Nerun YakubThe cabinet last Monday finally put its stamp of approval on the much talked about Draft Education Policy, with the word 'secular' removed from its expression of intent, as it were, and substituted by 'non-communal consciousness', supposedly to appease...
Md. Masum BillahThe leader of Nepal's main political parties were locked in debates on May 28 as they were trying to avert a political crisis with the current parliament ending at midnight leaving the country without a functioning legislature. Leaders...
'What is capital gains tax?' It is a tax charged on capital gains, the profit realized on the sale of a non-inventory asset that was purchased at a lower price. The most common capital gains are realized from the sale...
The recent reports published in some national Bangla dailies regarding encroachments of land at various points of the Cox's Bazar sea beach are very disturbing.Experience tells us that once such process starts it goes on unabated and some government functionaries...
The new Education Policy is an important achievement of the present government. The significant fact is that education up to Class VIII will be free and compulsory. The idea of holding public examinations at Class V, VIII, X and XII...
Faruq A SiddiqiIt is good to know that improved export performance in April has helped pull export to a positive zone albeit marginally. Overall export in the first ten months registered a growth of 0.97% over the same period last...
Abdus SalamPharmaceutical industries Of Bangladesh are slowly but steadily expanding their exportable items. The country is now exporting a range of pharmaceutical products covering therapeutic classes and dosage forms.Bangladesh is also pro-active about exporting high-tech specialized products like HFA, inhalers,...
Shaheed ZubairA non governmental organization (NGO) released to the media sometime ago its findings about the progress of poverty reduction in the country. The same mainly underscored that the rate of reduction of poverty is not good enough and at...
JERUSALEM, June 4 (AFP): Organisers of the Gaza flotilla said they lost contact with the Gaza-bound MV Rachel Corrie Friday just as they are seeking to delay the latest bid to bust the embargo with an aid-laden ship.The ship had...
TEHRAN, June 4 (AFP): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that his country will defend its rights even if a new sanctions resolution is imposed by the UN Security Council."We are standing in the face of enemies. To defend the...
SEOUL, June 4 (AFP): North Korea warned Friday of retaliation if it is hauled before the UN Security Council over the sinking of a South Korean warship, as Seoul sought international backing for its campaign to punish its communist neighbour.Tensions...
BRUSSELS, June 4 (AFP): NATO and Pakistani leaders agreed Friday on the need to strengthen their political ties, even as they face an increasingly bloody military struggle with Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters.Measures could include high level exchanges and parliamentary visits,...
WHITEHAVEN, England, June 4 (AFP): Prime Minister David Cameron visited Cumbria Friday to meet survivors of a gun rampage which left 12 people dead, as police probed whether financial woes could have sparked the massacre.Cameron also held talks with police...
Nepal's Maoists accuse govt of 'betrayal'KATHMANDU, June 4 : Nepal's opposition Maoists Friday accused the prime minister of breaking a pledge to resign, sparking a new row between the three main parties less than a week after they agreed to...
Monira MunniInternational Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank's lending arm, has selected two sites for establishing a "co-located cluster industrial park" for light engineering, plastic and electronic factories, officials said.The IFC initially selected 6 potential sites -- three in Bausia and...
Prime Bank Limited opened its 6th SME Branch at Bhujpur, Fatikchhari in Chittagong Wednesday. The bank's Executive Committee Vice Chairperson Hasina Khan inaugurated the centre. Former director Md Nader Khan was present as special guest on the occasion. Prime Bank...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Bangladesh Bank (BB) will release 500 million pieces of new one taka coin in a move to make transaction easier for the people, officials said. The supply of the coin will start from the third week of...
FE ReportPrices of rice, fish, local garlic, egg and poultry birds witnessed an upward trend in the city's kitchen markets last week, traders said.Rice traders at Mohammadpur Krishi Market claimed that high prices of paddy were responsible for the recent...
Sonia H MoniBangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) plastic estate is likely to be set up at Keraniganj in Dhaka to develop and to transfer the unplanned and unhealthy plastic industry of the old Dhaka town.BSCIC Chairman Siddiqur Rahman...
The relations of non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will be able to get remittance immediately through Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) branches and other channels like EBL Smart Remit Card, EBL Agent's Cash Points (about 500...
FE ReportDirector General (DG) of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Kandeh K Yumkella arrives in the city tomorrow (Sunday) on a three-day state visit, officials said.This is the first visit by a DG of the UNIDO to Bangladesh.The...
In4Future Limited, a Danish joint venture company, and International Office Equipment (IOE) Bangladesh Limited will jointly launch a mobile value added services (VAS) platform in Bangladesh. In this connection, an agreement was signed between the two companies in the city...
During the last week foreign exchange market saw little volatility. After the depreciation of Bangladesh Taka (BDT) for two consecutive weeks, it appreciated against the US dollar last week. Dealers feel this is mainly due to less demand in the...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government in the next annual development programme (ADP) included 787 fresh projects without approval and providing funds which development experts said would create scope for 'misappropriation of public investment'.The government's highest policy making body -- National Economic...
RANGPUR, June 4 (BSS): Heavy rainfall was recorded at most places in greater Rangpur during the last 24 hours until 6:00 am this morning that partly affected normal life till 10:00 am today and caused water-logging in both rural and...
The country witnessed lint cotton production of 70,000 bales in the current season including 2000 bales under hybrid cotton cultivation, reports UNB."In the 2009-10 season, some 31,500 hectares were brought under cotton cultivation and we have achieved expected production of...
Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Abul Kalam Azad has said the government has been working to project the literary works of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam to the new generation."The present government is working to spread the creative works of...
FE Report 11th National Statistical Conference began at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Hall of Dhaka University (DU) Friday.Bangladesh Statistical Association (BSA) organised the conference titled "strategy for development of statistics: role of the statistician." A total of 34 research...
President M Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina greeted Danish counterparts on the occasion of the Constitution Day of the Kingdom of Denmark, reports UNB.In a message to the Queen Margreth II, the President said, "Bangladesh enjoys excellent...
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