Mahmuda ShaolinThe government has doubled the rate of fees for mutation of record, separation of holding and consolidation of holding in land registration and simplified such procedures with effect from October 1.At the same time, the land ministry has also...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe United Arab Emirates is set to recruit over 150,000 Bangladeshis in the last quarter of 2008, as the Persian Gulf country needs huge workforce to support its mammoth infrastructure projects, officials told the FE on Friday. The oil rich...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The country's pharmaceutical manufacturers said Friday they expect to export more than 300 new drugs totaling around 600 to Myanmar by the end of this year. They see high demand of Bangladeshi pharmaceutical products in Myanmar following...
LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters):- Oil fell more than $4 a barrel to a one-year low on Friday, depressed by expectations global demand growth will shrink if the credit crisis pushes the world economy into recession. Economic weakness spurred the International...
Education and Commerce Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman had a quiet parley with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Cantonment residence Fridaynight but the precise contents of the parley could not immediately be known. The meeting took place days ahead of...
Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited is set to apply to the BTRC for licence to operate WiMAX /Broadband Wireless Access, a senior government official said Friday. Telecommunications Secretary Iqbal Mahmood said that BTCL would have to pay Tk 2.15 billion to...
BENAPOLE, Oct 10: The government has taken an initiative to introduce automation project at Benapole landport after launching the system at Chittagong port. A team of joint forces on Thursday exchanged views with customs, port and bank officials and leaders...
Shakhawat HossainThe country's unemployment rate will drop to 3.76 per cent in the current fiscal year ending in June next year from 4.18 per cent in 2005-06 fiscal year, said a central bank analysis.Experts, however, rejected the analysis saying the...
FHM Humayan KabirState-owned Petrobangla has taken moves to augment gas supply to energy-hungry Chittagong region through producing new gas and laying new pipelines, officials said Friday."We've taken some short-term and mid-term measures to augment gas supply to Chittagong," Petrobangla chairman...
S M JahangirThe country's raw jute output has marked a significant fall this year, posing a threat to the survival of the already ailing local jute mills, the sector insiders said."A drastic fall in the production of raw jute has...
OSLO, Oct 10(AP): Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East. "The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award...
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman Warren Buffett overtook Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates as the richest American by posting an $8-billion gain to $58 billion during a 33-day period from August 29 to October 1 in the Forbes 400 list, report...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed downtrend in the week that ended Thursday, amid increasing participation of investors in trading after the previous bullish week. The premier bourse lost its steam last week on price correction amid slash in...
Country's export activities will enter a new era by end of this year as the National Board of Revenue (NBR) expects to complete its installation of container scanners at Chittagong Port within next two months, reports UNB."Yes, we expect to...
BEIJING, OCT 10 (AP): China's State Council issued new regulations to tighten quality control of the dairy industry in the wake of the tainted milk crisis, state media said Friday, as a second lawsuit was filed by parents of a...
LONDON, Oct 10 (UNB): Bangladesh Awami League (AL) president and former premier Sheikh Hasina, now in London, demanded lifting of the state of emergency to create free, fair and transparent atmosphere of general polls."Emergency must be lifted so people can...
BNP will decide about party registration after its meeting with the government scheduled for Oct 15 and would not mind if the deadline is pushed back, secretary general Khondoker Delwar Hossain has said, reports bdnews24.com."It won't hurt anyone if the...
Dr Kamal Hossain, a staunch advocate for the post-1/11 reforms, clobbered the Caretaker Government (CG) and Election Commission (EC) for softening their position on fair polls and bargaining with some political parties for bending the newly framed electoral rules, reports...
The Election Commission (EC) has drawn up new guidelines for local observers to monitor polls, reports BSS.Under the guidelines, the local election observers will need to be registered with the EC to oversee the election, an EC source told the...
The Foreign Ministry Friday refuted the reports in a section of newspapers questioning the frequent foreign visits of Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, reports UNB.It stated that a record number of 1.5 million (15 lakh) Bangladeshi workers were employed abroad...
The organisation Hizbul Mahdi observed the 'Mohanondo Day' at a function in the city's Polton area Thursday, said a press release. Convener of Hizbul Mahdi Lutfar Rahman Farook coordinated it.A large number of supporters of the organisation attended the function.
Bangladesh will propose changing the schedule of the Dhaka-Kolkata Maitree Express to make it more attractive and convenient for passengers, say senior railway officials, reports bdnews24.com. Bangladesh wants the train to reach Dhaka Tuesday and go back to Kolkata Wednesday,...
Bangladesh Telecommunica-tions Company Limited (BTCL) will start connecting land phones with broadband internet by December, a senior government official said Friday, reports bdnews24.com. Telecommunications Secretary Iqbal Mahmood said internet connections would initially be given to some districts in addition to...
NARAIL, Oct 10 (bdnews24.com): The people of Narail paid glowing tributes to celebrated painter SM Sultan on his 14th death anniversary Friday. One of the frontline painters and humanists, Sultan died at Jessore Combined Military Hospital on this day in...
BARISAL, Oct 10 (UNB): Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) realised Tk 0.183 million (Tk 1.83 lakh) in fine and filed 36 cases in September in the division for various reasons including sale of adulterated and substandard food. BSTI conducted...
BRAHMANBARIA, Oct 10 (UNB): A man, who tried to save his wife from electrocution, was himself killed by electrocution at Noagaon village in Sarail Upazila Wednesday night.Family sources said Borhanuddin (45) was electrocuted when he went to save his wife...
SHARIATPUR, Oct 10 (UNB): Sadar Upazila Department of Agriculture Extension Thursday distributed seedlings of BR-23 (Dishari) variety paddy free among 62 farmers, who were affected by the recent flood.Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Anisur Rahman attended as chief guest at the distribution...
THAKURGAON, Oct 10 (UNB): A housewife was hacked to death by local thugs at Faridpur village in Sadar Upazila Thursday evening.Police said the killers hacked Sahera Begum (28), wife of Delwar Hossain, to death while she was cooking in their...
NAOGAON, Oct 10 (UNB): A union parishad (UP) secretary was arrested for his involvement in misappropriation of rice allocated under VGF programme from the storeroom of Tilna union parishad in Sapahar Upazila Wednesday.Sources said local people caught red handed three...
SHARIATPUR, Oct 10 (UNB): At least 15 people, who were returning to their houses after visiting the puja mondop, were injured in an attack by rivals at Chadsar village in Sadar Upazila Thursday night.Local people said there was a longstanding...
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