A litany of ills has made the country's judicial system one of the slowest in the world. Bangladesh has a judicial system derived mainly from an elaborate system of laws and procedures that are largely a legacy of the colonial...
FE Report | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
Standard Bank Limited (SBL) observed a customers' evening on the occasion of its ninth anniversary at a city hotel recently.Chairman of the board of directors of the bank Kazi Akramuddin Ahmed was present as the chief guest while Vice Chairman...
Deep convection is continuing over the North Bay. Squally weather is likely to affect the maritime ports, reports UNB.Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and Mongla have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No Three, said a Met...
WHEN the national budget for 2007-2008 was announced last year, the reconstituted caretaker government faced a great challenge to manage resources for development. The government received both appreciation and criticism for presenting its first budget in the absence of a...
Australia have summoned uncapped wicket-keeper Luke Ronchi to join their squad in the West Indies, reports BBC.The 27-year-old will provide cover for first-choice keeper Brad Haddin, who broke the ring finger of his right hand during the second Test in...
Stefan Stern | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
YOU might think, with the growing threat of recession and with the constant arrival of new competitors, that businesses would be trying to improve their customer service at the moment. You might think that - if you are as naive...
FE Report | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) executive committee Chairman Mominul Islam Patwary laid emphasis on the development of professional efficiency and quality of all staff members and officials of the bank in order to make the bank a model bank in...
Enayet Rasul | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
What things the administration has done so far in securing the country's readymade garments (RMG) sector from short and long term threats to its existence, are too little to say the last. The RMG sector faced peril even two years...
Our Correspondent | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, June 06: Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has undertaken initiatives of installing energy saving lights instead of existing tube lights in the streets.With the commissioning of the energy saving lights, the CCC would be able to save at least Tk...
ISLAMABAD, June 6 (Agencies): Pakistan authorities seized two vehicles carrying about 2,200 pounds of explosives, foiling a possible terror plot near Pakistan's capital, officials said. Senior police officer Rao Mohammed Iqbal told The Associated Press that several suspects were arrested...
Jamil Anderlini in Fuyang while Tom MitchellBEFORE the dust had settled from China's devastating earthquake residents in the disaster zone were already asking why so many schools collapsed, while most government offices seemed to survive intact.Grieving parents have voiced claims...
The first private International Internet Gateway (IIG) is set to start operation in Bangladesh from June 25, reports bdnews24.com.Chairman of Mango Teleservices Ltd A Mannan Khan told the news agency that two points-of-presence (POPs), or access points to the Internet,...
Joe Leahy | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
ANIL Ambani, the Indian industrialist, was on a family holiday in a game park in South Africa earlier last month when the news came. Takeover talks had collapsed between rival billionaire entrepreneur Sunil Mittal, chairman of India's biggest mobile carrier...
TANGAIL, June 6 (UNB): A special court here Thursday convicted a man and awarded him life term imprisonment for violating a teenage girl.The court also fined the convict, Sohel Rana alias Russell Tk 5,000, in default, to suffer one year...
FE Report | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
The government will ask the management of hotels to preserve information about local and foreign guests at least for a certain period so that suspects can be identified following any incident, said a Home Ministry official.He said the government is...
Bangladesh kept their hopes of qualifying for the semifinals of the 5th SAFF Championship alive when they came from behind to play a 2-2 draw against Afghanistan at Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Friday, reports bdnews24.com.Bangladesh, who also drew against...
Naim-Ul-Karim | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
Serious questions about the use of a welfare fund raised through fees collected by the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) from the Bangladeshis leaving the country to take up jobs abroad have surfaced.The size of the fund is...
The Election Commission will declare the detailed election schedule of four city corporations and nine municipalities by June 20, in a move described as a "test and trial" prior to the national polls in December, reports bdnews24.com.Elections commissioners M Sakhawat...
Robert Anderson | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
Last year Elcoteq, the Finnish electronics contract manufacturer, increased its Estonian salaries by 15 per cent but still had to bring in Hungarian workers to staff its Tallinn plant. This year Elcoteq is putting 300 of its 2,200 workers on...
JHINAIDAH, June 6 (BSS): An alleged extremist belonging to the banned Purbo Bangla Communist Party (PBCP)-ML identified as Harun, was killed in a gun-battle with the police at Durgapur here today.The police said members of the law enforcing agencies arrested...
KOLKATA, June 6 (Agencies): Protests and strikes over fuel price rises spread across India Friday despite moves to take the sting out of the hikes, while anger fizzled out in Malaysia as the government stood firm after larger increases.The governments...
Sarwar Zahan | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate fluctuated last week, as it started easing in the middle and rising in the concluding days due to demand-supply mismatch. The central bank used its tools either to inject fresh cash into or withdraw fund...
CHICAGO, June 6 (Agencies): For young voters, Rosa Parks' refusal to sit at the back of a bus in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 is schoolbook history. Even the racially charged 1992 riots in Los Angeles are a distant memory. The...
Naunidhi Kaur | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
Olivia Harper, 24, a single mother in Toronto, sees difficult times ahead of her. Working as an administrative assistant she makes just enough money to pay the grocery bills and rent for her expensive downtown apartment. She finds herself helpless...
The BDR-run fair-price shops in the city remain closed for four days from June 6 (Friday) to June 9 as the government stopped subsidy on coarse rice catered by the paramilitary force from these outlets in the wake of price...
COX'S BAZAR, June 6 (UNB): Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid said Friday that prolonging the rule of the un-elected government would cause more harm to the nation.Addressing the party's Rokon conference at a local hotel, he said the...
FE Report | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
Jamuna Bank Limited arranged a customers' night on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the bank at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city Wednesday.Chairman of the board of directors of the bank Md Tazul Islam was present as...
van Persie expects Holland impactArsenal striker Robin van Persie expects Holland to make a major impact in Euro 2008's "group of death" alongside France, Italy and Romania. Holland face world champions Italy in their opening game in Berne Monday. He...
The US-based rights group Human Rights Watch has called for the interim government to end its allegedly arbitrary mass arrests under emergency rule, reports bdnews24.com.In a statement, datelined Thursday from New York, the group said the thousands detained in Bangladesh...
Amin Ahmed Chowdhury | 2008-06-07 00:00:00
Milk and powdered milk products involving a large amount of money are imported annually into Bangladesh. The expenditure on account of such imports was much less, in both taka and US dollars, in the mid-nineties. This indicates the fast climbing...
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