FE ReportThe media that covered the 9th parliamentary election of Bangladesh were able to discharge their professional duties in a free and fair manner, says a UNESCO report Sunday on the media coverage of the December 29 national polls. According...
Bangladesh is 'serious' about resolving all her long running issues with India including construction of Tipaimukh Dam and sharing of waters of 54 common rivers through discussions, reports UNB."Bangladesh is always serious to protect her national interest. We hope we...
The main opposition BNP's top policymaking forum decided in a meeting Saturday night to dissolve all district committees to strengthen the party, an official said, reports bdnews24.com. The standing committee meeting approved the district convening committees of four divisions. The...
A Dhaka court Sunday withdrew the Tk 30 million (three crore) extortion case businessman Azam J Chowdhury had filed against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports bdnews24.com.Mozammel Hossain, the acting judge of Dhaka Special Judge's Court-5, made the order on a...
Prime Minister of Bangladesh and President of Awami League Sheikh Hasina last night greeted President of Indian Congress (I) Sonia Gandhi for massive victory in the just concluded Lok Sabha polls, reports BSS.In a message, Sheikh Hasina said this victory...
Sunday is the 28th anniversary of Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina's return to Bangladesh from exile, reports bdnews24.com.Living abroad, the two daughters of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Hasina and sister Sheikh Rehana had survived the assassination...
FE ReportAt least 10 people were injured in a clash between the workers of Hanif Paribahan and Brothers Paribahan at Hazaribagh in the city Sunday afternoon. Police said the clash ensued when the workers of Hanif Paribahan attacked the workers...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Sunday urged the country's private universities to provide more financial supports to the talented poor students to help them get proper education to become worthy citizens of the country, reports BSS. "Poor students have the...
The government has taken a plan to build a new film archive building at a cost of Tk 750 million (75 crore) for preserving all kinds of films made so far in the country, reports BSS.Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury,...
Department of Architecture of State University of Bangladesh (SUB) organised a daylong exhibition of the students' terminal projects of Spring 2009 Semester Saturday on the department premise, says a press release.Vice Chancellor of the university Iftekhar Ghani Chowdhury was the...
FE ReportState Minister for Science Yeafesh Osman said Sunday the people of the nation needs to be truly educated in order to transform the country into 'Digital Bangladesh'. "People of all professions need to be computer literate. Unless that is...
FE Report The central bank purchased nearly US$1.0 billion from the commercial banks until May 17 of this fiscal aiming to keep the inter-bank foreign exchange market stable, officials said. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has continued its intervention in the...
Police will not clamp down on any of the 0.5 million (five lakh) unauthorised rickshaws in the city anytime soon, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner AKM Shahidul Haque said Saturday, reports bdnews24.com."More rickshaws are in demand in the city," he...
A seminar on Business Ethics, organised by Rapport Bangladesh Ltd. was held on May 10-11 at a city hotel, says a press release.Dr Saadat Hossain, chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission inaugurated the seminar that was attended, among others, by...
FE ReportFinance Minister AMA Muhith Sunday laid particular emphasis on the simplification of tax measures for encouraging more people to pay tax and the greater role of the private sector in infrastructure development through public-private partnership (PPP) concept. The finance...
FE ReportThe government is considering rescheduling the working week from Monday through Friday in an effort to accommodate the country's business hour with its major trading partners, commerce minister Faruk Khan said Sunday."We consider it as a sensitive issue," the...
Ahsan H. Mansur Bangladesh has the lowest tax to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio among its comparator countries. With tax-to-GDP ratio at below 10 per cent, despite numerous ad hoc steps at different times, there is serious doubt about whether...
Siddique Islam Bangladesh is expected to implement the Basel-II framework for non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) by the end of 2010 in keeping with the global standard, officials said. A seven-member committee, headed by senior Deputy Governor of the Bangladesh Bank...
FE ReportDhaka stocks dropped marginally Sunday on price adjustment of some heavyweights amid a sharp increase in the turnover.Trading at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) started with price adjustment of four companies--Jamuna Bank, ACI Limited, Heidelberg Cement and Summit Power...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, May 17: In September of 2000 the world committed to confront and conquer poverty in all its forms. The United Nations, with the largest gathering ever of the world leaders, had solemnly pledged to halve poverty...
A Chittagong court Sunday granted the CID police three days remand to question the former NSI chiefs in the sensational 10-truck arms haul case, reports bdnews24.com. The two former directors-general (DGs) of National Security Intelligence (NSI) were brought to the...
President Zillur Rahman has summoned the second session of the 9th parliament at 3.0 pm on June 4. This will be the budget session when the parliament will consider the national budget for fiscal 2009-10. The President summoned the parliament...
A Dhaka court Sunday sent Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) Chairman Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini to jail after he had surrendered and prayed for bail in a mob attack case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Tofael Hasan refused Amini, who faces charges inciting...
A Bangladeshi man was found dead on the sidewalk of a restaurant in Taman Sri Sentosa, Jalan Klang Lama, in Kuala Lumpur Saturday morning with a stab wound on his body and his left hand severed. The victim, known as...
FE ReportThe nation has no option but to explore coal to generate electricity for urgently resolving the country's crippling power crisis, state minister for energy Shamsul Haque Tuku said Sunday. "Where is the problem to use our natural resource for...
Mahmudur RahmanAfter cow talk (read mad-cow), bird talk (read bird flu) and pig talk (read swine flu) we now have ox-talk. Not in the form of an ailment but still as a cause for concern. Each year the royal oxen...
Munima SultanaMany commercial banks in the country bear nine times higher costs by installing foreign online banking software due to their less interest in the local.According to IT and banking sector sources, the minimum installation cost of a foreign software...
FE ReportThe country will set up its fourth international airport in the resort town of Cox's Bazar to attract increasing number of tourists to the world's largest unbroken beaches, civil aviation and tourism minister GM Quader said Sunday."We are going...
FE ReportPlainclothes policemen in overnight raids in the city Saturday nabbed six young men for their alleged involvement in the killing of businessman Mobarak Ali, police said. Acting on a tip off, a team of DB (detective branch) police conducted...
Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain Sunday expressed the hope that the construction of Padma Bridge at the Mawa point will begin in January 2010 and be completed by September 2013, reports BSS.
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