National Electricity Week (NEW) will be observed countrywide from today (Wednesday) to create mass awareness for stopping misuse of electricity, reports UNB.Finance Minister AMA Muhith will inaugurate a five-day programme, organised by the Power Ministry, at the Bangabandhu International Conference...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 7 (BSS): Discussants at a participatory consultation here Tuesday underscored the need for formulating an effective law against human trafficking, particularly the women and children.Besides, they recommended concerted efforts of all government and non-government organisations (NGOs) concerned together...
Wasi Ahmed and Emran Kabir were awarded the Gemcon Literary Award 2010 at a programme held at a city hotel Sunday, said a press release.Mr Ahmed received the award for his book 'Trisimana', while Mr Kabir for his book 'Nidragahan...
FE ReportRobbers took away valuables worth Tk 1.20 million from the residence of a businessman at Mirpur in the capital early Tuesday morning, police said.Witnesses said a gang of 7 to 8 robbers stormed into the house of Shamsuddin at...
FE Report Speakers at a function said there is no good way to develop professional skills without involvement with the information technology (IT). The speakers said this at the inaugural session of a two-month long training course on "Advance Computer...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith Tuesday said that the government was going to provide transit facility, not 'corridor' to any other country, reports UNB."On regional connectivity, ideas need to be clarified. Government is not going to give a corridor. It is...
FE ReportEven after ordering revised price of soybean oil at retail level from Tuesday, unscrupulous retailers in the city's kitchen markets were still selling soybean oil beyond the revised prices earlier fixed by the government and the mill owners and...
FE ReportIn the absence of coordination between RAJUK and communication ministry both the authorities have undertaken a project on construction of a tunnel connecting Jahangirgate with Rokeya Sarani at Agargaon in the city.Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkhya (RAJUK) planned to construct a...
Chattagram Byabshayee Parishad panel led by former CCCI president Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed Tuesday boycotted the biennial poll of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), alleging vote casting by proxy and nominee voters in clear violation of the High Court...
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Dec 07: An aspirin a day could eliminate the risk of dying from cancer by 25 per cent, a research study revealed. This was disclosed by reputed US TV channel ABC in its morning show...
FE ReportPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday said the electricity crisis is the biggest impediment to local industrialisation. She assured of a tolerable level in load-shedding before the onset of next summer.The Prime Minister has called upon the business community to...
FE ReportThe benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Tuesday suffered the third highest single-day plunge since its introduction in 2001 amid profit-taking and due to the regulator's fresh directives.Profit-taking and recent directives by the Securities and Exchange Commission...
FE ReportBangladesh has the potential to become the 'next China' with its labour-intensive exports provided it speeds up government decisions, reduce import costs and employs its growing labour force productively, an American economist said."The country can create three million jobs...
Shamsul Huq Zahid Entrepreneurs and investors in Bangladesh have a built-in herd mentality. They tend to make beeline for anything that is initially found profitable. But their over-enthusiasm at times gives rise to creation of overcapacity leading to severe erosion...
FE ReportFund managers have submitted six-point proposals to the securities regulator to sustain and develop the mutual funds (MFs) sector, officials said. The recommendations came following the recent trend of the mutual funds, as the investors are reluctant to buy...
FE Report The central bank has initiated a move for streamlining financial institutions' charges, fees and commissions aiming to protect interests of depositors, investors and clients, officials said. Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a circular in this connection Tuesday and asked...
LONDON, Dec 7(AFP): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police Tuesday on a Swedish warrant for suspected rape, as the net finally closed on the website amid anger at its release of US secrets.The elusive 39-year-old Australian J...
Kamrun NaharHeart ailments have become a major health problem and emerged as the country's top killer, but high treatment cost and poor services are sending more people abroad despite mushrooming of specialized hospitals at home.As economy soared over the past...
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Tuesday unanimously adopted the National Education Policy 2010, aiming at establishing a foundation of pro-people and balanced education system as per the guidelines of the constitution. Suranjit Sengupta, President of Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry...
Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Dakhil examinations for 2011 will begin on February 1 throughout the country, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid announced Tuesday. He said examination schedules were prepared keeping in consideration the fixture of the World Cup Cricket...
Farrukh Ahmed, a retired additional inspector general of Bangladesh Police, has been appointed director general of the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) on ad-hoc basis for a year. Moreover, six joint secretaries (JS), were transferred in an establishment ministry order Tuesday. —bdnews24.com
NATORE, Dec 7: Five people were killed and another was injured as a bus rammed an auto-rickshaw at Phulbagan in Sadar Upazila of the district Tuesday. -- UNB
Light rain is likely to occur at a few places over Chittagong, Barisal and Khulna divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions until 6:00pm today (Wednesday).Light fog may occur over the river basins...
M. A. TaslimNothing catches on like a catchy phrase; it serves to both focus and deflect attention. Of late the phrase 'middle income country' seems to have caught the imagination of an important section of the people. Policymakers at the...
Mohammad Ruhul KaderTo us development is a very tantalising word and a long cherished dream in our national life. This dream is now 40 years old. But it seems that we are still not matured enough to achieve this change...
THE price situation in Bangladesh, like the case with many other developing countries, has, of late, come under a fresh upward pressure. Its inflationary rate, as measured by consumers' price index (CPI) has, thus, crept up. The latest available data...
Mississauga, CanadaThis is about an amazing invention of 2010. In Times magazine of November 11, 2010 says one of the 50 best inventions of the year is Deep Green Underwater Kite. Swedish company Minesto's underwater kite resembles a child's toy,...
Munir AhmedFurious and frustrated, Americans punished President Barack Obama's Democratic Party in midterm elections, passing control of the House of Representatives to Republicans and sending a blunt message of voter discontent to the White House. Republicans popularly called the GOP...
Many Bangladeshi expatriates have voiced this concern over the country's law and order situation, as reported by the media. Despite the claims that are made him to time by the functionaries of the government about improvements in law and order...
Ragging is a nasty manifestation of a popular culture that has become depraved. But what will be accomplished by assigning new police functions to school or college administrations? A look at child rearing in Bangladesh will reveal the roots of...
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