Fitra has been fixed at Tk 40 per head this year. Islamic Foundation at its meeting Tuesday fixed the Sadqatul Fitra. The meeting was presided over by Khatib of Baitul Mukarram Mosque Maulana Mohammad Salahuddin. The Fitra of Tk 40...
US Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Michael Owen arrives in the city today (Wednesday) on a two-day visit to Bangladesh. During his visit, Owen will meet government officials, parliamentarians, business people and members...
A parliamentary watchdog Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to take steps for inclusion of new generation aircraft into Biman fleet. The parliamentary standing committee on civil aviation and tourism ministry also asked for improvement of passenger services, serving improved foods...
MADRID, SEPT 8: Spain's health minister says the country will immediately start testing a swine flu vaccine on 400 children. Trinidad Jimenez told reporters Tuesday Spain will be testing a vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline PLC.The trial group will be 400...
Mahmudur RahmanThere were shades of what Francis Bacon had once said in beginning his famous essay "On truth" reflected in the actions of Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BGMEA) Chief Abdus Salam Murshedy recently. Bacon went "What is truth...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government will sit with major donors tomorrow (Thursday) to seek extended support for implementing its development programmes, officials said Tuesday. Finance ministry officials said top policymakers of the government will brief the representatives of the donors on...
FE Report Prices of sugar jumped to Tk 52-54 per kilogram (kg) Tuesday in the city's retail market from Tk 50 per kg a day before. The sugar refiners have started selling sugar in the city's 11 important points at...
FE Report The government has announced a fresh list of 15 exportable products with inclusion of two new items that would receive cash subsidy in the current fiscal year, officials said. The exporters will receive cash subsidy on the products...
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Sept 08: Cadbury, Kraft, Nestle and Hershey's are all world famous confectionery giants. The last three Kraft, Nestle and Harshey's are eyeing Cadbury for a take-over. Kraft vainly made an offer of $16.7 billion takeover...
One more patient died of swine flu, the IEDCR director said Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com. A three-year old child died Thursday last at the ICDDR,B pushing the official death counts from the deadly H1N1 virus to two, and unofficial estimates to...
UNEMPLOYMENT and poverty go hand in hand since one is complementary to another. The rate of unemployment is very high in Bangladesh; one in three persons is thought to be either unemployed or underemployed in the country. Despite an impressive...
N.M. HarunThere is a scramble for oil and gas all over the world. Powerful countries invade weaker countries and countries get embroiled in civil wars over the possession of or access to oil and gas. Governments in countries after countries...
Mahfuzur Rahman ManikThe International Literacy Day as declared by UNESCO in 1965, is observed on September 08 every year throughout the world. This year, International Literacy Day will focus on the empowering role of literacy and its importance in participation,...
THE global outbreak of H1N1 influenza has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), but to date its impact has been relatively mild. Every case of illness and every death matters, but so far, H1N1's toll, at...
LIKE every year people are struggling to go home for Eid. The long queues before the ticket counters speak of it. Sometimes artificial scarcity is created by the service providers in collusion with 'ticket blackers' to raise the fares. It...
US ambassador J. F. Moriarty deserves some thanks for the belated admission of the 'tragic mistake', committed by the USA during the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh. But why and how it took the US so long to realise its...
Rasheed KidwaiSONIA tried to learn how to speak in Hindi before taking the plunge into politics. She had begun learning Hindi at home soon after her marriage. Indira had arranged for a tutor from the Hindi Institute at Green Park...
Iftu Ahmed Alfred Bernard Nobel (1833-1896), the Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite, donated a fund of about $ 9.0 million for awarding Nobel Prizes annually to the persons who make significant contributions in any of the fields of Physics,...
Emdadul HaqueThe Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, signed in 1997 between the government and the Jana Sanghati Samiti (JSS), was not fully implemented during the tenure of the then Awami League (AL) government, headed by Sheikh Hasina. Only about 50...
Ladies SpecialOn SONY SET Tuesday at 11-00 pm. Ladies Special (Mon-Thurs, 11.00 pm) - it is a drama series that takes a peek into Mumbai's lifeline - the trains. It is about the popular LADIES SPECIAL train that runs during...
MUMBAI, Sept. 7 (Bloomberg): India's benchmark stock index advanced for a second day after a government agency said a shortage of monsoon rainfall may ease.Hero Honda Motors Ltd., the No. 1 motor cycle maker, added 1.2 per cent after the...
Cola drink Mojo came up with 'Free Air Condition Bus Ticket Offer' for Dhaka-Sylhet, Rangpur,' Chittagong, Rajshahi, Jessore and Khulna routes.Since the offer began from first of Ramadan, it has received tremendous response via SMS, said a press release.The participant...
NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (Bloomberg): US stocks fell the most in two months this week, led by financial and energy companies, amid concern banks have surged more than their earnings prospects warrant and lower oil prices. Equities rallied yesterday as...
LONDON, Sept. 7 (Bloomberg): European and Asian shares advanced as the Group of 20 nations agreed on steps to shore up the global financial system and Kraft Foods Inc. offered to buy Cadbury Plc.Barclays Plc, Britain's second-largest bank, gained 1...
LONDON, Sept. 7 (Bloomberg): Gold dropped, snapping a four-day advance, as some investors sold holdings after bullion surged close to the highest this year.Bullion jumped 4.1 per cent last week, the steepest weekly gain since April, as the Dollar Index...
NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (Bloomberg): Soybean-meal prices may plunge as much as $100 a tonne in the second half of the 2009-2010 season, as output expands faster than demand, said Oil World, a global provider of information on oilseeds.Production of...
KARACHI,Sept. 7 (Bloomberg): Karachi Electric Supply Co., the supplier of power to Pakistan's largest city, posted a full-year net loss that narrowed 3.7 per cent.The utility lost 15.5 billion rupees ($186.9 million), or 1.18 rupees a share, in the year...
SYDNEY, Sept. 7 (Bloomberg): Wheat export futures will begin trading on ASX Ltd.'s exchange in Australia next week in a move designed to give a benchmark price for shipments from the world's fourth-largest supplier.The Western Australia Wheat futures will start...
TOKYO, Sept 7 (AFP): The dollar was mixed in Asian trade today as traders weighed a pledge by the Group of 20 nations to maintain their emergency measures to fight the global economic downturn. The dollar rose to 93.17 yen...
FE ReportCountry's leading electrical, electronics and automobiles manufacturer RB Group has offered millions of taka through gold cards for purchasing Walton products on the occasion of holy Eid.Customers are given gold cards while purchasing Walton products and a lucky customer...
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