Proshika Chief Executive Mahbub-ul-Karim has dismissed the claim of Quazi Faruque Ahmed that he was still its chairman, reports UNB."Quazi Faruque and his followers are spreading rumours that the High Court (HC) has ruled that he is still chairman of...
Palampur ExpressOn SONY SET Wednesday at 10-00 pm. Palampur Express (Mon-Thurs, 10.00 pm) - an inspirational story of Pavni, a young small town girl, who dreams of being an athlete and is ready to face all the trials and tribulations...
MUMBAI, Nov 3: Bollywood actress Riya Sen made her Bengali film debut with a small appearance in director Rituparno Ghosh's film "Abohamaan", which was screened here Sunday."I refused every offer I got for Bengali movies as I wanted to start...
BTVam07:00 Announcement, Recitation From The Holy Quran, Programme Outline And The Holy Tripitak Paath07:10 Saswato Jibon07:15 Suvechaa Nin08:00 Morning News08:10 Desher Gaan08:30 Open Univercity09:00 Sangbad Shironam09:15 Satellite Transmission11:15 Pachmishali11:40 Koishori12:00 Sangbad Shironam12:05 Sangbadpatrer Pata Theke12:30 Sastha Tathya01:00 Sukhi Paribar01:30 Hijal...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has framed a policy for setting up new plants in the private export processing zones (EPZs) allowing investment in 14 categories of industries, including pharmaceutical, electrical, leather and backward linkage units for production of textiles.Private EPZ...
Shamsul Huq Zahid The World Bank (WB), the global multilateral lender, has reportedly attached some conditions to obtaining a sizeable amount of its financial assistance by Bangladesh.The government has sought the concessional WB fund that is normally processed and disbursed...
FE ReportThe UK government will suspend aid if any of its projects being implemented in Bangladesh is found to be fraught with fraud, a British lawmaker warned Tuesday. "It's our taxpayers' money. We can't tolerate any fraud," Malcolm Bruce, chair...
FE ReportA public-private committee formed to oversee all aspects of public procurement of both goods and services will be operational soon, sources said.The committee comprising both public and private stakeholders was formed to oversee the full spectrum of public spending,...
FE ReportDhaka stocks slid slightly on profit taking Tuesday, snapping the third straight day of record-breaking rally.The market was in the positive territory before starting to decline from third hour of the trade as the investors booked profit on banks,...
All companies of the Beximco Group, one of Bangladesh's biggest business conglomerates, have been off the list of loan defaulters since the quarter ending in June last, reports bdnews24.com. A parliamentary committee was told this by the central bank.On November...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 3 (bdnews34.com):Bangladesh dismissed Zimbabwe for just 44 runs before easing to a six-wicket victory and an unassailable 3-1 lead in their five-match one-day international series on Tuesday. Pacer Nazmul Hossain and left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak shared two wickets...
FE Report The lottery for the residential plots of Uttara Model Town (3rd Phase) and the rest of Purbachal New Town Project of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) will be held today (Wednesday), officials said.The city development authorities have already allotted...
The verdict of the writ petition related to mutual funds is likely to be delivered today. However, if any clarification is needed by the court, the verdict will be delayed by a day, according to lawyers. Investors filed the writ...
BENAPOLE, Nov 3: Benapole land port resumed operations Tuesday afternoon after a halt of one and a half days in the face of resistance by Indian truck workers. — bdnews24.com
At least 50 shanties were gutted in a fire that broke out at a slum at Pallabi in the city Monday night, fire fighters said. Fire Brigade sources said the fire originated from a lighted candle at about 10:15pm and...
Mahmudur RahmanThe ready-made garments industry is finding out to its chagrin that damage control can be expensive. For all the might and power at its disposal the industry has its back to the wall in trying to defend itself or,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the member-countries of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to assist Bangladesh in its grim fight against the perils of global climate change, as the country needed international cooperation in protecting the people, reports...
FE Report Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Tuesday cautioned the government about developing metro rail without any feasibility study as well as proper legal and organisational framework, saying it may cause loss of money and delay in implementation.JICA chief representative...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Nov 03: The countries that have been severely hurt by the global warming but do not have doughs to undertake the repair have recently taken resorts to measures that apparently appear ludicrous to draw international attention...
KUSHTIA, Nov 3 (UNB): Police seized an AK-47 assault rifle and one shotgun, along with a huge amount of ammunition, from a microbus at Barkhada Trimohoni check-post on the outskirts of the district town on Monday night.The law-enforcers said they...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) will continue collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) from patients as the judgment of the High Court is stayed by an interim order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC).VAT collection...
FE Report Speakers at a seminar Tuesday stressed the need for relocation of production bases, raising efficiency and exploring new knitwear markets for sustainable growth of the largest exporting earning sub-sector.The observations came at a seminar organised by Bangladesh Knitwear...
Iran has said it wants the UN's nuclear watchdog to establish a committee to review a deal aimed at easing Western fears over its nuclear programme, reports BBC.Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said the country had passed a request to...
Foreign minister Dipu Moni Monday urged oil exporting countries to give Bangladesh special concession in fuel prices, reports bdnews24.com. The minister, now in Malaysia, made the request while addressing a summit of the D8 council of ministers in Kuala Lumpur....
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanBangladesh made a giant stride towards introduction of e-commerce Monday after the central bank allowed online money transaction, payment of utility bills through Internet and transfer of funds from one bank to another.Bangladesh Bank gave the groundbreaking directives...
FE ReportThe government reduced Monday the prices of major non-urea fertilisers, which will cost the national exchequer Tk 5.0 billion for supplying the inputs to farmers at subsidised rates.Agriculture Minister Begum Motia Chowdhury announced the cut in sales prices of...
FE ReportDhaka stocks benchmark index crossed the 3400-point mark for the first time Monday as shares enjoyed third consecutive day of record-breaking rally, boosted by better-than-expected third quarter reports by some companies. Stock brokers said the investors have largely defied...
M Azizur RahmanGlobal energy companies responded spontaneously to tap potential reserves in the country's unexplored state-owned onshore gas fields and carry out seismic surveys to shore up the government move for raising natural gas output, officials said Monday.Forty four companies...
A Z M AnasBOESL, the state-owned recruiting agency, has managed to find employment for fewer than 15,000 Bangladeshis abroad since its inception in the mid-1980s, according to official statistics. Between 1984 and 2008, data available with the Bureau of Manpower...
Nazmul AhsanPolicymakers and ministers of the least developed countries (LDCs) of the Asia-Pacific region will gather in Dhaka next January to devise a common strategy for dealing with the effects of the ongoing global economic crisis, climate change and problems...
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