Our Correspondent | 2008-08-30 00:00:00
JESSORE, Aug 29: The tenth death anniversary of journalist RM Saiful Alam Mukul will be observed here today (Saturday).Jessore-based Bangla daily The Runner Editor RM Saiful Alam Mukul was killed at Bezpara in the town on August 30, 1998 while...
Md Shamsul Haque | 2008-08-30 00:00:00
ACCORDING to reports, there is hardly any letup in the activities of the rackets which have been taking large sums of money from gullible people with promises of sending them abroad with jobs. They provide forged visas in many cases...
Bangladesh has proposed direct road links with Myanmar and Thailand, reports UNB.Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, who is now in India to join the 10th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting, made the proposal Friday during his meetings with Myanmar Foreign Minister U...
Acting Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam Friday accused BNP of striking an underhand deal with the military-backed caretaker government, reports UNB.Referring to Thursday's meeting of Khaleda Zia with BNP secretary general Khondoker Delwar Hossain and Jamaat secretary general...
BNP said Friday it had received a letter from the Election Commission inviting the party to talks over registration of political parties, the deadline for which ends on Oct 15, reports bdnews24.com.The letter addressing Khandker Delwar Hossain as the secretary...
Foreign adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury had bilateral talks with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee Thursday, at the sidelines of the 10th ministerial meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation in New Delhi, reports...
THERE is no sign of an improvement of power supply in the country. It has been affecting all of us for more than two years. Recently, knitwear manufacturers once again expressed concern at the frequent power disruption affecting their production....
Sri Lankan Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen GSC Fonseka left Dhaka Friday after a four-day visit to Bangladesh, reports UNB.He was accompanied by his wife Anoma Indumathi Fonseka and a seven-member military delegation.On behalf of Chief of Army Staff,...
BOGRA, Aug 28 (bdnews24.com): Asadullah Al Ghalib, alleged militant kingpin and Ahle Hadith Andolon, Bangladesh (AHAB) chief, was released on bail from Bogra jail Thursday.Bogra district superintendent of police Abdur Razzak told journalists Ghalib had got bail in four out...
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) has developed sustainable model for qualitative development of pre-childhood and primary education through Community Learning Action Project (BIKASH), reports BSS.This project has helped increasing percentage of school going children and number of stipends, reducing the number...
Engineer Shafiqul Alam | 2008-08-30 00:00:00
TRANSPORT is an important element in determining not only the city's efficiency, but also its sustainability. While most of the cities regularly vie to build the tallest building, they pay much less attention to smart and energy-efficient infrastructures that minimize...
FE Report | 2008-08-30 00:00:00
After nine straight bearish weeks, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed a buoyant week that ended Thursday on pinning hopes about a positive outcome from the securities regulator's ongoing series of meetings with different stakeholders to stabilise the market.The trading...
Md. Abdul Hamid | 2008-08-30 00:00:00
Introducing any regulation is certainly a tough job. When the parliament is there, the government puts forward a bill to the house for approval of the members. All of the members get then the opportunity to give their opinions in...
Siddique Islam | 2008-08-30 00:00:00
The country's overall trade deficit widened by 60.23 per cent to US$5.541 billion in the last fiscal due to price hike of essential items, including fuel and foodgrains, in the global market.The higher trade deficit pushed the country's overall balance...
BRAHMANBARIA, Aug 29 (bdnews24.com): Bikalpadhara Bangladesh (BDB) president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury has said that political parties needed more time beyond the Oct 15 deadline to register with the Election Commission (EC).He also said he believed it was better to hold...
The Bangladesh economy has been keeping its head above the waters as indicated by periodic statistics from different sources. But the economy also has had its share of troubles in the last two years from slowed-down economic activities. Government's policies...
China expects smooth general elections in Bangladesh to maintain stability as Beijing defined her future relations with Dhaka in four major fields, reports UNB."China closely follows the political situation in Bangladesh. Over the past year, the caretaker government has made...
Mahsudul M Islam, a young executive of a mobile phone company, carries his laptop to the office to keep an eye on his share prices."But this DSE website is hardly accessible during trading hours. It takes ages to refresh just...
Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson arrived in Bangladesh Friday evening on a three-day visit to attend the concluding session of an international conference on climate change, an official said, reports bdnew24.com.President Iajuddin Ahmed received the Iceland President at Zia International...
FRANKFURT, (Internet): The European Central Bank (ECB), the US Federal Reserve and other central banks plan to ease dollar refinancing rules in times of emergency, the Financial Times Deutschland said Thursday.According to a proposal, the Fed would make loans in...
THE Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), it seems, became conscious of improving garbage collection from the Dhaka city. It was reported sometime ago that the DCC signed an agreement with a bilateral donor agency to set up a modern garbage recycling...
Experts at a roundtable Thursday demanded of the government to amend the existing marriage laws identifying the loopholes to prevent child marriages, which have assumed an alarming proportion in the country.ActionAid Bangladesh in collaboration with Saptahik 2000 organised the roundtable...
FE Report | 2008-08-29 00:00:00
The government has set end of 2009 as the latest deadline to abolish pre-shipment inspection (PSI) system as it is building its own capacity to inspect the country's soaring imports, finance adviser said Thursday.Mirza Azizul Islam said: "Within the next...
HANOI, Aug. 28 (Xinhua): Vietnam is estimated to spend roughly 1.2 billion U.S. dollars importing 2.5 million tons of fertilizers in the first eight months of this year, seeing respective year-on-year rises of 106.6 per cent and 4.4 per cent,...
The Taskforce Wednesday night filed a case against former minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed accusing him of withdrawing Tk 19 million (1.9 crore) from IFIC Bank in fake names, reports UNB.Luthfar Rahman of the Taskforce filed the case with Motijheel thana...
Farhan Sharif and | 2008-08-29 00:00:00
Chua Kong HoKARACHI: Pakistan imposed emergency trading limits to halt a slide in stocks that sent the benchmark index down 42 per cent since April, the second attempt in two months to restore confidence in a market battered by political...
The High Court (HC) Thursday asked the government to explain why sections of the amended RPO relating to political party's constitution and politics based on religion should not be declared unconstitutional, reports bdnews24.com.The bench of justices Syed Mahmud Hossain and...
THE month of Ramadan is just near. The capital which is experiencing severe traffic congestion is readying itself for more pressure in the month of Ramadan. The Dhaka's Police Commissioner has said that they are moving with a comprehensive plan...
NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters): The ranks of unemployed workers soared more than 20 per cent in 25 New York counties in the first half of 2008, even in wealthy suburbs around New York City such as Westchester and Nassau,...
TOKYO, Aug 28 (RTTNews): The stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region closed mixed Thursday in seesaw trading after Wall Street finished firm overnight on a rebound in financial stocks and better-than-expected durable goods orders.The Japanese stock market closed mixed after...
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