: NBR chairman Nasir Uddin today said the NBR will be fully digitalised by the year 2013. He said the time bound plan in the Custom House will start to be implemented by January 2011 when the...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 11 (BSS): Speakers at a roundtable here today unequivocally called for bringing the private sector health services under close monitoring and supervision together with a disciplined system for their functioning.In this context, they mentioned that most of the...
At least 15 people have been killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, provincial officials say, reports BBC.The explosion reportedly hit a pickup truck carrying civilians in the province of Helmand on Friday afternoon.The office of the governor of...
BEIJING, Dec 11 (AFP): China's state media on Saturday lashed out at the Nobel Peace Prize committee for the "political farce" of recognising Liu Xiaobo, after an empty chair stood in for the jailed dissident in Oslo. Beijing said Friday's...
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (AP): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed frustration at the latest setback to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, but insisted that the US would continue to push for progress.She vowed to promote indirect talks on "core issues"...
A suicide bomber has rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a hospital, killing 11 people in north-west Pakistan, say police, reports BBC.Another 16 people were injured by the blast at the Shia Muslim-run facility in Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according...
LONDON, Dec 11 (AFP): WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange was in a segregation unit of a London jail Saturday for his safety, as new secret US diplomatic cables were made public, increasing the embarrassment to Washington. The 39-year-old Australian has been...
PERUGIA, Italy, Dec 11, 2010 (AFP): Amanda Knox, the American woman convicted of killing a British student in Italy, broke down in tears at her appeal Saturday as her lawyers questioned the DNA evidence in the case."I am unjustly convicted,"...
Cambodian prince re-enters politicsPHNOM PENH, Dec 11, 2010 : Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh returned to politics Saturday with a vow to reinvigorate the flagging royalist movement, taking the helm of his former party which has re-adopted his name. Two years...
CANCUN, Mexico, Dec 11 (AP): A UN conference Saturday adopted a modest climate deal creating a fund to help the developing world go green, though it deferred for another year the tough work of carving out deeper reductions in carbon...
Zaglul Ahmed ChowdhuryPresident Barack Obama of the United States landed recently in Afghanistan in the darkness of night, followed by a trip by British Prime Minister David Cameron. The interest of the two leaders in the war-torn country is too...
South Korea-based company YoungOne Corporation has closed all its production units in Dhaka and Chittagong indefinitely following labour unrest, reports bdnews24.com.Director, operations, Shikder Meshbahuddin Ahmed confirmed the news to the news agency around 9:30pm Saturday.Employees and workers of the footwear...
Nazmul AhsanTrade deficit ballooned to 28 per cent to about US$2.0 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of the current 2011 fiscal from a year earlier, thanks to massive surge in import of food items and consumer goods.The jump came...
FE ReportGCM Resources has said its prospect of extracting coal from Phulbari mine through open-pit method has brightened after the technology got the backing of a key parliamentary body.Chairman of the London stock exchange-listed company Gerard Holden said Bangladesh's parliamentary...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has doubled excise duty on international air tickets on eight Far East countries, putting in place new guideline to collect taxes from air-borne passengers.Passengers traveling to Japan, Taiwan, Laos, China, Hong Kong,...
Grameen Bank chief Muhammad Yunus will brief the press today (Sunday) about the recent controversies against him over diverting aid from one organisation to another. The bank Saturday in a media invitation, signed by its deputy managing director Nurjahan Begum,...
Time for submitting report by the 4-member inquiry committee on Narsingdi train accident has been extended to December 13. DG Railway Division Touhidul Anwar Chowdhury said Saturday that the inquiry committee requires more time as it could not yet record...
Light rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Chittagong division and weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country until 6pm today (Sunday).Light fog may occur over the river basins of...
Khalilur RahmanOur outspoken Local Government & Rural Development (LGRD) minister and general secretary of ruling Awami League warned against dalbajee (partisanship activities) in public utility organisations last week. While speaking at the silver jubilee celebration of Dhaka Water Supply and...
FE Report The export-oriented packaging and accessories (PA) industry could earn $12 billion by 2018 if proper policy support from the government was provided to the sector, said speakers at a seminar Saturday. They said despite some limitations the PA...
FE Report Finance Minister A M A Muhith Saturday assured the country's pharmaceutical entrepreneurs of providing all-out support to help augment the sector and boost export earnings."Establishment of an active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) park, strengthening the Directorate of Drug Administration,...
FE Report Local entrepreneurs Saturday sought Chinese investments in solar energy, weaving and textiles sectors. The entrepreneurs were addressing a meeting of the visiting trade delegation from Wuxi of China held at FBCCI office in the city. First vice president...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Dec 11: Leaving all the differences that soured bilateral ties behind, the world's two mightiest nations - the US and China -- have agreed to a high level meeting to sort out areas of friction. US...
FE Report The Bangladeshi ship, hijacked by pirates Sunday last, has anchored in Somalia coast at 1:30 am (BST), Saturday . The ship is 7 nautical miles away from the southern coast of Somalia. "It has anchored near a fishing...
FE ReportKnitwear manufacturers and exporters said they are facing problems in implementing the new wage structure due to lack of clear conception among workers on minimum wage.They said the incidents reported in various media occurred mostly in big factories due...
FE ReportImplementing modern technology based irrigation is vital for an agricultural revolution which would lead the country to self-sufficiency in foodgrains, officials and experts commented at a prize-giving ceremony Saturday.They also expressed the view that because of the high growth...
The three-day 16th Diabetes and Endocrine Conference-2010 concluded in the city Saturday, said a press release. The joint enterprise of Diabetic Association of Bangladesh and Endocrine Society in Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences (BIHS) Dr Captain (rtd) Mozibur Rahman Fokir,...
Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) has opposed the proposed Anti-Trafficking law saying it would destroy country's manpower export sector, reports UNB.BAIRA viewed the proposed law was designed and guided by the NGOs just to curb manpower export and...
Monira MunniWooden furniture made a victorious return to the country's fast booming furniture landscape due to their quality and innovative design alluring crowd in the annual ninth national furniture fair. A total of 78 leading furniture manufacturers took part in...
FE reportThe state-owned Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Co Ltd has realised Tk 536.50 million (53.65 crore) in the FY 2009-10 from its subscribers under its disconnection drive against bill defaulters, said a company release.A total of 16 vigilance teams...
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