Awami League leaders Abdul Jalil and Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim were Sunday sent to jail on 30 days detention under the Special Powers Act, report agencies.The same court sent former state minister for home and BNP leader Lutfozzaman Babar...
Thirteen persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents at different places of the country during the last two days report agencies. In Chittagong, two women died of heatstroke in the city during the last 24 hours.Meanwhile: two...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 03: Chittagong has a bumper production of lemon during the current season. Rich in Vitamin 'C', it is very popular with the Chittagong people.It is mainly produced in Hathazari, Chandanaish, Patiya, Boalkhali, Satkania, Banskhali, Lohagara and the...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, June 3: The age old tradition of use of cow dung as fertiliser by farmers is decreasing in the northern region. It is due to the shortage of firewood in the region that has forced local poor people...
National University Vice-chancellor Wakil Ahmed left Dhaka for Malayasia in the early hours of Sunday to attend the council meeting of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), said a press release. The meeting will be held at Penang in Malayasia....
FE ReportSummit Power Limited approved 20 per cent stock dividend for its shareholders for the year that ended on December 31 last. The dividend was approved in presence of the company's shareholders at its tenth annual general meeting (AGM) at...
BANGLADESH'S export trade presently is largely centered on one item, the readymade garments (RMG) products. Presently, 75 per cent of its exports is dominated by these products. The largest volume of these products is exported to a few countries in...
Shahiduzzaman KhanBusiness houses in South Asian region are seeking specific timeframe to remove bottlenecks that hinder trade and investment in the SAARC region. It is sad to note that whatever developments take place in the business and political forums; those...
Amy Kazmin from BangkokDEFIANT politicians from Thailand's Thai Rak Thai (Thais love Thais) party, founded by ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, said last Thursday they would seek to re-register the party so it could compete in forthcoming polls, in spite...
THE steps, taken so far, by the caretaker government for revamping the Public Service Commission, are praiseworthy. It is now headed by a retired cabinet secretary, having a good track record of honesty, integrity and probity in his service career....
EVERY year, a good number of meritorious students pass the secondary and higher secondary examinations successfully. Soon after the results of these national level examinations are published, these students, mostly those who remain in the top 10 positions, get a...
It is reported that the government is going to finalise a national urbanisation policy soon. The policy is likely to focus on decentralisation of civic amenities, such as health, education and infrastructures, to ease pressure on the capital. It will...
Air Vice Marshal M Rafiqul IslamBIMAN is the flag carrier airline of Bangladesh and has been in existence for 35 years. For most of these years it posted a loss. Occasionally, it did make profit but marginally so. Once Biman's...
Md. Amlan Jahid HaqueBUSINESS enterprises are the economic institutions through which people go on producing and distributing goods and services and develop the financial structure in support of land, labour, capital and technology. Some people argue that widening the interpretation...
AS we have been working with our existing bank clients inside and outside the country, we have been struck by the rapid and provocative changes facing the retail sector. While the pace and direction of change seems to vary somewhat...
WASHINGTON, June 2 (AFP): US employers added 157,000 jobs in May, the Labour Department said Friday in a sign that the world's biggest economy is regaining vitality after the weakest growth in more than four years. The unemployment rate held...
ISLAMABAD, June 2 (APP): Pakistan economy has shown a robust growth as the country's gross domestic product (GDP) has registered an average growth rate of 7 per cent for the fourth consecutive year.Official sources highlighting the performance of economy during...
BRUSSELS, June 2 (Xinhua): The eurozone economy grew by 3.0 per cent from twelve months ago in the first quarter this year, slower than in the previous quarter, the European Union's statistics bureau Eurostat said yesterday. The year-on-year growth rate...
The Education Department, criticised for lax oversight of student loans, released proposed rules yesterday that would set new standards for universities and ban lenders' marketing practices that have resulted, in some cases, in loan company payoffs to university officials.The 225-page...
BRUSSELS, June 2 (AFP): World Trade Organisation (WTO) director general Pascal Lamy stressed yesterday the growing urgency of making a breakthrough in struggling free-trade talks, urging leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) richest countries to "just do it". "There...
DUBAI, June 2 (PTI): With the amnesty period ending today, the Saudi government will impose a hefty fine on expatriates overstaying their visit on Hajj and Umrah visas. A fine of SR 1,000 will be levied for each year of...
GENEVA, June 2 (Xinhua): Switzerland yesterday further opened its border to workers from other European countries by dropping quotas that it had maintained for decades to limit the number of people allowed to enter the country's labour market. Thanks to...
NEW DELHI, June 2 (PTI): Proving naysayers wrong, India's exports started the new financial year with an impressive 23.06 per cent year-on-year growth to touch USD 10.57 billion in April. In line with the robust economic growth and liberalised import...
LONDON, June 2 (AFP): Metal prices jumped higher this week as the US dollar struggled to find higher ground, while lead hit a record high on worries over critically low stockpiles and Chinese demand. Oil prices fell as US refineries...
CHENNAI, Jun 2 (PTI): Lack of security provisions coupled with inadequate infrastructure and lukewarm response from jewellers have put the government decision of making hallmarking mandatory for gold from January 1, 2008 into uncertainties. According to Bureau of Indian Standards...
NEW YORK, June 2 (AFP): The dollar traded mainly higher yesterday as better-than-expected US data helped shift expectations on healthy growth going forward in the world's biggest economy. The euro slipped to 1.3442 dollars at 2100 GMT from 1.3454 dollars...
UNITED NATIONS, June 2 (AFP): An audit of operations of three UN agencies in North Korea has found no proof of US charges of systematic diversion of large-scale UN funding to the Pyongyang regime, the world body said yesterday. "The...
ISLAMABAD, Jun 2 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz yesterday said there was huge potential for investment in the energy sector due to high growth, demand and good returns. Talking to Dr. Ali Allawi, Chairman Energy Pro-Gas, Ltd here at the...
KATHMANDU, June 2 (Xinhua): The Nepali government has adopted the integrated management plan (IMP) to expedite conservation works in the seven world heritage site monuments in the capital Kathmandu Valley, which now have been enlisted as monuments in danger, The...
NEW YORK, June 2 (AFP): World oil prices spiked yesterday as concerns mounted about Nigeria's supply situation amid reports that fresh unrest had forced one western oil company to suspended some of its crude exports. New York's main oil futures...
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