President M Zillur Rahman urged the country's private universities to create greater opportunities for higher education among the poor and disadvantaged section of the population, especially those from the country's rural areas, reports UNB.The president made the remarks when a...
PABNA, May 16 (UNB): A mobile court in two separate raids Saturday unearthed a fake oral saline making factory at the Pabna BSCIC Industrial area, and two fruit contaminating storages at Salimpur village in Iswardi Upazila.The mobile court also fined...
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdullah Bin Naser Al?Busairi recently handed over two cheques of donation amounting to Tk 3.381675 million and Tk 4.106987 million for the expansion work of the southern part of the national mosque Baitul...
FE ReportCertificates and crests were awarded to participants of the Fair & Lovely Foundation Television Journalism Training 2009 at a ceremony held in the city Saturday evening.Bangladesh Centre for Development, Journalism and Communications (BCDJC) and the Television and Radio Training...
Bangladesh Nationalists Party (BNP) has urged the government not to create any obstacles to its Dhaka divisional grand rally on May 19 in the city's Paltan Maidan, as they want to hold the event peacefully, reports UNB. BNP standing committee...
BARISAL, May 16 (BSS): A member of outlawed Sarbahara Party (Kamrul Group) was killed in an encounter with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Paglar Pole area under Babuganj Upazila Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Jaggeshwar Shil...
Minister for Jute and Textiles Abdul Latif Siddiqui has urged people to get united to hold the trial of the enemies of the nation and its independence.He was addressing a discussion on noted nuclear scientist late Dr MA Wazed Miah...
Speakers at a meeting Sunday said that the country was passing through a crucial time due to the conspiracy of a vested quarter for destroying the values of the War of Liberation and that only the strong leadership of Prime...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 16: Chittagong City Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury today sought a clear direction from the LGRD ministry over his resignation from the post and handing over the same to others prior to his submission of nomination paper.In a...
State minister for Local Government, Rural Develo-pment and Cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak has said that the government would provide all out support to activate the village courts for the welfare of the rural people."Activating village courts at all the villages...
Mohammad MufazzalDhaka stock exchange has rejected the securities regulator's demand to install uniform software in its brokerages aimed at curbing market manipulation and ensuring accurate information on trading.The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued the directive recently, asking the Dhaka...
FE ReportThe private sector should be allowed to participate in setting up power plants with its own financing sources within a realistic framework to ease the nagging electricity crisis in the country, a commerce chamber said."Given Bangladesh's foreign currency reserves...
SEOUL, May 16 (BSS): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today categorically said that the heinous elements, who perpetrated crimes against humanity during the Great War of Liberation, must be tried in the country."The people of Bangladesh want trial of the criminals..and...
Fazlur RahmanThe government has planned to build four exclusive tourist zones in Cox's Bazar to woo investment worth billions of dollars in the highly untapped service industry. The Land Ministry rolled out the plan Sunday that sets out development of...
FE ReportBangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) Sunday urged the revenue board to strengthen checking point at Benapole land port to thwart duty evasion in yarn import fearing its adverse effect on local industry.The association has hailed the government's recent decision...
A Z M AnasEfforts to modernise the country's industrial parks (i-parks) will get a boost, as the parliament is expected to railroad a bill to regulate the would-be economic zones (EZ), officials said Saturday. They said the draft Economic Zone...
FE ReportCall money rate rose nearly to double digit Sunday after implementation of the new cash reserve requirement (CRR) rules for the commercial banks, treasury officials said.The call rate ranged between 4.50 per cent and 9.50 per cent on the...
FE ReportDhaka stocks bounced back on Sunday as the benchmark index soared to the second highest mark ever, driven by banking, energy and general insurers. The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) climbed 78.53 points or 1.36 per cent to close...
Seven persons, including three women and three children, were killed and 40 others critically injured in a road accident at Bhelanagar in Narsingdi Sunday. The deceased were identified as Laki (30), Sharifa (60), Tanzida (13), Sonia (18), Faisal (8) and...
The High Court (HC) has rejected an application by Channel 1 authorities challenging the validity of a government order that had stopped it from broadcasting. The bench of justices Syed Mahmud Hossain and Gobinda Chandra Thakur gave the order on...
FE ReportThe government would slap rigorous penalty on any sponsor for defaulting on setting up of 'fast-track' unsolicited rental power plants in a bid to attune them with the country's first-ever move to quick-fix power crisis avoiding tendering, officials said...
The government, in a bid to minimise long-distance call costs, has almost finalised opening up the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) business for all under a legal framework, Posts and Telecommunications Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju said Sunday, reports UNB."The guidelines...
Jubair HasanThe launch and tanker workers stuck to their demand for salary hike despite withdrawing a seven-day strike that stranded millions of passengers and disrupted energy supply across the country.Leaders of the largest crew and masters' union -- Bangladesh Noujan...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 15: Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has decided to go to the court for stalling the water transport strike in the port.The CCCI president MA Latif MP, who is now leading a business delegation in...
FE ReportStudents staged demonstration Sunday following a road accident that killed a college student at Uttara in the capital disrupting traffic movement for an hour, police said.Witnesses said a bus of Milestone College crushed Sajib Khan, a student of Tongi...
Six Bangladeshi workers sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) three years ago have returned home after Dhaka government paid blood money to secure their release, a lawmaker said Sunday, reports AFP.The six were sentenced to death in...
S M JahangirAn official initiative to address the longstanding problems of the country's sick industries becomes uncertain primarily because of lack of coordination among the ministries concerned, officials said.The ministry of industries recently constituted a new taskforce to look into...
Mr. Annisul Huq President, FBBCI, and President, SAARC Chamber of C&I:We have a very distinguished guest, Professor Gustav Papanek, a Professor of Economics and President of Boston Institute for Developing Economies. We urge everybody to listen very carefully, keep our...
‘FBCCI president, Honorable chief guest, Professor Papanek, Dr Zaidi Sattar, the other panelists on the podium, guests, representatives of the media, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, a very good morning to you. You are all welcome to this Private Investment Conference...
‘Thank you sirs, for introducing Prof Papanek so well and you have made a very strong point that you all Bostonians will be judged by your performance. So we are waiting to see your performance in the next two years;...
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