Square Textile recommends 18pc cash, 20pc stock dividendsThe board of directors of Square Textile has recommended 18 per cent cash and 20 per cent stock (20 bonus shares for every 100 shares) dividends for the year that ended on December...
PARIS, April 21 (Reuters): France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner criticised the United States Tuesday for boycotting a United Nations conference where Iran's president launched a verbal attack on Israel.France, which has strong diplomatic and business ties with the Middle East,...
PAJU, South Korea, April 21 (Reuters): South Korean envoys arrived in North Korea Tuesday for rare talks between the political rivals that come as global powers try to prevent reclusive Pyongyang from restarting its nuclear arms plant.South Korean officials have...
BEIJING, April 21 (Reuters): China will show off its resurgent naval strength this week at a parade marking 60 years since the founding of its navy, presenting its fleet of warships and nuclear submarines as a force for peace, not...
COLOMBO, April 21 (AFP): The Sri Lankan army seized Tuesday more territory from the Tamil Tigers as the rebels ignored a government deadline to surrender, the defence ministry said.The attack saw government forces effectively slice the last small strip of...
LONDON, April 21 (AFP): Hundreds of millions of people will become victims of climate change-related disasters over the next six years, Oxfam said Tuesday, urging governments to change the way they respond to such events.The Oxford-based international aid and development...
JERUSALEM, April 21 (AP): Defence Minister Ehud Barak hopes to buy a US missile defence system to protect Israeli towns from short-range rockets and mortar fire, defence officials said Tuesday.Barak plans to ask US Defence Secretary Robert Gates to sell...
MOSCOW, April 21 (AFP): Russia pulled out of a meeting with senior NATO military officials to protest what its envoy described Monday as "provocative" war games planned by the alliance in Georgia."If there will be no reaction (to a Russian...
NEW DELHI, April 21 (Reuters): Bharatiya Janata Party chief LK Advani, said if voted to power his government would examine all aspects of the India-US nuclear deal signed last year, but would not cancel it. The BJP had opposed the...
BAGERHAT, Apr 21 (bdnews24.com): Caretaker government (CG) overseeing polls once an elected government ends term will be a thing of the past if the Election Commission is reinforced, an election official said Tuesday."The political parties are mulling the future of...
Bangladesh and Norway Tuesday agreed to develop a strategic partnership in combating global climate change, curbing corruption and improving the quality of governance besides making joint effort for mobilising funds for offsetting adversities of the global financial flue, reports UNB....
Prime Minister's education, social development and political affairs adviser Professor Dr Alauddin Ahmed today said existing legal frameworks should be amalgamated to ensure transparency in NGO activities and promote government-NGO cooperation for national development, reports BSS."New laws are needed to...
BARISAL, Apr 21 (UNB): Security measures have been beefed up in the city following Monday's death threat to the staff members of UNICEF, WFO and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) from suspected militants.Assistant Commissioner of...
The government plans to rehabilitate misguided poor and innocent people who tend to get involved in militancy, State Minister for Home Affairs Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj said Sunday about a latest combat plan against a resurgence of the menace, reports...
BAGERHAT, Apr 21 (UNB): The Election Commission (EC) will start next month updating the voter list with photograph across the country to include the new and left-out voters."The task of updating the voter list will start from May," Election Commissioner...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Civil Aviation and Tourism Tuesday discussed possible measures to improve the performance of different agencies under it, reports BSS.The committee with Engr Mosharraf Hossain in the chair reviewed different development projects, bilateral agreements, organizational structures...
HABIGRANJ, Apr 21 (UNB): Baniachang Upazila chairman Iqbal Hossain and 12 others were today accused of plundering a market whose owner had refused to pay extortion money.The judicial magistrate ordered an investigation into the case and asked for a report.Advocate...
Kushtia, Apr 21 (UNB) - An outlaw was strangulated to death by unknown assailants in Bheramara upazila of the district on Monday midnight.On information, police recovered the body of Rashedul, 27, from an abandoned well at Juniadaha in the upazila...
Jatiya Party (JP) chairman and former President Hussein Muhammad Ershad Tuesday approved convening committees of three districts in the greater Noakhali district, said a party press release, reports BSS.Rintu Anwar in Feni, ANM Shajahan in Noakhali and former parliament member...
DU CorrespondentPolice arrested three activists of Dhaka University (DU) unit of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Tuesday for their alleged involvement in creating chaos at the university. The arrestees were identified as Sumon of Salimullah Muslim Hall, Utpal Shaha of...
Prime Minister's Adviser HT Imam Tuesday underscored the need for initiating an integrated package for welfare of women, children and elders as social safety net side by side controlling population of the country, reports BSS.The present government is determined to...
People of Bangladesh, particularly the poorer section who live in rural areas do not have proper sanitation facilities, reports BSS.Those who have no ability to install sanitary latrine, make a pit at some corner of the house and use it...
The High Court (HC) has issued a contempt rule suo moto against Judge ANM Bashir Ullah of Dhaka metropolitan sessions court accusing him of flouting its order and undermining the wisdom of the highest court in dispensation of justice, reports...
Airlines Association of Bangladesh (AAB) has sought some facilities in the next national budget as the country's aviation sector is passing through a troubled time due to the global economic downswing, reports UNB.AAB demanded facilities like bank loans with 4...
Sangbadik Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SSKOP) Tuesday asked the Dainik Janakantha owner to pay salaries and benefits of the terminated journalists, workers and employees by April 30 or face tough action programmes, reports BSS.The SSKOP leaders condemned the owner of...
FE ReportBangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners' and Vanaspati Manufacturers' Association (BVORVMA) Tuesday contradicted news report published and broadcast on fixation of palm oil price Monday and said that the edible oil traders did not commit to sell palm oil at a...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 21: Speakers at an opinion sharing meeting for "Restoring and preserving the features of the river Halda" called for scientifically implementing the natural fish breeding field restoration project of Halda River. Otherwise, the project would not serve...
Allegations of corruption and irregularities at Rajabari Dairy and Cattle Development Farm (DCDF) in Godagari under Rajshahi were found true in a civil audit, reports UNB.Widespread anomalies of the DCDF officials and employees were proved in the audit, said Audit...
There will be no respite as Bangladesh bakes in a heat wave for past three days twinned with power outages so intense that mud houses become as hot as ovens, reports bdnews24.com.The searing temperatures that started sweeping the country Saturday...
DU CorrespondentVice-Rector of University for Peace in Costa Rica Prof Amr Abdullah at a seminar at Dhaka University (DU) Tuesday said Islam never allowed any destructive activities like militancy, violence and killing."Those, who commit militancy and violence in the name...
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