FE Report Finance Minister AMA Muhith Friday put forward five suggestions, including monetisation of the services of housewives and domestic help, for women empowerment in the country.He placed the suggestions at the inaugural session of internal annual review and planning...
FE ReportSpeakers at a seminar urged the government to take measures to boost boutique industry as the yearly turnover of boutique houses is around Tk 60 billion equivalent to one per cent of the GDP of Bangladesh. "Only in Dhaka...
The number of gibbons, the most endangered species of primate in Bangladesh, has plunged from 3,000 to just 300 over the last two decades, wildlife experts say, while the existing population is at grave risk from continuing loss of their...
The flag off ceremony on the first expedition from Bangladesh Mountaineer MA Mohit to top of the world Mount Everest was held at Jatiya Press Club Friday, reports BSS. Renowned Educationists Professor Zillur Rahman Siddiqui, Economist Dr Akbar Ali Khan...
RANGPUR, Mar 19 (BSS): The formation of mango continues amid unprecedented flowering of about 95 per cent mango tress everywhere in northern Bangladesh predicting a super bumper production of the fruits this season, experts said. The agriculture experts and scientists...
DU CorrespondentFormer adviser to the caretaker government Syed Manzur Elahi and former secretary Raquibuddin Ahmed have been reelected president and secretary general respectively of the 33-member executive committee of Dhaka University Alumni Association (DUAA) Friday.The election for the tenure of...
A one month traditional boat exhibition will begin on March 23 in the city's Nolinikanto Bhattashali exhibition hall of the National Museum.The main objective of the exhibition is to create awareness against the gradual extinction of century-old boat glory, reports...
National Vitamin A Plus Campaign-2010 will be observed on May 29 with feeding over 20 million under 5 children vitamin A capsules and de-worming tablets with a view to preventing childhood blindness, reducing child mortality and strengthening immunity, reports UNB....
NETRAKONA, Mar 19 (UNB): A court Thursday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2003.The convict is identified as Badal Mia (30), of Setarampur village under Atpara Upazila. The court also fined him Tk 50,000. According to...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 19: The Bangla Sammilon, a forum of the ex-students of Chittagong University Bangla Department, will hold its second convention at the city's Foy's Lake tomorrow (Saturday).Professor emeritus Anisuzzaman will address it as chief guest while Prof Moniruzzaman,...
Tomorrow (Sunday) is the 14th death anniversary of Hazi Abdul Quadir, son of Late Khan Shahib Hazi Emdad Ali of Zinzira, Keraniganj, says a press release. He was the founder Chairman and Managing Director of Gulshan Cinema Ltd, mutawalli of...
The Election Commission (EC) has asked three political parties to notify the commission about the affiliation with their respective student wings, reports BSS.The EC Thursday issued the letters to the political parties in this regard mentioning some press reports and...
BNP vice chairman Maj (rtd) Hafizuddin Ahmed Friday urged the Election Commission (EC) to deploy the army for the Bhola-3 parliamentary constituency by-poll, reports UNB.Mr Hafiz deems army deployment necessary to ensure the election is free and fair, and also...
RANGPUR, Mar 19 (BSS): Raman Shrivastava, Director General (DG) of Indian Border Security Force (BSF), today hoped that relations between the two neighbouring countries, Bangladesh and India, would continue improving day by day in future.The prevailing friendly relations and cooperation...
JAMALPUR, Mar 19 (BSS): Land Minister Alhaj Rezaul Karim Hira said here today that the past BNP-Jamaat government issued 66,000 fake certificates of freedom fighters during its five-year rule. Mentioning that the anti-liberation forces Jamaat-Shibir are still active against the...
RANGPUR, Mar 19 (BSS): Experts, politicians and academicians have stressed the need for paying maximum importance to ensuring proper utilisation of a large number of human and natural resources and agriculture sector of the newly formed Rangpur division.Rangpur division has...
Summer time has arrived in the country and usually the outbreak of some diseases are noted at this time of the year such as intestinal diseases, pox, measles, etc. According to a media report, 30 diarrhoea patients on average are...
M. A. QuaderBangladesh is reported to have otherwise made some progress in combating corruption. The latest ranking by the Berlin-based global anti-graft watchdog, Transparency International (TI) puts Bangladesh in the 13th position among the most corrupt countries. This marks some...
Kazi Azizul IslamThe Amsterdam-based KPMG in a survey report placed Bangladesh with Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam, along with India on the list of emerging Asian IT services suppliers. The survey report, Asia-Oceania Vision 2020: Enabling...
GOVERNMENT declared an ambitious annual development programme (ADP) for implementation in the current fiscal year. The next fiscal year's ADP may be on a even larger scale. However, as the saying goes that the taste of the pudding lies in...
THE Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has increased the electricity rate by 6 to 7 per cent on an average effective from 1st March 2010. The BERC, which is headed by a non-technical man, has preferred to hit the consumers...
I was much enthused after reading the book 'Bijoyer Golpo Boli' that was launched by Grameenphone recently. I was greatly moved and inspired from each of the stories. Being a mother of two, I am sure this book will guide...
Abu Sayed Md. Shaykhul Islam Present democratic government of Bangladesh has already passed its honeymoon period. It is time for the government to lead the nation to its real destination in line with vision 2021. The dream of making Bangladesh...
Mamun RashidTHIS man significantly contributed in 'the birth of a nation' -- Bangladesh, the man emerged as a 'conscious of the society' during all transitions of our country or economy, came out loud to remind the civil society that they...
Paul StothardIf the United Arab Emirates is to continue its development as a regional legal centre, it must pursue reform of its laws and legal infrastructure, particularly in relation to commercial disputes.International lawyers practise in a free market. Not long...
Mohammad AliOf all economic resources, human resource is of greater value for a country keen to achieve economic growth and development. Japan, a country without natural resources, is a glaring example. It became the world's second biggest economy in the...
HONG KONG, March 18 (AFP): Lingering upbeat sentiment after the Japanese and US central banks held interest rates at record lows helped most Asian shares extend gains today although these were capped by profit-taking. Hopes for an economic recovery were...
DUBAI, March 18 (Bloomberg): Middle East stocks will likely start catching up with a world-beating rally by frontier markets after Dubai World announces a plan to restructure $26 billion in debt, said HSBC Holdings Plc's Andrea Nannini. "The trigger is...
March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Most European stocks fell as a German official said Greece should turn to the International Monetary Fund if it requires a bailout, overshadowing a rally by health-care companies. Asian shares and U.S. futures dropped. Total SA,...
NEW YORK, Mar 18 (AP): The stock market has a new formula for success: a slow and steady trek higher.The Dow Jones industrial average rose 48 points Wednesday in its seventh straight advance to close at a new high for...
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