PLANNING to make the best possible use of land is becoming more and more important in the context of Bangladesh which has a relatively small land area compared to its huge population. The limited land available for its vast population...
The government should revamp its present social afforestation programme with the policy and legal frameworks placing the authority to the group of forest users for its management, reports BSS.Academics, environmentalists, local community leaders and concerned government officials in a deliberation...
COLOMBO, Aug 01 (UNB): Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have agreed to revive and reactivate Joint Economic Commission (JEC) to boost trade relations between the two South Asian countries.Identical views were expressed while Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed and Sri Lankan...
Sarwar Zahan | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate ended the week with a sharp rise last week that resulted from decision of the central bank to improve market discipline, fund managers said.The market faced pressure on liquidity despite injection of fresh cash into...
H. Josef Hebert | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
In a summer of nationwide anguish over fuel costs, Congress' attack on soaring gasoline prices has been full of high-octane rhetoric and low-energy results.Both parties instead have fought bitterly for weeks over who can make the best political points for...
COLOMBO, Aug 1 (UNB): South Asian leaders from eight SAARC countries sit for a summit meeting here Saturday to chart a roadmap to address the challenges of soaring food and fuel prices, trade imbalances, climate change and terrorism and improve...
FARIDPUR, Aug 1 (UNB): A bus driver and his helper were killed and 15 people injured when a bus hit a truck, parked on the Dhaka-Khulna highway, in Shibrampur area in Sadar Upazila early Friday.Bus driver Fazlul Haque (42) and...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
Rice import rose by nearly 215 per cent in quantity and 400 per cent in price in the last fiscal (2007-08) compared to the previous fiscal. But still the price has not come down in the domestic market, the central...
BEIJING, August 1 (AFP): Chinese President Hu Jintao appealed Friday to keep politics out of the Olympics, trying to deflect international criticism one week before an event that has put the spotlight on Beijing's behaviour at home and abroad.The run-up...
EDGBASTON, Aug 1 (Cricinfo): Mark Boucher played a typically feisty innings to lift South Africa to a useful lead of 83 on the third morning at Edgbaston. Following the adrenalin-fuelled action of yesterday evening England did a reasonably efficient job...
From Fazle Rashid | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
NEW YORK, Aug 1: All the US intelligence agencies have been brought under the one single agency known as National Intelligence. The idea mooted at the beginning of President Bush's second term in 2004 has at last been fructified.There are...
DU Correspondent | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman said cooperation and understanding among the political parties is a must for overall development, as no single party could unilaterally resolve the problems of the country.He said this while addressing the biennial conference of Bangladesh...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 1 (BSS): Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) has imposed restrictions on campaign in the city corporation areas on the occasion of the August 4 Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) election.An RMP notification here today said restriction has been imposed on...
FE report | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
Standard Bank Ltd has introduced SME and rural banking scheme for the help and development of the lower, middle and lower-middle class people of the country.Standard Bank Chairman Kazi Akramuddin Ahmed said this while presiding over the 9th annual general...
WHAT happened to the reports or recommendations of the numerous commissions and committees, constituted since the independence of the country in response to governmental and administrative fallings? Probe bodies were formed to investigate the causes of launch mishaps, lack of...
JHALOKATI, Aug 1 (UNB): Funeral of septuagenarian freedom fighter Amol Das was held at his Bashbunia village in Kathalia Upazila with state honour Wednesday.Family members said Amol Das (70), who was suffering from old age ailments since long, died on...
GALLE, Aug 1 (Cricinfo): Sri Lanka couldn't get Virender Sehwag out, but Ajantha Mendis found a way around him, dismissing most of the others cheaply before Harbhajan Singh enacted a similar turnaround to restore the balance at the end of...
MAGURA, Aug 1 (UNB): A special court in the district Thursday convicted a man and awarded him life term imprisonment for violating a minor girl.The court also fined the convict, Mizanur Rahman (20), Tk 50,000, in default, to suffer one...
Kayes M Sohel | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
Titas, the state-owned gas distribution company, is facing an uphill task in offloading the rest of its shares in nine remaining trading days as required under direct listing regulations.A company seeking to go for direct listing has to offload 10...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has drawn up a work plan for expansion of tax net in the current fiscal through motivation of community leaders and encouraging taxpayers, officials said.The board has decided to involve district and Upazila administration,...
Fakhrul Alam | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 01: An artificial crisis of fertiliser persists in different upazilas of greater Chittagong including Cox's Bazar, Bandarban and Khagrachari. The farmers are warried of their future due to such a crisis of essential requisite for cultivation during the...
SEOUL, August 1 (AFP): South Korea's top court ruled Thursday that parents have the right to know the sex of their unborn babies, sparking concerns the decision might result in more sex-selection abortions.The Constitutional Court overturned a law that prohibited...
Former BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan said Friday if Khaleda Zia was released there would be no more division within the party, reports bdnews24.com.On the proposals for party reform that arose last year, the just-released BNP leader said the...
FE Report | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
Prices of onion, tea and dry chili have increased in the city's retail markets but prices of other essentials including rice and flour remained unchanged during the past one week.According to traders, prices of non-brand edible oil declined by Tk...
Harvey Morris at the United NationsInternational aid money sent to Burma's cyclone victims is being lost as a result of the junta's foreign exchange regulations, according to United Nations officials.John Holmes, the UN's humanitarian affairs chief, has described the loss...
KABUL, August 1 (AFP): Insurgent attacks in Afghanistan have hit record highs this year with hundreds of civilians killed, including 19 aid workers, and spreading insecurity cutting back relief work, aid groups said Friday.Unrest had spread to once stable areas...
It's an exciting time to be involved in Twenty20 and the top six Associate nations get their chance at the big time when the World Twenty20 Qualifiers begin in Belfast Saturday, reports Cricinfo.The two finalists will quality for the World...
Former BNP lawmaker Moazzem Hossain Alal was released on bail from Dhaka Central Jail Friday morning, reports bdnews24.com.A High Court (HC) bench granted bail last week to the former general secretary of Jatiyotabadi Jubo Dol."I express my gratitude to the...
TTBC Limited, country's leading mobile phone value added service company, Thursday signed a deal with Grameenphone (GP) to provide 'Off Portal' service, reports UNB.Subscribers of GP will be able to download EDGE based mobile contents from the link http://www.mobile-masala.com.The contents...
FE Report | 2008-08-01 00:00:00
The country's telecom regulatory body has decided to fine operators $50 for selling each unregistered SIM card and will conduct inspections from (today) Friday, a senior official said.He said Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission took the decision of raising the fine...
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