FE ReportBangladesh Bank (BB) governor Atiur Rahman Saturday said the next financial year will see the ever highest loan disbursements in the agriculture sector."This reflects the government's vision to help develop the agri sector," Atiur said in a reception accorded...
FE ReportAgriculture minister Matia Chowdhury said on Saturday the government would strictly regulate organic fertiliser standards in the country to protect the farmers from being cheated by rogue manufacturers.Matia said organic fertilisers are good for soil and ecology, but instances...
RANGPUR, June 6 (BSS): Industries Minister Dilip Barua Saturday said the present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working relentlessly to build a developed and prosperous digital Bangladesh to ensure welfare of all citizens.The minister said to...
FE ReportFinance Minister AMA Muhith Saturday said as part of improving services and to lessen public sufferings all fees would be received at a single desk at the sub-registrar's offices for land registration from September 1."People make two types of...
FE ReportCrisis in Proshika deepened further Saturday after the recently ousted chairman Qazi Faruque Ahmed had formed a new governing body and had been elected the new chief by it, allegedly violating rules and regulations of the organisation.The new governing...
Mashiur RahamanThe possibilities of achieving apparel export target in US market seem bleak, as export growth faced an abrupt shortfall in the first four months of the year, according to sector leaders."We set a target to achieve at least a...
Government exchequer is expected to earn Tk 20 billion (2000 crore) in revenue this year from voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) operations as Tk 15 billion (1500 crore) has already been earned in the last nine months since the operators were licenced in...
THE government is learnt to be coming up with some tax incentives for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as well as the cottage industries from the next fiscal (2009-10). The incentives will include a raise in the value added...
Nerun YakubWatchdogs of environmental toxins have recently been cautioning against the use of plastics and polythene once again, materials without which everyday life seems unthinkable now. The warnings come not only because the capital's lifeline Buriganga is choking from a...
Ahmed Showkat MasudThis scribe had an opportunity to go through an article that said the wages or salaries paid to the garments workers or labourers are not justified (though this was not exactly what the title of that article went...
THE grand alliance-backed Awami League (AL) government has been wasting time on some unnecessary or less important issues from the very beginning of its stepping into power. Some of the issues what they have treated serious are less important than...
AFTER BDR carnage on February 25, three investigation committees were formed to find out the reasons behind the carnage. The two investigation reports on BDR mutiny were disclosed after three months in the national dailies of the country. So far...
Prof. Lutfor RahmanTHOUSANDS of students come from the villages to the capital city to study in universities. Besides the public universities, the capital city hosts 45 private universities with more than two hundred campuses at different locations. But the private...
Md. Mahbubur Rahman BulbulLARGE scale poultry farming can be more profitable than it now is in Bangladesh. That is why, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is keen to provide financial assistance to the sector through a member of micro-finance institutions...
Sakuntala NarasimhanTHE occasion was her daughter's wedding. In her nine-metre Kancheepuram silk sari, worn the traditional way, Vasumathi Srinivasan looked a typical middle-aged south Indian housewife. But give her a pair of crampons or the metal spiked boots worn for...
Md. Rafiqur RahmanWE live in an age of information superhighway. Now the world is controlled by the power of highest information and communication technology. A large number of private universities, colleges and standard English medium and Bengali medium schools have...
Smriti Irani will once again sport a Gujrati saree, heavy jewelry and a bun onscreen. Super hit duo Baa and Smriti are back together, to create the same magic again.No 'Kyunki…' is not back, its SAB TV's Maniben.com, a serial...
Insaan On Zee TV Saturday at 5-00 pm. A loner ex-cop driven by his need for vengeance, no one, nothing, is able to penetrate his shell. Not even the love of Meghna who hopes in vain that her love will...
Pamela PhilipMemories of the five-phased elections of April and May have already been swept away in the hurly-burly of government formation. But rewind for a moment to those who queued up under the punishing sun to cast their votes in...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanBoth the BNP and the Awami League stated in their election manifestos last year that they would work for decentralisation and development of local government on going to power. But these commitments were made ritualistically, it seems, as...
Nancy BenacThere he was, in the heart of the Muslim world, explaining the American mindset to Muslims and the world of Islam to Americans, with the bearing of a college professor.In his long-awaited speech at the University of Cairo, President...
Russia and the United States Wednesday wrapped up their second round of closed-door talks aimed at reaching a new strategic arms reduction agreement to replace the 1991 START treaty, which expires this December.Analysts believe that a new treaty is in...
Subroto Kumar RoyTwenty years ago when Dr C Everett Koop released the Surgeon General's Report, the Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking, it was the first Surgeon General's report to conclude that involuntary exposure of non-smokers to secondhand smoke was first...
Syed Fattahul AlimPeople with extraordinary gift have been a subject of research for scientists. Common people, too, treat such talents with awe and wonder. The great geniuses in the field of science, technology, mathematics, etc. Great scientist like Newton, Einstein,...
Ameer HamzaA Public Interest Litigation (PIL) case, filed by the Bangladesh Women Lawyers' Association against sexual harassment, has recently been won and the relevant bill is expected to be passed by the Jatiya Sangsad soon. One would have thought the...
Relations between Kuwait and Iraq took a sharp turn for the worse in recent weeks, as lawmakers of the two neighbors traded accusations over UN-imposed war reparations Bagdad must make to the Gulf state.The row between the two countries was...
Bai JieLuo Hong is thin and not tall in height but the 42-year-old businessman-turned photographer is great in mind.Luo has traveled from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from Kenya to South Africa, photographing wildlife and the beauty in nature in...
Hosts England are ready to get the second ICC World Twenty20 under-way at Lord's Friday.Paul Collingwood's men open up against the Netherlands in the first of their two Group B matches, with Pakistan set to face England at The Oval...
Bangladesh take on defending champions India in the opening group A match of the ICC World T20 Cricket today (Saturday) at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, England, reports UNB.State-owned Bangladesh Television (BTV) will telecast live the match that begins at 11pm...
Bangladesh A team took overall lead of 76 runs against visiting Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) on the third day of the second four-day match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at Mirpur in Dhaka Friday, reports UNB.Beginning their second innings in...
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