Shakhawat Hossain Lack of sufficient focus on backward linkage of the country's major exportable items has been hindering proper utilisation of the generalised system of preference (GSP) facilities offered by the European Union (EU), official source said.The overall utilisation of...
FE Report The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) decided that it would prepare tender documents for private operation of the country's largest container terminal - New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) -- with easy terms and conditions to facilitate participation of local...
Army Chief Moeen U Ahmed has been appointed chairman of the National Sports Council (NSC) and its executive committee. Youth and Sports Ministry Sunday issued a notification to this effect. "The government has given the appointment under provision of section-5...
Former Ambassador Mirza Shamsuzzaman and ex-joint secretary AYM Mosharraf Hossain took oath Sunday as members of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC). Chief Justice M Ruhul Amin administered oath to them at a simple ceremony at his office. —UNB
Gold ornaments and cash worth Tk 2.0 million were stolen from a city house at Mohammadpur Saturday night. Neighbours said, the thieves entered the house of Hazi Jahangir, a brick trader by cutting grills at Katasor at about 7:30 pm....
FE ReportThe Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the commercial banks to make payments to beneficiaries only after receiving equivalent foreign currency funds from the overseas exchange houses to avoid any financial risks. The central bank has taken the step against...
FE ReportThe Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) have jointly initiated a three-year programme to prevent human trafficking and expand economic opportunities for vulnerable groups with community infrastructure development.Besides, the programme, which is...
FE ReportThe draft policy for commercial use of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) is now awaiting approval of the Council of Advisers.The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MoPT) on Thursday last approved the draft VoIP policy, prepared by a high-powered...
FE ReportIndices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) declined Sunday mainly due to selling pressure.On Sunday, the first trading session of the week, All Shares Price Index (DSI), DSE-20 Index (DS20) and DSE General Index (DGEN) declined by 10.790 points,...
The chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Sunday had separate meetings with the Chief Justice, the Attorney General and the Law Secretary, and reportedly had discussions on the constitution of separate benches to dispose of the graft cases at the...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines should be listed on the stock market once it emerges as a public limited company (PLC), experts told a seminar Sunday, reports bdnews24.com."Biman shares will be floated in the market after it is made a public limited...
Doctors Saturday deferred chemotherapy on music icon Sabina Yasmin after she ran high temperature, reports bdnews24.com. Sabina, who has recently been diagnosed with lymphoma cancer, has to undergo six sessions of chemotherapy, the doctors said. Sabina was admitted to LabAid...
FE ReportThe government has long remained apathetic to taking initiatives in exporting non-traditional fishery items, like eels and crabs, despite huge demand in the international markets for these products. Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) Director (Commodity) Golam Mohiuddin said, it has...
Bangladesh would achieve a double-digit economic growth, from the present 7 per cent, and reduce poverty to half before the UN-decided 2015 deadline if the country's readymade garments got free access to the markets of Europe and North America, reports...
FE ReportThe US dollar fell against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Sunday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market because of lower demand for the greenback, fund managers said.The market was moderately active due to weekend in the international market.The exchange rate...
David Pilling, FT Syndication ServiceTOKYO: Japan late last week expressed concern over China's growing military reach and reiterated what it said was the need to accelerate the deployment of missile defence to protect against the North Korean nuclear and missile...
Pro-Taliban cleric warns of suicide attacks over besieged mosqueISLAMABAD (South Asia News): A pro-Taliban cleric with a following of thousands warned the Pakistani government Sunday that suicide attacks would be triggered across the country if the military operation against the...
West Indies produced a near-perfect one-day performance as they claimed the series against England with a handsome 93-run victory at Trent Bridge. Set up by another well-paced batting display, built around contrasting innings from Chris Gayle and Runako Morton, West...
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC regained the top slot of the B League as they beat Khulna Abahani KC by 4-2 goals in the day's lone 2nd phase match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB.The match was...
Bangladesh Sports Writers Association (BSWA) Sunday accorded reception to former national cricket captain and sportswriter Raqibul Hasan and veteran journalist Hannan Khan of ATN Bangla, reports UNB.BSWA accorded the reception to mark the World Sports Journalists Day-2007, which was observed...
Eight matches were decided in the opening day of the Pepsi-DRU Six-A-Side Cricket Tournament at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB.In the day's matches, Janakantha (19/0) outplayed Deshbangla (16/5) by five wickets, Samakal (12/0)...
WIMBLEDON (England), Jul 8 (AP): Roger Federer sneaked a peek at Bjorn Borg in the Centre Court stands, then carried on with the business at hand. One eye on the past, one on the present.Troubled little in a straight-set semifinal...
SAN CRISTOBAL (Venezuela), Jul 8 (AFP): Uruguay rolled over host Venezuela and Brazil routed Chile to reach the semi-finals at the Copa America football tournament here Saturday. Uruguay crushed Venezuela's Copa America dream with a 4-1 demolition. Diego Forlan grabbed...
The Indian batsmen dominated the first four sessions on their warm-up match against Sussex at the Hove but Saqlain Mushtaq and Ollie Rayner triggered a collapse soon after lunch on the second day, forcing Rahul Dravid to declare the innings...
BANGKOK, Jul 8 (AFP): Record television audiences are forecast for this year's Asian Cup finals, with fans in virtually every corner of the region having access to matches, including war-torn Iraq. All 32 matches during the July 7-29 tournament, co-hosted...
HANOI, Jul 8 (AFP): Japan are treating their Asian Cup opener against fast-rising Qatar today (Monday) in the same way they would if it was Brazil or Italy -- deadly seriously. "Qatar is for me the same as Italy or...
CARSON, Jul 8 (AP): Yura Movsisyan and Davy Arnaud scored in the first six minutes of the second half but Cobi Jones responded with a pair of goals to lift the Los Angeles Galaxy into a 2-2 tie with the...
WIMBLEDON (England), Jul 8 (AP): Improbable as this Wimbledon title might have seemed, Venus Williams knew it could happen. Far away as that trophy might have appeared only last week, Williams knew she had the game and the grit to...
A train on trial run, carrying a 31-member Indian official delegation, reached Darshana station in Chuadanga at about 11:15am Sunday to take forward the talks on the long awaited Dhaka-Kolkata train service, reports UNB. Railway sources said the train left...
A Biman flight from Dubai with 253 people on board Sunday survived a close call as it hovered in the sky for half an hour before landing safely at the airport. The pilot of BG-048 flight discovered that the front...
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