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...
DU Correspondent | 2008-06-06 00:00:00
The inter-university volleyball competition-2008 began Thursday at the playground of Dhaka University (DU).DU Pro-Vice Chancellor and Sports Board President AFM Yusuf Haider inaugurated the competition as the chief guest.President of DU Volleyball Committee Tahmina Akhter and Acting Director of Physical...
SEOUL, June 5 (AFP): The two Koreas Thursday held a one-day meeting to work out details on further energy assistance to North Korea under a six-nation nuclear deal, officials said.The talks began at a truce border village of Panmunjeom, north...
A writ petition challenging the validity of certain sections of the unassailable Emergency Power Rules (EPR) was filed with the High Court Thursday, at a time when many VIPs have fallen under its net."It may be put in or mentioned...
A 16-member delegation of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) left Dhaka recently for Kunming, China to attend the 16th Kunming Import and Export Fair 2008 to be held from June 6 to June 10.DCCI Vice-president Khandakar Shahidul...
Siddique Islam | 2008-06-06 00:00:00
The central bank has geared up its foreign currency support to the commercial banks for settlement of fuel import bills.The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has been making such intervention to keep the country's foreign exchange market stable.As part of the operation,...
Shakhawat Hossain | 2008-06-06 00:00:00
Public expenditure on agriculture, water resources, rural development is rising, but investment in industry, energy and infrastructure is declining, said a finance ministry study.Annual expenditure on agriculture, water resource and rural development in the last three fiscals, including the outgoing...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2008-06-06 00:00:00
THE representatives of the business community who attended the government-sponsored dialogue with a panel of advisers headed by the chief adviser have again given vent to their concerns as well as come up with their views about the present status...
Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB) in collaboration with the Dhaka Zoo will organise a daylong programme today (Friday) to create conservation awareness among school children and general public, reports UNB.WTB Chairman Enayetullah Khan will inaugurate the programme at the Dhaka...
Bangladesh will have an additional access to IDB's fund for financing fuel oil imports up to US$ 1.5 billion annually, while the multilateral development bank will examine loans at a lower rate only for the portion to be provided from...
PARIS, June 5 (Reuters): Ministers from trade powers will try to keep struggling world talks alive Thursday with supporters saying a deal could help offset the global food crisis and soften the economic slowdown.Ministers from the United States, the European...
BEIJING, June 5 (Xinhua): Chinese government Wednesday urged for extended efforts to ensure a bumper harvest this summer.The government's efforts in encouraging agricultural production had greatly aroused farmers' enthusiasm, and the country expected a bumper harvest this summer, Premier Wen...
FE Report | 2008-06-06 00:00:00
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) Thursday launched a 5-day certification course on Financial Derivatives for the professionals of the brokerage companies and financial Institutions in a bid to sensitise capital market operators with the products of derivative market.The course has...
Home Adviser MA Matin Thursday called for 79 separate acid attack cases to be reopened due to concern over persistent failure to secure any conviction, reports bdnews24.com.At a meeting with the law-enforcement agencies and NGO workers at the Secretariat, the...
John Aglionby | 2008-06-06 00:00:00
FT Syndication ServiceJAKARTA: Crude palm oil prices should rise 10 per cent by the end of this month and more than 20 per cent by next February on the back of strong demand, tightening supply and buoyant crude oil prices,...
Iran has evinced keen interest in expanding cooperation with Bangladesh in the energy sector for which there is great potential, reports UNB.Iranian Ambassador to Bangladesh Hassan Farazandeh made the remarks during a meeting with Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury who...
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WASHINGTON, June 5 (AFP): The United States and China will hold a new round of discussions under a "strategic economic dialogue" on June 17-18 in Annapolis, Maryland, US officials said yesterday.A detailed schedule of the talks, to be held at...
Amy Kazmin | 2008-06-06 00:00:00
FT Syndication ServiceBANGKOK: Cyclone survivors in Burma's devastated Irra
Awami League leaders Thursday demanded that the government cancel its agreement with the US oil-company Chevron on seismic survey at the Lawachhara national forest in Moulvibazar, reports UNB.They said the government should take a prompt decision as the eco-sensitive Lawachhara...
JAKARTA, June 5 (AFP): A 200-strong team of aid experts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United Nations (UN) started deploying in Myanmar's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta Thursday, ASEAN said.The Emergency Rapid Assessment Team was "now ready...
As a package plan for improving the capital's transportation system was unveiled, Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Thursday said that the government is thinking about mass transit in the city so that huge people can smoothly move at a...
Hamidul Huq has joined the Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh (CRAB) Ltd as managing director.Prior to joining the CRAB, he was the managing director of United Commercial Bank Ltd.He is an MBA from IBA, Dhaka University. He brings with him...
WASHINGTON, June 05 (Reuters): If Barack Obama looked like a campaign fund-raising champ before this week, just wait.Now that he has captured the Democratic presidential nomination to face Republican John McCain in the November election, the Illinois senator will try...
PARIS, June 5 (AFP): Russia's Dinara Safina moved one victory away from joining big brother Marat as a Grand Slam title winner when she reached the French Open final Thursday.The 13th seed saw off fourth-seeded compatriot, and overwhelming favourite, Svetlana...
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