The fire that devastated much of the Bashundhara City shopping complex, the biggest and brightest of its kind in the capital city should have been foreseen. The fire started on the 18th floor and only when the fire died down...
A Z M Anas | 2009-03-15 00:00:00
The country's gas supply will suffer a jolt later this month when American oil company Chevron halts production in one of its major fields for three days, officials said Saturday.The second largest US oil company will cut production up to...
HORSHAM, England (Reuters): G20 financial policymakers will mention fiscal stimulus in their communique without setting specific demands, a G20 source said Saturday, denying there had been a clash over the issue.The G20 delegation member, who declined to be identified, said...
BEIJING, Mar 14 (Reuters): China warned the West not to "put its fingers into" Tibet as the restive region, under heavy security and shut off from the outside world, marked Saturday the anniversary of last year's deadly riots in Lhasa.Officials...
FE Reports | 2009-03-15 00:00:00
National Garments Workers' Federation (NGWF) has demanded opening of the closed Basic Apparels factory and payment of arrears to workers.Workers of the factory observed a token hunger strike at Muktangon Saturday in support of their demands.The factory authorities closed the...
FE Report | 2009-03-15 00:00:00
A US plant biologist helped create a type of flood-resistant rice that is being introduced to India and Bangladesh.Pamela Ronald developed the new rice strain with a colleague at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) near Manila, David Mackill, and...
Rebels deploy tanks in MadagascarANTANANARIVO, Mar 13: Dissident soldiers deployed tanks in Madagascar's capital Friday and said they would use them to fight any mercenaries hired in a power struggle that has killed 135 people on the Indian Ocean island....
The three-day Adivasi Cultural Festival 2009 will conclude at Shilpakala Academy premises in the city today (Saturday), reports UNB.Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD), a research NGO, organised the festival with the slogan-'Cultural Diversity is Our Pride'.Ethnic communities like...
FE Report | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
A devastating fire in Bashundhara City shopping mall Friday destroyed its top floors where the corporate entities of the Bashundhara Group are located,The group has a diversified operation from land, steel, shipping, logistics to paper production units. All the corporate...
Two of the army's most senior generals have been ordered into retirement, and the general officer commanding (GOC) of the crucial 9th Infantry Division based in Savar replaced, reports bdnews24.com.A source said Thursday that Lt Gen Aminul Karim, commandant of...
Amin Ahmed Chowdhury | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
EXPORTERS need to be motivated to increase exports. But that would depend on governmental policies. The government ought to take a series of measures to keep the exporters positively motivated. The most positive motivation would be to cut down the...
Our Correspondent | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
FARIDPUR, Mar 13: The cultivation of banana has been increasing gradually in nine upazilas of the district bringing 1,300 hectares of land under banana this year. Last year banana was cultivated on 650 hectares in the district.Local Agriculture Depart-ment sources...
Andrew Cawthorne | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
With 10 million Kenyans facing hunger, corruption scandals mounting and his government reeling from public disapproval, President Mwai Kibaki called a first news conference in years -- to talk about his wife.To the bemusement of many Kenyans, their 77-year-old leader...
Our Correspondent | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Mar 13: IT courses will be introduced in all the educational institutions under the supervision of the Computer Science and Engineering Department of the Premier University to provide basic fundamental knowledge on Information Technology (IT) to the students of...
FE Report | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed a bullish trend in the week that ended Thursday, amid increased participation of both the institutional and small investors.The bourse saw highest volume of share trading for the first time, backed by power and...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
A rationing system, according to a recent announcement by the Food Minister, is being contemplated by the government for 40% of the population who subsist below the poverty line. The ramification of this is significant in that this represents about...
FE Report | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
Some 47 state agencies and autonomous bodies will spend Tk 12.97 billion for servicing their debts by the end of the current fiscal.The relevant agencies have already paid more than Tk 5.0 billion as their outstanding debt service liability (DSL)...
Rashal Md Iqbal Khan | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
A good number of villagers in Bangladesh invests considerable time and energy in subsidiary economic gardening. This is often in the form of a vegetable garden and tree orchard in whatever household land is available to them. In fact, this...
Md. Shakib Hasan | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
THE dowry has a long history in Europe, South Asia, Africa and other parts of the world. Some of its basic functions on the positive side are to protect the wife against ill treatment by her husband, since a dowry...
Mohammad Shahidul Islam | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
To avoid the experience of the neighbouring countries Bangladesh needs to adopt short- and long-term strategies against the possible of HIV/AIDS. The marginalised sections of the society are more vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. Ignorance and lack of access to information make...
A four-day science fair titled 'Searching for Young Scientists' began in the city Thursday to attract city's young scientists, reports UNB.The Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) organised the fair on its campus in search of young scientists...
The daily need for water in the city, according to the statistics of Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (DWSA), is about 2,100 million litres whereas the actual quantity supplied by it is nearly 1,600 million litres. That leaves a wide...
Mohsin Ali | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
It has been over a month and half since the new government took charge of the economy including governance over vital areas of economic policies. Even before the changeover, there was noted advocacy that Bangladesh should be preparing in haste...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 13 (bdnews24.com): Rajshahi University was closed indefinitely after an Islami Chhatra Shibir leader was killed and 40 others injured in campus clashes with Bangladesh Chhatra League Friday.Sharifuzzaman Nomani, general secretary of the RU Shibir unit, died at around...
Khademul Islam | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
Bangladeshi agricultural products have good demand in the UK, USA, Europe and the Middle East. But the export to these destinations, so far, is far below the potential. One of the main reasons of this is inadequate investment in agriculture.Of...
FE Report | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
The former students of Comilla Ispahani Public School at a condolence meeting Friday condemned the killing of army officers including deceased BDR chief Maj. Gen. Shakil Ahmed, an ex-student of the school, and prayed for the salvation of the departed...
FE Report | 2009-03-14 00:00:00
The world's population will hit 7.0 billion early in 2012 and top 9.0 billion in 2050, with the majority of the increase taking place in developing countries, according to revised United Nations (UN) estimates released Wednesday."There have been no big...
RANGPUR, March 13 (BSS): Hundreds of people have brought a vast tract of dried up riverbeds of the Brahmaputra, Teesta and their tributaries during this season in all five districts of greater Rangpur, char people and officials said Friday.They said,...
Recently, students who secured second classes in their academic exams are finding hard times getting jobs as almost all employers, both in the government and in the autonomous organizations, in many cases in the limited companies, want the candidates to...
The global economic meltdown has made the expected investment inflow into the country's impoverished power sector uncertain as possible investors might shy away due to the crisis, official sources said, reports UNB.According to the sources, the government, trying to overcome...
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