BENAPOLE, Nov 30: Activities of export and import via Benapole land port remained suspended Monday due to a dawn-to-dusk strike enforced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal. — UNB
M Azizur RahmanThe government has sought technical assistance from foreign companies to stop gas seepage from the Titas gas field at Brahmanbaria some 100 kilometers south east of the capital, officials said Monday.The state-owned Petrobangla has already sought expressions of...
FE ReportThe government will raise funds offering a certain amount of shares of some individual projects to the investors for energy exploration and power generation with local resources, Prime Minister's Energy Affairs Adviser said. "Initially we will present some projects...
FE ReportReadymade garment (RMG) exporters and the NBR are at loggerheads over newly slapped scanning fees for export consignments in the Chittagong port, which the government imposed from early August.Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) have found the scanning...
Mashiur RahamanThe ground water level in the country's north and eastern districts has fallen by about 10 feet over the last one decade as a result of declining river flows threatening the lives of millions in the region, a study...
DUBAI, Nov. 30 (Agencies): Dubai's government said it hasn't guaranteed the debt of Dubai World, the state-controlled holding company struggling with $59 billion in liabilities, and that creditors must help it restructure. "The company received financing based on its project...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed a bullish trend for the second straight week last week, spurred by financials and insurers, just before start of the four-day recess to celebrate the Eid-ul Azha festival.Trading at the prime bourse of...
BOGRA, Nov 30 (UNB): At least seven people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus and a human hauler collided head-on at Chhankar Biroil in Sherpur Upazila Monday.Four of the dead were identified as Sadhon (30), Bhola, (60),...
The Lalmohon-bound passenger launch, M.V. Coco, was only a few yards away from the shore when tragedy struck. The launch, which was carrying an unspecified number of passengers from Dhaka, sank in the river Tetulia in the early hours of...
N.M. Harun"Try to know about the true history of the country. Because, in the past, by inserting untrue information into the textbooks, children and the new generation like you have been confused," Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said while addressing the...
Firoz AhmedBangladesh enjoys duty-free access for some of its goods in the markets of some developed and semi-developed countries. Discussions and negotiations are on for obtaining some more concessions for the country's export products, particularly in relation to its main...
THE parliamentary standing committee on the law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry has put forward a legislative proposal aimed at compelling individuals summoned by it or any other committee to appear before it. The proposal also stipulates that the committees...
IT could take four or five years to start using coal to diversify the energy basket. At least seven or nine years of exploration would be needed to harvest offshore oil and gas. It could take at least five years...
A.F.M. Mainul AhsanHow does an investor, living outside Dhaka or Chittagong or abroad, supposed to get information about a listed company to make a wise investment decision? For example, to get information about a firm, an investor living in Noakhali...
Fahim Salek The financial world has gone through a severe shakeout due to the severity of the global economic recession that is still on going. Though the economic experts have predicted the recovery of the economies in the near future,...
V. RadhikaIT was not supposed to be a film. But as Afghan-Canadian journalist and filmmaker Nelofer Pazira followed the threads of a subject that propped up so persistently, a film unraveled, frame by frame and the documentary, 'Audition', announced itself.One...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 30 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion unequivocally called for undertaking a need-based step to make the vast tract of barind area free from the possible desertification.They said that enriching the surface water resources by re-excavating the existing ponds...
Experts said Bangladesh is poised to lose most of its marine fish population as a result of climate change, dealing a big blow to thousands of people dependent on fishing in the sea, reports UNB. "Bangladesh has a long coastal...
Experts said that excessive consumption of red or processed meats significantly raise the risk of heart disease.The experts representing public and private heart disease treatment centres said the number of patients with heart complications increases at least by 10 per...
FE ReportINCIDIN Bangladesh, a local NGO, raised some issues for the Bangladesh delegation to the 7th WTO ministerial conference to keep the Doha Round truly in the track of development.INCIDIN Bangladesh urged the Bangladesh delegation to consider the Indian proposal...
KHULNA, Nov 30 (UNB): Police recovered a beheaded body of the farmer from the bank of Saltha River under Dumuria Upazila Monday.The deceased was identified as Ashraf Ali Moral (35), husband of Jesmin Nahar, a woman member of Ghutudia Union...
BNP has held 70 per cent councils to elect new committees in the districts, BNP's Office Secretary Rizvi Ahmed said at a press briefing in the city Monday, reports bdnews24.com."The district councils are being conducted amidst various barriers and opposition."...
KUSHTIA, Nov 30 (BSS): Rabiul Huq and Arshadul Huq, owners of Kohinoor Bakery at Faiz Market, repatriated from Hoogli district of India before the partition of India in 1947. The two brothers bought a house with a high hope at...
A high-level delegation of the Awami League (AL) left Dhaka for China Sunday on a seven-day visit to join the national convention of the Communist Party of China, reports bdnews24.com. The team will join the celebrations marking the 60th founding...
Three foreign teams - Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Maldives - will arrive in the capital today (Tuesday) to play in the eight-nation Bangabandhu SAFF Championship beginning Friday (Dec 4) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city, reports UNB. Sri...
Muttiah Muralitharan, the Sri Lankan spinner, has said he may quit international cricket before the 2011 World Cup in the subcontinent, reports Cricinfo.Murali, on his fourth tour to India, his final overseas tour, is struggling to come to terms with...
PORT ELIZABETH, Nov 30 (Cricinfo): South Africa's batsmen veered from the sublime to the ridiculous in the space of three days, as England demonstrated the staggering extent of their inconsistency in one-day cricket by following one of their heaviest thumpings...
MUMBAI, Nov 30 (AFP): Test cricket returns to Mumbai's venerable Brabourne stadium after 36 years when India and Sri Lanka clash in the third and final match here from Wednesday.The two teams will enjoy the graceful setting of one of...
Chris Gayle will not quit as West Indies captain but acknowledges the three-day defeat in Brisbane was "downright embarrassing". Gayle, writing a column in the Courier Mail, said he knows some critics think he is not right for the job,...
PARIS, Nov 30 (AFP): Roger Federer has topped the ATP end-of-year world rankings for the fifth time during his career having ceded the position last year to Rafael Nadal.The 28-year-old Swiss star, who won the French Open and Wimbledon during...
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