The nomination of ten candidates was validated so far Sunday after hearing on their appeals by the Election Commission against the cancellation of their nomination papers during the scrutiny, reports UNB.Election Commissioner Sakhawat Hossain told newsmen that hearing on 50...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe country's tanners are expecting to collect more than 2.5 million pieces of raw hides and skin during this Eid festival with credit support from the commercial banks despite a dull global market, industry insiders said Sunday.They said prices of...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Sales of sacrificial animals in the city's permanent and makeshift cattle markets increased Sunday with the Eid-ul-Azha festival knocking at the door.Traders said the sales are not satisfactory, as they expected more on Sunday. The presence of...
Eid-ul-Azha, one of the two biggest religious festivals of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country tomorrow (Tuesday) with due solemnity and religious fervour, reports UNB.On this day, the 10th of Zilhaj some 3,800 years ago, Prophet Ibrahim (A) offered...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Sunday expressed the hope that Dhaka would be turned to a better habitable urban city through the united efforts and ideas of government-private sectors and the stakeholders, reports UNB."Combination of the 15-year Strategic Transport Plan...
FE Report The United States Secret Service will impart training to local bankers to help detect counterfeit US dollars in Bangladesh. The visiting two-member US Secret Service team conveyed the message at a meeting with chief executives of different local...
The offices of The Financial Express (FE) will remain closed on December 08, 09 and 10, 2008 (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha. Therefore, there will be no issues of FE on December 09, 10...
FE ReportChief Adviser's Special Assistant M Tamim Sunday hinted at the possibility of further lowering the fuel oil prices within the current month. "We are reviewing the global market. There may be a possibility of downward adjustment of the fuel...
FE Report Several hundred workers of a ready-made garments (RMG) factory staged demonstration in the city's Mogbazar area on Sunday afternoon, disrupting traffic movement on Mogbazar-Mouchak road for about two hours. Sources said over 1,000 workers of Century Garments came...
Millions of Muslim pilgrims have descended on the plain of Arafat in Saudi Arabia on the second day of Hajj, according to Al Jazeera.net.Leaving the tent city of Mina early Sunday, the pilgrims gathered for a day of reflection and...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Sunday said it has no plan to chase the tax-dodgers in the cattle markets. The board is not also carrying out any such drive presently. It has termed the recently published news regarding the...
NEW DELHI: The prime minister's office has announced a $4.1 billion stimulus package to boost India's slowing economy in the face of the global financial meltdown. It said in a statement Sunday that the money will be spent for building...
The government has decided to award the Begum Rokeya Padak - 2008 to Dr Sultana Sarwat Ara Zaman and Begum Nasrin Parvin (posthumous). They were given the award for their outstanding contribution to rights and education of women, and country's...
The depression over southwest Bay moved slightly westwards over the same area at 3pm Sunday. A special Met Office bulletin said the depression centered about 1,845-km southwest of Chittagong port, 1,775-km southwest of Cox's Bazar port, and 1,725-km southwest of...
The Council of Advisers of the caretaker government Sunday approved in principle major amendments to the Town Improvement Act 1953 aiming to bring dynamism, transparency and accountability in the activities of RAJUK, ridden with alleged wrongdoings over the years, reports...
FE ReportTurkish investors have expressed their willingness to invest in telecommunications, power, infrastructural development and automobile sectors in Bangladesh. During a meeting between the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and members of the visiting Turkish trade...
The continuous slide in stock prices in the country's two bourses for the last couple of months has taken a heavy toll on the investors. With many investors withdrawing themselves from a lacklustre market, the daily turnover at the main...
Shahiduzzaman KhanOF late, the government approved in principle the renewable energy policy to attract private sector investments, tap the country's huge electricity generation potentials and ease the nagging electricity crisis across the country. The council of advisers gave its nod...
Muzzafar HossainKIMBERLEY Process is an international certification scheme that regulates the trade in rough or conflict diamonds. Rough diamonds can cross borders only with an official certificate. The countries importing diamond check the seal and the certificate on the packages.The...
INCIDENTS of mugging and snatching are occurring on a regular basis in some common places in the city. Muggers used to mug at certain points during the terms of elected governments as the police, on their part, used to keep...
THE recent news story entitled "Dhaka [BCS] exams row sparks violence" on BBC website (Tuesday, December 02, 2008; url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7761285.stm) does not seem to meet the usual BBC standard of neutrality and fairness. The person who made the report seems...
Almost all the developed countries are now looking for foreign workers. Despite the recession, there is demand for workers from the developing countries. But surprisingly we cannot seize the opportunities like other countries such as India, the Philippines or other...
Every year, a good number of students pass the SSC examinations with merit. These pupils get media attention for their extraordinary results. But how many of them fair equally well in subsequent exams. They become celebrities only to be forgotten...
Sebika DebnathSUKRITY Dutta, a brilliant student of Dhaka University's Mass Communication and Journalism Department, is under tremendous pressure to get married. But, she doesn't want to marry before she joins a good job after university."In fact, I've been under pressure...
Kazi Md. Mortuza AliA prominent foreign life insurance company which earned great fame in this subcontinent was the Sun life of Canada. Sir Phiroze Sethna a Persi from Bombay (who was born and brought up in Calcutta) was known as...
Billy I AhmedRecent polls across the world have consistently shown that, if they had a choice, 90% of people would actively seek to avoid GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in their food. The large multinational corporations of the world have gone...
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (AP): Record numbers of homeowners are falling behind on mortgage payments and the US economy is losing jobs at an alarming rate with companies big and small slashing their work force.A half-million American jobs disappeared month, the...
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras, Dec 6 (AFP): Central American leaders yesterday agreed to adopt a common regional currency and passport, among other measures to bolster regional integration in the face of global financial uncertainty. The eight leaders attending a regional...
NEW YORK, Dec 6 (Xinhua): China and Latin America share the same pictures in the field of economic development, and increased relations between the two sides are mutually beneficial, experts said here yesterday. The statement was made at a panel...
LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters): More international coordination of macro-economic policy is needed, Bank of England (BoE) Deputy Governor John Gieve said Saturday.In an interview with the financial magazine Hedge Funds Review (HFR), Gieve said that what happened in the world...
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