Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Feb 09: Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bangladesh Hennekens is scheduled to visit the Western Marine Shipyard Limited at Patiya on the south bank of the Karnafuli River to see progress of ongoing projects at the country's largest...
FE ReportPolicymakers need to shrug off their apathy to urbanisation, set proper policies and choose priorities for fostering urban growth across the country thus making Bangladesh a middle-income nation, experts said Tuesday.They made the call at a workshop styled 'The...
President Zillur Rahman Tuesday said that some private universities were lagging behind in providing quality education and asked for ensuring infrastructural facilities for holistic development of higher education. "The universities must have quality teachers and faculties to ensure quality education,"...
The High Court (HC) Tuesday issued a rule upon the government and others concerned to explain within 10 days why they should not be directed to properly maintain the sanctity and dignity of the central Shaheed Minar, a memorial for...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Monday asked the Bangladesh envoys in the Arab countries to work with utmost sincerity and dedication for the welfare of the expatriate Bangladeshis and encouraging foreign investment in Bangladesh, reports UNB."You've to work with dedication...
DU CorrespondentThe Secondary School Certificate (SSC), SSC Vocational and Dakhil examinations-2010 begin tomorrow (Thursday) throughout the country.Some 1,206,019 candidates from 26,192 educational institutions will appear in the examinations in 2,044 centres under the ten education boards this year. Of them,...
KHAGRACHHARI, Feb 9 (UNB): An indefinite blockade on three roads, including a river route in Khagrachhari and Rangamati districts enforced by Parbatya Bangali Chhatra Parishad was withdrawn Tuesday.The parishad leaders said that they called their programme off at 6.00pm Tuesday...
RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 9: A four-day national debate competition- 2010 concluded at the Rajshahi University (RU) recently organised by the Business Studies Debating Forum (BFDF) of the university amid much fanfare and great enthusiasm.A total of 32 public, private...
DU Correspondent A seminar on 'Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) in Food Security: Bangladesh Context' will be held at State University of Bangladesh (SUB) at Satmasjid Road in the city at 10 am today (Wednesday).Microbiology Services Manager of...
The enhanced website of the Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) under the Public Procurement Reform Project-II (PPRP-II) has been launched. Minister for Planning Air Vice-Marshal (retd) AK Khandaker inaugurated the website at the Conference Room of the IME Division in...
The 10th anniversary of death of Mawlana Muhammad Abdul Mazid will be observed today (Wednesday).He was a teacher of Doulatpur Alia Madrasah in Khulna.He was born in Nolbunia of Galua Union under Rajapur Upazila in Jhalokathi district.His family requested all...
Bangladesh completed their campaign of the 11th SA Games that concluded today (Tuesday), with a record haul of 18 gold medals, their highest in the history of the 8-nation meet, reports UNB.The hosts secured four gold medals on the penultimate...
THE annual growth rate of the country's air transport sector is said to be 8.0 per cent but Biman Bangladesh Airlines had become sick. There is no need to repeat the litany of the woes of Biman; its failings are...
Fida Hassan RanaPUBLIC Private Partnerships (PPPs) have emerged as one of the widely applied approaches for delivering infrastructure projects in many countries. PPP, as broadly defined, is a cooperation between public and private sectors by way of sharing resources, risks,...
Anirudha AlamMore participatory learning-teaching method would be useful. Integration of educative lessons on disease prevention, as well as sex and reproductive health could possibly help improve HIV prevention. Of the world's estimated 1.2 billion adolescents, about 87 per cent lives...
A road accident caused the death of a child the other day. He was the only son of his parents. A bus ran him over when he and his mother were crossing the road. Accidents like these have become a...
THERE is a substantial difference between the interest income growth of private- and state-owned banks. The reason may be difference in the interest on deposits, and other term instruments of savings as well as the interest charged on overdrafts, and...
Md. Main UddinIn Bangladesh, an employee of the financial institutions in general and banks in particular is paid many times more than the average salary of a Bangladeshi worker in other areas. Some top executives are paid abnormally high. The...
Tithe Farhana Veterinary science, also called veterinary medicine, grew for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of animal diseases, and the healing of other animal disorders. It became established as a specialty as early as 2000BC in Babylonia and Egypt. Schools...
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HONG KONG, Feb 8 (Reuters): Asian shares fell Monday and the euro dipped as festering debt problems in the euro zone prompted investors to shift out of riskier assets, dousing optimism over a fall in the US jobless rate last...
NEW DELHI, Feb 8 (PTI): The country's largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki India, Monday said it expects to double its exports to about 0.01.6 million units this fiscal, while it is aiming over 20 per cent growth in its overall sales....
TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters): Japan Airlines Corp will keep its partnership with American Airlines in the Oneworld alliance and end talks with Delta Air Lines and the rival SkyTeam group, the Asahi newspaper reported.The two US carriers have been courting...
Major (rtd) Mohammed Jahangir, an industrialist, businessman and social worker has been elected chairman of the board of directors of Homeland Life Insurance Company Limited recently, said a press release. The 65th board meeting of the company took the decision....
TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters): Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Japan's third-biggest bank by assets, outshone it larger rivals and posted its biggest profit in seven quarters Monday, helped by an improvement in its stock portfolio and a decline in bad...
Runner Automobiles Ltd. and MTI Consulting signed an agreement on "Monitoring Cell and Shareholders Manual Development" in the city recently. The signing ceremony took place at Runner Automobiles' office at Tejgaon in presence of the automobile company's Chairman Hafizur Rahman...
MUMBAI, Feb 8 (PTI): Birla Kerala Vaidyashala (BKV), a part of the Rs 30-billion Yash Birla group, intends to tie-up with local pharma companies to sell its range of products across the country, a top company official said. "We plan...
MUMBAI, Feb 8 (Bloomberg): India's drive to sell a record 250 billion rupees ($5.4 billion) of shares in state-owned companies to plug a deficit in government revenue may fall short after foreign investors shunned the year's biggest offering amid a...
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Feb 8 (Reuters): A consortium led by Walt Disney Co is in advanced talks to buy into China's largest in-bus digital media and advertising company, a deal that could offer the US entertainment giant a new platform to...
SINGAPORE, Feb 8 (Commodity Online): Global oil prices gained some momentum in Asian trade Monday after ended last week at the lowest level in nearly two months.Light sweet crude for March delivery was seen trading at $71.68 a barrel at...
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