From Fazle Rashid | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
NEW YORK, March 2: A World Bank (WB) agriculture adviser said yesterday that food crisis has not gone away, in fact it is coming back. He said the corn price now is at least 40 per cent more than what...
MOSCOW, Mar 2 (AFP): Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia party was leading in Russia's string of regional and municipal elections held Sunday, electoral commission officials said early Monday as the opposition cried foul.United Russia headed the polls in all...
Speakers called for ensuring supply of safe and arsenic-free drinking water and full sanitation facilities for every family to keep the environment clean and maintaining good hygienic condition for all.They called upon all to work unitedly in preventing all sorts...
Environment friendly investment is vital for sustainable development of the country.Professor Muzaffer Ahmed made the observation while speaking as chief guest at a seminar organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) on Managing Environmental Sustainability in Business...
THE revenue collection of the government during the first half of the current fiscal has, according to a report published in this paper the other day, fallen short of its target by 17.86 per cent. This falling revenue collection trend...
BRAC Bank Limited recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with LABAID, said a press release.BRAC Bank head of Human Resources Tahniyat Ahmed Karim and LABAID head of Operations and Marketing Al Emran Chowdhury signed the MoU on behalf of...
Soldiers kill Guinea-Bissau President | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau, Mar 2: A senior official says renegade soldiers have killed Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira, hours after a bomb blast took the life of his rival, the armed forces chief of the fragile West African nation. Luis Sanca,...
A Z M Anas | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh's manpower exports tumbled by nearly 63 per cent in February, according to official data, as crisis-ridden Middle-eastern nations have started freezing new recruitment.Some 43,856 Bangladeshis found overseas jobs in February, compared to 71,716 during the same period last year,...
Baridhara Dazzlers registered a five-wicket win over Eskaton Sabuj Sangha in a match of the Metropolis First Division Cricket League at the Dhaka University ground in the city Monday, reports UNB.Batting first after winning the toss, Eskaton SS were all...
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep shock at the carnage that took place in the BDR headquarters, reports UNB.In a condolence message, he said the massacre that took place in the BDR HQs has left him astounded and...
FE Report | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
HSBC Group made US$9.3 billion pre-tax profit for 2008, a decrease of $14.9 billion, or 62 per cent, compared with 2007.The result came at a media briefing in United Kingdom (UK) Monday, said a press release.The pre-tax profit for 2008,...
Police recovered a sub-machine gun, two grenades, a walkie-talkie and 150 rounds of ammunition from BDR headquarters and its surroundings Sunday and Monday, reports bdnews24.com.Police said the arms were "abandoned" by the BDR mutineers.Hazaribagh police sub-inspector Ismail Hossain said they...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
The global financial meltdown slowed the growth of exports, investment, remittances and consumption everywhere. Governments across Asia are trying to tackle their impact of recession. Export-driven economies are now most vulnerable to the crisis and government are rushing to inject...
The government has reconstituted the probe body on BDR mutiny with strong military representation to find out the causes of and culprits involved in the revolt at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters, report agencies.Retired secretary Anisuzzaman Khan replaces Home Minister...
The future food demand cannot be met merely from incremental gains from conventional plant breeding.Director General of The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) William Dar made the observation while jointly laying foundation stone of a project...
Pakistan will go ahead with the tour of Bangladesh due to start later this week despite a mutiny in the paramilitary headquarters, a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official said Monday, reports Reuters.Pakistan are scheduled to arrive Saturday for a 16-day...
RU Correspondent | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Mar 02: Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) recently developed a software for properly taking examination of different years.A programme was arranged to inaugurate and displaying this software at the University central computer centre while RUET acting...
FE Report | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
Dhaka stocks dropped on post dividend price correction of heavyweight Dutch-Bangla Bank Monday, amid higher turnover.But the junk shares continued to shine as the day's top ten gainers were from Z-category shares, indicating ominous sign for the market.The DSE General...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2009-03-02 00:00:00
Confectionary items, including breads and biscuits, are still costlier despite a substantial decline in the prices of wheat, flour and sugar in the domestic market.The bakers have recently reduced the prices of their produce by only 10 per cent although...
TEHRAN, Mar 1 (Reuters): Iran's supreme leader said Saturday US-led forces in Iraq were planning to establish a permanent presence there and urged Iraqis not to let them stay.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as telling visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani...
US Marine dies in Iraq's Anbar provinceBAGHDAD, Mar 1: The US military says a Marine has died in a non-combat related incident in Iraq's western Anbar province.A statement says the Marine with the Multi-National Division-West died Saturday. The Marine's name...
Prof. Lutfor Rahman | 2009-03-02 00:00:00
Science is an essential means of meeting the most vital needs of society. After the Second World War, the unprecedented developments in technology demonstrated that the relation between science and technology was not fortuitous. This resulted in a widespread creed...
DU Correspondent | 2009-03-02 00:00:00
A country never becomes self-contained unless it can mobilise cooperation from others in this era of globalisation, said British High Commissioner in Dhaka Stephen Evans.The High Commissioner said exchange of social and cultural ideas among different countries and adoption of...
GENEVA, March 1 (AFP): The auto industry will put ecology and economy on display when the Geneva Motor Show opens to the public Thursday, to try to reverse plunging sales, plant closures, lay-offs and threatened bankruptcies.The first European rendezvous of...
Our Correspondent | 2009-03-02 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Mar 1: The farmers of greater Rangpur and Dinajpur region are expecting bumper production of mustard in the current season.According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Rangpur sources, a total of 43100 hectares of land have been brought...
Fourth Test, Barbados (day three, close): England 600-6 dec v West Indies 398-5Ramnaresh Sarwan's imperious unbeaten 184 guided West Indies to 398-5, 202 runs behind England after three days of the fourth Test in Barbados, reports BBC.After Graeme Swann struck...
Common people, politicians and professionals of the northern districts Sunday termed the Pilkhana massacre as deep-rooted and pre-planned conspiracy against the country, its independence, sovereignty and the patriotic armed forces, reports BSS.They asked the people to remain united under the...
MUNSHIGANJ, Mar 1 (UNB): Angry at the refusal of paying toll, terrorists attacked the house of an expatriate at Shiloi village in Sadar Upazila, leaving 15 people injured Friday and Saturday.The victim expatriate Shamsul Islam Tara said a gang of...
COLOMBO, Mar 1 (Xinhua): Foreign ministers from the SAARC ( South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) countries said here yesterday that it is imperative to address the global and regional economic crisis in a holistic manner.The foreign ministers said in...
In view of the current situation in the country, the Election Commission (EC) has rescheduled the elections to the reserved women seats in the Jatiyo Sangsad (JS) and the by-elections to seven vacated parliamentary constituencies, reports UNB.According to the revised...
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