Shahiduzzaman KhanNews AnalysisSome positive developments are taking place at the country's premier seaport. Once avoided as perennially dangerous one, many ocean-going vessels are now favouring the port for calling at. Vibrancy in multiple activities has added new dimension to the...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has imposed ban on export of hilsha for the next six months to augment supply of the same in the local markets.An inter-ministerial meeting held Wednesday with adviser in-charge of the agriculture ministry CS Karim in...
The interim government has moved to form a national security council (NSC) and is set to make a final decision shortly in this connection, officials said Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com A draft proposal on the council was sent to the Chief...
FE ReportThe council of advisers at a meeting Wednesday approved the 'Money Laundering Prevention Ordinance - 2007', empowering the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate allegations of money laundering, instead of Bangladesh Bank.The proposed Ordinance will be an amendment to the...
Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed urged Wednesday the BGMEA to focus more on developing manpower in the garments sector for exporting them abroad along with the readymade garments (RMG) products, reports BSS."We must train our youths and...
The government is planning to set up 56 BDR-controlled markets in the city to keep the prices of essentials stable prior to Ramadan. "The prices of the essentials will come under control once the markets are opened," LGRD, Rural Development...
Bangladesh Shilpa Bank (BSB) has recovered over Tk 1.06 billion (106.40 crore) loans during the 2006-07 financial year, which was 6.40 per cent higher than its recovery target. BSB Managing Director Md Amanullah disclosed these in the city Wednesday. —...
FE ReportThe government will seek extra fund from the World Bank in addition to one being provided under its four-year lending programme to support Bangladesh's development in different sectors like energy and power.Official sources said that the government would request...
Siddique Islam Remittances sent by Bangladeshis working abroad reached nearly US$6.00 billion, a record in the country's history, in fiscal 20006-07 that ended June 30 last, official sources said.They said the amount is 24.52 per cent higher than that of...
The Ministry of Home Affairs has okayed a proposal to empower deputy commissioners (DCs) of 17 districts with the authority to issue and renew passports, the ministry's secretary said Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com.Secretary Abdul Karim said the move was meant to...
M Azizur RahmanThe government is mulling over a plan to recast governing board of the state-owned power and energy companies aiming to remove anomalies and corruption in those entities.Secretaries of both Power Division and the Energy and Mineral Resources Division...
FHM Humayan KabirThe ongoing development projects of different ministries are now being scrutinised by the higher authorities ahead of a review meeting, which will be held shortly, official sources said.Sources in the finance ministry said the finance and planning adviser...
WRESTLING does not automatically enhance body vitality for anyone to aspire to join this tough game for improving frail health. A recent seminar in Dhaka sent out this message in a different way when it concluded that the country should...
Enayet RasulIT was no secret for a long time that some so called fish traders driven by the instinct of making quick money at the expense of public health, have been breeding fishes in sewer lagoons at Narayanganj near Dhaka...
Abul EhsanSOME of the leading western democratic countries including the United States have recognised gay-rights and legitimised the same sex marriages accepting the involved weird habit as a matter of biological orientation. When they have gone to such an extreme...
Michiyo NakamotoALMOST as soon as it has entered the Japanese lexicon, "shareholder activism" has become practically a dirty phrase in the land of stakeholder capitalism.The Japanese corporate community has responded to a growing band of shareholder activists with defence measures...
IT is surprising that the government introduced a provision to show birth registration for enjoying a number of citizen rights a few year back. Despite this, the process of birth registration is found very slow because many people are not...
THE Economic and Social Council of the United Nations is said to have selected this country along with Cambodia as the models in poverty alleviation and have invited their representatives to present their success stories at its on-going ministerial level...
Baradan Kuppusamy from Kuala LumpurUnskilled worker Henok Sibuea, 30, from Sumatra, Indonesia, gathered together his savings and, like thousands of his compatriots, paid for a boat trip across the Straits of Malacca and landed here hoping to escape poverty, get...
Water is not the stuff of business, it is a basic human right. Hama Arba Diallo, outgoing executive secretary of the Convention of the United Nations to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), is convinced that the United Nations is about to formally...
Hideko TakayamaKim Jong Il no longer supports the government of North Korea. Kim is a 66-year-old businessman who owns a shoe factory in Kobe, Japan. In 1997, he resolved to switch his citizenship to South Korea from North Korea after...
Zofeen Ebrahim from Geneva'Pro-poor Growth' sounded impressive as the title for a plenary at a major civil society meet here, but after the idea was explored, toyed with, taken apart and viewed from every possible angle it seemed as distant...
Imam, thank you very much. Thank you for inviting me. I bring my personal respect to you, sir. And I appreciate your friendship. I do want to thank the governors of the Islamic Center. I welcome the Ambassadors. Thank you...
Bo NilesAfter nearly 30 years I take my neighbourhood almost for granted, but on the rare occasion when I sit down and think about it, I find the place pretty amazing. On any given day within a few blocks of...
Linda BarthIt was a town where the trails started and the buck stopped. Home to a President and an outlaw, it made room for both.As you drive in from Kansas city, independence doesn't look as if it has much to...
SEOUL, July 3 (AFP): South Korea, China and the United States want to hold four-party talks including North Korea to discuss a peace treaty for the Korean peninsula, a Seoul foreign ministry official said Wednesday. "It is true that such...
A Pakistani soldier has been killed in clashes with radical Islamist students outside a rebellious mosque in the capital, Islamabad, officials say, reports BBC. Reports say police fired tear gas at a group of students and that students then opened...
SAN'A, Yemen, July 3 (AP): A suspected al-Qaida suicide bomber plowed his car Monday into a group of Spanish tourists visiting a temple linked to the ancient Queen of Sheba, killing seven Spaniards and two Yemenis in a part of...
TOKYO, July 3 (Reuters): Japan's defence minister resigned Tuesday over remarks that appeared to accept the 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe quickly tapped a woman for the post to try to quell...
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 3 (AFP): With her nearest rival gaining momentum in the 2008 US presidential race, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton brought in her biggest weapon yet in her race for the presidency: her husband Bill. The charismatic former...
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