BAGERHAT, Dec 19 (UNB): Highly vulnerable to the havoc of global climate change, Bagerhat district has fallen victim to the adverse effects of water-logging, forcing farmers to keep vast tracts of land uncultivated.People of the district have been suffering from...
Greater Faridpur Employers Welfare Parishad (GFEWP), in an annual board meeting, has recently elected MA Mazed acting president and Manjurul Alam acting general secretary who will be authorised to conduct banking transactions on behalf of the association.The association has also...
The second grand conference of the disadvantaged people's organisations of the country begins at Gonoshasthaya Kendra at Nayatola in Savar today (Sunday). Dhaka Ahsania Mission, ActionAid Bangladesh, CARE Bangladesh, Concern Worldwide and Ashroy are arranging the two-day conference.
Rubel Aziz has been elected president of the Gulshan Club for the year 2009- 2010 recently, said a press release. Ten members of the executive committee are: Obeid R Nizam, Khwaja Shafiqur Rahman, Riaz ur Rahman, Ms Sabera Ahmed (Koli),...
M A IslamSUBJECTS that learners are weak in need special care. Reading texts of the same subject of previous classes might be very helpful and students can be comfortable in any seemingly 'difficult' subject if they try. Since we have...
FE SpecialMAKING good result in the examinations is everyone's dream. The thought of how to fulfill this dream varies from student to student. Making good result depends on good preparation and that depends on preparation of good notes. Some prepare...
BNP's new senior joint secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Saturday they would take legal steps if the government did not refrain from its reported move to erase late President Ziaur Rahman's name from different establishments in the country,...
State Minister for Local Government, Rural Devel-opment and Cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak said Saturday that the government would turn the Union Parishads (UP) into key centres of development to expedite economic progress of the country with stable democracy and balanced...
FARIDPUR, Dec 19 (BSS): Deputy Leader of the Jatiya Sangsad and acting president of Bangladesh Awami League Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury today said the present government was firm to restore the 1972 constitution, which was distorted several times by the successive...
In a latest development in the regrouping opposition party, BNP withdraw the expulsion of its former Publication Affairs Secretary and ex-state minister for Home Lutfozzaman Babar, now again in jail after a short freedom during the general election, reports UNB.The...
DU CorrespondentThe election of Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) will be held December 30.Teachers belonged to Awami League-backed 'blue panel' and BNP-Jamaat-backed 'white panel' submitted nomination letters to election commissioner Prof Dalim Chandra Barman Saturday.Incumbent DUTA President Prof Khandaker Bazlul...
Our CorrespondentRANGAMATI, Dec-19:- Five members of a political front opposing the CHT peace treaty were allegedly abducted by their rivals from the remote Shalbagan village under Jurachhari upazila of the district this morning.The abducted were identified as Sapta Chakma (70),...
Goal set to limit warming to two degrees Celsius, $10b earmarked in early funding for poor countries-3COPENHAGEN, Dec 19 (AFP): The UN climate talks came to a close Saturday, with the gavel brought down after 13 days of debate on...
COPENHAGEN, Dec 19 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed satisfaction over a 'reasonable conclusion' at the UN Climate Change Conference, saying there are certain areas that need to be finalised in the future."A deal has been agreed upon taking...
FE ReportThe Ministry of Finance (MoF) has prepared a package formula to improve the financial health and operational capacity of the largely state-owned Rupali Bank Ltd.Under the formula, the Bank will be allowed to issue three right shares against one...
Sadiq AhmedIn 2005 I edited a book published by MacMillan: "Transforming Bangladesh into a Middle Income Economy" that projected that with concerted efforts Bangladesh could achieve middle income status by 2016. Many at that time thought it was too optimistic....
FHM Humayan Kabir The Japanese government has said Bangladesh needs to ensure supply of gas and power, improve banking and deregulate telecom sector if it wants to attract more foreign direct investment.The world's second largest economy has made the suggestions...
FE Report Both opening of fresh letters of credit (LCs) for imports and settlement of LCs fell significantly in the month of November because of the Eid-ul-Azha festival, officials said. Opening of fresh LCs against imports, generally known as import...
Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes said Saturday Bangladesh expected progress in the long running issue of sharing waters of the Teesta River during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India next month, reports UNB.Hasina's visit deferred due to the Copenhagen climate...
Armed muggers Saturday gunned down a businessman in the city's Shyampur area, police said.The deceased was identified as Harun-or-Rashid (36) who owned a garment factory located in the area.Wife of the victim said a group of muggers entered their house...
The results of primary education terminal examinations of Class V, scheduled for December 20 now will be published on December 22. The examinations were held on November 21-24. - UNB
FE ReportJanata Bank (JB), a state-owned commercial bank, will provide interest-free loans to the landless and the marginal farmers affected by cyclones Sidr and Aila and those in Monga-hit areas from December for six months."We will provide around Tk 5,000...
Chittagong Office CHITTAGONG, Dec 19: Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has finally got the nod to procure one container feeder vessel after long 18 years. The approval for procurement of the feeder vessel was made in the board meeting of the...
Maswood Alam KhanNot everybody has a heart to kill a rooster or a cow. One needs to practice slaughtering small creatures before embarking upon the assignment of chasing and killing a big beast. Such a man, skilled in killing, may...
Fazle RashidThere is a spate of offers of foreign investments in the US. But the government is in a fix about what to do about these proposals. Two questions need to be resolved. America requires foreign investments to revamp the...
Merle David KellerhalsTo establish a global foundation for growth and avert future economic crises, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says, the major advanced economies must rebalance global demand."The financial crisis also showed clearly that previous global economic patterns were unsustainable," he...
The ruling Awami League in its election manifesto of 2008 made an unequivocal statement: "Extrajudicial killings will be stopped." It was one of the election pledges of the party which received universal appreciation. Within weeks of the inauguration of the...
Shahiduzzaman KhanBangladesh is planning to replace all traditional brick kilns by the year 2010 with modern and environment friendly technologies. To this effect, the Department of Environment (DoE) has been instructed not to renew the environmental clearance certificates of the...
Kamal AhmedIt is regrettable that the handloom industry, which meets about 50 per cent of fabrics' requirement of the country, is neglected. Handloom industry is next only to agriculture in creating employment in the Bangladesh countryside. More than 10 million...
We know that Bangladesh is one of the countries extremely exposed to climatic threats. Recently world leaders were told of our concerns with regards to climate change. They tell us also that our own government has also formed two separate...
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