The government has been urged to properly incorporate the migrants' health issue in the migration and health policies.Speakers made the appeal while addressing a dissemination seminar organised by International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on a study entitled 'Impact of Migration...
JU CorrespondentJAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Nov 4: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists yesterday beat up two Jatiyatabadi Chhattra Dal (JCD) activists at Jahangirnagar University campus. The victims were identified as Almin and Apurbo both are 35th batch student of Government and Politics...
KUSHTIA, Nov 4 (UNB): The five persons including a Mahila Awami League leader who had been arrested Monday night with arms and ammunition were taken on five days police remand today (Wednesday) for interrogation.
November 04, Wednesday The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction Wednesday.Selling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBsSonali Bank69.4500102.7695114.28020.777968.021965.482062.9083Agrani Bank69.3500102.6051111.16000.794267.597065.992162.6260FCBsStanChart69.60104.34115.870.8069.7866.7263.92HSBC 69.5930104.2594116.04270.819468.613465.511363.2900Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon69.5900104.2901117.10860.800970.038266.068565.0458PCBsUttara Bank69.4500103.0386114.62720.786167.794164.372162.6843AB Bank69.5000104.2985115.48430.7877NANANABuying rates from public (inward remittance)SCBsUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSonali...
Nasiruddin has been unanimously reelected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Northern General Insurance Co Ltd. The board at its 114th meeting reelected him chairman of the company, said a press release.Nasiruddin is a sponsor director and Chairman of...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Wednesday told the Jatiya Sangsad that the present government has undertaken a big plan with an estimated cost of Tk 120 billion (12,000 crore) for dredging the rivers in different parts of the country for...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 4 (BSS): The present government has started setting up of seven power plants in six northern districts under Rajshahi division aimed at minimising the power shortage.Chief Engineer of Northern Distribution Division under Power Development Board (PDB) Latifur Rahman...
FE ReportThe government will gradually modernise all the regional airports of the country to promote tourism, Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary Shafique Alam Mehdi said Wednesday."The government has already approved funds worth Tk 32 billion for upgrading Cox's Bazar airport,"...
A two-day seminar on 'Memory and Concentration Power' concluded in the city with a call for identifying the invisible doctor inside the human body, reports UNB.BK Chandra Shekhar, Holder of Guinness World Record on Memory Power, was the keynote speaker...
Our CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Nov 4: A discussion and view exchange meeting was recently held at Sirajganj Pourashava with the Poura Mayor TRM Noor-E-Alam Helal in the chair.Findings of a survey initiated by the Urban Partnerships for Poverty Reduction Project on floating...
DU CorrespondentA total of 19 journalists and producers have received the Meena Media Awards-2009 this year for their contribution to promoting children's rights in Bangladesh.The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) distributed the awards at a function at the city's British...
Nazmul AhsanThe Bangladesh Bank (BB) asked Wednesday the leasing companies to increase their paid-up capital to Tk 500 million by December 31, 2010.The leasing companies, which are commonly known as non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs), could issue Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)...
Shahiduzzaman KhanFresh unrest is again simmering in the readymade garments (RMG) sector. Three precious lives were lost and over a hundred wounded in the recent deadly violence in Tongi. An apparently disturbed Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, categorically said that the...
FE ReportStudents and teachers of a city school Wednesday disrupted traffic movement on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway for an hour by putting up road blocks demanding a foot-overbridge at Sayedabad.Hundreds of students of Jatrabari Ideal School demonstrated in the area, commonly...
FHM Humayan KabirFour major donors in an assessment have said the cost of Padma Bridge scheme might swell to US$2.7 billion from existing $2.4 billion due to escalation of prices of materials and higher interest payment during its implementation period,...
FE ReportThe country's export growth to the European Union (EU) market faces the danger of being eroded as the regional block is cutting tariffs multilaterally, imperiling Bangladesh's price edge, trade officials and exporters feared Wednesday.Commerce Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan also...
The government's Purchase Committee Wednesday approved a Chinese company's bid for supply and installation of a 150MW combined-cycle power plant in Chandpur, reports UNB.In a meeting with Finance Minister AMA Muhith in the chair the cabinet committee also approved another...
FE ReportDhaka stocks fell marginally for the second successive session Wednesday on profit taking, with share prices of the maximum issues declining.Before going into the negative territory on profit taking, the market gained 20 points in the morning. The benchmark...
FE Report A three-day apparel and textile exposition begins in the city today (Thursday) to showcase local garment products in a bid to woo foreign buyers amid the ongoing global recession. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), the trade...
FE ReportThe government spent only 10 per cent of the annual development programme (ADP) allocation in the first quarter of the current fiscal due to poor rate of project implementation, officials said Tuesday.Planning ministry officials said the project implementation rate...
The verdict of writ petition related to mutual fund will be delivered Sunday next. A division bench of High Court comprising Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Kamrul Islam Siddiqui declared the aforesaid date of delivery of verdict. — FE...
The High Court (HC) has ordered the government and city developer Rajuk to allocate Uttara Phase III plots after reserving 130 that were previously cancelled by the caretaker government. The bench of justices Shahidul Islam and Syeda Afsan Jahan made...
The first meeting of the feasibility study committee under 'Fuel and Electricity Development Committee' constituted earlier by the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, will be held today (Thursday) at 4.0pm at Bangladesh Bank. The meeting was convened to...
Mahmudur RahmanWorld oil prices are slowly creeping up and this by itself should send some warning signs flashing as the government weighs in earnestly to address the vexing power issue. The government is set to go on a major road...
FE ReportThe visiting British lawmakers at a meeting with finance minister AMA Muhith discussed Wednesday the UK government's possible areas of cooperation for accelerating economic growth of Bangladesh."We have discussed issues relating to development of energy sector, enhancement of revenue...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Nov 04: The only truck terminal at the Chiattagong Port operated by Panama Logistics (BD) Ltd has experienced a number of demonstrations over the government's dillydallying in hammering out the much-awaited operational agreement between the traffic department...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday said the countrymen would get rid of power crisis by 2011 and as per Vision-2021 of the present government the country would be self-sufficient in electricity, reports BSS. During the Prime Minister's question-answer session in...
FE ReportRajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) Wednesday allotted another 283 residential plots, including 60 for journalists, among applicants under its Uttara Model Town (3rd Phase) and Purbachal New Town projects.The computerised lottery draw was held at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the...
FE ReportBangladesh is the most favoured destination for investments in manufacturing sectors including readymade garments and textile next to China, Japanese Ambassador Tamotsu Shinotsuka said Wednesday.He said Japanese business people finds the country promising due to an excellent labour force...
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