A massive shortage of English and maths teachers is hampering education in rural secondary schools and Madrasas. In most of the rural schools, the two subjects are taught by teachers,who never studied maths and English at the degree level. How...
TOKYO, March 2 (AFP): Plunging Japanese car sales and a record drop in South Korea's industrial output underlined the ravaging impact of the global financial crisis today, as concerns pummelled stocks.Fears over the health of the banking sector also grew...
FE Report | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
A five-day long workshop titled 'practical training on automated trading system' began at the Dhaka Stock Exchange Training Academy Sunday.Newly-elected vice president of DSE Shakil Rizvi inaugurated the training programme, said a press release.Issues like practical demonstration on TESA trading...
Major General (retired) Amin Ahmed ChowdhuryMadam Prime MinisterYou are on a war footing. Enemy has declared war against the elected government and partially succeeded because they could bluff the whole country. It is highly probable that many of them, especially...
Green Delta Insurance Company Limited (GDICL) paid rich tributes to the Army personnel and civilians who had been killed in the Pilkhana tragedy on February 25 last, said a press release.A Milad Mahfil was arranged by GDICL after the Asr...
JAKARTA, March 2 (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi blamed "unbridled greed" today for the global financial crisis as business people from the Islamic world gathered for an economic conference.Badawi called for a new financial system to replace the...
The Supreme Court (SC) Monday affirmed partly the High Court (HC) judgement that had ordered the government to reinstate 10 confirmation-denied additional judges as regular HC judges, sans seniority, from the date of non-confirmation, reports UNB.Passing a short order with...
IT is too apparent that the JMB has regrouped. After the Gazipur incident, no amount of clever comments from the government leaders can quite hide its presence. The resurfacing of JMB is now likely to tag Bangladesh as a terrorism-infested...
DELRAY BEACH, Mar 2 (AFP): American Mardy Fish rallied to beat Evgeny Korolev 7-5, 6-3 Sunday, becoming the first top seed to win the ATP Delray Beach International Championship in the 17-year history of the event.Fish also became the first...
TEHRAN, Mar 2 (AP): Iran dismissed Monday US concerns about how much fissile material the country has produced, saying it isn't developing a nuclear bomb and that any effort to make weapons-grade uranium would be difficult under the eyes of...
LAHORE, Mar 2 (Cricinfo): Umar Gul produced a sparkling spell of reverse swing and Pakistan's aggressive openers got off to a flying start but the pressure was still on the home side after Sri Lanka reached 606 in their first...
FE Report | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate was steady Monday, as the central bank injected fresh cash into the market through repurchase agreement (repo). The US dollar, however, gained against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market due to higher...
President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina have greeted their Bulgarian counterparts on the occasion of the Liberation Day of the country, reports UNB.In separate messages, the President and the PM expressed their confidence that the existing friendly...
JOHANNESBURG, mar 2 (cricinfo): Write off Australia only if you wish to be called a fool. South Africa's coronation as the world's best Test side was put on hold as an Australian team with three debutants in the ranks routed...
A high-powered army inquiry committee, headed by Quartermaster General Lt Gen Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, starts functioning today (Tuesday) to investigate the carnage inside the BDR headquarters, reports UNB.Briefing reporters at the Army Officers Banquet Hall in Dhaka Cantonment on Monday...
The opposition BNP Monday staged a walkout from the House protesting against not telecasting the speech of Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia Sunday night on Bangladesh Television (BTV), reports BSS.Rising on a point of order during the 'zero hour'...
KARACHI, March 2 (AFP): Political turmoil in Pakistan after a court banned the most popular opposition leader running for public office could make the stagnant economy even more dependent on US aid and IMF bailouts.Thousands of supporters of Nawaz Sharif...
SEOUL, Mar 2 (AP): North Korea demanded Monday that the US call off its annual military drill with South Korea, a report said, as rare talks between the North and UN forces ended without clear progress on defusing tensions.South Korea's...
Sheikh Shahariar Zaman | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
Apparel export would fall in the coming months due to global economic crisis, as fewer raw materials were being imported into the country under a tax-free facility for shipment to major markets.Clothing manufacturers avail the facility, under utilisation declaration (UD)...
DU Correspondent | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
The 11th 'Education UK Exhibition-2009' will take place at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel from March 8 to 9. A daylong exhibition will also be held at Hotel Peninsula in Chittagong on March 11.Organisers at a press conference in the city Monday...
MUMBAI, March 2 (Reuters): Indian manufacturing activity shrank for a fourth straight month in February and exports fell again in January, showing the economy remained under pressure in early 2009 and bolstering expectations of a rate cut.The data followed figures...
SINGAPORE, March 2 (AFP): Oil prices fell in Asian trade today on demand concerns after the US economy performed below expectations in the fourth quarter, dealers said.New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for April delivery, fell 1.18 dollars...
The International Mother Language Day was observed on the Shonapur Primary School playground in Feni recently, said a press release.In this connection, a discussion and a cultural function were organised by Shonapur Shangskritic Dal.Chairman of Fulgazi Upazila Ekramul Hoque was...
Mozzamel Hossain | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
BUSINESS in the country continues to look upon accounting as nothing more than book-keeping of routine expenditures and sales returns.But modern accounting involves regular and meticulous preparation of balance sheets to thoroughly reflect the operations of business organisations including their...
ROME, March 2 (AFP): The fishing industry must do more to confront the effects of climate change as well as get a grip on the perennial problem of overfishing, said a UN report published today.The State of World Fisheries and...
CARDIFF, mar 2 (AFP): Scotland and Wales have abandoned a planned joint bid to host the 2016 European Championships due to the economic downturn, Welsh football chiefs said Sunday.The Football Association of Wales said UEFA's decision to expand the tournament...
FE Report | 2009-03-03 00:00:00
More trade bodies, chambers, companies and organisations paid tributes to the army officers, BDR personnel and civilians killed in the Peelkhana tragedy on February 25 last.Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI), Green Delta...
SEOUL, March 2 (AFP): South Korea's Hyundai Engineering and Construction said today it has won a 1.3-billion-dollar order to build a gas processing plant in Saudi Arabia.Under the 2-05 trillion-won deal with Saudi Aramco, Hyundai Engineering said it would build...
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court Monday ordered warrant of arrest against former Information Secretary ATM Fazlul Karim alias Abu Karim in the defamation case for undermining Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members in one of his poems, reports UNB.Awami...
BOLTON, England, Mar 2 (AFP): Ricardo Gardner scored with his first touch of the game to help Bolton boss Gary Megson celebrate his new contract with a 1-0 win over visitors Newcastle United at the Reebok Stadium.Megson brought on Gardner...
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