Princess Alexandra zu Sayn-Wittgensten of the Royal Kingdom of Denmark visited UCEP technical school at Mirpur in the city recently, said a press release.Vice Chairperson of the UCEP board of governors Ms Parveen Mahmud gave the address of welcome while...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
All private off docks of the country have reduced their charges sharply mainly due to operation of new private terminals, operators said.Off dock, involved in stuffing of export goods and un-stuffing of imported goods, was introduced in 1990s to keep...
GAZIPUR, Feb 28 (BSS): A seminar on 'Bokto' seeding technology, that helps sow all cereal crop seeds under both dry and wet conditions, was held recently at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) here.Bokto means 'soil cover in Korean' and...
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (AFP): The US economy contracted a stronger-than-expected 6.2 per cent in the fourth quarter, government data showed, highlighting the stunning meltdown in activity late last year.The Commerce Department reading on gross domestic product (GDP), the broadest measure...
Ten bodies of army officials, including BDR DG Maj Gen Shakil's wife Nazneen Shakil Shipu, were recovered from three more mass graves found on the premises of BDR headquarters at Peelkhana on Saturday morning, reports UNB.Three of the other bodies...
Education Ministry Saturday decided to reschedule the ongoing SSC examinations only for the BDR mutiny victims, reports UNB.Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told reporters at his residence that they have taken special arrangements for those examinees who are BDR mutiny...
Habib Mohammad Ali | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
Staying thousands of miles away from home for higher study must require some sacrifice in life. This means keeping oneself away from his/her own cultural attachment like interacting in an environment where always new stimulus, information and above all a...
Dr Md Abdul Matin | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
BY enhancing the communication capacity of cellular phone, smart antenna promoted research and development of this exciting technology. Either a fixed or adaptive antenna array is used in wireless communication to improve the service range and reduce interference. With the...
The inauguration ceremony of a six-day foundation training on general banking for the trainee cash officers of Southeast Bank Limited (SEBL) was held at the bank's training institute at its head office in the city recently, says a press release.SEBL...
LONDON, Feb 28 (AFP): Britain's partly-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group said yesterday its HBOS unit made a record pre-tax loss of 10.8 billion pounds (12.1 billion euros, 15.4 billion dollars) in 2008.The worst results in HBOS's history came after it was...
Fourth Test, Barbados (day two, close): England 600-6 dec v West Indies 85-1Ravi Bopara marked his first Test since 2007 with a maiden century as England posted 600-6 declared on day two of the fourth Test against West Indies, BBC...
SHARIATPUR, Feb 28 (UNB): A fish cultivator was beaten to death allegedly by his partner in Shariatpur municipal area Saturday over a trifling matter.The deceased was identified as Samad (45), of village Dakshin Baluchara.Witnesses said Samad and his partner Motaleb...
NEW YORK, Feb 28 (AFP): Deep in the red for the first two months of 2009, Wall Street enters March with frayed nerves in anticipation of more weak data as investors look for any signs of an end to the...
MOGADISHU (Somalia), FEB 28 (AP): The government and an Islamic insurgent group have reached a cease-fire deal, Somalia's new president said Saturday, days after dozens of civilians were killed in fighting in the Somali capital.Elders of Mogadishu's dominant clan, the...
BARISAL, Feb 28 (UNB): At least 11 people, including three teachers, were injured in a clash between two rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Barisal BM College Saturday following an altercation over a trifling matter Friday.Witnesses said BCL...
IT is alleged that some corrupt elements in the law-enforcing department are involved in various anti-social activities; they even allure people into committing crimes.Some days back a group of law-enforcing people came to a residential hotel, Naseria, at Khatungonj in...
Agri-experts Saturday said that increased farming of jute could revive the past glory of the golden fibre to usher in a new era in the country's economy as well as save the environment and soil health, reports BSS.Because of its...
NEW DELHI, Feb 28 (PTI): Impacted by the global economic meltdown, the Indian economy has clocked slowest quarterly growth in over five years, at 5.3 per cent, in October-December of this fiscal as agriculture and manufacturing contracted, despite a stimulus...
A middle aged mother and her two minor daughters were strangulated allegedly by her brother at Jatrabari in the city Saturday, reports UNB.Police on information rescued the bodies of Shahnaj Akter Nazma (40), wife of businessman Abdur Rashid and her...
HUA HIN, (Thailand), Feb 28 (AFP): Southeast Asian nations are to sign an energy security agreement today that will allow their members to buy oil at a discounted price during times of crisis, a senior official said."Under the agreement, oil...
WELLINGTON, Feb 28 (AFP): New Zealand is to boost ground security for the remainder of the Indian cricket tour following a bottle-throwing incident at the second Twenty20 match, an official said Saturday.Play was briefly halted towards the end of the...
Speakers at a workshop in Rangpur have underscored the need for comprehensive steps involving the grass-roots level people to reduce the adverse impacts of the global climate change going on at an alarming rates, reports BSS.The country has been experiencing...
A Z M Anas | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has started preparing the multi-year lending programme for Bangladesh beginning next year with a major thrust on infrastructure.Officials said the Manila-based lender is designing the country's loan operation for the period between 2010 and 2012,...
BEIJING, Feb 28 (Reuters): The United States is looking to stronger Chinese cooperation on Afghanistan, piracy, and other international troubles, a Pentagon official said Saturday after talks that he said also addressed strains over Taiwan.The US official, David Sedney, said...
HANOI, Feb 28 (Reuters): Vietnam could raise the ceiling of foreign ownership in its banks to 35 per cent from 30 per cent and expand the foreign ownership in unlisted companies to 49 per cent as it seeks to beef...
SATKHIRA, Feb 26 (UNB): Police seized a brass made Krishna statue and a Shiblinga at Langoldaria village in Asasuni Upazila of the district Monday.Acting on a tip-off, police raided the house of Rezaul Karim Mallik of the village and seized...
LAHORE, Feb 26 (AFP): Thousands of protesters marched across Pakistan Thursday, torching pictures of President Asif Ali Zardari as a nervous government put paramilitaries on alert and detained 30 lawmakers.Security forces sealed off the Punjab provincial assembly but thousands of...
Islami Insurance Bangladesh Limited held its annual Branch Managers Conference-2009 at Cox's Bazar recently, says a press release.Vice Chairman of the company M Tajul Islam inaugurated the conference as the chief guest. Additional Managing Director of the company Md Mujibur...
NEW YORK Feb 26 (Bloomberg): Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., the US exchange that handles the most shares, said fourth-quarter profit fell 53 per cent as losses on a currency hedge for its European operations wiped out gains from increased trading.Net...
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