RANGPUR, Dec 10 (BSS): Sensation has been created among the people of Chilmari Upazila in Kurigram district following continuous emission of 'natural gas' with cracking sound automatically from the soil in recent days, officials and locals said.The emitting gas instantly...
FE Report The central bank has intervened in the foreign exchange market through selling the US dollar to the commercial bank aiming to keep the market stable, officials said. As part of the intervention, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) sold US$15...
Regional connectivity will top the agenda of Friday's summit of BIMSTEC foreign ministers in Myanmar, reports bdnews24.com. Foreign Minister Dipu Moni left the capital Thursday for Yangon to attend the meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical...
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 9 (bdnews24.com): Bangladesh tops the Global Climate Risk Index, according to a report just published at the Copenhagen climate talks. The report, based on data by the world's largest reinsurer, Munich Re, shows Bangladesh has been the...
FE ReportThe annual event "France Annual Gala" organised by the France-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFB) will be held on December 12 at a city hotel, the organisers said Thursday at a press conference. According to the organisers, 11...
FE Report Covers of two rare reprinted books on Dhaka styled "Dhaka: A Record of Its Changing Fortune" by A H Dani and "Dhaka Past Present Future", edited by Sharif Uddin Ahmed were unveiled at a function at the auditorium...
Chittagong OfficeChittagong, December 10: The 21 day Muktijuddher Bijoy Mela started in Chittagong today with the call to stand united against the anti-liberation and militant forces.Deputy leader in parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury inaugurated the Bijoy Mela by torching the Bijoy...
The High Court (HC) Thursday granted pre-arrest bail for six months to another accused on surrender before it in connection with the recent MV "Coco-4" launch capsize case, reports UNB.Passing the interim order following a petition filed by master of...
FE ReportKOICA-Bangladesh Alumni Association (KBAA) held an annual get together on Tuesday at Sonargaon Hotel in the city. KBAA is an organisation of Bangladesh government officials, who have received training in Korea under different Korea International Cooperation Agency's (KOICA) invitational...
RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Dec 10: The ambassador of United States of America in Bangladesh James F Moriarty visited Rajshahi University (RU) and took part in a session on higher education in the US with the teachers and students of the...
Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), a local NGO in Bangladesh, will receive Tk 3.72 million over one year for a human rights project under the Australian government's Human Rights Small Grants Scheme (HRSGS), says a press release. The...
DU CorrespondentThe 45th convocation of Dhaka University (DU) will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at the university playground. President Zillur Rahman who is also the Chancellor of the university will preside over the convocation in which three noted personalities will also...
A two-day solo exhibition of photographs by Mountaineer MA Mohit will begin today (Friday) at 11:00 am at TSC of Dhaka University to celebrate the "International Mountain Day 2009".
Assistant College Inspector of National University (NU) Md Liakot Ali died of cancer at 10 am Wednesday at a clinic in Rangpur. He was 54, says a press release.He was buried at his family graveyard in Rangpur. He left behind...
WHAT the Prime Minister suggested at the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) fair last Tuesday now requires to be formulated neatly as policies and implemented efficiently to attain various goals that would vitally include balanced development of the country. This...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanThe country is now in the winter season and load shedding is expectedto be suspended as requirement of power drops significantly at this time of the year from not running air conditioners, fans, etc. But the relevant ministry...
Amin AhmedSmuggled goods do not pay any duties or do not spend on quality control and other measures. Therefore, these are marketed substantially cheaper in comparison to their rival producers and smuggled products have been increasingly grabbing the market shares...
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has been treated in a step-motherly way since the independence of the country. Nearly 85 per cent of the public development budget in the transportation sector has been spent on developing the road networks. This fund...
A lot of women are getting into crime, even serious ones, like carrying our killing missions. They say there are three reasons why thugs recruit women. The first is to hoodwink the law enforcers. They are not in the least...
Wars and terrorism take heavy tolls on human lives. To fight these, we need to promote general education and knowledge of science for all.For the well being of mankind, intercultural and inter religious dialogues should be held for bridging the...
KMN Sarwar IqbalBY the global mapping, which country is being sandwiched within the armpit of South Asian giant India or nested at the merging peak of straddling legs of Indian and Southeast Asian coasts? Inherently, which country is being catered...
Tapan Kanti SarkarBanks everywhere in the world are searching for ways to harness the power of the mobile phone. And with a large proportion of the nearly four billion mobile phones globally found within Asia, they are already seeing greater...
Bidaai On STAR PLUS Thursday at 10-30 pm. Bidaai is a story of two sisters, Sadhna (beautiful) and Ragini (unattractive). Sadhna is the adopted child in the family.Life is pleasant for Sadhna as she is beautiful but society is a...
DUBAI, Dec 9: Legendry Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan will be honoured with a Life Time Achievement Award at the sixth annual Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) beginning here today.He will be joined by his actor-son Abhishek Bachchan. Other Indian stars...
MUMBAI, Dec 7: Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone has become the brand ambassador of Johnson & Johnson's new fairness cream and says Neutrogena Fine Fairness cream is a multi-purpose product."It's not about using a product and suddenly becoming fair. The fairness...
BTVam07:00 Announcement, Recitation From The Holy Quran, Programme Outline And The Holy Tripitak Paath07:10 Saswato Jibon07:15 Suvechaa Nin08:00 Morning News08:30 Open Univercity09:00 Sangbad Shironam09:15 Satellite Transmission09:30 Bajoyo Ebong Bajo11:15 Tomi Miar Kitchen11:40 Shatorupa12:00 Sangbad Shironam12:05 Sangbadpatrer Pata Theke12:30 Sastha Tathya01:00...
HONG KONG, Dec 9 (Reuters): Japan led a slide in Asian stock markets Wednesday as worries about the strength of a global recovery prompted investors to trim some bets ahead of the year end, while the euro picked up from...
DHS Motors, a local distributor of Honda Motors Company Limited in Japan, has recently launched a 'Honda Civic Hybrid Car' in local markets, according to a press release. In this connection, a colorful launching ceremony was organised by DHS Motors...
FRANKFURT, Dec 9 (Reuters): Japan's Suzuki Motor said Wednesday it will sell a 19.9-per cent stake to Volkswagen for $2.5 billion and use half the proceeds to buy shares in the German automaker.The following are comments from analysts and other...
MUMBAI, Dec 9 (Economic Times): Private sector lenders ICICI Bank and Kotak Mahindra today announced low rates of 8.25 per cent and 8.49 per cent respectively for home loans, intensifying the cut-throat competition sparked by SBI and HDFC.India's second largest...
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