FE ReportCivil aviation and tourism minister GM Quader said Saturday Bangladesh needs to increase the number of international tourists to earn foreign exchange by promoting it as a tourism hotspot. "Our inbound tourists are growing consistently over the decade but...
FE ReportThe DCC has taken up different measures to keep the capital clean and hygienic during the celebration of Eid-ul-Azha."For a perfect waste management, the first measure we have taken is the leave cancellation of the officials and workers on...
The fifth death anniversary of Professor Mobasher Ali will be observed Tuesday (November 9), said a press release. Mobasher Ali took part in the Language Movement actively. He wrote books on world literature, Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Michael Madhushudan...
AHMEDABAD, India, Nov 6 (AFP): Jesse Ryder struck a remarkable 103 and shared a 194 run partnership with debutant Kane Williamson to defy world number one India on the third day of the first Test against New Zealand Saturday.Ryder struck...
DUBAI, Nov 6 (AFP): Pakistan tail-end batsman Zulqarnain Haider and Wahab Riaz pulled off a sensational one wicket win for their team over South Africa in the fourth one-day match after Younis Khan's fifty here on Friday.Younis's sedate 73 built...
The single league basis four-team 2nd phase of the 12th One Day National Cricket League begins in the city tomorrow (Monday) with two matches billed for the opening day, reports UNB.On completion of the single league basis six-team first phase,...
In the blue corner is Sri Lanka, the happiest team in the world, the one deservedly still celebrating their first series victory Down Under. Slumped in the really blue corner is Australia, the side trying to avoid setting their worst...
Nazmul AhsanBangladesh plans to provide transit facility to Bhutan by opening up its Mongla port to the Himalayan kingdom in a deal, expected to be signed shortly, officials said.The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has recently sent a draft of the...
FE ReportCapital machinery import increased by over 36 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal in the backdrop of world economic recovery boosting exports and increasing domestic demand as well, officials said. Settlement of letters of credit...
Mohammad MufazzalThe securities regulator is yet to take measures for re-auditing the suspected balance-sheets of listed companies though a decision to this effect was taken about three months back.Some market experts termed it as regulatory failure and observed that the...
FE ReportSpeakers at a book-launching event in Dhaka on Saturday highlighted the need for proper economic analyses through strengthening institutions in order to formulate and implement policies for delivering the desired results.They observed better management capacity, with the support of...
M Azizur Rahman The government has invited bids to build the country's first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at a cost of US$ 1.0 billion to ease the mounting energy shortage and feed the growing industries, officials said Saturday.State-owned...
Historic November 7 will be observed today (Sunday) by BNP and its allies and social organisations across the country with due fervour, reports UNB.BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will address a rally in front the party's Nayapaltan office at 2:00 pm...
FE ReportFinance Minister A M A Muhith Saturday said the micro-finance institutions (MFIs) have failed to eliminate poverty from the country and improve the condition of some 20 million hardcore poor despite working for many years."Micro-credit programmes have covered nearly...
MUMBAI, Nov 6 (AP): President Barack Obama announced trade deals worth $10 billion with India that are expected to create 54,000 US jobs. He also unveiled new export rules designed to make it easier for US companies to do business...
Miscreants shot dead a local leader of Shechchhashebak League, a front organisation of ruling Awami League (AL), at Gandaria in the city Saturday. The police said that the victim, identified as Din Islam Dila alias Delwar Islam Dilu (40), was...
The National Moon-sighting Committee will sit today (Sunday) to set the date for Eid-Ul Azha. State Minister for Religious Affairs Mohammad Shahjahan Miah, who heads the committee, will preside over the meeting at the Islamic Foundation, a government statement said...
Civil Aviation Minister Ghulam Muhammad Quader has asked remaining Hajj passengers to confirm their air tickets by today (Sunday). He told reporters Saturday that 12,062 Hajj pilgrims were yet to go to Saudi Arabia, although they already obtained visas. —...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Barishal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Khulna division today (Sunday).Weather may remain...
Khalilur RahmanThe government has postponed eviction of hawkers from the city's footpaths till the ensuing Eid-ul-Azha. The drive to evict the hawkers was due to begin from November 1. The purpose of the eviction as disclosed by the Communications Minister...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanThe government is going to increase its fuel storage capacity by about 0.2 million tonnes to cater to the need of growing demand for diesel and furnace oil.The fuel demand for the current fiscal is projected to be...
FE ReportThe government is taking an initiative to make the Tariff Commission (TC) as one of the strongest organisations of the country to protect trade and local industry, Commerce Minister Faruk Khan said Saturday.In a bid to increase its dynamism,...
The severe cyclonic storm 'Jal' over the southeast Bay and adjoining the southwest Bay remained practically stationary over the same area Saturday, reports UNB.It was centred at 12:00 noon about 1485 km south-West of Chittagong port, 1410 km south-west of...
A Beximco-led consortium has concluded negotiations to buy a majority stake in the local home appliances giant Singer Bangladesh, with the deal awaiting regulatory clearance, reports bdnews24.com. Beximco Group's Vice Chairman Salman F Rahman confirmed purchase of 55 per cent...
FE ReportThe RMG workers blockaded Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Gazipur demanding higher rates for per piece of product Saturday. They also vandalized three factories.The incident took place while the workers of Diganta Apparel Manufacturer at Naojor area in Gazipur went on...
BANGLADESH is headed for some difficult times in optimally keeping production activities going in its textile and readymade garments (RMG) sectors. The crisis is from scarcity and climbing prices of the main raw materials for related industries which is cotton....
RESEARCHERS and specialist physicians were quoted, sometime in April this year, as saying that doctors in Bangladesh are found to prescribe far too many medicines, antibiotics in particular, and this is having an adverse impact on the health of the...
We are highly disturbed by the phenomenal rise in eve teasing. The stalkers seem to have become more and more undaunted. And all we have done so far is raising storms over tea cups, ‘Manbbandhan’ (formation of human-chain) is noted...
We, -- Hole-in-the-Wall Education Ltd (HiWEL) -- is a venture of NIIT Ltd., works in India and some other countries for improving the quality of education of children through the use of its learning stations.HiWEL’s learning stations provide unconditional, unsupervised...
EVEN a short list would make any health conscious person shudder at the thought of what the consumers in Bangladesh have been consuming. Thus, fish and milk with formalin in them are used to keep human copses fresh but which,...
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