At least 20 militants and four troops have been killed in fighting in north-west Pakistan, the army says. Fighting took place as the security forces overran Rashakai village - a militant stronghold in Bajaur tribal district on the Afghan border,...
US President George W Bush has sent a landmark civilian nuclear deal with India to the Congress for final approval, the White House has said. The controversial deal needs to be ratified by the US Congress before it can be...
Shahiduzzaman KhanbrBritish Minister Douglas Alexander said recently that Britain and other rich countries had a moral duty to help Bangladesh and other poor countries adapt their infrastructure, farming and economies to climate change. The world has now a duty to...
Shakhawat Hossain brMultinational companies (MNCs) in which Bangladesh government has minority stakes are still indifferent to a proposal from the latter to offload a part of its shares in the stock market, official sources said. brThe government had earlier made...
DU CorrespondentbrThe results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Alim and HSC Business Management (BM) examinations-2008 were published Wednesday showing 76.19 per cent pass on an average with 22,045 students obtaining GPA-5.brThis is a record in terms of both pass percentage...
LONDON, Sept 10 (UNB) Bangladesh and the United Kingdom Wednesday announced a joint partnership calling for an ambitious international deal on cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as London made a fresh pledge of 75 million pounds sterling to Dhaka for...
Detained former premier and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia walks to freedom from the high-security makeshift jail on the parliament premises today (Thursday), said a top prisons official, as she eventually got the all- clear.brWhen contacted, Inspector General (Prisons) Brigadier General...
FE Reportbr=Dhaka stocks perked up, led by power and energy issues, Wednesday for the fifth straight session with continued rise in the turnover.brThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened with an upbeat mood, pushing the main index nearly 30 points around...
S M JahangirbrThe Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has extended further the time limit by two months for obtaining operating licences for captive standby electricity generators, the Commission sources said.brThe timeframe for seeking licences for captive or standby generators has...
Scientists have hailed a successful switch-on for an enormous experiment which will recreate the conditions a few moments after the Big Bang, said BBC News. brThey have now fired two beams of particles called protons around the 27km-long tunnel which...
This year's fitra has been fixed at Tk 66 per head for Dhaka and its adjoining areas. For other parts of the country, the fitra has been fixed at the local market price of 1.650kg of flour or fine flour....
Angry people damaged a bus following an accident that killed a minor boy at Shewrapara in the city's Kafrul area Wednesday. Police said a Malibagh-bound city bus of 'Bikalpa Paribahan' crushed Rabbi, 7, son of Abdul Haque, to death on...
Under Japan government's institutional realignment efforts, JICA as an aid donor agency will provide technical cooperation, concessional Official Development Assistance (ODA) loans and grant aid under one roof from October 1 next. br — Press releasebr
FE ReportbrThe state-owned Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Ltd (BGFCL) has recently signed a contract with the Houston-based Geotrace Data Integration Services Ltd to measure the remaining gas reserve in its operational gas fields, officials said.brThe Geotrace will provide its Tigress...
Most of the 209 individuals who have so far applied to the Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC) for clemency since its inception are government officials and employees, reports UNB.brPrior to and after Tac's formation, people were made to believe that...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) claimed Wednesday prices of most daily essentials did not increase over the first 10 days of Ramadan because of its rigorous market monitoring, reports UNB. brThe prices of the daily...
FE ReportbrAround 26 jute spinning mills in Khulna and other areas in the southern region are facing immense problems in shipment of their exportable yarn from the Mongla Port in absence of adequate facilities, the industry insiders said Wednesday.brNearly 40...
FE Report brThe department of immigration and passport (DIP) has received a Tk 20 million fund for appointing consultants through an international tender to introduce machine readable passports (MRPs). brThe ministry of finance approved the fund for MRPs as DIP...
FE Report brCommercial banks have submitted their opinions to the central bank for finalising draft guidelines on using mobile phone network for money transfer, officials said. brWe have submitted our opinions to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) Wednesday welcoming the new...
FE Report brPrice of palm oil at the local market is almost double now compared with the international market rate due mainly to the lack of proper monitoring. brIts price ranged between Tk 95.00 and Tk 80.00 per litre Wednesday...
FE Report brAt least 60 per cent of the tickets of premium bus services operating to and from Dhaka have been sold in advance for the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, bus operators said Wednesday.brThey, however, said there is no ticket of the...
NEW YORK, Sept 10(AP) Oil prices fell in jittery trading Wednesday, as the strengthening dollar and signs of a slowing economy outweighed inventory drops and OPEC's cutback of excess production. brThe Energy Department's Energy Information Administration said that crude inventories...
Environmental activists at a rally said Bangladesh should stick to the demand for realising compensation and grants to face the climate induced challenges, refusing large-scale loans at London conference. brThe rally was organised at the city's central Shaheed Minar Wednesday...
RANGPUR, Sept 10 (BSS): The short duration variety anti-Monga paddy of BRRI Dhan-33 now grows excellent everywhere and its harvesting will begin from the first week of October in all five districts of greater Rangpur to combat seasonal Monga this...
DU CorrespondentNotre Dame College stood first in terms of having the highest number of GPA-5 achievers in the HSC exams this year for the fourth consecutive year throughout the country.In the college, a total of 1,189 examinees, out of 2,258,...
The government Wednesday allocated Tk 20 million (2.0 crore) for National Acid Control Council (NACC) to give financial support to the acid victims for their treatment and rehabilitation and extending legal assistance, reports BSS. The decision was taken at the...
FE ReportKhanqueh-e-Shaheed (Ra) Mia Saheb Maidan Khanqueh Sharif, situated at Luxmi Bazar, in the old city of Dhaka, will hold religious discussion, Fateha khwani, zikir asker, milad and doa mahfil marking the holy Fateha Yazdaham (the holy Egaro Sharif) after...
Preparatory works precede the holding of international conferences. Therefore, these turn out to be predetermined events in many cases. There is every likelihood that the same would be the fate of the international conference in London which started from Wednesday...
Enayet RasulbrBangladesh ratified the UNCLOS treaty which is so vital for it on 27 July, 2001. Under its terms, ratifying nations doing so must submit formal claims to the United Nations (UN) within ten years from ratification. Therefore, Bangladesh must...
Fazle Rashid from New YorkbrAsif Ali Zardari, basking under the glory of his slain spouse Benazir Bhutto, assumed the office of the president of Pakistan. He neither possesses the intellectual height to which Benazir reached, nor has her charisma and...
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