E-book readers, which allow people to read books, magazines and newspapers electronically, are one of the first digital devices to get access to the mobile broadband network. WiFi has been incorporated into such consumer electronic devices for some time, but...
United Airways (BD) Limited, a low-cost private sector carrier airliner of the country, is going to operate flights to Manchester and Birmingham in the United Kingdom (UK), reports UNB.The airliner is also procuring two B767-300/200 ER aircraft by summer 2010,...
FE ReportZOOM Laptop Fair- 2010 organised by the Maker Communication will be held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre from January 20-22. Citycell has become the title sponsor for the fair. Maker Communication organises the fair for the 5th time...
ACI 20pc Convertible Zero Coupon BondsSubscription OpenJanuary 31, 2010Subscription CloseFebruary 04, 2010For Non resident BangladeshisJanuary 31, 2010 to February 13, 2010Total Issue Size1,335,850 Convertible Zero Coupon Bonds ofTk 1,000 each totaling Tk 1,335,850,000.Private Placement801,510 Convertible Zero Coupon Bonds of Tk...
LAGOS, Jan 17 (Commodity Online): Refineries in Nigeria will start pumping up oil by January 31 when they are expected to return to optimum performance after Turn Around Maintenance. This was disclosed by the Group Executive Director, Refinery and Petrochemicals,...
The government will provide special privileges to couples with one child, the health minister told the parliament Sunday.During the question-answer hour, AFM Ruhal Haque said the government might restrict jobs in the Family Planning Department to only those couples with...
JESSORE, Jan 17 (UNB): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has urged the armed forces to remain ever-prepared to safeguard the motherland's hard-earned independence and sovereignty."You will have to remain always ready. The motherland's hard-earned sovereignty and independence will have to...
Two pleas have been made to defer for eight weeks the hearing on two leaves to appeal seeking a stay order on the 2005 High Court (HC) judgment declaring the Fifth Amendment to the constitution illegal.The Appellate Division is scheduled...
President Zillur Rahman has laid emphasis on halting terrorism in the South Asia region with a view to establishing peace and tranquillity."Terrorism must be stopped," the President said when Chief of Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal PV Naik called...
State Minister for Environment and Forests Dr Hasan Mahmud said Sunday that the government would even consider allowing China and other countries in the region to use Chittagong and Mongla ports if they wanted. Terming the two seaports as invaluable...
BARISAL, Jan 16 (UNB): Poverty and unemployment are pushing poor fishermen in the southern coastal districts to catch 'jatka' (hilsa fries less than nine inches long) defying government ban.Fisheries department sources said that hilsa production could be increased by around...
An inter-ministerial meeting was held in the city Sunday to formulate an amended policy on 'jatra' industry. State Minister for Cultural Affairs Advocate Promod Mankin presided over the meeting at the conference room of the ministry, reports BSS. Representatives from...
RANGPUR, Jan 17 (BSS): The weather again marked quick improvement following rise in temperature, disappearance of fog and sunny sky at most places in the northern region since this morning, surprising experts and environmentalists.After two consecutive days of very good...
BARISAL, Jan 17 (UNB): Teachers of Sangskrit-Pali language teaching institutes, familiar as Toll, receive only Tk 150 per head per month as 'salary'.Sources said that some 375 teachers are engaged in 125 Tolls of the country including 12 teachers in...
Fazlur RahmanThe country's land-phone subscribers grew more than 23 per cent in 2009 although the state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Ltd (BTCL) failed to add a single user to its name.Last year, 13 public switched telephone network (PSTN) operators added 313,427...
The orientation programme of the American International University - Bangladesh (AIUB) for about 650 newly enrolled students of undergraduate and graduate programmes for the spring semester 2009-2010 was held recently at its auditorium, says a press release. The students and...
Munima SultanaBangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) launches its first ever CNG-run buses on different routes in the city aiming to increase its passenger service alongside fuel efficiency.Officials said 50 single-decker CNG buses would be launched in the first phase in...
FE ReportMehedi Hasan, a student of BGMEA Fashion Institute and the only child of his working parents, is suffering from fatal brain tumor. Doctors say the treatment of the 19-year-old boy can be possible with amobolization and gama knife surgery....
MANIKGANJ, Jan 17 (UNB): Angry people put up barricade on Dhaka-Aricha highway Sunday disrupting traffic movement for two hours following a road accident here that left a minor girl critically injured.Police said that a Dhaka bound pick up van hit...
45th death anniversary of Ali Imran Chengiz will be observed today. He was youngest son of late Nawab Ali, founder principal of Dhaka Medical Collage.Chengiz died after falling from the roof top of 24, Purana Paltan building in the city...
Bankers' Puja Parishad, Bangladesh (BPPB), has organised Bani Archona (Saraswati Puja) on the Jagotbandhu Mahaprokash Moth premises in the city January 20, said a press release.Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique will attend the function as the chief guest. Distribution...
Nazmul AhsanThe separate pay scales for the staffs of Bangladesh Bank (BB) and three state-owned corporatised banks are unlikely to be finalised during the remaining period of the current fiscal year due mainly to procedural complexities and bureaucratic tangles, official...
FE ReportBangladesh needs to boost agriculture's contribution to GDP (gross domestic product) 30 per cent from the current 21 per cent, if it wants to become a middle-income nation by 2021, a leading chamber said Sunday."It requires at least 5.0...
Opposition leader Khaleda Zia Sunday contradicted Hasina's argument that Chittagong and Mongla ports were underutilised and allowing India to use them would ensure full use of their capacity and bring enormous benefits, report agencies. In a televised press conference the...
FE ReportBangladesh wants regional connectivity with India, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar and the recent visit of prime minister Sheikh Hasina to New Delhi will pave the way to materialise it, said foreign secretary Mohammed Mijarul Quayes Sunday.The 50-point joint communiqué...
FE ReportDhaka stocks perked up for the second consecutive session Sunday, led by energy and mutual funds.The market started on a positive note on the day as the benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) crossed the 4,900 mark in...
KOLKATA, India, Jan 17 (Agencies): Jyoti Basu, the charismatic Indian Marxist who headed the world's most electorally successful communist party for two decades, died on Sunday at the age of 95.Basu, who was the longest serving chief minister in Indian...
FE ReportA high-level Asia-Pacific regional meeting on the Brussels Programme of Action for the least developed countries (LDCs) begins today (Monday) in Dhaka, focusing on sustained economic growth of LDCs and their beneficial integration into the world economy. To be...
Siddique Islam Upward trend of private sector credit continued in November last, suggesting that the country's overall business activities have started improving, officials and bankers said. Private sector credit growth rose to 16.73 per cent in November from 15.42 per...
The country's main seaport in Chittagong runs with 2,121 posts under the CPA remaining vacant against 8,656 sanctioned posts, parliament was told Sunday. Replying to a starred question from Awami League lawmaker MA Latif (Chittagong-10), Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said...
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