At the outset of the first sitting of the third session of the ninth Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Monday, Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate nominated a five-member panel of chairmen to preside over the sessions in absence of him and the Deputy...
FE Report The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has pledged to strengthen partnership with Bangladeshi legislators and continue its support for the parliament, its country head said Monday. Stefan Priesner, country director of the UNDP, said his UN agency is keen...
FE ReportLawmaker Rashed Khan Menon urged the government Monday to inform the parliament about the Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) with foreign energy companies."The PSC should not contain any provision of gas export, when the country is reeling under acute gas...
An office-bearer of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) was humiliated Sunday by officers of Sonali Bank, Supreme Court (SC) branch, angering the lawyers, reports UNB.Witnesses said the trouble started at about 1:00pm as principal officer Fazlur Rahman Miah refused...
KHULNA, Sept 7 (UNB): The government needs to focus on the country's southwestern part to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), as the impact of climate change is going to take its toll on the region.Speakers told participants of an...
FE Report Experts observed that climate change will increase temperature, decrease availability of fresh water, scale up the sea level, trigger glacial melting in the Himalayas, frequency and intensity of natural calamities, and compel shifting of cropping zones in Bangladesh...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday received the draft of the Education Policy 2009.Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid handed over the draft copy of the country's new education policy to the Prime Minister at her office at the Jatiya Sangsad, reports...
FE Report The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a $55 million loan to support small scale water services in Bangladesh that will help cut rural poverty, improve community involvement, and address the threat posed by severe floods and other...
SANGSAD BHABAN, Sept 7 (BSS): A project involving Tk 5.48 billion for re-excavation of the rivers and canals is now under process to give a fillip to the country's agriculture. The Draft Project Proposal (DPP) of the project titled "Rehabilitation...
The government is going to introduce exclusive bus services for school children by late October as part of its efforts to ease traffic jams in the capital Dhaka, reports BSS. The Dhaka Transport Coordination Board (DTCB) has already reached an...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sept 7: Eid shopping has gained momentum in the port city as the consumers are on a shopping spree with less than two weeks to go before the festival. Consumers are moving from one market to another in...
BHOLA, Sept 7 (BSS): Awami League Presidium Member and Chairman of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Advocate Yusuf Hossain Humayun said today the government would take effective steps to ensure the development of the coastal district of Bhola.Advocate Yusuf Hossain, also...
FE ReportAn infant boy was brutally strangulated to death, allegedly by a young man over an altercation with the baby's mother, at Kandair in the city's Uttarkhan area Sunday night.An officer of Uttarkhan police station said they recovered the body...
Nazmul AhsanAn agreement on Trade in Goods under the BIMSTEC Free Trade Area, providing for regional transit facilities among member countries with certain bias towards landlocked ones, is likely to be signed at the upcoming BIMSTEC ministerial meeting.The 12th ministerial...
State-owned Petrobangla wants the government to encourage the private sector to increase liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) imports to meet the growing demand of domestic consumers, as it foresees short supply of gas in near future, reports UNB. According to official...
FHM Humayan KabirState-owned company EGCB will start construction of a 300-megawatt power plant at Siddhirganj early next year as the ECNEC is expected to approve the scheme today (Tuesday), officials said Monday.Power division officials said they had sought approval of...
FE Report The inter-bank call money rate moved up slightly Monday as withdrawing funds from the market by the central bank ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival. The short-term borrowings normally increase before the Eid festival to meet the growing demand...
Charge sheet in graft case accepted-3Former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia along with five others, including her elder son Tarique Rahman, stands trial in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case as a court in the city Monday accepted the...
FE ReportStandard Chartered Bangladesh has emerged as the country's top syndicated lender as it controls as much as 60 per cent slice of such portfolio, the bank said Monday.The UK-based bank said it has arranged more than Tk 102 billion...
FE ReportDhaka stocks closed lower for the second session in a row Monday as the investors ran after Navana CNG shares offloading a portion of their other portfolios.The decline was led by insurance, energy, pharmaceuticals, banks and non-banking financial institutions.The...
Bangladesh's longest-serving finance minister M Saifur Rahman was buried Monday at the family graveyard in Baharmardan of Moulavibazar after he died in a crash on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. The veteran BNP policymaker, credited with liberalising the economy...
The government elevated 503 officials to higher ranks, ranging from deputy secretary to additional secretary, in a record number of mass promotions in the country's history. According to the Ministry of Establishment, 280 senior assistant secretaries have been promoted to...
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni reached New Delhi Monday afternoon for talks with Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on the entire range of bilateral issues like trade, sharing the waters of common rivers, border demarcation, connectivity and security concerns for...
NATORE, Sep 7: Burglars took away Tk 16.2 million from the Kanaikhali old bus stand branch of the National Bank Limited (NBL) Sunday midnight. The police arrested two night guards and detained three bank officials for interrogation. Bank sources said...
SAN SALVADOR (El Salvador), Sept 7: The Salvadoran navy says it has found 76 migrants from as far away as Bangladesh, Nepal and Eritrea aboard a boat in the Pacific. Navy Capt Maximiliano Corado says the boat was detected about...
FE ReportReal Estate Development and Management Bill-2009 was placed before parliament on Monday to bring discipline in the sector through protecting the interest of asset buyers and developers.State Minister for Housing and Public Works Abdul Mannan Khan forwarded the bill...
Up to 20 million people in low-lying Bangladesh are at risk from rising sea levels in the coming decades, according to new research, reports BBC News.Scientists predict that salty water could reach far inland, making it hard to cultivate staple...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Sept 07: The United States, despite a minimal decline in the global arms sales due to recession, retained its number one position as world's leading weapons supplier and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) became the number...
Mashiur RahamanThe global economic recession kept the growth in the country's export earnings from OIC countries within 17 per cent in the fiscal year ended on June 30 last. The export growth in the previous fiscal year was recorded at...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Bangladesh Railway has started selling advance tickets for Eid festival from Monday amid frustration of passengers as 5.0 per cent quota has been reserved for the railway staff. Furthermore, the VIP priority tickets will be provided from...
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