Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of BRAC, announced Wednesday a commitment of $271 million to provide education opportunities to 7.5 million children and youth in Asia and Africa over the next five years. The commitment was made on the...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Sept 28: National Tuberculosis control programme, Department of Health, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Brahmanbaria Press Club and BRAC jointly organised a roundtable on "Tuberculosis and social participation" in the Zilla Parishad auditorium recently.Deputy Commissioner (DC),...
COMILLA, Sept 28 (UNB): The police arrested a man and seized 1,402 pieces of Indian sari worth Tk 3.5 million from a truck at Uttar Sreepur in Sadar Upazila early Wednesday.Acting on a tip-off, police waylaid the truck and seized...
SATKHIRA, Sept 28 (UNB): Joint forces Thursday arrested three people, including OC LSD of Sadar godown, for selling rice of Open Market Sale in the black market.The arrested are OC LSD Nurul Haque Gazi, OMS rice dealer Niranjan Sarker and...
BARISAL, Sept 28 (UNB): Twelve teachers of Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) fell sick after taking iftar at the varsity canteen Wednesday evening.Sources said the teachers started vomiting and suffered acute stomachache after eating the iftar.Of them, lecturer Takibur...
SYLHET, Sept 28 (UNB): The admission test of first year honours of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) for 2007-2008 session will be held on December 12 and 13. The decision was taken at a meeting of admission committee...
COMILLA, Sept 28 (UNB): The police arrested a man and seized 1,402 pieces of Indian sari worth Tk 3.5 million from a truck at Uttar Sreepur in Sadar Upazila early Wednesday.Acting on a tip-off, police waylaid the truck and seized...
FE Report The annual Milad mahfil of the MARKS Institute of Medical Technology (MIMT) was held at the MIMT auditorium, Mirpur-14 in the city Tuesday. MIMT Principal M Masudur Rahman (MR) Khan was present as the chief guest in the...
FE ReportA plan to repackage the poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP) to help sustain aid flow from the multilateral lenders, particularly the World Bank, is under active consideration of the present interim administration."We're actively considering the formulation of the PRSP-2,...
NEW YORK, Sept 28 (UNB): Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed has assured the United Nations (UN) in a clear term of holding a free, fair and meaningful election in Bangladesh by the end of next year."We've pledged to put Bangladesh on...
FE Report The World Bank (WB) has approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of US$75 million to assist the Bangladesh government bridge the resource gap incurred as a result of recent floods. The additional financing to the Fourth Development...
Farhan Bokhari, FT Syndication ServiceISLAMABAD: General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's military ruler, on Friday received an unexpected boost to his beleaguered position when the country's supreme court dismissed two petitions challenging his decision to contest the presidential election next Saturday (October...
Raihan M ChowdhuryA large number of investors failed to deposit Tk 300 as annual fee charged for the maintenance of beneficiary owner's (BO) accounts by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) until the last day Friday, sources said.Although September 30...
FE Report The government is contemplating raising train fares shortly following rise in the prices of fuel in the international market.This was disclosed by the Communications Secretary Mahbubur Rahman at a round table meeting held in the city Friday."The Finance...
BNP chairperson's adviser ASM Hannan Shah said the government published the list of corruption suspects according to its promise, but the list should contain some more names of BNP reformists, reports UNB."The list indicates, though late, the government has changed...
Acting Awami League president Zillur Rahman Friday said a united movement with AL and BNP could be launched if there is similarity in principle between the two parties, reports UNB."But united movement could not be possible if there is no...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has taken a move to bring the services of courier companies under a guideline aiming to check smuggling, which can apparently be carried out easily due to insufficient monitoring mechanism at the airports.The customs department of...
FE Report Tullow, an Irish oil and gas exploration company, has planned to raise gas output from one of its blocks in Bangladesh to 100 million standard cubic feet per day (mmcfd) by October 2008. "We have plans for further...
Law Adviser Mainul Hosein Friday said the government would continue the drive against corrupt businessmen, mainly the big ones, besides paying special attention to the business community in the interest of the economy. "The government is trying to exempt businessmen...
An angry mob set fire to a bus and damaged 10 others following a road accident near Malibagh level-crossing in the city Friday that left a man seriously injured. Police said the accident took place in front of Padma Cinema...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The import of clinker has been rising gradually following increased demand for cement in the country. The increase in demand is mainly attributed to higher exports of the item to a neighbouring country, India. Besides, the cement...
FE ReportThe United States is going to provide a total of over US$ 181 million in grants to Bangladesh for improving its health services and environmental degradation over a period of four years, official sources said.Two separate agreements on the...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is set to finance power plants from its $50 million investment promotion and financing facility (IPFF) fund for private infrastructure projects."We hope to start sanctioning credits soon. We have primarily planned to finance power plant projects,"...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe government is taking a move soon to make the country's Export and Import Policy time-worthy, which will envisage earning of a substantial amount of foreign exchange through export of processed-diamond, sources said."Of late, we have realised that there is...
SM JahangirThe arbitration process of settling the dispute over compensation for two blowouts, which took place at the Tengratila gas field in Sylhet, has finally begun between the Canadian company - Niko Resources Limited and Petrobangla.Barrister Abdur Razzaq is taking...
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (AFP): The World Bank Thursday pledged a record 3.5 billion dollars to aid the world's poorest countries as it cut the interest rate on loans to big developing countries. The roughly quarter-point lowering of loan rates was...
FE ReportStock prices declined in the week ended Thursday on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) as investors sold shares to re-invest the fund on Trust Bank, which is scheduled to be traded from October 1.The market gained Sunday, the first...
The Election Commission (EC) will use opaque steel ballot boxes for all local government elections including the city corporation elections, election commissioner Sakhawat Hossain said Friday. "The EC is set to utilise the sufficient number of ballot boxes it has...
David Pilling, FT Syndication ServiceTOKYO: Japan's jobless rate rose for the first time in 11 months as more people sought work, underlining concerns about the slow pace at which economic growth has translated into benefits for workers.The unemployment rate rose...
Six key nations agree to delay Iran action NEW YORK (AP): Six key nations agreed Friday to delay until November a new U.N. resolution that would toughen sanctions against Iran, waiting to see if Tehran answers questions about its disputed...
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