The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) has threatened to attack "illegal migrants" from Bangladesh.The announcement by the ULFA came days after its top leaders were detained in Dhaka and handed to India, according to BBC News, reports bdnews24.com.The ULFA...
The annual council of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) will be held at the National Press Club Auditorium today (Saturday).All councillors of BFUJ from across the country are expected to take part in the council, says a press release.
An expert said that getting rid of the city's large quantum of garbage was no easy task, but its recycling could help keep it at minimum level apart from turning it into organic fertiliser."About 5000 tonnes of domestic refuses are...
Monira MunniA local self-made engineer has developed an environment-friendly electronics turbine digital car 'Raf Raf Tahia' meaning beautiful and speedy, which will require no fuel."Gas, oil and mobil are not needed to run the car and there is no engine...
Munima SultanaBangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will introduce school buses for educational institutions to facilitate the authorities and students with the special service for avoiding hazards of using other transports and help lessen the city's traffic congestion.Officials said authorities of...
FE ReportBangladesh has a demand for 500,000 bags of blood where as only 26 per cent of it comes from voluntary donation, said Prof Din Mohammad, head of Neurology department of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH). He said, "The...
The visiting Indian Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said his country was keen to borrow Bangladesh's salinity tolerant rice variety to boost agriculture outputs in the states of West Bengal, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh."Our states of West Bengal, Orissa and Andhra...
FE ReportAt least 200 shanties and 25 flats were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out at South Begunbari in the city's Tejgaon Industrial area Friday evening, police said.Shilpanchal (industrial) police said the fire originated from a gas pipeline...
Our CorrespondentNATORE, Jan 8: President of Natore District NGO Association and Chairman of SETU NGO Mostafizul Islam Mostak (47) died Thursday. He left behind his wife, one son, one daughter, relatives and well wishers to mourn his death. His namaz-e-Janaza...
BOGRA, Jan 8 (UNB): Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Ghoraghat thana of Dinajpur district allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself at his in-law's house at Namajgarh in district town Thursday.Police said OC Jakir Hossain (43), hailed from Gholagari area of Sadar Upazila,...
FE ReportThe NBR has recently detected evasion of a substantial amount of value added tax (VAT) by a leading glass sheet manufacturer. The CIC has estimated the evasion at around Tk 300 million. A top revenue official said the company...
Doulot Akter MalaThe country's readymade garment exporters have been counting additional duty to enter the Indian market, as the latter has imposed countervailing duty on subsidised export items of other countries, industry insiders said.Apparel items imported from Bangladesh are being...
FE ReportTraders in foreign pavilions in the month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2010 are enjoying significant customer's turnout in the first week since inauguration on January 1, 2010 but complained over mismanagement and non-cooperation from the authority.Customers' response in the...
M Azizur RahmanThe government has planned to settle the long-pending dispute with Niko Resources over payments against the sale of gas produced from Feni field through discussion rather than litigation, officials said Friday. "We cannot stop Niko from going to...
S M JahangirThe government has formed two separate committees to help solve long-standing problems of the country's sick industries, official sources said.The ministry of industries issued a circular on the formation of the two committees Thursday, a top-ranking ministry official...
BANDARBAN, Jan 8: At least seven people were killed and another 45 injured in Bandarban Friday when a picnic bus caught fire and plunged into a roadside ditch. Among the dead passengers, five were identified as Rupak Barua, Shova Barua...
Mohammad Mufazzal from BarisalDhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) President Md Rakibur Rahman said the government, investors and bourses could jointly supply adequate money for development of the country's power sector as well as infrastructures to lessen dependence on World Bank and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, reports UNB.Chairman of the organising committee of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Sharad Pawar Friday requested the Prime Minister to...
FE ReportThe Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has signed an air service agreement with the British Civil Aviation Department (BCAD) that enables Bangladeshi passenger carriers to operate 31 weekly flights to the United Kingdom.Earlier, Bangladeshi carriers had permission to...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) passed the first week of 2010 in a bullish mood with an increased participation of investors.All sectors, except the financial institutions, which shed 0.83 per cent, were able to edge higher, pushing up the...
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanContinued dearth of land in Dhaka's generally sought-after areas and the consequent property price-hike have pushed up the value of real estate in the city's upscale zones by almost 50 per cent from that of last year as...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Jan 08: The two-day high level meeting on the demarcation of the maritime boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar has begun here today (Friday).Leaders of both the teams said they are hopeful about a positive outcome of the...
BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury said he expected that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would return from India visit with fair share of river water and an announcement on scrapping of Tipaimukh dam project, reports bdnews24.com. “I am positive...
NEW DELHI, Jan 8 (AFP/Reuters): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday likened India to a “slow moving elephant” whose sheer size, population and diversity affects its ability to implement key policy decisions.He said Asia’s third-largest economy was expected to grow...
PRIME Minister Sheikh Hasina while speaking at a function in Dhaka early this week said her government planned to build four satellite towns around the capital city. The main reason for the government taking up such a plan does not...
Pradeep S MehtaMuch has been written about the recently concluded Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change which will continue to reverberate. Copenhagen was not supposed to be the be all and end all on environmental matters. It was a part of...
Kamal AhmedKey functionaries in Bangladesh energy sector have been felling the media that there will be no energy crisis by 2012. They also said natural gas production will be doubled in two years. Bangladesh is suffering from the most severe...
Maswood Alam KhanThere was a time when a conservative Muslim woman would have preferred death to a touch of her body by anybody other than by her husband. It was unimaginable on the part of a Muslim woman to move...
According to the list of the countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), Bangladesh stands 58th with GDP to the tune of US$ 90 billion among the countries of the world. It stands at 56th among...
THE government can in no way justify its indifference to tackling noise pollution. The serious hazards that noise pollution can cause to human health are not unknown. The authorities need to pay attention to the serious problem. The drivers honk...
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