COUNTRY'S stock market has been in an upbeat mood for sometime. Notwithstanding the fact that the upsurge in share prices comes in contrast to the developments in other sectors of the economy, the return of the general investors in large...
Syed Fattahul Alim THE World Bank President Robert Zoellick has left after his short visit to Bangladesh. Whenever such a high profile visit from a donor country or agency takes place, the question that instantly comes to mind is what...
Andrew Jack in LondonMORE than a third of cancers are caused by simple, preventable factors including insufficient exercise and poor diet, according to the most comprehensive inter-national scientific study carried out to date.In a series of recommendations that could hurt...
M. M. Chowdhury (Mithu) from USA BANGLADESH needs a policy with carrot and stick which will help us unite for a greater benefit for Bangladesh and its future generation. The size of its underground economy is, according to a rough...
TOO many of our politicians and reactionary forces are always busy mudslinging and pointing out to the past events that took place during the liberation war of Bangladesh. They are always preoccupied in pointing out fingers at which political party...
ON TV and in newspapers we got the news that the "CA(chief adviser) would be accessible by e-mail" and the CA's press secretary said CA will establish contact with complainants and give replies.If this was the intention why letters written...
Primary inquiries into 11 of 35 corrupt suspects, including Dhaka city mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka, AL presidium members Tofail Ahmed and Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, and former caretaker government adviser Justice Fazlul Haque have been completed, reports UNB.The other seven corrupt...
KHULNA, Nov 5 (UNB): Joint forces, in another drive, seized some documents from the Gaganbabu Road residence of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Mayor Sheikh Tayebur Rahman Monday.The drive was conducted in presence of two nephews of the mayor.Earlier, on Sunday,...
The journalists, press workers and all employees of the Bangladesh Observer and Weekly Chitrali Monday observed a token hunger strike to press home their demand for payment of all arrears, reports UNB. Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) leaders Monjurul...
Play vital role in establishing real democracy: CA tells imamsChief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed made a call for the imam community to play a leading role in fulfilling people's aspiration for establishing real democracy and leadership of upright, competent and...
A special court Monday sentenced wife and son of former BNP MP Salauddin Ahmed to eight years in jail each for not paying tax and concealing information on undeclared assets, reports bdnews24.com. The court handed down five years for hiding...
Former state minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar was shown arrested in a graft case Monday, reports UNB.The case earlier filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) said Babar had taken Tk 210 million (21 crore) in bribe from Ahmed Akbar Sobhan,...
From A CorrespondentNAOGAON: A meeting was held at DC conference room recently to discuss preparation of voter list and national identity card of Naogaon district sadar upazila, under auspices of district election office. The meeting was presided over by deputy...
LGRD Adviser Anwarul Iqbal Monday said the cost of cybercrime was a burden on developing countries, but combating the cybercrime was a necessity, reports UNB.Terming the cybercrime as a transnational crime, he said it was a global issue with a...
Our Correspondent NILPHAMARI, Nov 5: Acute crisis of fertiliser which has been prevailing in the district may hit winter cultivation. When contacted deputy director of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Nilphmari, told this correspondent that the crisis was prevailing...
Bangladesh will receive around 1.2 lakh tonnes of rice worth $50 million for flood victims under an order given by Saudi King Abdullah while the country was awash, reports UNB.A Saudi delegation led by Mohammad Bin Abdur Rahman Al-Muqalib, Director...
RU correspondentThe admission test for the MBA programme in Institute of Business Administration under Rajshahi University (RU) for the 2007-08 session (day-batch) will be held on December 7. The forms of the admission test are available at the institute office...
Our CorrespondentBOGRA, Nov 5: National Academy for Computer Training and Research (NACTAR), Bogra started their first programme for fiscal year 2007-08 on November 01 last with the inauguration of the Secondary School and Madrasah Teachers' Computer Course. Bogra Rural Development...
BARISAL, Nov 5 (UNB): A Tk 160 million proposal submitted by the Fish Research Institute (FRI) for Hilsha research in Barisal region is yet to be approved.The FRI and its Chandpur river centre sources said a five-year long project plan...
FE ReportEast West University (EWU) Environmental and Social Club (ESC) is going to organise an art competition for the children on November 10 in the city's Bangladesh China Friendship Centre to mark the university's 10th founding anniversary.The theme of the...
The 24th death anniversary (Orosh Sharif) of Hazrat Shah Wazed Ali (RA) was observed Sunday and Monday at his Mazar Sharif at Kazirabad village of Borguna district.Darbar Sharif president and Chief Khalifa Syed Abdullah Saheed performed the special prayer for...
Kathrin Hille in Taipei, Raphael Minder in Hong Kong, and John Aglionby in Jakarta THE recent surge in global oil prices has presented Taiwan's government with a dilemma.CPC Corp, the state-owned refinery through which the government controls the island's oil...
Ripan Kumar BiswasIT behooves the general people and international community to voice concerns when the people of Gujarat are bent on having monsters for their administrators as because no civilised society can tolerate having murderers gloating over their murderous deeds....
Salamander DavoudiALISON Cowan was on a fast-track career path in a large London marketing agency when, at the age of 27, she had a breakdown relating to clinical depression.Her employers asked her to tell colleagues she had a virus. They...
Kim ChipmanDemocratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton gained the endorsement of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees today, giving her campaign the support of the biggest labor group in Iowa. ``This is the Democrat who can win the...
HANOI, Nov 5 (Agencies): US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez began trade talks today in Vietnam, a former war enemy whose Communist government has been steadily opening the country up to outside investment. He was welcomed by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan...
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Nov 5 (Internet): The new tourism season in Kerala got off to a start late last week with the arrival of two chartered flights from Britain, carrying more than 500 British tourists.This was in keeping with the pattern...
NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters): Charles Prince resigned yesterday as chairman and chief executive of Citigroup Inc, as the bank said it may write off $11 billion of subprime mortgage losses, on top of a $6.5 billion write-down last quarter....
BEIJING, Nov 5 (Xinhua): MicroCred Nanchong, the first wholly foreign invested company in China offering microfinance services, has started trial operation in Nanchong City in the southwestern Sichuan Province. The bank with an aggregate investment of 55 million yuan (about...
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Xinhua): Malaysia's trade surplus surged 29.9 per cent to 11.45 billion ringgit (3.43 billion US dollars), compared with the previous month, the ministry of international trade and industry announced today. It was the 119th consecutive month...
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