Presidium member of Awami League (AL) Begum Motia Chowdhury Saturday called for imparting proper education to children to build them as worthy citizens of the country, reports BSS. She advised the children to devote themselves fully to education and acquire...
Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan claimed six scalps to put Bangladesh on top against New Zealand at the close of the second day of the two-match Test series opener in Chittagong Saturday, bdnews24.com reports. The visitors were 155 for nine...
Australia face an uphill battle to save the second Test after closing day two on 102-4 in reply to India's first innings score of 469 in Mohali, BBC reports. From an overnight 311-5, India were all out for 469, with...
Three fifties from Sajedul Islam, Nasir Hossain and Shaheen Hossain put Barisal on top against holders Khulna on the opening day of the second round four dayers of the National Cricket League at Narayanganj Osmani Stadium Saturday. Hosts Barisal were...
The Private University Football Tournament, organised by Auritro and sponsored by Mentors' Education, gets underway at Bangladesh Army Stadium in the city today (Sunday). Northern University will take on North South University in the opening match with National Sports Council...
MOHALI, Oct 18 (Reuters): West Indies will stage a world Twenty20 championship in April-May 2010 instead of the one-day Champions Trophy, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said Saturday. Switching to the shorter format tournament would help avoid repeating a major...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government is likely to adopt the second poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSP) for three years upto FY2011 this week estimating a Tk630.94 billion (US$9.01 billion) resources gap for its implementation, officials said Saturday.National Economic Council (NEC), the...
Mushir AhmedTop global garment buyers are bullish about Bangladesh as they see the country's shipments gain on cheap labour and declining Chinese competitiveness despite its major markets are on the brink of recession.While apparel groups have painted a grim picture...
Naim-Ul-KarimBack from southern regionSmall and Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs) in southern part of the country have urged the government to offer them easy access to finance for the growth of their business.They also called for quickening construction of the Padma Bridge...
S M JahangirThe process of appointing a pre-shipment inspection (PSI) audit agency to help prevent the government's huge revenue leakage is in progress as a technical committee has found a single company's offer to this effect 'responsive', official sources said."An...
London, Oct 18 (Reuters): The global economy will likely shudder to recessionary levels in 2009 as developed nations' woes damage emerging countries' economic prospects, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Global growth is expected to slow sharply this year and...
DU CorrespondentDhaka University (DU) today (Sunday) starts selling application forms for the first-year honours admission in the academic year 2008-09.Students can submit their admission forms until November 3. Each form will cost Tk 300.The students of Science group have to...
Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman said Saturday the government would hold fresh dialogue with the political parties for "qualitative improvement of electoral environment and politics", reports bdnews24.com. "The dialogue is a continuous process. The necessity of dialogue does not end with...
NEW YORK,Oct 18 (Reuters): Evidence piled up Friday that the world is slipping into recession but the White House played down expectations for a weekend meeting between lame-duck US President George W. Bush and European Union leaders. US consumer confidence...
M Azizur RahmanA government plan to initiate supply of gas to new industries in the fuel-starved Chittagong falls flat as production from Sangu gas field dropped by one-third this month, officials said Saturday.The Scottish Cairn-operated Sangu gas field is now...
FE ReportKnitwear manufacturers said Saturday that they have targeted new markets such as Japan as they feared a global financial meltdown would lead to sharp fall in shipments to traditional markets in North America and Western Europe. "Recession fears in...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Oct 18: The business leaders from G7 nations who met in Paris ahead of a crucial meeting in Washington today made a passionate plea for not to jettison market economy in a bid to repair the...
Shakhawat Hossain Existing tax refund system in the country's Income Tax and the Customs rules is giving rise to inaccuracies in the annual revenue figures maintained separately by the finance ministry and the revenue board, officials said Saturday."There is a...
FE Report The country's export earnings and inflow of remittances might face setback if the ongoing global financial crisis persists and the economies of USA and Europe are troubled by recession, economists, bankers and experts told a seminar in Dhaka...
FE Report The Ministry of Commerce sits today (Sunday) to discuss a devise to end the impasse on 'confusing reports' in test of powder milk of eight foreign brands, a top official of the commerce ministry said Saturday.The commerce ministry...
FE ReportInvestment in government's savings tools increased sharply by 79 per cent in the first two months, showing a growing public interest in such risk-less instruments. Small savers made net investment worth Tk 5.75 billion in July-August period. The amount...
BNP has informed a UN delegation that it will not participate in the December 18 national polls under the state of emergency, reports bdnews24.com. "Holding a free and fair election is not possible amid the state of emergency. If the...
The number of political parties participating in the 9th Jatiya Sangsad election is likely to fall to just one quarter of that in the previous election, estimated Election Commissioner M Sakhawat Hussain. The commissioner said Saturday the number of parties...
ISLAMABAD, OCT 18: Pakistan's foreign minister says China has signed an agreement with the energy-starved Islamic nation to help it build two more nuclear power plants. Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the agreement was among 12 accords, which were signed during...
NEW YORK, Oct 18: A three-day first-ever "Made In Bangladesh Trade Fair" began at the Pan Plaza pavilion exhibition hall at downtown Manhattan Friday evening. Bangladesh ambassador to the United States Humayun Kabir formally inaugurated the fair while Consul General...
Najmuddin A ShaikhThe in-camera military briefing on the current situation in our tribal areas has not satisfied many of the parliamentarians. There have been complaints that the briefing was purely tactical and did not explain the strategic vision that is...
C Bryson HullIndian political pressure on Sri Lanka to throttle back an offensive to wipe out the Tamil Tigers will do little to sway a Sri Lankan government increasingly confident it can end one of Asia's longest insurgencies.Despite threats from...
Keith BradsherCan a region like Asia - with more than $3 trillion in foreign exchange reserves, high savings rates, mostly well-capitalised banks and minimal exposure to American mortgage-backed securities - run into trouble during a global financial crisis?The answer was...
Dr. Subhash KapilaSouth Asian regionalism is an elusive myth that keeps spasmodically surfacing every now and then generated more by external stimuli than any earnest aspirations from within the region. The long years of the existence of SAARC and its...
Capt. Imam Anwar HossainIN Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, the shrewd money lender Shylock dispatched a loan to the desperate merchant Antonio against a security of one pound of his flesh as Antonio had nothing else to comfort. Even...
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