Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Col (retd) Shawkat Ali Saturday said the main responsibility of all is to establish a non-communal state to protect the hard-earned independence and sovereignty being imbued with the spirit of the War of Liberation,...
Kayes M Sohel | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
A close-end mutual fund, launched by Eastern Bank Limited, is making debut in the stock market by next month."The EBL First Mutual Fund valued at Tk 1.0 billion will hit the market by April next," a market source told the...
OUR mother tongue is 'Bangla'. We should use our own language everywhere. China or India are using their own mother language, which is also their medium of instruction. As a result, they have been able to rapidly advance themselves.So, our...
BGMEA's outgoing president Anwar-Ul-Alam Chowdhury Parvez cried out for immediate stimulus package to help the country's export-oriented garment industry to face adverse impacts of global economic recession, reports UNB."Policymakers need to take immediate decision to support the ready-made garments (RMG)...
LONDON, Mar 7 (AFP): Oil and gold prices endured a volatile week as investors reacted to mixed news on the Chinese economy, a massive consumer of commodities in recent years.Traders brushed aside official data Friday showing the United States had...
The World Bank Saturday assured Bangladesh of its help to mobilise increased foreign direct investment (FDI) in the field of energy, particularly the power sector, as the government and the donor agency considered that FDI would be effective for the...
Asiatic Laboratories Limited, a promising pharmaceutical company, has become the corporate client of banglalink, the mobile phone operators, under the latter company's "Enterprise" package.In this connection, an agreement was signed between the two companies in the city recently, said a...
THE World Woman Day, March 8, is an important day, reminding us about the self-sacrifice of women for their rights.Women in our country enjoys a special position. From 1991 in all elections in Bangladesh the people elected women as their...
A young man, who was shot and wounded Friday midnight allegedly by his friend in front of Civil Aviation staff quarters in the city, died early Saturday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Asaduzzaman (34), son of Mohammad Ali,...
DINAJPUR, (BSS) Mar 7: Extraction of coal from Barapukuria coalmine resumed Saturday after a 10-day disruption due to obstructions by the affected landowners.The labourers joined work at the coalmine in the morning following an agreement between State Minister for Forest...
James Lamont | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
FT Syndication ServiceSHIMLA: Shimla, the Indian hill station from which Britain ruled nearly a fifth of humanity less than a century ago, is a place redolent with imperial folklore and the architectural tastes of rural England.The town was the summer...
LONDON, Mar 7 (AFP): A strong commitment to battle protectionism will be the "litmus test" of the G20 summit in London on April 2, Britain's envoy to the group said yesterday.Mark Malloch Brown said the Group of 20 developed and...
FE Report | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
State minister for foreign affairs Dr. Hasan Mahmud, MP Saturday said the government will facilitate the efforts to attract investment from the non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) in the country's growing securities market."There are millions of NRBs residing in middle-east, UK and...
WASHINGTON, Mar 7 (Internet): President Barack Obama is expected to cap off a series of meetings in Europe next month with a stop in Turkey, a majority Sunni Muslim nation that straddles Europe and Asia and has a democratic government,...
GAIBANDHA, Mar 7 ( BSS): National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Mohammad Abdul Mazid laid emphasis on the need for economic emancipation and self-reliance."Since the independence, the country has received a total of Tk 370 billion (37,000 crore) as loan...
Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) announced Net Asset Value (NAV) of 8 (eight) ICB Mutual Funds and its subsidiary organisation ICB Asset Management Company Ltd (ICB AMCL) announced NAVs of two unit funds recently.The NAVs of eight ICB Mutual Fund...
NEW DELHI, Mar 7 (PTI): Criticising the US for resorting to protectionism in the wake of the global financial crisis, India Friday warned such a "negative" trend will have a cascading effect on major economies and undermine efforts to overcome...
Speakers at a discussion here Saturday commended the Prime Minister's (PM) steps in tackling the last week's rebellion at BDR Headquarters saying that it was possible to deal with the situation smoothly due to her time- befitting and correct decision,...
Maswood Alam Khan | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
THE first lesson a probationary crime detective learns from his mentor: "Sharpen your eyes, prick your ears up, accentuate your senses and whet your appetite for finding the actual motive of a criminal. Once you are certain about the motive...
From Fazle Rashid | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
NEW YORK, March 7: The United States is the wealthiest nation in the world. The entire global economy swirls around it. It is an incontrovertible fact. It is now under a recession that has been described as broad and deep....
Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina paid tributes to her father and independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Saturday to mark his historic March 7 speech, a celebrated turning point in the nation's history, reports bdnews24.com.On this day...
Indonesia raises alert on volcanoin East JavaJAKARTA, Mar 7: Indonesia has raised to maximum its alert on the Mount Semeru volcano in East Java, warning of potentially dangerous lava flows, an official at the country's vulcanology centre said Saturday. The...
A Z M Anas | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
Revenues of the country's biggest airport ZIA jumped by 61.8 per cent to Tk 3.57 billion in 2008 financial year, boosted by increased flights movement, the airport regulator said Saturday.The Civil Aviation Authority said ZIA's income from aeronautical operations rose...
Six matches of the final round of U-13 Development Football Festival were held on the opening day at Mymensingh Stadium Saturday, reports UNB.Results of the day's matches: Narayanganj DSA crushed Jhalkati DSA 5-1, Tangail DSA blanked Chanpainawabganj DSA 3-0, Chittagong...
Recently, I went to an AB Bank branch of Dhaka to withdraw an amount of money giving a cheque to the counter and the counter said, "You have to wait for a while as the Rajshahi branch is on offline"...
Md. Fazlur Rahman | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
The 'City IT 2009 Computer Fair' at Agargaon was able to attract a huge number of visitors after overcoming an out-of-the-blue blow borne out of the BDR mutiny in the capital, organisers said on the closing day of the annual...
FE Report | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
Integrated Circuit (IC) cards will be introduced in at least 100 city buses from March 22 to facilitate hassle-free travelling by the commuters, bus operators told the FE.The first ever IC card in the country will automatically adjust fares after...
Sarwar Zahan | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
US dollar was mostly stable against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market last week mainly due to moderate demand for the greenback, fund managers said.The central bank intervened in the market actively to maintain stability, they said.The...
RABAT, Mar 7 (Reuters): Morocco has cut diplomatic links with Iran, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry said Friday, after an outcry in the Sunni Muslim world over a statement by an Iranian official questioning Sunni-ruled Bahrain's sovereignty.Rabat also criticised Iran for...
Our Correspondent | 2009-03-08 00:00:00
BHOLA, Mar 07: The rivers of Tetulia, Kirtonkhola and Kala Badar are under the threat of losing navigability due to continuous siltation and grabbing of the banks by some vested quarters.Most of the tributaries of the river Kirtonkhola and Kala...
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