Hosts Bangladesh reaffirmed their confidence of winning 17 gold medals in the 8-nation South Asian Games, the biggest sports extravaganza of the region, beginning in the city Friday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, reports UNB.Briefing newsmen today Chef de Mission...
MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan 24 (AP): US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro's bid for back-to-back Grand Slam titles ended in a fourth-round, five-set loss to No. 14 Marin Cilic Sunday.Two higher-ranked women's seeds, both Russian, made their exits with him.Second-ranked...
Australia produced a commanding all-round performance to take a 2-0 lead with a 140-run demolition of Pakistan at the SCG. After being led by Shane Watson and Cameron White in their 6 for 267, the hosts delivered a stinging bowling...
FE Report The central bank has found strong link between the performance of the Bangladesh economy in the current fiscal and the pace of recovery of the global economy from deep recession. In its annual report (for fiscal 2008-09) released...
FE ReportThe turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hit a record high Sunday with the benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) crossing the 5,100-mark for the first time on buying support from institutional investors.The market started on a negative note...
TONGI (Gazipur), Jan 24 (UNB): Millions of devotees joined the Akheri Munajat of the three-day Biswa Ijtema Sunday on the bank of Turag River seeking divine blessings for the purgation of their souls and guiding them to the path of...
Nazmul AhsanThe government should outsource private agencies and rationalise the current tax exemption list to increase its revenue earnings, recommended a report of the Ministry of Finance (MoF).The report, styled Macro-Economic Situation: July-December, 2009, will be placed at a meeting...
FE ReportIndia has shown keen interest in taking advantage of the massive investment opportunities in Bangladesh as economic relations between the two countries grow from strength to strength."An Indian business delegation will visit Bangladesh within a few months to explore...
FE ReportThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will not go for writ petition challenging the High Court's verdict allowing closed-end mutual funds to raise their size by issuing bonus and rights shares, ending much speculation on the regulator's move.On November...
SAVAR, Jan 24: Four people, including two women, were killed in separate road crashes here Sunday morning while they were going to the Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi to attend the Akheri Munajat. Witnesses said a woman, Monowara (35), was...
FE ReportThe bravery of a senior police officer helped in the arrest of a gang of fleeing robbers at Asad Gate in the city early Sunday Additional Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Ramna Zone) Nurul Islam, the officer, became...
Kevin Brown and Tim Johnston At KV Electronics factory on the outskirts of Bangkok, young women struggle to fill a backlog of orders, making components for industrial machinery.Owner Katiya Greigarn is a worried man in spite of the buzz of...
FE ReportAlthough Bangladesh has made progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there exist huge disparities in the country's 64 districts, a survey showed. The survey, conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) from April to May in 2009...
Munima SultanaThe government has decided to appoint the Padma bridge consultancy firm as consultant of the Dhaka elevated expressways (DEE) project bypassing the formal procedure as the authority concerned struggles to handle the complicated tender process in absence of expertise....
A Z M AnasThe world's biggest air freighter DHL Global Forwarding will break into the Bangladesh market eyeing the opportunity to transport the country's apparel items to the export destinations, people familiar with the development said Sunday. The company, which...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said the Members of Parliament (MPs) would be allowed to import duty-free cars, but of certain makes and engines, reports bdnews24.com. The past caretaker government revoked the provision of importing duty-free cars amid allegations that the...
The Supreme Court Sunday once more heard a defence plea for commuting death penalties for the 1975 murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, during the first day hearing of review petitions by five death-row convicts in the case, reports bdnews24.com....
FE ReportThe government holds a roadshow in Singapore today (Monday) aiming to entice foreign firms to invest in US$ 5.0 billion projects in the country's power and energy sectors.Around 100 global firms would be taking part in the roadshow to...
THE official announcement made last Saturday about the formation of a joint coordination committee by Bangladesh and India to combat international terrorism, organised crimes and cross-border drug trade is but a follow-up of the January 12 Hasina-Manmohan joint communiqué. While...
THE Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) last Thursday approved a project, styled, Enhancement of Crop Production through Farm Mechanisation. Under the project, farmers of 237 upazilas in 25 districts would be given cash incentives for procurement and...
M Arifur RahmanAnush, an Indian-born British software engineer, was declared redundant by his company in early 2009. He was given two months of time to search another job and before the two months ended his company declared itself bankrupt and...
Shabnam ShirinAt present, 3.3 billion people live in urban centres across the globe. By 2030 this number is predicted to reach five billion, with 95 percent of this growth in developing countries. Over the next three decades, Asia's urban population...
THE report by Azizur Rahman published in the FE in its issue on January 21st is not very clear on the matter. Are these conventional hydro-power plants across the rivers Sangu, Mahamuhuri and Mohamaya? Or are these power plants driven...
THE world is now at one's finger-tips. Why do we lag behind? The present democratic government came to power with a mandate as well as a commitment to turn Bangladesh into a digital one. But, we cannot reach that goal...
Bicycles, cycle rickshaws and carts could continue to be important in urban transport modes in Dhaka, particularly for short trips, as in Asian cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Bangkok, Bangalore and Chennai. Europe encourages the use of non-motorised vehicles to save...
Fazal M. KamalMERELY a year after the day when there was singing and dancing and music and rapturous crowds defying the winter chill Barack Obama was dealt a rough hand by fate -- and the voters of Massachusetts. It just...
Maswood Alam KhanI felt enamoured reading a news item, reported by Ahmed Raju, in a Bangla newspaper that about 40 thousand all-electric city bikes are hitting the roads in Dhaka metropolis very shortly that will replace the man-powered rickshaws (manually...
Dr. Iftikhar-ul-AwwalWe would have been glad to felicitate the Prime Minister for what the communiqué termed as opening "a new phase in their bilateral relations". But reason dictates us otherwise.The usual treaties and Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) such as agreement...
Om Shanti OmOn Sony SET Sunday at 4-00 pmOm Prakash Makhija is a Junior Artiste in Bollywood, who is infatuated with actress Shantipriya, and hopes to marry her someday. His hopes come to reality when he rescues her from a...
FE Report Mehazabien Chowdhury Zenifar won the crown of Lux-Channel-I Superstar-2009, while Mounita Khan Ishana and Sadika Parvin Swarna became first and second runner up respectively.The announcement came at the grand finale of Lux-Channel-i Super Star-2009 held at the Bangabandhu...
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