FE Report | 2009-03-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh expatriates sent home a record US$6.148 billion in the first eight months of the current fiscal, marking a 27.01 per cent growth over the same period of the last fiscal, officials said.The remittances from Bangladeshi nationals working abroad were...
Although fire breaks out quite frequently, the capital city does not have adequate fire fighting capacity. The incidence of fire ought to act as wake-up call for our complacent authorities. The city needs to check unplanned growth and put in...
FE Report | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
A meeting of the board of directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) was held at its head office in the city recently, said a press release.IBBL Board of Directors Chairman Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher presided over the meeting.Also...
EBL recommends 20pc stock dividendThe board of directors of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has recommended 20 per cent stock dividend for the year that ended on December 31, '08. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the bank will be held...
FE Report | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has become one of the premium partners and official carrier of 'Dhaka Travel Mart (DTM)-2009'.The Bangladesh Monitor will organise and sponsor this tourism fair 'Dhaka Travel Mart-2009' from March 12 to 14, 2009 at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel,...
BRUSSELS, Mar. 2 (Xinhua): The European Union summit yesterday sought to dispel weeks of gloomy reports that the EU was sliding rudderless towards protectionism and division in the face of the mounting economic crisis.The 27 European Union leaders issued a...
The regular cabinet meeting Monday afternoon endorsed a condolence proposal for army officers massacred in the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters and approved six proposals, including the Real Estate Development and Management Act-2009 with some recommendations to make it a bill,...
FE Report | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised downward its growth forecast for Bangladesh economy, ranging between 5.5 per cent and 6.0 per cent, for the fiscal (FY) 2008-09 against the backdrop of the ongoing global financial crisis.'Before the onset of...
President of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Col (retd) Oli Ahmed Monday demanded trial of the Feb 25-26 killers in military court for their mindless killings at the BDR Headquarters, reports UNB."Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) is a disciplined force and it has...
Fifty of the victims of the February 25-26 tragedy at the BDR headquarters, including chief of the border force Maj General Shakil Ahmed and his wife Nazneen, were buried with state honour Monday noon amid a sombre farewell, reports UNB.Of...
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...
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