BARCELONA, Apr 19 (AFP): World number one Rafael Nadal bids for a fifth consecutive title at his home Barcelona Open from Monday. The Spanish star, from the island of Mallorca, considers the city something of a second home, with his...
S M JahangirThe government is adopting a new fertiliser policy for streamlining the field-level distribution systems of the agricultural input, which will replace the existing arrangement, officials said."A process is on to devise a fresh fertiliser policy with a view...
A Z M AnasLeading Arab carrier Saudia curtailed its services to Dhaka last month, hurt mainly by weaker labour traffic, industry insiders say, the evidence of an unfolding storm in the local aviation sector.The Jeddah-based national airliner of Saudi Arabia,...
India has warned Bangladesh's political leadership, including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, of a possible assassination plot, an Indian newspaper reported Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. The Indian Express said Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon had informed Dhaka of the threat during a...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said the government will provide more policy support than cash bailout as part of a package to help exporters face the impact of global recession. "Our resources are very limited. We have to face the...
KURIGRAM, Apr 18: A nor'wester blew over remote villages of Chilmari, Ulipur and Roumari Upazila late Friday night causing damage to dwelling houses and standing crops. The preliminary estimate of the damage made by local officials said 170 houses were...
DINAJPUR, April 18: Two people were killed in connection with a land dispute in Nababganj Saturday, after allegedly being "struck by arrows." The dead were identified as Azizul Haque (25) and Emdadul Haque (40) of Kachua village, said Golam Maola,...
M Azizur RahmanThe government may count additional costs of over Tk 4.0 billion if it awards work order to the lowest bidder for construction of a double line rail track as the quotation far exceeds the actual allocation, said officials.The...
FE ReportJute and Textiles Minister Latif Siddiqui said Saturday the government is planning to reopen closed state-owned jute mills to make the sector a vibrant in the wake of growing demand for the natural fibre. He was addressing a roundtable...
FE Report The country's realtors and construction association Saturday urged the government not to impose value added tax (VAT) and raise import duty on steel products. Bangladesh Association of Construction Industry (BACI) and the Real Estate and Housing Association of...
BOAO (China), Apr 18 (Reuters): Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday that the economic polices of countries which issue global reserve currencies require closer supervision as part of building a diversified international monetary system. Wen and central bank governor Zhou...
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanThe Bengali year 1416 has turned out to be a blessing for the local furniture industry with one of its major showcasing events coinciding with the New Year's eve. "Baishakhi Bonanza" -- a term implying a certain percentages...
The education ministry said Saturday that the HSC and equivalent examinations would be held today (Sunday) as scheduled, as there was no great fallout reported in the southeastern cyclone-hit districts, reports bdnews24.com."Students are asked not to be confused about the...
DU CorrespondentDhaka University (DU) students Saturday urged the government to make a realistic equivalence to the grading system in their results of SSC examinations held between 2001, and 2003. Hundreds of DU students of these batches formed a human chain...
FE ReportElectric generators powered by biogas fuel which is processed from animal and poultry waste, is gradually gaining ground in the cattle and poultry farms in Bangladesh.To reduce the dependency on electricity in a country where the average difference between...
Three security guards of a garment factory were shot and wounded in an attack by gun-trotting extortionists in the city's Mirpur area Saturday afternoon, reports UNB.The victims were identified as guard supervisor Abdul Aziz (53) and guards Kawser Parvez (30)...
DUBAI, April 18: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has rejected an application from the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) seeking approval for their Twenty20 competition. "The board considered that approval was not appropriate," ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgan told reporters...
Remittance income, a vital lifeline of the Bangladesh economy, has recorded a substantial rise in recent years, reaching nearly $9.0 billion in the last fiscal (2007-08). The earning made the country one of the top ten remittance recipient countries in...
Shahiduzzaman KhanA recent survey found that a polythene stratum measuring about 10 feet in thickness was embedded under a certain stretch of the Buriganga. The river remains terribly polluted from domestic and industrial wastes and the polythene makes it worse,...
Fazle Rashid in New YorkSOME robust optimists among the analysts say that heavy spending by governments is not only helping to stop the steep and steady downhill slide of the global economy but is also pulling it out of the...
Ruhi MurshedCHAMBER bodies in the country have made specific proposals for enabling the holders of the so-called black money to whiten the same. The Jatiya Sangshad (JS) standing committee that examined the issue, also give a positive nod to this...
Any sensible person, on surveying the conditions for the private sector in Bangladesh, would realise that the monetary and fiscal policies of the country are yet to be geared up adequately in the interest of its development under the private...
A complete overhaul of the education system of Bangladesh is very necessary. The present system produces mainly literates or generalists. They are of no use for the country's development or economic needs. The thrust right from the primary to secondary...
Air Commodore Muhammad Zakiul Islam ndu acsc (Retd)SOME witty cynics have postulated two main principles of Economics. The First principle says: For every economist, there is an equal and opposite economist. Sounds familiar. But whatever be their level and intensity...
Syed JamaluddinHUNDRED days is too short a time to make any judgment on the performance of a government but preliminary observations can be made about the decisions made by it. We hope that the government will continue its work programme,...
Nizam AhmadTHE government is unable to meet the energy demand of the country's population. The country needs a radical energy policy. The best would be for the government to stand back and allow the market's competitive forces to generate power....
An Iranian-American journalist branded a US spy has been jailed for eight years by Iran, her lawyer says, reports BBC.Roxana Saberi, 31, was arrested in January and went on trial this week. She worked briefly for the BBC three years...
PORT OF SPAIN, April 18 (AFP): US President Barack Obama has seized on an extraordinary overture from Cuba to propose talks aimed at breaking 50 years of hostility between Washington and Havana which was born out of the Cold War.He...
Sri Lanka has rejected a fresh appeal by the UN to give civilians more time to leave a safe zone in the north-east, the defence secretary says, reports BBC.Only a few hundred civilians used the two-day unilateral government truce with...
Every month, Michelle Barker would miss a couple of days of university because of her period, reports BBC.And every month, for up to 10 days before her period, she would be angry, anxious or depressed.Her attendance got so bad that...
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