THE participants in a two-day National Health Rights Conference held recently in the city under the sponsorship of Health Research and Rights Foundation, stressed the need for raising health consciousness among the masses. According to them, due to lack of...
M. Rafiqul Islam, NDC, PSC, THE last political government departed about seven months ago and following a period of show of strength, confusion and uncertainty, the present caretaker government took over and is conducting the affairs of the state fairly...
Samina RizwanTHE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Bangladesh in January, 2006 the Guidelines of Corporate Governance for publicly listed companies. The guidelines along with the best practices and regulations of the Companies Act 1994 (Amended), the Banking Companies Act,...
Vaclav KlausWE are living in strange times. One exceptionally warm winter is enough - irrespective of the fact that in the course of the 20th century the global temperature increased only by 0.6 per cent - for the environmentalists and...
S M JahangirThe government might go for tougher actions, including confiscation of assets, against those who will not avail themselves of the opportunity to legalise undisclosed income within the given timeframe."Tougher actions await the persons, who will fail to legalise...
Siddique Islam The central bank of Bangladesh is going to introduce a refinancing scheme for the housing sector for the first time to meet one of the basic needs of the people, official sources said. Under the proposed scheme of...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) looks forward to earning Tk 5.0 billion in additional revenue in fiscal 2007-08 for readjustment of the duty structure on the proposed budget.The government has proposed withdrawal of a 4.0 per cent...
Shakhawat Hossain The government may withdraw the proposal for imposing duty on computer and its accessories in the context of a large number of requests received from the members of the public for such a withdrawal, an official source in...
BARISAL, June 17 (UNB): Waterway transport operation in Barisal region is being severely disrupted as launch movement on all the 33 routes has nearly halted since Saturday morning for inclement weather following the onset of monsoon in the country.Port sources...
M Azizur RahmanThe Power Cell under the Power Division has found five lowest private bidders to set up small independent power plants (IPPs) at ten different locations to generate 200 megawatts (MW) electricity on build, own and operate (BOO) basis...
FE ReportThe unusual delay by the government in releasing 86,000 tonnes of imported fertiliser worth around US$ 32.70 million has caused financial losses to the private importers. The frustrated importers are now mulling to file cases with the courts against...
FE Report The post office savings bank has been allowed by the government to pay interest at compound rates instead of existing simple rate to the account holders to encourage more investment, official sources said. The government made the decision...
Bangabandhu murder case convict AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed is on his way to Dhaka, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Sunday afternoon, report agencies. He is learnt to have boarded a plane from Los Angeles and is likely to be flown...
Political parties will have to select a panel of two or three probable candidates in each constituency, who are to be elected by the party's own local committee, for fielding one of them for general election as per new rules...
FE Report The Shipping Adviser MA Matin asked officials of the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Sunday to float international tender for private operation of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) shortly.Adviser Matin held a meeting with CPA officials in Chittagong...
FE Report Speakers at a seminar Sunday underscored the need for introducing new banking products and a revised banking policy for the country's light engineering sector's access to finance.They also said regular training programmes for the workers and introducing a...
Sheikh Hasina wants to bring broader reforms to the Awami League to ensure transparency and accountability, AL leader Faruk Khan said Sunday. In an interview with bdnews24.com, the commerce and industry secretary of the AL said Hasina wants deeper reforms...
Naim-Ul-KarimAbout 1,000 Biman employees have applied for voluntary retirement until Sunday in response to the management's golden handshake offer announced June 4, official sources said.By June 20, the last date for submission of voluntary retirement applications, sources said, total number...
Retired Lt General Mahbubur Rahman Sunday demanded resignation of Khaleda Zia from BNP as chairperson, reports bdnews24.com. According to him, Khaleda Zia has lost the legitimacy to remain political chief of the party. The BNP standing committee member and former...
FE ReportThe overall operation of Chittagong Port has improved, but it needs further improvement in management to harness its full potentiality as far as the economy of Bangladesh is concerned, said a port user Sunday."Though there is a good improvement...
FE ReportThe inter-bank call money rate eased slightly Sunday despite withdrawal of cash through reverse repurchase agreement (repo) and treasury bills, fund managers said. The rate moved between 6.50 per cent and 10.00 per cent against the previous day's range...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK June 17: The United States has never been so unpopular across the globe as it is now, media analysts and former White House and State Department officials say.The major blow to America's image abroad has been...
RAJSHAHI, June 17 (bdnews24.com): A Rajshahi court framed charges today (Sunday) against BNP leaders Aminul Haque, Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu and Nadim Mostafa and 27 others for backing militancy. Rajshahi Additional Sessions Judge Abu Saleh Sheikh Md Zahirul Haque framed...
FE ReportIspahani Public School and College, Chittagong has retained the progression of its brilliant success in the results of SSC examinations this year by securing 100 per cent pass and 89 GPA-5 (A+) out of the total 107 examinees.The remaining...
FE ReportStock prices remained mixed on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Sunday despite a significant rise in the turnover.The turnover rose to Tk 1.531 billion from Tk 1.357 billion of Thursday, the last trading day."Institutional investors are showing enthusiasm and it...
Rebecca Knight, FT Syndication ServiceResearchers have discovered a drug that slows, and may even halt, the progression of Parkinson's disease.Isradipine, widely used for hypertension and stroke, rejuvenates ageing dopamine cells, whose death in the brain causes the symptoms of the...
Five members of the Public Service Commission (PSC) have been 'relieved' of their post, in the current purge of the recruiting agency for government cadre officials. President Iajuddin Ahmed has "relieved them of the post of PSC member through accepting...
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) has undertaken an initiative to market fresh vegetables from Narsingdi through its existing 20 sales outlets in the capital as part of its ongoing effort to stabilise prices of essentials. They would also sell vegetables through four...
Bangladesh urged unity among the feuding Palestinian groups in view of the latest outbreaks of fight between the supporters of Hamas and Fatah. In response to a media query on the situation in Palestine, Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said,...
MOSCOW, June 17 (BSS): An "Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Governments of Bangladesh and Ukraine" was signed in the Embassy of Ukraine in Moscow Friday.Bangladesh Ambassador to the Russian Federation, who is concurrently accredited to Ukraine, M...
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