The Chittagong University (CU) admission test for the first year honours courses (Session 2009-10) will begin on November 8, reports UNB.The university authorities have increased 300 seats for the first year honours courses this year under its 35 departments and...
FE Report The slow pace of progress in the negotiation process might put a hurdle in achieving the expected outcome from the upcoming summit on climate change to be held in Copenhagen of Denmark in December next, experts said.Experts and...
FE ReportRefiners agreed Tuesday to sell sugar to TCB dealers at Tk 39 per kg from tomorrow to ease the pressure on people's purse in the month of Ramadan.The price of the commodity is as high as Tk 50 per...
FE ReportThe Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Foundation has begun its journey for discharging social responsibilities.A meeting of FBCCI board of directors, presided over by its president Annisul Haque in a city hotel Monday, approved the...
FE Report Ramadan mirrors a form of spiritual renewal, a time for new resolutions and a revival of inner peace, in many ways.Member of Institute of Hazrat Mohammad (SAW) Barrister Cynthia Farid said this while presenting a lecture on 'Ramadan:...
Noted jurist Dr Kamal Hossain viewed that the BDR mutineers cannot be put on trial under Section 5 of the Army Act by issuing a gazette notification with retrospective effect, as the hearing on the presidential reference on the legal...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party celebrated the 31st founding anniversary Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com. Chairperson Khaleda Zia kicked off the two-day celebrations by laying flowers at the grave of its founder and late president Ziaur Rahman. The national flag and the party...
British Minister for International Development Douglas Alexander Tuesday said Britain recognised that the government secured democratic mandate to ensure sustainable democracy in Bangladesh with participation of the opposition in Parliament. The British minister told a correspondent at the pre-departure news...
MYMENSINGH, Sept 1 (BSS): The police produced 25 cadres of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including three persons, who were awarded capital punishment, before two separate courts in the district Tuesday. They also include Fahima Akhtar, wife of executed JMB second-...
BAGERHAT, Sep 1 (UNB): A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist, injured in an attack Friday, died at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) Monday evening.The dead was identified as Sohel Talukder (20), son of Abul Hashem Talukder of village Khada in...
President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have greeted their Vietnamese counterparts on the occasion of the national day of Vietnam, reports UNB.In a message to Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet Zillur Rahman said "I am confident that the...
A photo exhibition on the 'Liberation War of 1971' in memory of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman began at the Indian Cultural Centre Tuesday under the auspices of the Indian High Commission, reports BSS.The exhibition will continue...
S M JahangirThe finance ministry has voiced concern over an 'unusual' rise in the payment of interest against the state-run savings instruments in the last fiscal year.The debt management wing of the ministry recently sought explanation from the authorities concerned...
Siddique Islam The country's foreign exchange reserve has crossed US$9.0-billion mark for the first time, after a substantial amount of fund was received from a multilateral donor agency, officials said Tuesday. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released funds worth...
Shamsul Huq Zahid Giving up the idea of setting up dual-fuel fed power plants, the government, as the available indicators suggest, is fast going back to diesel and furnace oil based plants. The power division, as it appears is in...
Kayes M SohelThe securities regulator Tuesday issued an urgent letter to the country's largest mobile phone operator Grameenphone to immediately explain its recent changes in top management.The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wanted to know the actual facts as it...
GENEVA (Switzerland), Sept 1 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Geneva Tuesday afternoon to attend a five-day UN-sponsored international meet on climate change. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Premier and her entourage that included 44 members...
A businessman filed a compensation case against former shipping adviser MA Matin and ex-shipping secretary M Motahar Hossain in a city court Tuesday for the cancellation of a tender that caused a loss of Tk 250 million to him, reports...
FE ReportDhaka stocks closed slightly higher Tuesday, led by insurance, energy, mutual funds and pharmaceuticals issues, ending a four-session bear-run.The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) closed at 2950.12 with a gain of 8.83 points or 0.30 per cent. The broader...
FE ReportTwo visiting British ministers on Tuesday highlighted the need for close cooperation between the UK and Bangladesh to address the challenges of climate change and bringing millions out of poverty."The climate crises represent one of the greatest threats to...
Thirty-four more cases of swine flu were detected countrywide Tuesday, pushing the official count of people infected by the deadly H1N1 virus to 247, the health minister said. The figure was 213 until Monday. All patients suspected to have contracted...
RANGPUR, Sept 01: Hundreds of residents late Monday attacked an office of the Rural Electrification Board (REB) to protest against frequent power outages at Paglapir in the district, police and witnesses said. The protesters demonstrated for hours when they broke...
Bangladesh Bank and Brac will sign an agreement today (Wednesday) on disbursement of agriculture credit to share-croppers. Under the agreement, Brac in association with 150 other organisations will distribute the agri credit across the country, said a Bangladesh Bank official....
FE Report Relatives and friends living abroad have outshown Bangladeshi private recruiters in facilitating overseas employment, with over half potential workers securing jobs through the social network, migration experts say. At the same time, they note that the government recruiting...
FE ReportPoverty in Bangladesh and South Asia can get worse as the fallout of a climatic onslaught, whatever scale it may be, a top climate economist at the World Bank has warned. "Even small climate shocks can cause irreversible losses...
A delegation of the business community Tuesday met Home Minister Sahara Khatun and demanded judicial inquiry into the allegation against Azad Group Chairman Abul Kalam Azad, who was arrested Thursday night, reports UNB.The delegation led by Federation of Bangladesh Chambers...
FE ReportThe commerce ministry has formed a core group to prepare Bangladesh 'position' or strategy paper for the 7th WTO ministerial meeting to be held from November 30 to December 2 in Geneva, said director general (DG) of WTO cell...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Sept 01: Japan is on collision course with the Western world about the measures needed to set the global economy back to its normal trail. Both of course agree to curtail the power and the compensation...
FE Report The interest rate on Bangladesh Government Treasury Bonds (BGTB) dropped further Tuesday as commercial banks rushed to offer their bids in auction, treasury officials said.The yield, generally known as coupon interest rate, of the 10-year BGTB fell to...
FE ReportThe Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) will soon hold lotteries to allot plots under its Purbachal New Town Project and Uttara Model Town (3rd Phase) Project, officials said Tuesday. The Rajuk is already two months behind after the deadline set...
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