FE ReportThe Power Development Board (PDB) shuts down today (Saturday) unit-2 of the Barapukuria coal-fired power plant, having 125-megawatt (MW) generation capacity for urgent maintenance purpose."It will take at least 10 days to complete the maintenance work of the plant,"...
Doulot Akter MalaPrices of most life-saving drugs rose sharply over the past few days due to short supply in the local market. Manufacturers claimed that prices increased because of price manipulation while traders blamed short supply by the manufacturers for...
HEILIGENDAMM, June 8 (Agencies): Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations pledged here yesterday to intensify anti-corruption efforts, both at the national and international levels, terming the fight against corruption as "one of the most important tasks of...
FE ReportNational Tea Company Ltd (NTC) earned Tk 30.292 million as net profit in the year ended December 31,2006 against Tk 27.356 million of the corresponding period of the previous year.The NTC produced 4,766,000 kg tea in the year against...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, June 8: The lust for money is as intense in a rich man as it is in a poor man. It is one aspect of like that does not discriminate between the rich and the poor....
GENEVA (Xinhua): One in five workers around the world are still working excessively long hours, often merely to make ends meet, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said Thursday. In a new report, the ILO said an estimated 22 per cent...
The delegation of EU troika said Friday the European Union would be content if a date is found in 2008 for the elections in Bangladesh, reports UNB.After a meeting with Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury at his office, delegation leader...
FE ReportSpeakers at a seminar have suggested proper treatment and management of industrial and clinical waste to save the people from environmental degradation.They underscored the need for taking immediate action plan considering the adverse impact of global warming as the...
A federal judge of California in the USA has stayed the deportation proceedings for seven days against Mohiuddin Ahmed, condemned convict in the Bangabandhu murder case, after fresh hearing of his case, reports UNB.In his ruling Thursday, the judge charged...
The government has asked deputy commissioners (DCs) to keep a close eye on the market to rein in soaring prices of daily essentials, Cabinet Secretary Ali Imam Majumder said Friday. The instructions came at the final session of the district...
PANCHAGARH, June 8: Nine sugar mills of Rajshahi division have produced sugar worth about Tk 3.16 billion (316 crore) in 2006-07 crushing season. Official sources said some 1,51,180 acres of land under the nine sugar mills areas were brought under...
The Prime Minister of Thuringen state of Germany has sought nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus' advice on state policy concerning introduction of a welfare programme promoted by some leading economists, reports UNB. During a meeting convened by Prime Minister Dieter Althaus...
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court in Dhaka Friday approved three more days for the police to interrogate former state minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in an arms case, reports bdnews24.com. The same court passed order to send Bengal...
TANGAIL, June 8 (bdnews24.com): Villagers lynched an alleged leader of the banned Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) on the bank of the river Dhaleshwari, a police official said Friday. The incident occurred late Thursday in Shibpur village under Baghil union...
Mujahidul Islam Selim, general secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Friday said an anti-people, anti-national reactionary philosophy was followed in the proposed budget, reports UNB.Giving his initial reaction on the budget, he said more or less another traditional budget...
CHUADANGA, June 8 (bdnews24.com): Detective branch (DB) of police arrested local BNP leader and Bhangabaria Union Parishad chairman Sanwar Hossain Laddu in Chuadanga town, a police official said Friday. Laddu, vice-president of Alamdanga Upazila BNP, was arrested in a Thursday...
KHULNA, June 8: Joint forces arrested a BNP leader and UP Chairman of Narail from Khulna Court area Tuesday last, reports BSS. Joint Forces sources said a team from Narail with the help of RAB-6 arrested Sazzad Hussain and his...
BARGUNA, June 8 (UNB): A former madrasah super was arrested at Maitha village in Sadar Upazila suspecting his link with the banned Jam'atul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) Tuesday.The arrested was identified as moulana Mostafa Hossain Nomani (55), former super of local...
RANGPUR, June 8 (BSS): Poverty alleviation has improved significantly following involvement of people of the poorer section with different income-generating activities in recent times all over greater Rangpur including the remote erosion-prone char areas, concerned officials said today.This was possible...
Although marriage as a sacred bond has immense importance in human society and civilisation, wedlock between a boy and a girl at their early age, however, invites disaster leading to acute sufferings in future, reports BSS.There perhaps no specific date...
CHANDPUR, June 8 (BSS) Chandpur Matlab Meghna -Dhonagoda Project is threatened by the erosion of the river Meghna, official sources said. Officials of Meghna-Dhonagoda Irrigation project said erosion by the river Meghna from Eklashpur to Shaitnal has been continuing alarmingly...
NARSINGDI, June 8 (BSS): The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said that this year the production of jackfruit in Narsingdi district may exceed the record of the past ten years as a result of favourable climate. DAE officials talking to...
RAJSHAHI, June 8 (BSS): Agriculture experts stressed the need for successful promotion of integrated pest management system in the agri-fields for ensuring sound and healthy environment."The destructive pests can easily be controlled through promoting a balanced fertilizer method instead of...
BHURUNGAMARI, June 8 (BSS): A high-powered joint India-Bangladesh team visited Bhurungamari border in Kurigram adjoining Dhubri district of Assam for identifying boundary lines and observing progress of the ongoing reconstruction work of lost and river-eroded boundary pillars Wednesday, official sources...
MYMENSINGH, June 8 (UNB): Ninety-six vagabonds fled from a vagabond shelter centre at Dhola in Trishal Upazila after killing one of their fellow men and injuring 10 others Wednesday night.Local sources said an altercation started between two groups of vagabonds...
FE ReportA high profile Korean business delegation arrived in city Thursday on a four-day visit to explore possibilities of investment in number of key areas including energy, power and agriculture. The six-member team led by Salim Proydhan will meet Agriculture,...
Former headmaster of Narayanganj Port High School Md. Fazlul Karim died of old age complications Monday at his residence at Mirpur in the city. He was 72, reports BSS.Fazlul Karim, father of Junan Nashit sub-editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)...
FE ReportTraders of essential commodities said it will take some time to feel any impact of the just announced national budget on the prices of commodities in the local markets.Finance Adviser A B Mirza Azizul Islam announced the national budget...
BARISAL, June 08 (BSS): Disbursement of soft agricultural loans has been progressing fast among the farmers of six southern districts under Barisal division aiming at increasing agricultural production in the region.Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) has fixed a target of disbursement...
FE ReportAH Tawfique Ahmed, former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank and present secretary general of Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh, has recently taken over charge as chairman of Oriental Bank Limited. Oriental Bank Limited Managing Director Md Asaduzzaman Khan welcomed the...
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