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...
ATN Banglaam07:00 Sangbad 07:30 Positive Bangladesh'08:00 Sangbad08:15 Ajker Shongbadpotro08:30 Drama Serial- Daybondhon09:00 Atn News09:15 Drama Serial- Pashapashi10:00 Sangbad10:30 Talk show- Hello Bangladesh11:05 Asian City Top Spin11:30 Sat Din12:00 Atn News12:15 Atn Ranna Ghar01:00 Sangbad Bulletins01:25 Shurer Madhuri02:00 Sangbad02:30 Business Week03:00...
M A Islam WARREN Buffett, one of the richest persons in the world at this time, started to work from the age 11. He started his business at the age of 14. He has utilised the best of his time...
FE SpecialWe collect and preserve various books of literature, science, philosophy and so on in our personal library. But regrettably most of us do not preserve the text books of the previous classes with us. If we would keep text...
NEW YORK, Jan 23 (Reuters): The stock market suffered its worst setback in more than 10 months this week as investors decided no matter what the news, it must be bad. The Dow Jones industrial average slid 216 points, or...
KARACHI, Jan 23 (Business Recorder): The Karachi Stock Market witnessed a highly volatile session Friday with the KSE-100 index oscillating between 9,813.41 points intra-day high and 9,718.32 points low level due to investors' cautious stance. However, finally the index managed...
MUMBAI, Jan 23 (Reuters): The downtrend on the Indian bourses is likely to continue next week, weighed down weakness in the global stock markets. Also, traders will have the January F&O expiry on mind Thursday followed by the RBI policy...
Our CorrespondentGOPALGONJ, Jan 23: A workshop and discussion of learning sharing on "Land Tenure and Municipal Governance" was held in Gopalgonj Municipality auditorium recently.The workshop was organised by Urban Partnerships for Poverty Reduction (UPPR) Project, Gopalgonj.AKM Mozammel Haq, MP, chairman...
ROME, Jan 23 (Reuters): The Eurofighter Typhoon is "leading the race" to win a contract from the Indian government for 126 fighter jets, valued at around $10.4 billion, India's ambassador to Italy said Friday."We have shortlisted four to five countries,...
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