JOYPURHAT, Mar 12 (UNB): Two alleged snatchers were killed at Bamonihar village in Khetlal upazila Thursday night.The deceased were identified as Reju, 25, son of late Jamaluddin of Ali Mamudpur village and Kafiluddin, 38, son of late Leba Mia of...
The Department of Career and Professional Development Services (CPDS) of North South University (NSU) is going to organise a two-day National Career Fair 2010 from March 19-20 on its own campus at Bashundhara, said NSU.It is the country's biggest career...
A six-member teachers delegation led by chairman of the University Grant Commission (UGC) Prof Nazrul Islam will leave today (Saturday) for United Kingdom (UK) to attend the Inspire Leadership Training Visit. The training to be conducted by the British Council...
BOGRA, Mar 12 (UNB): Two people were killed and 30 others injured as a picnic bus plunged into a roadside ditch near Karpur Bazar under Sonatala Upazila Friday.The deceased were identified as picnicker Jibon Roy (22), son of Shankar Roy...
RANGPUR, Mar 12 (UNB): Police recovered the body of an auto-rickshaw driver at Rathbari under Pirgachha Upazila Thursday morning.Local people found the body of Abdur Rahim, resident of Ashrotpur area of the district town, from a potato field near Rathbari...
Doulot Akter MalaThe revenue board has prepared a five-year projection paper on revenue earning targeting an annual Tk 1330 billion by 2015.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has projected Tk 705.90 billion for the next fiscal estimating a 17 per...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanThe government would welcome any proposal alternative to the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) as the current administration is not ready to sign TIFA with the US over three thorny issues, sources said.The US Ambassador to Bangladesh...
Nazmul AhsanThe government will also corporatise Rupali Bank Ltd in a similar move taken earlier to enable it to compete with private sector commercial banks.Four consultants will soon be appointed in key areas of the bank and about 1000 fresh...
FE Report Despite some improvement in the government's human rights record, there were slight increase in the number of extrajudicial killings by security forces, custodial deaths, arbitrary arrest and detention, and harassment of journalists in Bangladesh, according to a Human...
S M JahangirThe government has finally started implementing the second phase of Tk 6.0-billion Employment Generation Programme for Hardcore Poor (EGPHP) by its local administrations, despite strong opposition from elected Union Parishad representatives.The authorities had earlier decided to implement the...
Mohammad Mufazzal The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday turned down an appeal from AIMS First Mutual Fund for approval of its stock dividends and rights share considering the interest of the market, officials said. The SEC rejection came...
FE ReportAt least 20 people, including five policemen, were injured as garment workers clashed with the law enforcers Friday at Ashulia industrial belt, on the outskirt of the capital. Authorities of 30 garment factories located on both sides of Dhaka-Aricha...
CHITTAGONG, Mar 12: A worker was killed in an accident early today at Bhatiary ship breaking area under Sitakunda of the district. A heavy plate fell on Saroj Das (25) at around 2.30 am when he was working at Bhatiary...
A devastating fire that broke out at a slum in the capital's Shah Ali area early Friday, killed a young man and burnt down shanties, police said. Firefighters said the blaze originated from mosquito coil at a shanty of Kazi...
CHITTAGONG, Mar 12: At least 15 garment workers were injured in a stampede as hundreds of workers, panicked over a fire, tried to rush out of the factory in Chittagong Export Processing Zone Thursday. Fire Brigade sources said the fire...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanFour more Bangladeshi companies have been added to global Dow Jones SAFE 100 Index that measures the performance of 100 blue-chip companies in five of the eight member-states of the South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE).The companies are...
FE ReportConfidence of gold merchants in further investing in their business is waning due to the capital's deteriorating law and order situation, traders said.The concern of the community surfaced after some recent incidents of robbery and extortion in the industry...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Mar 12: Democratic Party members in the US House of Representative decided on Wednesday to do away with the practice of " budget earmarks to private companies that has steered billions of dollars in no bid...
FE ReportWith the lowest average weekly turnover during the first two and half months of 2010, Dhaka Stocks continued with the sluggish trend throughout the week, both in terms of index and turnover.The market was in red throughout the week,...
LAHORE, Mar 12 (AFP): Twin suicide attacks seconds apart targeted the Pakistani military Friday, killing 45 people in the second attack to hit security forces in the country's cultural capital this week.The bombers walked up to army vehicles in the...
Doctors are not expecting critical diarrhoea outbreak soon despite a regular flow of about 500 patients per day, reports bdnews24.com. Due to the late arrival of monsoon last year, the diarrhoea outbreak reached epidemic proportions with up to 1,500 new...
Pakistan High Commissioner Ashraf Qureshi Friday said Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will meet with Sheikh Hasina at the sidelines of the SAARC summit in Thimpu next month, reports bdnews24.com. He also said the Bangladesh prime minister's visit to...
FRIENDS of the underdog would be pleased to learn that the government of Bangladesh has made it mandatory for low-skilled women workers, aspiring to go abroad, to undergo some training before taking up jobs in alien lands. The bureau for...
Maswood Alam KhanThe first half of the current fiscal year, that is a period of six months ending on December 31, 2009, has witnessed a downward economic trend in Bangladesh, as was observed by the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB)...
A. BakiENERGY shortages are causing slowed-down economic activities in Bangladesh. But the country's potential reserves of high energy--some 2.5 billion tons of coal deposits of high grade -- are being kept buried underground from fruitless bickering over the manner of...
A front page photograph and the article alongside; published recently in a local English daily, tells the tale of the Gulshan lake. Sad for many, but happy news for some too! The facts were all there in the article, but...
On March 9, a local English daily published the company name of 'Thermax' as 'Tharmex' on its headline! In the first paragraph of the report the spelling was also wrong, while the fifth paragraph had it right! I cite this...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on March 4, inaugurating the first-ever Digital Information Fair-2010 at Bangabandu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre, pledged to build Digital Bangladesh by 2021. She said, ''If we can attain Digital Bangladesh, payment of utility services bill,...
Tarequl Islam MunnaTHE impact of global warming on food prices and hunger could be larger over the next 20 years, according to a new Stanford University study. Researchers say that higher temperature could significantly reduce yields of wheat, rice and...
Manzur AhmedThe FBCCI rejected unanimously the special agenda to incorporate in the FBCCI Articles of Association in its EGM held on February 28, 2010 the SRO No 13 promulgated by Ministry of Commerce on February 12, 2010, wherein under Rules...
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