Seven judicial inquiry commissions formed to probe the allegations that led to the postponement of elections in seven upazilas on January 22 are going to start their work in a day or two, reports UNB."The inquiry committees have been asked...
Commercial Bank of Ceylon (CBC) held Annual Staff Conference 2008 at a city hotel recently, says a press release.CBC's DGM of Corporate Banking Gamini Dharmasiri and Head of Corporate Banking CM Abeysekara, both from Sri Lanka, were chief guest and...
The government has ordered the armed forces to assist the civil administration until all fugitive BDR personnel are rounded up, the home minister said Monday, reports bdnews24.com.The police and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have been taking all measures to...
Our Correspondent | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Mar 02: Fish fries are being indiscriminately destroyed in the sea beach areas of south Chittagong including Cox's Bazar through using mosquito nets and current nets.It has been destroying the fisheries resources of the Bay of Bengal while the...
LAHORE, Mar 2 (Reuters): Johannesburg, Dubai and Abu Dhabi are being considered as possible venues to host the Champions Trophy this year, a senior International Cricket Council (ICC) official said Monday.The ICC executive board last month shifted the premier one-day...
One would wish that with all the trappings and contraptions that our media today have they would learn to be responsible. A halfwit even tried to claim that the media had stopped a possible coup! The fact of the matter...
Mahmuda Shaolin | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) will issue Requests for Proposal (RFP) this week to the seven bidders to appoint one of them as a service provider to collect Motor Vehicle Tax (MVT) online from July this year.After getting the RFP,...
Our Correspondent | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Mar 2: Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) branches in Gopalganj district disbursed Tk 21,29,66,000 among 5,698 farmers during seven months of this financial year.According to official sources, BKB disbursed Tk 5,73,43,000 among 1128 farmers in Gopalganj Sadar Upazila, Tk 1,82,81,000...
BANGKOK, March 2 (AFP): Southeast Asian leaders have taken a firm stand against protectionism despite divisions in the region on how to tackle the global financial meltdown, a top official said today.Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),...
BKSP and Partex SC won their respective 6th round matches of the Metropolis Premier Division Cricket League that resumed Monday after a three-day recess for national mourning following the carnage at the BDR headquarters in Pilkhana, reports UNB.BKSP earned their...
A massive shortage of English and maths teachers is hampering education in rural secondary schools and Madrasas. In most of the rural schools, the two subjects are taught by teachers,who never studied maths and English at the degree level. How...
TOKYO, March 2 (AFP): Plunging Japanese car sales and a record drop in South Korea's industrial output underlined the ravaging impact of the global financial crisis today, as concerns pummelled stocks.Fears over the health of the banking sector also grew...
FE Report | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
A five-day long workshop titled 'practical training on automated trading system' began at the Dhaka Stock Exchange Training Academy Sunday.Newly-elected vice president of DSE Shakil Rizvi inaugurated the training programme, said a press release.Issues like practical demonstration on TESA trading...
Major General (retired) Amin Ahmed ChowdhuryMadam Prime MinisterYou are on a war footing. Enemy has declared war against the elected government and partially succeeded because they could bluff the whole country. It is highly probable that many of them, especially...
Green Delta Insurance Company Limited (GDICL) paid rich tributes to the Army personnel and civilians who had been killed in the Pilkhana tragedy on February 25 last, said a press release.A Milad Mahfil was arranged by GDICL after the Asr...
JAKARTA, March 2 (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi blamed "unbridled greed" today for the global financial crisis as business people from the Islamic world gathered for an economic conference.Badawi called for a new financial system to replace the...
The Supreme Court (SC) Monday affirmed partly the High Court (HC) judgement that had ordered the government to reinstate 10 confirmation-denied additional judges as regular HC judges, sans seniority, from the date of non-confirmation, reports UNB.Passing a short order with...
IT is too apparent that the JMB has regrouped. After the Gazipur incident, no amount of clever comments from the government leaders can quite hide its presence. The resurfacing of JMB is now likely to tag Bangladesh as a terrorism-infested...
DELRAY BEACH, Mar 2 (AFP): American Mardy Fish rallied to beat Evgeny Korolev 7-5, 6-3 Sunday, becoming the first top seed to win the ATP Delray Beach International Championship in the 17-year history of the event.Fish also became the first...
TEHRAN, Mar 2 (AP): Iran dismissed Monday US concerns about how much fissile material the country has produced, saying it isn't developing a nuclear bomb and that any effort to make weapons-grade uranium would be difficult under the eyes of...
LAHORE, Mar 2 (Cricinfo): Umar Gul produced a sparkling spell of reverse swing and Pakistan's aggressive openers got off to a flying start but the pressure was still on the home side after Sri Lanka reached 606 in their first...
FE Report | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate was steady Monday, as the central bank injected fresh cash into the market through repurchase agreement (repo). The US dollar, however, gained against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market due to higher...
President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina have greeted their Bulgarian counterparts on the occasion of the Liberation Day of the country, reports UNB.In separate messages, the President and the PM expressed their confidence that the existing friendly...
JOHANNESBURG, mar 2 (cricinfo): Write off Australia only if you wish to be called a fool. South Africa's coronation as the world's best Test side was put on hold as an Australian team with three debutants in the ranks routed...
A high-powered army inquiry committee, headed by Quartermaster General Lt Gen Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, starts functioning today (Tuesday) to investigate the carnage inside the BDR headquarters, reports UNB.Briefing reporters at the Army Officers Banquet Hall in Dhaka Cantonment on Monday...
The opposition BNP Monday staged a walkout from the House protesting against not telecasting the speech of Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia Sunday night on Bangladesh Television (BTV), reports BSS.Rising on a point of order during the 'zero hour'...
KARACHI, March 2 (AFP): Political turmoil in Pakistan after a court banned the most popular opposition leader running for public office could make the stagnant economy even more dependent on US aid and IMF bailouts.Thousands of supporters of Nawaz Sharif...
SEOUL, Mar 2 (AP): North Korea demanded Monday that the US call off its annual military drill with South Korea, a report said, as rare talks between the North and UN forces ended without clear progress on defusing tensions.South Korea's...
Sheikh Shahariar Zaman | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
Apparel export would fall in the coming months due to global economic crisis, as fewer raw materials were being imported into the country under a tax-free facility for shipment to major markets.Clothing manufacturers avail the facility, under utilisation declaration (UD)...
DU Correspondent | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
The 11th 'Education UK Exhibition-2009' will take place at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel from March 8 to 9. A daylong exhibition will also be held at Hotel Peninsula in Chittagong on March 11.Organisers at a press conference in the city Monday...
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