FHM Humayan Kabir | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
The Power Division has sought Tk 5.55 billion less fund from its annual development programme (ADP) allocation as it failed to execute the development schemes particularly the electricity generation projects, official said Saturday.The division has requested the planning ministry to...
Billy I Ahmed | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
THE idea of an International Women's Day first arose at the turn of the century, which in the industrialised world was a period of expansion and turbulence, booming population growth and radical ideologies, actions by working women anywhere in the...
NEW DELHI, Mar 7 (PTI): A food research institute in the US has expressed concern over the ban on foodgrain exports by countries like India and China causing a crisis in countries depending on imports."The banning of exports from countries...
Country's Constitution will have to be amended if the BDR mutineers are to be tried in a new special tribunal, said Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed, reports UNB.He said trial process of the BDR members accused...
TEHRAN, Mar 7 (Reuters): Iran said Saturday it would consider an invitation from its old foe the United States to attend a meeting on Afghanistan and it was ready to offer any help to its neighbour as it battles a...
WASHINGTON, Mar 7 (AFP): The International Monetary Fund called yesterday for governments to take further stimulus measures to counter a severe global economic slump it sees extending into 2010."Given the anticipated weakness in the global economy over the next two...
FE Report | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
A five-week-long 'Foundation Course on Banking' for the newly recruited probationary officers of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited (AIBL) began at the AIBL Training and Research Academy in the city recently, said a press release.AIBL Managing Director MA Samad Sheikh inaugurated...
FE Report | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
'BCS Digital Expo 2009' will be held at the Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre in the city on March 25-28 to showcase BCS digital technology and products.Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) in cooperation with ICT Business Promotion Council of the Ministry...
National trade unions, human rights and women rights organisations, workers and labour rights organisations should come forward for the implementation of the 'common minimum demand' for all working women without making any difference of their workplace, occupation and designation, said...
FE Report | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) disbursed loan of Tk 25.34 billion during the last eight months of the current fiscal year (FY), which was Tk 5.94 billion higher than the corresponding period of the last FY.The BKB geared up delivery of...
Siddique Islam | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
The country's Consumers Price Index (CPI) inflation eased marginally in January on an annual average basis because of declining prices of food and non-food items both in rural and urban areas.The CPI inflation came down to 8.46 per cent in...
Leading cement manufacturer Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd took part in the recently concluded three-day international construction industry exhibition held at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel.Bangladesh Association of Construction Industries organised the fair which ended on Friday, said a press release.At the fair,...
Comrade Ali Aksad, language veteran, journalist and a member of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), died at city's Square Hospital Friday morning, reports UNB.One of the organisers of the Liberation War in 1971, Comrade Aksad left behind his wife, one...
The chehlum of Alhaj Hazrat Maulana Shah Sufi Syed Hamidullah Kuddesi Aziz, the 8th pir of the Mia Saheber Maidan Khanka Sharif at Luxmi Bazar in the old part of the city, will be observed after Zohr prayers on the...
FE Report | 2009-03-07 00:00:00
The government is mulling over streamlining the supply and distribution of fertiliser in order to prevent any scarcity of the main agricultural input during the ongoing Boro cropping season, official sources said.A top government body is expected to sit tomorrow...
Balz Bruppacher | 2009-03-07 00:00:00
Switzerland is bracing for a monumental change in a tradition of banking secrecy that survived pressure from Nazi Germany, World War II and numerous other crises over the last 75 years.It will have a hard time withstanding an American legal...
The three-day International Construction Industry Exhibition ended in the city Friday with the commitment to use quality and environment-friendly construction materials in all development activities, reports BSS.Bangladesh Association of Construction Industry (BACI) organised the fair at Hotel Sheraton as a...
BEIRUT, Mar 6 (AP): The United States sought Friday to reassure Lebanon that its efforts to repair relations with that country's long-dominant neighbor, Syria, do not pose a threat.President Barack Obama is sending a senior US diplomat and a White...
A Z M Anas | 2009-03-07 00:00:00
Petrobangla is facing an international legal battle over charging huge gas wheeling fees from the US-based Chevron, amid the country's hisory of losing scores of arbitrations, officials and experts said.But Petrobangla said it is upbeat about winning the legal battle...
Kazi Dastagir Hossain | 2009-03-07 00:00:00
Accurate statistics is the base for planning, be it for the government, the private sector or the individual. Flawed statistics influence decision-making -- including vital ones involving expenditure and investment --leading to undesirable outcome. Therefore, it is supremely important to...
FE Report | 2009-03-07 00:00:00
A new World Bank report says that Bangladesh and other South Asian countries face enormous challenges in attaining the reproductive health related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Bangladesh needs to halve its maternal mortality ratio by 2015 to meet the MDGs.The...
NEW DELHI, Mar 6 (PTI): Even the truncated exports target of US$ 175 billion for the fiscal would be hard to meet as the India's overseas sales dipped by 13 per cent in February -- the fifth decline in a...
Shireen Begum languishes for an eternity like other family members outside the BDR Headquarters at Pilkhana to get news of their soldier fathers, brothers and husbands, reports bdnews24.com.Their men went to report to duty after the government had summoned them...
The government is examining the feasibility of constructing another runway as per the master plan at Zia International Airport (ZIA), which handles 400 flights a week, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) officials said Thursday, reports bdnews24.com.ZIA should be offering...
SEOUL, Mar 6 (AFP): Workers at the troubled South Korean unit of United States (US) auto giant General Motors (GM) Friday agreed on a cut in welfare benefits to help the company reduce costs amid the economic slump, officials said.The...
Ameer Hamza | 2009-03-07 00:00:00
SOMETIME last year, a fleeting news item on BBC radio let it be known that simple-minded people in violent conflict zones were particularly vulnerable to being chosen as potential suicide bombers. BBC cited research undertaken by MI5, or some such...
BISHKEK, Mar 6 (Reuters): Kyrgyzstan, which last month decided to close a US military air base, cancelled Friday similar agreements with other members of the US-led coalition fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.The Central Asian state's parliament voted almost unanimously to...
Abrar Ahmed | 2009-03-07 00:00:00
MONOCROPPING or production of the same crop on a plot of land round the year causes loss of soil fertility. However, such fertility loss can be avoided by rotating crops or planting different crops at different seasons. Besides, monocropping leads...
From Fazle Rashid | 2009-03-07 00:00:00
NEW YORK, March 6: The personal belongings of the beacon of India's freedom movement from the British yoke Mohondas Karamchand Gandhi was put on auction by James Otis, a filmmaker and peace activist. Gandhi introduced
WHEN chased out of work places that prohibit child labour, do children stop working? The answer should be apparent to people who care to know about it. Well, they don't stop working. They just change jobs. If they cannot work...
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