Law and Information Adviser Mainul Hosein said Sunday the government is contemplating to allow indoor politics in a limited way, but did not spell out any timetable, report agencies.Talking to reporters at his office, he said the government would have...
Communications Adviser MA Matin Sunday said none of the persons accused of corruption would be spared, reports BSS.Actions would be taken following investigation against the corrupt person whoever he or she is, he said while talking to reporters after presiding...
FE Report The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) announced Sunday a Tk 14.02 billion budget for fiscal 2007-08, down by around 7.0 per cent from that of the previous year. The DCC has not raised the holding tax in the new...
Dialogue between the Election Commission (EC) and political parties on the draft of electoral law reforms is not taking place now as the politicians appeared lukewarm about the EC-offered informal talk, reports UNB."We will listen if anyone (politician) wants to...
Awami League presidium members Tofail Ahmed and Suranjit Sengupta are likely to present their broader views on the party-reform proposals already spelt out by their colleague Abdur Razzak.Tofael is likely to give his own views on Razzak's reform recipe today...
Some BNP leaders with close ties to party Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan Sunday said they did not have any contradiction with Chairperson Khaleda Zia over the reform plan, reports bdnews24.com.After a meeting with Bhuiyan at his Gulshan residence, Joint...
Farhan Bokhari, FT Syndication ServiceISLAMABAD: Foreign direct investment into Pakistan has doubled to more than $7.0bn in the financial year ending last Saturday, said the privatisation and investment minister Friday.Zahid Hamid said the growth in FDI, which includes portfolio investment,...
An Iranian flag-carrying container ship started sinking Sunday morning 60 nautical miles south-east of Hiron Point of Mongla sea-port, as cracks developed on its lower deck. Mongla Port Harbour Master Captain Shariful Hossain said, the MV Mir Danad began taking...
Air Commodore Muhammad Enamul Bari has been appointed the Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Operation and Training) with effect from Sunday, said an ISPR press release. On the same day he has been promoted to the rank of Air Vice...
FE Report The National Board of Revenue (NBR) received income tax worth Tk 86.6 million from 141 undisclosed money holders across the country until Saturday, the last day of the fiscal 2006-07. The tax, including penalties, was received from the...
Chief Prosecutor of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Advocate Mahbubur Rahman Sunday stepped down amidst media reports about his alleged corruption in the past, reports UNB.He tendered his resignation to ACC Chairman Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury citing 'health ground' after less than...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has started investigating an alleged misappropriation of funds by the First Solution Money Transfer Ltd., a London-based company, which had maintained contacts with some local banks for money transfer. "We have taken steps to...
FE Report Bank lending to agriculture and rural small businesses have been decreasing significantly in recent years, a report said. "Rural small businesses and farmers are unable to play their due role in growth and employment generation due to limited...
Doctors at Ibrahim Memorial Hospital (BIRDEM) Sunday returned to work after giving authorities a one-month deadline to regularise their jobs under the uniform service rules for all, reports bdnews24.com. The doctors demanded that the decisions taken at the recent national...
FE ReportTwo commissionerates of the Chittagong Customs House (CCH) started functioning separately from Sunday with a view to making the overall customs clearing and forwarding procedures more effective and easier at the country's main export-import hub.Segregation of duties and responsibilities...
The Anti-Corruption Commission will start serving notices to 17 corruption suspects, including former ministers Moudud Ahmed and Aminul Haque, today (Monday) directing them to submit their wealth statements within seven working days, reports UNB."The notices are ready…We'll start sending those...
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is enlisted as one of the 30 top business entrepreneurs "of all time" by the Business Week in its June 27 issue for his contribution in economy and market, reports UNB.Business Week wrote that Muhammad Yunus,...
Naim-Ul-KarimPrices of different brands of cigarettes have increased by Tk 7.0 to Tk 15 per pack of 20 in the city's retail market from the very first day of the fiscal year 2007-08.In the retail market, Gold Leaf, Benson and...
FE ReportThe caretaker government is most likely to extend the closing time for shops by one hour to 8:0 pm in response to the pleas from shop-owners.Energy and Power Adviser Tapan Chowdhury at a meeting with the shop owners Sunday...
RAJSHAHI, July 1 (BSS): There is a bright prospect that sericulture can create employment for the rural people and alleviate poverty through its expansion and development by utilising existing natural resources.As an agro-based and labour-intensive industry, sericulture can involve a...
FE Report IFC (International Finance Corporation) Advisory Services for South Asia - the SouthAsia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF)-and BRAC have agreed to work together to address the threat of avian influenza contamination at poultry farms and wet markets in Dhaka....
KUSHTIA, July 1 (UNB): Three people were killed and 15 others injured in two separate road accidents in the district Saturday.The deceased were identified as Jamir Ali (40), of Madandanga village, and Moslem Uddin (70), of Madhupur village of Jhenidah...
SYLHET, July 1 (UNB): The afforestation programme in Jaflong Green Park in Goainghat Upazila began Friday under the supervision of the joint forces.Jaflong Foundation and Forest Department have jointly taken up the afforestation programme.The joint forces in separate drives from...
BANDARBAN, July 1 (UNB): Project coordinator Masuram Master, suspected mastermind of June 26 kidnap of DANIDA project official and four others were arrested Sunday.Kidnapped Hossain Shahid Sumon could not be rescued till Sunday evening.Security officials keeping track of the kidnappers...
Members of Narcotics Control Department arrested eight persons, including four women, along with around four kilogram of heroin worth Tk 40 million from a house in the city's Wari area Saturday night, reports UNB.Police said acting on a tip-off, a...
FE ReportAn orientation ceremony for summer semester-2007 of Eastern University (EU) was held at its auditorium in the city recently.The programme was held in two sessions: one at 10:00 am and another at 3:00 pm. Eastern University (EU) Vice-Chancellor Rahim...
DU CorrespondentAll academic activities of Dhaka University resume today (Monday) after a month-long summer vacation.Students, who went to their village homes on vacation, were seen coming back to different residential halls Sunday as the month-long vacation ended Saturday.Classes of the...
FE ReportMd Aminul Haque has unanimously been re-elected chairman of Prime Finance and Investment Limited for the third time in the 141st board meeting of the company held recently. Haque started his career in the year 1964 with Industrial Development...
SATKHIRA, July 1 (UNB): Eight women and children were detained by jawans of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) while they were illegally going to India through Bhomra frontier at Sadar Upazila Friday night.The arrested were identified as Harimohan Bala (55), Paribala Dashi...
Senior Awami League (AL) leader Abu Sayeed claimed Sunday that presidium member Abdur Razzak did not make any demand for the exclusion of Sheikh Hasina from the party, reports bdnews24.com. Sayeed accused the media of twisting Razzak's personal reform proposals,...
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