The newly established Budget Analysis and Monitoring Unit (BAMU) of Bangladesh Parliament will provide in-house knowledge to MPs so that they can analyse and monitor the preparation and implementation of the national budget, reports UNB.Speaker Advocate M Abdul Hamid and...
Cantonment thana police arrested former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Moyenuddin Babu on charge of carrying 25 beer cans from the city Monday evening, reports UNB.Sub Inspector Mahbub said on secret information, they launched a drive and arrested Moyeenuddin Babu...
The National Health Policy has been finalised and is expected to be submitted in parliament for approval by January, 2011, reports bdnews24.com.Prime Minister's Health Adviser Dr Syed Modasser Ali disclosed this Tuesday, while talking to newsmen after attending an international...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 7 (UNB): Both the Bangladesh and Zimbabwean Cricket teams arrived in the port city of Chittagong Tuesday to play the remaining two One Day International (ODI) matches of the five-match Micromax Cup ODI series at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury...
ADELAIDE, Dec 7 (AFP): England crushed Australia by an innings and 71 runs after a spectacular collapse of wickets early on the final day in the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval Tuesday.The tourists ran through the Australians after...
LONDON, Dec 7 (AFP): England fast bowler Stuart Broad said he knew before anyone else his participation in the Ashes has been cut short by a stomach injury that left him "feeling like I couldn't breathe".The 24-year-old quick was ruled...
ROME, Dec 7 (AFP): Christian Maggio scored deep into injury time to give Napoli a 1-0 victory at home to Palermo at the San Paolo in Naples Monday night.After a largely tame affair, Maggio pounced 30 seconds before the end...
BANGALORE, Dec 7 (AFP): James Franklin slammed a career-best 98 not out off just 69 balls as New Zealand piled on 315-7 in the fourth one-day international against India Tuesday.The left-hander hit 12 fours and three sixes to underline a...
LIVERPOOL, Dec 7 (AFP): Liverpool ensured there would be no happy return for former manager Gerard Houllier as they beat the Frenchman's Aston Villa side 3-0 in the Premier League here Monday.Two goals in the space of three first-half minutes...
BELGRADE, Dec 7 (AFP): More than 1,000 people, mostly young, braved the cold Monday, gathering in front of the capital's City Hall to celebrate Serbia's Davis Cup victory over France this weekend. Waving Serbian flags and carrying placards with photos...
FE ReportThe government will procure 450 articulated, single and double- decker buses at Tk.3.03 billion, to be financed from the Indian US$1.0 billion credit, for ensuring smooth transportation for the city residents, officials said.The highest project approval body of the...
President M Zillur Rahman Tuesday asked Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal SM Ziaur Rahman to take procedures for sending more Air Force personnel to the UN peacekeeping missions, reports BSS.The President gave the directive when Chief of Air Staff...
FE ReportThe world civil society organizations at the Cancun Conference have demanded new UN Protocol for climate induced migrants.International civil society leaders demanded new UN protocol for climate forced migrants and claimed for a declaration for the climate refugees as...
Against the backdrop of an alarming number of kidney patients in Bangladesh, the cadaveric kidney transplantation, the first of its kind in the country, is going to be introduced very soon as the method can save thousands of lives, reports...
The High Court (HC) Tuesday asked the local administration to take effective measures to stop the ongoing construction work around the archaeological site of Mahasthangarh under Shibganj Upazila in Bogra with a view to preserving its heritage, reports UNB.A bench...
DU Correspondent Different organisations Monday arranged various programmes on the campus of Dhaka University (DU) marking the International Volunteer Day (IVD)-2010 with the theme of 'Volunteering for the MDGs'. Bangladesh Society for Action and Development (BSAD) arranged a rally at...
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...
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