An old theory of medico-politics again gains ground as the interim government in a swift move formed three medical boards that separately examined former Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia and Zia's youngest son Arafat Rahman Koko, reports UNB.Two...
PARIS, June 6 (AFP): Global trade talks are still plagued by major disagreements but a deal remains possible between now and the end of June, a senior trade official said here Thursday."The discussions today were excellent but there are still...
COLOMBO, June 6 (Agencies): A bomb ripped through a crowded passenger bus near Sri Lanka's capital during morning rush hour Friday, killing at least 21 people and wounding an additional 47, officials said. he bombing was the second attack in...
FE Report | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
Prices of different essential items, including rice, flour, lentil and edible oil remained almost unchanged at their previous rates in the city markets during the past one week, traders said Friday.They, however, said prices of canned edible oil of different...
Philip Stephens | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
The world has been turned on its head. Consumers in the wealthiest nations are struggling with the consequences of the credit crunch and with the soaring cost of energy and food. In China, retail sales have been rising at an...
M Azizur Rahman | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
The government has decided to bring changes in the existing building code making installation of solar panels on top of high-rise buildings mandatory to reduce dependency on conventional power sources, officials said.The power ministry has been given the task to...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
Simplicity of a scientific idea is a measure of its power to explain. Physical and biological sciences were a world of chaos before Newton, Darwin and Einstein. Their theories accommodate so much diversity and complexity in one fell sweep that...
June 1 - June 5, 2008Commercial Bank of CeylonLocal foreign exchange dealers were not expecting any unusual appreciation of greenback against Bangladesh taka in the coming week.Last week, the daily average inter-bank US dollar and Bangladesh taka transactions volume was...
Dr. M. Mizanur Rahman | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
SUKUK, plural of Arabic word meaning certificate reflects ownership/participation rights in the underlying assets. Modern sukuk, sometimes referred to as Islamic bonds, are better described as Islamic investment certificates.The legitimacy of sukuk bond is as Allah in Holy Qur'an said...
The High Court (HC) Thursday granted three months bail to Sigma Huda, the wife of former communications minister Nazmul Huda, reports bdnews24.com.The ruling follows the sentencing of the former communications minister on August 27 last year to seven years imprisonment...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
The government has taken a move to fix area-wise value of land at the beginning of every year.This aims to streamline collection of revenue and check evasion of taxes through concealment of actual value, land ministry sources said.Land prices will...
Stuart Broad and James Anderson put England firmly in control of the third Test at Trent Bridge with an unlikely 76-run stand for the eighth wicket, as New Zealand's bowlers toiled lucklessly and with mounting frustration under overcast skies on...
Dr. Mohammed Hossain | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
JUST few days ago, this scribe went through a philosophy article on ethics in marketing. This has encouraged this write-up on this issue as we are concerned with ethics and marketing. In the world that we live in, there are...
Speakers at a programme Friday stressed the need for conserving the country's wildlife and bio-diversity to ensure a worthy living environment for the people, reports UNB.They also urged the people including young schoolboys and girls to unitedly come forward to...
Amando Doronila | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
At the beginning of the primary elections for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in January, the American people faced a deeply disturbing issue: Were they ready to elect the first black president or the first woman president in the history...
Jonathan Soble | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
The world needs to spend $45,000bn on green technologies in the next 40 years, or 1.1 per cent of annual global economic output, to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday.The investment - much...
FE Report | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh Finance and Investment Company (BFIC) Limited will float Zero Coupon Bond (ZCB) for Tk 10 million (one crore) under private placement.In this connection, an agreement was signed between BFIC and AAA Consultants and Financial Advisers as manager for issuance...
Usha KC clinched the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League title for the third time in a row beating Abahani Limited by 4-2 goals in the last match at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Friday,...
S M Jahangir | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
After more than three years of exercise by the officials concerned, the country's insurance sector is set to receive a couple of new laws by the end of this month.The laws, it is hoped, would help infuse dynamism into sector."We...
Shamsul Arefin | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
THE customs procedures in the ports of Chittagong and Mongla as well as in the airports and land ports are complicated, slow and bureaucratic. the customs officials, in this regard, have considerable discretionary power in estimating the tariffs of goods...
The United States has strongly recommended Bangladesh to criminally prosecute the unscrupulous manpower agents responsible for the hardship of expatriate Bangladeshi workers, reports UNB.This was stated in the 'Trafficking in Persons Report 2008', released in Washington by the US Department...
The National Economic Council is set to approve a Tk 256 billion annual development programme (ADP) for fiscal 2008-09 at a meeting Saturday, a senior government official said Thursday.Planning secretary Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury told bdnews24.com that Tk 135.68 billion or...
TOKYO, June 5 (AFP): The dollar continued to climb in Asian trade today, hitting a three-week high against the euro on speculation that US interest rates may rise later this year, dealers said.The dollar gained to 105.55 yen in Tokyo...
THE association of readymade garments (RMG) exporters, BGMEA, issued an urgent appeal to the government last Wednesday to raise a section of the police force or industrial police to provide round-the-clock security to their industries. If responded to, this would...
RAJSHAHI, June 5 (UNB): Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon today alleged the government was trying to backtrack from its election pledge by engaging in a complicated work of delimitation of the constituencies."Only election can bring back democratic politics in...
LONDON, June 5 (AFP): The head of the British Army called for increased resources to be dedicated to the country's military to better support its commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan, in an interview published Thursday.Speaking to The Sun, General Sir...
Nothing but some little initiatives from the government could give a big boom to the local airliners by enabling the sagging aviation industry to rope in huge numbers of outgoing passengers that are ultimately being captured by the foreign airlines,...
An NGO executive Musudul Haque Chowdhury, son of Abdul Wadud Chowdhury of village Kamarpur under Faridpur district died of cancer Thursday. He was only 43.He was an Executive Director of Community Development Programme.
ROME, June 05 (Reuters): A summit on the global food crisis was at risk of closing without a declaration of intent on Thursday because of squabbling over side issues.Delegates from 183 countries at the Rome talks missed their Wednesday deadline...
Javier Blas | 2008-06-06 00:00:00
THE world stood on the brink of starvation and, warned doomsday forecasts in the 1960s, the battle to feed all of humanity was already lost. Famine was common in some of the most populated countries. Predictions of Malthusian catastrophe made...
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