The Election Commission (EC) asked Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) to reapply for registration as the party's previous application failed to prove fit, reports bdnews24.com. In an advertisement Thursday, the EC asked the party to apply by October 26. In its...
Former chief adviser to the caretaker government Muhammad Habibur Rahman believes elected politicians should play caretakers for polls, reports bdnews24.com."The incumbent government, vested with interim status, should oversee elections," the former chief justice said Thursday, in an apparent side-swipe at...
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Fakhrudin Ahmed have greeted Zambian acting President Rupiah Bandah on the occasion of Independence Day of the country that falls today (Friday), reports UNB.In a message to Zambian acting President Rupiah Bandah, Dr Iajuddin...
Gono Forum presidium meeting Thursday viewed that people were frustrated at government's bargaining with political parties on plea of understanding and reconciliation, reports UNB.Presided over by Dr Kamal Hossain the meeting felt that law should take its own course. Wholesale...
Ensuring free flow of information and citizen's access to information, the Right to Information Ordinance-2008 was published Thursday in government gazette, reports UNB.The ordinance provides that officials shall be bound to give information within 20 days of formal request by...
Chairman of the Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC) Justice M Habibur Rahman Khan Thursday praised media for its continued support to the anti-graft campaign as other major stakeholders appeared to have backtracked from their social responsibilities in this regard, reports...
FARIDPUR, Oct 23 (UNB): The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed Thursday cautioned the nation that external forces might intervene taking advantage of economic weaknesses and thus jeopardise the national sovereignty if the December 18 election is not...
Former premier and Bangladesh Awami League president Sheikh Hasina returns home at the start of next month, her special assistant Hassan Mahmud said Thursday, reports bdnews24.com."Hasina will home in the first week of November," Mahmud told the news agency on...
Deputy Minister for Women Affairs of Afghanistan Sayeda Mughan Mustafawi met Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury at his office in the city Thursday, reports UNB.The meeting was also attended by Afghanistan Ambassador in Bangladesh Ahmed Karim Nawabi.They discussed various issues...
The Supreme Court (SC) Thursday upheld the High Court (HC) order that had granted six months' bail to detained ex-state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in an arms case, in which he was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment by...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which has recently changed its name and constitution to have registration, Thursday said a particular quarter is carrying out a malicious campaign against it to vitiate the election atmosphere, reports UNB. In a statement, party secretary general Ali...
THE construction sector has been in a downbeat mood for sometime for a variety of reasons. The anti-graft drive launched by the incumbent caretaker government soon after its coming to power has had some negative impact, though an unintended one,...
Syed Fattahul AlimLeaders of the Readymade Garments (RMG) sector are rather upbeat about the prospect of export of garment in the USA and Europe in spite of recession in those countries. Their optimism is largely based on the growing interest...
Dr Md Mahmudul HasanTHE revised DU admission guidelines 2008-2009 for Kha and Gha units deserve attention of all. Besides the departments of Bangla, English and Mass Communication and Journalism a few more departments have introduced new admission prerequisites, which go...
GOVERNMENT functionaries are undertaking frequent trips abroad. This fondness for travel among government officials is known to all. There has always been a flurry of foreign travel on the part of both the advisers of the present government and the...
THE recent report in your esteemed paper regarding the woeful situation of BRTC's Volvo double-decker service was an eye-opener. So that is the real picture! We were all wondering whatever has happened to the Volvo service, why its service had...
The media frequently report that people are almost regularly run over by trucks, buses or other vehicles. In our country none follows the law. Neither the pedestrians nor the drivers abide by the law. As a result, the unexpected deaths...
M. H. BariOnce jute, tea and leather were top export earners for Bangladesh. Now it has a different export basket due to obvious reasons. Jute, the "golden fibre" of Bangladesh, has already lost its glory. Tea export has drastically fallen,...
Shahiduzzaman KhanDEATH laid its icy hand on Mr Quamrul Islam Siddique on September 1, 2008, a legendary architect and promoter of country's rural development. He died at a time when the nation needed a man of quality leadership like him....
Billy I AhmedALARMING new research from Sweden on the effects of radiation raises fears that today's youngsters face risk of brain cancer. Startling new research shows, children and teenagers are five times more likely to get brain cancer if they...
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (AP): The Bush administration is pledging to do whatever it takes to battle a severe financial crisis that is threatening to push the country into a steep recession.But even with the aggressive steps the government has already...
STRASBOURG, Oct 22 (AFP): French President Nicolas Sarkozy called yesterday for an "economic government" to oversee the 15-nation Eurozone and urged EU countries to take stakes in strategic companies as the financial crisis bites. "It is not possible for the...
TOKYO, Oct 22 (PTI): Fearing as "inevitable" a global recession following the US financial meltdown, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso said the magnitude of the turmoil was increasing in "seriousness" and wanted the international community to make "concerted efforts" to...
TOKYO, Oct 22 (AFP): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called today for developing nations to play a role in resolving the global financial crisis, warning that the turmoil had effects across the globe. Singh made his appeal on a visit...
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 22 (PTI): UN labour agency chief has called for "bold and innovative actions" to avert an unemployment crisis resulting from the current global financial turmoil, which could increase the number of jobless people worldwide by 20 million....
SYDNEY, Oct 22 (AFP): Australia's inflation rate jumped a higher-than-expected 1.2 per cent in the third quarter and five per cent in the year to September, official data revealed today. The figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)...
TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters): The dollar jumped to a two-year high against a basket of currencies on Wednesday as investors bet that interest rates outside the United States will be cut sharply to try to bolster global growth.Concerns there may...
FE Report Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC) organised a workshop on 'Resisting Money Laundering' for its officers, zonal heads and branch managers at the SBC training institute auditorium in the city recently, said a press release. SBC General Manager (Admin) Aminul...
SINGAPORE, Oct 22 (AFP): World oil prices weakened in Asian trade today on renewed worries about energy demand in the face of slowing global growth, dealers said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for December delivery, fell 2.58 dollars...
LONDON Oct. 22 (Bloomberg): Gold is for rich guys-buying physical gold, that is. The metal's highest and best investment use is as insurance policy against a currency collapse. For that purpose, you need a lot of it, stored around the...
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