Erosion will take serious turn in the major rivers of the country-the Jamuna, the Padma and the Ganges-due to adverse impact of climate change. The three rivers, the most dynamic rivers of Bangladesh, devour several thousand hectares of flood plains...
Foreign Minister (FM) Dr Dipu Moni has reiterated Bangladesh's commitment to ensuring peace, security and development in the region."We are committed to building a nation based on knowledge and driven by result-oriented policy," the FM told the inaugural function of...
The Education Advising Centre at the American Centre in Banani will celebrate International Education Week 2010 from November 7 to November 10, reports UNB.Over a dozen programmes to inform students and parents about issues and topics relating to studying in...
Maswood Alam KhanI had an idea that greedy and anti-social elements first grab lands and then erect false shrines, makeshift mosques or temporary temples or even fake graves on a corner of such a grabbed land to dupe the law...
Tithe FarhanaMILLIONS of people from all corners of Bangladesh are now marching to Dhaka, the new hub of their dreams and aspirations driven by the universal truth 'survival of the fittest.' Dhaka, a 400-year-old city, possessing magnificent historic and political...
Nancy L Pontius in Littleton, ColoradoDURING the past four years, the Coca-Cola Company and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - a US-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) - have studied how to help ecosystems in the Mekong Delta respond to sea-level rise and...
The outcome of the mid-term elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate in the USA have signalled a major shift in voters' allegiance away from the incumbents in power, the Democratic Party. The elections have led to the...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanGarbage disposal in Dhaka city, a city of well over 13 million people, remains archaic and , therefore, inefficient to say the least. According to one reliable estimate, 5,000 tons of domestic refuses are created every day in...
Adnan AminTHE immediate past caretaker government launched otherwise a strong drive against corruption amid much funfare. But it flopped eventually from not realizing the plain truth that there is just no one-shot solution to getting rid of corruption. Despite the...
According to statistics from the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET), manpower export from Bangladesh is very worryingly on the sharp decline. This is borne out by statistics from BMET that manpower export that was some 8,75,055 persons in...
A revolution in food grain production can be achieved in Bangladesh, if only the areas sown with higher yielding seeds are expanded to cover 60 per cent of the farmland instead of the present 20 per cent. In that case,...
BANGKOK, Nov 4 (Washington Post): Asian stock markets climbed Thursday as investors took heart from the Federal Reserve's plan to buy $600 billion in government bonds in an effort to inject life into the faltering US economy.Oil prices rose above...
MUMBAI, Nov 4 (Agencies): The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex today surged by 397 points to touch a 34-month intra-day high of 20,863 points following robust capital inflows amid strong corporate earnings. The 30-share index climbed by 397.94 points to...
MOSCOW, Nov 4 (Commodity Online): World's largest oil producer Russia's production hit an all time high in October, according to country's energy ministry.October's oil output beat the all-time high of 10.16 million bpd in October, up by 4 per cent...
SINGAPORE, Nov 4 (Commodity Online): Gold surged more than one per cent while silver advanced to a 30-year high Thursday as the dollar dropped on Fed move to buy US government debt. December gold was seen trading at $1,355.50 an...
SINGAPORE, Nov 4 (Reuters): Oil rose for a fourth straight day Thursday, trading near six-month highs, as the dollar weakened after the US Federal Reserve unveiled a plan to buy debt and pump more money into the economy.US crude for...
MUMBAI, Nov 4 (AFP): Shares in state-run Coal India soared nearly 40 per cent on their first day of trading on the Mumbai stock market Thursday as investors scrambled to invest in the world's biggest coal miner.The sale of a...
MUMBAI, Nov 4 (Economic Times): The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) plans to put a stop to a practice where investors, mostly companies, work around the cut-off timings that mutual funds have for accepting cheques in liquid funds...
TOKYO, Nov 4 (Commodity Online): Rubber prices in the Tokyo markets surged to a fresh highs on adverse climatic conditions. According to a Bloomberg report, the rubber prices in Tokyo gained the most since September 26 as flood impact disrupted...
TOKYO, Nov 4 (AFP): Toyota announced Thursday a recall of almost 136,000 compact cars in Japan and Europe to fix a steering problem.The world's largest automaker, which was battered by a global safety crisis earlier this year, said it will...
Chittagong PortBerthing positionNovember 5, 2010Berth No. NV Cargo LC LA DA Leaving I/DJ/2 Vinakansai-01 W/Ld Hochi Seacom R/A 06/11 --J/3 Sunrise Rice Hochi Seacom 25/10 07/11 691 Saigon Princess Rice Hochi Seacom 22/10 06/11 --J/4 Splendour C.Clink Sing Mariners ...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Nov 4: The government has taken up projects worth Tk 60 million to provide jobs for 10,000 ultra-poor people in Rajshahi district during October-December period. The works of the job will be executed through 234 projects.The information was...
AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has expressed his gratitude to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Finance Minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith, Planning Minister AK Khondker, LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, State Minister Jahanagir Kabir Nanak and...
A Correspondent MEHERPUR, Nov 4: Land less Abdul Karim living in Raghunathpur 'Asroyon Project' in Meherpur Sadar has been producing compost fertilizer using earthworm. It has made him a millionaire within 9 months. The local farmers are his beneficiaries using...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Nov 4: National Board of Revenue yesterday (Wednesday) launched Spot Assessment service in Rangpur Wednesday to bring people under taxation by assessing income at the spot. Commissioner of Taxes of Rangpur tax region Md Belel Uddin launched...
TANGAIL Nov: 4: Delta Life Insurance Co. Lt. opened customer service center in Tangail Thursday.Additional Managing Director A.B.M Saiful Hoque was present in the inaugural programme as the chief guest.
Our CorrespondentGAIBANDHA, Nov 04: The people of Gaibandha and its neighbouring districts have been suffering a lot for not having morning intercity train from Gaibandha to Dinajpur.Concerned sources said the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education was established in Dinajpur...
MYMENSINGH, Nov 04 (BSS): At least two persons were killed and 25 others were injured in a road accident at Nishindha on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Bhaluka Upazila here this morning. The victims were identified as Billal Hossain (25), son of...
Our CorrespondentKHULNA, Nov 04: A day-long workshop on "Action plan of Bangladesh Climate Change" was held in the city Thursday. The workshop was organised jointly by different NGOs- CSRL, Humanitywatch, Uttaran, Ulashi Srijoni Shangho, Leader and Equitibidity. The workshop was...
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