The 9th Standard Chartered School Chess Tournament-2007, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation, began in the city Thursday simultaneously at the NSC conference room and chess federation hall room, reports UNB.Head of the Corporate Affairs of tournament sponsor Standard Chartered Bank...
Lester R. Brown In reviewing the literature on soil erosion, references to the "loss of protective vegetation" occur again and again. Over the last half-century, we have removed so much of that protective cover by clearcutting, overgrazing, and overplowing that...
Khody AkhaviOn Jun. 18, seven children were killed during a U.S.-led air strike against a suspected al Qaeda sanctuary in eastern Afghanistan. Three days later, at least 25 civilians died during a similar "incident" in Helmland province in the south...
Amy Kazmin BANGKOK: Thailand's military-installed regime said early this week it would seize 21 bank accounts, holding an estimated Bt52.9bn ($1.6bn), belonging to Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted former prime minister, and his wife, as it ratcheted up its battle against...
Brooke Mastersin AN increasing number of non-US consumer products companies are getting into trouble with the US Department of Justice for bribing overseas government officials, according to a study by Kroll, an international corporate security firm.US anti-corruption officials have, in...
Speakers at a discussion urged children and adolescents to contribute to building a better society and a healthier life that directly impacted on them while diligently pursuing their academic and seminal studies, reports UNB.They emphasised that with the world changing...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, July 12: The master plan of 1994 for the overall development of the port city of Chittagong including removing acute water-logging has been lying in the cold-storage for all these years. Not putting the plan into action has...
FE ReportThe Bangladesh Agricul-tural Research Institute (BARI) has taken an extensive programme to diversify lychee production in the country incorporating various high-yielding species including Rambutan at Malaysian origin. In addition to the indigenous species of lychee, the Rambutan has a...
FARIDPUR, July 12 (UNB): A court here Wednesday convicted a man and awarded him life term imprisonment for violating a minor girl who died in hospital afterwards. The court also fined the convict Habibul Hasan Tk one lakh, in default,...
FE ReportThree second year students of the Institute of Business Administration of the Dhaka University have won 'the best of the best' award at the regional finals of HSBC's Young Entrepreneurs Awards (YEA) in Hong Kong.The students -- Zeeshan Rahman,...
DU CorrespondentThe seventh "International Education and Career Expo 2007" began at the city's Bashundhara City Complex Thursday.Conference and Exhibition Management Services Limited has organised the five-day expo.Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor SMA Faiz inaugurated the event as the chief guest.Speaking on the...
NARAYANGANJ, July 12 (UNB): Twelve suspected robbers were arrested by police from a truck at Raghunathpur under Fatullah thana Tuesday midnight.Police said they raided the truck following a confessional statement of arrested robber Shah Alam.During the raid, police also recovered...
The third death anniversary of Nurunnahar Begum, wife of late Kabiruddin Ahmed will be observed tomorrow (Saturday).On the occasion, a milad mahfil will be held after Zohar prayer at the orphanage of Pir Dudu Mia of Shariatpur. Relatives and friends...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is likely to further raise both statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) and cash reserve requirement (CRR) of the commercial banks to curb inflationary pressures on economy through tightening monetary policy. "We will revisit the SLR...
BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan Thursday announced a 13-point agenda for a recast of all organs of the state and government institutions, purportedly in tune with the socio-political purge kicked off by the army-supported interim regime, reports UNB. To...
S M JahangirYet another upward adjustment of power tariff is likely soon as the government is considering price hike of natural gas which is used for generation of electricity.Power and Energy Adviser Tapan Chowdhury gave Thursday such indication while talking...
The anti-corruption watchdog would probe into allegations of corruption against reformist politicians as well, as none was above the law, said the new ACC secretary Thursday, reports UNB"If we get corruption allegations against them, we must investigate the charges," said...
Farmers enduring a fertiliser crisis took to the streets in two districts Thursday, triggering clashes with police, reports bdnews24.com. A violent skirmish took place Thursday between police and fertiliser-hungry farmers in Godagari of Rajshahi district leaving at least 12 people...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) expects a last minute rush of the people to declare their undisclosed money by July 31, the deadline set for doing so by paying the tax at the normal rate, in addition...
Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) will go for aggressive marketing this year to attract investment in three EPZs that remain under-utilised, BEPZA chairman said, reports bdnews24.comThe EPZs are Monglain Khulna, Ishwardi in Pabna and Uttara in Nilphamari districts. "We'll...
The Bangalore company that hired one of the Indian suspects in the failed terror attack on Glasgow airport in the UK sought to distance itself from the case on Wednesday, saying it had no record of his movements after he...
Awami League (AL) presidium member Motia Chowdhury has criticised "restriction" on free movement of AL president Sheikh Hasina and asked the government to ensure democratic and constitutional rights for her, reports UNB.Talking to reporters outside Bangabandhu Memorial Museum Thursday, Motia,...
Imports were up 14 per cent to about $ 16 billion during the last fiscal year (2006-07), compared to the previous fiscal, reports UNB.Bangladesh Bank figures released Thursday showed imported goods worth $15,903 million reached the country as per the...
The judgment in the rotten wheat scam of Fatullah thana will be delivered on July 18. Judge Shamsumnnahar of the special makeshift court at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, trying high profile corruption suspects, set the date Thursday after closing the arguments...
President Iajuddin Ahmed will leave the city for Singapore tomorrow (Saturday) on a five-day visit. He will undergo a medical check-up at Mount Elizabeth Hospital as per previous schedule as advised by his Singaporean physicians, said a Bangabhaban handout. The...
A special court of Judge Shahed Nooruddin, after concluding the testimonies of the defence witnesses and their cross-examinations, fixed July 16 for arguments, in the graft case faced by detained Awami League presidium member Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir. Alamgir, a bureaucrat-turned-politician...
Kamrul Ahsan, currently serving as Consul General of Bangladesh in Dubai, has been appointed High Commissioner to Singapore, said an official announcement Thursday.-UNB
President Iajuddin Ahmed has approved an ordinance to convert Biman Bangladesh Airlines into a public limited company, according to a government circular, which was available Thursday, reports bdnews24.com. The law ministry Wednesday published the amended law, Bangladesh Biman Corporation (Amendment)...
FHM Humayan Kabir Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed is likely to sit with different ministries in late July to review action plans and preparations on implementation of the annual development programme (ADP) of the new fiscal, official sources said.Sources in the...
FE ReportIndices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped on profit taking although the total market capitalisation maintained growth Thursday, the last trading session of the week.On the day, the total turnover declined to Tk 1.698 billion from Tk 1.956...
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