Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism GM Qader Sunday said that the government was preparing two separate master plans for Cox's Bazar and Kuakata to develop the places as highly attractive tourist spots with global standard, reports UNB. The minister...
FE Report Sixty more non-government organizations (NGOs) have been selected to disburse the housing fund, generally known as 'grihayan tahabil', to build 3525 shelters for the poor across the country. Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman disbursed cheques worth Tk 16.80...
Fisheries and Livestock Secretary Sharful Alam and four other bureaucrats face contempt of court charges, as they gave promotion to nine District Fisheries Officers "flouting" the High Court's stay order over a pending writ petition, reports UNB.The four other contemnors...
FE ReportThe National Domestic Child Worker Convention-2010 is going to be held tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city to make recommendations to the government for establishing rights of domestic child workers in the country.Ain o Salish...
The government is planning to introduce online fertiliser recommendation service for the farmers across the country by June 2010 to increase yield of crops at reduced production cost, reports BSS.The Soil Resource Development Institute (SRDI) has already started database updating...
FE ReportSecurity was stepped up at the headquarters of Proshika at Mirpur in the city Sunday as employees of the non-governmental organisation (NGO) demonstrated to prevent entry of its sacked chairman Kazi Faruque.The employees of the NGO took up position...
The government in consultation with the Supreme Court (SC) has made another reshuffle at the Dhaka District and Sessions Judge level, reports UNB.According to an official announcement, Begum Krishna Devnath, member (district judge) of Dhaka Administrative Appeal Tribunal, has been...
Former president of ICMAB and SAFA Md Nurul Hassan died at Uttara Crescent Hospital due to heart failure Saturday. He was 74, says a press release. He served as president ICMAB in 1990 and was president of the South Asian...
The 99th birth anniversary of late Syed Mahbub Murshed, former chief justice, will be observed today (Monday), says a press release.In this connection, Quran khwani and Fateha khwani have been arranged at the late Murshed's mazar at Banani. Syed Mahbub...
Our correspondentGAZIPUR, Jan 10: Kazi Siraj Uddin Foundation, a local non- government organisation of Gazipur district, distributed about one thousand blankets among the poor in north Chhayabithi area of the district. The foundation organised a discussion in this connection. General...
The river Halda in Chittagong, considered as the major source of Indian carpfry, is going to lose its fish resources over the next two decades because of intrusion of saline water due to sea-level rise, reports UNB."The river Halda will...
FE ReportBanks in the country should go for merger to become strong, or else it would be difficult for them to survive under stiff competition in the future, said finance minister AMA Muhith on Sunday."They can survive in 2010, but...
Kayes M SohelThe errant companies in the stock market face the music as the securities regulator has tightened its handling of the poor-performing companies in the stock market.The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued show-cause notices to the poor...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Around a dozen power projects placed by private entrepreneurs to set up joint ventures with overseas principals have been facing severe bureaucratic tangles although the government wants power generation by either private or public ventures.Many entrepreneurs, in...
Nazmul AhsanForeign aid disbursement increased by about $ 500 million or 74 per cent during the first five months (July-November) of the current (2009-2010) fiscal year compared with that of the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, according to provisional...
Former Malaysian Premier Mahathir Mohammad urged the Malaysian entrepreneurs to relocate their labour-intensive sunset industries to Bangladesh for the mutual benefits of both the nations, reports UNB.He made the call while addressing a dinner party organised Saturday as part of...
FE ReportA fire broke out at 'Polli Bhaban', the head office of Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB), in the city's Karwan Bazar commercial area Sunday. Witnesses said the fire originated from the basement of the seven-storied building at about 2:30pm...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in New Delhi Sunday evening on her maiden state visit to neighbouring India since her party formed government one year back, reports bdnews24.com. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines took off from Zia International...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is contemplating introducing a separate window in BRTA offices to accept different types of taxes, including newly introduced advance income tax, from vehicle owners who often fall prey to harassment and deception.The...
Siddique Islam The country's overall import recorded a rise by over 20 per cent in December over the previous month of last calendar year, officials said Sunday. The settlement of letters of credit (LCs) for imports, generally known as actual...
FE ReportStock prices continued to surge amid buying and selling onslaught Sunday on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) setting new records in turnover and indices.The market seesawed throughout the session as the investors booked profit on financial stocks while betting...
A Dhaka court has rejected a motion filed by former army chief Moeen U Ahmed for dismissal of a Tk 1.0 billion (100 crore) defamation suit, his lawyer said Sunday. Former state minister for power Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku filed...
The government will table in parliament the vested property return bill and the Criminal Procedure Code amendment bill when it reconvenes today (Monday) after a six-day recess. As per parliamentary tradition, the House was adjourned on Jan 4 after president...
A Z M AnasBangladesh will push Libya for receiving more workers and in turn promise to stem "visa forgery" when overseas employment minister and his team meet this week their Libyan counterparts in Tripoli, officials said Sunday. Tripoli signed a...
FE ReportThe REHAB housing fair in the city saw bookings worth Tk 10.83 billion (1,083 crore) for plots and apartments.Tanveerul Haque Probal, president of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB), made the disclosure at the formal closing...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Jan 10: Economic indicators, China being a rare exception, worldwide remain feeble and fragile to predict that the global economic turnaround is round the corner. The US economy shed 85,000 more jobs in December dashing hope...
The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Sunday expressed its opinion that though the President had the prerogative to grant mercy, it would not be judicious to pardon the condemned convicts of the Bangabandhu Murder Case, reports UNB.Three of...
FE ReportBook publishers and sellers Sunday observed a nationwide dawn-to-dusk strike in protest against confiscation of, what they termed, exercise books under a 'backdated law' and police harassment.During the strike, publishing houses and shops remained closed across the country including...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will announce the monetary policy for the second half of the current (2009-'10) fiscal on January 19. The central bank has already finalised the half-yearly policy after discussions with different groups including economists, business leaders and some...
A Z M AnasSome 72,000 Bangladeshis returned home jobless last year as global recession sapped demand for workers in the country's traditional overseas job markets, manpower officials said Friday. That figure was an increase of 33 per cent compared with...
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