Lt Gen (retd) Mir Shawkat Ali, Bir Uttam, was buried with state and military honour at the Banani military graveyard in the city Monday afternoon, reports UNB.Mir Shawkat Ali, one of the sector commanders during the Bangladesh Liberation War in...
The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations ended Monday, reports bdnews24.com. The JSC mathematics exam and JDC social science exam were held between 10am and 1pm at different exam centres on the day around the country,...
Hazera Khatun, mother of Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman, died of old age complications on Sunday. She was 85, reports UNB.She left behind five sons, three daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn her death.She fell...
FE ReportThe government has, for the first time, dropped the plan to procure any food-grain during the current Aman season. Rather, it has decided to maintain the country's food-grain supply through imports. Such unprecedented decision was taken Monday at the...
FE ReportDhaka stocks fell amid volatility Monday, triggered by the securities regulator's credit tightening measures, dealers said.Some, however, said the impact of the regulator's move was far from expected, as a lot of buyers were still present in the market....
FE ReportGas production at the country's lone offshore Sangu gas field fell by half to a meagre 11 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) Monday resulting in acute gas crisis in the port city of Chittagong, said officials.Sangu's current production...
FE ReportThe World Bank (WB) pledged to lend out a total US$1.9 billion during 2008 and 2009 fiscal years to help Bangladesh ward off the impact of the global economic crisis, according to a new study.The study by Independent Evaluation...
Munima SultanaPending formal approval of ECNEC, the government is going to invite tenders for 10 projects of the communications ministry to be implemented under Indian credit.Officials said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already given approval of the communications ministry's proposal...
BNP has called a country-wide dawn to dusk general strike (hartal) for November 30, reports bdnews24.com. Secretary General Khandker Delwar Hossain made the announcement emerging from a standing committee meeting held Monday night. Meanwhile UNB adds: Police and detective agents...
Jubair HasanTanners and traders have agreed to settle the row over prices of raw hides following a government intervention on the assumption that a lingering dispute will lead to smuggling of the vital export product.Both the group reached the agreement...
FE Report The government will consider lowering high income tax rate on life insurance companies as the sector is still immature, said Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Monday."The tax rate is very high compared with those in other countries...
Ruling Awami League lawmaker Lutful Hye Sachchu died of heart attack at Apollo Hospital in the capital Monday noon. He was 75, Lutful, a valiant freedom fighter and president of the parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Commerce, breathed...
ST PETERSBURG, Nov 22 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to hold bilateral meetings with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, on the sidelines of the high-level meeting of the International Forum...
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 (Tuesday). Light to...
An India-Bangladesh joint venture company has been selected as consultant for the project to widen the Dhaka-Chittagong highway into a four-lane one, report agencies. The Cabinet Committee for Government Purchase at a meeting Monday approved the appointment of the joint...
FE Report A fire broke out at the computer division of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) housed at Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (formerly Shilpa Bank) headquarters in the capital's Motijheel area Monday.Firefighters said the blaze originated on the 15th floor...
FE ReportTwelve listed companies have failed to submit their yearly audited financial statements by the deadline fixed on November 14, DSE officials said.The companies which have failed to submit their reports are Beacon Pharma, Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC), Delta Spinners,...
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Nov 22: The economic contagion does not seem to be healing. It continues to grow spreading fear in Europe in particular. Ireland resisting a rescue package finally relented and has agreed to apply for a...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today Monday approved a proposal of the Energy Ministry to offload shares of Mobil Jamuna Lubricants (MJL) Bangladesh Ltd on the capital market under the book building system, reports UNB. Finance Minister AMA Muhith...
FE Report The call money market continued to be bullish Monday, second working day after the Eid-ul-Azha festival, despite the injection of fresh fund into the market by the central bank.The inter-bank call rate ranged between 15 per cent and...
FE ReportBangladesh scored 48 in Open Budget Index (OBI) 2010 which shows that the government provides people with some information on budget and financial activities during the course of the budget year.The Open Budget Index (OBI) is an initiative of...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 22: Norwegian Minister for Environment and International Development Eric Solehim is scheduled to visit the Chittagong ship breaking yard Tuesday morning. The minister arrived at the port city Monday evening and is staying at a hotel in...
A garment worker has been crushed under the wheels of a train in the capital city’s Banani area, reports bdnews24.com.The accident took place near the Sainik Club at Banani Chairman Bari on Monday at around 1pm. The victim, identified as...
Ridwan QuaiumPRIOR to year 2000, most vehicles in Bangladesh were used to run on petroleum. Since crude oil is not a natural resource that is found in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Government had to import it. The issue is that as...
M S SiddiquiTRADE associations (TAs) are established under law of the land. TAs in Bangladesh are registered as per Trade Organization Ordinance, Trade Organizations (Arbitration Tribunal) Rules, 1981 and Trade Organizations Rule 1994. The associations take approval of the regulator,...
There is a pressing need on the part of a country like Bangladesh which depends to some extent on imported food grains and a great deal on imported cooking oil, pulses, spices and dairy products, about both the soaring prices...
Shamsul Huq Zahid None of the important people across the political divide seems concerned about what is hurting the common people most. It is food inflation. In September last, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the food inflation...
Md Ismail KhanONE of the vital areas to aid stepped-up economic activities, specially in the area of exports, is yet to be properly developed in Bangladesh. This is the in the sphere of correctly evaluating standards of goods and testing...
LET not the supremos in our political parties be under any illusion about what the people want in whose name they say they do politics or derive their legitimacy and powers. People of the country were unimpressed audiences of a...
Sea water can be made into freshwater. The process is called desalination. It is being used more and more around the world to provide people with needed freshwater. A method to desalinate seawater is the “reverse osmosis” method. Right now,...
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