The interim government is going to take decision today (Tuesday) on the proposed amendments to the organogram of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), nearly doubling its existing manpower, reports UNB.The activities of the anti-graft watchdog are seriously being hindered due to...
The government issued no official circular even two days after the cabinet made a decision to allow shops and shopping malls to remain open until 8.0pm, creating confusion among retailers, reports bdnews24.com. Some businessmen are keeping their shops open until...
The Caretaker Government has taken decision to bring necessary amendments in the outmoded Jute Ordinance 1962 to make the law time-worthy, as the stakeholders think this is the high time for restoring the lost glory of the country's 'golden fibre',...
A hotel manager was hacked to death by miscreants at Malibagh rail crossing in the capital early Tuesday. Police said Durjoy Chakrabarti,50, of Datchar village in Kachua upazila of Chandpur and also manager of Dipa Hotel of Malibagh area, went...
JOYPURHAT, July 10 (UNB): A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by Indian Border Security Forces (BSF)on Hatkhola frontier in Panchbibi upazila here Monday midnight. The dead was identified as Shahidul,25, son of Abbasuddin of Nandail village. BDR sources said...
The benchmark DGEN or general index on the Dhaka Stock Exchange Tuesday topped the 2200 mark in the midday trade, triggered by a buying rush in the shares of bank and power companies. The DGEN added 100 points after 10...
The recent First Solutions Money Transfer scam has come as a rude shock to thousands of Bangladeshi migrant workers. It was an act of fraudulence on the part of a private money transfer institution to misappropriate a large sum of...
Syed Fattahul AlimThe other day, this paper carried a report that spoke with an upbeat note about the prospect of the garment sector in Bangladesh. In fact, it was about an Indian perspective based on a newspaper report in that...
Andrea CaninoTHE European Council of government heads, at its summit last month, decided to withdraw the reference to anti-trust policy from the draft constitutional treaty, a clear indication of the unease over this vital aspect of European Union policy. It...
Demetri Sevastopulo THE US has raised concerns with the Chinese government about the discovery of Chinese-made weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan.Richard Lawless, departing senior Pentagon official for Asia, said late last week Washington had flagged the issue with Beijing. In...
We lose our valuable time, mood and working capacity being trapped in the traffic jam everyday. This problem is getting worse day by day even after taking different measures to improve it by the government. But people can help improve...
There is now some awareness among people about how important it is to nominate honest and capable candidates for the coming national elections. But not many people are yet absolutely against business as usual after the elections. They have to...
Jacques N Couvas from AnkaraThe button of the stopwatch counting down the invasion of Northern Iraq by the Turkish army was probably pressed last week, at an impromptu meeting between Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...
Jim Lobe from WashingtonThere may be moments during their summit at his family's compound in Kennebunkport, Maine when U.S. President George W. Bush looks with envy on his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, whose popularity at home guarantees him vast influence...
Ousseini Issa from NiameyNigeria and Niger, in West Africa, are neighbouring states. But the two countries have more than a border in common; they are also share a number of river basins that are under threat, and the responsibility for...
Shobhana ChandraU.S. manufacturing growth in June probably stayed close to the highest level in 13 months, a sign demand is picking up as businesses replenish stockpiles, economists said before a report today. The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index stayed...
KHAR, (Pakistan), July 9 (AFP): Around 20,000 Pakistani tribesmen vowed Monday to take revenge on President Pervez Musharraf for the siege of a radical mosque in the capital Islamabad, witnesses and officials said. "We are ready for jihad!" cried the...
LAGOS, (Nigeria) July 9 (AFP): Gunmen attacked an oil facility in restive southern Nigeria overnight and took two foreigners hostage, private security contractors said MondaySeveral speedboats full of gunmen attacked the facility on Calabar River late Sunday night, the two...
ERMELI, Iraq, July 8 (AFP): Dark grief descended on the Iraqi village of Ermeli Sunday as black mourning banners, armbands, bloodstains and soot bore grim testament to a truck bomb attack that left 140 people dead. The rural community near...
WASHINGTON, July 9 (AFP): Congressmen returning from their Independence Day break are ready for battle with the White House, with Democrats decrying President Bush's commutation of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence and fighting Bush's latest claim of...
KATHMANDU, July 9 (XINHUA): The Parliamentary Finance Committee (PFC) has asked the Nepali government to immediately work to nationalize the king's property, The Himalayan Times reported Monday. According to the daily, the committee submitted its report to the parliament Sunday....
WARSAW, July 9 (AFP): A roadside bomb injured four Polish soldiers north of the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday during a patrol near their base, the troops' commander said. The explosion happened at 8:00 pm (1530 GMT) in the southeastern...
DIBRUGARH (Assam), July 9 (PTI): While other children of his age savour the first taste of chocolates, 17-month old Jayanta Lahan finds 'bhoot jolokia'-world's hottest chilly-the most appetising. Lahan, nicknamed Johnny, started devouring the famed chilly since he was six...
Irked Prachanda says US envoy is "proud and boring" KATHMANDU, July 9: Maoist chief Prachanda has slammed the outgoing US ambassador to Nepal James Moriarty, who has frequently criticised the former rebels earning their ire, and hoped that his successor...
BEIJING, July 9 (PTI): India Sunday said it wanted to bridge the "information gap" in its relations with China by celebrating 2007 as the 'Year of Friendship Through Tourism'. 'The India-China Year of Friendship Through Tourism 2007' is aimed to...
CAIRNS, Australia, July 9 (CEIS): The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministers responsible for trade discussed various ways to achieve free trade in the Asia-Pacific region at their 13th meeting which ended here recently. The ministers from APEC economies, which account...
NEW YORK, July 9 (AP): Investors will get a few snapshots of the economy's health this week when they return from their Fourth of July vacations and prepare for earnings season.Wall Street is hoping for signs that the economy is...
BEIJING, July 9 (CEIS): China needs "decisive" measures to rein in excessive demand and control inflation pressures as its M2 growth has understated the speed of monetary expansion, according to the latest report by Goldman Sachs, the US investment bank....
PARIS, July 9 (AP): France is now open for business. Nicolas Sarkozy won the French presidency on pledges to open up the economy, and his government is selling one message: Things have changed.Goodbye to stretching jobless queues and famously French...
KHULNA, July 9 (UNB): The Public Commission on Jute and Jute Industry, a fact-finding mission comprising economists and trade unionists, Monday demanded of the caretaker government to allocate a special fund for resurrecting country's jute industry that fell victim to...
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