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,...
ACCORDING to news reports, the government has suspended transit and transshipment fees for Indian cargoes and transports on river routes until a further decision, in the face of an Indian demand for withdrawing such fees and repeated requests from Dr...
ONE aspect of the fourth tourism fair that began on October 28 last in Dhaka was a roundtable discussion on its second day. It was well attended by all important stakeholders in the tourism sector. The near unanimous opinion from...
Bangladesh, at present, has become very worryingly dependent on the import of essential basic foods . This dependence has been growing relentlessly. It imports nearly all of its requirements of baby food and half of its need for milk in...
A poor woman used to come to our ancestral home at our 70-year-old house that once was a hall mark for the people of Dhaka city trying to find an address in and around Dhanmondi. The street on which stood...
Most people feel as though they are living life in the slow lane compared with the stars with their fast cars and hectic lives.But everyone - celebrities included - can witness their financial affairs come crashing around them when hit...
Much is made of the pollutant-laden capital, and actions also are seen to be taken now and then to lessen the burden that its ten million or so inhabitants are forced to bear day in and day out. Yet Dhaka...
Bengal like many other lands does not possess sufficient records of her internal affairs before the fifteenth century. She is also unfortunate in not having any history of thought movements which in all probability started emerging with the advent of...
I have always been an avid admirer of Afsan Chowdhury's wizardry with writing analytical and objective prose both in Bengali and English. As usual, he produced another excellent piece on the state of tribalism in Bangladesh (Politics and property grabbing,...
When I came home from having lunch today, my uncle was waiting for me by the door. He had that look on his face that he wanted to talk to me about something. I tend to fear that look because...
While the US economy is rebounding from the worst recession since the 1930s, it is doing so at a snail's pace.And that is why the US Federal Reserve (Fed) announced Wednesday that it would engage in a second round of...
BTVam07:00 Announcement, The Holy Quran, The Holy Tripitak Paath and Programme Outline 07:20 Geet Bitaan07:45 Desh O Biggyan08:00 Sakaler Sangbad08:15 Maati-O-Manush08:20 Bishwa Pratidin08:35 Deshtake Bhalobeshe08:55 Sangbad Shironam09:00 Docu- Fire Dekha09:10 Kishor Mancho10:00 News10:05 Rumjhum10:30 Shishu O Nari Unnayon (Debate)11:05 Karukaaz11:30...
A Cuban passenger plane has crashed in the centre of the country, killing all 68 people on board, officials say, reports BBC.Rescuers found no survivors when they reached the site of the crash, Cuba's Civil Aviation Authority said.The state-run Aerocaribbean...
SLEMAN, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) : A volcano in Central Java of Indonesia re-erupted earlier Friday, killing at least 69 people and injuring seriously 71 others, bringing the total fatalities to 107 since its eruption on Oct. 26, officials said here.Rescuers...
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