The authorities put police on alert throughout the country and asked those who are on leave to report to their respective units immediately, apparently in view of the unfolding situation over election. The Police Headquarters issued the orders, as the...
The age at which an individual can apply for a marriage visa for the UK will increase from 18 to 21 years from November 27 to protect vulnerable young people and combat forced marriage. Both parties to a marriage will...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 19: Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-7 recovered one USA-made sophisticated grenade launcher, five grenades and one grenade launcher belt in an abandoned state from Uttar Rangamatiya village under Fatikchhari Upazila in the district at midnight last...
VIENNA, Nov 19: Oil prices slipped further Wednesday, dipping below $54 on fears of global economic weakness that have sent crude down more than 60 per cent in four months. But analysts suggested that prices might be bottoming out as...
A Z M Anas A Dutch-Bangla joint venture group will set up a private inland container depot (ICD) at Sitakunda, the company head said Wednesday, in a move to bank on the burgeoning port logistics trade. The Chittagong-based BM Container...
Jasim Uddin Haroon General Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a local drug manufacturer, has taken up an ambitious project worth Tk 1.7 billion to expand its product range to meet demand for medicines in domestic and international markets. The project will start shortly...
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, November 19: The primary purposes of the $700 billion bailout package is to protect the US financial system from collapsing, said Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in rejecting pleas to use the money to rescue the...
Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC) has not yet received any paper or notice related to the writ petition filed challenging its legality, reports UNB."Despite being a party to it, the Commission hasn't yet received any paper or notice related to...
The very low tax-GDP ratio in Bangladesh provides hardly any operational leeway for augmenting revenue earnings of the government for meeting its diverse operational and development needs. This is more so now, when prospects for external aid disbursements remain clouded...
Syed Fattahul Alim The people of Bangladesh have reasons to be proud of their long history of struggles against foreign domination as well as for establishing democracy and justice. So, whenever our political leaders address the public they never forget...
Abul Kalam AzadCorruption, as the findings of the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) chapter indicate, has unfortunately increased in some service sectors across the country despite the drive against it by the army-controlled interim government. It remains pervasive as in earlier...
National election is expected to be held very soon in Bangladesh. Names of possible candidates with their short profiles are coming in the newspapers. As a conscious citizen and voter of the country, I believe I have every right to...
The coming days are very crucial for us, with the general election approaching fast. Some people are apprehensive of untoward incidents. Many people still doubt whether the elections would be held at all. Others worry about fairness and impartiality of...
Billy AhmedAMID the worst economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the G-20 summit was held in Washington on 14 November.But although the argument for a new Bretton Woods-like Agreement to remake the international financial system...
Barrister M.A. Muid KhanIF we compare the facts of fatwa based dissolution of marriage as mentioned earlier in the lights of the provisions of this Ordinance, it would be clear to us that, those fatwa could not dissolve any marriage...
Professor Muhammad Raushan AliEDUCATION is the most important factor for human resource development. Problems related to our education system were discussed in earlier two parts of this write-up. A plan for improving education and thereby developing our human resource should...
TOKYO/LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters): Major world banks showed the strain of economic crisis Tuesday, with Britain's Barclays altering its fund-raising plans to quell shareholder anger and profits in Japan's largest bank tumbling.Japan's economy minister said recession in the world's second-biggest...
BEIJING, Nov 18 (Xinhua): The United States should consider changing the way it accounts for illiquid assets to help stem the financial crisis, a senior official of the banking group Institute of International Finance said (IIF) here yesterday. "We all...
NEW DELHI, Nov 18 (AFP): India insisted today its economy would rebound next year from the impact of the global financial crisis, saying it expected to return to "much better growth" of nine per cent. "What's required now is confidence,...
KATHMANDU, Nov 18 (Xinhua): Though Nepal is not closely integrated into the global economy, the ongoing world financial crisis has taken a heavy toll on commodity prices in the country, The Kathmandu Post reported today. According to the daily, prices...
TOKYO, Nov 18 (AFP): Japan's economics minister said today he has "no confidence at all" that the world's second largest economy will grow next year. "In reality we see few factors that would contribute to positive growth" in the fiscal...
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (AFP): Malaysia may introduce more measures to stimulate economic growth and counter the worsening global financial crisis, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said today. The government earlier this month announced a 7.0 billion ringgit (2.0 billion...
SINGAPORE, Nov 18 (AFP): Oil prices rose in Asian trade today after falling around two dollars on worries over a deepening global financial crisis, dealers said. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for December delivery, rose 68 cents...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Nov 18: Nursery business has been a profitable venture in Brahmanbaria as the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) and some other non-government organisations achieved tremendous success in motivating, giving assistance and building awareness at all levels for plantation...
COLOMBO, Nov 18 (PTI): Global slowdown can put a spanner in Sri Lanka's ambitious target of achieving USD 2 billion tea exports by 2010 with the country's foreign minister urging "friendly" tea importing nations to continue buying more tea from...
OUAGADOUGOU, Nov 18 (AFP): World cotton production is set to fall six per cent to 24.7 million tons over the next year as growers turn to other crops to make money, an international trade body said yesterday. "World cotton production...
SAO PAULO, Nov 18 (AFP): The cost of slave labor in sugar cane fields should not be overlooked when promoting the virtues of ethanol, the Roman Catholic Church said yesterday, as an international conference on biofuel got under way in...
FE Report Ericsson has been selected by DataStream Technology (DST), a leading communications provider in Brunei Darussalam, for a nation-wide deployment of a state-of-the-art mobile multimedia content service delivery solution in the Asian country. This will enable DST's 3G subscribers...
Mahmuda Shaolin The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has shortlisted seven bidders to appoint one of them by December as a service provider to collect Motor Vehicle Tax (MVT) online from January next. "We'll appoint one of the seven bidders...
Prime Bank Limited arranged a daylong workshop on 'Syndications and Structured Finance - Practices in Bangladesh' for Bangladesh Bank officials at a city hotel Tuesday. Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor Murshid Kuli Khan inaugurated the session as chief guest, says a...
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