A brilliant hattrick by Mohammad Ronny steered Sheikh Russell KC to a flying start in the Citycell Federation Cup Football Tournament crushing Bangladesh Army by 8-1 goals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium Saturday, reports UNB.Ronny scored seasons' first hattrick netting...
The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) today (Saturday) announced the grouping of the 12-team Metropolis Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League for the 2009-2010 season, reports UNB.Defending champions Dhaka Mohammedan SC has been placed in Group A while runners-up Gazi...
M A IslamIT is very unfortunate that we, humans, do not use the maximum of our brains. It is more unfortunate that we do not even try to use the power of brains, which has immense potentials to do great...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Import of scrap-ships doubled in the last fiscal year due to sharp fall in its prices in the international market boosting the supply of raw materials to the country's steel sector.Local importers purchased 2.2 million tonnes of...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government facing a fund shortage of Tk 1160.41 billion is going to amend the three-year poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP), now under implementation.The PRSP, adopted in 2008, will be implemented by FY2011, officials said.Pledges made in election...
M Azizur RahmanThe country's gas supply hit an all-time high at 2,000 million cubic feet (mmcf) Saturday as authorities ramped up production in a desperate move to meet soaring demands in power plants and industrial units.Petrobangla officials said the increased...
FE Report The country's overall import orders increased by over six per cent in August this year over the previous month due mainly to the holy month of Ramadan, officials said. "The overall imports increased in the months of July...
FE ReportVehicular traffic on the capital's busy Airport Road came to a standstill on Saturday afternoon when hundreds of workers of a readymade garment factory in the capital's Mahakhali area staged a demonstration demanding the payment of dues and bonus...
Munima SultanaThe cost of country's largest infrastructure project, a 6.15 kilometre multipurpose bridge over the river Padma, could hit $US2.4 billion dollars, officials said Saturday.Auckland-based Maunsell Aecom, which is designing the project, has said the increased cost was due to...
FE ReportPrice of sugar maintained an upward trend in the city's local markets marking about 25 per cent rise in a week. Besides prices of pulse, rice and potato were up while other essential commodities including onion, edible oil, vegetables...
The local call money market experienced an upward trend due to enormous mismatch in acceptance in the last week and maturity of treasury bills and bonds. At the same time, a good volume of cash withdrawal for upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr also...
KM Zaman has been congratulated on being nominated for the post of director of Sonali Bank Limited.Mahmudul Islam Chwodhury, president of International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB), on behalf of its board of directors, congratulated KM Zaman, said a press...
India and China are getting edgy over their border dispute involving Arunachal Pradesh in north-eastern Himalayan region and Ladakh in the western Himalayan region. The disputed area in the north-east extends to 90,000 square kilometres and in the west, 43,180...
Nerun YakubThe population 'problem' keeps coming up as a monotonous refrain with very few acknowledging that the core issue actually is the mindset of the over-consuming class, not those who are obliged to exist on the edge on 'a dollar...
Md Ruhul AminBoth the BNP and the Awami League stated in their election manifestos only nine months ago that they would work for decentralisation and development of local government on going to power. It seems these commitments were made ritualistically....
THE population of Bangladesh is projected to be reach 180 million by 2020 and 280 million by 2080. So, the country faces the challenge of curbing its population growth. But the population problem does not, it seems, feature in the...
The private banks, so far, have concentrated in urban areas considering the returns from rural areas to be small. But they can possibly have a rethink in view of the very gainful experiences in terms of profits by the bank...
It is evident that journalists in Bangladesh working in a pressure-cooker situation, writing on a variety of subjects to meet tough deadlines, need to be protected from such pressures. The effort to ensure accuracy, however, needs to be more than...
A few days ago, Bangladesh Garme-nts Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BGMEA) sought government funds for paying the salary and festival allowance to the RMG workers. Isn't it too ridiculous? It seems that soon they will say that the entrepreneurs would...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanSome 494 government officials were promoted to the next higher posts at one go on last Monday. Indeed, this action was without a parallel in the history of the civil services of the country. The justifications for the...
Li HuiziFarmer Tong Fengkui visited the local bureau of letters and visits to file complaints more than 200 times over the last decade as he saw many problems which could not be solved in his village.These problems, including misappropriating lands...
Qi Wei Though the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) finally struck a deal Wednesday with its two minor allies over a coalition government following week-long negotiations, the three remain far apart on certain crucial issues. With a week away from...
Ameer HamzaLong hours before the television or the computer screen can have far-reaching consequences for child development. This conclusion has been corroborated by several surveys conducted in the United States, Germany, New Zealand and Malaysia over the past decades. The...
Sakuntala NarasimhanIn a faraway country called Ethiopia in Africa, every young woman was given a 'cike' (pronounced sik-ki) - a wooden staff with bells, at the time of her marriage by her family. The 'cike' was left in a corner...
Tichaona Chifamba The Chinese development model can be applied to Africa and Zimbabwe, with the combined role of the state and market benefiting the general population, a renowned Zimbabwean scholar has said. In an interview with Xinhua on Thursday, Sam...
The financial crisis demonstrates banks need adequate capital and governments need to get regulatory balance right, said Richard Reid, London Chairman of the global famous accountancy firm KPMG.He told Xinhua in a recent interview that there are a number of...
Richard LoughPolitical turmoil in Madagascar is likely to rock the island for months to come, stunting investment, prolonging an aid freeze and driving economic growth into negative territory.A broad-based solution to the nine-month long crisis looks increasingly unlikely in the...
UK's Intangible Business, a world brand valuation company, in collaboration with MTI Consulting, a fast growing international strategy consultancy entity, share their insights on leveraging brand equity during recession. Brands are intangible assets to organisations, so how does the process...
Shamsher ChowdhuryThanks to the government it has finally succeeded in confining the people of this city into their homes. Just like the phenomenal rise of prices of essentials the traffic jam has finally reached the level of no return. Although...
M Ashiqur RahmanCONTROLLING river pollution has been a burning issue in Bangladesh for two decades. But the failure to prevent or curb pollution has led to poorer river water quality.Like many other developing countries, for river pollution control Bangladesh relies...
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