RANGPUR, Jan 13 (BSS): Severity of the sweeping cold wave worsened following falls in the temperatures coupled with blowing stronger winds causing unbearable miseries and paralysing normal life in northern Bangladesh for the fourth consecutive day today.The situation worsened further...
FE Report BUET Alumni Associa tion (BUETAA) is organising a Reunion 2010 on February 5, 2010 at BUET Ground.Dr Wahiduddin Ahmed, former Vice Chancellor of BUET will remain present as the chief guest.Members of BUETAA willing to participate in the...
DU '69Batch Annual General Meeting and Picnic have been deferred to February 12 due to unfriendly weather condition. The picnic spot and other scheduled programmes remain unchanged.The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the Executive Committee Wednesday.
MANIKGANJ, Jan 13 (UNB): Launch and ferry services on Paturia-Doulatdia river route remained suspended for six hours until 9:00 am Wednesday due to dense fog, causing sufferings to the passengers.Seven ferries loaded with passengers and vehicles were also anchored at...
Michael S Potter joined Apollo Hospitals Dhaka as the chief executive officer (CEO) recently. He completed his MSc in health care administration from Trinity University, Texas, USA, says a press release.Potter started his career as a health care professional in...
FE ReportThe government has decided to raise an industrial police force to protect readymade garment sector from repeated unrest, which has cost the country's main export earner billions of dollars in the last several years. The decision came in an...
Leaders of the National Garment Workers' Federation (NGWF) asked the government to rescind two "anti-worker and anti-industry" articles from the recently passed Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act 2009, reports UNB.They also demanded inclusion of two other articles in the law for...
United States Congressman Gary Ackerman said with the return of democracy in Bangladesh a large number of good things were happening in the country.Ackerman (D-NY), Chairman of the House Sub-committee on the Middle East and South Asia and member of...
FE ReportThe city's traffic system came to a standstill Wednesday after thousands of ruling party supporters thronged roads leading to Zia International Airport to greet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who returned home after a four-day visit to India.Hundreds of leaders...
Police arrested 2,136 people on various charges in separate drives across the country in 24 hours till 6.00am Wednesday, reports UNB.A total of 11 firearms, 18 cocktails and 19 rounds of bullet were also seized during the countrywide drive, said...
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...
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