RANGAMATI, Jan 13 (BSS): A zone commander-level meeting between Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Myanmar's border guard, Nasaka was held at Chakdhala frontier under Naikhyongchhari Upazila of Bandarban district Wednesday on the issue of erecting fence along border in friendly atmosphere,...
FE ReportThe government is going to offload shares of 26 state-owned enterprises (SoEs) to increase depth of the market, said finance minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday.The minister also said the government was going to rationalise the interest rate of national...
Shahiduzzaman KhanTraffic management system in the metropolis is back to square again. And it now takes more time, at times, to reach Motijheel from Gulshan (this is being cited here as an example) in the capital city of Dhaka by...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday returned home from India boasting cent per cent success of her Delhi mission as she said a new horizon of friendship and economic development now opened up through accords on many major matters, reports UNB.Talking...
FE ReportThe benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) plunged 90.56 points, its six-month single-day fall, on Wednesday but setting a record turnover that crossed Tk 14.0 billion mark for the first time. Traders said strong rumours of further...
Business leaders and researchers came up with a mixed bag of reactions over Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Delhi trip as some of them saw greater gain for India than that for Bangladesh while some found positive achievements through the major...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government is likely to prepare a Tk 285 billion revised annual development programme (RADP) slashing Tk 20 billion from the original outlay to implement projects under the current year's development plan, officials said Wednesday.The planning ministry has...
FE Report Import orders for capital machinery increased by over 24 per cent in the first five months of the current fiscal, indicating that the country's overall situation in industrial sector had started improving.Letters of credit (LCs) worth US$685.18 million...
Sri Lanka clinched the title of the IDEA Cup tri-nation tournament beating India by four wickets in the keenly contested final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka Wednesday, reports UNB. Chasing India's total of 245, Sri Lanka reached the...
The police Wednesday took control of the Proshika headquarters in the city's Mirpur-6 after droving out both the rival groups, who came head to head over its control, from the NGO premises. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Pallabi police station Iqbal Hossain...
The United Nations is set to convene a meeting next week in Bangladesh to assess and develop a regional position for Asia and the Pacific ahead of a global review next year on progress made in assisting the world's least...
Doulot Akter MalaThe country's garment exporters could not reap benefit in the past two years from the agreement signed with India in 2007 that allowed duty-free export of 8.0 million pieces of readymade garments annually due to non-tariff barriers.RMG exporters...
FE ReportThe energy ministry has rejected the plea by Titas to keep the compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations closed twice a week, but upheld the proposed staggered gas supply plan for industries in order to cope with the mounting...
S M JahangirThe government, facing a big shortfall in its 'Aman' procurement target, is considering relaxing the provision of purchasing 40 per cent paddy directly from farmers, official sources said.It is also looking to further extend the timeframe for signing...
Mohammad MufazzalThe stock market regulator is going to sit with both the bourses of the country today (Thursday) to discuss financial netting and margin loans provided by members of the stock exchanges.The meeting is taking place as Dhaka Stock Exchange...
Jasim Uddin Haroon A government enquiry found a local exporter guilty of shipping a large quantity of fish of Myanmar origin to Italy by submitting false veterinary certificates.The Directorate of Fisheries (DoF), which formed a three-member enquiry team, submitted its...
FE ReportJapan, one of the major donors of the country, is likely to shift its focus from infrastructure development to social sector in countries receiving its official development assistance (ODA), sources said.Under the planned strategy, Japan is planning to provide...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 13(CNN) : A spokesman for the International Federation of the Red Cross warned Wednesday that up to 3.0 million people may have been affected by Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti.Meanwhile, bdnews24.com adds, the Bangladesh Police were trying to confirm...
CHITTAGONG, Jan 12 (UNB): Chittagong port operations resumed Tuesday afternoon as dock workers suspended their non-stop siege programme until January 25 after a meeting with the port authorities.The workers went on a non-stop siege programme in the morning to realise...
FE ReportFinance Minister AMA Muhith, seeking support from lawmakers to empower local government bodies, said Tuesday administrative decentralisation would help stem the rural people's city-bound exodus.He also acknowledged that the government channels only 2.0 per cent of allocation to local...
Siddique Islam The Banglaseh Bank (BB) has started reviewing the guidelines on risk-based capital adequacy for banks aiming at helping all commercial banks comply with the Basel-II framework. "We're now reviewing the guidelines considering the bankers' recommendations on different issues...
FE ReportTension was prevailing at Proshika, a non-governmental organisation, as alleged hired men of ousted chairman Kazi Faruque took over the NGO headquarters at Mirpur in the city Monday midnight.Officer-in-Charge of Pallabi police station Iqbal Hossain told the FE they...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Jan 12: Another "First" for China. China's race to become the topmost nation in the world moves on inexorably. China yesterday toppled the United States to become world's largest automobile market. The World Bank has confirmed...
FE ReportThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) clarified Tuesday the index calculation method followed by the country's two bourses.The existing method followed by the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) in index calculation is not at...
Garbage disposal in Dhaka, a city of well over 12 million people, remains archaic and, therefore, very inefficient to say the least. According to one reliable estimate, 5,000 tonnes of domestic refuses are created every day in Dhaka. Another estimate...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanThe former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr Mahathir Mohammad, has commented that overpopulation is not a burden, rather it can be turned into an asset for a country if the people are provided with proper education, training and...
M. Azizur RahmanFor social and economic progress Bangladesh needs to educate its population to create human resource. Human resource plays a key role in national development. Equal opportunity for education, irrespective of the individuals' economic or social status, can ensure...
The emergency caretaker government left police reforms in the half way. If the task was completed, the new government would get a reformed police. But the caretakers wasted two years only to raise the hopes. It amounted to doing nothing....
The Awami League government has passed one year. Do we have freedom of the press and right to information? If yes, call spade a spade. No yellow journalism, please. Why no autarky but wastage of public money and misuse of...
Climatologists predict that by the middle of the next century temperature could rise by 4-degree Celsius to make food production difficult. The climate change could severely damage biodiversity and raise the sea level to inundate coastal farmlands in several countries....
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