A mammoth nationwide task of preparing digitialised voter list plus national ID card starts off in mid-July from Rajshahi, the Election Commission announced Wednesday, reports UNB. The EC would begin making the electoral roll with photograph plus National Identity (NID)...
Two girls - Khukumoni and Mazeda Khatun - Wednesday committed suicide in the city following their SSC exam result disappointments. Khukumoni (17) of Khilgaon was the daughter of SM Kholilur Rahman. He said, after receiving the SSC results, Khukumoni retreated...
Villagers beat to death two alleged robbers who attempted a robbery at Pinarchar in South Keraniganj under Dhaka early Wednesday, police said. — bdnews24.com
S M JahangirA huge amount of foreign currencies have reportedly been laundered abroad from the country by a section of dishonest raw jute traders through underhanded export deals.The sector insiders said many exporters are involved in such illegal money transfer...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Wednesday suggested allowing untaxed money to be invested in the stock market to bring dynamism in the economy of the country."There is a large amount of untaxed money in the country and we feel...
US Ambassador Patricia Butenis Wednesday said as the present government was sworn in to office under the constitution's caretaker provision, its mandate is clearly to produce good elections without unnecessary delays, reports UNB."We strongly support the caretaker government's commitment to...
FE ReportBusiness leaders of the country's textile sector have urged the government to withdraw the proposed import duty and value added tax (VAT) on capital machinery to maintain the growth momentum of the sector.The businessmen Wednesday held a meeting at...
INCESSANT torrential rains have wreaked havoc on Chittagong city life as well as triggered disastrous mudslides that swept away settlements lying at the foot of small hills in the port city and its adjacent areas. The calamity took a heavy...
Enayet RasulEVERY year, during the rainy season, the waterlogging and flood-like conditions in the capital city -- and now also in the port city of Chittagong -- are turning worse. This year, the problems are likely to be manifested in...
Gerard Lyons STATE capitalism and resource nationalism are set to become two of the main economic issues of our time. Across Asia, Russia and the Middle East, governments look set to use their countries' currency reserves and savings to acquire...
Hasan MahmudTHE annual conference of the deputy commissioners (DCs) recently concluded in Dhaka with a call from the Chief Adviser to maintain honesty in the public administration. This is ritual that the head of the government will suggest like this....
AT last monsoon has arrived to relieve all of us from the unbearable hot spell, which had prevailed in the country for the last couple of months. But soon after the temperature plummeted with the downpour, another problem has surfaced...
EVERY effort should be made to plan and implement better the load shedding operations. This is also possible after getting feedbacks from various types of users about their need, peak time of uses and preferences. A proper and carefully crafted...
DOES money have any colour as we are now a days led to believe ! I think they only have hue. Look at the taka two denomination note. It is the market leader. Torn beyond recognition, battered, beaten, defaced, scotched...
Thalif Deen from the United Nations"With the war turning out to be a huge political liability for the ruling Republican Party at the upcoming elections in November," an Asian diplomat told IPS, "it is a safe guess the White House...
Jay ShankarInside a makeshift tent pitched on a west Indian railway platform, Daji Mohite awaits an operation to remove cataracts. He's about to board the Lifeline Express, the world's oldest charity hospital on train tracks. ``I have waited for so...
Sharon Smyth and Ricard AlonsoJavier Usua and Ruth Graneda never got out of the car when they visited Sanchinarro and Las Tablas, two of Madrid's biggest new suburban developments. The concrete-block buildings and empty streets were all they needed to...
Joe Cochrane from JakartaIndonesia is to relaunch efforts to privatise dozens of state-owned companies, beginning with a public offering of one of the country's largest state-owned banks, a senior government official said Thursday.Sofyan Djalil, the minister for state-owned enterprises (SOEs),...
GENEVA, June 12 (AFP): Developing countries vowed yesterday to stand their ground on key principles in deadlocked global trade talks, a week before four World Trade Organisation (WTO) powers are to make yet another bid to unlock the negotiations. Brazilian...
WASHINGTON, June 12 (AFP): The World Bank is planning an international fund of at least 250 million dollars to fight deforestation, which contributes to global warming, a bank official said yesterday. The targets for the fund are all countries that...
WASHINGTON, June 12 (AFP): US lawmakers are to unveil a proposed law this week that could address concerns China is keeping its currency allegedly undervalued, Congressional staff said. Details of a bipartisan bill "to address undervalued currencies that harm US...
SINGAPORE, June 12 (AFP): Tokyo is Asia's leading centre of commerce but London is number one in the world, said a study released today by MasterCard. Three other Asian cities-Hong Kong, Seoul and Singapore - ranked among the world's top...
BEIJING, June 12 (PTI): Bilateral trade between India and China rose 53.7 per cent to USD14.2 billion during the first five months of the year, witnessing the fastest growth rate among the Communist nation's top ten trading partners. China-India bilateral...
FRANKFURT, June 12 (AFP): Workers in the former East Germany still earn up to 40 per cent less than their counterparts in the west of the country nearly two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, according to a...
SINGAPORE, June 12 (AFP): Oil prices were lower in Asian trade today after sharp gains overnight on fresh concerns over US gasoline (petrol) supplies, dealers said. New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in July, was...
NEW DELHI, Jun 12 (PTI): India, Pakistan and Iran are likely to sign an agreement for a tri-nation gas pipeline costing over USD seven billion by end of next month, Petroleum Secretary M.S.Srinivasan said yesterday. "India and Pakistan will have...
HANOI, June 12 (Xinhua): Vietnam is estimated to ship abroad some 1 billion U.S. dollars worth of tra and basa, two most common types of catfish in the country, in 2007, up from 661 million dollars in 2006 and 328...
HARARE, June 12 (Xinhua): The Zimbabwean government is set to boost agricultural production through provision of requisite equipment to farmers in a bid to reduce the country's spiralling inflation, an official said yesterday. Speaking at the handover ceremony of agricultural...
KATHMANDU, June 12 (Xinhua): The Nepali Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC) has launched the second phase of the Energy Sector Assistance Program (ESAP) to promote the use of alternative energy in the rural areas of the country, The Himalayan Times...
UCBL signed a corporate agreement with banglalink in the city recently, said a press release.Under the agreement, the post-paid subscribers of the banglalink will get international roaming for UCB dual currency credit cards at a special discount rate and UCBL...
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