RANGPUR, Dec 13 (BSS): Speakers at a function said increased salt intake and high blood pressure are silent killers.They suggested for intake of less salt and walking regularly to reduce the risks of heart attacks and brain haemorrhages.They said this...
The deep depression over the southwest Bay and adjoining area moved westwards and is likely to cross south Tamilnadu coast Monday noon, reports UNB.The cyclonic storm 'WARD' moved south-southwestwards and weakened into a deep depression Sunday morning, a Met office...
FE ReportThe both kidneys of a mother have been damaged. But she wants to live. She is undergoing treatment at Khaja Yunus Ali Medical College and Hospital in Sirajganj. Her treatment requires a lot of money, which is impossble for...
Chief of Army Staff General M Abdul Mubeen Saturday paid a courtesy call on President Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban, reports BSS.During the meeting, the Army Chief apprised the President about the upcoming routine winter exercise of the army personnel to...
Speakers at a discussion informed that HIV infected people in the country were 1,745. Some 204 AIDS patients died since the first HIV/AIDS patient was identified in the country in 1989, reports UNB.The discussion focusing on HIV/AIDS and our responsibilities...
FE ReportTransparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has recently teamed up with Dhaka University (DU) to jointly organise a training programme for the mass media personnel both at local and national level. The two parties signed an agreement in this regard in...
Chittagong OfficeCHITTAGONG, Dec 13: The New Western Marine Ship Builders, a local ship builder has won a contract to build a pilot vessel for Chittagong Port at a cost of Tk 114.1 million, concerned sources said.The vessel, to be built...
FE ReportFinance Minister AMA Muhith cast doubts Sunday on active participation of private investors in the public private partnership (PPP) initiative of the government."I'm not sure whether the private sector's participation in the PPP initiative will take place at such...
A Z M AnasThe government has deflected a World Bank (WB) advice to reform the troubled Rupali Bank, saying it is already "turning the corner" without outside advisory services, officials said Sunday. "We don't need the World Bank advice. The...
The nation observes the Martyred Intellectuals Day today (Monday) paying rich tribute to a galaxy of intellectuals systematically killed at the fag-end of the liberation war in 1971 to cripple the Bengalis aspirations after nationhood, reports UNB.Renowned academics, doctors, engineers,...
FE ReportThai investments have excellent future as Bangladesh offers most attractive incentives for investing in energy sector, said Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Abdul Hafiz Choudhury Sunday."Bangladesh requires US$5 to $7.0 billion (500 to 700 crore) investments in...
COPENHAGEN, Dec 13 (AFP) - Negotiations to forge an epoch-making pact on climate change went behind closed doors on Sunday, with a select group of environment ministers from 48 countries poring over a draft deal.But the 12-day UN marathon entered...
FE ReportDhaka stocks closed slightly higher amid volatile trading Sunday, although the benchmark index extended record-breaking rally for the second straight session thanks to a rebound by Grameenphone.The market opened sharply in the morning, rising 36 points before going down...
FE ReportThe price of gold has been reduced by Tk 1,000 per bhori (11.644 gram) across the board effective from last Friday."The price of the yellow metal fell in the international market and after analysing the trend we have decided...
Mohammad MufazzalThe recent finance ministry decision on initial public offering (IPO) will just close the window of fresh share supplies into the market and will also discourage other companies, which have already lined up to float IPO, issue managers and...
MYMENSINGH, Dec 13: Five people were killed and eight others injured as a bus rammed into a tempo at Jamtola in Sadar Upazila Sunday noon. Three of the deceased were identified as Robin (25), Dulal (35) and Abdul Hai (45)...
Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is taking initiative to import palm oil from Malaysia at cheaper rate. Commerce Minister Faruk Khan said Sunday said this while talking to journalists after his meeting with the visiting Malaysian minister Bernard G Dompok....
Munima SultanaBangladesh can earn US$70 million and more a year --- enough to build another bridge on the river Karnaphuli --- from global carbon trading by reducing emission of its thousands of brickfields.A Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia announced tonight a 19-member standing committee, the highest decision making body of the party, reports UNB.The committee members are:1. Begum Khaleda Zia, 2. Khandker Delwar Hossain, 3. Dr RA Gani,4. Dr Khandker Musharraf Hossain,5. Barrister Maudud...
FE Report The central bank has allowed the commercial banks to reschedule their agricultural credits as long-term loans to facilitate farmers across the country. "We've issued a directive clarifying rescheduling of agricultural credits by the commercial banks to strengthen the...
Mushir AhmedLeading real estate developer Rupayan Group would build the country's largest private port cum inland container depot at Narayanganj at US$40 million -- a move set to revolutionise riverine transportation and cut container movement cost by 60 per cent.Rupayan...
Bangladesh is, officially, a great champion of human rights. It is a signatory to all the major international human rights instruments including International Covenant to Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Convention on the Rights of Child (CRC), Convention on the...
Shahiduzzaman KhanLENDING by the micro-finance institutions (MFIs) to the poor has failed to improve the country's poverty situation significantly. The graduation of the poor people to self-reliance is not really high in number. As such, MFIs should rather finance the...
Ehsanul KabirA superficial overview creates an optimistic picture of the country's macro-economy, in the backdrop of foreign currency reserve, swelling, comfortable balance of payments and reasonably good productivity in manufacturing and agriculture.Viewed from the dimension of time, some of the...
AFTER its humiliating election defeat, the image of the already 'corruption-stained' Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) dwindled. This declined further due to continuous boycott of parliament sessions without any valid reason. Moreover, the recent intra-party feud and failure to form regional...
WE welcome the approval of a draft bill by the cabinet to drop the provision that gives the courts the power to issue warrants of arrest against editors, publishers, writers and reporters in defamation cases. This goes to meet a...
Maswood Alam KhanMr. Barack Obama, when he was delivering his wonderful speech after his accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, sounded more like a philosopher having a huge command of English literature to express his feelings poetically than an American president...
Sayed Javed AhmadLike in many other countries, our Central Depository System (CDS), called the Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL), is also a monopoly. After the turmoil in the stock market in Bangladesh in the early 1990s the need for automation...
Husain ImamDESPITE the fact that the military-backed caretaker government (CTG) of Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed was not truly a constitutional government, it enjoyed the support of the people in general for a considerable period of time mainly for a number of...
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaenge On Sony SET Sunday, at 9-30 pmCast- Shahrukh, KajolRaj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about...
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