A CorrespondentPABNA, June 22: The police recovered the decomposed body of a railway worker from Shara Ghat of Pakshey in Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna Monday evening.The victim was identified as Abdul Hannan (27), a 'khalashi’ of Railway Pakshey Division, the...
Our Correspondent GAZIPUR, June 22: A day-long workshop on "dissemination of hybrid rice technologies through effective public and private sectors' collaboration" was held Tuesday.Hybrid Rice Project organised the workshop at the district's BRRI auditorium.Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) Director General...
A 10-member high level delegation of Bangladesh Scouts left city for India Tuesday to attend the 7th Asia Pacific Regional Top Leaders’ Summit, reports UNB.About 200 officials from Asia Pacific region and world scouts organisation are expected to attend the...
The annual Urs of Hazrat Shah Syed Azizul Bari (RA) Shah Saheb of Paribag will be held on Friday on Paribag Mazar premises. Munazat will be held at 11.00 am, said a press release.
FE Report Buckling under pressure from the government, the apparel trade group, BGMEA, has decided to reopen all factories at Ashulia in Gazipur from today (Wednesday).The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) said Tuesday it has requested all factory...
Shamsul Huq ZahidThe incumbent government, apparently, is trying to learn from the mistakes committed, deliberately or otherwise, by its immediate past political predecessor. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) in its last meeting chaired by Prime Minister...
FE ReportPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday urged private investors to partner with the government to build big infrastructure facilities like flyovers, as public finances are in short supply. "I request you (private sector) to come forward to supplementing our efforts...
Uruguay and Mexico reached the World Cup last 16 Tuesday, while 1998 champions and 2006 runners-up France and hosts South Africa were eliminated as Group A concluded, reports AFP.Uruguay finished top after defeating Mexico 1-0 in Rustenburg with Luis Suarez...
Doulot Akter MalaNational Board of Revenue (NBR) has launched investigation against a leading industrial group and its nine directors suspecting their involvement in tax evasion and concealment of wealth information in tax returns.A total of 23 companies of the Partex...
FE ReportDhaka stocks regained sharply Tuesday, recovering two-session of heavy losses, as bargain hunters scooped up banking, leasing and energy stocks. The DSE General Index (DGEN), the main gauge of the market, surged by 1.74 per cent or 106.41 points...
Nazmul AhsanThe Social Compliance Forum (SCF), established about five years back to address issues relating to the readymade garments, will be revived soon with a view to finding an effective solution to the problems hurting this vital industry, official sources...
Brushing aside all speculations, finally the government Tuesday issued the much expected gazette notification of the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for the capital Dhaka, reports BSS.The gazette notification was issued under section 73 of Town Improvement Act, 1953 (E. B...
Bangladesh taka depreciated 0.08 per cent against the US dollar in the last one week following a rise in demand for the greenback in the market. The US dollar was traded at Tk 69.3900 to Tk 69.4100 in the inter-bank...
SHARIATPUR, June 22: Transport owners and workers of 21 southwestern districts called an indefinite strike from Thursday to press home their 16-point demand. Transport owners-workers unity council announced the programme at a press conference at district bus-minibus transport owners' office...
Mahmudur RahmanThe $2.5 billion dollar bill that stares Thailand in the face following the recent violent unrests is only part of the cost the country will have to bear for putting politics above the nation. These costs are basically divided...
FE ReportDhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will send a set of proposals to the central bank regarding the commercial banks' exposure to the stock market.The decision was taken in a meeting at the DSE Tuesday. The meeting was called against the...
Around 60 villages of three upazilas in Netrakona have been flooded due to heavy rainfall and increased water flow from the upstream, reports bdnews24.com. The villages under 14 unions of Durgapur, Kalmakanda and Khaliajuri upazilas were flooded Tuesday. More than...
Hoisting flags of favourite teams of the World Cup Football in the country has no legal basis, reports UNB.Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed Tuesday said in the Parliament that there is no legal basis for hoisting...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Jun 22: A container-full fabrics imported from China for a garment industry had been plundered in the container yard of Chittagong port a few days back. It was the first ever plundering of a major consignment of RMG...
FE ReportThe Japanese Embassy has contradicted a news item titled, "Japan halves grant aid to B'desh", published in the Financial Express on June 22, 2010.In a rejoinder on Tuesday, the embassy said, "The news item is not at all based...
BTVam07:00 Announcement, The Holy Quran, The Holy Tripitak Paath and Programme Outline 07:20 Geet Malati07:45 Chalchitro08:00 Sakaler Sangbad08:15 Maati-O-Manush08:35 Muktijuddha Pratidin08:55 Sangbad Shironam09:00 Docu- Fire Dekha09:10 Computer09:35 Rupmoy Bangladesh10:00 News10:05 Muktijuddha Pratidin10:30 Nabo Anande Jago11:05 Nirbachito Anushthan11:30 Quiz Quiz 12:00...
WHILE the government is observing 'Technical and Vocational Education Week' since last Sunday by organising colourful rallies and programmes, the country's technical education remains in a poor state with the ministry concerned paying little attention to its qualitative improvement since...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanA virtual reign of terror has burst forth in an area so close to Dhaka city - Ashulia-Savar. Some 300 garments industries are concentrated here. For about a week fears of violence by workers centred on their alleged...
Ifteqar AhmedA seminar was held in Dhaka sometime ago on the prospects of renewable energies in Bangladesh. It was revealed in this seminar that Bangladesh has the potential to produce 10,000 mw of electricity on a sustainable basis from the...
Since its inception, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) as otherwise earned some appreciation for its relentless drives against serious crimes and their perpetrators. It has turned out to be a refreshing and useful force to contain crimes and criminality when ordinary...
Shahiduzzaman Khan's front-page article on June 17 issue of the Financial Express is fairly reasonable except that the sudden long-jump in the tariff may well be unpalatable. We feel that both natural gas and power tariff needs to be raised...
Md. Rezaul Karim (Reza)One business area where environmental issues have received a great deal of discussion in the popular and professional press is marketing. Terms like "Green Marketing" and "Environmental Marketing" appear frequently in the popular press. Many governments around...
HONG KONG, June 22 (Reuters): Asian stocks and commodities retreated Tuesday as wary investors took profits from a rally ignited by China's weekend decision to give its currency more flexibility.European shares were expected to follow Asian and US stock markets...
TOKYO, June 22 (Reuters): Japan's Nikkei average slipped 1.2 per cent Tuesday as profit-taking emerged after a bounce to a one-month high the day before and foreign investors turned sellers.Analysts said the market took a breather after recent rises, including...
MUMBAI, June 22 (Reuters): Federal bond yields Tuesday were steady after rising in early deals as Monday's bond buyback auction was partly successful, but hopes of further steps by the central bank to ease the cash crunch supported prices. At...
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