A number of steps, including formulation of a traffic policy have been taken to ease the vehicular congestion in the city, Home Secretary Abdul Karim told newsmen Thursday, BSS reports.The home secretary was briefing journalists after a review meeting at...
FE Report The central bank provided overdraft (OD) worth US$12 million to a state-owned commercial bank (SCB) Thursday for settlement of its fertiliser import bills. "We've allowed the OD facility to the SCB against the government approved securities to settle...
Shipping Adviser Major General (retd) MA Matin has called upon the shipping experts to maintain quality and commitment to have success in the field, reports BSS."As such shipbuilding may become a thrust sector in Bangladesh in the near future, I...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Oct 16: Speakers at a seminar on 'Role of International Investors for the Reform of Health Policy in Bangladesh' have laid emphasis on formulation of a pro-poor health policy. The seminar was organised by Campaign for Good Governance...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 16 (UNB): Betel-leaf growers in the district are frustrated as their new plantations are being infected by root-rotting disease.Growers said many small betel-leaf farms have already been totally damaged while hundred others are in danger of destruction due...
DU CorrespondentTransparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Chairman Muzaffer Ahmad Wednesday asked the government to launch an education TV channel in order to elevate the level of understanding of students of the country. "The country definitely needs an education-based TV channel as...
The government is going to introduce high-security driving licence with a point system so that drivers instead of transport owners could be punished for violation of any traffic rules, reports UNB.The new system is expected to reduce traffic jam and...
Bangladesh MBA Associa-tion will arrange an Eid-reunion and cultural programme today (Friday) at Central Kochi Kanchar Mela auditorium at 10:00 am at Segun Bagicha in the city.All members of the association have been requested to attend the programme along with...
DU Correspondent Important valuables including nine computers, two air conditioners and a land phone of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Department of Dhaka University (DU) were gutted in a fire Thursday morning."The extent of loss in the fire may exceed Tk...
RANGPUR, Oct 16 (UNB): Three people were killed in a road accident at Baniapara Hajir Hat on the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Sadar upazila late Wednesday night.The deceased were identified as Korban Ali (18), a rickshaw puller, and two rickshaw passengers,...
GAZIPUR, Oct 16 (UNB): A young man was stabbed to death by some miscreants in Barun area of Kapasia Upazila Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Helal (32).Police said some assailants attacked Helal on his way home at about 9am...
DU CorrespondentClasses and other academic activities of Dhaka University (DU) will resume tomorrow (Saturday) after a 23-day vacation of Eid-ul-Fitr and Durga Puja.Students have already started coming back to their halls to attend the classes after the long vacation.On the...
Kushtia, Oct 16 (UNB) : A three day Lalon Fair, marking the 118th death anniversary of mystic singer Lalon Fakir, began at his hermitage at Seuria in Sadar Upazila Thursday.Cabinet Secretary Ali Imam Majumder inaugurated the fair.Discussion and cultural programme...
The 13th death anniversary of the founder chairman of Islam Group Jahurul Islam will be observed on October 19, said a press release.On this occasion, milad and doa mahfil will be held simultaneously in all the organisations and educational institutions...
The 33rd death anniversary of journalist Khan Sahib Muhammad Afzal will be observed on October 27, said a press release.A milad mahafil, Qurankhwani and discussion have been organised to mark the day. Muhammad Afzal was a close associate of Netaji...
WHEN economic activities in Bangladesh are getting slowed down alarmingly from energy shortages, it is hard to accept that its potential reserves of high energy -- some 2.5 billion tonnes of coal deposits of high grade -- are kept buried...
Syed Fattahul AlimThe world economy is experiencing a recessionary trend in the wake of the turmoil in the US financial market. In an era of globalisation, when all the major economies are deeply interconnected through intense financial transactions with one...
Ferdous AhmedRIVER transport, by far, provides the cheapest transportation of goods in bulk in Bangladesh. A very large number of people still travel long distances using this mode. But little has been done to keep the rivers navigable despite the...
IT was recently published in the print media that the government will undertake Tk 100 million feasibility study on a metro-rail system for the capital. It may begin in December next. The study they say is a prelude to building...
THE greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats animals. World Animal Day, observed on October 04, was an opportunity for Bangladesh to reflect how it treats animals, wild and domestic. The...
IN recent days, extortionists using the phone have been making the citizens' life miserable. Under the existing system followed by phone companies often it becomes difficult to trace the offenders. The national ID number could be useful in tracing the...
Zahid ZamirTHE United States Constitution stipulates that a presidential election is to be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November in every four years. So, come November 4, 2008 the Americans of all races, religious denominations, eighteen...
M.C. Govardhana Rangan of BloombergHOUSEWIFE Sumathi Govindaraj has had an account at ICICI Bank Ltd., India's second-biggest lender, for four years. Lately she transferred her life savings of more than 200,000 rupees ($4,100) to state-run Indian Bank after- hearing rumors...
LONDON/SINGAPORE, Oct 15 (Reuters): European leaders will press Wednesday for an overhaul of the world's financial structures after Asia joined western bastions of capitalism in bailing out banks to avert a financial meltdown.EU leaders meet in Brussels just days after...
NEW YORK, Oct 15 (AFP): The United States has slipped into recession, the head of the San Francisco branch of the Federal Reserve, the nation's central bank, said yesterday. "The recent flow of economic data suggests that the economy was...
LONDON, Oct 15 (PTI): World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday said it has set up a special 'task force' to study the impact of financial crisis on its different areas of work and asked member nations to be ready for 'necessary'...
NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (AFP): Leaders from emerging economic powers India, South Africa and Brazil were meeting here today for an annual summit set to be dominated by the global financial crisis, food and fuel prices. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan...
TOKYO, Oct 15 (AP): Japan's current account surplus in August shrank 52.5 per cent from a year earlier as the country's spending on oil imports soared, the finance ministry said Wednesday.The surplus in the current account, the broadest measure of...
SINGAPORE, Oct 15 (AFP): Oil prices fell further below 80 dollars in Asian trade today (Wednesday) amid uncertainty over the future of the global economy, despite an international effort to rescue ailing banks, dealers said. In the afternoon trade, New...
TOKYO, Oct 15 (AFP): The yen rose in Asia today as players refrained from risky bets after a global stock market rally lost steam amid concerns about the economic impact of the credit crunch. The dollar slipped to 101.42 yen...
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