Uzbek GM Iuldachev Saidali made a good start in the Six Seasons Grandmasters Chess Tournament beating local FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon in 59 moves in the first round that began at the Tulip Hall of Uttara in the city...
Akhter ZamilIn order to check tax evasion and ensure speedy tax collections from certain nature of income, the government introduced the new section 82c in the I. T. Ordinance 1984, through F.O. 1998. This decision has been largely welcomed by...
Engr. Khondkar A. SalequeBangladesh, which needs massive investments in almost all sectors, is now experiencing a serious investment crunch. It is sheer irony that the situation persists at a time when the nation after two years of military backed rule...
KM MuktaThe people of Bangladesh crave for better days under good governance. They expect the parties or party in power to exercise restraint while dealing with law and order and show respect to human rights. The country's constitution has envisaged...
The ministry of finance normally holds around this time of the year a series of discussions with various stake-holder groups including the leaders of the trade promotion organisations (TPDs) on matters relating to taxation. This is done as part of...
Maswood Alam KhanWith inflation of 2.3 per cent in June, 2009 jumping to 4.6 per cent in September and then again to 8.5 per cent in December the same year, it is possibly now a double-digit inflation going up in...
Shafiqul AlamWhether the mass transit system of Dhaka city would be above or under the ground is a matter of political decision. For obvious functional reasons, there is no alternative to an underground mass transit system for the city's old...
It is fanciful to say that the country's population can be turned into human resources. But the hard realities are that in their present conditions of illiteracy, hunger and deprivation, the people of the country in large measures remain more...
Government high-ups and policy makers have hazy as well as negative ideas about tourism. They firmly believe that to attract foreign tourists to Bangladesh, the country needs to have nightlife facilities, bars, massage parlours etc., as if these are the...
All is not well with the delivery of social services in Bangladesh. There have been reports of poor performance, corruption and inefficiency in the education, health, housing and population sectors. Red tape is said to be a factor in the...
BAGHDAD, Mar 16 (AFP): Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's bloc looked likely to form parliament's single largest grouping Tuesday, after results showed the incumbent had strengthened his hold on key Baghdad province.Maliki's success in the capital, which accounts for more...
KABUL, Mar 16 (AFP): US President Barack Obama held a video call with Afghan head of state Hamid Karzai to discuss the war on the Taliban and progress in eradicating corruption, the Kabul government said Tuesday.In the Monday 'teleconference' which...
BEIJING, Mar 16 (AFP): China said Tuesday it was growing more concerned over the Iran nuclear crisis but again resisted calls to back sanctions, insisting talks were the best way to resolve the impasse.Visiting British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who...
Thailand's red-shirt demonstrators are donating blood to throw at government offices in a symbolic protest against a leadership they say is illegitimate, reports BBC. The protests are now in their third day, in a jovial but determined mood. Thai Prime...
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Mar 16 (AFP): US drones fired missiles into a mountain hideout in Pakistan's tribal belt on the Afghan border Tuesday, killing 10 militants including Al-Qaeda-linked suspects, officials said.The strike took place in the district of North Waziristan, a...
The military trial of the former head of Sri Lanka's military forces is underway in Columbo, reports ABC News.Sarath Fonseka faces charges of mixing politics with his military career.General Fonseka was arrested last month soon after losing Sri Lanka's presidential...
MOSCOW, Mar 16 (AFP): Russia's lower house of parliament will not ratify a future nuclear disarmament treaty with the United States (US) unless it includes links to missile defence issues, its speaker said Tuesday."We will not ratify it if the...
A state of emergency has been declared in northern and eastern parts of Fiji, after Cyclone Tomas blasted through the Pacific island nation. The National Disaster Council said troops would take food, water and other necessities to worst-hit areas. At...
JERUSALEM, Mar 16 (AFP): Hundreds of Palestinians clashed with security forces in mainly Arab east Jerusalem Tuesday amid heightened tensions in the Holy City where Israel has vowed to expand Jewish settlements.As the unrest rocked Jerusalem, US Middle East envoy...
US envoy cancels Mideast tripJERUSALEM, Mar 16: A US envoy's postponement of his Mideast trip appeared Tuesday to deepen one of the worst US-Israeli feuds in memory - even as Israel's foreign minister signaled his government had no intention of...
TOKYO, Mar 16 (AFP): Hundreds of mothers whose children attend pro-North Korean schools in Japan rallied Tuesday, demanding that the government include them in plans to make high school tuition free.Japan's six-month-old government on the same day passed a lower...
LONDON, Mar 16 (AFP): The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who stood just over two feet five inches tall (75 centimetres), has died, Britain's Guinness World Records said Monday. He was 21.He -- a native of China who had a...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has asked the government to hold some 'test' case elections, which they distinguished from midterm elections, in some constituencies to measure its popularity amongst the electorate, reports UNB. It was implied that this would show the...
In his first press conference since returning from the US, Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said Tuesday that the US intelligence network would be providing assistance to curb terrorism and militancy in Bangladesh, reports UNB.Talking to the journalists at his...
The special court-5, holding trial of 310 BDR rebels of the 36th battalion under Dhaka Sector, Tuesday fixed May 9 for framing charges against the accused in the BDR mutiny case, reports UNB. The trial began at BDR Darbar Hall...
FE ReportBudget deficit is expected to be less than the projected one at the end of the current financial year (2009-10) due to lower development and revenue expenditure.Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, while placing the budget implementation progress report...
Shamsul Huq Zahid Death stalks the residents of Dhaka, which other day earned the rare honour (!) of becoming the world's second worst city, everywhere. No place is safe here. Death comes uninvited. What was the speed of Monday's brief...
FE ReportThe Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) Tuesday proposed a three-tier import duty structure in place of the existing four-tier slabs to help local industries become competitive.The proposal came at the meeting between leaders of the chamber and...
The nation will observe the 90th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children's Day today (Wednesday) with due respect and festivity, reports BSS. On this day in 1920, Bangabandhu was born in Tungipara...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina leaves the city today (Wednesday) for Beijing on a 4-day official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, reports UNB.The high-profile visit is seen by politicians, businesspersons and the diplomatic...
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