DU CorrespondentDhaka University (DU) has prepared a draft budget of Tk 1.72 billion for the fiscal 2009-10 keeping an allocation of only nine per cent of the total budget for education and research activities of the university.DU Director of Accounts...
FE ReportA top private environmental watchdog Friday urged the government to immediately take effective steps against organisations which are polluting rivers across the country. "The environment directorate is not taking adequate steps to stop river pollution," said Abu Naser Khan,...
FE ReportAn Inter-College Debate Tournament titled "End Hunger: Walk the World" held Friday in the conference room of ASA University Bangladesh in the city. United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP), Management and Resource Development Initiative (MRDI), Bangladesh Debate Federation (BDF)...
BARISAL, June 5 (UNB): Education Ministry has decided to cancel monthly pay order (MPO) of 95 non-government schools under Barisal Education Board (BEB) for poor results of their students in this year's SSC examination.M Shah Alamgir, controller of examinations of...
FE ReportBangladesh Krishok Samity (BKS) has demanded that the government double the allocation to agriculture sector in the next budget.BKS leaders were speaking at a press conference in the city Thursday. They emphasised food security because Bangladesh cannot depend on...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Friday urged all including the parents to administer their children Vitamin A-Plus capsule to fight blindness and other health hazards caused by malnutrition, reports BSS.Sheikh Hasina made the call while formally opening the National Vitamin...
Leaders of National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) demanded special allocation for the garment workers in the coming budget to help improve their living standard, reports UNB.The garment workers formed a human chain at Muktangon in the city Friday and urged...
US Ambassador James F Moriarty Thursday night said his country hopes that the government of Bangladesh and the opposition BNP will come together to settle the dispute over seat rearrangement in parliament, reports UNB."My government wants to see democracy stronger...
BARISAL, June 5 (UNB): The activists of the ruling party Awami League (AL) ransacked party office of BNP at Kaliganj bazar under Mehendiganj Upazila Wednesday. Witnesses said following an altercation the AL activists chased the BNP activists and ransacked the...
FE Report Prices of shrimp, potato, ginger and garlic increased in the city's retail markets last week while prices of other essential commodities including rice, edible oil and vegetables remained stable.Prices of different sea fishes including hilsha fell by Tk...
Uttara Bank Ltd enhanced its authorised capital from Tk 1.60 billion (160 crore) to Tk 3.20 billion. The bank also declared 100 per cent stock dividend for the year 2008.The decisions were taken at its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) and...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Two leading local agro-based companies are making a foray into the fast expanding spices market.Besides, the country's existing six to seven such companies are enhancing the capacity of their plants in view of growing demand for spices.Aftab...
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanRealtors are expecting a major turnaround in sales in the coming months following two years of 'apparent slump' as they are vying to win back 'customer confidence' at the ongoing REHAB Fair in the city.The summer fair, organised...
Premier Bank opened its new training institute on its new executive floor at lqbal Centre in the city Thursday. Reputed columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury inaugurated the new Premier Training Institute on the 14th floor of the tower, said a press...
Sarwar ZahanThe interbank call money rate remained steady with a downward bias last week in a market of excess liquidity, fund managers said. The call rate in its extreme range fluctuated mainly between 1.0 per cent and 10.0 per cent...
ICB Asset Management Company Ltd (AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), has announced Net Asset Value (NAV) of two of its unit funds recently, said a press release.The total NAV of ICB AMCL Unit Fund stood at...
Bangladeshi taka (Tk) maintained its stable tone against US dollar ($) last week. The foreign exchange market experienced adequate liquidity because of comparative lower import volume against increased inflow of wage earners.Bangladeshi expatriates remitted home a record $8.764 billion in...
SEOUL, June 5 (AP): The United States has told South Korea it will impose its own financial sanctions on the North apart from punishments that the UN has been considering for Pyongyang's latest nuclear test, a news report said Friday.The...
DRESDEN, June 5 (AP): President Barack Obama called Friday for a redoubling of efforts toward separate Israeli and Palestinian states, saying "the moment is now for us to act on what we all know to be the truth."After meeting with...
LONDON, June 5 (AP): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was reshuffling his Cabinet Friday after a string of resignations and signs that his Labour Party did poorly at the polls for European and local elections.Brown's Downing Street office said a...
BRUSSELS, June 5 (AFP): A Dutch far-right party was the big winner as Britain and the Netherlands became the first countries to vote in EU-wide parliament elections, with first results reinforcing fears of low turnout.The elections began in the two...
Doulot Akter Mala The government plans a major capacity building of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) through expansion of its offices and increasing manpower, officials said Thursday. The expansion plan will be materialised from the upcoming fiscal. Finance minister...
SM JahangirThe local farmers, despite harvesting a bumper 'Boro' crop, are benefiting little from the government's current procurement drive as the open market prices of their produce are still far below than the official purchase rates, sources said.The rice millers...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Friday said the government is taking initiative to formulate an integrated policy and plan to save the country's environment and rivers from pollution and preserve the water resources, reports UNB.She also said that the government would...
A Z M AnasBangladesh's drive to expand overseas job markets to Eastern Europe suffered a major jolt as Romania stopped hiring Bangladeshi workers through private companies, private recruiters said.Over 1200 Bangladeshis found jobs in Romania's apparel and construction sectors last...
The government should constitute an 'Agricultural Price Commission (APC)' for fixing prices of agricultural produces, former caretaker government adviser Akbar Ali Khan said Friday, reports bdnews24.com. Dr Khan urged the government to form an APC as soon as possible as...
FHM Humayan KabirContribution of the service and industry sectors to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) rose in the outgoing fiscal, officials said Friday.Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data shows the share of the service sector to the GDP increased...
FE ReportA shopkeeper was killed allegedly by one of his colleagues at Lalbagh while police recovered bullet-hit body of an unidentified man at Mohammadpur in the city Friday indicating again fast deterioration of the city's law and order situation in...
PESHAWAR, June 5(AFP) : A suicide bomb ripped through a mosque packed with worshippers in northwest Pakistan Friday, killing 38 people and wounding dozens more in the deadliest such attack in more than two months.The bomb exploded at the mosque...
Savar, June 5: A gang of thieves looted clothes worth about Tk 5.0 million from a garment factory in Savar on the outskirts of the capital Thursday night after making its night guards unconscious. The police said a night guard...
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