All the election-related offices will remain open at weekends from today (Friday) until the next parliamentary and local body elections are held. The Election Commission has issued the directive as it geared up preparations for the next general election. According...
Real Estate Development and Management Ordinance 2008 for bringing fair management in real-estate business and protecting the interest of buyers and sellers, reports UNB.Under the ordinance the offences would be treated as "non-bailable and cognizable". Provision for going for amicable...
Two former caretaker government advisers have warned of "great disaster" if a free, fair and credible election does not take place with the participation of all parties, reports bdnews24.com. "The government has been pledging for two years that it will...
Doulot Akter MalaThe European Union (EU) inspection team has expressed satisfaction over significant improvement in food safety measures in the past two years although it has found the country's compliance level not equivalent to EU standard, officials said.The EU will...
FE Report FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf Wednesday appealed to world leaders to meet together next year to design a new agricultural order and find $30 billion a year to eradicate hunger from the Earth once and for all. Addressing a...
LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters): World stocks dropped to 5-1/2 year lows and oil hit 22-month troughs as investors reacted to dire Federal Reserve warnings on the economy and fears about the viability of major US auto makers and bank giant...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken a move to amend some of the rules for providing licences to freight forwarders after a number of major stakeholders lodged complaints. The NBR issued detailed rules for the...
LAND-based trade between Bangladesh and India depended so far only on buses and trucks passing through land ports lying at the border of the two nations. Understandably, the business has been full of hassles, with long line of trucks waiting...
Syed Fattahul AlimTo feed the growing millions in the country has remained a big challenge before the governments of the past and the present. There is no reason to think that the challenge will be fully met in the near...
Shamshul HaqueIN many cases, our workers on going abroad find a complete mismatch between what the manpower exporters back home had promised them as regards remunerations and other terms and conditions of their jobs and what they finally get. The...
The Bangladesh economy has been keeping its head above the waters as periodic statistics from different sources indicate. But the economy has had its share of troubles over the last two years from dwindled-down economic activities. The government's policies were...
The talks between the delegation from Myanmar and their Bangladesh hosts to discuss the demarcation of the maritime boundary between the two countries, ended rather fruitlessly in Dhaka on Monday. The Myanmar delegation was led by a Deputy Minister and...
Enayet RasulFor the last two years, the political parties were seen to be maintaining pressure on the government for the fastest holding of national or parliamentary elections. They rebuked the government for this and that such as taking too long...
Firoz RahmanBANGLADESH can ill afford to relegate agricultural research to a secondary importance, if it wants to increase production to meet the growing demand. Increasing productivity is of crucial importance to meet the growing demand to feed the extra population...
A few days ago it came to light that policemen guarding the VIP prisoners in jail were providing those august citizens with all the perks they could possibly deliver. Those prisoners, it was reported, got to meet the people they...
It is hard to check tempers at kitchen markets. This is a place none can avoid going but we face tremendous mental pressure to see the prices moving up every week. Prices of everything, be it staples or vegetables --...
A major demand from pharmaceutical sector has been for the establishment of a government-run central testing laboratory for the export-oriented pharmaceutical industries. The laboratory can ensure quality to strengthen the reputation of the domestic pharmaceutical products abroad. Dependable quality certification...
A. K. N. AhmedA recent report in The Wall Street Journal exposes the casualness of operations of this institution. Since 2001 FDIC has been managing Superior Bank, a failed bank that it took over that year. However, even with the...
Barrister M.A. Muid KhanTHE Penal Code of 1860 provides stringent punishment against any person who causes hurt or grievous bodily pain, disease or infirmity to any person (Section - 319). Section 3 of the same Code says that the following...
WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (AFP): The US Treasury said yesterday it would take time for the world's largest economy to begin to recover despite a massive financial bailout, amid growing fears of a global recession. Ailing US automakers pleaded for emergency...
LIMA, Nov 19 (AFP): Asian leaders are sensing an opportunity to win a bigger share of Latin America's natural resources as they converge on this year's Asia-Pacific summit in Peru. Chinese President Hu Jintao made landmark visits to Costa Rica...
BEIJING, Nov 19 (AFP): China will cut 19 billion yuan (2.8 billion dollars) worth of administrative fees in 2009, the government said today, to help companies and boost growth amid the global financial woes. The policy, which will take effect...
DOHA, Nov 19 (AFP): Qatar confirmed yesterday that it will host later this month a summit on the global financial crisis at the request of UN chief Ban Ki-moon. Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr al-Thani made...
SYDNEY, Nov 19 (AFP): Australia is at increasing risk of following other major economies into recession in 2009, a survey released by the Westpac-Melbourne Institute indicated today. The government has said Australia will experience lower growth and higher unemployment as...
SINGAPORE, Nov 19 (AFP): World oil prices held steady today at their lowest levels in about 22 months but analysts said they will drop even lower because of worries over falling energy demand. In late afternoon trade New York's main...
New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI): In a new twist to negotiations on the much-delayed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline, Tehran wants legal immunity in case of armed conflict disrupting natural gas supplies through the proposed line. Iran wants changes to be made in...
Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH), the holding company of Banglalink recently announced its third quarter financial results for 2008. During the third quarter, Banglalink crossed the 10 million (1 crore) subscriber mark and ended the quarter (as of September 2008) with...
BEIJING, Nov 19 (BSS/AFP) - China has revived a plan to build an oil and gas line across Myanmar in a bid to reduce its dependence on energy supplies transported through the Strait of Malacca, state media reported today. Work...
FE ReportRB Group has offered as a special discount on its Walton fridges ahead of Eid-ul Azha. Customers will avail the offer at any showroom of the company.Director of Walton Emadadul Haque Sarker disclosed the offer at a function held...
31 members of National Association of Small and Cottage Industries of Bangladesh (NASCIB) Central Executive Committee for 2009-2010 term have been declared unofficially elected, says a press release.Sheikh Abdus Sobhan was elected president uncontested. Shawkat Ali, Reza Shah Faruque, FS...
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