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...
THE primary education in the country has been in more intense public discussion for the last few months, than before. The drop-out rate is high although enrollment is also very high because of many incentives that are provided to the...
IT is only natural that we regularly take offence at the attitude of CNG autorickshaw drivers when they invariably, almost without fail, demand, request or plead, for something extra over what their meter reads at the end of the trip...
Ahmed AlibrMOBILE Phone Banking allows banks to make transactions and allow banking activity with the use of a mobile phone. The concept is not new and has existed since the '90s as banks try to take the next step in...
Jorge HeinebrIt has been said that the only lessons from history are that there are none, that each generation forges its own fate anew. This may or may not be so, but if there is anything worse than ignoring history,...
Iftu AhmedbrFootball (soccer), the world's most popular sport, is getting even more popular around the world. World Cup, Olympic Games, European Cup, African Cup, Asian Cup, Women's World Cup and the recently introduce World Deaf Football Championships for Men's and...
BEJING, Sept 10 (AP) China's politically sensitive consumer inflation eased in August to a 14-month low, the government said Wednesday, and analysts said Beijing might turn from fighting price rises to revving up the slowing economy.brDemand for Chinese exports remains...
WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Internet) Singapore kept its top ranking for the third year in a row as the easiest place in the world to do business, the World Bank said in a report Wednesday.brThe Asian city-state edged out New Zealand...
TOKYO, Sept 10 (AFP) Japan was hit by more bad economic news today as rising energy costs shaved the current account surplus and wholesale prices grew at their fastest pace in nearly three decades. brThe data was released as Japan's...
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