SEOUL, July 21 (AFP): South Korea has reaffirmed its offer of massive economic aid for impoverished North Korea if it scraps its nuclear weapons, officials said Tuesday.Chief nuclear negotiator Wi Sung-Lac and Rhee Chang-Young, vice chairman of the Financial Services...
KABUL, July 21 (AP): Five Taliban suicide bombers attacked government centres in an eastern Afghan city Tuesday in a complex attack that has become a signature of major Taliban assaults. Five bombers and five Afghan security forces died, officials said.Three...
CARACAS, July 21 (AFP): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday he would review ties with Colombia after Bogota agreed to host "US bases" in the country."Now that the Yankees want to set up four bases in Colombia... it forces us...
RAMADI, July 21 (AFP): Five people were killed and about 40 wounded in bomb attacks Tuesday in Baghdad and the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, security and medical officials said.The deadliest attack was in Ramadi, where three people were killed...
Iran hardliners denounce referendum callTEHRAN, July 21: Iranian hardliners denounced Tuesday a call by reformists for a referendum to resolve the deepening political crisis in the Islamic republic, branding it a Western plot to cause more "havoc." The Association of...
FE Report The commercial banks have been asked for taking final preparations to connect with the central bank's automated clearing house, scheduled to go live from early November this year. The instruction came at a review meeting of the chief...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government will seek US$750 million worth of credit from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to weather the impact of the global economic recession and minimise the budget deficit, officials said Monday.Finance ministry officials said the government will...
Mercantile Bank Limited, as a part of its corporate social responsibility, donated an amount of Tk 0.5 million (Tk 5.00 lac) to Shahjalal University of Science and Technology for construction of a colony for the sweepers.Mercantile Bank Audit Committee Chairman...
FE ReportBangladesh should develop technological knowledge and conduct research on greenhouse gas emission to combat the impacts of climate change and search for suitable strategies to cope with the changing environment, speakers said Tuesday.They were speaking at the inaugural ceremony...
For the ninth time, Citi topped AsiaMoney's Cash Management poll of polls. Citi has been the real standout for the advice it offers to corporates over the 10 years this poll has been run, said a press release.Over the years,...
A Z M AnasBiman Bangladesh Airlines has almost abolished its decades-long ticket "reconfirmation" system in a bid to alleviate the hassle of passengers, especially frequent flyers, officials said Monday.The officials said the ailing flag carrier has still kept the system...
IFIC Bank Limited conducted a day-long workshop on Automated Clearing House Project and an Overview on Banking Companies Act 1991 in the city recently.General Manager of Banking Regulations and Policy Department of Bangladesh Bank, Head Office AHM Razee Hasan was...
City Bank Limited has opened its 84th branch with modern and online banking facilities at Kachua in Chandpur. Lawmaker Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir inaugurated the branch as the chief guest recently, said a press release. Among others, Chairman of the bank...
Leading cellphone operator of the country AKTEL will open more 230 Care Centres within few days.AKTEL has already opened about 150 AKTEL Care outlets all over the country with a view to making its products and services more accessible to...
Chevron Bangladesh awarded scholarships to 120 students at three high schools at Jalalabad in Sylhet district as part of its ongoing yearly scholarship distribution programme among financially disadvantaged but meritorious students at a ceremony Monday said a press release.Chevron Bangladesh...
The board of directors of Global Insurance Limited has unanimously elected SM Sarwar Alam vice-chairman of the company at its recent board meeting in the city, said a press release.Mr Alam obtained his MA degree in Economics.He is a renowned...
The government has taken a Tk 4.17 billion (417 crore) project to set up digital exchanges for expanding ultramodern telecommunications facilities in rural areas, including internet broadband up to the upazila level, reports UNB. Under the project taken by Bangladesh...
FE ReportHuman activities are not the main causes of climate change, rather water vapour is the biggest contributor to the natural greenhouse effect. Rafique Ahmed, professor of geography and earth science of Wisconsin University, expressed the view at a seminar...
HSBC, the world's local bank, has once again taken innovation to a whole new level through its new brand campaign 'Different Points of Value', says a press release. HSBC has produced a two-episode drama titled 'Eka othoba koyekjon', directed by...
The timing of Moitree Express on Dhaka-Kolkata route is likely to be changed from August 1, reports UNB.According to the new timing, the train from Dhaka will start its journey at 8:35 am Tuesday and it will reach Kolkata at...
SIRAJGANJ, July 21 (bdnews24.com): The Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) is going to start capital dredging of the river Jamuna channel in an attempt to protect the already breached Sirajganj town flood barrier from further damage and avert any risk...
A monsoon depression was brewing over the Bay of Bengal, the met office warned Monday, reports bdnews24.com. It is likely to intensify further and move in a northwesterly direction to cross the Orissa-West Bengal Coast near Balasore in India by...
BOGRA, July 21(UNB): Three people were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents in Nandigram and Adamdighi upazilas Sunday and Monday. The deceased were identified as Abdul Kuddus (35), driver of three wheelers bhatbhati, Shamsul Alam Talukdar (32),...
FE ReportMakbul Ahmed, a well-known social worker and former president of Bangladesh Work Camps Association (BWCA) died Monday (July 20) in his government residence at Azimpur, a press release said. He served in BWCA from 1991- June 2009 and also...
THE monetary policy is always important for any economy, big or small. Its importance goes a few notches up when an economy faces trouble from within or outside or both. The current global economic recession of an unprecedented nature makes...
N.M. HarunJudging by its strength in the parliament, the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, which commands more than a three-fourths majority in the House, is solid like a rock. The ruling Awami League's election manifesto, "A Charter for Change",...
Mustafa AnwarTHE real estate sector produces and sustains the business of house building materials. It creates the demands for all construction materials. It directly employs a large number of workers. It also creates employment for the production of the whole...
BANGLADESH should stress sending only skilled and trained workers abroad. Unskilled and untrained workers earn less and are more vulnerable in the foreign job markets. The government should, therefore, create the facilities for training the job seekers in diverse trades...
I would like to address the state as to how it relates to unemployment. I can say I agree with the government's efforts.Employers cannot afford to pay college graduates what they are worth, so they discourage them by saying, "You...
It was revealed in a roundtable discussion last year that 1,028 people had been languishing in jail without trial for two years. This showed how severely human rights can be violated in a country like Bangladesh where the poor are...
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