Doulot Akter MalaThe finance ministry has re-fixed some 'real sector' macro-economic indicators including deflator, inflation and gross investment following the declining prices of food and oil in the international market and the prospect for a good crop harvest in the...
Both Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its political ally Jamaat-e-Islami Sunday formally asked the Election Commission (EC) to extend the timeframe for party registration by a week from the October 15 deadline, as they are going to hold pre-election decisive...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will send the names of some 20/21 corrupt individuals today (Monday) to the Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC) for considering their clemency applications. ACC director general (admin) Col Hanif Iqbal said most of the applicants are...
A youth drowned in the pond of Shahidullah Hall of Dhaka University Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mahmudul Karim (20), son of Rezaul Karim of Chamelibagh in the city. Family sources said Mahmudul, who passed HSC from Notre...
FE ReportBritish High Commissioner to Bangladesh Stephen Evans Sunday lauded the strength of the country's financial sector that, he said, has the ability to survive the ongoing global economic turmoil."I think the country's financial sector has the real chance of...
Robert B. ZoellickSeptember and October are shaping up to be hard months in a precarious year. A meltdown in financial, credit, and housing markets. The continuing stress of high food and fuel prices and the dangers for poverty and malnutrition....
Bibi Russell to open eight high-end apparel shops in top European citiesMushir AhmedModel-turned fashion designer Bibi Russell said Sunday she would open eight high-end clothing shops in top western European cities by next month in a major boost for tens...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe country's footwear industry is set to emerge as a $1.0b billion export earning sector within five years as the world's renowned shoe retailers have started to shift their focus on Bangladesh as a prime source of supply, local manufacturers...
A sub-committee of the Awami League (AL) Sunday approved some proposals for bringing amendment to the party constitution, a leader said, reports UNB.The Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) pushed forward the proposals Saturday as bringing necessary changes was a...
The Council of Advisers of the caretaker government Sunday amended the policy guidelines for Small Power Plants (SPP) enabling the private producers to sell their surplus output to government's power-distribution outfits, as the country runs short of electricity, reports UNB.A...
The World Bank (WB) will provide $1.0 billion in a package of assistance to Bangladesh by December this year for financing projects in some major areas, report UNB and bdnews24.com.This was disclosed when Finance Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Islam, now...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Bangladeshi barges start plying between Indian and Bangladeshi ports tomorrow (Tuesday) after more than three months of suspension as New Delhi has set fresh guidelines for operating vessels on the river routes. One senior official with the...
Shakhawat Hossain The local fuel oil demand dropped by at least 10 per cent in the last one week as the users resorted to belt-tightening on oil consumption following a government move to cut prices, officials and traders said Sunday.They...
FE Report The central bank of Bangladesh has asked the commercial banks to strictly follow the suspicious transaction reporting (STR) rules and regulations to help check illegal fund transfers, officials said. The instruction came at a meeting of the central...
MOUCHAK (Gazipur), Oct 12 (BSS/UNB): Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed Sunday said that scouting could mould character and help provide appropriate life skills to allow scouts to shoulder greater responsibilities in the future. "We will need your contribution in many varied...
The people and the Royal Government of Bhutan will celebrate the formal Coronation of His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, from 6th to 8th November, 2008.His Majesty the King has been shouldering the responsibilities of Monarch...
BARISAL, Oct 12 (UNB): Pirates looted 68 fishing trawlers and abducted 40 fishermen for ransom in different points of the Bay in last four days since Wednesday.The pirates looted all valuables including fish, fuel, net, engine and spare parts and...
News Network and IPDC/UNESCO have signed a grant agreement for a fellowship programme for the capacity building of young journalists, reports UNB. Director and Representative of UNESCO New Delhi office Minja Yang and News Network editor Shahiduzzaman signed the agreement...
COX'S BAZAR, Oct 12 (UNB): Robbers injured four persons seriously and looted valuables worth Tk 0.1 million from a house at Pahartali village under Chakaria Upazila Saturday.Local people the gang numbering 15/20 stormed into the house of Joynal Abedin late...
The authorities of the Dhaka University (DU) will start selling of admission forms for the first year honours courses of academic session 2008-2009 on October 19, reports BSS. It will continue up to November 3, DU Arts Faculty Dean Professor...
A 12-member journalist team led by Farid Hossain, president of Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA)'s Bangladesh chapter, will leave here for Malaysia today (Monday) to attend the 26th the CJA conference, reports UNB.The six-day conference, scheduled to begin at Kuching in...
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Oct 12 (BSS): Classes of the Rajshahi University (RU) resumed Sunday amid tight security after 51 days of unscheduled closure. Most students attended the classes and hundred of scholars visited the central library of the university. Additional policemen...
An eight-day "Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) Training Curriculum Field Testing Workshop" began in the city Sunday with a call for minimising disaster- related losses through increasing awareness among the common people across the country, reports BSS.Bangladesh Red Crescent Society...
The first death anniversary of veteran journalist Obaidul Huq will be held today (Monday) at 4:00 pm at the Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh (IDEB) auditorium at Kakrail in the city, said a press release.In this connection, a discussion in...
The 42nd death anniversary of justice late Mohammed Ibrahim will be held today (Monday), said a press release.On the occasion, Milad Mahfil will take place in the morning, Food will be distributed among the destitute and floral wreaths will be...
GOALANDA (Rajbari), Oct 12 (UNB): Valiant freedom fighter Hasmat Ali died of heart attack at his residence at Swaruparchak village here Saturday morning. He was 65.He left behind his wife, two sons, a daughter and a host of relatives and...
DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Pakistan), Oct 12 (AP): The latest in a barrage of suspected U.S missile strikes in Pakistan's northwest killed five people, but none were believed to be foreign al-Qaida fighters, officials said Sunday. Two unmanned drones were seen...
SEOUL, Oct 12 (Reuters): North Korea said Sunday it would resume taking apart its plutonium-producing nuclear plant and allow in inspectors in response to a U.S. decision to remove it from a terrorism blacklist and salvage a faltering nuclear deal.The...
Hundreds of Iraqi Christians have reportedly fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul over the past week, following a wave of killings aimed against them, reports BBC.Local officials say a dozen Christians have been killed in the past two weeks,...
Talks between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have failed to reach agreement on a unity cabinet, reports BBC.The two signed a power-sharing deal nearly three weeks ago after disputed presidential elections in June.It was...
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