Home Minister Sahara Khatun Thursday categorically said distribution of machine readable passports would begin from April next year. She disclosed it while visiting the city's Agargaon passport office. Once the MRP is introduced, the home minister said, the Bangladeshi passports...
NARAYANGANJ, Dec 24: Three of a family, including two women, were burned to death and around 45 shanties gutted as a fierce fire broke out at the Relly Bagan slum in Tan Bazaar area of the district town early Thursday....
The government will take necessary steps to reopen the laid-off state-owned industries under the Bangladesh Steels & Engineering Corporation (BSEC). Industries Minister Dilip Barua said this at a meeting with the leaders of BSEC Workers and Employees Federation at its...
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanThe government has embarked on an ambitious plan to bring an estimated 15,000 hectares of land under solar energy-powered irrigation system in the next three years, officials said ThursdayThe move is aimed at cutting use of grid electricity...
Sonia H MoniThe courier service companies are going to have legal framework to run their business in the country with an amendment to the Postal Act 1898, said Director General of Postal Department Mobasherur Rahman.The government has taken the move...
FE Report The central bank started buying back government securities Thursday aiming to manage the government's surplus funds properly, officials said."We've taken the move against the backdrop of the surplus balance in government account that stands at over Tk 100...
At 7:16 a.m.Thursday, the Senate passed on a 60-39 party line vote a sweeping health care bill that will tighten insurance regulations, provide insurance for 31 million more Americans and cost $871 billion over the next decade, according to the...
FE ReportICT Secretary Abdul Awal Majumder Thursday said about 5.0 million (50 lakh) people in Bangladesh use Internet services, offered by the mobile phone operators and Internet service providers."About 4.6 million mobile phone subscribers use Internet services, while 0.4 million...
Mashiur RahamanThe country's mobile phone users have declined by nearly a million in November after Malaysian state-owned Axiata sharply trimmed down its figure of active subscribers, telecoms regulator said Thursday.At the end of November, the country has 50.55 million active...
CONSUMERS in this country are greatly concerned about the quality of their daily consumables, may it be fish or fruit or edible oil. The rampant use of hazardous chemicals in food items by unscrupulous producers and traders has made most...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanEvery government in this country from the mid seventies declared privatisation as among its list of priorities. But actual accomplishments in privatisation, i.e. identifying the industrial and services units in the public sector for privatisation, calculation of their...
Gopal SenguptaTHE expected happened at Copenhagen. The so-called summit of hope turned out to be nothing more than a damp squib. The world leaders behaved as though they were bureaucrats haggling for a government tender. None of them seemed to...
IN December, the guardians of young children, seeking admission to schools, remain on their toes. Admissions syndicates, unknown in the past, create pressure on guardians, asking for donations for school development. Until the nineties, berths in the schools were assured...
EACH and every government, which came to power in Bangladesh, tried its best to maintain cordial and friendly relations with India. But India always played the big brother and exerted pressure on Bangladesh to advance New Delhi's interests, both due...
To the people who are concerned about the factual history of the Liberation War, it is clear what the recent activities of Jamaat-e-Islami, specially on the last Victory Day, indicates.Everyone in Bangladesh is aware of the ignoble activities of the...
Hafeejul Alam Spurious and even hazardous pharma products have become a real threat to the health of the people at large and one wonders how those are yet available on medical prescriptions. A few recent incidents glaringly point out how...
Capt. Husain ImamTHE Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in its historic judgment on November 19, 2009 upholding the verdict of the high court division to hang the killers of the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, by...
Bridget Hunter"THE Asia-Pacific region has become a worldwide center of economic activity and innovation," US Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk said last month. "And it is a key driver of global economic growth and recovery."Kirk, addressing the US-Korea Business Council...
Betab Dil Ki TamannaOn SONY SET Thursday at 11-30 pm The three sisters Kanchan, Shamoli and Kakon of Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai are forced to leave their home in the small town of Siliguri to come to the city...
MUMBAI, Dec 23 (AFP): Bollywood is looking to Aamir Khan to bring festive cheer to the industry after a disappointing 2009 hit by a producers' strike, swine flu fears and a lack of box office success.The actor-producer-director's heavily-marketed "3 Idiots",...
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...
FE ReportThe country's exporters and importers can cut transport cost by more than 50 per cent and save significant amount of time if internal container barge service is introduced between Chittagong and Dhaka and Bangladesh and India, experts said Monday....
FE ReportBiman Flight Catering Centre (BFCC) has been certified 'ISO 22000:2005 Food Safety Management System' by United Kingdom based auditor United Registrar of Systems (URS) Ltd.'ISO 22000:2005 Food Safety Management System' certifies an organization who maintains standard to demonstrate its...
MUMBAI, Dec 23 (Bloomberg): National Aluminium Co, India's second-biggest producer, plans to almost triple production capacity in the next six years as demand rises in Asia, Europe and North America.Output of the lightweight metal may reach 1.25 million metric tons...
FE ReportChevron Bangladesh continues to support Habitat for Humanity International, Bangladesh (HFHI-B) in its initiative to build low-cost durable houses for the poor, according to a press release. A cheque was handed over to Habitat for Humanity International at a...
LONDON, Dec 23 (Bloomberg): Arcelor Mittal, the world's biggest steelmaker, may buy more mines in 2010 to increase its supply of iron ore as prices for the raw material used to make the metal are expected to rebound.Acquisitions "will be...
Iftikhar (Tim) Khan has been honoured with an OBE for services to UK/Bangladesh trade and development relations and corporate social responsibility. Tim received this award after many years of working on developing transportation Infrastruct6re but more recently turning his attention...
FE Report D.Net's Computer Learning Programme (CLP) has received Manthan South Asia Award 2009 under the category of e-Education, says a press release. This is an award for the programme, which is for empowering students and teachers in Bangladesh through...
LUANDA, Dec 23 (AFP): A surge from Iraq's oilfields will occupy OPEC crude producers in coming years as the recovering country's output challenges that of Saudi Arabia, observers said as the cartel held its latest meeting. Iraq has signed several...
NEW DELHI, Dec 23 (Commodity Online): India retained its No one ranking in milk production with an expected output of 110 million tonnes in 2008-09.According to India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) country's milk production was 104.8 million tonnes in...
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