NEW DELHI, Dec 18 (PTI): Concerned over negative growth in industrial output, the government of India may next week announce a second stimulus package to spur demand in housing, auto, chemicals and other sectors and beat the downturn. According to...
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Thursday said it is urgent to take concerted steps to increase milk production in the country, reports BSS. He said that the government was continuing its efforts to unite milk producers and interested farmers...
Adviser for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Thursday said cards with special status would be given to the expatriate workers, who will annually send home money equivalent to US$ 5,000 each through legal...
An Avian Influenza (AI) Civil Society Organisation Network Initiative (AICSONI) comprising 108 NGOs from 64 districts was floated in the city Thursday aimed at promoting the response of bird flu outbreak in the country, reports BSS.A total of 22 master...
Sixteen people were killed in separate accidents across the country Thursday, reports UNB.Five people were killed and 10 others injured as a bus collided with a truck on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Andiura in Madhabpur Upazila due to poor visibility caused...
Police and 10 non-government organisations (NGOs) will jointly set up a model victim support (MVS) centre for providing legal assistance to women oppressed and violated, reports UNB.The centre is being set up at Tejgaon thana in the city under the...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 18 (BSS): Speakers at a workshop here Thursday called upon the business community to extend wholehearted cooperation in using Electronic Cash Registrar (ECR) machine in the business establishments for the sake of speedy disposal of accounts side by...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 18 (BSS): The unabated cold weather coupled with dense fog has been continuing for the last few days in the northern region.Coldspell with mild chilly wind and heavy fog has triggered cold-related diseases. Heavy fog overcast the whole...
Commodore M Farid Habib of Bangladesh Navy has been promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral, reports UNB.Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam congratulated him on his promotion to the rank of Rear Admiral.Commodore Farid, who was...
DU CorrespondentThe 45th convocation of Dhaka University (DU) will be held on the university's gymnasium premises on January 29 next year.The fresh graduates intending to participate in the convocation have been asked to be registered by January 7.Each graduate (honours)...
Our CorrespondentFARIDPUR, Dec 18: Non-iodised salt is being sold in all the markets of eight upazilas under Faridpur district ignoring the government's rules.By defying the ban on non-iodised salt, the shopkeepers seem to have no respect for the health of...
Begum Irani Huq (Ayesha), wife of late Syed Rafiqul Huq (great grandson of Nawab Faizunessa Chowdhurani) of Paschimgaon Nawab Bari in Laksham Upazila under Comilla district died of a massive heart attack at a city hospital recently, said a press...
SINGAPORE, Dec 18: Oil traded at four-year lows below 40 dollars Thursday, despite OPEC's pledge of a record output cut, while demand remained weak and the IMF called for moves to boost the slowing global economy, report agencies.Even the greenback's...
Shamsul Huq ZahidPoliticians in this part of the world have a habit of promising moon before elections. But once elected, what they deliver falls far short of the voters' expectation. Every political party, as a matter of election ritual, comes...
KHULNA, Dec 18 (UNB): Awami League president Sheikh Hasina Thursday pledged that if voted to power, her government would reactivate Mongla Port and construct a deep seaport close to Mongla, which will be opened up for South Asian countries in...
THAKURGAON, Dec 18 (bdnews24.com): BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has stressed on measures for farmers and raising food production in a bid to bring down food prices. "We have to increase production to reduce food price. If the four-party alliance goes...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has begun an inquiry into alleged financial transactions in foreign currencies worth crores of takas in Singapore involving Arafat Rahman Koko, younger son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, reports UNB. "The transactions (made by Koko)...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nur Mohammad and Director General (DG) of RAB Hasan Mahmud Khandaker Thursday dismissed the fear about sabotage over the December 29 parliament elections. Both, however, mentioned taking up special precautionary measures for the polls, reports...
FE ReportDhaka stocks surged Thursday, led by power and energy issues, on strong buying support from the retail investors. Trading at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened on a higher note from the very outset. Before shedding a few points...
FE ReportMany of the candidates participating in the parliamentary polls are allegedly not following the election expenditure fixed by the Election Commission (EC) according to election monitoring organisations. As per the sub-clause of the Representation of the People Order (RPO),...
FE ReportUK-based Cairn Energy initiated works at the country's lone offshore Sangu gas block Tuesday last to raise gas production by 10-15 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) over the existing 37 mmcfd, said officials.The company is investing US$1.9 million...
FE Report State-owned Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Ltd. (BMTF) is building double-deck parking platform that will reduce traffic jam and improve the quality of car parking facility.The BMTF has developed the parking machine in joint-venture with Daiei International of Japan...
Siddique Islam Opening of fresh letters of credit (LCs) for imports drastically fell by over 44 per cent during the second week of December against the corresponding period of the previous year. "The opening of LCs against imports has fallen...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has welcomed lifting of the state of emergency in Bangladesh, Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury told the media Thursday. Ban Ki-moon has described it as a 'positive step towards ensuring the rights of...
The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Election Commission to accept nomination papers of Awami League's Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir and BNP's Lutfozzaman Babar for the general elections slated for Dec. 29. The court of chamber judge of the Appellate Division...
MEHERPUR Dec 18: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) pushed-in 14 Bangla speaking Indian nationals through the Sholmari border early hours Thursday. Traveling in Nasimon from Sholmari border to Meherpur town they said more than 200 people were picked up from...
SINGAPORE, Dec 18 (AFP) : The president of the World Bank (WB) warned Thursday of a worldwide struggle in the first half of 2009 as a deepening global economic crisis hits Asian countries.Robert Zoellick also cautioned against a return to...
FE ReportAs a public financial institution, Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) should take initiatives to provide housing facilities to the people at competitive prices, Finance Adviser Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam said at the BHBFC annual conference in the...
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Dec 18: The US dollar, king of all currencies, dipped against all major world currencies in the wake of Fed slashing the interest rates to near zero. A day after Federal Reserve adopted a near...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government is likely to make its final decision relating to gas price hike by state-owned petroleum exploration company BAPEX Sunday, officials said.The BAPEX (Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited), if receives the final government approval, will...
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