British International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband will arrive in the city Monday with climate-change issues on top of their agenda, reports UNB.The two British ministers will mainly discuss with...
FHM Humayan KabirJapan has threatened to suspend aid to Bangladesh if the government fails to speed up project implementation and ensure "transparency and accountability" of its funding programme, officials said Thursday.The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the global development arm...
Siddique Islam The country's overall balance of payments (BoP) situation continued to maintain a healthy trend in the last fiscal in spite of the global meltdown, officials said Thursday. The current account balance also recorded a surplus in the fiscal...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanThe government is planning to crack down on unscrupulous traders who are making abnormal profit at the cost of common people by sending mobile courts to markets, said sources."The four monitoring teams worked this week and found irregularities...
FE ReportA meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on communication ministry ended inclusively Thursday over conflicting stand taken by home and communications on the issue of withdrawal of old vehicles from the city's streets.Sources said the meeting that lasted about...
FE ReportPrime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and her longtime political rival Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia have both Thursday invited each other to Iftar parties on the occasion of Ramadan, officials said.The invitations from the two women, albeit centring a religious...
A parliamentary watchdog body will summon Prime Minister's Adviser HT Imam, Law Secretary Kazi Habibul Awal and Establishment Secretary Iqbal Mahmud to explain the government's decision last month to send two judges into retirement without the consent of the Supreme...
China's Shanghai Electric Group got the contract for installing a 150-mw simple-cycle power plant in Sylhet as this is among four projects the Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase approved Thursday, reports UNB.According to the tender proposal, the Shanghai Electric Group...
FE Report Dhaka stocks slid slightly for the second day Thursday, as the investors sold part of their portfolios and set aside funds for the shares of Navana CNG which will make 'direct listing' debut on Sunday.All sectors, except banks...
The sixth meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Working Group on Trade began at the Udyog Bhaban in New Delhi Thursday, reports BSS.The two sides held discussions on various aspects of trade between the two countries, said Habibur Rahman, commercial councillor...
FE Report The government has withdrawn cash subsidy on export of aromatic and fine rice following the ban on export of the food-grain, officials said. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) communicated the government decision on withdrawing cash subsidy on the rice...
The government Thursday urged all individuals and organisations to destroy Temset paracetamol syrup of Rid Pharma, if they have any, as it is harmful to public health. "Stern legal actions would be taken, if the drug is found with any...
The Milk Vita has increased milk production by nearly 0.15 million litres in view of the enhanced Ramadan demand while the state-owned enterprise also plans to reduce the price which is now Tk 45 per litre, an official statement said...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 27: As per instruction of the Prime Minister, Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) recently re-allotted the plots in Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) to a former investor -- M/s Cosmos Shoes International Limited -- of CSD area....
FE Report The demand for housing loan under the refinancing scheme of the central bank is increasing gradually mainly due to the lower interest rate, officials said. Around Tk 3.40 billion (340 crore) has already been disbursed by commercial banks...
S M JahangirThe government is considering raising the ceiling of investment in the state-run pensioner savings certificate by Tk 2.0 million for the greater interest of its beneficiaries, official sources said. "A move is underway to considerably enhance the investment...
FE ReportFishmongers and kitchen market retail traders Thursday blamed government measures and corrupt practices of wholesalers for the unusual price increase of essential commodities in the city markets."The government has failed to keep control on commodity prices as they trusted...
FE ReportThe UK Home Office has announced a new international agreement on exchanging migrants' fingerprints to further strengthen the ongoing global fight against illegal immigration.Under the agreement, the UK, Canada and Australia will be able to check fingerprint information of...
THE ministry of finance (MoF), reportedly, has poured cold water on the home ministry's enthusiasm to form an industrial police force to help tackle the growing acts of violence in some industrial belts, particularly those dominated by the export-oriented readymade...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanFor instance, the increase in food production has hardly had any substantial impact on Bangladesh's vast population in terms of better or higher calorie intake or nutrition. This is because higher foodgrain production cannot be the only benchmark...
Nezam UddinBUSINESS process outsourcing (BPO), according to Wikipedia, is a form of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of a specific business function (or processes) to a third-party service provider. This was originally associated with manufacturing...
A few days ago it was all over the news papers that our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed had asked WASA "to install two water supply lines for the consumers to supply pure drinking water and normal water separately for...
Whenever the Pay Commission recommends enhancement of the benefits for the pensioners, the government makes them effective as early as possible.In this respect, I would humbly draw the kind attention of the Finance Minister to the fact that Pay Commission's...
FRUSTRATION which implies hopelessness, can easily grip the young. Otherwise, frustration could be political, economic, social and so on. In fact, it can gradually cripple a person when he or she does not get what he or she wants. To...
Rani Padmini On SONY SET Thursday at 9-30 pm. Chittod Ki Rani Padmini Ka Johur (Mon-Thurs, 8.30 pm) - is the story of the beautiful warrior princess, known for her ethereal beauty, grit, valor, patriotism & sacrifice. History continues to...
FE ReportJohny Textile Mills Ltd has hit the Eid market with a variety of new products including sarees, three-pieces, lungis and printed fabrics including voil, poplin etc. One of their main brands of cotton print sarees is the Johny Style...
Some say only four films will be released I Eid and they are "Mayer Hatay Beheshter Chabi", Shobar Uporay Tumi", "Jaan Amar Jaan", and Mon Chhuechhay Mon".The cast of "Awporadh Dawmon" (Putting Down Crime) released quite some time ago includes...
Md Fazlur RahmanThe number of rail passengers has soared 20 per cent to 65 million in the last fiscal year despite the fact that Bangladesh Railway (BR) is running with age-old locomotives and coaches, officials said Tuesday.The state-owned BR carried...
DU CorrespondentThe National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam Complex on the Dhaka University (DU) central mosque premises will open today (Thursday).Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the complex and place wreaths on the mausoleum of poet Nazrul at 7...
Sustained, innovative and informative campaign by embassy of Bangladesh under the leadership of Ambassador Humayun Kabir helped draw US attention to the challenges faced by climatically vulnerable countries like Bangladesh, reports UNB.This was stated by Raymond C Offenheiser, president of...
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