Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 25: Western Marine Shipyard will deliver a pair of the largest vessels ever built in Bangladesh to Germany tomorrow (Friday) in Chittagong. "Grona Ammersum" and "Grona Biessum" are both 100 metre long and 5200 deadweight tonnage (DWT)...
FE ReportSpeakers at a discussion underscored the need for introducing a gender-sensitive curriculum from primary level to higher secondary level.They also said reducing all kinds of gender insensitive words from the existing curriculum is a must.They made the observations at...
DU Correspondent Admission test for the first year honours courses under 'Ga' unit (Business Studies Faculty) of Dhaka University (DU) for the academic year 2010-11 will be held today (Friday) at 10:00 am.Some 32,867 candidates will vie for 930 seats...
FE ReportBangladesh and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) signed Wednesday an agreement under which an ICRC delegation would be established in Dhaka.The agreement, signed at the Foreign Ministry, formalises and consolidates the extensive cooperation between Bangladesh and...
The qulkhwani and doa mahfil of Mosammat Hazera Khatun, mother of Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman, will be held today (Friday) at Azad Mosque in the city's Gulshan area after Asr prayers. Relatives and well-wishers have been requested...
E-learning has enormous prospects in Bangladesh for its faster advancements as the government-sponsored digitisation process has been running faster and successfully throughout the country, reports BSS.The high-tech digitalised electronic technologies, computers, hardware, software and increasing number of knowledge banks, websites...
DU Correspondent Viva voice for the candidates who passed under 'Kha' unit of honours admission test of Dhaka University (DU) for the academic session 2010-11 has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances. The viva voce was scheduled to be held...
FE ReportLawmakers at a view-exchanging meeting Thursday said they will collectively make efforts to reach a valid agreement in the coming 16th World Climate Summit in Cancun by presenting the adverse impact of climate change.The parliamentarians said they are preparing...
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has urged for the formulation of an act for banning general strikes, reports bdnews24.com. He said, "All that happens in the name of general strike is panic among the mass people." Mr Ershad was addressing...
State Minister for Law Quamrul Islam said the government would not tolerate any violence, arson and killing in the name of hartal.He said the BNP senior leaders would have to take the responsibility if such incidents take place, reports UNB....
The Habiganj-1 (Nabiganj-Bahubal) constituency has been declared vacant, implying a bi-election within 90 days, reports bdnews24.com. Parliament Secretariat Thursday made the declaration through a circular, following the death of the parliamentarian of the constituency and ruling Awami League's advisory council...
BNP has termed the recent newspaper report on the party's Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman as 'devoid of information' and 'baseless', reports UNB.BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the remark at a press briefing at the party's Nayapaltan...
The 39th death anniversary of politician Yusuf Ali Chowdhury (Mohan Mia) will be observed today (Friday), said a press release.Different political and sociocultural organisations have chacked out elaborate programmes to observe the day. The programmes include Qurankhani, Milad Mahfil and...
Weather is likely to remain dry over many places of Dhaka, Rajshahi, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Khulna division today (Friday).Light fog may occur over the river basins of the country during early morning.Night...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has continued intervention in the foreign exchange market through selling the US dollar to commercial banks aiming to keep the market stable, officials said."We've sold US$ 7.0 million more at market rate to a...
FE Report Prime Bank Limited (PBL) has donated Tk 5.0 million (50 lakh) to National Heart Foundation, Sylhet to support the purchase of equipment of the cardiac hospital, according to a press release. PBL Managing Director (Current Charge) Md Mehmood...
FE ReportEuropean Union (EU) is interested to invest in the country's potential industrial sectors such as apparel industry that is renowned worldwide. Dr Stefan Frowein, outgoing European Union ambassador in Dhaka, said this while he called on Industries Minister Dilip...
The Premier Bank Limited launched ‘Platinum Dual Currency Master Card’, at Iqbal Centre in the city Thursday. Directors Md. Imran Iqbal, Shah Md. Nahyan Haroon, Md. Lutfur Rahman, Kazi Abdul Mazid, Managing Director Niaz Habib, Additional Managing Directors Abu Haniff...
FE ReportShamsul Huda Khan, AKM Shafiqur Rahman and Nazib Uddin Bhuiyan have recently been promoted to the post of deputy managing directors (DMDs) of National Bank Limited (NBL), according to a press release.Shamsul Huda KhanPrior to his new assignment, Mr...
MBL 1st Mutual FundNameMBL 1st Mutual FundNature of the fundClosed-end Mutual Fund of 10 (Ten) years tenureObjectiveThe objective of the Fund is to provide attractive risk adjusted returns to the unit holders by investing the proceeds in the Capital Market...
BTVam07:00 Announcement, Recitation From The Holy Quran, Programme Outline And The Holy Tripitak Paath07:20 Desher Gaan07:45 Muktijudher Pratidin08:00 Sakaler Sangbad08:10 Aso Gaan Shikhi08:35 Patrikar Sangbad Shironam09:10 Children Drama - Tom & Jerry09:35 Children Drama - Sisimpur10:00 The News10:05 Tifeener Adday10:35...
Shamsuddin Ahmad from CanadaThe Bangladesh government should take immediate steps to start exploiting energy from our coal deposits adopting a technically appropriate, economically feasible and environmentally friendly method. There is no controversy about the disastrous effects of coal mining, as...
Maswood Alam Khan in Maryland, USAWHEN asked by a correspondent in an interview with ABC News “Is not attack on South Korea an attack on the US?”, US President Barack Obama replied: “South Korea has been our ally since the...
Only last March a member of the European Union (EU), Greece, was on the brink of bankruptcy. It was predicted at that time that Greek crisis was only the tip of the growing financial instability of the Eurozone countries and...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanTHE comparative prices of some basic food and related products should put into focus the constant torments faced by the poor from the relentless rise in prices. For example, the price of one kg of coarse rice in...
TO what extent the political culture in Bangladesh has gone down can easily be ascertained from the recent eviction drama which raised the eyebrows of the entire nation. The matter was a sub-judice one and instead of letting the law...
BANGLADESH'S limited cultivable lands are fast shrinking from population pressure and diversified uses of land, apart from agriculture. Salinity is an increasing problem in the coastal areas as well as inside the country in some places. It is also said...
This refers to a news item published recently in an English daily about the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BRRC) conducting a public hearing on a proposal by Power Development Board (PDB) to increase by 12 per cent the multi-year tariff...
HONG KONG, Nov 24 (AFP): Asian shares reacted nervously Wednesday to the latest hostilities on the Korean peninsula as well as wider economic woes, although several markets regained ground later in the day.Tokyo's Nikkei Index ended the session down 0.84...
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