Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Sunday said the country must have long-term agenda for a broad-based and pro-poor growth process with mechanisms of constant monitoring for taking timely corrective measures, reports UNB. The head of caretaker government also suggested better...
Awami League (AL) presidium member Motia Chowdhury termed Sunday's Election Commission (EC)-announced roadmap incomplete as she alleged it failed to fulfill people's desire, reports UNB."The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) today announced the roadmap to the national polls, but there are...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has found 63 per cent businesses and professionals without Taxpayer's Identification Number (TIN) in the old part of the city during the ongoing survey.Some 20 teams have been conducting the survey in...
PESHAWAR, July 15 (AP): Suicide bombers struck Sunday in two areas of northwestern Pakistan, killing up to 42 people, while Taliban militants broke a 10-month-old peace pact with the government along the frontier with Afghanistan.Yesterday at least 24 paramilitary soldiers...
Branches of seven commercial and specialised banks across the country will remain open on Saturdays, one of the weekly holidays, to facilitate transactions relating only to the government's ongoing food procurement drive. The banks are Sonali, Janata, Agrani, Rupali, Krishi,...
JHENIDAH, July 15: Tension heightened on Jaluli border of Maheshpur Upazila Sunday as Indian BSF members insisted on raising barbed wire fence within 150 yards of the zero line violating the international law. BDR strongly opposed the BSF move when...
SYLHET, July 15 (UNB): Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) recovered huge explosives from Dana frontier in Kanaighat Upazila on Saturday. BDR sources said two unknown people sensing their presence fled the area, leaving behind the explosives at about 1pm. The explosives included...
MM Azizur RahmanBangladesh in its first-ever attempt is exploring the ways of importing natural gas from gas-rich Myanmar to feed the mounting demands for hydrocarbon in terms of both domestic and industrial use.The government is also moving ahead with a...
FE ReportHeidelbergCement Bangladesh Ltd., sold more than one million tonnes of cement in calendar 2006, maintaining the company's market leadership.The leading cement company's sales volume rose to 1,010,478 tonnes in the year ended December 31, 2006 from 816,470 tonnes of...
Germany and the European Union (EU) will continue to urge all the industrialised countries to open their markets to least developed countries (LDCs) in the near future following the EU leadoff, reports UNB.Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel said this...
Naim-Ul-KarimOver 35,000 devastating fire incidents claimed 1023 lives, maimed thousands and destroyed properties worth Tk 10.0 billion during last five years in the country, sources said.Besides, only during the last six months, over 200 people died in incidents of fire...
President Iajuddin Ahmed left here for Singapore Saturday night for medical checkup, reports UNB.Deputy Press Secretary to the President Abul Kalam Azad said a regular flight of Singapore Airlines, carrying the President and his entourage, took off from the Zia...
The United Kingdom (UK) welcomed the announcement of a 'more detailed" poll roadmap as a demonstration of commitment to the goal of holding general election in Bangladesh, reports UNB.In an instant reaction to the roadmap spelt out Sunday by the...
FE Report The total number of cellular phone users reached 27.72 million until June last with a growth rate of more than 6.5 per cent over the past three months.According to the latest data of the Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commission...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia faces an order to appear in court today (Monday) in a case against the Dinkal, a Bengali daily publication part-owned by the former prime minister, reports bdnews24.com.The allegation is the Bangla-language daily failed to submit its...
Clive CooksonButterflies win bacterial warfareNatural selection has enabled butterflies on neighbouring South Pacific islands to fight back with extraordinary speed against male-killing bacteria. Within 10 generations, the proportion of male "blue moon" butterflies on Upolu and Savaii in Samoa rose...
FE Report The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Sunday expressed the fear that the Bangladesh Bank (BB)-announced monetary policy would further increase the cost of doing business as the bank loans are expected to rise.The DCCI also expressed...
FE ReportThe US dollar remained unchanged with downward bias against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Sunday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market due to lower demand for the greenback, fund managers said.The market was moderately active because of weekend in the...
Krishna Guha in Washington and Richard McGregor in Beijing FT Syndication ServiceNine of the World Bank's 24 executive directors have written to its new president, Robert Zoellick, challenging its role in publishing controversial indicators that attempt to measure the quality...
FE ReportIndices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) gained amid a hefty turnover and capitalisation due to buying spree Sunday, the first trading session of the week.Market operators said the investors are buying the issues. As a result, the indices...
Dhaka, July 16 (UNB)-Former Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina was arrested from her Dhanmondi Sudha Sadan residence this (Monday) morning in a corruption case and sent to a jail hajot in parliament building complex.. She was arrested...
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury held out government offer of special privilege for investment back in the country by Bangladeshi expatriates, reports UNB."For this purpose, a 'Special Economic Zone' is being established. Land acquisition is already under process to build...
India to move to get official status for Hindi at UN NEW YORK, July 14 (PTI): India has said it would take quick and focused action on recommendations of the 8th World Hindi Conference and make immediate diplomatic moves to...
Brahmanbaria/Mymensingh, July 14 (bdnews24.com): The suicide of nine members of a family in Mymensingh has been wrapped in further mystery with the emergence of a woman who claims to be a member of the family. Merazunnahar Mobi, who identified herself...
PYONGYANG, (North Korea) July14 (Agencies): UN inspectors arrived in North Korea Saturday to monitor the communist country's long-anticipated promise to scale back its nuclear weapons program, while the top US nuclear envoy said he expected Pyongyang's reactor to be shut...
AUSTIN, Texas July 14 (Agencies): Former presidents and first ladies headed to Texas for a funeral service Saturday honoring Lady Bird JohnsonFirst Lady Laura Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush planned to attend the service at Riverbend Centre. Former...
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP): A day after Muslims staged mass protests over the deadly Red Mosque raid, Pakistan's president Saturday faced a pro-democracy rally in support of the country's suspended top judge. Thousands were expected to turn out in the eastern...
NAHR AL-BARED, (Lebanon), July 14 (Reuters): Lebanese troops pounded a refugee camp in north Lebanon Saturday where barricaded al Qaeda-inspired militants clashed with them and fired at least two Katyusha-type rocketsThe army and Fatah al-Islam militants have fought often ferocious...
BAGHDAD, July 14 (AFP): A US air strike in Iraq's restive Diyala province killed six alleged militants who used women and children as "human shields" on the rooftop of a building Saturday, the military said. US forces came under small...
TOKYO, July 14 (AFP): Japan was on high alert Saturday as a powerful typhoon lashed the southern main island of Kyushu, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. Typhoon Man-yi, packing winds of up to 216 kilometres (135 miles)...
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