FE Report South Asian countries, particularly Bangladesh, India and Maldives, are among the most vulnerable areas of the world to be badly affected by climate change, according to a World Bank (WB) report. "Rising sea levels are a dire concern...
FE Report The local interbank call money rate hit 10 per cent Wednesday as pressure was building on withdrawal of cash from banks ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival, officials said."The call money rate shot up on the day despite the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said country's coal policy would have to be finalised giving priority to maximum welfare of the mass people, reports UNB.She made the suggestion at a presentation on Energy and Coal Policy at the Prime Minister's Office...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has taken a move to reform and modernise Value Added Tax (VAT) policy, laws and rules aiming to make it easier and people-friendly.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Tuesday formed a high-powered consultative committee that would...
The draw of the lottery for allotment of residential plots in the Purbachal project will be held today (Thursday). The lottery draw for the Uttara Project plots will not be held on the day, as was scheduled earlier. The draw...
The government has cancelled the permit of Deshbandhu Sugar Mills Ltd (DSML) to export 5,155 tonnes of unsold sugar, which will now be supplied to the local markets to bring down its price to a tolerable level. The DSML got...
An aviation agreement was signed between Bangladesh and the European Union (EU) at the conference room of the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry Wednesday. —UNB
Mahmudur RahmanThere have been a number of uncomplimentary words in the vilification of the Burka, Naqaab or veil used by Muslim women, in the western world. France, the champion of liberalism has now come out and banned all forms of...
FE ReportThe country braces for a virtual 11-day holiday which begins tomorrow.Friday and Saturday are public holidays and the government has declared a three-day holiday for holy Eid-ul Fitr from Sunday and an extended holiday on Wednesday if the Eid...
FE Report The city-dwellers are being deprived of shopping opportunity in the run upto the Eid festival due to rainfall in the last three days.Traders at different city markets said they were having a poor turnout of customers over the...
FE ReportThe benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hit the highest level in two and a half months Wednesday, crossing the psychological mark of 3,000 as mutual funds and insurance companies saw a buying binge. The DSE General...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Sept 16: Ben Bernanke, US Fed Chairman, who has been out of public sight in recent times and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has been doing the talking, broke his silence yesterday to announce that recession is...
FE ReportIndustries Minister Dilip Barua Wednesday said the government would float tender next month for setting up a central effluent treatment plant in Savar industrial belt to relocate tanneries from the capital."The government is sincere about shifting the tanneries to...
Karan Johar is deep-neck into WAKE UP SID, directed by his erstwhile assistant, Ayan Mukherji. Besides, the supremely talented film-maker is completing his talked-about biggie MY NAME IS KHAN; its penultimate schedule is currently in progress in Mumbai. Also, KURBAAN...
Bidaai On STAR PLUS Thursday at 10-30 pm. Bidaai is a story of two sisters, Sadhna (beautiful) and Ragini (unattractive). Sadhna is the adopted child in the family. Life is pleasant for Sadhna as she is beautiful but society is...
Lisa Ray, the stunning beauty from Toronto (Canada) who made a stunning debut in Bollywood with Vikram Bhatt's Kasoor, has been diagnosed with a rare type of cancer of the bone marrow.In her blog, Lisa has revealed that she was...
There was a bumper rice production in the world in 2008 and the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in its first two Crop Prospects and Food Situation reports for 2009, made in April and July, forecast an increase...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanA small report on the back page of this paper drew the attention of this writer. The report had enough significance for it to be in the national limelight. Besides, it should be a matter to concern not...
Fazle Rashid Jed Rakoff, a federal judge, in Manhattan, New York last Monday declared void an agreement between the Securities Exchange Commission and Bank of America on the latter's take-over of Merrill Lynch. The judge issued a stern rebuke not...
Avik SenguptaTHE world lost one of the 20th century's true heroes last Saturday with the death, at 95, of agricultural visionary Norman Borlaug - a seed scientist who forcefully closed the gap between theory and practice. Borlaug is widely and...
THE global shortage of sugar means that prices would only go up. Abnormal weather conditions in India, China, and parts of Brazil contributed to underproduction. Normally surplus in sugar, India had to import. Also Indian farmers have moved to produce...
AFTER winning such a huge victory, Barak Obama, the US President is experiencing the other side of the music. Some of 20 to 30 thousand people came out against the pro-poor healthcare policy Obama administration wants to adopt. Obviously supporters...
A half-day hartal was observed on September 14, at the call of the national committee for safeguarding oil, gas, minerals, power and ports to protest the government's decision to lease out three offshore gas blocks to international companies on, what...
Human beings do have both credits and discredits. In the after-world, there will be rewards for the good deeds and punishment for the evil deeds. We, believers, need to make constant efforts to acquire noble virtues viz. truthfulness, justice, trust...
Power generation growth declined to 5.8 per cent at the fag end of the caretaker government, although the average generation growth remained higher especially after the addition of 1300 megawatt to the national grid in 1998, reports BSS. Power Development...
FE ReportA group of car-jackers stabbed a taxi driver to death before fleeing with the taxicab from Ashulia in the capital Tuesday night, police said.An officer of Ashulia police station told the FE after being informed they recovered Mohammad Shamim,...
The incidents of mugging and extortion have increased alarmingly in Dhaka city and its adjoining areas in recent days. The criminals, in the absence of necessary action on the part of the law enforcers, are virtually ruling the streets of...
Mezbah Uddin ShaberThe global economic downturn, followed by the financial meltdown, has brought forward some industries. Renewable energy and recycling are two such major industries. The importance of these two sectors is further enhanced by the global drive to cut...
Tareque AfzalBangladeshi apparel exporters are required to import fabrics, their main raw material in bulk. But they retain little of the value of the sales from their exports. The prices they quote include an element charged for cutting and making...
Export-oriented pharmaceutical industries have been demanding the establishment of a government-operated central testing laboratory for years. The proposed laboratory, according to the related industries, will help strengthen the reputation of local pharmaceutical products abroad through dependable quality certification.Government has reportedly...
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